High-speed mass measurement of nanoparticle and virus.

Until now, there have been no relatively easy methods to measure the mass and mass distributions of nanoparticles/viruses. In this work, we report the first set of measurements of mass and mass distributions for nanoparticles/viruses using a novel mass spectrometry technology. In the past, mass spectrometry was typically used to measure the mass of a particle or molecule with a mass less than 1,000,000 Da.

Charge monitoring cell mass spectrometry.

An instrument to directly measure the charge carried by a cell or a microparticle as well as mass-to-charge ratio of the cell/microparticle was developed for rapid mass distribution measurement. A successful mass spectrum with a record high mass has been demonstrated. In this article, the details of the construction and operation of the charge monitoring cell mass spectrometer are reported.

New highly nucleophilic and practically accessible chlorocarbenoids for carbonyl olefination.

[reaction: see text] Direct oxidative addition of CHCl3 to the Mg-TiCl4 bimetallic species resulted in the generation of a highly nucleophilic and practically convenient chloromethylenetitanium complex, which efficiently effected condensation even with enolizable or inert carbonyl compounds, such as sterically congested ketones, to provide vinyl chloride compounds.

Formation of tannin-albumin nano-particles at neutral pH as measured by light scattering techniques.

Aggregation phenomena of tannin with bovine serum albumin were investigated by light scattering techniques including photon correlation spectroscopy and Rayleigh scattering. Tannin and albumin formed particles with diameters less than 1 microm at neutral pH. As revealed by this study, light scattering methods are useful in investigating aggregation phenomena of biomolecules and in directly quantifying tannin content.