Enzymatic reaction of the immobilized enzyme on porous silicon studied by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry

Desorption/ionization on silicon mass spectrometry (DIOS-MS) is a matrix-free technique that allows for the direct desorption/ionization of low-molecular-weight compounds with little or no fragmentation of analytes. This technique has a relatively high tolerance for contaminants commonly found in biological samples. DIOS-MS has been applied to determine the activity of immobilized enzymes on the porous silicon surface. Enzyme activities were also monitored with the addition of a competitive inhibitor in the substrate solution. It is demonstrated that this method can be applied to the screening of enzyme inhibitors. Furthermore, a method for peptide mapping analysis by in situ digestion of proteins on the porous silicon surface modified by trypsin, combined with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-MS has been developed.     

4-乙烯基吡啶-镍(钴)及丙烯酰胺-镍(钴)的制备、结构、聚合及聚合物的催化性能

制备了4-乙烯基吡啶-镍(钴)和丙烯酰胺-镍(钴)络合物并研究了它们的结构。在自由基引发剂的作用下,4-乙烯基吡啶-镍可进行溶液聚合,也可与苯乙烯共聚合,测定了单体的竞聚率。所得的聚(4-乙烯基吡啶-镍)及聚(4-乙烯基吡啶-钴)以NaBH_4还原后可作为一些有机化合物的加氢催化剂。由IR及XPS分析说明在丙烯酰胺-镍络合物中,与镍离子发生了络合作用的是羧基上的氧原子。     

铈、镨二乙基磷酸盐的晶体结构

合成了Ce[PO_2(OC_2H_5)_2]_3和Pr[PO_2(OC_2H_5)_2]_3(简称Ce(DEP)_3和Pr(Pr(DEP)_3)。用四圆衍射仪测定了其晶体结构。它们均属三斜晶系,空间群P1。晶胞参数,对Ce(DEP)_3:α=10.324(4)A,b=12.861(4)A,c=13.998(5)A,x=106.49(3)°,β=112.83(4)° γ=115.61(3)°,V=1296(1)A~3,Z=2;对Pr(DEP)_3:α=10.27(1)A,b=11.81(1)A,c=12.51(1)A,x=109.93(9)°,β=111.9(9)°,γ=93.0(1)°,V=1293(3)A~3,Z=2。用Patterson法并经分块全矩阵最小二乘法修正,最后的R值,Ce的为0.1071,Pr的为0.1066。结构分析指出,两种配合物结构类似,Ce和Pr原子均由二乙基磷酸根的六个氧原子配位形成八面体构型。     

Stimulated emissions in aligned CdS nanowires at room temperature

Aligned CdS nanowires (NWs) were obtained through a simple thermal evaporation process with highly active CdS nanoparticles as the evaporation source. These NWs show prominent optical waveguides behavior under a continuous-wave (CW) laser excitation. Excitation intensity-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements show that these NWs exhibited both broad and supernarrow stimulated emission (lasing) under intense pulse optical excitation at room temperature. Raman scattering and time-resolved PL measurements were used to investigate the optical properties. The results indicated that the stimulated emission in these NWs involves the electron-hole plasma (EHP) and Farby-Perot (F-P) optical resonant processes at room temperature.     

An ab initio study on luminescent properties and aurophilic attraction of binuclear gold(I) complexes with phosphinothioether ligands

Electronic structures and spectroscopic properties of the binuclear head-to-tail [Au(2)(PH(2)CH(2)SH)(2)](2+) (1) complex were investigated by ab initio calculations. The solvent effect of the complex in the acetonitrile solution was taken into account by the weakly solvated [Au(2)(PH(2)CH(2)SH)(2)](2+).(MeCN)(2) (2) moiety in the calculations. The ground-state geometries of 1 and 2 were fully optimized by the MP2 method, while their excited-state structures were optimized by the CIS method. Aurophilic attraction apparently exists between the two Au(I) atoms in the ground state and is strongly enhanced in the excited state. A high-energy phosphorescent emission was calculated at 337 nm for 1 in the absence of the interactions with solvent molecules and/or counteranion in solid state; however the lowest-energy emission of 2 was obtained at 614 nm with the nature of (3)A(u)(s(sigma)) --> (1)A(g)(d(sigma)) (metal-centered, MC) transition. The coordination of acetonitrile to the gold atom in solution results in a dramatic red shift of emission wavelength. The investigations on the head-to-tail [Au(2)(PH(2)CH(2)SCH(3))(2)](2+) (5) and [Au(2)(PH(2)CH(2)SCH(3))(2)](2+).(MeCN)(2) (6) moieties indicate that the CH(3) substituent on the S atom causes blue shifts of emission wavelength for 5 and 6 with respect to 1 and 2. By comparison between Au(I) thioether 1 and head-to-tail Au(I) thiolate [Au(2)(PH(2)CH(2)S)(2)] (7), it is concluded that the S-->Au dative bonding results in evidently different transition characteristics from the S-Au covalent bonding in the Au(I) thioether/thiolate complexes.     

高分子-AlCuCl4膜及其气体透过行为探讨

把对一氧化碳具有选择吸附功能的液体吸附剂(AlCuCl_4-甲苯溶液和AlCuCl_4-Pst-甲苯溶液)引入到高分子(EC、Pst、ABS、CA)膜材料中,制成固体膜,考察了膜的气体透过性能,同时初步得出结果认为,膜中的AlCuCl_4以电荷转移配合物形式与高分子配位结合.     

Clar valence bond representation of pi-bonding in carbon nanotubes

The application of the Clar aromatic sextet valence bond (VB) model to extended, defect-free single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with roll-up vectors (m, n) provides a real space model of their electronic structure. If m - n = 3k, where k is an integer, then all pi-electrons can be represented by aromatic sextets, and the CNT is fully benzenoid; the converse is also true. Since m - n = 3k is known to be a necessary criterion for conductivity in CNTs, only fully benzenoid CNTs are metallic, and only potentially metallic CNTs are fully benzenoid. This behavior contrasts with that of planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in which the fully benzenoid structures are known to have large HOMO-LUMO gaps. For CNTs that are not fully benzenoid, e.g., m - n = 3k + l, where l = 1 or 2 and k is an integer, a seam of double bonds wraps about an otherwise benzenoid CNT at the chiral angle - 60 degrees or the chiral angle, respectively. Nucleus-independent chemical shift calculations on hydrogen-terminated CNT segments support this, and show that the magnetic manifestation of aromatic sextets is not due to electron correlation. The resonance hybrid of the Clar VB structures corresponds to patterns occasionally observed in scanning tunneling microscopy images of CNTs.     

Structural characterization of plasmenylcholine photooxidation products

Oxidative damage to plasmenyl-type lipids contributes to decreased membrane barrier function, loss of membrane structure and formation of nonlamellar defects in membrane bilayers. Previous results from this laboratory have shown that membrane-soluble sensitizers (e.g. zinc phthalocyanine and bacteriochlorophyll a) mediate the photooxidation of palmitoyl plasmenylcholine (1-O-alk-1'-Z-enyl-2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine; PPlsC) vesicles with the subsequent creation of lamellar defect structures, vesicle contents leakage and membrane-membrane fusion. Because plasmalogen lipids are significant components of sarcoplasma and myelin membranes, we sought to characterize the products of their photooxidation. This study focuses on the photooxidation of PPlsC vesicles in the presence of the water-soluble sensitizer, aluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate (AlPcS4(4-)). Attack of photogenerated singlet oxygen on the 1-O-alkenyl ether linkage of PPlsC lipids was expected to generate dioxetane- and ene-type photoproducts. The products formed during continuous aerobic irradiation (28 mW/cm2, (610 nm) of PPlsC vesicles in the presence of AlPcS4(4-) were separated via reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection (ECD) or evaporative light-scattering detection (ELSD). Photooxidized dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol vesicles (control) were used to optimize the HPLC-ECD conditions, using 7 alpha-hydroperoxy-cholesterol as standard. HPLC-ECD was found to be most sensitive for PPlsC hydroperoxides, whereas HPLC-ELSD was more sensitive for nonhydroperoxide photoproducts. The three major photoproducts formed during vesicle irradiation were isolated via preparative HPLC and then characterized by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. 1-Formyl-2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1-hydroxy-2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine were identified as dioxetane cleavage products that coeluted at approximately 3 min. The second fraction (retention time [RT] = 48 min) was identified as a PPlsC allylic hydroperoxide. The third photoproduct, eluting at RT = 64 min, is tentatively identified as an oxidation product arising from allylic hydroperoxide degradation via Hock rearrangement or free radical decomposition.     

Strategies to enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated softwood with high residual lignin content

Pretreatment of Douglas-fir by steam explosion produces a substrate containing approx 43% lignin. Two strategies were investigated for reducing the effect of this residual lignin on enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose: mild alkali extraction and protein addition. Extraction with cold 1% NaOH reduced the lignin content by only approx 7%, but cellulose to glucose conversion was enhanced by about 30%. Before alkali extraction, addition of exogenous protein resulted in a significant improvement in cellulose hydrolysis, but this protein effect was substantially diminished after alkali treatment. Lignin appears to reduce cellulose hydrolysis by two distinct mechanisms: by forming a physical barrier that prevents enzyme access and by non-productively binding cellulolytic enzymes. Cold alkali appears to selectively remove a fraction of lignin from steam-exploded Douglas-fir with high affinity for protein. Corresponding data for mixed softwood pretreated by organosolv extraction indicates that the relative importance of the two mechanisms by which residual lignin affects hydrolysis is different according to the pre- and post-treatment method used.     

Protection-deprotection chemistry to control styrene self-directed line growth on hydrogen-terminated Si(100)

TEMPO, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy, was used in a series of protection-deprotection chemical reactions in order to gain single molecule-level control over the extent of styrene line growth on hydrogen-terminated Si(100). The mechanism involves the reaction of TEMPO with the dangling bond at the end of individual styrene lines. The TEMPO cap protects the dangling bond from further reaction with styrene resulting in the termination of line growth. TEMPO is then selectively removed from desired lines, deprotecting the dangling bond, using the scanning tunneling microscope. Further exposure of the surface to styrene ensures that only the deprotected areas continue to grow while the protected lines do not. All lines can then be capped with TEMPO, and this allows for the generation of stable styrene lines of varying lengths.