Planar potentiometric sensors based on Au and Ag microelectrodes and conducting polymers for flow-cell analysis

Back-side contact Au and Ag microelectrodes were used as transducers to construct planar all-solid-state electrodes suitable for flow-through analysis. The microsensors were based on plasticized PVC potassium-selective membranes containing ion-electron conducting polymer—polypyrrole doped with di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate. The proposed technique allowed simple construction of microsensors in one step, by membrane solution casting directly on the surface of the planar metallic transducers. The performance of the microsensors based on Au and Ag transducers were determined and compared with planar sensors based on internal electrolyte immobilized in polyHEMA. The addition of the polypyrrole to the membrane composition did not influence on the selectivity, reproducibility and long-term stability of the microsensors but improved their standard potential stability in time in comparison with coated-wire type sensors. Moreover, all-solid-state microsensors based on Au transducers exhibited better signal stability than Ag based sensors.     

The stimulatory effect of heavy metal cations on proliferation of aortic smooth muscle cells

Heavy metal cations Cd2+, Pb2+, and Hg2+ were added to substitute for Ca2+ in culture media to study their effect on the relationship between CaM and the proliferation of cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (ASMC). It was found that all the heavy metal cations studied stimulated the proliferation of ASMC in varying degrees, increased the CaM content in cells at late G1 stage and decreased the activity of cAMP PDE. These results suggest that the adverse effect of heavy metals may be related to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and hypertensive disease.     

Effects of monoclonal antibody anti-EGF receptor on human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell and other tumor cells

Three anti-EGF receptor MoAbs were used in these studies. Administration of MoAbs 3 and 176 inhibited tumor formation in nude mice by CNE-2, a poorly differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line and A431, an epidermoid carcinoma cell line. When the same MoAbs were used in treatment against HeLa, a cervical carcinoma, tumor growth was not affected. The number of EGF receptors and apparent dissociation constants for 125I-EGF on CNE-2 and A431 was 1.3 x 10(5)/cell (Kd 7.7 x 10(-8) mol/L) and 1.4 x 10(6)/cell (Kd 2.4 x 10(-9) mol/L), respectively. Both MoAbs 3 and 176, capable of competing with EGF for receptor binding, showed significant tumor growth inhibition. MoAb 101 was incapable of blocking the binding of EGF to its receptor, and not as effective as MoAbs 3 and 176 in tumor growth inhibition. Our observation is that the MoAb anti-EGF receptor is cytostatic rather than cytocidal, in vitro against CNE-2 and A431.     

乙醇羰化反应负载型催化剂的研究

本文由七种负载型催化剂中选出两种比较好的乙醇羰化催化剂,研究了影响反应转化率和选择性的因素,考察了活性组份的价态和载体的酸性。此外,还对催化剂进行了能量色散X射线分析。从其结果看,谱图上只有活性中心铑的谱峰而没有氯的谱峰,说明铑是以离子形式进入载体,而不是以化合物形式被吸附于载体上。     

Determination of dopamine and its metabolites in small volumes of rat brain dialysates using small-bore liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

A miniaturized liquid chromatographic system with electrochemical detection (LC-ED) was developed and applied to the analysis of dopamine and its metabolites in dialysate samples collected from the rat brain in vivo. An existing LC-ED system was down-scaled using a 1 mm I.D. small-bore column operated at a reduced flow-rate and with an injection volume of 1 microliter. With the small-bore system the limit of detection for dopamine of ca. 0.06 pg was almost 50 times less than with the conventional system, which represents a two-fold improvement in concentration sensitivity. Miniaturization was accomplished with negligible loss in resolution by using a conventional commercial amperometric detector with minor modifications. The results indicate that a number of useful advantages could be realized by the combination of this small-bore LC-ED system and the in vivo brain dialysis method.     

One Novel Vanadium-Phosphate Cluster [PV_(2.5)O_(8.5)]-3.83{H_2O} with Three-Dimensional Architecture

A novel vanadium-phosphate compound [PV_2.5O_8.5]·3.83{H_2O}(1)was obtained from the hydrothermal reac-tion and structurally characterized by elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction,which exhibited thatthe title complex crystallized in cubic space group I-43m with crystal data:a=1.6115(1)nm,V=4.1848(1)nm~3,Z=12,D_c=1.783 g/cm~3,F(000)=2278,R_1=0.0528,and wR_2=0.1329[I>2σ(I)](all data).The basic unit of{PV_2.5O_8.5}symmetrically extended to closed sphere-like structure of{P_4V_(10)O_(34)},which was further linked to in-terleaving three-dimensional network via sharing four phosphate through μ_3-oxygen atoms around the closedsphere-like structures.     

Fractal metal nanoparticle aggregates morphology formation mediated by polyelectrolyte/surfactant complex films at interfaces

In this work, the gold nanoparticle self-assembly behavior of mica-surface-confined polyelectrolyte/surfactant complex films was investigated. First, modified partially hydrated polyacrylamide (MHPAM)/hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) complex films were deposited on the mica surface using Langmuir–Blodgett technique. Then, the preadsorbed MHPAM/CTAB complex film mica plate was dipped into the gold aqueous solution and the interesting fractal nanostructured gold network was formed. In addition, the effect of dipping time on gold nanoparticle self-assembly morphology was studied. The mechanism of formation process is briefly proposed.     

Deposition of plasma conjugated polynitrile thin films and their optical properties

The plasma polymerization of 4-phenylbenzonitrile was carried out with the objective of synthesizing a novel conjugated polynitrile thin film with a better optical property. The structure, compositions and morphology of the plasma-polymerized 4-phenylbenzonitrile (PPBPCN) thin films were investigated by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). A fine, homogenous PPBPCN film with a large π-conjugated system and a high retention of the aromatic ring structure of the starting monomer in the deposited plasma films is obtained when a low discharge power of 30 W was used during film formation. For the first time, a blue emission with relatively high photoluminescence intensity for PPBPCN thin films was observed.     

NMR and MO Studies on the Molecular Structure of a Fluoranthene-Benzene Complex

Summary. Fluoranthene (FA) forms a 1:1 van der Waals complex with benzene in cyclohexane. The ¹H NMR spectrum of this complex shows that the FA moiety in the complex state has five kinds of hydrogen atoms and that the ¹H NMR peaks assigned to the protons attached to the naphthalene skeleton are largely shifted to higher magnetic field on complex formation with benzene. These observations indicate that the complex takes the structure of C_S symmetry, in which the benzene molecule mainly interacts with the electronic system localized on the naphthalene moiety of FA. The present ab initio calculations reproduce well the ¹H NMR spectral shifts mentioned above and the experimentally predicted C_S structure of the complex. According to the PPP calculations for the electronic absorption spectral changes on the complex formation, the FA-benzene complex is considered to take a sandwich type structure.     

Determination of tetracyclines in ovine milk by high-performance liquid chromatography with a coulometric electrode array system

A method has been developed to analyze residual tetracyclines (TCs) (oxytetracycline (OTC), tetracycline (TC), chlortetracycline (CTC), methacycline (MTC), doxycycline (DC)) in ovine milk, using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a coulometric electrode array system. The samples were pretreated, using liquid-liquid extraction based on hexane. The chromatography was performed, using a C18 column (150 mm x 4 mm i.d. and 5 microm) with a mobile phase: sodium phosphate monobasic dihydrate (pH 2.2, 0.05 M)-acetonitrile (78:22, v/v). The flow rate of mobile phase was kept constantly at 1ml/min. The residues were monitored by an ESA electrochemical detector. Potentials of four electrodes in series were set at 400, 660, 680 and 700 mV, respectively. The first electrode was set to remove those interfering substances that may co-elute with TCs and the other three electrodes were used for quantification. The maximal potential of our detection was 700 mV. Calibration curve showed good linearity and the detection limit of TCs was 12.5, 20, 25, 10 and 25 ng/ml, respectively. Optimization of the pH of the mobile phase, the proportion of acetonitrile and the pH of the pretreatment were also performed. Recoveries of TCs from spiked samples were more than 88% and the relative standard deviations were less than 4.3%. This method was reliable, sensitive, economical and suited for routine monitoring of TC residues in ovine dairy milk.