Segmented Frequency-domain Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements: Minimizing the Effects of Photobleaching Within a Multi-component System

This study introduces a newly developed frequency segmentation and recombination method for frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime measurements to address the effects of changing fractional contributions over time and minimize the effects of photobleaching within multi-component systems. Frequency segmentation and recombination experiments were evaluated using a two component system consisting of fluorescein and rhodamine B. Comparison of experimental data collected in traditional and segmented fashion with simulated data, generated using different changing fractional contributions, demonstrated the validity of the technique. Frequency segmentation and recombination was also applied to a more complex system consisting of pyrene with Suwannee River fulvic acid reference and was shown to improve recovered lifetimes and fractional intensity contributions. It was observed that photobleaching in both systems led to errors in recovered lifetimes which can complicate the interpretation of lifetime results. Results showed clear evidence that the frequency segmentation and recombination method reduced errors resulting from a changing fractional contribution in a multi-component system, and allowed photobleaching issues to be addressed by commercially available instrumentation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article doi: contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Novel gallium(III) phthalocyanine derivatives – Synthesis,photophysics and photochemistry

The syntheses of gallium(III) chloride phthalocyanine {(Cl)GaPc}, octaphenoxyphthalocyaninato gallium(III) chloride {(Cl)GaOPPc} and octakis(4-tert-butylphenoxy)phthalocyaninato gallium(III) chloride {(Cl)GaOTBPPc}; as well as their photophysical and photochemical parameters are hereby presented. Fluorescence quantum yields do not vary much among the three metallophthalocyanines (MPcs); therefore it was concluded that the effect of the substituents is not significant amongst (Cl)GaPc, (Cl)GaOPPc and (Cl)GaOTBPPc. Solvents effects, however, had an effect on the results. Triplet quantum yields were found to be lower in DMSO than in DMF and toluene. The rate constants for fluorescence, intersystem crossing and internal conversion as well as fluorescence and triplet lifetimes are reported. We have also reported photodegradation and singlet oxygen quantum yields. There was no clear correlation between the later parameters. It was, however, established that the three MPcs were stable.     

Application of isoconversional and multivariate non-linear regression methods for evaluation of the degradation mechanism and kinetic parameters of an epoxy resin

The thermo-oxidative degradation of an epoxy resin obtained by curing of an industrially produced DGEBA mixture with 4,4′-methylene-dianiline (MDA) and used as electric insulator has been investigated by TG + DTG + DSC simultaneous analyses performed in static air atmosphere, at five heating rates. TG, DTG and DSC curves showed that, in the temperature range 25-900 °C, a glass transition followed by three thermo-oxidative processes occur. The processing of the non-isothermal data corresponding to the first process of thermo-oxidation was performed by using Netzsch Thermokinetics - A Software Module for Kinetic Analysis. The dependence of the activation energy, evaluated by isoconversional methods, on the conversion degree and the relative high standard deviations of this quantity show that the investigated process is a complex one. The mechanism and the corresponding kinetic parameters were determined by multivariate non-linear regression program and checked for quasi-isothermal data. It was pointed out that the first process of thermo-oxidation of the investigated resin consists in four steps, each step having a specific kinetic triplet. The obtained results were used for prediction of the thermal lifetime of the material corresponding to some temperatures of use and the end point criterion 5% and 10% mass loss.     

Photosensitizing properties of octacarboxy metallophthalocyanines in aqueous medium and their interaction with bovine serum albumin

Photosensitizing properties of aluminium, silicon, zinc and germanium octacarboxy phthalocyanines ((OH)AlOCPc, (OH)₂SiOCPc, ZnOCPc and (OH)₂GeOCPc) were studied in aqueous medium and in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA). Triplet quantum yields increased with increasing atomic number of the central metals of the metallophthalocyanine. The efficiency of singlet oxygen generation via energy transfer from the excited triplet state of the octacarboxy metallophthalocyanines (MOCPcs) to ground state oxygen increased markedly in the presence of BSA. The triplet state lifetimes of the MOCPc complexes in the presence of BSA were found to be longer than in the absence of BSA, ranging from 110 to 580 μs. These complexes bind readily to BSA. Stern–Volmer quenching constant K_SV as well as the binding constant k_b values were calculated. The probable mechanism of quenching of BSA fluorescence by the MOCPc complexes is by static quenching.     

M-G-P型复杂网络中有寿命节点的进入退出机制

现实中复杂网络结构复杂,形式多样,处在高度动态变化的过程.为了更好地理解真实网络的演化,基于复杂网络的特性进行分析,建立了Poissotn连续时间增长节点具有寿命的M-G-P型复杂网络模型,模型中包括:新节点加入、节点老化和老节点退出等,基于齐次马尔可夫链对模型的度分布进行计算,得出M-G-P型网络的度分布符合幂律分布,模型和BA模型一样能产生指数γ=3的无标度网络,验证了导致无标度网络度分布特征起关键性作用的是链接的偏好特性.     

Four-coordinate N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) copper(I) complexes with brightly luminescence properties

Three four-coordinate N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) copper(I) complexes, [Cu(Py-Im)(POP)](PF₆) (P1), [Cu(Py-BenIm)(POP)](PF₆) (P2), and [Cu(Py-c-BenIm)(POP)](PF₆) (P3) (Py-Im = 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-imidazolylidene, Py-BenIm = 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazolylidene, Py-c-BenIm = 3-methyl-1-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazolylidene, POP = bis([2-diphenylphosphino]-phenyl)ether), have been synthesized without transmetalation of the NHC–Ag(I) complex for the first time. The photophysical properties of the resultant NHC–Cu(I) complexes have been systematically investigated via spectroscopic methods. All complexes exhibit good photoluminescence properties with long excited-state lifetimes and moderate quantum yields. Density functional theory and time dependent density functional theory calculations were employed to rationalize the photophysical properties of the NHC–Cu(I) complexes.     

铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)_3·2H_2O和Tb(2-MBA)_3 phen的荧光性能研究

以2-甲基苯甲酸(2-MBA)为第一配体、1,10-邻菲罗啉(phen)为第二配体,制备了三元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3phen和二元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3·2H2O,并利用元素分析、红外光谱、紫外光谱、荧光光谱和荧光寿命对二者的结构与性能进行分析表征。研究结果表明:三元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3phen的荧光发射强度要强于二元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3·2H2O,而二者的荧光寿命恰好相反,三元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3phen的荧光寿命短于二元铽配合物Tb(2-MBA)3·2H2O。热重分析表明Tb(2-MBA)3·2H2O的热分解温度要远高于Tb(2-MBA)3phen。     

Assessing chromatin condensation for epigenetics with a DNA-targeting sensor by FRET and FLIM techniques

Here we propose a fluorescent sensor,Chroma-V,consisted of a Hoechst ligand(Hoe) to target chromatin DNA and a BODIPY rotor(BDP) to sense the local viscosity that reflects chromatin condensation state.Within Chroma-V,efficient FRET process from Hoe to BDP facilitated a single-excitation ratiometric imaging of nucleus DNA under fluorescence confocal microscope,which utilized the ratio of two channels to enable an intuitive visualization of chromatin condensation state.And fluorescence lifetime imaging(FLIM) based on fluorescent signal from BDP proved to be a more accurate method to quantify the changes of chromatin condensation state under different epigenetic states,including histone acetylation regulated by deacetylase inhibitors,cell apoptosis induced by DNA-bining drugs,and the epithelialmesenchymal transition of HUVEC cells induced by TGF-β.