Optimization of tetramethoxysilane-derived sol gel entrapment protocol stabilizes highly active chlorophyllase

Entrapment of membrane proteins is a challenging task compared to that involving soluble proteins. Chlorophyllase, a membrane protein, was successfully entrapped in tetramethoxysilane-derived sol-gel. Pre-gel sol typically consists of an aqueous suspension of chlorophyllase, precursors including tetramethoxysilane and/or methytrimethoxysilane, and sodium fluoride as catalyst. To obtain a highly active entrapped enzyme preparation, the effects of various immobilization parameters, including the chemical compositions of pre-gel sol (water/silane ratio, precursor type and proportions, enzyme loading, sodium fluoride concentration), and sol-gel process parameters (aging and drying time and approach) have been investigated. Chlorophyllase demonstrated the highest activity in gel derived from a pre-gel sol with water/silane ratio of 30 and enzyme loading of 0.257 mg_protein/g_gel, and showed moderately lower activity in organically modified sol-gel than that in hydrophilic sol-gel. The effects of water/silane ratio and precursor combinations on the activity of entrapped chlorophyllase were also studied by examining the pore morphology of gel via nitrogen adsorption-desorption. Longer aging time leads to an entrapped chlorophyllase preparation with higher activity. Chlorophyllase preparation demonstrated negligible activity after air-drying for 12 h while lyophilized chlorophyllase preparation demonstrated 8, 4 and 4 times higher activity than air-dried, vacuum-dried and solvent-dried preparations. Chlorophyllase demonstrated 30% higher activity in the improved sol-gel protocol than that from a non-optimized sol-gel protocol developed in a previous study.     

微量元素La对Al—Si合金凝固过程的影响

本文用差热分析法系统地研究了La掺杂对Al-Si共晶合金、亚共晶、超共晶的动态凝固过程的影响。结果表明,La促使α(Al)成核,使体系中初晶α(Al)的析出温度比AJ-Si二元合金中Al初晶的实际析出温度明显提高;La对初晶Si的成核和长大起抑制作用,使超共晶中初晶Si相析出温度较二元合金中的Si初晶的实际析出温度明显降低。     

Syntheses of 2-arylated 1-benzazocines via Beckmann rearrangement

One-step and highly efficient syntheses of 2-aryl-1-benzazocines via Beckmann rearrangement of 5H-benzocyclohepten-5-one oxime mesylates in dry toluene was described, in which aryl Grignard reagents were used for the first time to induce Beckmann rearrangement directly without any additional protic agents. Iodotrimethylsilane was also employed to promote Beckmann rearrangement of the mesylates, followed by the treatment of the intermediate imidoyl iodide with phenylmagnesium bromide to complete the synthesis of benzazocines.     

锆助剂对低温液相合成甲醇用铜铬硅催化剂性能的影响

考察了含锆的铜铬硅催化剂低温液相合成甲醇性能，并进行了BET、TPR-H2、TPD-H2、TPD-CO、XRD和XPS表征。结果表明，锆作为结构助剂及电子助剂对催化剂在低温液相合成甲醇反应中具有显著的促进作用，反应活性可提高32.25 ％。锆助剂能有效提高催化剂的比表面积，促进催化剂中铜铬组分的分散及表面富集。ZrO2加入在催化剂表面产生的Cu+与催化活性的改善密切相关，Zr4+、Cr3+、Cu+可形成复合中心，为价态的稳定性提供微环境，在H2活化及C O键的断裂等反应步骤中起重要作用。     

高速逆流色谱与质谱联用在中药分析中的应用

高速逆流色谱 ( High- speed countercurrent chromatography,HSCCC)是新型的液 -液分配色谱技术 ,它利用多层螺旋管同步行星式离心运动 ,在短时间内实现样品在互不相溶的两相溶剂系统中的高效分配 ,从而实现样品分离[1] . HSCCC分离纯化后 ,若用 MS离线检测 ,此时须挥发原 HSCCC的溶剂体系 ,才能实现样品转移 ,还可能会带来样品污染 .HSCCC与 MS的联用克服了这些缺陷 ,具有很强的实用价值 .丹参酮 A( Tashinone A)是一种结晶性菲醌类化合物 [2 ] ,在丹参乙醚提取物中含量丰富 .本文采用正己烷 -乙醚 -乙醇 -水体系 ,将 HSCC…     

纳米碳管电极上氧的电催化还原

以聚四氟乙烯为粘结剂制成了多壁纳米碳管（MWNT）电极.采用恒电位阶跃法和循环伏安法研究了MWNT电极在碱性溶液中的电化学行为，并对碱性溶液中溶解氧在该电极上的电化学还原行为进行了研究.实验结果表明： MWNT电极具有比石墨电极更高的孔隙率和电化学表面积；MWNT电极上O2还原成的反应为准可逆过程；在5～50 mV•s－1的扫描速率范围内，阴极峰电流与扫描速度成线性关系，表明MWNT电极上O2还原成的反应受吸附控制；对碱性溶液中的氧还原反应， MWNT比石墨具有更高的催化活性.     

Determination of three compounds in Aloe vera by capillary electrophoresis

A capillary electrophoretic assay for determining aloe-emodin (AE), methyl p-coumarate (MC), and 3,4-dihydro-6,8-dihydroxyl-[(3s)-2'-acetyl-3'-hydroxyl-5'-methoxy-benzyl]-isocoumarin (DDI) in Aloe vera has been developed. Baseline separation was achieved within 15 min using a running buffer of 20 mm borax containing 10% (v/v) acetonitrile at pH 10.5. A linear relationship between the peak area and the concentration of the analytes was found in the ranges 5-500, 10-1000 and 2-1000 micro g/mL for AE, MC and DDI, respectively, with correlation coefficients of 0.9992-0.9998. The relative standard deviations of migration time and peak area were within 0.17-0.19 and 1.52-3.37%, respectively. The recoveries of AE, MC and DDI were 105, 102 and 96.4%. The contents of AE, MC and DDI in Aloe vera were measured to be 5.13, 0.768 and 1.30 mg/g, respectively.     

浊点萃取在生物大分子分离及分析中的应用

浊点萃取是一种新兴的环保型液2液萃取方法。本文介绍了表面活性剂胶束溶液的形成过程和浊点现象, 总结了浊点萃取法的操作方法, 并且详细讨论了它在生物大分子分离纯化及生物分析中的应用。最后探讨了该技术的发展前景。     

Electrochemical and in situ Raman spectroscopic study on the stability of poly(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-methylaniline)

The stability of poly(N-methylaniline) (PNMA) as electrode material has been studied in aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid with the use of electrochemical and in situ Raman spectroscopic techniques. It has been shown that the electrochemical decomposition of electrodeposited PNMA films follows a first-order reaction kinetics. The decomposition rate constants vary between 1.2 × 10⁻⁵ and 2.0 × 10⁻³ s⁻¹ for electrode potential varying between 0.2 and 1.0 V vs Ag/AgCl, respectively. In situ Raman spectroscopy has been applied in obtaining kinetic data at selected electrode potentials, and good correlation of these data with the corresponding data obtained by cyclic voltammetry has been found. As compared to polyaniline, the decomposition of PNMA proceeds at nearly the same rate at electrode potentials not exceeding 0.5 V. The decomposition of PNMA proceeds faster within the potential limits of 0.5 to 0.8 V and slower at electrode potentials exceeding 0.8 V as compared to polyaniline. This article is dedicated to Professor Algirdas Vaškelis (Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius, Lithuania) on the occasion of his 70th birthday and in honour of his contributions to electrochemistry and physical chemistry.     

A new type of noncovalent surface–π stacking interaction occurring on peroxide-modified titania nanosheets driven by vertical π-state polarization

Noncovalent π stacking of aromatic molecules is a universal form of noncovalent interactions normally occurring on planar structures (such as aromatic molecules and graphene) based on sp²-hybridized atoms. Here we reveal a new type of noncovalent surface–π stacking unusually occurring between aromatic groups and peroxide-modified titania (PMT) nanosheets, which can drive versatile aromatic adsorptions. We experimentally explore the underlying electronic-level origin by probing the perturbed changes of unoccupied Ti 3d states with near-edge X-ray absorption fine structures (NEXAFS), and find that aromatic groups can vertically attract π electrons in the surface peroxo-Ti states and increase their delocalization regions. Our discovery updates the concept of noncovalent π-stacking interactions by extending the substrates from carbon-based structures to a transition metal oxide, and presents an approach to exploit the surface chemistry of nanomaterials based on noncovalent interactions.

A new type of noncovalent surface–π stacking interaction occurring on a transition metal oxide, titania, is reported, which is different from the traditional forms on sp²-hybridized planar structures like graphene.