Research on calorimeter for high-power microwave measurements.

Based on measurement of the volume increment of polar liquid that is a result of heating by absorbed microwave energy, two types of calorimeters with coaxial capacitive probes for measurement of high-power microwave energy are designed in this paper. The first is an "inline" calorimeter, which is placed as an absorbing load at the end of the output waveguide, and the second is an "offline" calorimeter that is placed 20 cm away from the radiation horn of the high-power microwave generator. Ethanol and high density polyethylene are used as the absorbing and housing materials, respectively.

A unique approach to the mobile proton model: influence of charge distribution on peptide fragmentation.

The cleavage processes of protonated peptides in mass spectrometry, described in the mobile proton model, are charge-directed and depend on the charge distribution around the cleavage sites. Previous studies experimentally verified the mobile proton model by changing peptide sequences. In this study, oxidation was applied to change the charge distribution of peptides, but the sequence was retained.

The oxidative products of methionine as site and content biomarkers for peptide oxidation.

Biomarkers for peptide/protein oxidation under oxidative stress (OS) hold both incredible application potential as well as significant challenges. In this article, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry were applied to establish a new method for evaluating the oxidation site and degree of peptide oxidized, with its oxidative product serving as biomarker. In the three model peptides, peptide FMRF (containing a methionine) was prone to undergo oxygen addition under UV/H(2)O(2) oxidization, forming a sulfoxide (FM(O)RF) with a stable chromatographic peak separate from the model peptides.

A new biomarker of protein oxidation degree and site using angiotensin as the target by MS.

Hydroxyl radicals generated from Fenton reaction were used to damage the angiotensin. The oxidative damage degree and sites of peptides were measured by HPLC-MS and MS/MS. Experimental results proved that the oxidative damage degree increased with longer reaction time.

Cyclic voltammetry: a new strategy for the evaluation of oxidative damage to bovine insulin.

Research on protein oxidative damage may give insight into the nature of protein functions and pathological conditions. In this work, the oxidative damage of bovine insulin on Au electrode was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The experimental results show that there are two anodic peaks for the oxidative damage of bovine insulin, which arise from the oxidation of the exposed disulfide bond S--S(CYS7A,CYS7B), forming sulfenic acid RSOH (1.

Side-chain oxidative damage to cysteine on a glassy carbon electrode.

In this paper, oxidative damage to the cysteine (CySH) side-chain on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was investigated. Voltammetric studies show that there are three anodic peaks for the oxidation of CySH, which arise from (1) the oxidation of the -SH side-chain, forming cystine (0.71 V, vs.

Composition-ratio determination of Chrome Azurol S (CAS) with Cu(2+) and research on dynamic reaction process of CAS with EDTA.

The composition-ratio of Chrome Azurol S (CAS) with Cu(2+) and dynamic reaction process of CAS with EDTA were studied by spectrophotometry. The composition-ratio of Cu(2+) with CAS (2:1) was successfully determined using the method of lines and EDTA complexing substitution. The effects of temperature, time, pH, concentration of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB), and concentration of Cu(2+) on the absorption spectrum were also discussed.