The colonic metabolism differences of main alkaloids in normal and colitis mice treated with Coptis chinensis Franch. and Sophora flavescens Ait. herbal pair using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry method combined with chemometrics

Coptis chinensis Franch. and Sophora flavescens Ait. is a herbal pair frequently used in treating ulcerative colitis. However, the bio-disposition profile of the major components in the inflamed gut remains unclear, which is essential to understand the pharmacological material basis of this herb pair. Here we established an integral quantitative and chemometric method to deduce the colonic metabolism differences of this herbal pair in normal and colitis mice. With this LC-MS method, a total of 41 components have been found in the Coptis chinensis Franch. and Sophora flavescens Ait. extract, and 28 metabolites were found in the colon after oral administration. Alkaloid and its phase I metabolites were the main components in the colon of normal and colitis mice. The results of principal component analysis at 6 h after oral administration showed significant colonic metabolism differences between normal and colitis mice. Heamap results showed that colitis induced significant changes in the colonic bio-disposition of this herbal pair extract. In particular, in the context of colitis, the phase I metabolism of berberine, coptisine, jatrorrhizine, palmatine,and epiberberine has been inhibited. These results may provide a basis for understanding the pharmacological material basis of Coptis chinensis Franch. and Sophora flavescens Ait. in treating ulcerative colitis.     

Surface modification and characterization of carbon black by sodium lignosulphonate

Carbon black (CB) was encapsulated by the sodium lignosulphonate via the strong π–π* interaction force of aromatic ring in the planetary ball milling instrument. The use of new surfactant and ball milling instrument met the requirements about the low‐cost standard and provided an important sense to industrialization in comparison with the old surfactant, the poly(sodium 4‐styrenesulfonate). The successful encapsulation was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis. Encapsulation ratio of the modified CB increased to 15.9% when CB was prepared at longer milling time and with agate balls in different size. The morphology and dispersibility of samples studied by transmission electron microscope, sedimentation experiment and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy showed that the modified CB dispersed stably in the deionized water. The average diameter and absolute value of zeta potential of the modified CB decreased and increased compared with those of CB, respectively, which confirmed further that sodium lignosulphonate encapsulated on the surface of CB make CB disperse better. In addition, the average diameter and zeta potential of the samples were affected by ball milling conditions. The modified CB prepared at longer milling time and with different sizes of agate balls had better dispersibility than the ones prepared at shorter milling time and with same size of agate balls. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chiral Carbonaceous Nanotubes Modified with Titania Nanocrystals: Plasmon‐Free and Recyclable SERS Sensitivity

Chiral carbonaceous nanotubes (CNT) were successfully used in plasmon‐free surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the first time. Further modification of TiO₂ nanocrystals on the chiral CNTs successfully realized the recycling of SERS substrate as chiral CNT/TiO₂ hybrids. The high SERS sensitivity of methylene blue (MB) over the chiral CNT/TiO₂ hybrids is ascribed to the laser‐driven birefringence induced by the helical structure, which provides much more opportunities for the occurrence of Raman scattering. The TiO₂ nanocrystals highly dispersed on the surface and inside the hollow cavity of chiral CNTs can completely degrade the MB under the solar light irradiation, leading to the self‐cleaning of SERS substrate. The present research opens a new way for the application of chiral inorganic materials in plasmon‐free SERS detection.     

用四磺基铝酞菁直接测定血清中白蛋白

以红区荧光染料四磺基铝酞菁（ＡｌＳ４Ｐｃ）为探针建立了荧光猝灭法测定白蛋白的新方法。考察了各种影响因素。厚佳实验条件下,该方法的线性区间０．１０－４．５ｍｇ／Ｌ,检测限为４０μｇ／Ｌ。将该方法用于人血清样品中白蛋白的直接测定并与临床方法（溴甲酚绿法）比较,二者符合良好。     

电磁声换能器的辐射声场研究

分析了一种圆环形螺线圈、垂直偏置磁场结构的电磁声探头在非铁磁性介质铝中的辐射声场特性。首先根据电磁感应原理对探头进行了物理和数学建模,将表面力源近似成水平和竖直分布的两种,且水平分量远大于竖直分量,推导出该种力源产生的声场的理论解析解。分别数值计算出了横波和纵波的切向和法向指向性,并和实验结果进行对比。实验结果和理论计算符合较好,为此种结构的电磁声换能器的实际工程应用提供了理论依据。      

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR FOR GENERALIZED GINZBURG-LANDAU POPULATION EQUATION WITH STOCHASTIC PERTURBATION

In this paper, we are devoted to the asymptotic behavior for a nonlinear parabolic type equation of higher order with additive white noise. We focus on the Ginzburg-Landau population equation perturbed with additive noise. Firstly, we show that the stochastic Ginzburg-Landau equation with additive noise can be recast as a random dynamical system. And then, it is proved that under some growth conditions on the nonlinear term, this stochastic equation has a compact random attractor, which has a finite Hausdorff dimension.     

激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)法测定纯钌中19种杂质元素

建立了激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)法测定纯钌中Mg、Al、Fe、Ni、Cu、Zn、Rb、Rh、Pd、Mo、Ag、Cd、Sn、Ba、Ir、Pt、Au、Pb和Si等19种杂质元素的分析方法。优化了仪器参数,给出了激光能量为60%,剥蚀孔径为110μm,扫描速率为50μm/s,脉冲频率为10 Hz,载气流量为0.74 L/min条件下,信号强度和稳定性最佳。由于钌标准样品难以获得,因此选择用纯钌粉样品,高温高压溶解后,采用ICP-MS法定值所测元素(除硅外)。根据钌粉样品的ICP-MS法定值结果确定了测定元素的相对灵敏度因子(RSF),采用相对灵敏度因子(RSF)对所测结果进行校正,方法准确、快速,检出限为0.007~12.8μg/g,相对标准偏差(RSD)为10%~30%。测定纯钌中杂质元素,结果与ICP-MS法测定的结果吻合。     

Luminescent sensing of Fe3+ and K+ by three novel imidazole dicarboxylate-based MOFs

In this paper, three luminescent metal–organic frameworks, namely: [Zn(p-IPhHIDC)]_n (1), {[Cd(p-IPhIDC)(H₂O)]·CH₃OH}_n (2) and [Zn(p-TIPhHIDC)]_n (3), bearing two novel substituted imidazole dicarboxylate ligands, 2-(p-N-imidazol-1-yl)-phenyl-1H-imidazole-4,5dicarboxylic acid (p-IPhH₃IDC) and 2-p-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-phenyl-1H-imidazole-4,5dicarboxylic acid (p-TIPhH₃IDC), have been prepared and characterised through infrared spectra, X-ray powder diffraction, elemental analyses, thermogravimetric analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Ignoring the free methanol molecule and coordinated water in 2, 1–3 are similar structures. Moreover, the luminescent properties of the MOFs have been explored. It was found that MOFs 1 and 2 show good luminescent sensing of Fe³⁺ in varying degrees, and 3 of K⁺.     

Crystallization Behavior of Poly(Lactic Acid) Filled with Modified Carbon Black

A novel method was employed to modify the surface of carbon black (CB) by an organic small molecule in a Haake Rheomix mixer. The modified carbon black (MCB) was dispersed uniformly in poly(lactic acid; PLA). The crystallization behaviors of PLA, PLA/CB and PLA/MCB composites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and polarizing optical microscopy. It is found that the addition of CB or MCB can influence the crystallization behavior of PLA. PLA/MCB has a faster crystallization rate and higher crystallization peak temperature than PLA/CB. For non-isothermal studies, Jeziorny and Mo equations were employed. The Mo equation can well describe the non-isothermal crystallization of the three samples. For PLA/CB and PLA/MCB composites containing 3wt% fillers, the nucleating activity for CB is about 0.32, and about 0.16 for MCB. All these results show that MCB is an effective nucleating agent. PLA/MCB has a higher nucleation rate than PLA/CB because of the finer dispersed particles size and improved interaction between MCB and PLA.