A new optical sensor that uses local plasmon resonance is proposed. A peak that is due to the local plasmon resonance appears in the absorption spectrum of a gold colloid suspension in the visible region, and its height and wavelength depend on the refractive index of the suspension. These properties are used for optical sensors. We used gold colloid monolayers in which colloidal gold particles a few tens of nanometers in diameter were immobilized upon a glass slide by a functional organic coupling agent. We measured the absorption spectra of the the gold colloid monolayers, which were immersed in liquid samples or coated with thin films. We observed increases of both the resonance wavelength and the absorbance as the refractive indices of the sample liquids or the thickness of the coated films increased. The proportional constants of the resonance wavelength to the film thickness were 3.6 and 5.7 for a 13.9- and a 20.2-nm gold colloid monolayer, respectively.
Abstract:The following N-methylcarbamate pesticides, aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, aldicarb sulfone, oxamyl, methomyl, thiodicarb, propoxur, carbofuran, carbosulfan, benfuracarb, bendiocarb, carbaryl, fenobcarb and furathiocarb, were added to soybean oil, each at 5 mg/kg(5 ppm), followed by degumming, alkali refining, bleaching and deodorization for oil refinement. Residual pesticide content in each case was determined immediately after refining. DEGUMMING:Aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, aldicarb sulfone, oxamyl, thiodicarb, carbosulfan, benfuracarb were each found to decrease by as much as 70% by H 3 PO 4 treatment, this being less than 26% noted for the other pesticides. With hot water treatment, the decrease in any one pesticide was less than 52%. ALKALI REFINING: The rate of decrease varied with the pesticide, ranging from 8% to 100%. 200%NaOH were effectively brought about pesticide removal, compared to 125%NaOH. BLEACHING: Aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, aldicarb sulfone, oxamyl, methomyl, thiodicarb, carbosulfan, benfuracarb, bendiocarb and furathiocarb each decreased by more than 80% with activated clay containing activated charcoal. Carbaryl decreased remarkably by this clay. Pesticide removal in all cases was at less than 30%. DEODORIZATION: 40% Furathiocarb, 14% carbosulfan, 11% benfuracarb and 3% carbofuran could still be detected subsequent to deodorization at 260 while all other pesticide amounts were too small to permit quantitative detection.Degumming with H 3 PO 4 and bleaching with activated clay caused the conversion of carbosulfan and benfuracarb into carbofuran. Carbofuran and furathiocarb may thus possibly still remain in the oil following the above 4 refinement processes.
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