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chemical reactions; cysteine; ligands; nanorods; photoluminescence; water solubility
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... Highly luminescent water-soluble CdTe nanorods were prepared with the assistance of the mixed ligand system of cysteine and thioglycolic acid; the aspect ratio and photoluminescence of the CdTe nanorods could be controlled by the refluxing time. ...
chemical reactions; gold; nanocrystals; nanogold; photoluminescence
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... Unique nanostructure materials with highly ordered spherical aggregates have been obtained by self-organization of single CdTe nanocrystals using gold nanoparticles as seeds, and a red shift of the photoluminescence peak was observed. ...
3-hydroxybutyric acid; Penicillium; agarose; ammonium sulfate; carbon; chromatography; culture media; enzyme activity; filtration; mass spectrometry; metal ions; molecular weight; mutagenesis; mutants; pH; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; temperature
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... Penicillium sp. DS9713a-01 was obtained by ultraviolet (u.v.) light mutagenesis from the Penicillium sp. DS9713a which can degrade poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). The enzymatic activity of DS9713a-01 was 97% higher than that of the wild-type strain. The DS9713a-01 mutant could completely degrade PHB films in 5 days; however, the wild-type strain achieved only 61% at the same time. The extracellula ...
... A durable superhydrophobic surface with low water sliding angle (SA) and high water contact angle (CA) was obtained by electrospinning poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) which was mixed with epoxy–siloxane modified SiO₂ nanoparticles. To increase the roughness, modified SiO₂ nanoparticles were introduced into PVDF precursor solution. Then in the electrospinning process, nano-sized SiO₂ particles ir ...
... Exposure to fenvalerate has been shown to be associated with decreased steroid hormone production by mouse Leydig tumor cells (MLTC-1) in our previous study and the interference with cAMP–PKA pathway cannot explain this inhibitory effect completely. In this study, the same cell line was used to investigate the potential involvement of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) signaling pathway in the d ...
... Twelve new A,D-seco-limonoids, clauemargines A–L (1–12), and three known analogues were isolated from the stems of Clausena emarginata. The absolute configurations of 1 and 5 were confirmed by X-ray crystallography and ECD spectroscopy, respectively. Compounds 1, 2, 8–10, and 13 showed moderate inhibitory effects on LPS-induced NO production (IC₅₀ values < 10 μM). ...
... Diallyl disulfide (DADS) has been shown to cause G2/M phase cell cycle arrest in several human cancers. Here we demonstrate a mechanism by which DADS induces G2/M phase arrest in BGC823 human gastric cancer cells via Chk1. From cell cycle gene array results, we next confirmed that cyclin B1 expression was decreased by DADS, while the expression of p21, GADD45α and p53 were increased. Despite the l ...
... A facile approach to synthesize 3D SnO₂/nitrogen-doped graphene aerogels (SNGA) was developed. By using ethylenediamine (EDA) as nitrogen source, combined with hydrothermal-induced reduction and self-assembly, the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to graphene, the uniform in situ deposition of SnO₂ nano-particles on graphene, the nitrogen-doping of graphene, and the self-assembly of graphene to 3D ...
antineoplastic agents; drug design; human cell lines; inhibitory concentration 50; iron oxides; irradiation; light; magnetic fields; nanoparticles; nanospheres; neoplasms; pH; photosensitivity; porphyrins
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... The synthesis and characterization of carboxyl-functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION)-attached cationic porphyrins with different positive charges (porphyrin@SPION) are described as pH-sensitive, multifunctional photosensitization. These nanospheres exhibit excellent targeted cell accumulation under external magnetic field and outstanding cell photocytotoxicity in weak a ...
... Highly sensitive, specific, and selective immunoassays are of great significance for not only clinical diagnostics but also food safety, environmental monitoring, and so on. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and fluorescence-based and electrochemical immunoassays are important intensively investigated immunoassay techniques. However, they might suffer from low sensitivity or false-positive result ...
chemical structure; cycloaddition reactions; quinoline
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... Synthesis of 2-alkenylquinoline by reductive olefination of quinoline N-oxide under metal-free conditions is disclosed. Practically, the reaction could be performed with quinoline as starting material via a one-pot, two-step process. A possible mechanism is proposed that involves a sequential 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and acid-assisted ring opening followed by a dehydration process. ...
... As a highly toxic and widely used chemical, phosgene has become a serious threat to humankind and public security because of its potential use by terrorists and unexpected release during industrial accidents. For this reason, it is an urgent need to develop facile, fast, and selective detection methods of phosgene. In this Article, we have constructed a highly selective fluorescent sensor o-Pab fo ...
XiaHong, et al. ; He Meng; Wang Xiaolan; Wang Zhenggang; Chen Lingyun; Lu Yao; Zhang Xinjiang; Li Mei; Liu Zhongming; Zhang Yu; Zhang Lina; Show all 11 Authors
... Biodegradable plastics are urgently needed in the biomedical field to avoid the secondary surgery for implants after completing the repair of nonload bearing bone defects. Herein, novel chitin based plastics were successfully fabricated by changing the shape and aggregation state structure of chitin hydrogels through drying under a negative pressure, which led to a plastic deformation. The chitin ...
... Silica nanorods were synthesized through a simple one-pot emulsion-droplet-based growth method, in which tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) was used as the silica source, ammonia as the catalyst, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the structure-directing agent and stabilizer. By controlling hydrolysis and condensation in the reaction process, we regulated the aspect ratios and the infrared (IR) absorpt ...
... Chitin exists abundantly in crab and shrimp shells as the template of the minerals, which inspired us to mineralize it for fabricating bone grafting materials. In the present work, chitin nanofibrous microspheres were used as the matrix for in situ synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HA) crystals including microflakes, submicron-needles, and submicron-spheres, which were penetrated by long chitin nanofib ...
... DNA polymorphism exerts a fascination on a large scientific community. Without crystallographic structural data, clarification of the binding modes between G-quadruplex (G4) and ligand (complex) is a challenging job. In the present work, three porphyrin compounds with different flexible carbon chains (arms) were designed, synthesized and characterized. Their binding, folding and stabilizing abilit ...
... Lanthanide ions, the excellent fluorescence markers, have the potential to simplify the performance of multi-analytes analysis. In this work, a powerful time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TRFIA) based on dual-labeled format were performed for detecting clenbuterol and salbutamol simultaneously in water and swine feed samples. Europium (Eu3+)-labeled goat anti-mouse IgG and Samarium (Sm3+)-labeled go ...
... A reliable and inexpensive pretreatment procedure in the determination of β2-agonists in pork was developped. The procedure used a nanocomposite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized with graphene (rGO) as the reversed dispersive sorbent. It was analyzed after purification by high-performance liquid chromatography, the extraction time and the properties of the nanocomposite were op ...
XiaHong, et al. ; Jingfeng Song; Zhiyong Xiao; Bo Chen; Spencer Prockish; Xuegang Chen; Anil Rajapitamahuni; Le Zhang; Jinsong Huang; Show all 9 Authors
films (materials); gold; indium tin oxide; microscopy; screening
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... We report a more than 10-fold enhancement of the piezoelectric coefficient d₃₃ of polycrystalline CH₃NH₃PbI₃ (MAPbI₃) films when interfacing them with ferroelectric PbZr₀.₂Ti₀.₈O₃ (PZT). Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) studies reveal d33MAPbI3 values of 0.3–0.4 pm/V for MAPbI₃ deposited on Au, indium tin oxide, and SrTiO₃ surfaces, with small phase angle fluctuating at length scales smaller t ...
... The potential homogeneous assay employing immunomagnetic beads (IMB) has been receiving attention as a screening tool in food-safety control; the method is simple, efficient, and does not require long incubation times or complex separation steps. In this study, a homogeneous immunoassay has been successfully developed and applied in the determination of aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) contamination in agricul ...