Size exclusion and anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography for characterizing metals bound to marine dissolved organic matter

Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) followed by anion exchange chromatography (AEC) hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was applied for fractionating metals bound to marine dissolved organic matter (DOM). Surface seawater samples (100 L) were subjected to tangential flow ultrafiltration (10,000 Da cut off) for isolating and pre-concentrating dissolved large molecules. The isolated fraction (retentate) consisted of 1 L, which was further freeze-dried and re-dissolved to 250 mL with ultrapure water. After HI Trap desalting of the re-dissolved retentate, SEC with UV detection showed marine DOM ranging from 6.5 kDa (lower than the permeable volume of the SEC column) to 16 kDa. A further characterization of this fraction by AEC with UV detection revealed the existence of four groups of macromolecules exhibiting retention times of 2.3, 2.8, 4.5 and 14.0 min. AEC hyphenated with ICP-MS showed the presence of strontium and zinc in the first AE fraction isolated from the SEC fraction; while manganese was found to be bound to the second AE fraction. Cobalt was found to be bound to molecules comprising the third AE fraction.     

Development of a pretreatment method for amyloid beta-protein analysis based on the effect of acetic acid on the dissolution of plasma polypeptides

During the evaluation of a pretreatment method for the simultaneous quantification of four amyloid beta-protein fragments in transgenic mice plasma by a new gradient system, we have found that acetic acid has potency to completely dissolve plasma polypeptides in the presence of an organic solvent. Based on this observation, we designed a simple pretreatment method using an ultrafiltration membrane. An analysis of the filtrate obtained by this method suggests the possibility that acetic acid inhibits the interaction between amyloid beta-protein fragments and plasma polypeptides, which leads to a higher recovery of the amyloid beta-protein fragments from mouse plasma. In addition, higher dilution of mouse plasma using a dilution solution produced higher recovery as well. The highest recovery of amyloid beta-protein 1-38, 1-40, 1-42 and 1-43 fragments was 101.7, 94.9, 96.2 and 84.8%, respectively. Furthermore, calibration curves with the lower limit of quantification of 0.65 nM were successfully constructed with good accuracy using the developed method. Consequently, a pretreatment method using an ultrafiltration membrane is a powerful tool to determine the amyloid beta-protein fragments in transgenic mice plasma containing an abundance of plasma polypeptides such as albumin.     

Antifouling poly(vinylidene fluoride) ultrafiltration membranes containing amphiphilic comb polymer additive

An amphiphilic comb polymer consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride‐co‐chlorotrifluoroethylene) [P(VDF‐co‐CTFE)] main chains and poly(oxyethylene methacrylate) (POEM) side chains was synthesized using direct initiation of the chlorine atoms in CTFE units through atom transfer radical polymerization, as confirmed by ¹H NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. The P(VDF‐co‐CTFE)‐g‐POEM comb polymer was introduced as an additive to prepare poly(vinylidene fluoride) antifouling ultrafiltration membranes. As the contents of comb polymer increased, the mechanical properties of membranes slightly decreased due to the decreased crystallinity of the membranes, as revealed by universal testing machine and X‐ray diffraction. However, water contact angle measurement and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the hydrophilic POEM segments spontaneously segregated on the membrane surfaces. As a result, the antifouling property of the membranes containing P(VDF‐co‐CTFE)‐g‐POEM comb polymer was considerably improved with a slight change of water flux. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 183–189, 2010     

高效液相色谱与微超滤技术联用化学发光检测人体血清中的盐酸多巴酚丁胺

研究发现,盐酸多巴酚丁胺在碱性条件下能大大增强Luminol—K3Fe(CN)6化学发光强度,基于此,并结合HPLC分离技术,建立起盐酸多巴酚丁胺的HPLC-CL分析新方法。在C18反相键合相为色谱柱,乙腈为流动相的条件下,实现了对人体血清中的盐酸多巴酚丁胺的分离与测定。方法的线性范围为1．0～100μg／L,相关系数为0．9995;检出限为0．76μg/L;相对标准偏差为2.9％(n=11)。     

有机-无机杂化膜的研究进展

有机-无机杂化膜由于具备了无机膜和有机膜各自的特点,具有良好的分离特性和物化稳定性,因而成为当前膜技术领域新型膜材料研究的热点.本文主要介绍了近年来国内外有机-无机杂化膜的研究现状、杂化膜的制备方法、结构和应用.     

Effects of membrane hydrophilicity on the removal of a trihalomethane via micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration process

Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) process was explored for obtaining pure water from an aqueous solution containing small amount of trihalomethanes (THMs). A homologous series of polyethylene glycol alkylether was used as nonionic surfactant. To understand effects of membrane hydrophilicity on the performance of MEUF process, membranes for the ultrafiltration were prepared from polysulfone blends containing various amount of a hydrophilic copolymer, poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-acrylonitrile) (P(VP-AN)). An increase in the permeate flux was observed with an increase of the membrane hydrophilicity. The performance of MEUF process in removing THM and surfactant was shown to depend on the membrane characteristics, surfactant characteristics, and operating pressure. The rejections of THM and surfactant were increased with increasing hydrophobicity of surfactant and hydrophilicity of membrane. The rejections of THM examined with hydrophilic membranes were increased with increasing operating pressure, while those examined with hydrophobic membranes were decreased with increasing operating pressure. THM included in water could be removed up to 99% via MEUF process. The performance of MEUF examined with hydrophilic membranes could be explained with the rejection of micelles containing THM, while that examined with hydrophobic membranes could be explained with hydrophobic interactions between surfactant and membrane materials.     

超滤管净化/高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定动物源食品中喹诺酮类药物残留

建立了超滤管净化技术结合高效液相色谱-串联质谱同时测定动物源食品中10种喹诺酮类药物残留的新方法。样品经酸化乙腈提取后,采用50mLMillipore超滤管(截留分子量3kD)净化,离心液氮吹复溶后,经WatersXbridgeC18色谱柱进行分离,以0.1%甲酸-乙腈作为流动相进行梯度洗脱,电喷雾正离子(ESI+)模式电离,多反应监测(MRM)模式检测,外标法定量。结果表明,10种喹诺酮类药物在5.0~100μg/kg浓度范围内线性关系良好,方法的检出限为0.15~0.75μg/kg,定量下限为0.49~2.59μg/kg,在5.0,10,50μg/kg3个加标水平下的回收率为71.4%~85.9%,相对标准偏差(n=6)为3.9%~10.7%。方法简便快速、灵敏度高、重复性好,可用于动物源食品中10种喹诺酮类药物残留的快速确证和定量分析。