B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[19692]
Abstract: This study aimed at the development of improved drugs against human osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone tumor in children and teenagers with a low prognosis available treatment. New insights into the impact of an unconventional Pd(II) anticancer agent on human osteosarcoma cells were obtained by synchrotron-based infrared microspectroscopy (SR-microFTIR) and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) experiments from its effect on the cellular metabolism to its influence on intracellular water which can be regarded as a potential secondary pharmacological target. Specific infrared biomarkers of drug action were identified, enabling a molecular-level description of variations in cellular biochemistry upon drug exposure. The main changes were detected on the protein and lipid cellular components, namely on the ration of unsaturated-to-saturated fatty acids. QENS revealed a reduced water mobility within the cytoplasm for drug-treated cells, coupled to a disruption of the hydration layers of biomolecules. Additionally, the chemical and dynamical profiles of osteoscarcoma cells were compared to metastatic breast cancer, revealing distinct dissimilarities that may influence drug activity.
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Jul 2019
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13725, 16257, 20906]
Abstract: Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy has identified with high temporal resolution (down to 0.25 s) the initial events occurring when methanol vapour is contacted with a crystal of zeolite HZSM-5. The first alkenes are generated directly from methoxy groups formed at the acid sites via their deprotonation. These alkenes can either desorb directly or oligomerise and cyclise to form dimethylcyclopentenyl cations. The oligomeric and dimethylcyclopentenyl cations are the first major components of the hydrocar-bon pool that precede aromatic hydrocarbons and lead to indirect alkene formation. This is the first direct observation of these events in real time.
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Jun 2019
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[9440]
Abstract: The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is responsible for severe, potentially life-threatening, infection in immunocompromised individuals and when acquired during pregnancy. In the meantime, there is no available vaccine and the anti-T. gondii drug arsenal is limited. An important challenge to improve antiparasitic therapy is to understand chemical changes that occur during infection. Here, we used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to investigate the effect of T. gondii infection on the chemical composition of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMECs) at 3, 6, 24 and 48 hours postinfection (hpi). Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that the best separation and largest difference between infected and uninfected hBMECs was detected at 24 hpi and within the 3400-2800 cm-1 region. At 48 hpi, although the difference between samples was obvious within the 3400-2800 cm-1 region, more differences were detected in the fingerprint region. These findings indicate that infected and control cells can be easily distinguished. Although differences between the spectra varied, the separation was most clear at 24 hpi. T. gondii increased signals for lipids (2853 cm-1) and nucleic acids (976 cm-1, 1097 cm-1 and 1245 cm-1), and decreased signals for proteins (3289 cm-1, 2963 cm-1, 2875 cm-1) in infected cells compared to controls. These results, supported by amino acid levels in culture media, and global metabolomic and gene expression analyses of hBMECs, suggest that T. gondii parasite exploits a wide range of host-derived chemical compounds and signaling pathways for its own survival and proliferation within host cells. Our data demonstrate that FTIR combined with chemometric analysis is a valuable approach to elucidate the temporal, infection-specific, chemical alterations in host cells at a single cell resolution.
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Mar 2019
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[10400]
Abstract: The formation and distribution of metal soaps produced as a result of the reactivity and aging of the materials in a fifteenth-century egg tempera and oil paintings on wood are presented. The painting technique involves the application of several paint layers over a ground using, sometimes in the same paint layer sequence, drying oil and egg yolk binders. We show, with a selection of examples, how the use of thin sections and a combination of various micro-sensitive analytical techniques is adequate to obtain the high-quality data necessary for the unambiguous identification of metal soaps and metal oxalates as well as their distribution in the paint layers. The techniques include micro infrared spectroscopy (μSR-FTIR) and micro X-ray diffraction (μSR-XRD) with synchrotron radiation, optical microscopy (OM), and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The data obtained sheds light about the underlying reaction and aging mechanisms happening in each paint layer and among them. This helps to define the state of conservation of the artworks.
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Mar 2019
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B18-Core EXAFS
B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Kirill
Titov
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Dmitry
Eremin
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Alexey S.
Kashin
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Roberto
Boada Romero
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Barbara
Souza
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Chris S.
Kelley
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Mark D.
Frogley
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Gianfelice
Cinque
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Diego
Gianolio
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Giannantonio
Cibin
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Svemir
Rudic
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Valentine P
Ananikov
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Jin-chong
Tan
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[14902, 17146]
Abstract: A catalytic system based on OX-1 metal-organic framework nanosheets is reported, incorporating catalytically active palladium (Pd) species. The Pd@OX-1 guest@host system is rapidly synthesised via a facile single-pot supramolecular assembly method, with the possibility of controlling the Pd loading. The structures of the re-sulting framework and of the active Pd species before and after catalytic reactions are studied in detail using a wide variety of techniques including synchrotron radiation infrared spectroscopy, inelastic neutron scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Crystals of the resulting Pd@OX-1 composite material contain predomi-nantly atomic and small cluster Pd species, which selectively reside on benzene rings of the benzenedicarbox-ylate (BDC) linkers. The composites are shown to efficiently catalyse the Suzuki coupling and Heck arylation reactions under a variety of conditions. Pd@OX-1 further shows potential to be recycled for at least five cycles of each reaction as well as an ability to recapture active Pd species during both catalytic reactions.
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Feb 2019
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B18-Core EXAFS
B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Ana L. M.
Batista De Carvalho
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Adriana P.
Mamede
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Asha
Dopplapudi
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Victoria
Garcia Sakai
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James
Doherty
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Mark
Frogley
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Gianfelice
Cinque
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Peter
Gardner
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Diego
Gianolio
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Luis A. E.
Batista De Carvalho
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M. Paula M.
Marques
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[14895, 16058]
Abstract: Complementary structural and dynamical information on drug–DNA interplay has been achieved at a molecular level, for Pt/Pd-drugs, allowing a better understanding of their pharmacodynamic profile which is crucial for the development of improved chemotherapeutic agents. The interaction of two cisplatin-like dinuclear Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes with DNA was studied through a multidisciplinary experimental approach, using quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) techniques coupled with synchrotron-based extended X-ray absorption fine structure (SR-EXAFS) and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy-Attenuated Total Reflectance (SR-FTIR-ATR). DNA extracted from drug-exposed human triple negative breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) was used, with a view to evaluate the effect of the unconventional antineoplastic agents on this low prognosis type of cancer. The drug impact on DNA's dynamical profile, via its hydration layer, was provided by QENS, a drug-triggered enhanced mobility having been revealed. Additionally, an onset of anharmonicity was detected for dehydrated DNA, at room temperature. Far- and mid-infrared measurements allowed the first simultaneous detection of the drugs and their primary pharmacological target, as well as the drug-prompted changes in DNA's conformation that mediate cytotoxicity. The local environment of the absorbing Pd(II) and Pt(II) centers in the drugs’ adducts with adenine, guanine and glutathione was attained by EXAFS.
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Jan 2019
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[11395, 8920]
Abstract: The design and characterisation of rectifying terahertz detectors, based on InGaAs zero-bias Schottky diodes, is reported. These uncooled devices offer a spectral detection range from tens of GHz to above 3 THz, high response speed, and the prospect of low cost for mass production and arrayed implementation. We describe the airbridged semiconductor devices, their incorporation into waveguide mounts and quasi-optical substrate lens / planar antenna structures. Noise equivalent powers of 5 pW/Hz1/2 at 100 GHz, increasing to 50 pW/Hz1/2 at 300 GHz been achieved, along with rise and fall times of tens of picoseconds. We shall discuss examples of the use of the detectors: characterising a picosecond transistor-based source, spectrally narrow and broad band sources in the laboratory and coherent THz synchrotron radiation in the range 0.15 to 1.4 THz at the MIRIAM beamline B22 on the Diamond Light Source. The latter radiation was emitted from bunches of electrons circulating in the Diamond storage ring operating in THz-dedicated low-alpha mode. Spectral information on coherent synchrotron radiation originating from a single bunch of electrons is obtained, as well as the usefulness of this for spectroscopy, is evaluated.
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Jan 2019
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Open Access
Abstract: In September 2017, the International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator-based Sources (WIRMS) paid its first visit to the UK. Organized by Diamond Light Source, a vibrant international community came together for four packed days among the spires of the historical Worcester College of Oxford University to discuss the latest developments in infrared (IR) microscopy, spectroscopy including Terra Hertz (THz), and imaging by synchrotron radiation (SR) and free electron lasers (FELs).
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Nov 2018
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[18968, 19084]
Abstract: Synchrotron radiation Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (SR-microFTIR) of live biological cells has the potential to provide far greater biochemical and morphological detail than equivalent studies using dehydrated, chemically-fixed single cells. Attempts to measure live cells using microFTIR are complicated by the aqueous environment required and corresponding strong infrared absorbance by water. There is also the additional problem of the limited lifetime of the cells outside of their preferred culture environment. In this work, we outline simple, cost-effective modifications to a commercially available liquid sample holder to perform single live cell analysis under an IR microscope and demonstrate cell viability up to at least 24 hours. A study using this system in which live cells have been measured at increasing temperature has shown spectral changes in protein bands attributed to α-β transition, consistent with other published work, and proves the ability to simultaneously induce and measure biochemical changes. An additional study of deuterated palmitic acid (D31-PA) uptake at different timepoints has made use of over 200 individual IR spectra collected over ~4 hours, taking advantage of the ability to maintain viable cell samples for longer periods of time in the measurement environment, and therefore acquire greatly increased numbers of spectra without compromising on spectral quality. Further developments of this system are planned to widen the range of possible experiments, and incorporate more complex studies, including of drug-cell interaction.
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Oct 2018
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B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy
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Jack
Humby
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Oguarabau
Benson
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Gemma L.
Smith
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Stephen P.
Argent
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Ivan
Da Silva
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Yongqiang
Cheng
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Svemir
Rudic
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Pascal
Manuel
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Mark D.
Frogley
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Gianfelice
Cinque
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Lucy K.
Saunders
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Inigo
Vitorica-yrezabal
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George F. S.
Whitehead
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Timothy L.
Easun
,
William
Lewis
,
Alexander J.
Blake
,
Anibal J.
Ramirez-cuesta
,
Sihai
Yang
,
Martin
Schroeder
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13666]
Open Access
Abstract: In order to develop new porous materials for applications in gas separations such as natural gas upgrading, landfill gas processing and acetylene purification it is vital to gain understanding of host-substrate interactions at a molecular level. Herein we report a series of six isoreticular metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for selective gas adsorption. These materials do not incorporate open metal sites and thus provide an excellent platform to investigate the effect of the incorporation of ligand functionality via amide and alkyne groups on substrate binding. By reducing the linker length of our previously reported MFM-136, we report much improved CO2/CH4 (50:50) and CO2/N¬2 (15:85) selectivity values of 20.2 and 65.4, respectively (1 bar and 273 K), in the new amide-decorated MOF, MFM-126. The CO2 separation performance of MFM-126 has been confirmed by dynamic breakthrough experiments. In situ inelastic neutron scattering and synchrotron FT-IR microspectroscopy were employed to elucidate dynamic interactions of adsorbed CO2 molecules within MFM-126. Upon changing the functionality to an alkyne group in MFM-127, the CO2 uptake decreases but the C2H2 uptake increases by 68%, leading to excellent C2H2/CO2 and C2H2/CH4 selectivities of 3.7 and 21.2, respectively. Neutron powder diffraction enabled the direct observation of the preferred binding domains in MFM-126 and MFM-127, and, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first example of acetylene binding to an alkyne moiety in a porous material, with over 50% of the acetylene observed within MFM-127 displaying interactions (<4 Å) with the alkyne functionality of the framework.
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Oct 2018
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