Synchronous scanning fluorescence spectroscopy

Pharr D, McKenzie J, Hickman A. 1992. Fingerprinting petroleum contamination using synchronous scanning fluorescence spectroscopy. Ground Water 30(4) 484-489. 

White et al. have reported a rapid fluorimetric determination of chlorpromazine by an in situ photochemical oxidation [139]. Variable-angle synchronous scanning fluorescence spectroscopy has also been applied to the determination of chlorpromazine and its sulfoxide [140]. 

Sikorska, E., Gorecki, T., Khmenlinskii, I.V., Sikorski, M., and Koziol, J. 2005. Classification of edible oils using synchronous scanning fluorescence spectroscopy. Food Chem. 89, 217-225. 

Peuravuori, J., Koivikko, R., and Pihlaja, K. (2002b). Characterization, differentiation and classification of aquatic humic matter separated with different sorbents synchronous scanning fluorescence spectroscopy. Water Res. 36,4552-4562. 

Patterson, H. H., C. S. Cronan, S. Lakshman, B. J. Plankey, andT. A. Taylor. 1992. Comparison of soil fulvic acids using synchronous scan fluorescence spectroscopy, FTIR, titration and metal complexation kinetics. Science of The Total Environment 113, no. 1-2 179-196. doi 10.1016/0048-9697(92)90024-M. 

Wakeham [14] has discussed the application of synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy to the characterization of indigenous and petroleum derived hydrocarbons in lacustrine sediments. The author reports a comparison, using standard oils, of conventional fluorescence emission spectra and spectra produced by synchronously scanning both excitation and emission monochromators. 

Bidimensional fluorescence spectra are commonly obtained in the three modes of emission, excitation, and synchronous-scan excitation, whereas tridimensional fluorescence (or total luminescence) spectra are obtained in the form of excitation-emission matrix (EEM) plots by measuring the fluorescence intensity emitted as a function of the wavelength over a range of excitation wavelengths. This technique allows to obtain more detailed information than that obtained by using conventional monodimensional fluorescence (Mobed et al., 1996). Fluorescence spectroscopy has provided valuable information on the molecular structure, functionalities, conformation, and intramolecular and intermolecular interactions of HS from organic amendments and unamended and amended soils (Senesi et al., 1990,1996, 2007 Mobed et al., 1996 Chen et al., 2003 Senesi and Plaza, 2007). 

A number of less commonly used analytical techniques are available for determining PAHs. These include synchronous luminescence spectroscopy (SLS), resonant (R)/nonresonant (NR)-synchronous scan luminescence (SSL) spectrometry, room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), ultraviolet-resonance Raman spectroscopy (UV-RRS), x-ray excited optical luminescence spectroscopy (XEOL), laser-induced molecular fluorescence (LIMP), supersonic jet/laser induced fluorescence (SSJ/LIF), low- temperature fluorescence spectroscopy (LTFS), high-resolution low-temperature spectrofluorometry, low-temperature molecular luminescence spectrometry (LT-MLS), and supersonic jet spectroscopy/capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SJS/SFC) Asher 1984 Garrigues and Ewald 1987 Goates et al. 1989 Jones et al. 1988 Lai et al. 1990 Lamotte et al. 1985 Lin et al. 1991 Popl et al. 1975 Richardson and Ando 1977 Saber et al. 1991 Vo-Dinh et al. 1984 Vo- Dinh and Abbott 1984 Vo-Dinh 1981 Woo et al. 1980). More recent methods for the determination of PAHs in environmental samples include GC-MS with stable isotope dilution calibration (Bushby et al. 1993), capillary electrophoresis with UV-laser excited fluorescence detection (Nie et al. 1993), and laser desorption laser photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of direct determination of PAH in solid waste matrices (Dale et al. 1993). 

Fluorescence applied to oil identification has been an active field, with 17 papers presented on the subject at the last three Pittsburgh Conferences. A number of interesting developments for fluorescence and low-temperature luminescence (LTL) are described by Eastwood et al. (58). These include synchronous scanning, difference spectrofluorometry, synchronous difference spectroscopy, derivative spectroscopy, and total luminescence (or contour) spectroscopy and combinations of these techniques. In a recent presentation, Eastwood and Hendrick (59) reported an extension of their low-temperature luminescence studies to include polarized excitation and emission spectroscopy, and time-resolved phosphorescence. Preliminary studies of polarization effects indicate that differences exist in low-temperature polarized luminescence spectra of oils, which may aid in oil identification. In the time-resolved phosphorescence spectra of oils, the most significant difference observed was enhancement of the vanadyl porphyrin signal at approximately 700 nm for short delay times (20 fxsec). 

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