On-line collection/concentration of trace amounts of formaldehyde in air with chromatomembrane cell and its sensitive determination by flow injection technique coupled with spectrophotometric and fluorometric detection

A simple, rapid and highly sensitive method for the determination of trace amounts of formaldehyde in air by using flow injection analysis (FIA) system coupled with a three-hole chromatomembrane cell (CMC) was investigated by using a spectrophotometer and a fluorometer. The CMC was applied to on-line collection/concentration of trace amounts of formaldehyde in air into water as an absorbing solution; formaldehyde in the air was found to be quantitatively transferred into the absorbing solution in CMC. The solution, containing absorbed formaldehyde, was introduced into the carrier stream of the FIA system. The amount of formaldehyde in an absorbing solution was measured spectrophotometrically and fluorometrically after the reaction with a mixed reagent of acetylacetone and ammonium acetate at pH 5.6–5.8. The amount of formaldehyde in the absorbing solution, measured by the proposed system, could be converted to the concentration of formaldehyde in the air sample. A calibration graph prepared by a series of standard formaldehyde aqueous solutions was adopted. The formaldehyde in indoor air, determined as exampled by the proposed spectrophotometric FIA, was found to be 5.14 ± 0.08 ppbv for 20 ml of the air sample at the air flow rate of 6 ml min⁻¹, and the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) was 1.56%. The limit of detections (LODs) of HCHO in an absorbing solution was 2 × 10⁻⁸ M (0.6 ppb) and 8 × 10⁻⁹ M (0.2 ppb), respectively, by the spectrophotometric and the fluorometric FIA, and the LODs of HCHO in air sample of 40 ml were 0.05 and 0.03 ppbv, respectively. The interferences from foreign species were examined; tolerable concentrations of other aldehydes were more than 50-fold of formaldehyde (1 × 10⁻⁶ M).     

Simple and sensitive determination of arsenic by volatile arsenic trichloride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry

A simple, sensitive and interference-free method was proposed for the determination of arsenic, based on the generation of volatile arsenic trichloride coupled with atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Thiourea, together with l-ascorbic acid, was used to reduce As(V) to As(III), and the chloride generation was based on the reaction between As(III) and hydrochloric acid. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the present procedure allows for the quantification of arsenic in the concentration range of 0.01–4.0 mg L⁻¹, with a limit of detection (3σ) of 6.0 μg L⁻¹. The relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) is 4.0% for 0.1 mg L⁻¹ arsenic (n = 7). Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of arsenic in several certified reference samples (stainless steel, alloy steel, copper alloy and water sample) and real samples (brass material and spiked cobalt material), with analytical results well-agreed with those by ICP-MS.     

A new competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for determination of estrogenic bisphenols

Bisphenol A and other hydroxylated diphenylalkanes (generally known as bisphenols) have been identified as potential estrogenic substances. In this paper, a specific polyclonal antibody was produced against these compounds by immunization of rabbits with a conjugate of 4,4-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) valeric acid and bovine serum albumin (BHPVA-BSA). The polyclonal antibody showed specific recognition of the bisphenol structure, while the cross reactions of other common phenolic compounds such as phenol, hydroquinol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid were all lower than 1%. The linear range of bisphenol A calibration curve was 1–10 000 ng ml⁻¹. Real water samples and mouse serum samples were spiked with known amount of bisphenol A and measured by the competitive ELISA. Recoveries were between 92 and 105%. The detection limits were found to be 0.1 ng ml⁻¹ for real water samples and 2 ng ml⁻¹ for serum samples. The method is very useful for monitoring bisphenol compounds in environmental and biological samples.     

Uniform-sized molecularly imprinted polymer for metsulfuron-methyl by one-step swelling and polymerization method

Uniform-sized molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) beads for metsulfuron-methyl (MSM) were firstly prepared by one-step swelling and polymerization method using 4-vinylpyridine (4-VPY) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) as functional monomer and cross-linker, respectively. The preparation was optimized by varying the ratio of MSM to 4-VPY. The chromatographic behaviors of MSM and other structurally related sulfonylureas (SUs) on the resultant MIP column were evaluated. The imprinted polymer revealed specific affinity to the template and the fair resolution of SUs was also obtained. Furthermore, the uniform-sized MSM-MIP was used as the solid phase extraction (SPE) material to enrich MSM in real water samples before reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) analysis. The recovery of MSM from 100 mL of drinking water at a 50 ng/L spike level was 99.59% with R.S.D. of 1.13%. The detection limit was about 6.0 ng/L of MSM when enriching a 100 mL water sample.     

Fully automated analysis of estrogens in environmental waters by in-tube solid-phase microextraction coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

A simple, rapid and sensitive method for the determination of five estrogens, estrone, 17beta-estradiol, estriol, ethynyl estradiol, and diethylstilbestrol, was developed using a fully automated method consisting of in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). These estrogens were separated within 8 min by HPLC using an XDB-C8 column and 0.01% ammonia/acetonitrile (60/40, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. Electrospray ionization conditions in the negative ion mode were optimized for MS/MS detection of the estrogens. The optimum in-tube SPME conditions were 20 draw/eject cycles of 40 microL of sample using a Supel-Q PLOT capillary column as an extraction device. The extracted compounds were easily desorbed from the capillary by passage of the mobile phase, and no carryover was observed. Using the in-tube SPME LC/MS/MS method, good linearity of the calibration curve (r > or = 0.9996) was obtained in the concentration range from 10 to 200 pg/mL for all compounds examined. The limits of detection (S/N= 3) of the five estrogens examined ranged from 2.7 to 11.7 pg/mL. The in-tube SPME method showed 34-90-fold higher sensitivity than the direct injection method (5 microL injection). This method was applied successfully to the analysis of environmental water samples without any other pretreatment and interference peaks. Several surface water and wastewater samples were collected from the area around Asahi River, and estriol was detected at 35.7 pg/mL in the effluent of a sewage treatment plant. The recoveries of estrogens spiked into river waters were above 86%, except for estriol, and the relative standard deviations were below 0.9-8.8%.     

基于单颗粒电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定环境基质水样中纳米银颗粒

采用单颗粒电感耦合等离子体质谱法(SP-ICP-MS)同时测定环境水样中纳米银颗粒(AgNPs)的颗粒浓度、质量浓度和粒径分布,并考察了溶液的pH值、溶解性有机质(DOM)浓度以及离子强度等对AgNPs测定的影响。结果表明:SP-ICP-MS方法对60 nm AgNPs标准溶液的测定结果与标准值一致,准确性较好;pH值(5.0～7.0)、离子强度(≤1 mmol/L)和DOM浓度(≤30 mg/L)对测定结果影响较小;当溶液的pH值≤5.0或离子强度1 mmol/L时,AgNPs的颗粒浓度和粒径随pH值的下降或离子强度的增强而减小。采用SP-ICP-MS方法测定河水、染料废水、养殖废水3种水样中AgNPs的加标回收率分别为98.1%、83.3%和93.3%,表明该方法在合适的基质条件下可用于快速准确测定环境水样中AgNPs的颗粒浓度、质量浓度和粒径分布。     

Separation of variables and search algorithm for internal rotation coordinates and kinematic coefficients in the theory of nuclear motions in polyatomic molecules

The construction algorithm is proposed for the internal rotation coordinates in polyatomic molecules. It is based on the properties of the matrix of kinematic coefficients when an excessive system of natural coordinates is introduced. The approximations providing the separation of variables are considered. The exact form of the kinetic energy operator is given.     

Rheological and electron microscopic characterization of aqueous carboxymethyl cellulose gels Part II: Visualization of the gel structure by freeze-fracturing

The spatial structure of gels of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC-gel) and carboxymethyl cellulose in the free acid form can be imaged in the transmission electron microscope (TEM). The freeze-fracturing technique is suitable for this. Experiments with test preparations (10 % aqueous glycerol solution) show that cooling rates during freeze-fixing are decisive for visualization, and that cooling rates can be improved substantially by using a cryojet. The increase of the cooling rate to more than 15 000 K/s makes it possible to obtain extremely fine network structures with a mesh width of 5–25 nm and with a filament thickness of 2–3 nm. The results obtained after jet-freezing show differences in the structure of the two gels: quasi-crystalline microaggregates in the HCMC-gel can be seen, and they cause an increased elasticity and opalescence of the aged HCMC-gels.     

绿原酸亲水性磁性分子印迹树脂的合成及其固相萃取性能评价

以绿原酸（CGA）为模板分子、间苯二酚和三聚氰胺为双功能单体、甲醛为交联剂在磁性介孔二氧化硅（Fe₃O₄@mSiO₂）的介孔中一步聚合形成亲水性磁性分子印迹树脂（MMIRs）。除去mSiO₂载体后，MMIRs具有多孔结构且印迹位点位于材料表面。透射电镜、傅里叶变换红外光谱、振动样品磁强计、热重分析和水接触角实验表明：分子印迹聚合物层成功地包覆在Fe₃O₄表面，MMIRs具有良好的亲水性和磁固相萃取性能。MMIRs对CGA具有较强的吸附容量（50.87 mg/g）、较快的吸附速率（吸附平衡时间70 min）和较好的特异性吸附性能。将MMIRs用于杜仲黑茶中CGA的选择性分离，采用高效液相色谱分析检测，检出限为0.7 mg/L，回收率为93.1%~109.4%，相对标准偏差（RSD）小于9.6%。结果表明MMIRs可简单、快速、高选择性地分离富集复杂水体系样品中的CGA。