Two molecularly imprinted polymers binding to analgesic acetanilide were prepared using either dual functional monomers of calix[4]arene derivative and acrylamide or single monomer acrylamide, respectively. The polymers were ground, sieved and investigated by equilibrium binding experiment to evaluate their recognition properties for the template and other substrates. Scatchard analysis showed that homogeneous recognition sites were formed in the imprinted polymer matrix. Our results demonstrated that the polymer using two functional monomers exhibited better selectivity for the template. This study may open new frontiers for the development and application of imprinted polymers, such as drug separation and purification.
The widely used antibiotics tetracyclines have been effectively used for ailing heart attack, ulcer cure and gene therapy. The actual mechanism of their activity has been proposed to link with the complexes with many metal ions. However, the sites at which complex formation takes place are not well established. In the present work, the depro-tonation sequence of tetracycline (TC) and oxytetracycline (OTC), and their specific group used to bind europium ion were investigated by examining the character of fluorescence of TC and OTC as well as that of their complexes. It was concluded that the site of complexation is coordinated with the deprotonation sequence changing with the acidity/basicity of the solution. And it was inferred that five hydrogens in TC and OTC could be dissociated. The deprotonation sequence is as follows: C(3) hydroxy, C(10) phenol, C(4) dimethylamine, C(12) hydroxy and C(12a) hydroxy. The corresponding complexation site changed with pH increase in solution as follows: C(2) acylamino and C(3) hydroxy moiety, C(10)C(11) ketophenol moiety, C(4) dimethylamine and C(3) hydroxy moiety, C(11)C(12) ?diketone moiety, C(12) hydroxy and C(12a) hydroxy moiety, and C(12) hydroxy and C(1) ketone moiety respectively.
A facile strategy using cheap and readily available precursors has been successfully developed for the synthesis of rare-earth doped hexagonal phase NaYF4 nanocrystals with uniform shape and small particle size as well as strong photoluminescence. Due to their optical properties and good biocornpatibility, these multicolor nanocrystals were successfully used as a bio-tag for cancer cell imaging. This novel synthetic method should also be capable of extension to the synthesis of other fluoride nanocrystals such as YF3 and LaF3.
Mingliang Deng Yingxin Ma Sheng Huang Gaofei Hu Leyu Wang
