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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and dexamethasone (DX) release from hydrogel coatings were examined as a means to modify tissue inflammation and induce angiogenesis. Antibiofouling hydrogels for implantable glucose sensor coatings were prepared from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, N-vinyl pyrrolidinone, and pol…
Identification of silica sol-gel chemistry with silicon alkoxide hydrolysis and condensation processes is common in modern materials science. However, aqueous silicates exhibit several features indicating that they may be more suitable precursors for specific fields of research and applications related to biology and…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Effective treatment of this disorder has been hampered by the lack of availability of agents that selectively target affected joint tissue. We developed a novel pH-sensitive drug delivery system of dexamethasone (Dex) based on an N-(2-hydro…
The growth process of gold nanoplates formed by a thermal aqueous solution approach was investigated by withdrawing drops of a heated solution containing HAuCl 4, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and trisodium citrate and examined the intermediate products formed by a transmission electron microscopy analysis. T…
We develop a theory of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the $K$ edge in La$_2$CuO$_4$ on the basis of the Keldysh Green's function formalism. In our previous analysis (Phys. Rev. B 71, 035110 (2005)), the scattering by the core-hole potential was treated within the Born approximation, and a crude-model de…
The work functions for atomic-level regulated (HF-treated and annealed) n -TiO 2 (110) and (100) surfaces with a clear step and terrace structure, together with photoetched ones, were investigated with a scanning auger microprobe (SAM) using 0.05 wt % Nb-doped TiO 2 . Analysis of the threshold region of the secondary…
A summary of photo- and electrochemical surface modifications applied on single-crystalline chemical vapour deposition diamond films is given. The covalently bonded formation of amine and phenyl linker molecular layers is characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), cyclic volta…
The phase field approach is used to model heterogeneous crystal nucleation in an undercooled pure liquid in contact with a foreign wall. We discuss various choices for the boundary condition at the wall and determine the properties of critical nuclei, including their free energy of formation and the contact angle as a…
Bacterially induced carbonate mineralization has been proposed as a new method for the restoration of limestones in historic buildings and monuments. We describe here the formation of calcite crystals by extracellular polymeric substances isolated from Bacillus firmus and Bacillus sphaericus. We isolated bacterial out…
The role of local fields in the optical response of silicon nanocrystals is analyzed using a tight binding approach. Our calculations show that, at variance with bulk silicon, local field effects dramatically modify the silicon nanocrystal optical response. An explanation is given in terms of surface electronic polari…
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been utilized during high rate E-beam evaporation/deposition of YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO). The results demonstrate the great utility of FTIR as an in situ monitor of YBCO deposition and processing. We detect different (amorphous/fine polycrystalline) insulating pre-existing ph…
A possible origin of unusual temperature behavior of transport coefficients observed in densely packed polycrystalline CaAl_{2} compound [M. Ausloos et al., J. Appl. Phys. 96, 7338 (2004)] is discussed, including a power-like dependence of resistivity with $ρ\propto T^{-3/4}$ and N-like form of the thermopower. All th…
Using a highly-sensitive home-made mutual-inductance technique, temperature profiles of the magnetic penetration depth $λ(T)$ in the optimally-doped $Sm_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_4$ thin films have been extracted. The low-temperature behavior of $λ(T)$ is found to be best-fitted by linear $Δλ(T)/λ(0)= \ln(2)k_BT/Δ_0$ and qua…
To probe the influence of structural disorder on low-temperature behavior of magnetic penetration depth in electron-doped high-T_C superconductors, a comparative study of high-quality Pr_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_4 (PCCO) and Sm_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_4 (SCCO) thin films is presented. The obtained results confirm a d-wave pairin…
Improvement of the photovoltaic efficiency (from 1.2% to 3%) via exposure of organic poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) + phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) devices to solvent vapor at room temperature is reported. In situ photoluminescence (PL) and Raman spectroscopies, in conjunction with optical absorption data…
Propeller-shaped molecules diphenyldibenzofulvene ( 1 ) and (4-methoxyphenyl)phenyldibenzofulvene ( 2 ) were nonemissive when dissolved in good solvents but became luminescent when aggregated in poor solvents or in the solid state, showing a novel phenomenon of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). 8-Phenylbenzo[ e ]ace…
The micelle of an ABC triblock copolymer having a core−shell−corona architecture was used as a template for the fabrication of a hollow silica nanosphere. Silica was deposited on a poly(styrene- b -2-vinyl pyridine- b -ethylene oxide) (PS−PVP−PEO) micelle by the sol−gel method. At pH 4, the PVP block of the PS−PVP−PEO…
The biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles has been successfully conducted using Plectonema boryanum UTEX 485, a filamentous cyanobacterium, reacted with aqueous AgNO3 solutions (approximately 560 mg/L Ag) at 25-100 degrees C for up to 28 days. The interaction of cyanobacteria with aqueous AgNO3 promoted the precipitati…
BACKGROUND: Collagen is a well-established and important biomaterial that could be used to help meet significant medical needs for various soft-tissue replacements. Many efforts to create engineered soft-tissue constructs by seeding cells within collagen gels have been hampered because constituent cells contract colla…
The electronic structure of porous silicon (PS) has been characterized by optical reflectance spectra analyses. Using a Cary-500 spectrometer, the reflectance spectra of PS are measured in the photon energy range of 0.4-6 eV. The spectral responses of optical constants are calculated for PS and Si by Kramers-Kronig an…