Fluorescence spectroscopy 1032 INDEX

Typically, sample detection in electromigration techniques is performed by on-column detection, employing a small part of the capillary as the detection cell where a property of either the analyte, such as UV absorbance, or the solution, such as refractive index or conductivity, is monitored. This section briefly describes the major detection modalities employed in capillary electromigration techniques, which are accomplished using UV-visible absorbance, fluorescence spectroscopy, and electrochemical systems. The hyphenation of capillary electromigration techniques with spectroscopic techniques employed for identification and structural elucidation of the separated compounds is also described. 

The micelle formation process and structure can be described by thermodynamic functions (AG°mjc, AH°mjc, AS°mic), physical parameters (surface tension, conductivity, refractive index) or by using techniques such NMR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, small-angle neutron scattering and positron annihilation. Experimental data show that the dependence of the aggregate nature, whether normal or reverse micelle is formed, depends on the dielectric constant of the medium (Das et al., 1992 Gon and Kumar, 1996 Kertes and Gutman, 1976 Ward and du Reau, 1993). The thermodynamic functions for micellization of some surfactants are presented in Table 1.1. 

For TIR fluorescence spectroscopy on water/oil interfaces, the choice of a probe molecule is of primary importance. For example, the penetration depth (dp) of an incident evanescent wave at a 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE, refractive index (n) n = 1.44)/water (m2 = 1.33)interface is calculated to be 94nm on the basisofEquation(13),whereX = 580 nm and 0 = 80°. It has been reported that the thickness of a sharp water/oil interface represented by water/DCE is 1 nm [9], so that dp of the incident evanescent wave is thicker than the thickness of the interfacial layer, and the fluorescence characteristics of a probe molecule in the bulk phase are superimposed, more or less, on those at the interface [2]. Therefore, a probe molecule should be highly surface-active and adsorb on the interface, so as to exclude fluorescence of the probe molecule from the bulk phase. In the present experiments, we employed xanthene dyes as fluorescence probes throughout... 

Fluorescence quantum efficiencies of several solid materials have been measured by photoacoustic spectroscopy." The photophysics of quantities for some common fluorescence standards have been made with some accuracy the influence of refractive index corrections on yield and lifetimes are discussed, 9,10-diphenylanthracene, quinine bisulphate, and 2-aminopyridine being the selected examples. Correction for inner filter effects in fluorescence spectroscopy have been proposed. ... 

Excimer fluorescence of pyrene attached to synthetic polymer chains can be used to study polymer conformation in solution and on particle surfaces. In this case, fluorescence spectroscopy involves the measurement of the emission intensity of monomer (/ , observed at 375 mn) and excimer (/ at 480 nm). The ratio of f to I is related to coiling/stretching behavior of a labeled polymer and we have called it the coiling index. In the absence of intermolecular interactions (the polymer concentration used is usually below this limit), a high value of IJI can be considered the result of a coiled conformation whereas a low value is associated with a stretched conformation. 

Monitoring items include the measurement of the 7 heavy metal indexes Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Hg and As. Sediments decomposition and monitoring methods can be found in Part 5 of The Specification for Marine Monitoring—Sediments Analysis (GB17378.5-2007). For Cu and Zn, the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry is adopted for Pb, Cd and Cr, the nonflame atomic absorption spectrophotometry is used For Hg and As, the atomic fluorescence spectroscopy is applied. The accuracy of standard substances is also measured according to national offshore sediment analysis. The analysis results meet the requirement. During the analysis, reagent blank and parallel samples are casually measured, the results of which show that the analysis process is not polluted and the relative standard deviation for the parallel samples are all lower than 10%. 

After optimization of the correct capillary parameters (ID, OD, Lj), detection at the microscale level became the next major challenge for the survival of CE. Despite the challenges, many of the common HPLC detectors have a CE complement, e.g., absorbance, fluorescence, conductivity, photodiode array, and mass spectroscopy. Small dimensions mean universal detectors such as refractive index cannot be used. A sample of detectors will be discussed. The technical aspects of each detector will not be covered except in relation to the CE instrument. Readers are advised to consult an instrumentation textbook for more details on theory of operation. 

Other techniques previously described for general investigation of tautomeric equilibria (76AHC(S1)1> involve heats of combustion, relaxation times, polarography, refractive index, molar refractivity, optical rotation, X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction, neutron diffraction, Raman, fluorescence, phosphorescence and photoelectron spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The application of several of these techniques to tautomeric studies has been discussed in previous sections. Other results from the more important of these will be referred to later in this section. 

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Figure 16.44. Correlation between the humification index determined by LIF spectroscopy (Huf) in whole soil samples and the humification index /t465 (Milori et al., 2002) determined by conventional fluorescence in the corresponding humic acid samples. The indexes are expressed as arbitrary units (a.u.) (Milori et al., 2006).

The most commonly-used detectors are those based on spectrophotometry in the region 184-400nm, visible ultraviolet spectroscopy in the region 185-900nm, post-column derivativisation with fluorescence detection (see below), conductivity and those based on the relatively new technique of multiple wavelength ultraviolet detectors using a diode array system detector (described below). Other types of detectors available are those based on electrochemical principles, refractive index, differential viscosity and mass detection. 

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