气相色谱-电子轰击源质谱法测定茶叶中氟虫腈残留量

建立了茶叶中氟虫腈残留量快速测定的气相色谱-电子轰击源质谱法。茶叶中的氟虫腈用正己烷-丙酮(7:3,V/V)混合液提取,经石墨化碳黑固相萃取小柱净化后,用正己烷-丙酮(9:1,V/V)混合液洗脱,浓缩定容后,用气相色谱-电子轰击源质谱法测定,外标法定量。结果表明,目标物质在0.001~0.040 mg/L范围内的线性关系良好;空白样品在0.002~0.010 mg/L范围三水平加标回收实验的平均回收率在96.6%~114.2%之间,相对标准偏差(n=6)为2.9%~4.4%;方法的定量限为0.001 mg/kg。该方法能满足茶叶中氟虫腈残留量0.002 mg/kg的检测要求。     

超小金纳米簇用于荧光及CT双模态成像的研究

基于金纳米簇强烈的量子限制效应（strong quantum confinement effect,SQCE）,采用一步合成法,制备了同时具有高效近红外荧光与CT双模态成像能力的超小金纳米簇.实验表明,通过优化合成比例以及合成条件,所合成的超小金纳米簇具有很大的斯托克斯（Stokes）位移、较高的荧光强度和X射线吸收效率.除此之外,该超小金纳米簇具有良好的单分散性、稳定性和生物相容性.4T1肿瘤细胞荧光成像实验结果表明,该纳米粒子可被肿瘤细胞快速、高效地摄取.     

Synthetic studies with 13-deoxybaccatin III

An efficient synthesis of 13-epi-7-O-(triethylsilyl)baccatin III from 13-deoxybaccatin III is described. Oxidation of 13-deoxy-7-O-(triethylsilyl)baccatin III with tert-butyl peroxide, followed by reduction with SmI(2), produced 13-epi-7-O-(triethylsilyl)baccatin III in good overall yield. The preparation of 13-oxo-7-O-(triethylsilyl)baccatin III from 13-epi-7-O-(triethylsilyl)baccatin III using tetrapropylammonium perruthenate and N-methylmorpholine N-oxide is also reported.     

荧光光谱法研究中华蜜蜂化学感受蛋白与特异配基的相互作用

用荧光光谱法研究了中华蜜蜂化学感受蛋白(chemosensory proteins, CSPs)3与其特异性配基N-苯基-1-萘胺(N-Phenyl-1-naphthylamine, 1-NPN)的相互作用关系。研究表明1-NPN能使CSP3在328 nm (λem)处产生猝灭,且猝灭机理为静态猝灭,另外猝灭过程中ΔH0 > 0, ΔS0 > 0,表明二者间的主要作用力为疏水相互作用。依据F?rster非辐射能量转移机制,得到二者的结合距离为9.3 nm,能量转移效率E = 0.054。根据同步荧光技术考察1-NPN对CSP3的构象的影响,表明CSP3荧光主要贡献者--色氨酸残基的最大发射波长略有红移,表明原处于疏水腔中的色氨酸残基由于所处环境的极性增加,而使CSP3构象产生变化。     

Polar Plot Representation for Frequency-Domain Analysis of Fluorescence Lifetimes

We present applications of polar plots for analyzing fluorescence lifetime data acquired in the frequency domain. This graphical, analytical method is especially useful for rapid FLIM measurements. The usual method for sorting out and determining the underlying lifetime components from a complex fluorescence signal is to carry out the measurement at multiple frequencies. When it is not possible to measure at more than one frequency, such as rapid lifetime imaging, specific features of the polar plot analysis yield valuable information, and provide a diagnostic visualization of the participating fluorescent species underlying a complex lifetime distributions. Data are presented where this polar plot presentation is useful to derive valuable, unique information about the underlying component distributions. We also discuss artifacts of photolysis and how this method can also be applied to samples where each fluorescence species shows a continuous distribution of lifetimes. Polar plots of frequency-domain data are commonly used for analysis of dielectric relaxation experiments (Cole–Cole plots), which have proved to be exceptionally useful in that field for decades. We compare this analytical tool that is well developed and extensively used in dielectric relaxation and chemical kinetics to fluorescence measurements.     

Incoherent blocker soliton interactions in Kerr waveguide arrays

We have observed the incoherent interaction between a highly confined (blocker) soliton and wide, moving signal beams of a different wavelength in a one-dimensional discrete Kerr medium. Digital switching of the blocker solitons to successive adjacent channels was measured with increasing signal power via both one and two cascaded interactions in an AlGaAs waveguide array, operations equivalent to a reconfigurable three-output router.     

Coherent interactions of dissipative spatial solitons

We report observation of the interaction between two coherent dissipative spatial solitons in a periodically patterned semiconductor optical amplifier with power levels of tens of milliwatts. The interactions are nonlocal and phase dependent and exhibit surprising features, such as soliton birth. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations.     

First principles determination of the bound levels of HeLi-

An analytical potential energy curve is developed from high quality ab initio calculations for the He+Li- interaction. The HeLi- electrostatic complex is found to have an Re of 18.5 bohrs and a De of 0.974 cm(-1). Numerical solution of the rovibrational Schr?dinger equation with this potential indicates two bound levels, (v,J)=(0,0) and (0,1), for all naturally occurring isotopologs (i.e., 4He7Li-, 4He6Li-, 3He7Li-, and 3He6Li-). For the common isotopolog, 4He7Li-, a D0 of 0.207 cm(-1) and an R0 of 26.5 bohrs is determined.     

Sulfur and selenium: the role of oxidation state in protein structure and function

Sulfur and selenium occur in proteins as constituents of the amino acids cysteine, methionine, selenocysteine, and selenomethionine. Recent research underscores that these amino acids are truly exceptional. Their redox activity under physiological conditions allows an amazing variety of posttranslational protein modifications, metal free redox pathways, and unusual chalcogen redox states that increasingly attract the attention of biological chemists. Unlike any other amino acid, the "redox chameleon" cysteine can participate in several distinct redox pathways, including exchange and radical reactions, as well as atom-, electron-, and hydride-transfer reactions. It occurs in various oxidation states in the human body, each of which exhibits distinctive chemical properties (e.g. redox activity, metal binding) and biological activity. The position of selenium in the periodic table between the metals and the nonmetals makes selenoproteins ideal catalysts for many biological redox transformations. It is therefore apparent that the chalcogen amino acids cysteine, methionine, selenocysteine, and selenomethionine exhibit a unique biological chemistry that is the source of exciting research opportunities.     

Evaluation of sulfur, selenium and tellurium catalysts with antioxidant potential

Oxidative stress is implicated, either directly or indirectly, in the pathology of a range of human diseases. As a consequence, the development of efficient antioxidants for medical use has become increasingly important. We have synthesised a range of structurally related organo-sulfur, -selenium and -tellurium agents and demonstrated that a combination of electrochemical methodology, in vitro assays and cell culture tests can be used to rationalise the antioxidant activity of these catalytic agents. Based on its exceptionally low anodic oxidation potential (Epa) and high activity against the representative oxidative stressors tert-butyl hydroperoxide and peroxynitrite, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyltelluride is predicted to be a potent antioxidant. This compound exhibits a correspondingly high activity with a remarkably low IC50 value of 20 nM, when tested in PC12 cell culture using a bioassay indicative of the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.