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In this study, the information that can be obtained by combining normal and high resolution single particle ICP-MS (spICP-MS) measurements for spherical bimetallic nanoparticles (BNPs) was assessed. One commercial certified core-shell Au-Ag nanoparticle and three newly synthesized and fully characterized homogenous alloy Au-Ag nanoparticle batches of different composition were used in the experiments...
Recently, Pierre Germain from CES - Silicon Europe published a comment on the paper “Volatile methylsiloxanes in personal care products – Using QuEChERS as a “green” analytical approach”, raising concerns that the artefacts employed in the analysis of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) were not adequately controlled, while using this example as an opportunity to emphasize the difficulties associated...
The metal-organic framework (MOF) functionalized magnetic graphene oxide/mesoporous silica composites (Fe3O4@SiO2-GO/MIL-101(Cr)) were synthesized and utilized as magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) adsorbent for the extraction of seven triazine herbicides (terbuthylazine, secbumeton, terbumeton, atraton, atrazine, prometon and trietazine) in rice samples. Several experimental parameters, including...
Independent components analysis (ICA) may be considered as one of the most established blind source separation techniques for the treatment of complex data sets in analytical chemistry. Like other similar methods, the determination of the optimal number of latent variables, in this case, independent components (ICs), is a crucial step before any modeling. Therefore, validation methods are required...
This work reports the applicability of a voltammetric sensor array able to evaluate the content of the metabolites of the Brett defect: 4-ethylphenol, 4-ethylguaiacol and 4-ethylcatechol in spiked wine samples using the electronic tongue (ET) principles. The ET used cyclic voltammetry signals, obtained from an array of six graphite epoxy modified composite electrodes; these were compressed using Discrete...
Isolation of specific cells from whole blood is important to monitor disease prognosis and diagnosis. In this study, a vibration-assisted filtration (VF) device has been developed for isolation and recovery of specific cells such as leukocytes and pathogenic bacteria from human whole blood. The VF device is composed of three layers which was fabricated using injection molding with cyclic olefin copolymer...
Magnetic impurities of lithium ion battery degrade both the capacity and cycling rates, even jeopardize the safety of the battery. During the material manufacture of LiFePO4, two opposite and extreme cases (trace impurity Fe(II) with high content of Fe(III) background in FePO4 of initial end and trace Fe(III) with high content of Fe(II) background in LiFePO4 of terminal end) can result in the generation...
The detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) activity is pivotal for its biochemical studies and the development of drugs for UDG-related diseases. Here, we explored an integrated DNA structure switch for high sensitive detection of UDG activity. The DNA structure switch containing two branched hairpins was employed to recognize UDG enzyme and generate fluorescent signal. Under the action of UDG,...
High-efficient enrichment of glycopeptides prior to mass spectrometry is essential for glycoproteomics analysis. Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) approach is a prominent strategy for glycopeptides identification. In this work, glucose functionalized magnetic graphene hydrophilic nanocomposite (MagG/Au/Glu) was synthesized as a novel HILIC material via a facile surface modification strategy...
A novel, competitive, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was presented in this paper based on the inhibition of catalysis of AuNCs@BSA triggered by dissolved Ag+ for the detection of dibutyl phthalate (DBP). In the immunoassay system, numerous Ag+ was released from AgNPs (labelled on the second antibody, AgNPs@Ab2) in the presence of H2O2 after the competition step, preventing AuNCs@BSA from...
It is known that DNA molecules can be used to build a various of complicated geometrical DNA nanostructures with programmable sequence design, and these DNA nanomaterials show a promising application in biotechnology and biomedicine. However, the construction of large-sized three dimensional DNA-based nanomaterials still remains a challenge. In this work, we propose a new strategy that only employs...
The first electroanalytical method for the simultaneous determination of an important antibiotic (amoxicillin – AMX) and an anti-inflammatory drug (nimesulide –NIM), widely used in combination, is here proposed. In this method, a glassy carbon (GC) substrate modified with carbon black (CB) immobilized within a dihexadecylphosphate (DHP) film is used as electrochemical sensor (CB–DHP/GC). The electrochemical...
A novel electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor with composite consisted of silica-sol, Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and tris(2, 2′-bipyridine) ruthenium (II) was constructed. A new method for simultaneous determination of quinapril hydrochloride (QHCl) and its metabolite quinaprilat hydrochloride (QTHCl) in human plasma was developed using the ECL sensor coupled with...
Quantitative mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a robust approach that provides both quantitative and spatial information for drug candidates’ research. However, because of complicated signal suppression and interference, acquiring accurate quantitative information from MSI data remains a challenge, especially for whole-body tissue sample. Ambient MSI techniques using spray-based ionization appear...
A fluorescence-based sensor for detecting explosives, based on a conjugated polymer coated with an ormosil layer, has been developed for use in aqueous environments. The conjugated polymer Super Yellow was spin-coated onto glass substrates prior to a further spin-coating of an MTEOS/TFP-TMOS-based ormosil film, giving an inexpensive, solution-based barrier material for ruggedization of the polymer...
As an important class of emerging chemical contaminants, short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) are considered as one of the most challenging groups of compounds to analyze. In this paper, we report a new method for fast screening of SCCPs based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) with graphene as a matrix and 2,5,6,9-tetrachlorodecane...
A green and simple method has been proposed in this work for the simultaneous determination of V, Ni and Fe in fuel ash samples by solid sampling high resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (SS HR CS GFAAS). The application of fast programs in combination with direct solid sampling allows eliminating pretreatment steps, involving minimal manipulation of sample...
Multilayered fragments of murals were used to evaluate the usefulness of two laser-based instrumental methods: laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser ablation (LA) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for elemental imaging of unique historic samples. Simultaneous LA/LIBS measurements with the use of 266nm Nd:YAG laser were performed on cross-sections of mediaeval Nubian...
Esterase activity found in muscle extracts is useful to evaluate harmful effects of anticholinesterase pollutants. Yet, most procedures applied in the extraction of fish muscle esterases in order to investigate their activity as a biomarker of environmental exposure comprise the homogenization of muscle tissue in low-salt solutions, followed by centrifugation to separate the supernatant as the enzyme...
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