Influence of cosmetic hair treatments on hair of methamphetamine abuser: Bleaching, perming and coloring.

Various cosmetic hair manipulations are known to interfere with the drug of abuse concentrations in hair. It is important to know the effects of cosmetic hair treatments as they may cause false-positive or false-negative results. The article aimed to investigate the effect of bleaching, perming, and dyeing treatment on the hair of methamphetamine（MA）abusers.

Rapid Identification of MDMB-CHMINACA Metabolites Using Zebrafish and Human Liver Microsomes as the Biotransformation System by LC-QE-HF-MS.

MDMB-CHMINACA is a newly synthetic cannabinoid, which scoped in NMS Lab, USA. Since there are currently no published data on MDMB-CHMINACA metabolism, we aimed to identify its biotransformation pathways and major metabolites. Liquid chromatography Q-exactive HF hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometry (LC-QE-HF-MS) using full scan positive ion mode and targeted MS-MS (ddms2) techniques with accurate mass measurement were employed to analyze the metabolic sites and pathways.

Analysis of AMB-FUBINACA Biotransformation Pathways in Human Liver Microsome and Zebrafish Systems by Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

In this study, the metabolic profiles of a new illicit drug AMB-FUBINACA were investigated using both human liver microsome and zebrafish models. Liquid chromatography Q Extractive HF Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (LC-QE-HF-MS) was employed to analyze the metabolic sites and pathways. AMB-FUBINACA was added to the liver microsome incubation model to simulate the metabolic processes in human body.

[Application of IR in the Field of Evidence Identification].

In the process of evidence identification, detecting chemical composition of evidence with instrumental analysis techniques will help get more information relevant to the case quickly and accurately, while the commonly used techniques are chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectroscopy techniques. Forensic science laboratory relates to the identification of evidence from a wide range of complex situations, we need to decide what kind of analytical methods according to the type of physical evidence and instrument characteristics. For example, with the advantages of high resolution, high sensitivity, and strong ability to analysis; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is often used to detect evidence of fire scene such as flammable liquids.

[Rapid analysis of added ingredients in heroin].

The method of rapid analysis of added ingredients in heroin was studied in the present paper. Adding sucrose, fructose, glucose, starch, caffeine and phenacetin to heroin with a certain percentage, the changes in the infrared spectrum with the concentration of heroin increasing and the detection limit of the additives were determined. Whether or not heroin can be detected in the sample with high concentration of added ingredients was studied using Raman spectroscopy.

Self-Assembled 3D Flower-Like Hierarchical beta-Ni(OH)(2) Hollow Architectures and their In Situ Thermal Conversion to NiO.

Three-dimensional (3D) flower-like hierarchical beta-Ni(OH)(2) hollow architectures were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal route. The as-obtained products were well characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM (HRTEM), SAED, and DSC-TGA. It was shown that the 3D flower-like hierarchical beta-Ni(OH)(2) hollow architectures with a diameter of several micrometers are assembled from nanosheets with a thickness of 10-20 nm and a width of 0.

Theoretical investigation of optical and electronic property modulations of pi-conjugated polymers based on the electron-rich 3,6-dimethoxy-fluorene unit.

Poly(fluorene)-type materials are widely used in polymer-based emitting devices. One of the drawbacks of light-emitting diodes based on polyfluorene derivatives is the injection of holes from the anode due to the high ionization potential (IP) of most derivatives. Substitution by electron-donating alkoxy substituents or by adding charge carriers on the conjugated polymer's backbone produces a remarkable influence on its electrical and optical properties.