Hydrodynamic lift of vesicles and red blood cells in flow — from Fåhræus & Lindqvist to microfluidic cell sorting

Hydrodynamic lift forces acting on cells and particles in fluid flow receive ongoing attention from medicine, mathematics, physics and engineering. The early findings of Fåhræus & Lindqvist on the viscosity change of blood with the diameter of capillaries motivated extensive studies both experimentally and theoretically to illuminate the underlying physics. We review this historical development that led to the discovery of the inertial and non-inertial lift forces and elucidate the origins of these forces that are still not entirely clear. Exploiting microfluidic techniques induced a tremendous amount of new insights especially into the more complex interactions between the flow field and deformable objects like vesicles or red blood cells. We trace the way from the investigation of single cell dynamics to the recent developments of microfluidic techniques for particle and cell sorting using hydrodynamic forces. Such continuous and label-free on-chip cell sorting devices promise to revolutionize medical analyses for personalized point-of-care diagnosis. We present the state-of-the-art of different hydrodynamic lift-based techniques and discuss their advantages and limitations.     

Electrocatalytic oxidation and voltammetric determination of ciprofloxacin employing poly(alizarin red)/graphene composite film in the presence of ascorbic acid,uric acid and dopamine

A glassy carbon electrode modified with poly(alizarin red)/electrodeposited graphene (PAR/EGR) composite film was prepared and applied to detect ciprofloxacin (CPFX) in the presence of ascorbic, uric acid and dopamine. The morphology and interface property of PAR/EGR films were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The electrocatalytic oxidation of CPFX on AR/EGR was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The linearity ranged from 4 × 10⁻⁸ to 1.2 × 10⁻⁴ M with a detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.01 μM. The modified electrode could be applied to the individual determination of CPFX as well as the simultaneous determination of CPFX, ascorbic acid, uric acid and dopamine. This method proved to be a simple, selective and rapid way to determine CPFX in pharmaceutical preparation and biological media.     

Development and validation of a rapid HPLC method for the determination of five banned fat-soluble colorants in spices using a narrow-bore monolithic column

This work reports a fast and simple liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of five banned fat-soluble synthetic colorants, namely Sudan I-IV and Para-Red, in spice samples. The analytes were successfully separated isocratically in less than 5 min on the new narrow bore monolithic column, FastGradient^® Chromolith (50 mm × 2.0 mm i.d.) using a mobile phase of 0.1% (v/v) HCOOH/acetonitrile (35/65%, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.5 mL min⁻¹. All colorants were detected at 506 nm. The main parameters (mobile phase composition, flow rate, injection volume) affecting the separation were studied. The proposed method was thoroughly validated in terms of linearity, LODs, precision and accuracy. The method was applied to the determination of the studied azo-dyes in various spices (paprika, chilli and mixed spice powders) after ultrasound-assisted extraction. Satisfactory recoveries, ranging from 92% to 109% were obtained.     

甲酚红褪色分光光度法测定芬布芬的研究及其应用

在pH9.00的tris-HCl缓冲溶液中,甲酚红与芬布芬反应形成离子缔合物,使甲酚红溶液褪色.实验结果表明:最大褪色波长位于569.0nm,芬布芬浓度在0.05086～10.17μg/mL范围内遵循比尔定律,回归方程为ΔA=0.1702c+0.0107(c=μg/mL),相关系数为r=0.9996,表观摩尔吸光系数为4.537×104 L·mol-1·cm-1.据此建立了测定药物制剂和生物样品中芬布芬含量的褪色分光光度法,样品测定平均回收率为97.97%～101.6%.     

Insight into Amyloid Formation Using Congo Red as the Electrochemical Probe

The amyloid‐β (Aβ) aggregation pathway is an important target for the discovery of drugs that can prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The electrochemistry of Congo Red (CR) represents a particularly promising tool for screening of Aβ‐binding therapeutics in a rapid and cost‐effective format. The results of the differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) measurements were confirmed using simultaneous UV‐vis analysis of the same incubated Aβ samples. The early changes in the electrochemical signals were attributed to the interaction of the Aβ oligomers with CR. The electrochemical approach, in principle, allowed monitoring small molecule‐Aβ interactions on the time scale of aggregation.     

UV/Vis光谱法研究红子色素的稳定性

本文报导了从红子提取，分离天然色素及酸碱和温度等对该色素稳定性的影响。     

茜素红S荧光猝灭法测定壳聚糖含量

在pH 5.0的NaAc-HAc缓冲液中壳聚糖对茜素红S的荧光强度具有明显的猝灭作用,且猝灭程度F0/F与加入的壳聚糖浓度成线性关系,据此建立一种测定壳聚糖含量的荧光猝灭法。确定了最佳测定条件,线性回归方程为F0/F=-0.438 37 0.436 27c(mg·L-1),线性范围为0-16.667 mg·L-1,r=0.996,检测限为0.473 mg·L-1;平均回收率为100.60％,测定了样品中壳聚糖的含量,并考察了干扰因素对测定的影响。采用该方法可测定复杂样品中微量壳聚糖含量。     

催化动力学光度法测定痕量锰--Mn(Ⅱ)-NTA-茜素紫3B-KIO4体系

在硼砂介质中 ,利用氨三乙酸活化 Mn( )催化 KIO4 氧化茜素紫 3B褪色的指示反应 ,建立了催化光度法测定痕量锰的新方法。方法的线性范围为 0 .0 30— 6 .0μg/ L ,检出限为 1.0× 10 -11g/ m L ,用于水样和茶叶中锰的测定 ,结果令人满意。     

Bestimmung von Arsen in Blei und Bleilegierungen

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung von g/g- bis mg/g-Gehalten Arsen in Blei und Bleilegierungen beschrieben. Das Arsen wird dazu mit NaBH₄ als AsH₃ aus der Probenlösung ausgetrieben und atomabsorptions-spektrometrisch in einer geheizten Quarzküvette bestimmt. Durch geeignete Arbeitsbedingungen werden Störungen durch die Matrix ausgeschaltet. Für den gesamten Arbeitsbereich beträgt die relative Standardabweichung etwa 3% (N=12); die Nachweisgrenze (3 -Grenze) wurde zu 0,1 g/g As ermittelt.

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Determination of arsenic in lead and lead alloys

Summary A method is described for the determination of g/g to mg/g concentrations of As in lead and lead alloys. For that purpose arsenic is blown out from the sample solutions as AsH₃ by use of NaBH₄ and determined by AAS in a heated quartz cuvette. Using suitable conditions disturbances caused by the matrix are eliminated. The relative standard deviation over the whole working range is about 3% (N=12); the detection limit (3 ) was found to be 0.1 g/g As.