A new electrochemical assay has been developed which is based on quantifying the attack of OH. radicals on a self‐assembled thiol monolayer on electrodes in the presence and absence of antioxidants. The OH. radicals were produced in Fenton solutions. The radical scavengers diminish the concentration of the OH. radicals in the Fenton solution, and the extent of thiol layer destruction is monitored with the help of a redox probe in solution, the signal of which is only generated at SAM‐free electrode surface. The results of the electrochemical assay were compared with those of the standard DPPH. assay. In case of each plant extract, an excellent linear correlation was observed between the radical scavenging activity and the concentration of plant extracts; however, the scavenging properties of different plants strongly differ in the electrochemical and the DPPH. assay. Since the proposed new method probes the reactivity of radical scavengers towards OH., one of the most important reactive oxygen radicals in tissues, it is supposed to provide much more relevant information than the DPPH. or other assays. 相似文献
A pH‐sensitive detector for flow‐through potentiometry based on a graphite/quinhydrone/silicone composite electrode was applied to determine calcium and magnesium in aqueous solutions. The determinations are performed by FIA titrations with EDTA as the carrier solution. The method was applied to the analysis of mineral water, drinking water, and river water. The results were compared with those obtained by batch complexometric titration. The proposed new method is suitable for the simple, rapid and automated determination of water hardness in small sample volumes of aqueous solutions. The detection limit for both ions is about 1×10?5 mol L?1, the standard deviation is less than 2%. The sampling frequency is 60 determinations per hour. 相似文献
Fluorescent silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) were prepared by covalent attachment of fluorophores to the amino-modified surface
of SiNPs with a typical diameter of 15 nm. The SiNPs are intended for use in novel kinds of fluorescence resonance energy
transfer (FRET)-based affinity assays at the interface between nanoparticle and sample solution. Various labels were employed
to obtain a complete set of colored SiNPs, with excitation maxima ranging from 337 to 659 nm and emission maxima ranging from
436 nm to the near infrared (710 nm). The nanoparticles were characterized in terms of size and composition using transmission
electron microscopy, thermogravimetry, elemental analysis, and dynamic light scattering. The surface of the fluorescent SiNPs
was biotinylated, and binding of labeled avidin to the surface was studied via FRET in two model cases. In the first, FRET
occurs from the biotinylated fluorescent SiNP (the donor) to the labeled avidin (the acceptor). In the second, FRET occurs
in the other direction. Aside from its use in the biotin–avidin system, such SiNPs also are believed to be generally useful
fluorescent markers in various kinds of FRET assays, not the least because the fluorophore is located on the surface of the
SiNPs (and thus always much closer to the second fluorophore) rather than being doped deep in its interior. 相似文献
The single crystal X-ray structures and the spectroscopic properties of complexes of monensic acid (C36H62O11·H2O) with toxic metal ions of Cd(II) and Hg(II) are discussed. The cadmium(II) complex (1) is of composition [Cd(C36H61O11)2(H2O)2] and crystallizes in the monoclinic system (space group P2(1), Z = 2) with a = 12.4090(8), b = 24.7688(16), c = 14.4358(11) Å, β = 91.979(7)°. Two ligand monoanions are bound in a bidentate coordination mode to Cd(II) via the carboxylate and the primary hydroxyl oxygens occupying the equatorial plane of the complex. The axial positions of the inner coordination sphere of Cd(II) are filled by two water molecules additionally engaged in intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The Hg(II) complex (2), [Hg(C36H60O11)(H2O)], crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), Z = 4) with a = 12.7316(2), b = 16.4379(3), c = 18.7184(4) Å. The monensic acid reacts with Hg(II) in a tetradentate coordination manner via both oxygen atoms of the carboxylate function and oxygens of two hydroxyl groups. The twofold negative charge of the ligand is achieved by deprotonation of carboxylic and secondary hydroxyl groups located at the opposite ends of the molecule. Hg(II) is surrounded by five oxygen atoms in a distorted square pyramidal molecular geometry.
One of the primary objectives in molecular nanospintronics is to manipulate the spin states of organic molecules with a d-electron center, by suitable external means. In this Letter, we demonstrate by first principles density functional calculations, as well as second order perturbation theory, that a strain induced change of the spin state, from S=1→S=2, takes place for an iron porphyrin (FeP) molecule deposited at a divacancy site in a graphene lattice. The process is reversible in the sense that the application of tensile or compressive strains in the graphene lattice can stabilize FeP in different spin states, each with a unique saturation moment and easy axis orientation. The effect is brought about by a change in Fe-N bond length in FeP, which influences the molecular level diagram as well as the interaction between the C atoms of the graphene layer and the molecular orbitals of FeP. 相似文献
Textile wastewater contains highly toxic,nondegradable,carcinogenic organic pollutants,causing severe damage to the ecological environment.In this work,β-cyclod... 相似文献