• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.332-339
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• 2023

This study aimed to verify the hypothesis that urea denatures hemoglobin in the blood, thereby exposing active sites of enzymes and enhancing the chemiluminescence of the blood-luminol reaction. When blood was pretreated with urea, higher concentrations of pretreatment urea or longer pretreatment times resulted in enhanced chemiluminescence in the blood-luminol reaction, supporting the above hypothesis. However, the chemiluminescence was enhanced when blood was treated with luminol mixed with an 8 M urea solution, although the fact that the time for urea to denature hemoglobin was shorter compared to when blood was pretreated with urea and followed by luminol. In addition, the chemiluminescence was enhanced when a transition metal without hemoglobin was reacted with urea-containing luminol. Based on these results, it is anticipated that urea not only denatures hemoglobin but also plays a role in the luminol-hydrogen peroxide reaction.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.242-248
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• 2022

The effect of ethylenediamine (EDA) on the reaction of luminol or Bluestar with blood and bleaches was studied. For this purpose, blood, chlorine bleach, and oxygen bleach were applied to filter paper, treated with EDA-containing luminol or Bluestar, and the changes in chemiluminescence intensity were observed. It was found that the chemiluminescence intensity of the luminol (or Bluestar)-blood reaction did not change with the increasing concentration of EDA. However, the chemiluminescence intensity of the luminol (or Bluestar)-chlorine bleach reaction decreased and the chemiluminescence intensity of the luminol (or Bluestar)-oxygen bleach reaction increased, with increasing EDA concentration. Thus, it was found that when EDA was added to luminol (or Bluestar), which is a blood-sensitive reagent, EDA suppressed the false-positive reaction induced by chlorine bleach and induced a false-positive reaction with oxygen bleach. Consequently, the addition of EDA is not recommended for enhancing bloodstains with luminol or Bluestar.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1552-1554
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 실리콘을 기초로 한 포토다이오드를 제작하여 현재 바이오센서에서 이용되고 있는 luminol 화학 발광을 전기적으로 검출하였다. 우선, 실리콘 웨이퍼에 이온주입을 통해 p-n 접합을 형성하고 Al 전극을 형성시켜 포토다이오드를 제작하였다. PDMS을 passivation 막으로 사용하여 horseradish peroxidase(HRP) 농도 변화에 따른 발광의 최적조건과 luminol, HRP가 섞인 용액에 서로 다른 양의 과산화수소를 넣어 발광이 최대로 발생하는 혼합비를 측정하였다. 최종적으로 2mM luminol, 25U HRP 조건 하에서 과산화수소 농도에 따른 화학 발광을 측정하였으며, $10{\mu}M$부터 $500{\mu}M$ 범위의 과산화수소 농도 변화에 따른 포토다이오드의 감도는 단위 면적당 23.429pA/ ${\mu}M$이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.443-444
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• 2010

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.47-56
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• 2018

Finding the blood left at a crime scene is very important to reconstruct or solve a criminal case. Although numerous reagents have been developed for use at crime scenes, luminol is the most representative. Bluestar Forensic has been used in recent years, but is expensive and cannot be stored after preparation. This study aims to develop a new luminol reagent that can be stored for a long period of time while maintaining the chemiluminescence intensity at the level of Bluestar Forensic. Because luminol dissolves well in aqueous alkaline solutions, the use of sodium hydroxide in the preparation of luminol reagents can promote the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Magnesium sulfate, sodium silicate, and potassium triphosphate have been used as hydrogen peroxide stabilizers. The effects of the addition of these substances on the chemiluminescence emission intensity and the storage period of the luminol reagents were confirmed. The addition of a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer was shown to have no significant affect on the chemiluminescence emissions intensity or stabilized pH of the luminol reagent during storage. It also greatly increases the shelf life of the reagents. The use of magnesium sulfate as a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer is the most appropriate. When sodium perborate is used instead of hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent, there is no significant change in the sensitivity and chemiluminescence emissions intensity, but the storage period is shortened. However, after the reaction with blood, the pH of the mixed solution does not increase significantly, and is judged to be more suitable than a reagent made of hydrogen peroxide.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 2013

We constructed and tested an airborne peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) monitoring system based on luminol chemiluminescence detection with fast gas chromatography. This system allowed for simultaneous measurement of PAN and nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) with a time resolution of <2 min. Actual sample masses within the fixed volume sample loop at various altitudes and temperatures were adjusted to standard atmosphere, using measured pressures and temperatures. The airborne PAN measurement system was evaluated during two field studies above the southern Korean Peninsula in August and October 2009. The detection limit based on the ISO approach was 0.035 ppbv PAN, well below the observed concentrations of 0.185-1.49 ppbv during these studies. Under these conditions, the PAN mixing ratios were positively correlated with $O_x$ ($O_x=O_3+NO_2$), with slopes varying between 0.014 and 0.033 and intercepts between 22.6 and 55.1 ppbv $O_x$. The intercepts corresponded roughly to background $O_x$ mixing ratios in central Europe; however, the slopes were above the range of slopes reported in other studies. We also enhanced the durability, safety, and ease of maintenance of the PAN monitoring system by redesigning the structure of the conventional luminol cell.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.211-216
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• 2004

Commercial one-step rapid fecal occult blood (FOB) kit which was used as a screening test to detect traces of blood in stool samples was evaluated for the feasibility of the forensic identification of human blood. The sensitivity was determined and compared with the conventional Leucomalichite green (LMG) method. In addition, the specificity of the kit and the effects of various chemicals and environmental factors were examined. FOB kit was specific for human hemoglobin and more sensitive than LMG test (approximately 100 times). FOB kit showed positive band using at least 1,000,000-fold diluted human blood. The antigen was very stable regardless of storage temperature and boiling. The positive reaction was not affected by LMG and Luminol, the traditional tests for identification of bloodstain. As a results, FOB test kit could be effectively applied to identification of human blood at crime scene and crime laboratories.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.243-248
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• 2011

A selective determination method of mercury (II) ion in aqueous solution by luminol-based chemiluminescence system (luminol CL system) has been developed. Determination of metal ions such as copper (II), iron (III), chromium (III) ion in solution by the luminol CL system using its catalytic role in the reaction of luminol and hydrogen peroxide has been reported by several groups. In this study, the catalytic activity of mercury (II) ion in the reaction of luminol and hydrogen peroxide was observed by the enhanced CL intensity of the luminol CL system. Based on this phenomenon, experimental conditions of the luminol CL system were investigated and optimized to determine mercury (II) ion in aqueous solution. While mercury (II) ion in mixed sample solution containing mercury (I) and (II) ions highly enhanced the CL intensity of the luminol CL system, the mercury (I) ion could not enhanced the CL intensity. Thus selective determination of the mercury (II) ions in a mixture containing mercury (I) and (II) ions could be achieved. Each concentration of mercury (I) and (II) ions in aqueous solution can be obtained from the results of the CL method that give the concentration of only mercury (II) ion and the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) method that give the total concentration of mercury ions. On the optimized conditions, the calibration curve of mercury (II) ion was linear over the range from $1.25{\times}10^{-5}$ to $2.50{\times}10^{-3}M$ with correlation coefficient of 0.991. The detection limit of mercury (II) ion in aqueous solution was calculated to be $1.25{\times}10^{-7}M$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.121-122
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• 2002

PAN (Peroxyacetyl Nitrate)은 오존과 함께 대도시 광화학오염의 주요 원인물질로 알려져 있고 대기 중 NOx와 VOCs가 PAN의 생성에 복잡한 반응 경로를 통해 영향을 줄 뿐 만 아니라 원거리 이동을 통하여 비교적 청정지역에 주요한 NOx 공급원으로 알려져 있다. 하지만 PAN은 대기 중 농도가 작고 비교적 낮은 온도에서도 쉽게 열분해 되기 때문에 관측이 어려운 물질이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.173-174
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• 2003

PAN은 1950년 중반 스모그 챔버연구원에서 'Compound X'라고 규정된 광화학 2차 오염물질로 강한 햇빛, NMHCs과 NOx의 존재하에서 이들 반응에 의해 형성된 물질이다 (Stephen, 1969) PAN은 눈을 자극하고, 식물에 대해 독성을 나타내며, 변이성과 발암을 유발할 가능성도 가지고 있다. 또한 PAN은 열적으로 불안정하여 상온에서 쉽게 NO2와 Peroxyaceyl radical로 분해 되며, 저온에서는 안정되게 존재하여 특히 상층 대류권을 통한NO2의 장거리 수송과 NO2의 reservoir역할을 한다. (중략)