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        <journal-title>St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal: Physics and Mathematics</journal-title>
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          <trans-title>Научно-технические ведомости СПбГПУ. Физико-математические науки</trans-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2304-9782, 2618-8686, 2405-7223</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">9</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18721/JPM.16109</article-id>
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        <article-title>Binding of caffeine with nicotinamide: A study by means of fluorescence quenching and UV-Vis spectroscopic techniques</article-title>
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          <trans-title>Изучение связывания кофеина с никотинамидом с помощью методов тушения флуоресценции и спектроскопии в ультрафиолетовой и видимой областях</trans-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abraha</surname>
            <given-names>Ataklti Gebreyohanes</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>atklt.physics@gmail.com</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Belay</surname>
            <given-names>Abebe Gemta</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
          <email>abebebelay96@gmail.com</email>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Samara University, Department of Physics</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Adama Science and Technology University</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-03-31">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>16</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>111</fpage>
      <lpage>124</lpage>
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        <p>In this work, the binding of caffeine (CAF) with nicotinamide (NIC) has been investigated by means of fluorescence quenching and UV-Vis spectroscopic techniques. The results showed that CAF could effectively quench the intrinsic fluorescence of NIC due to a static quenching mechanism rather than a dynamic one. The key parameters of the process: the quenching constant and the bimolecular quenching rate one, the number of binding sites (n ≈ 1), as well as the thermodynamic properties of NIC with CAF were calculated. The binding constants were 6.500 and 5.577 kL/mole at 295 and 303 K respectively. The thermodynamic parameter values determined using the Van’t Hoff’s equation (ΔH = –14.220 kJ/mole, ΔS = 22.764 J/(mole∙K)) indicated that the binding process was continuous and electrostatic forces had a major role in the reaction of CAF with NIC molecules. Similarly, the UV-Vis absorption spectra of the interaction were studied and used to confirm the fluorescence quenching mechanism of the molecules.</p>
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        <kwd>fluorescence quenching</kwd>
        <kwd>binding constant</kwd>
        <kwd>nicotinamide</kwd>
        <kwd>caffeine</kwd>
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