Sensitive and selective determination of 4-nitrophenol in water and food using modified polyethyleneimine-capped carbon dots

Hazardous 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) has created serious threats to humans and the environment; therefore, it is highly desirable to develop a facile and practical method for the monitoring of 4-NP in environment and food. Here, a fluorescence method based on modified polyethyleneimine-capped carbon dots (mPEI-CDs) was developed for sensitive and selective determination of 4-NP in water, fruit, and vegetable samples. First, highly fluorescent mPEI-CDs (quantum yield about 40.3%) were easily synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method by using novel acetic anhydride modified polyethyleneimine (mPEI) and citric acid as precursors. Compared to the unmodified PEI-CDs, the acetic anhydride mPEI-CDs exhibited excellent fluorescent stability in a wider pH range of 4.0–9.0. Under pH 8.0, a selective determination of 4-NP was achieved based on the inner filter effect (IFE) mechanism. After optimization, good linear relationships between fluorescence intensity function (F₀-F)/F₀ and the concentration of 4-NP were obtained in ranges of 0.5–10 and 10–100 μM, respectively, while efficiently avoiding the interferences from two other nitrophenol isomers, possible coexisting metal cations and anions in samples. Finally, the proposed approach was successfully applied for the determination of 4-NP in water, honey, strawberry, and tomato samples.     

仙茅根茎中的配糖体

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Synthesis, structure and characterization of M---Sn (M=Mo, W) bonded heterobimetallic complexes containing bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane ligands

The reaction of bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane tetracarbonylmolybdenum(0) or tungsten(0) complexes with RSnCl₃ (R=Ph, Cl) at room temperature yielded heterobimetallic complexes CH₂(Pz)₂M(CO)₃(Cl)(SnCl₂R) (Pz represents substituted pyrazole; M=Mo or W; R=Ph or Cl) in good yields, which have been characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H NMR and IR spectroscopy. The reaction of bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-halopyrazol-1-yl)methane tetracarbonyl tungsten with PhSnCl₃ did not take place even in refluxing CH₂Cl₂. The electronic and steric characteristics of substituents on the pyrazole ring remarkably influence the structures of the products. The structures of CH₂(3,5-Me₂-4-BrPz)₂W(CO)₃(Cl)(SnCl₃) (8) and CH₂(4-BrPz)₂Mo(CO)₃(μ-Cl)(SnCl₂Ph) (17) (Pz: pyrazole) determined by X-ray crystallography show that no chlorine-bridged W---Sn bond is observed in complex 8, while one chlorine-bridged Mo---Sn bond exists in complex 17. The Sn---M bond length is 2.7438(5) Å in complex 8 (W---Sn) and 2.7559(4) Å in complex 17 (Mo---Sn).     

A numerical and experimental hybrid approach for the investigation of aerodynamic forces on stay cables suffering from rain-wind induced vibration

The aerodynamic forces on a stay cable under a rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV) are difficult to measure directly in a wind tunnel test. This paper presents a hybrid approach that combines an experiment with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the investigation on aerodynamic forces of a stay cable under a RWIV. The stay cable and flow field were considered as two substructures of the system. The oscillation of the stay cable was first measured by using a wind tunnel test of a RWIV under an artificial rainfall condition. The oscillation of the cable was treated as a previously known moving boundary condition and applied to the flow field. Only the flow field with the known moving cable boundary was then numerically simulated by using a CFD method (such as Fluent 6.3). The transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable with a predetermined cable oscillation were obtained from numerical calculations. The characteristics of the aerodynamic forces in the time domain and frequency domain were then analysed for various cases. To verify the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed hybrid approach, the transient aerodynamic forces were applied to a single-degree-of-freedom model (SDOF) of the stay cable to calculate the RWIV of the cable. A comparison was performed between the oscillation responses of the stay cable obtained from the calculated (SDOF model) and experimental results, and the results indicate that the hybrid approach accurately simulates the transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable. The equivalent damping ratios induced by the aerodynamic forces were obtained for various wind speeds. Furthermore, a nonlinear model of the aerodynamic force is proposed based on the calculation results, and the coefficients in the model were identified by a nonlinear least-squares technique.     

Antiplatelet and anti-HIV constituents from Euchresta formosana

Phytochemical investigation of the methanol extract of Euchresta formosana resulted in the isolation of thirty-four compounds. Compounds 1, 3-12, 15, 27, 29 and 32-24 were isolated from this species for the first time. These compounds were identified by spectral analyses and tested for antiplatelet aggregation and anti-HIV activities. Among these compounds, tectorigenin (1), 3',4',5-trihydroxyisoflavone (3), and euchretin F (19) were the most effective antiplatelet aggregation compounds; they inhibited both AA- (arachidonic acid) and collagen-induced platelet aggregation. Meanwhile, flemiphyllin (B), quercetin (13), euchretin M (23), and formosanatin C (26) inhibited HIV replication in H9 lymphocyte cells.     

Moisture absorption and absorption kinetics in polyelectrolyte films: influence of film thickness

Specular X-ray reflectivity (XR) and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements were used to determine the absorption of water into thin poly(4-ammonium styrenesulfonic acid) films from saturated vapor at 25 degrees C. The effect of film thickness on the absorption kinetics and overall absorption was investigated in the range of thickness from (3 to 200) nm. The equilibrium swelling of all the films irrespective of film thickness was (0.57+/-0.03) volume fraction. Although the equilibrium absorption is independent ofthickness, the absorption rate substantially decreases for film thickness < 100 nm. For the thinnest film (3 nm), there is a 5 orders of magnitude decrease in the diffusion coefficient for water.     

A novel capillary electrophoretic method for determining aliphatic aldehydes in food samples using 2-thiobarbituric acid derivatization

A novel electrophoretic method for sensitive determination of nine aldehydes, including formaldehyde (C1), acetaldehyde (C2), propanal (C3), butanal (C4), pentanal (C5), hexanal (C6), glutaradehyde (Gla), 2,3-butanedione (Bud) and methylgloxal (MGo) in food samples, has been developed based on CE with amperometric detection (CE-AD). After being derivatized with an electroactive compound, 2-thiobarbituric acid (TBA), these nine non-electroactive aldehydes were converted to electroactive adducts, and therefore detectable by CE-AD approach. Experimental conditions of derivatization and CE-AD detection were optimized. The proposed method was validated according to International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) requirements, with recovery results ranging from 82.8 to 123.8%. Calibration plots of aliphatic aldehydes were linear (r2 ≥ 0.9901) in the concentration range from 0.083 to 15.0 mg/L. The LODs were between 0.008 and 0.074 mg/L. The proposed CE-AD method provides a reliable and sensitive quantitative evaluation for non-electroactive low-molecular-mass monoaldehydes and dialdehydes in real sample matrices by employing relatively simple and inexpensive instrument.     

以双水杨醛缩二氨基硫脲合铜(Ⅱ)为载体硫氰酸根离子选择性电极的研究及其应用

以双水杨醛缩二氨基硫脲合铜(Ⅱ)[Cu(Ⅱ)-ATBSAD]为中性载体制备PVC膜电极,该电极对SCN-具有优良的电位响应特性。采用紫外光谱技术和交流阻抗技术研究了该电极对SCN-的响应机理。电极在磷酸盐缓冲溶液(pH5.0)中,SCN-浓度在1.0×10-1～1.4×10-7mol/L范围内呈近能斯特响应;斜率为-56mV/pSCN-(26℃);检出限为5.6×10-8mol/L。Cu(Ⅱ)-ATBSAD载体膜电极对SCN-具有较好的选择性,一些常见阴离子对电极的干扰较小。将此电极用于废水中硫氰酸盐含量的测定,结果与高效液相色谱法一致。     

多壁碳纳米管-固相萃取分析有机磷农药残留

建立了多壁碳纳米管为吸附剂的固相萃取净化和火焰光度检测气相色谱法测定蔬菜中16种有机磷农药的方法.采用双柱双检测器进行定性和定量分析.建立了水相和有机相上样两种净化体系.水相上样时采用pH 5.0醋酸-醋酸钠缓冲体系,真空抽干除水,二氯甲烷为洗脱剂,只有9种农药的回收率>75%.对于正己烷溶解药物,丙酮-正己烷(5: 5,V/V)作洗脱剂的有机相净化体系,16种农药回收率均>75%.本研究提出的有机相上样净化体系用于黄瓜、卷心菜、韭菜、生姜和洋葱等样品的净化,效果良好,表明多壁碳纳米管具有较强的吸附和去除色素的能力,可以克服色素对测定的干扰.