The infrared spectromicroscopy is a quite recent technique rapidly developing thanks to the availability of new instruments and new brilliant synchrotron radiation sources in different areas and in particular to biomedical researches. In order to achieve a diffraction limited spatial resolution in tissue samples, we performed experiments at SINBAD, the synchrotron infrared beamline of the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. We characterized the chemical composition of prostate tissue samples taken from patients affected by prostate cancer disease. Different sizes of the pinholes were considered for the measurements. In the case of prostate tissue sections the results show the possibility to determine the intensity ratio of the CH_2 and CH_3 bands set at 2930 cm^{-1} and 2960 cm^{-1}, respectively. Experiments were also performed with a pinhole of 5 μm of diameter and the differences in both histological and chemical compositions of such samples were determined.
Vibrational spectroscopy has been extensively used for in vitro and in vivo investigations of degradation mechanism and kinetics of different biomedical materials as well as it has been used to characterize the crystalline and amorphous domains in bio-mineralization process. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy methods are valuable tools in the biomaterials engineering allowing to study processes occurring during their preparation. In vitro tests, where the materials are immersed in simulated body fluids and/or artificial saliva, were used to evaluate the biocompatibility of biomaterials. This kind of tests are a wide range of repeatable and reproducible methods, which are regulated by international standards for commercial use and scientific development of new materials and products. The aim of this work was to examine phase composition of materials applied in dentistry. The bioactivity of such biomaterials was studied by immersing the samples in synthetic body fluid and artificial saliva. The changes were determined by the Fourier transform infrared and Raman microspectroscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy. It was found that results obtained by vibrational spectroscopy show the differences between the studied samples. Chemical reactions occurring during incubation of cements in artificial saliva as well as in synthetic body fluid result in formation of phosphates which deposit on the cement surface.
A cataract is an opacity (clouding) of the normally clear lens which develops as a result of aging, metabolic disorders, trauma or heredity. The number of patients with cataract is increasing exponentially. This disease requires surgical intervention, to remove the cloudy lens and to introduce the eye lens polymer. In this work we will present analyses of degraded parts of human lens. Experimental materials were obtained from the lens removed during surgical intervention. These biological samples were measured using Almega XR Confocal Raman spectrometer (Thermo Scientific) with an excitation source of 785 nm laser line. The Raman vibrations in the spectral region of 650-1750 cm¯¹ were analyzed. The difference spectra revealed an excess of tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine, β-sheet conformation, and molecules or molecular groups.
Magnetic ionic liquids derived from hydrochloride methyl ester alanine amino acids (AA) and FeCl_{3} were synthesized in ethanol and their magnetic properties were investigated. Iron (III) chloride forms ionic liquid in ethanol at saturated concentrations by the transfer of Cl¯ anion from one molecule of FeCl_{3} to the other molecule with the creation of tetrachloro ferrate anion [FeCl_{4}]¯ as well as dimer [Fe_{2}Cl_{7}]¯. Raman scattering indicates that after addition of hydrochloride methyl ester alanine to ethanol solutions of FeCl_{3} increase the intensities of signal at the frequencies at 318 cm^{-1} and 380 cm^{-1} as markers for the presence of [FeCl_{4}]¯ and [Fe_{2}Cl_{7}]¯ complexes. The magnetization at room temperature showed in both samples a linear dependence on the applied magnetic field. On the other hand, in the Raman scattering experiments the magnetization is smaller for FeCl_{3} sample in the presence of methyl ester alanine.
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