Three-way Resolution of the Overlapping Ultrahigh-performance Liquid Spectrochromatograms for the Analysis of a Quaternary Mixture Using Parallel Factor Analysis

This paper presents a new application of three-way parallel factor analysis (3W-PARAFAC) model to the coeluting spectrochromatograms for the quantitative resolution of a quaternary mixture system consisting of paracetamol, propyphenazone, and caffeine with aspirin as an internal standard. Spectrochromatograms of calibration standards, validation sets, and unknown samples were recorded as a function of retention time and wavelength in the range of 0.0–2.5?min and 200–400?nm, respectively, using ultra-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection (UPLC-PDA). Three-way UPLC-PDA data array X (retention time?×?wavelength?×?sample) was obtained from the data matrices of the spectrochromatograms. 3W-PARAFAC decomposition of three-way UPLC-PDA data array provided three loading matrices corresponding to chromatographic mode, spectral mode, and relative concentration mode. Quantitative estimation of paracetamol, propyphenazone, and caffeine in analyzed samples was accomplished using the relative concentration mode obtained by the deconvolution of the UPLC-PDA data set. The validity and ability of 3W-PARAFAC model were checked by analyzing independent test samples. It was observed from analyses that 3W-PARAFAC method has potential to uniquely resolve strongly overlapping peaks of analyzed compounds in a spectrochromatogram, which was obtained under experimental conditions consisting of the lower flow rate, short run time, and simple mobile phase composition. The proposed three-way chemometric approach was successfully applied to the simultaneous quantification of paracetamol, propyphenazone, and caffeine in tablets. Experiments showed that the determination results were in good agreement with label amount in commercial pharmaceutical preparation.     

Genetic Algorithm Based Potential Selection in Simultaneous Voltammetric Determination of Isoniazid and Hydrazine by Using Partial Least Squares (PLS) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

The voltammetric behavior of isoniazid and hydrazine at an overoxidized polypyrrole modified glassy carbon electrode has been investigated. The obtained cyclic voltammograms showed that their oxidation peaks were overlapped and it is difficult to determine them individually from a mixture without separation. To overcome this limitation, a procedure was proposed for resolution of overlapped voltammetric signals from mixtures of isoniazid and hydrazine. In this procedure, genetic algorithm was used for the selection of potentials for partial least squares. A feed forward artificial neural network with back propagation error algorithm was used to process the nonlinear relationship between currents and concentrations of hydrazine and isoniazid. The proposed method was suitable for determination of isoniazid in pharmaceutical tablets and detection of hydrazine impurities in the same samples.     

填充毛细管液相色谱-毛细管气相色谱在线联用技术

建立了一套填充毛细管液相色谱－毛细管气相色谱在线联用的二维色谱分离体系。联用接口由十通阀和多位阀构成，将经填充毛细管液相色谱分离后的样品各馏分在线准确切割和储存，并在线无损失输送至ＧＣ分析，从而实现了复杂样品的一次进样全组分的分离分析。     

Study of the stoichiometry and the kinetics of the Jaffé reaction with a picrate ion-selective electrode

Potentiometric studies with the picrate ion-selective electrode indicate that the species formed as the product of reaction between alkaline picrate and creatinine in the Jaffé reaction is a 1:1 complex. Kinetic studies indicate that the forward reaction is first order with respect to picrate, creatinine, and hydroxide concentration. The second-order rate constant k was found to be in the range 9.1–10.4 M⁻² sec⁻¹ at 27 °C and μ = 1.00, with creatinine or picrate in excess, k increases with increasing μ and temperature. An activation energy of 10.1 kcal/mol was calculated for the Jaffé reaction, with creatinine in excess.     

Enzymatic determination of phosphatidylcholine in human erythrocyte membranes

An enzymatic method for direct colorimetric determination of phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) in solubilized red cell membrane samples has been developed. The method, based on the sequential action of phospholipase D (cabbage), choline oxidase, and peroxidase, is capable of determination of samples under 5 nmol and thus may be used on packed membrane samples as small as 4 μl.     

TOUGHENING OF POLYCARBONATE WITH PBA-PMMA CORE-SHELL PARTICLES

The miscibility, mechanical properties, morphology and toughening mechanism of PC/PBA-PMMA blends were investigated. The dynamic mechanical results show that PC/PBA-PMMA blend has good miscibility and strong interfacial adhesion. The Izod impact strength of blend PC/PBA-PMMA with 4% (volume fraction) PBA-PMMA core-shell modifier is 16 times higher than that of pure PC. The core-shell volume fraction and thickness of the PMMA shell have effect on the toughness of PC/PBA-PMMA blends. As PMMA volume fraction increases, the toughness of PC/PBA-PMMA blend increases, and reaches a maximum value at 30% volume fraction of PMMA or so. The tensile properties of PC/PBA-PMMA blend with a minimum amount of PBA-PMMA modifier show that brittle-tough transition has no significant variance in comparison with that of pure PC. The scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observation indicates that the toughening mechanism of the blend with the pseudo-ductile matrix modified by small core-shell latex polymer particles is the synergetic effect of cavitation and shear yielding of the matrix.     

High‐Throughput Synthetic Chemistry Enabled by Organic Solvent Disintegrating Tablet

Synthetic chemistry remains a time‐ and labor‐intensive process of inherent hazardous nature. Our organic solvent disintegrating tablet (O‐Tab) technology has shown potential to make industrial/synthetic chemistry more efficient. As is the case with pharmaceutical tablets, our reagent‐containing O‐Tabs are mechanically strong, but disintegrate rapidly when in contact with reaction media (organic solvents). For O‐Tabs containing sensitive chemicals, they can be further coated to insulate them from air and moisture.     

Bioaffinity Chromatography-Methodology and Application

The term “affinity chromatography” was coined in 1968 by Cuatrecasas, Wilchek, and Anfinsen [l]. All kinds of chromatography except those depending on exclusion effects are based on affinity interactions of some kind between the solutes to be separated and the solid phase. The term is therefore too indeterminate to describe a method characterized by biological or biochemical recognition phenomena. Bioaffinity chromatography is suggested [2, 3].     

Modal behavior of photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting diode laser analyzed with Plane Wave Admittance Method

A three-dimensional, full vectorial model has been applied for investigation the modal characteristics of a phosphide photonic-crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting diode laser. The photonic crystal has been defined as a regular, hexagonal net of holes, etched in the upper, p-type Distributed Bragg Reflector of the laser. The electromagnetic field has been confined to the active region by a single defect of the photonic crystal providing overlapping with carriers funneled by a tunnel junction. We have determined the range of design parameters, which provide single mode operation.