I. G. Motevich, E. I. Zenkevich, S. A. Maskevich, A. V. Shulga, N. D. Strekal
{"title":"Spectral-Kinetic Characteristics of the Photoluminescence of AIS/ZnS–PEI Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Aqueous Solutions and Their Application in Clinical Morphology","authors":"I. G. Motevich, E. I. Zenkevich, S. A. Maskevich, A. V. Shulga, N. D. Strekal","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01941-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01941-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A study was carried out on the pH-dependence of the parameters of the time-resolved and steady-state photoluminescence of Ag–In–S<sub>2</sub> (AIS) quantum dots with surface-active polyethylenimine (PEI) groups in aqueous solutions. The high sensitivity of the PEI structure to pH in a broad range was shown to affect the mobility of the charge carriers in AIS QDs and, as a consequence, the mechanism of the dipole moment transition in the QDs. Using the Stark model and assuming no electrical field on the ZnS shell comprising the QD surface in environments with neutral pH and in ovarian tissues without pathology, shifts in the solution toward either acidic or basic values cause change in the electrical field in the local environment of the QDs manifested in change in the QD photoluminescence parameters (band maximum position and intensity, average lifetime). AIS-QDs under these conditions can act as a contrast agent in clinical morphology. Using confocal microspectrometry, we found AIS–PEI QDs to be useful not only for visualization but also for screening of ovarian malignancies.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"530 - 537"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transparent Thermal Radiation Emitters","authors":"V. M. Marchenko","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01946-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01946-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Er<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and ruby selective and continuous emission spectra in visible and near-IR ranges were experimentally investigated with laser-thermal excitation by continuous and pulsed radiation of electric discharge CO<sub>2</sub> lasers at λ = 10.6 μm. Selective spectra were emitted by Er<sup>3+</sup> and Cr<sup>3+</sup> ions. Continuous radiation was a thermodynamically equilibrium electromagnetic field in the crystalline lattice with its own temperature. The effect of the delay of emission intensity fronts and maxima in the oxides with respect to the laser pulses was explained by different kinetics of the layer heating and continuous radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"567 - 571"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Y. Plavskii, A. I. Tretyakova, L. G. Plavskaya, A. V. Mikulich, T. S. Ananich, O. N. Dudinova
{"title":"Prooxidant Sensitizing Properties of Sodium Pyruvate","authors":"V. Y. Plavskii, A. I. Tretyakova, L. G. Plavskaya, A. V. Mikulich, T. S. Ananich, O. N. Dudinova","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01942-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01942-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sodium pyruvate is an important biological molecule, which serves as a substrate for several enzymes in the main metabolic pathways of carbohydrates. This is the first report showing that, along with its well-known antioxidant properties, sodium pyruvate also can act as a photosensitizer when exposed to long-wavelength UV radiation (λ = 325 nm) corresponding to its low intensity n → π<sup>*</sup> absorption band. The sensitizing properties of pyruvate were studied in relation to the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme, for which pyruvate serves as a substrate. The pyruvate-sensitized photodecomposition of tryptophan and cystine amino acid residues has been shown to lead to photoinactivation of the enzyme. The photochemical process is inhibited by adding free radical quenchers and antioxidant enzymes to the irradiated LDH-pyruvate mixture as well as by replacing H<sub>2</sub>O with D<sub>2</sub>O. The rate of this process is also enhanced by reducing the concentration of dissolved oxygen. A decisive role was proposed for radical processes (type I photochemical reactions) in the pyruvate-sensitized photoinactivation of LDH.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"538 - 546"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. D. Skakovsky, L. Yu. Tychinskaya, O. A. Molchanova, E. I. Gapankova, V. M. Milov
{"title":"Variations in the Composition of Rowan Fruit Juice Studied by NMR","authors":"E. D. Skakovsky, L. Yu. Tychinskaya, O. A. Molchanova, E. I. Gapankova, V. M. Milov","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01945-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01945-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The composition of juice from fruits of different rowan varieties, common rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Nevezhinskaya (Sorbus Nevezhinskaja), and pomegranate (Crataegosorbus Granatnaja), was studied using NMR. Ten compounds (carbohydrates and organic acids) were spectrally identified. Their contents were determined. Carbohydrates in all samples were represented mostly by sorbitol; acids, by malic acid. Sorbic and parasorbic acids were not detected. The sorbitol content in rowan fruit increased, the amount of malic acid decreased, and the content of parasorboside did not change under the influence of low temperatures (–18°C for a month). The amount of sorbitol in the juice increased and those of malic acid and parasorboside decreased during ripening of rowan fruits, which improved its nutritional qualities.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"562 - 566"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ch. Svistun, E. V. Musafirov, D. V. Guzatov, L. S. Gaida, E. V. Matuk
{"title":"Dynamics of Motion of a Dielectric Nanoparticle Along the Interface of Media Under the Influence of the Force of Light Pressure Generated by an Evanescent Field","authors":"A. Ch. Svistun, E. V. Musafirov, D. V. Guzatov, L. S. Gaida, E. V. Matuk","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01939-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01939-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effect of light-pressure forces of an evanescent electromagnetic wave formed by total internal reflection at the interface of a dielectric and a liquid on dielectric spherical nanoparticles located in a liquid medium is considered. The phase portraits of the equations of particle transportation by an evanescent field are investigated taking into account the resistance force of the medium. It is shown that various phase portraits can be realized both without special points and with one special point (stable focus or stable node) on the phase plane, depending on the parameters of the laser radiation and the material of the nanoparticle suspended in water.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"516 - 523"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectrophotometric Determination of Component Concentrations in a Light-Scattering Mixture","authors":"V. S. Kozlovsky, A. P. Razjivin","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01934-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01934-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A method for determining the concentrations of mixture components from their optical absorption spectra in the presence of Rayleigh scattering that was based on the use of the differential evolution method to minimize the root-mean-square difference between the experimental and calculated spectra was proposed. The component concentrations of a model mixture were determined from its simulated optical absorption spectrum to demonstrate the performance of the method. The model mixture included five azo dyes with significantly overlapping absorption spectra and a noticeable light scattering contribution. The influence of the absorption spectrum errors on the errors of component concentrations was evaluated. Both the multiple linear regression and differential evolution methods without light scattering gave determinations of the component concentrations agreeing within the measurement accuracy. It seemed reasonable to use the differential evolution method for spectrophotometric determination of the mixture component concentrations in the presence of light scattering.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"477 - 484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. V. Kablov, I. E. Kravchenko, T. E. Zorina, V. P. Zorin
{"title":"Determination of Kinetic Characteristics of Dissociation of Complexes of Meta-Tetra(Hydroxyphenyl)Chlorin and Dextran-Poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide Copolymer by Fluorescence Spectroscopy","authors":"I. V. Kablov, I. E. Kravchenko, T. E. Zorina, V. P. Zorin","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01943-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01943-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ability of the thermosensitive copolymer dextran-poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (D-PNIPAM) to bind and release the photosensitizer (PS) meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl)chlorin (mTHPC) was investigated using fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. It was shown that the efficiency of the copolymer to absorb mTHPC molecules depended on its phase state: mTHPC was efficiently adsorbed by D-PNIPAM (copolymer in globular conformation) at temperatures above 34–35°C, but the PS was practically not adsorbed on D-PNIPAM (copolymer in coil conformation) at temperatures below 34–35°C. The presence of additional structural rearrangements in the globule of D-PNIPAM under the action of high temperatures (>45°C) was shown using dynamic light scattering. The mTHPC dissociation rates from complexes with D-PNIPAM formed at 37–60°C were compared. The mTHPC release rate constants from the polymer globule were calculated. It was shown that complexation of mTHPC with D-PNIPAM at high temperatures (45–60°C) almost doubled the release rate of PS molecules from the copolymer globule at physiological temperatures as compared to similar complexes formed at 37–40°C. The time required for thermally induced structural rearrangements in D-PNIPAM was estimated. The globule-coil transition in the D-PNIPAM molecule caused by a temperature decrease below 34–35°C took less than a minute, while the reversibility of conformational changes in the copolymer globule when the medium temperature rose above 45°C required ~150 min. The results suggested that thermally dependent conformational rearrangements in the D-PNIPAM copolymer could be used for efficient regulation of the PS release rate in cellular and tissue systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"547 - 554"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. E. Malashkevich, V. V. Kouhar, A. A. Romanenka, A. A. Sukhodola, I. V. Prusova, N. V. Golubev, M. Z. Ziyatdinova, E. S. Ignat’eva, V. N. Sigaev
{"title":"Spectral-Luminescent and Optical Properties of Antimony-Doped Yttrium–Alumoborate Glasses","authors":"G. E. Malashkevich, V. V. Kouhar, A. A. Romanenka, A. A. Sukhodola, I. V. Prusova, N. V. Golubev, M. Z. Ziyatdinova, E. S. Ignat’eva, V. N. Sigaev","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01938-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01938-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fused Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>–Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>–B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> glasses with Sb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> additives have been synthesized and their spectral-luminescent and optical properties were studied. The doping leads to the appearance strong UV absorption and a decrease in the optical band gap width and Urbach energy. The luminescence of these glasses is represented by a broad, weaklystructured band extending from the near-UV to the near-IR spectral regions and has been attributed to superposition of the <sup>3</sup>P<sub>1</sub> → <sup>1</sup>S<sub>0</sub> bands of different types of Sb<sup>3+</sup> optical sites and the Sb<sup>3+</sup> → Sb<sup>5+</sup> charge transfer band. The quantum yield of this luminescence at room temperature and band-to-band excitation for the weakly-doped glass is close to 20%. The luminescence decay was studied at 298 and 77 K and the reasons preventing a greater quantum yield were considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"508 - 515"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. I. Kalugin, D. A. Perevoshchikov, E. A. Antonov
{"title":"Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of the Isoelectronic Series of Si–AlP–MgS–NaCl Crystals","authors":"A. I. Kalugin, D. A. Perevoshchikov, E. A. Antonov","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01935-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01935-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bands, densities of states, and optical properties of crystals of the isoelectronic series Si, AlP, MgS, and NaCl were calculated. The influence of the chemical bond ionicity on the electronic structure and optical properties of the crystals was established. In particular, the distribution of partial densities of states during the formation of several upper valence bands and several lower conduction bands, the structure of theoretical ε<sub>2</sub> spectra, the nature of their main maxima and steps, and the localization of transitions in the Brillouin zone were studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"485 - 491"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. P. Blokhin, S. A. Tikhomirov, Phung Viet Tiep, Pham Hong Minh
{"title":"Effect of Internal Rotational Diffusion of Fluorescent Labels on the Temporal Kinetics of the Orientation Factor of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer","authors":"A. P. Blokhin, S. A. Tikhomirov, Phung Viet Tiep, Pham Hong Minh","doi":"10.1007/s10812-025-01933-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10812-025-01933-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A generalized method has been developed to describe the time dependences of the orientation factor for Förster resonance dipole–dipole energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescent labels associated with biomolecules taking into account internal rotational mobility. The method consists of representing the orientation factor in terms of tensor orientational correlation functions for vectors of transition dipole moments of donor and acceptor, which makes it possible to use well-known proven models of orientational relaxation to describe rotational diffusion. The time dependences of the probability of the energy-transfer process on the opening angles of internal rotational diffusion cones, the orientation of these cones on the surface of the biomolecule, and the rotational diffusion rates were calculated. The ranges of angular parameters at which the temporal kinetics had the most dramatic changes during a transition from the initial stationary values to the dynamic limit were determined. It has been demonstrated that the internal rotational diffusion of the donor and acceptor under certain conditions can both decrease and increase the probability of energy transfer over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":609,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Spectroscopy","volume":"92 3","pages":"467 - 476"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}