Infra-red spectra and structure of proteins

The Infra-Red spectra of thirty-seven proteins have been observed between 650 and 3700 cm -1 . Several of the bands found common to them all had not been reported proviously and some other bands appear to be common only to those believed to exist in a folded configuration. A critical study of the exact positions of the bands near 1650 and 1550 cm -1 indicates that the frequency criteria developed for distinguishing a from β polypeptides cannot be reliably applied to proteins. Spectra obtained with polarized infra-red radiation confirms the view that in proteins where the polypeptide chain has a coiled (α) configuration, the NH stretching and the Co stretching bands have parallel dichroism and that the amide II band (near 1540 cm -1 ) has perpendicular dichroism: However, the counter part of the amide II band near 1240 cm -1 showed little dichroism in α proteins, but marked parallel dichroism in β proteins. The spectra of several deuterated proteins have been investigated; the results are of considerable value in making assignments of fundamental frequencies. Studies of deuterated silkworm gut using polarized infra-red radiation showed dichroic ratios of several key bands in proteins have been used to make quantitative tests of various polypeptide chain configurations which may exist in proteins. Satisfactory agreement was found in some cases with models based on X-ray diffraction data.

Author(s):  
C. Wolpers ◽  
R. Blaschke

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.


Arena Tekstil ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Komalasari ◽  
Bambang Sunendar

Partikel nano TiO2 berbasis air dengan pH basa telah berhasil disintesis dengan menggunakan metode sol-gel dan diimobilisasi pada kain kapas dengan menggunakan kitosan sebagai zat pengikat silang. Sintesis dilakukan  dengan prekursor TiCl4 pada konsentrasi 0,3 M, 0,5 M dan 1 M, dan menggunakan templat kanji dengan proses kalsinasi pada suhu 500˚C selama 2 jam. Partikel nano TiO2 diaplikasikan ke kain kapas dengan metoda pad-dry-cure dan menggunakan kitosan sebagai crosslinking agent. Berdasarkan hasil Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM),diketahui bahwa morfologi partikel TiO2 berbentuk spherical dengan ukuran nano (kurang dari 100 nm). Karakterisasi X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) menunjukkan adanya tiga tipe struktur kristal utama, yaitu (100), (101) dan (102) dengan fasa kristal yang terbentuk adalah anatase dan rutile. Pada karakterisasi menggunakan SEM terhadap serbuk dari TiO2 yang telah diaplikasikan ke permukaan kain kapas, terlihat adanya imobilisasi partikel nano TiO2 melalui ikatan hidrogen silang dengan kitosan pada kain kapas. Hasil analisa tersebut kemudian dikonfirmasi dengan FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra Red) yang hasilnya memperlihatkan puncak serapan pada bilangan gelombang 3495 cm-1, 2546 cm-1, dan 511 cm-1,  yang masing-masing diasumsikan sebagai adanya vibrasi gugus fungsi O-H, N-H dan Ti-O-Ti. Hasil SEM menunjukkan pula bahwa kristal nano yang terbentuk diantaranya adalah fasa rutile , yang berdasarkan literatur terbukti dapatberfungsi sebagai anti UV.


Author(s):  
Erdoğan Karip ◽  
Mehtap Muratoğlu

People are exposed to different kinds of diseases or various accidents in life. Hydroxyapatite (HA) has been widely employed for bone treatment applications. In this study, HA was extracted from sheep bones. Bio-composites were doped with 1, 5, and 10 wt.% of expanded perlite and 5 wt.% of ZrO2–MgO-P2O5. The bio-composites were prepared by the cold isostatic pressing method (250 MPa) and sintered at 900°C for 1 h. In order to evaluate the characteristics of the bio-composites, microhardness, density, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analyses were carried out on them. Additionally, the specimens whose characteristics were determined were kept in synthetic body fluid (SBF), and their in vitro behavior was examined. As a result, it was observed that microhardness increased as both the weight and the grain size of the expanded perlite were increased. Calcium silicate, tri-calcium phosphate, and hydroxyapatite were observed in the XRD analysis of all samples, and the formation of apatite structures was increased by addition of ZrO2–MgO–P2O5.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svensson ◽  
Grins ◽  
Eklöf ◽  
Eriksson ◽  
Wardecki ◽  
...  

The CO2 adsorption on various Prussian blue analogue hexacyanoferrates was evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis. Compositions of prepared phases were verified by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, infra-red spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The influence of different alkali cations in the cubic Fm3m structures was investigated for nominal compositions A2/3Cu[Fe(CN)6]2/3 with A = vacant, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs. The Rb and Cs compounds show the highest CO2 adsorption per unit cell, 3.3 molecules of CO2 at 20 C and 1 bar, while in terms of mmol/g the Na compound exhibits the highest adsorption capability, 3.8 mmol/g at 20 C and 1 bar. The fastest adsorption/desorption is exhibited by the A-cation free compound and the Li compound. The influence of the amount of Fe(CN)6 vacancies were assessed by determining the CO2 adsorption capabilities of Cu[Fe(CN)6]1/2 (Fm3m symmetry, nominally 50% vacancies), KCu[Fe(CN)6]3/4 (Fm3m symmetry, nominally 25% vacancies), and CsCu[Fe(CN)6] (I-4m2 symmetry, nominally 0% vacancies). Higher adsorption was, as expected, shown on compounds with higher vacancy concentrations.


2006 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 639-644
Author(s):  
Hye Sung Kim ◽  
Su Chak Ryu

Hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, HAp) powders is synthesized using the mixed powders of CaCO3 refined from oyster shells and phosphoric acid (H3PO4-98%, Daejung) as starting materials. The characteristic evaluation and chemical analysis of the synthesized powders is performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transformed infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), and inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICPAES). XRD analysis of synthetic powder by heat treatment at 1300°C for 2hrs shows only HAp peaks corresponding to stoichiometric HAp. It is confirmed by ICP-AES test that impurities such as Zn, In, Ti, Ba, Cd, Pb, and Mn, is not detected at all, but small amounts of Ti and Be is observed (0.099ppm Ti and 0.002ppm Ba). Variation of bone density is measured by giving medication of HAp powder with drinking water into human body continuously for three month. After the medication, the bone density is higher than the medication before. This means that HAp powder made from this process can be used as improver of bone density.


The models on view in the ante-room show a way of folding a polypeptide chain which is consistent with some observations we have recently made with polarized infra-red radiation (Ambrose & Hanby 1949; Ambrose, Elliott & Temple 1949). The α -folded proteins, keratin, myosin and tropomyosin, have been found when oriented to show greater absorption of the N-H frequency when the electric vector of the absorbed radiation is in the direction of the fibre axis, hence the N-H bond must be preferentially oriented in this direction. A study of models has suggested that the only likely folding of the polypeptide chain consistent with this fact involves a seven-membered ring containing two amino-acid residues; the ring is completed by hydrogen bonds: A new type of atomic model which has been developed in our laboratories has been used. The scale is 0·8 in. to the Angstrom unit. The valency links, while allowing free rotation about single co-valent bonds, also allow some distortion of the bond angles when strains occur but are strong enough to allow long polymer chains to be built. The molecular model exhibited shows twenty-four amino-acid residues, with side chains on one side of the back-bone, representative of those occurring in myosin; the side chains on the other side have been removed for clearness and their positions indicated by single carbon atoms.


Polymer ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 34 (24) ◽  
pp. 5029-5037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude-Paul Lafrance ◽  
Paul Chabot ◽  
Marie Pigeon ◽  
Robert E Prud'homme ◽  
Michel Pézolet

Author(s):  
Fitrianti Darusman ◽  
Sundani N Soewandhi ◽  
Rachmat Mauludin

Telah dilakukan kokristalisasi glimepirid (GMP) dengan asam oksalat (AO) menggunakan metode penggilingan dan pelarutan (menggunakan pelarut aseton). Diagram fase sistem biner GMP-AO digunakan untuk identifikasi awal pembentukan interaksi antar kedua komponen serta ditegaskan kembali dengan analisis mikroskopik menggunakan alat pemanas (hot stage) yang dihubungkan dengan mikroskop polarisasi. Padatan hasil kokristalisasi dikarakterisasi dengan metode analisis termal (Differential Scanning Calorymetry), difraktometri sinar-X serbuk (Powder X-Ray Diffraction), spektrofotometri inframerah (Fourier Transform-Infra Red) dan mikroskopi (Scanning Electron Microscope). Hasil identifikasi dan karakterisasi menunjukkan interaksi eutektik antara kedua fase kristalin GMP-AO dalam keadaan padat pada perbandingan molar 3:7, dengan titik eutektik pada temperatur 128,7°C. Selanjutnya, uji kelarutan dan laju disolusinya menggunakan media dapar fosfat pH 7,4. Kelarutan dan laju disolusi GMP hasil kokristalisasi meningkat dibandingkan dengan campuran fisika dan senyawa tunggalnya.Kata kunci : glimepirid, kokristalisasi, eutektik, kelarutan dan laju disolusi.


Author(s):  
M. Shah ◽  
D. Patel

Oxcarbazepine has low solubility and low oral bioavailability, so it’s a challenge to formulate suitable dosage form. In this present investigation, to improve the dissolution rate and solubility, skimmed milk is used as a carrier. Physical mixers were prepared using various drugs to carrier ratio and spray drying technology was used to develop solid dispersion with the carrier. Various techniques were used to characterize the solid dispersion immediately after they were made which includes differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, fourier transform infra- red spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and in-vitro dissolution profiles. The differential scanning calorimetry thermograms of raw drug indicated of its anhydrous crystalline nature. In thermograms of solid dispersion, the characteristic peak was absent suggesting the change from crystalline nature to amorphous form. X-ray diffraction confirmed those results. X-ray diffraction results of raw drug showed highly intense peak characteristic of its crystalline nature where solid dispersion showed less intense, more diffused peak indicating the change in crystalline form. Fourier transforms infra-red spectroscopy studies showed there was no interaction between drug and carrier. Scanning electron microscopy support the amorphous nature of mixer. The whole formulation showed distinct enhancement in the drug release behavior and solubility. The optimum oxcarbazepine to skimmed milk ratio 1:3 enhances the in-vitro drug release by 3.5 fold and also show distinct increase in solubility. It was concluded that for improvement of solubility of poorly water soluble oxcarbazepine, skimmed milk powder as a carrier can be utilize very well.


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