MOLSIM: A modular molecular simulation software

The modular software MOLSIM for all‐atom molecular and coarse‐grained simulations is presented with focus on the underlying concepts used. The software possesses four unique features: (1) it is an integrated software for molecular dynamic, Monte Carlo, and Brownian dynamics simulations; (2) simulated objects are constructed in a hierarchical fashion representing atoms, rigid molecules and colloids, flexible chains, hierarchical polymers, and cross‐linked networks; (3) long‐range interactions involving charges, dipoles and/or anisotropic dipole polarizabilities are handled either with the standard Ewald sum, the smooth particle mesh Ewald sum, or the reaction‐field technique; (4) statistical uncertainties are provided for all calculated observables. In addition, MOLSIM supports various statistical ensembles, and several types of simulation cells and boundary conditions are available. Intermolecular interactions comprise tabulated pairwise potentials for speed and uniformity and many‐body interactions involve anisotropic polarizabilities. Intramolecular interactions include bond, angle, and crosslink potentials. A very large set of analyses of static and dynamic properties is provided. The capability of MOLSIM can be extended by user‐providing routines controlling, for example, start conditions, intermolecular potentials, and analyses. An extensive set of case studies in the field of soft matter is presented covering colloids, polymers, and crosslinked networks. © 2015 The Authors. Journal of Computational Chemistry Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Phase Morphologies of Binary Polymer Blends Predicted by Systematically Coarse‐Grained Models

In this work, the combined iterative Boltzmann inversion/conditional reversible work scheme is extended with a little modifications to derive the systematically coarse‐grained (CG) potentials for simulating two typical atactic polymer blends composed of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) or polystyrene (PS). Molecular dynamics simulations are extensively performed on the two blends with a wide formulation range. It is revealed by these simulations that, throughout the entire composition range, the PMMA/PVC blend is homogeneous whereas the PMMA/PS blend undergoes phase separation, which agrees well with the experimental observation that the former exhibits strong interactions that are absent in the latter. Depending upon the formulation, the immiscible PMMA/PS blend presents one single‐ or double‐continuous phase. It is further confirmed that intermolecular interactions play the key roles in forming the phase morphologies, which in turn can be inferred from only the three nonbonded CG potentials of one unlike pair and two like pairs.

     

元素分析仪测定土壤、沉积物样品碳氮含量的影响因素及数据校正

使用元素分析仪进行土壤、沉积物样品碳、氮含量检测时,样品前处理过程(烘干和酸化)、包样质量以及参考标准品等因素均会对检测结果造成影响.试验结果表明:酸化导致氮百分质量的测定结果降低2.6%~40.0%,碳百分质量的测定受包样质量的影响较大,使用的校正标准与被测样品越相似,校正结果越准确.     

HPLC–ICP–MS法测定农田土壤中甲基汞和乙基汞

采用HPLC反相C18柱分离、ICP–MS检测,建立了农田土壤中甲基汞和乙基汞的分析方法。以0.5mol/L的硝酸溶液为浸提剂,超声波提取1 h,在优化的仪器条件下测定,甲基汞和乙基汞的质量浓度在0.1~50ng/m L范围内与谱线强度呈良好线性关系(r≥0.999),检出限分别为0.1,0.2 ng/m L;加标回收率分别为89.26%~94.26%,76.88%~79.27%;相对标准偏差分别为1.67%~2.38%,2.58%~3.84%(n=5)。该方法样品前处理简单、重现性好、检出限低、准确度高,适合于农田土壤中甲基汞和乙基汞的同时测定。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定土壤中痕量铀

建立电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定土壤样品中痕量铀含量的方法。采用硝酸、氢氟酸、高氯酸混合酸消解样品后,以铼为内标溶液校正基体干扰,用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪测定土壤中的痕量铀含量。实验结果表明,铀的质量浓度在0~20 ng/m L范围内与信号强度呈线性关系,相关系数r=0.999 9,方法检出限为0.006μg/g,测定结果的相对标准偏差小于5%(n=6),加标回收率在96%~103%之间。用该方法与标准方法对同一样品进行测定,两种方法测定结果一致。该方法准确可靠,满足土壤样品中痕量铀含量的测定要求。     

固相萃取/高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定黄瓜及土壤中的春雷霉素残留

建立了测定黄瓜和土壤中春雷霉素残留的固相萃取/高效液相色谱-串联质谱(SPE/HPLC-MS/MS)方法。黄瓜和土壤样品分别经1%甲酸的甲醇、0.5%甲酸水提取后,采用MCX固相萃取柱净化,以Waters Xbridge BEH Amide色谱柱分离,0.2%甲酸水-乙腈溶液进行梯度洗脱,电喷雾正离子(ESI+)模式电离,多反应监测(MRM)模式检测,基质匹配标准曲线外标法定量。该方法灵敏、准确、简单快速、重复性好,在2~250μg/L浓度范围内,不同基质中春雷霉素的线性相关系数均大于0.999,检出限为0.002 mg/kg,定量下限为0.008 mg/kg;在0.008、0.040、0.200、0.400 mg/kg 4个加标水平下,春雷霉素在黄瓜和土壤样品中的平均回收率为77.5%~97.0%,相对标准偏差为2.6%~10.7%,能够满足黄瓜及土壤中春雷霉素残留的检测需求。应用该法对田间样品进行检测,结果表明,春雷霉素在黄瓜中的残留量不超过0.053 mg/kg,小于我国规定的黄瓜中最大残留限量(0.2 mg/kg);土壤中春雷霉素的残留量不超过0.013 mg/kg。     

土壤中重金属元素检测的质量认证

探讨了土壤中重金属检测能力验证的质量控制措施,为确保能力验证结果的准确性及不断提高实验室的检测技术水平提供参考.     

超声提取–离子色谱法测定土壤易溶盐中的氯离子和硫酸根离子

采用超声提取的方式,以离子色谱法测定土壤易溶盐中的氯离子和硫酸根离子。对实验条件进行了优化,色谱柱为NJ–SA–4A柱(250 mm×2 mm),保护柱为SI–92G柱(50 mm×4 mm),淋洗液为1.8 mmol/L Na_2CO_3–1.7mmol/L NaHCO_3,流量为1.0 m L/min;在40℃下,对土壤样品提取10 min。Cl~–和SO_4~(2–)在检测范围内均线性良好,线性相关系数为0.999 8,加标回收率分别为95.0%~99.0%,96.0%~101.0%,测定结果的相对标准偏差分别为1.4%,1.0%(n=4)。与传统的方法相比,该法试剂用量少,操作简单,可用于土壤易溶盐样品的测定。     

Spherically Symmetric Solvent is Sufficient to Explain the LCST Mechanism in Polymer Solutions

The mechanism of the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in thermoresponsive polymer solutions has been studied by means of a coarse‐grained single polymer chain simulation and a theoretical approach. The simulation model includes solvent explicitly and thus accounts for solvent interactions and entropy directly. The theoretical model consists of a single chain polymer in an implicit solvent where the effect of solvent is included through the intrapolymer solvophobic potential proposed by Kolomeisky and Widom. The results of this study indicate that the LCST behavior is determined by the competition between the mean energy difference between the bulk and bound solvent, and the entropy loss due to the bound solvent. At low temperatures, solvent molecules are bound to the polymer and the solvophobicity of the polymer is screened, resulting in a coiled state. At high temperatures the entropy loss due to bound solvent offsets the energy gain due to binding which causes the solvent molecules to unbind, leading to the collapse of the polymer chain to a globular state. Furthermore, the coarse‐grained nature of these models indicates that mean interaction energies are sufficient to explain LCST in comparison to specific solvent structural arrangements.

     

Direct analysis of free amino acids by mixed‐mode chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

We developed a straightforward, robust, and relatively fast method for the analysis of amino acids by mixed‐mode high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The method does not involve derivatization and allows the detection of 21 amino acids, representing a wide range of isoelectric points, in less than 40 min. Chromatographic separation was governed by a silica‐based mixed‐mode column providing simultaneous hydrophobic and ion exchange separation mechanisms. The use of tandem mass spectrometry increased selectivity, reducing potential problems associated with poor selectivity in the chromatographic system. For an injection volume of 1 μL, we obtained detection limits <3 μM for the majority of analytes. For all analytes, a linearity of r > 0.99 was obtained, recovery in matrix was >86%, and the retention times were highly reproducible. The method was successfully applied to soil solution and fungal culture samples, demonstrating the advantages in successfully avoiding issues associated with high amounts of substances that may interfere with derivatization‐based methods. This method represents an alternative to derivatization‐based methods and can be applied in areas where sample matrices are highly complex.