小型近红外玉米蛋白质成分分析 仪器设计的波段选择

采用傅里叶变换近红外漫反射光谱技术和偏最小二乘法(PLS)建立了玉米蛋白质含量的定标模型。按照预测效果优选光谱波段,为设计小型近红外玉米蛋白质成分分析仪器提供依据。采用多元散射校正方法对光谱进行预处理,然后利用Savitzky-Golay平滑法对原谱、一阶导数谱和二阶导数谱进行平滑处理。选取全谱、合频、一倍频、二倍频和蛋白质基团等5个波段,每个波段分别采用原光谱、一阶导数谱、二阶导数谱,共建立15个定标模型。同时调整Savitzky-Golay平滑点数和PLS因子数,通过多次PLS数值实验比较,按照预测效果确定每个模型的最优平滑点数、因子数,再从中选优。结果表明,采用一阶导数谱的一倍频波段(7 000~5 500 cm^－1)的定标效果最好,模型的预测相关系数、预测均方根偏差、相对预测均方根偏差分别为0.945,0.357,3.340%。一倍频波段可以代替全谱波段并得到更好的定标效果。     

纳米金标记的重组核糖核酸酶谱分析技术的生物信息学评价

现代科学仪器和分析测试技术业已在众多的领域，特别是在生命科学技术领域获得越来越广泛的应用。常规的测试和分析工作往往限于对样品直接可测试参数的获得和评价，而对更深层次的有效信息的提取和分析评价的应用及研究较少。本文通过对由纳米标记的合成短肽重组的核糖核酸酶RNase S与野生的核糖核酸酶RNase A结构和功能的此较，探讨了在联合使用高效液相色谱（HPLC）分离纯化技术以及紫外-可见光吸收光谱和圆二色性谱（CD）等现代谱仪分析技术在生物信息学方面应用的可行性。研究结果表明。现代科学仪器及分析测试技术在生物信息学等方面有着潜在的发展活力。     

Spreading characteristics of thin liquid films of perfluoropolyalkylethers on solid surfaces. Effects of chain-end functionality and humidity

Spreading characteristics of thin liquid films of perfluoropolyalkyl ethers (PFPE) on silica surfaces and thermally bonded PFPE surfaces have been measured by scanning microellipsometer as function of molecular weight, chain-end functionality, and humidity. The effects of molecular weight are much smaller than those of chain-end functionality. Changes in spreading profiles with time show that interactions of chain-end groups with solid surfaces have dramatic effects on the structure and mobility of thin polymer films on solid surfaces. Wetting autophobicity is clearly manifested by PFPEs with functional chain-end groups on silica surfaces.On leave from Korea Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea.On leave from Department of Chemical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.     

Investigation and use of plasmon losses in energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy

The electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI), diffraction (ESD) and different types of electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) modes in an energy-filtering transmission electron microscope can all be used for the investigation and analytical use of plasmon losses. Shifts of plasmon losses caused by differences in composition can be detected with an accuracy of 0.1 eV by parallel-recorded EELS (PEELS). The dispersion of plasmon losses and the cut-off angle θ_c can be observed by angle-dispersive EELS and by recording spectra at different scattering angles θ. ESD patterns with a selected energy window width of 1 eV enable the dispersion and its anisotropy to be imaged by characteristic intensity distributions between the primary beam and the first Bragg diffracted beams. The ESI mode can be used for the selective imaging of precipitates and for the investigation of the excitation volume of plasmons in small particles.     

Elemental composition of pyroantimonate precipitates analysed by electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI) and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in vitellogenic ovarian follicles of Drosophila

Ca²⁺ was precipitated with potassium antimonate in vitellogenic follicles of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the distribution of the precipitates formed was studied by electron microscopy. The microvilli of the oolemma in mid- and late vitellogenic follicles were lined with precipitates. The chemical composition of the precipitates was analysed by electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI). The images produced by inelastically scattered electrons at specific ionization edges were compared, and the nonspecific background signals were subtracted by an image processing system. The presence of Ca²⁺, antimony and oxygen in the precipitates formed could be demonstrated. The elemental composition of the precipitates and of yolk spheres was also analysed by electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). With respect to the precipitates, signals at the calcium L_2,3-edge, the oxygen K-edge and the antimony M_4,5-edge were recorded without deconvolution and background subtraction. The yolk spheres, which were free of precipitates, gave the characteristic signal of the nitrogen K-edge. The applied techniques combine good ultrastructural resolution with the possibility of analysing the elemental composition of histochemical reaction products and cellular structures.     

Ultrastructural and electron spectroscopic analyses of cyanobacteria and bacteria

The extracellular sheath material and some intracellular cell components of cyanobacteria and phosphate-accumulating sewage bacteria were analysed by electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI) and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). The specimens were embedded in water-soluble Nanoplast resin without any previous fixation and ultrathin sections were examined in a Zeiss CEM 902 microscope. A high sulphur content was detected in the inner sheath of the cyanobacterium Gloeothece. The elemental composition of some cell components and inclusion bodies, such as carboxysomes and cyanophycin, was determined by ESI and EELS. In addition, the phosphate content in specific granules of phosphate-accumulating sewage bacteria was estimated by EELS and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.     

ESI in situ analyses of extrachromosomal RNP granules

Observation of unstained ultrathin sections of salivary gland cells of Chironomus thummi and C. tentans, by means of electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI), has revealed that phosphorus is distributed in two types of granular structures in the nucleoplasm of these cells. In addition to a specific type of premessenger ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particle, known as the Balbiani ring (Br) granule, ESI revealed a new type of phosphorus-rich small granular component. Examination of unstained sections by energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) offers the opportunity of obtaining the signal from the specimen alone, thus avoiding the possible contributions of heavy metals present in any staining product.     

Thin anodic oxides on n-InP studied by photocurrent transients and surface analysis

Surface reactions induced by fluorocarbon plasmas were studied on Si substrates with SiO₂ and photo-resist overlayers using an inductively coupled plasma source. As source gases, C₄F₈ and C₅F₈ were employed to investigate their differences in the etching performance and the selectivity between SiO₂ and photo-resist. Deposition of fluorocarbon polymer was noticed in both gases by Fourier-transform infrared ellipsometric measurements when substrate bias was not applied. With the bias application, etching started on both substrate from certain threshold values of the bias voltage and the rate increased with increase of the voltage. However, in C₅F₈ plasma the increasing tendency on photo-resist was much less than on SiO₂, while in C₄F₈ plasma the difference is small. This difference is attributed to a larger deposition ability of C₅F₈ plasma with higher content of fluorine atoms in the polymer than that of C₄F₈ plasma as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.     

Surface properties of hard protective coatings studied by optical techniques

The paper describes optical study of SiC, C and NiC layers deposited on Si substrates by double beam ion sputtering (DBIS) method. The following optical methods: ellipsometry, bidirectional reflection distribution function (BRDF) and total integrated scattering (TIS) studies have been applied. The obtained results allowed us to determine the refractive indices, extinction coefficients and the roughness parameters of DBIS films. Also surface profiles of optical constants determined from scanning ellipsometric measurements have been presented. The power spectral density functions (PSD) of surface roughness for studied samples have been determined. The influence of the deposition technology on film topography has been discussed.     

Application of wide angle beam spectroscopic ellipsometry for quality control in solar cell production

Wide angle beam ellipsometry developed by our group uses non-collimated illumination with a special light source and arrangement giving multiple-angle-of-incidence and multiwavelength information. Our aim was to make our wide angle beam ellipsometer suitable for spectral measurement and to obtain the spectra of many points along a long line (presently 0.2 m but it could be increased up to 1 m if necessary) of an entire sample simultaneously. The prototype uses a xenon lamp as a light source with film polarizers and a concave optical grating to reach the desired 6 nm spectral resolution over the range of 360-630 nm. This new technique mixed with an appropriate ellipsometric model has the capability to make “in situ” control in solar cell fabrication. In order to demonstrate the ability of our instrument, wide angle beam spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements were carried out on Al-doped ZnO samples, which have different physical properties such as specific resistance and transparency.