Rational design of iridium–porphyrin conjugates for novel synergistic photodynamic and photothermal therapy anticancer agents

Near-infrared (NIR) emitters are important probes for biomedical applications. Nanoparticles (NPs) incorporating mono- and tetranuclear iridium(iii) complexes attached to a porphyrin core have been synthesized. They possess deep-red absorbance, long-wavelength excitation (635 nm) and NIR emission (720 nm). TD-DFT calculations demonstrate that the iridium–porphyrin conjugates herein combine the respective advantages of small organic molecules and transition metal complexes as photosensitizers (PSs): (i) the conjugates retain the long-wavelength excitation and NIR emission of porphyrin itself; (ii) the conjugates possess highly effective intersystem crossing (ISC) to obtain a considerably more long-lived triplet photoexcited state. These photoexcited states do not have the usual radiative behavior of phosphorescent Ir(iii) complexes, and they play a very important role in promoting the singlet oxygen (¹O₂) and heat generation required for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT). The tetranuclear 4-Ir NPs exhibit high ¹O₂ generation ability, outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency (49.5%), good biocompatibility, low half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) (0.057 μM), excellent photothermal imaging and synergistic PDT and PTT under 635 nm laser irradiation. To our knowledge this is the first example of iridium–porphyrin conjugates as PSs for photothermal imaging-guided synergistic PDT and PTT treatment in vivo.

Iridium–porphyrin conjugates assembled in nanoparticles are photosensitizers that exhibit excellent photothermal imaging and synergistic PDT and PTT in vivo.     

Synthesis and characterization of new aromatic liquid crystalline polyesters having phenyl substituents

Two different series of new aromatic liquid crystalline (LC) polyesters were prepared from 3-phenyl-4, 4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid (PBDA) and 1-phenyl-2, 6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid (PNDA). PBDA and PNDA were polymerized with various aromatic diols such as hydroquinone, substituted hydroquinones, isomeric naphthalenediols and 4, 4'-biphenol, and the resulting polyesters were characterized by DSC, WAXD, and on a cross-polarizing microscope for the study of their thermal transition and crystallization properties, and mesophases formed therefrom.     

染料敏化纳米晶体TiO2太阳能电池的对电极结构

通过对染料敏化纳米晶体TiO₂太阳能电池的对电极的结构进行改进,设计了一种可大容量储存电解质和补充电解质的新型对电极结构.当染料敏化纳米晶体TiO₂太阳能电池因液态电解质挥发泄漏而失效时,可以对其进行液态电解质的及时补充,从而使失效的染料敏化纳米晶体TiO₂太阳能电池重新恢复工作.该新型对电极结构为解决染料敏化纳米晶体TiO₂太阳能电池由于液态电解质泄漏导致的寿命降低问题提供了一种新的解决方法.     

近红外荧光探针检测金属离子、小分子和生物大分子

荧光探针技术是近年来发展迅速的一种荧光分析方法,具有灵敏度高、选择性好、操作简便和响应迅速等特点,受到环境及生命科学领域的青睐.随着荧光探针技术的发展,近红外一区荧光探针由于具有发射波长长(600～ 900 nm)、对细胞损伤小、组织穿透性强和自发荧光背景低等优点,被广泛应用于细胞、组织等复杂生物体系中生物分子的检测、...     

不同生境半夏及炮制半夏中鸟嘌呤核苷的含量测定

采用反相高效液相色谱法测定不同生境半夏和炮制半夏中鸟嘌呤核苷的含量.不同生境的半夏中鸟嘌呤核苷的含量并无差异,但炮制半夏中鸟嘌呤核苷含量较生品均有不同幅度下降.从水溶性成分鸟嘌呤核苷的含量看,种植半夏质量并不比野生半夏质量差;半夏在炮制过程中水溶性成分有所损失.     

ICP-AES测定葡萄糖酸钙中Pb、As、Cd等9个杂质元素

本文应用ICP-AES直接测定了葡萄糖酸钙中的Pb、As、Cd等9个杂质元素,对样品的消解方法、基体和酸介质的影响等进行了讨论.用基体匹配法消除钙基体的干扰,9个杂质元素测定的测定范围为:Pb 0.0008%-0.08%,Cu、Mg 0.0001%-0.01%,其余元素0.0003%-0.03%.加标回收率为95.8%-100.0%,相对标准偏差为0.16%-3.61%.     

原子吸收光谱间接测定色氨酸的研究

色氨酸(Tryptophan,Trp)在碱性条件下与新生成的ZnS悬浮液反应,生成可溶性碱式色氨酸锌配合物,再用塞曼原子吸收光谱测定溶液中的总锌浓度即可间接的得到色氨酸的含量.优化了测定的最佳条件,在pH 9.10的2%硼砂底液中于室温下,使色氨酸试液与新生成的ZnS悬浮液反应22min,离心分离后测定上层清液的FAAS响应.在所选定的条件下色氨酸测定的线性浓度范围为0-18.5mg·mL-1,特征浓度为0.219mg·mL-1,检出限为1.414mg·mL-1.该法用于样品中的色氨酸测定,其相对标准偏差RSD为4.12%,方法的回收率在70.1%-120.3%之间.并对测定机理进行了探讨.     

铒离子浓度对掺Er3+碲酸盐玻璃的Judd-Ofelt理论参数的影响

制备了四种不同铒离子掺杂浓度的碲酸盐玻璃,通过测定吸收光谱计算了吸收谱线的振子强度,根据Judd-Ofelt理论计算了不同浓度下Er3 离子发光光谱的强度参数Ωi(i=2,4,6),计算了自发辐射电偶和磁偶跃迁概率、辐射寿命、荧光分支比等参数,讨论了Er3 离子浓度变化对以上这些参数的影响.测试了Er3 :4I13/2→4I15/2跃迁对应的荧光光谱和Er3 :4I13/2能级荧光寿命.最后应用McCumber理论计算了玻璃中Er3 :4I13/2→415/2跃迁对应的受激发射截面大小.结果表明:振子强度基本上随Er3 离子浓度的增大而增强;随着Er3 离子浓度的增加,自发辐射跃迁概率A基本呈现出递增的趋势,但荧光分支比β却只有很小的变化;Er3 :4I13/2→4I15/2的发射截面随Er3 离子浓度的增大而改变很小,有效线宽都在50 nm左右.     

多项式偏最小二乘法对非线性体系红外谱图的分析

文章利用了一种非线性模型多项式偏最小二乘法(PPLS),结合傅里叶变换红外光谱遥感技术,对大气中的五组分混合体系进行了同时分析。并与偏最小二乘法(PLS)得到的结果进行了比较,PPLS显示出较好的处理非线性数据的能力。尤其是对混合物中的苯和氯仿的预测,均方根预测误差(RMSEP)分别是0.043和0.087,用PLS预测相应的RMSEP为0.402和0.842。PPLS的这一预测精度,可以满足遥感傅里叶变换红外光谱对大气中有毒气体的实时、在线监测的需要。同时PPLS可以用较少的潜变量对变量进行解释,显示出PPLS模型的稳健性和简单化。     

一氧化碳的太赫兹时域光谱研究

以飞秒激光为基础的太赫兹时域光谱技术是一种新型的相干远红外光谱测量技术。文章首次利用太赫兹时域光谱技术测量了一氧化碳气体在0.2～2.5太赫兹频谱范围内的吸收光谱。实验结果表明,一氧化碳在此波段有明显的特征吸收峰,峰值位置与理论计算得到的结果有很好的一致性。随着压强的减小,吸收峰变尖锐。研究一氧化碳的太赫兹吸收光谱特性,对于快速、准确检测环境中有害气体以及排除安全隐患具有重要意义。