Determination of thermodynamic parameters for cloud point extraction of Arsenazo-III and Magdala Red dyes using mixed micelles: An essential requirement for high performance

A simple and low cost method for extraction and preconcentration of Arsenazo-III (ARS-III) and Magdala Red (MR) was developed by an efficient cloud point extraction (CPE) method using mixed micelles of Triton X–114 (TX–114) and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). Various parameters, such as pH/concentration of H₂SO₄, surfactant concentrations (TX-114 and CTAB), equilibrium temperature and time have been studied to maximise efficiency. Thermodynamic quantities like change in Gibbs free energy (ΔG⁰), change in enthalpy (ΔH⁰) and change in entropy (ΔS⁰) were calculated. The results show that the CPE of ARS-III and MR dye is feasible, spontaneous, and endothermic in the temperature range of (50–80) °C indicating good recoveries for the developed method. The effect of temperature, surfactant concentration and dye concentration on various thermodynamic quantities was investigated and it was found that ΔG⁰ values increased with temperature but decreased with surfactant and dye concentration. ΔH⁰ and ΔS⁰ values increased as surfactant concentration increased and decreased as dye concentration decreased. The recoveries were found to be the range from 90.02 – 101.03 % for ARS-III and 86.07–99.46 % for MR dyes which proves that the method is highly efficient.     

Preparation and characterization of fragrance by extracting the essential oils from different raw materials

The extraction is a simple process and it is widely used to extract the fragrances in fragrance industries from essential oils. There are number of compounds (i.e. flowers, oils, leaves etc.) from which we can prepare the fragrance by extracting the essential oils from them. In this work, we have prepared the fragrance from the essential oils by the liquid-liquid extraction process, where the essential oil presented as the concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds. We used the combination of Gas chromatography and Mass spectrometry (GC/MS) characterization techniques to make our product more useful, convenient and compitative with the other fragrance available in the market. This study would be helpful to understand the preparation of the fragrance from the concentrated hydrophobic liquid type essential oils which contains volatile aroma compounds by using a significant liquid-liquid extraction process.     

混合型离子交换液相色谱-串联质谱法检测鸡蛋中10种氨基糖苷类药物残留

该研究系统地优化了样品前处理过程及仪器分析中影响氨基糖苷残留分析准确度与灵敏度的各主要因素,建立了鸡蛋中10种氨基糖苷类药物(链霉素、双氢链霉素、潮霉素B、卡那霉素、阿米卡星、妥布霉素、安普霉素、大观霉素、新霉素、庆大霉素)残留量的混合型离子交换液相色谱-串联质谱分析方法。样品经10 mmol/L乙酸铵缓冲溶液(含0.4 mmol/L EDTA和50 g/L三氯乙酸)超声提取,调节pH至6~7后,经PRiME HLB固相萃取柱富集净化,采用SIELC Obelisc R色谱柱分离,以乙腈和1.0%(v/v)甲酸水溶液(含1 mmol/L甲酸铵)为流动相进行梯度洗脱,在正离子、多反应监测模式下经串联质谱仪测定,外标法定量。该方法在5~200 μg/L质量浓度范围内线性关系良好,相关系数(r²)均大于0.99;方法的检出限(LOD, S/N≥3)为2~5 μg/kg,定量限(LOQ, S/N≥10)为5~10 μg/kg。在空白鸡蛋中进行LOQ、20 μg/kg、100 μg/kg 3个水平的加标回收实验,方法的平均回收率(n=6)为68.1%~111.3%,相对标准偏差为1.2%~12.3%。利用该方法对市售的20批次鸡蛋样品进行测定,均未检出目标物。本方法简单、灵敏、准确,可实现鸡蛋中10种氨基糖苷类药物残留的批量检测。     

Rapid and label-free classification of pathogens based on light scattering,reduced power spectral features and support vector machine

The rapid identification of pathogens is crucial in controlling the food quality and safety. The proposed system for the rapid and label-free identification of pathogens is based on the principle of laser scattering from the bacterial microbes. The clinical prototype consists of three parts: the laser beam, photodetectors, and the data acquisition system. The bacterial testing sample was mixed with 10 mL distilled water and placed inside the machine chamber. When the bacterial microbes pass by the laser beam, the scattering of light occurs due to variation in size, shape, and morphology. Due to this reason, different types of pathogens show their unique light scattering patterns. The photo-detectors were arranged at the surroundings of the sample at different angles to collect the scattered light. The photodetectors convert the scattered light intensity into a voltage waveform. The waveform features were acquired by using the power spectral characteristics, and the dimensionality of extracted features was reduced by applying minimal-redundancy-maximal-relevance criterion (mRMR). A support vector machine (SVM) classifier was developed by training the selected power spectral features for the classification of three different bacterial microbes. The resulting average identification accuracies of E. faecalis,E. coli and S. aureus were 99%, 87%, and 94%, respectively. The overall experimental results yield a higher accuracy of 93.6%, indicating that the proposed device has the potential for label-free identification of pathogens with simplicity, rapidity, and cost-effectiveness.     

Carbon dots/Bi_2WO_6 composite with compensatory photo-electronic effect for overall water photo-splitting at normal pressure

Overall water photo-splitting is a prospective ideal pathway to produce ultra-clean H_2 energy by semiconductors.However,the band structure of many semiconductors cannot satisfy the requirement of H_2 and O_2 production at the same time.Herein,we illustrate that carbon dots(CDs)/Bi_2 WO_6 photocatalyst with compensatory photo-electronic effect has enhanced activity for overall water photo-splitting without any sacrificial agent.In this complex photocatalytic system,the photo-potential provided by CDs makes the CDs/Bi_2 WO6(C-BWO) composite could satisfy the band structure conditions for overall water photo-splitting.The C-BWO composite(3 wt% CDs content) exhibits optimized hydrogen evolution(oxygen evolution) of 0.28 μmol/h(0.12 μmol/h) with an approximate 2:1(H_2:O_2) stoichiometry at normal pressure.We further employed the in-situ transient photovoltage(TPV) technique to study the photoelectron extraction and the interface charge transfer kinetics of this composite catalyst.     

超声乳化晶状体摘除术对不同阶段原发性闭角型青光眼的疗效分析

目的 比较分析超声乳化晶状体摘除术对不同阶段的原发性闭角型青光眼的治疗效果,为临床上闭角型青光眼行 晶状体摘除术治疗的手术时机选择提供依据。方法 收集2008 年7 月至2013 年12 月行超声乳化晶状体囊外摘除术联合人工晶状体植入术的闭角型青光眼患者70 例（共113 眼）,分为临床前期组（40 眼）、急性发作组（48 眼）和慢性进展组（25 眼）3 组,平均随访（19.47±10.10）个月。比较各组患者术前、术后的视力、眼压、视野、房角粘连等参数,以及术后随访过程中青光眼继续进展的情况。结果 临床前期组患者术后均无青光眼进展;急性发作组10.4%患者术后继续进展,继续进展和术前病程相关（r=0.462,P＝0.003）;慢性进展组40.0%患者术后继续进展,继续进展和房角粘连程度相关（r=0.698,P＝0.000）。结论 原发性闭角型青光眼临床前期患者进行晶状体摘除可良好地预防青光眼进展;房角关闭急性发作时尽早行晶状体摘除;慢性进展期在早期,房角粘连未达1/2周之前行晶状体摘除均可有效控制病情发展。     

Electrochemical Determination of Dextromethorphan on Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Screen‐Printed Electrode after Electromembrane Extraction

In this paper, electromembrane extraction coupled with differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) on a reduced graphene oxide modified screen‐printed carbon electrode (RGO‐SPCE) for the determination of dextromethorphan (DXM) in urine and plasma has been described. DXM migrated from 4 mL of a donor phase across a thin layer of 2‐nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) immobilized in the pores of a porous hollow fiber, into a 20 µL acceptor phase (HCl) present inside the lumen of the fiber. Then, 15 µL of a 0.1 M NaOH solution was added to the acceptor phase and the mixture was analyzed using DPV.     

Synthesis and characterisation of p-diethylaminomethylthiacalix[4]arene for selective recovery of platinum from automotive catalyst residue

The ability of chloroform solutions of p-diethylaminomethylthiacalix[4]arene 1 to extract platinum from HCl media was tested. As an ion-pair extractant, compound 1 had the highest platinum extraction ability among all the thiacalix[n]arene derivatives tested in this study. Compound 1 was a highly specific extractant for Pt(IV) ions from single-metal solutions and platinum-group metal solutions from automotive catalyst residue. Various conditions such as contact time, pH, concentration of 1, effect of chloride ions, effect of acidity and Pt(IV) concentration were studied. The distribution ratio of platinum ions (D) was calculated. The platinum complex stoichiometry ratio was obtained using slope analysis. The 1–Pt(IV) complex was characterised using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, FT-IR and ¹H NMR. Finally, the Pt(IV) extraction percentage of compound 1 was compared with that of previously reported thiacalix[n]arene-based extractants.     

对硝基苯酚分子印迹聚合物最佳功能单体的筛选及其水样固相萃取中的应用

以对硝基苯酚(4-NP)为对象,采用非印迹聚合物(NIP)库筛选法选出乙烯基咪唑为最佳功能单体,通过实验选出乙腈为最合适的聚合溶剂、三甲氧基丙基三甲基丙烯酸酯(TRIM)为交联剂制备分子印迹聚合物。对固相萃取进行了优化,用pH=2.5的磷酸盐缓冲溶液上样、体积比为45∶55的乙腈和磷酸盐缓冲溶液淋洗、甲醇洗脱条件下,聚合物具有最佳印迹效果。4-NP分子印迹聚合物的表观吸附量达到5.8 mg/g。该印迹聚合物对4-NP及其结构类似物苯酚和对氯苯酚的萃取回收率分别为96.0%、78.8%和77.8%,表明具有较高的选择性,还成功地用于自来水样品中4-NP的固相萃取,回收率达到93.1%。由此可得该方法快速、有效,可用于分子印迹聚合物优化制备。