二氧化锆/石墨烯复合材料对亚硝酸盐的电化学传感研究

制备了一种二氧化锆/还原氧化石墨烯(ZrO2NPs/rGO)复合材料修饰电极的亚硝酸盐电化学传感器,并成功用于亚硝酸盐的检测.采用循环伏安法和电流-时间曲线考察了修饰电极的电化学行为.实验结果表明,ZrO2NPs/rGO复合材料修饰电极对亚硝酸盐具有良好的电流响应.在最优实验条件下,电流-时间曲线中的电流响应信号与亚硝酸盐浓度在3.0×10Symbolm@@_7～1.0×10Symbolm@@_6 mol/L和1.0×10Symbolm@@_6～6.0×10Symbolm@@_6 mol/L的范围内呈良好的线性关系,检测限为1.0×10Symbolm@@_7 mol/L(S/N 3).该传感器灵敏性高、稳定性和重现性好.使用此传感器检测实际样品香肠中的亚硝酸盐的回收率为93.7％～110.4％,相对标准偏差为1.6％～2.1％.     

基于复合型微流控芯片的紫外检测毛细管电泳系统

提出了一种基于芯片-毛细管复合装置的紫外检测-微流控芯片毛细管电泳分析系统.采用小死体积的耦合技术实现了石英毛细管与“十”字通道型微流控玻璃芯片的耦合.本系统的紫外检测灵敏度与商品化毛细管电泳仪相当.采用夹流进样方式,达到较高的进样重现性,2mmol/L苯甲酸的峰高相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.5%(n=11).可用于复方磺胺甲唑片剂的两种有效成分的快速分离.     

毛细管离子色谱进展

从毛细管离子色谱柱制备和毛细管离子色谱仪器研制两方面评述了毛细管离子色谱目前的发展状况.毛细管离子色谱柱包括开管离子色谱柱,毛细管颗粒填充离子色谱柱以及最近几年发展起来的整体毛细管离子色谱柱.对毛细管离子色谱仪的总结包括微流量泵、小体积进样器、适合毛细管离子色谱系统的小体积抑制器、电导和光学检测器等.     

基于短毛细管的高速毛细管电泳系统的研究进展

概述了基于短毛细管的高速毛细管电泳系统的研究进展。重点介绍了适用于基于短毛细管的高速毛细管电泳系统的各种进样方法及其在生物分离分析领域的应用,包括光门进样、流动门进样、电动进样、自发进样、流体动力进样和扩散进样等方法。     

快速测量挥发性有机物的膜进样-飞行时间质谱仪的设计和应用

研制了一种膜进样-微型飞行时间质谱仪, 该仪器使用双层50 μm硅橡胶膜作为大气压下直接进样的接口. 实验结果表明, 随着样品流速的提高, 膜富集效率信号强度呈线性提高. 双膜中间具有真空差分系统, 富集得到的样品被迅速抽走, 进样系统中样品无记忆效应. 样品在膜中的响应时间为100 s, 而打开差分系统后仅需10 s信号即下降为平稳状态. 与毛细管直接进样相比, 双层膜的富集作用显著, 在相同的实验条件下使用膜进样技术测定10×10-6 (体积分数)苯、甲苯和对二甲苯的信号强度分别提高了280, 370和600倍. 膜进样系统与真空紫外光软电离方式联用, 对于苯的检出限已经达到了25×10-9 (体积分数), 线性范围为3个数量级. 由于采用了软电离方法, 无碎片离子产生, 所以能够根据分子量进行快速定性分析. 将该仪器应用于香烟主烟气中可挥发性有机物的在线分析, 得到50多种可挥发性的有机物. 实验结果表明, 膜进样-飞行时间质谱将在在线分析(特别是环境监测)方面具有广泛的应用空间.     

基于光波导微环谐振器的lgG非标记检测微流体分析系统

设计开发了与微环谐振器集成的微流体通道系统,不仅避免了敞开环境中由于液体挥发造成的微环谐振器表面盐分的聚结,屏蔽空气中的各种杂质,而且只需要30 μL反应溶液,减少了药品用量,大大节约了实验成本.同时,采用绝缘体硅(SOI)材料,利用光刻技术设计和制作了波导宽度为450 nm,半径为5 μm,品质因子(Q值)为20000的光波导微环谐振器.集成的微环谐振器传感系统具有低成本、免标记、能实时监测生化反应过程等特点.以不同浓度的酒精溶液为测试对象,研究了微环谐振器对均质溶液的传感性能,传感芯片对溶液折射率的探测灵敏度为76.09 nm/RIU,探测极限为5.25×10Symbolm@@_4 RIU,验证了此微环谐振器对均质溶液进行浓度检测的可行性.利用此传感系统对人免疫球蛋白IgG进行了非标记免疫检测.在测试中,采用微流体通道系统将相应抗体修饰到微环谐振器表面,利用光谱仪对修饰过程以及抗原抗体特异性结合过程中的共振谱线漂移情况进行了监测.结果表明,光波导微环谐振器可以对生物分子进行实时监测.     

一种高灵敏的压电免疫传感器用于高密度脂蛋白的测定

采用自组装单层膜(SAMs)技术在压电石英晶体的金电极表面组装巯基丙酸SAMs,以盐酸1-乙基-3-(3-二甲基氨基丙基)碳二亚胺(EDC)和N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(NHS)作偶联剂,以共价键合方式固定高密度脂蛋白抗体,研制成一种高灵敏的压电免疫传感器用于检测人血清中低含量的高密度脂蛋白。利用压电装置的实时监测功能,考察了巯基丙酸在金电极表面的自组装成膜过程与机制;研究了晶振固定抗体及其反应结合抗原的液相振荡行为和传感特性。传感器采用初始速率法测定高密度脂蛋白的线性浓度范围为1.63~18.8 mg.L-1,检出限为0.82 mg.L-1。     

可连续换样的集成化重力驱动微流控芯片连续流动分析系统

在微流控芯片系统中采用重力驱动方法的优点是不需要额外的驱动装置,系统体积微小、造价低廉、使用方便,可显著提高整体系统的集成度,但目前文献所报道的此类分析系统均采用手工换样方式,不具有连续自动换样功能,换样操作繁琐费时、效率低,影响了系统对不同试样的分析通量(多数低于10样/小时)和系统的实用性.     

Proton Trasfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry for On-line Detection of Trace Volatile Organic Compounds in Breath

通过对自主研制的大气成分在线检测质子转移反应质谱的进样管路系统进行改造,建立了可在线检测呼气中痕量挥发性有机物的质子转移反应质谱装置.通过对呼气进样系统的旁路流量控制,实现对进样速度的调控,既可提高进样速度,以满足实时监测呼气中指定成分浓度变化;也可适时关闭旁路,以降低进样速度,从而对呼气成分进行全谱分析,避免采样袋采样和浓缩的复杂程序和潜在干扰.以作者呼出气体作为研究对象,对装置性能进行测试,结果表明:装置最快响应时间可达1 s,对呼气中丙酮的探测灵敏度高达每10-9(V/V)浓度的信号强度为14.6 counts/s,多次呼气测量重复性好,有望广泛应用于呼气疾病诊断研究.     

微流控振荡流反转录聚合酶链式反应快速检测烟草花叶病毒

建立了一种基于毛细管的振荡流反转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)的微流控装置检测烟草花叶病毒(TMV)的新方法.根据TMV移动蛋白基因设计一对PCR引物,对粗提纯TMV颗粒直接进行RT-PCR.用0.025%小牛血清蛋白(BSA)对反应毛细管内壁进行静力学和动力学钝化,提高了PCR效率.在此微流控装置上进行RT-PCR,流速为70 μL/min时, 检出限为0.01 μg cDNA;可以在17 min内成功扩增出179 bp的目的DNA片段.     

超亲疏水图案改善阵列芯片质量

本文提出在超疏水表面加工超亲水圆点图案为阵列基底制作免疫蛋白微阵列, 从而减轻“咖啡环效应”, 改善阵列芯片质量.     

Method for homogeneous spotting of antibodies on membranes: application to the sensitive detection of ochratoxin A

Membrane-based dot immunoassays are now widely used in almost every branch of biology and medicine. However, the quality of the immobilized antigen or antibody spots on the membranes was found to be highly operator-dependent and spotting by conventional methods often leads to heterogeneous spot morphologies and deposition inconsistencies. To circumvent these problems, a spotting method has been developed which is based on focussed absorption of an applied antibody solution through an aqueous network of capillary channels formed between the membrane and a wetted absorbent body. The method does not require any equipment for creating vacuum and according to assay requirements highly homogeneous spots of uniform size, in the range of 0.8- to 9-mm diameter, can be obtained by varying the volume of the applied antibody solution. Spot intensities were sufficiently high even at high antibody dilutions. Immobilization of anti-ochratoxin A (anti-OA) antibody by this method gave 2-fold increased sensitivity in a competitive assay of the toxin compared to conventional spotting methods. The calculated CV of the colour intensity for spots of different sizes (0.8 to 9 mm) was between 4.5 and 1%. Application of this spotting technique has been demonstrated for detection of OA in wine and coffee samples with the elimination of matrix interferences in the same immunoassay system. This was achieved by selective removal of nonspecific interfering substances from the sample extract during the assay. The detection limit of OA in wine (1 μg L⁻¹) and coffee (2.5 μg kg⁻¹) obtained by the present new method is superior to values reported recently. Thus, the present new method will be highly useful for improved performance of membrane-based immunoassays in almost every branch of biology and medicine.      

Peptide mapping using capillary electrophoresis offline coupled to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry

This article reports the results of a study carried out to evaluate the offline hyphenation of capillary zone electrophoresis with matrix-assisted lased desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) for the analysis of low-abundant complex samples, represented by the tryptic phosphorylated peptides of phosphoproteins, such as α-casein, β-casein, and fetuin. The proposed method employs a latex-coated capillary and consists in the online preconcentration of the tryptic peptides by a pH-mediated stacking method, their separation by capillary zone electrophoresis, and subsequent deposition of the separated analytes onto a MALDI target for their MS analysis. The online preconcentration method allows loading a large sample volume (～150?nL), which is introduced into the capillary after the hydrodynamic injection of a short plug of 1.0?M ammonium hydroxide solution and is sandwiched between two plugs of the acidic background electrolyte solution (BGE) filling the capillary. The sample spotting of the separated analytes onto the MALDI target is performed either during or postseparation using an automatic spotting device connected to the exit of the separation capillary. The proposed method allows the separation and identification of multiphosphorylated peptides from other peptides and enables their identification at femtomole level with improved efficiency compared with LC approaches hyphenated to MS.     

Ambient imaging mass spectrometry by electrospray ionization using solid needle as sampling probe

Although being an atmospheric pressure ion source, electrospray ionization (ESI) has rarely been used directly for ambient imaging mass spectrometry because the sample has to be introduced as liquid solution through the capillary. Instead of capillary, probe electrospray ionization (PESI), which has been developed recently, uses a solid needle as the sampling probe, as well as the electrospray emitter, and has been applied not only for liquid solutions but also for the direct sampling on wet samples. Biological tissues are composed of cells that contain 70–90% water, and when the surface is probed by the needle tip, the biological fluid adhering to the needle can be electrosprayed directly or assisted by additional solvent added onto the needle surface. Here, we demonstrate ambient imaging mass spectrometry of mouse brain section using PESI, incorporated with an auxiliary heated capillary sprayer. The solvent vapor generated from the sprayer condensed on the needle tip, re‐dissolving the adhered sample, and at the same time, providing an indirect means for needle cleaning. The histological sections were prepared by fixation using paraformaldehyde, and the spatial analysis was automated by maintaining an equal sampling depth into the sample in addition to raster scan. Phospholipids and galactosylceramides were readily detected from the mouse brain section in the positive ion mode, and were mapped with 60 µm lateral resolution to form mass spectrometric images. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ready-made matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization target plates coated with thin matrix layer for automated sample deposition in high-density array format.

The methodology for ready-made matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) target plates covered with an optimized thin layer consisting of matrix and nitrocellulose has been developed. Piezoelectric microdispensing enabled sample depositions in a high-density array format of 2000 sample depositions on a conventionally sized target plate (45 x 47 mm). The sample depositions were made reproducibly in a fully automated mode by using an in-house developed computer-controlled piezoelectric flow-through microdispenser. Additionally, the piezoelectric technique facilitated significant analyte enrichment that increased the detection sensitivity. The MS signal was obtained rapidly, generally within ten laser pulses. An airbrush device was used to generate a fine spray of matrix and nitrocellulose dissolved in acetone. The acetone evaporated instantly when reaching the target plate leaving the entire surface with a thin and uniform matrix/nitrocellulose coating consisting of very small crystals of matrix embedded in the nitrocellulose. These crystals acted as a seed-layer on subsequent analyte depositions, rendering homogeneous sample spots when using alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) as matrix. The relative standard deviation of the signal intensity between spots was (20-30)% (n = 30). The detection sensitivity was improved by restricting the sample spot diameter to 300 microm. The spot size was affected by the deposition rate and the evaporation rate of the dispensed sample volume. Mass spectra of a 25-amol peptide mixture deposition were successfully recorded.     

Accurate nano-injection system for capillary gas chromatography

The first version of nano-injection device for capillary gas chromatography (cGC) based on inkjet microchip was developed. The nano-injector could accurately control the injection volume in nano-liter, even pico-liter range. Its configuration and mechanism were discussed in detail. Adopting photolithography and plasma etching technology, we firstly fabricated the inkjet microchip and stuck to a piezoelectric device to eject droplets. Then, a special feedback tube was added to make it function as a nano-injector for cGC, which was an important design to compensate pressure difference between the evaporation chamber of cGC and the sample extrusion chamber of inkjet microchip. The injected volume can be precisely controlled by the number of injected droplets. Excellent precision (RSDs were below 10.0%, n = 5) was observed for the injection of ethanol at elevated pressure. Minimum injection volume was about 1.25 nL at present. Additionally, good repeatability of the calibration curves for the hydrocarbons ethanolic solution (the RSDs of all components were below 5.30%, n = 5) confirmed its feasibility in quantitative analysis regardless of concentration. These results suggested that it can be an accurate nano-injector for cGC.     

高效毛细管电泳-电荷耦合器件检测器联用技术研究Ⅳ.Monte Carlo模拟

根据毛细管电泳分离受不确定因素影响较多的特点，应用MonteCarlo模拟方法，探讨了电荷耦合器件检测器操作参数，进样、电压、温度等误差因素对检测信号强度、测定准确度和精密度的影响，比较了峰高和峰体积定量计算方法的相对优劣，对进一步开发和应用电荷耦合器件检测毛细管电泳技术有一定意义。     

Coupling of nanoflow liquid chromatography to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: real-time liquid chromatography run mapping on a MALDI plate

The major obstacle in the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) instruments in the analysis of complex proteome samples is the lack of a direct coupling of a highly resolving separation technique with the mass spectrometer itself. To overcome this drawback, a spotting device for capillary and nanoflow liquid chromatography (LC) with a special liquid deposition principle for lowest volumes was developed. The instrument is able to perform MALDI spotting in real time in order to deposit the LC run on the MALDI plate, and therefore couples the high resolution power of nano-RP-HPLC separation directly with MALDI-MS. This work describes the development and optimization of a method for spotting with online matrix addition, and illustrates its use in the analysis of a complex proteome sample.