A new linear method for analyzing four‐way multiblock tables: STATIS‐4

A new four‐way multiblock method is proposed to study the links between more than two sets of data tables (several multiblocks) measured on the same observations. This method, called STATIS‐4, generalizes the STATIS method to more than one set of matrices. In its first step, STATIS‐4 is searching for one consensus for each multiblock and a global consensus summarizing all the previous ones as good as possible. Some graphical representations can be made to visualize the proximities between the tables within a multiblock and to visualize those between all the multiblocks. Moreover, plots of the observations for each table, each multiblock and global observations can be made. The theory of STATIS‐4 and the algorithm used to obtain the optimal solutions are presented. Moreover, a real sensory dataset is studied with STATIS‐4. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

N-乙酰-L-半胱氨酸在咖啡酸修饰碳糊电极上的电催化氧化

研究了N-乙酰-L-半胱氨酸（N-acetyl-L-cysteine,NAC）在咖啡酸（CFA）修饰碳糊电极（CFA/CPE）上的电催化行为。结果表明,NAC在裸碳糊电极（CPE）上的直接电化学氧化过程十分迟缓,而CFA/CPE对NAC的电化学氧化具有良好的催化作用。用循环伏安法（CV）、计时电流法（CA）测定了NAC在CFA/CPE上的电极过程动力学参数。电荷传递系数α=0.79,电催化氧化反应速率常数k=（4.40±0.10）×10^3（mol.L^-1）^-1.s^-1。用微分脉冲伏安法（DPV）测得催化氧化峰电流与NAC浓度在1.0×10^-6～7.5×10^-4mol.L^-1范围内呈良好的线性关系,线性回归方程为Ipa（μA）=4.075c（mmol.L^-1）＋2.671,r=0.9988,检出限为1.7×10^-7mol.L^-1。用该方法对市售药品富露施中的NAC含量进行测定,结果令人满意。     

化学提取方法快速评估污染土壤中生物可消化性铅

为建立一种简单的方法鉴定污染土壤中的铅在消化系统中被人体消化吸收的潜力（即生物可消化性或生物可接受性）,采用连续提取法和7种单一化学提取法比较研究了13个污染土壤中铅的化学形态及其可提取性,以模拟胃液提取法为参比,选择和比较了7种化学提取剂,包括：CaCl2稀盐、NH4OAc、DTPA—TEA、Mehlich Ⅰ、Mehlich Ⅲ、草酸铵缓冲液和盐酸羟铵溶液。结果表明,土壤中铅的平均提取率由高至低依次为：草酸铵缓冲液,盐酸羟铵溶液,MehlichⅠ、MehlichⅢ,DTPA—TEA,NH4OAc,CaCl2相关分析表明,氧化物结合态铅是污染土壤中生物可消化铅的主要组分,用盐酸羟铵溶液提取的铅可很好地表征污染土壤中铅的生物可消化性,其提取量与模拟胃液提取的铅接近,两者之间具有显著的相关性。     

An efficient peptide ligation using azido-protected peptides via the thioester method

Azido-protected Fmoc-Lys-OH (Fmoc-Lys(N₃)-OH) was synthesized from Fmoc-Lys-OH by the copper(II)-catalyzed diazo transfer method, and introduced to a peptide by the ordinary Fmoc-based solid-phase peptide synthesis. This azido peptide could be condensed with a peptide thioester by the Ag⁺-free thioester method without any significant side reactions. The azido group was easily reduced to an amino group by Zn powder after peptide condensation.     

Degradation issues of polymer materials used in railway field

Polymer materials used in railway field are degraded by environmental factors such as thermal, oxidative, photolytic, hydrolytic, and mechanical. The expected service life of the polymer materials used in railway field is approximately 20 years that is relatively long period for the polymer material; therefore, respective degradation factors should be well considered. Some of the degradation conditions indicate similar mechanism. The oxidative reaction was seen in every degradation conditions under air atmosphere. The hydrolytic reaction was mainly observed in chemical and biological degradations. The degradation behavior of the polymer material was analyzed by various methods. FTIR, thermal analysis (TG, DSC), and molecular weight determination were mainly applied for its purpose. However, the degradation mechanism of practical products made of polymer material was insufficiently studied and the exchange criteria of the products depended on the visual inspection without the suitable degradation analysis not only in the railway field but also in other commercial and industrial fields. In addition, most of the methods to analyze degradation of polymer material are performed on the standard specimen forms. For the installed product, some kinds of damage are generated through the sample collection process; therefore, the damaged products have to be exchanged for brand new ones or repaired totally to be used for more period. Moreover, it is hard to suspend the railway service for the degradation analysis of polymer products. From these backgrounds, the prospect of degradation analysis related to polymer materials used in railway field was proposed.     

Organosilica composite for preconcentration of phenolic compounds from aqueous solutions

A new adsorbent is proposed for the solid-phase extraction of phenol and 1-naphthol from polluted water. The adsorbent (TX-SiO₂) is an organosilica composite made from a bifunctional immobilized layer comprising a major fraction (91%) of hydrophilic diol groups and minor fraction (9%) of the amphiphilic long-chain nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 (polyoxyethylated isooctylphenol) (TX). Under static conditions phenol was quantitatively extracted onto TX-SiO₂ in the form of a 4-nitrophenylazophenolate ion associate with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The capacity of TX-SiO₂ for phenol is 2.4 mg g⁻¹ with distribution coefficients up to 3.4 × 10⁴ mL g⁻¹; corresponding data for 1-naphthol are 1.5 mg g⁻¹ and 3 × 10³ mL g⁻¹. The distribution coefficient does not change significantly for solution volumes of 0.025–0.5 L and adsorbent mass less than 0.03 g; 1–90 μg analyte can be easily eluted by 1–3 mL acetonitrile with an overall recovery of 98.2% and 78.3% for phenol and 1-naphthol, respectively. Linear correlation between acetonitrile solution absorbance (A ₅₄₀) and phenol concentration (C) in water was found according to the equation A ₅₄₀ = (6 ± 1) × 10⁻² + (0.9 ± 0.1)C (μmol L⁻¹) with a detection range from 1 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ (0.9 μL g⁻¹) to 2 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ (19 μL g⁻¹), a limit of quantification of 1 μL g⁻¹ (preconcentration factor 125), correlation coefficient of 0.936, and relative standard deviation of 2.5%. A solid-phase colorimetric method was developed for quantitative determination of 1-naphthol on adsorbent phase using scanner technology and RGB numerical analysis. The detection limit of 1-naphthol with this method is 6 μL g⁻¹ while the quantification limit is 20 μL g⁻¹. A test system was developed for naked eye monitoring of 1-naphthol impurities in water. The proposed test kit allows one to observe changes in the adsorbent color when 1-naphthol concentration in water is 0.08–3.2 mL g⁻¹.     

Lab-on-valve for the automatic determination of the total content and individual profiles of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in water samples

Methods for the total content and individual determination of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) in water samples based on the use of a lab-on-valve (LOV) module alone or coupled to CE equipment, respectively, have been developed. The total content of LAS has been determined by intrinsic absorption measurements (DA method) and after reaction with a methyl orange-cetylpyridine chloride mixture (MO method) with detection limits (LODs) of 21 ng/L and 15 microg/L, respectively, quantification limits (LOQs) of 70 ng/L, 50 microg/L, and development times of 100 and 124 s, respectively. The method for individual separation-quantification of LAS at very low concentration is based on automatic SPE preconcentration in the LOV module coupled on-line with the CE equipment. The LODs and LOQs thus obtained range between 1-21 and 4-70 ng/L, respectively, with linear dynamic ranges from the LOQ to 10 microg/L. Preconcentration factors of 10,000 and high efficiency to eliminate interferents by SPE enable application of the method to treated effluent, waste, surface and sea waters.     

Baeicklund Transformation and Multiple Soliton Solutions for （3＋1）-Dimensional Potential-YTSF Equation

We study an approach to constructing multiple soliton solutions of the (3 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation. We take the (3 1)-dimensional potential- YTSF equation as an example. Using the extended homogeneous balance method, one can find a Backlund transformation to decompose the (3 1)-dimensional potential-YTSF equation into a set of partial differential equations. Starting from these partial differential equations, some multiple soliton solutions for the (3 1)-dimensional potential-YTSF equation are obtained by introducing a class of formal solutions.     

Theoretical study on structures of Ga3N, GaN3, Ga3N2 and Ga2N3 clusters

The structures of Ga_3N, GaN_3, Ga_3N_2 and Ga_2N_3 clusters are studied using the full-potential linear-muffin-tin-orbital molecular dynamics (FP-LMTO MD) method. Four structures for Ga_3 N, five structures for GaN_3, nine structures for Ga_3N_2 and nine structures for Ga_2N_3 have been obtained. The most stable structures of these clusters are planar ones. A strong dominance of the N－-N bond over the Ga－-N and Ga－-Ga bonds appears to control the structural skeletons, supporting the previous result obtained by Kandalam and co-workers. The most stable structures of these small GaN clusters displayed semiconductor-like properties through the calculation of the HOMO－LUMO gaps.