scholarly journals Dual-Retarder Mueller Polarimetry System for Extraction of Optical Properties of Serum Albumin Protein Media

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3442
Author(s):  
Quoc-Hung Phan ◽  
Chien-Yuan Han ◽  
Chi-Hsiang Lien ◽  
Thi-Thu-Hien Pham
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Optical Rotation ◽  
Protein Glycation ◽  
Albumin Concentration ◽  
Glucose Content ◽  
Prism Coupler ◽  
Tissue Phantom ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

A dual liquid-crystal variable retarder Mueller polarimetry system incorporating a gold-based surface plasmon resonance prism coupler was proposed for extracting the optical properties of serum albumin protein media in the reflectance configuration. The feasibility of the proposed system was demonstrated by measuring the circular dichroism and circular birefringence properties of glucose tissue phantom solutions with different albumin concentrations. The results showed that the circular dichroism increased with albumin concentration, while the optical rotation angle increased with glucose concentration. Both properties reduced over time as a result of the protein glycation effect, which led to a gradual reduction in the glucose content of the sample.

scholarly journals Absolute Configuration Sensing of Chiral Aryl- and Aryloxy-Propionic Acids by Biphenyl Chiroptical Probes

Chemosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Stefania Vergura ◽  
Stefano Orlando ◽  
Patrizia Scafato ◽  
Sandra Belviso ◽  
Stefano Superchi
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Absolute Configuration ◽  
Optical Rotation ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Red Shift ◽  
Electronic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Configuration Assignment ◽  
Clear Sign ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

The absolute configuration of chiral 2-aryl and 2-aryloxy propionic acids, which are among the most common chiral environmental pollutants, has been readily and reliably established by either electronic circular dichroism spectroscopy or optical rotation measurements employing suitably designed 4,4′-disubstituted biphenyl probes. In fact, the 4,4′-biphenyl substitution gives rise to a red shift of the diagnostic electronic circular dichroism signal of the biphenyl A band employed for the configuration assignment, removing its overlap with other interfering dichroic bands and allowing its clear sign identification. The largest A band red shift, and thus the most reliable results, are obtained by employing as a probe the 4,4′-dinitro substituted biphenylazepine 3c. The method was applied to the absolute configuration assignment of 2-arylpropionic acids ibuprofen (1a), naproxen (1b), ketoprofen (1c) and flurbiprofen (1d), as well as to the 2-aryloxypropionic acids 2-phenoxypropionic acid (2a) and 2-naphthoxypropionic acid (2b). This approach, allowing us to reveal the sample’s absolute configuration by simple optical rotation measurements, is potentially applicable to online analyses of both the enantiomeric composition and absolute configuration of these chiral pollutants.

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