Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "Nanoparticles"
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High-resolution whole-mount in situ hybridization using quantum dot nanocrystals
(2012)The photostability and narrow emission spectra of nanometer-scale semiconductor crystallites (QDs) make them desirable candidates for whole-mount fluorescent in situ hybridization to detect mRNA transcripts in morphologically ...
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Imaging morphogenesis, in Xenopus with Quantum Dot nanocrystals
(2009)Mesoderm migration is a well studied morphogenetic movement that takes place during Xenopus gastrulation. The study of mesoderm migration and other morphogenetic movements has been primarily based on in vitro assays due ...
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Influence of nanoreactor environment and substrate location on the activity of horseradish peroxidase in olive oil based water-in-oil microemulsions
(2011)Oxidative enzymatic reactions using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were carried out in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions composed of olive oil/lecithin/1-propanol/water, a model biomimetic system. The substrates used (gallic ...
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Intelligent drug delivery systems for the treatment of solid tumors
(2016)The rationale for the use of nanoparticle formulations to treat cancer is based on the ability of these particles to facilitate selective delivery of drugs to the tumor site, reducing adverse effects and improving therapeutic ...
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Low temperature and cost-effective growth of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers using spin-coated polymer-stabilized palladium nanocatalysts
(2015)We describe a fast and cost-effective process for the growth of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) at a temperature compatible with complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology, using highly stable polymer-Pd nanohybrid colloidal ...
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Magnetoresponsive polymer networks as adsorbents for the removal of U(VI) ions from aqueous media
(2017)Magnetoresponsive, methacrylate-based 3D polymer networks containing hydrophilic/thermoresponsive, hydrophilic/pH-responsive and hydrophobic/metal chelating functionalities and oleic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles, ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Material based on functional star polymers : networks, cell transfectants, and hybrid metal-organic nanoparticles
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2020-05)Αυτή η Διδακτορική Διατριβή πραγματεύεται με τη σύνθεση και τη μελέτη νέων υλικών βασισμένων σε λειτουργικά αστεροειδή πολυμερή: (α) αυτοσυναρμολογούμενα, αμφιφιλικά πολυμερικά συμπλέγματα (APCNs) που περιλαμβάνουν ...
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Mechanical properties of structurally-defined magnetoactive polymer (co)networks
(2015)The mechanical properties of structurally-defined magnetoactive polymer (co)networks synthesized from well-defined poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (poly(DMAEMA)) homopolymers and diblock copolymers of poly(DMAEMA) ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Multi-bacteria, multi-antibiotic, testing using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) diagnosis / Katerina Hadjigeorgiou
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2020-05)Ο σκοπός της παρούσας έρευνας ήταν η ανάπτυξη μίας γρήγορης και αξιόπιστης μεθόδου, βασισμένης στην Ενισχυμένη Φασματοσκοπία Ράμαν, η οποία (i) θα προσδιορίζει αν ένα δείγμα είναι “θετικό” ή “αρνητικό” για ουρολοίμωξη, ...
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Multistage nanoparticles for improved delivery into tumor tissue
(2012)The enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect has been a key rationale for the development of nanoscale carriers to solid tumors. As a consequence of EPR, nanotherapeutics are expected to improve drug and detection ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials combining metal nanoparticles and functional amphiphilic diblock copolymers. Synthesis, characterization and experimental investigation of their nonlinear optical properties
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2011-12)Η παρούσα εργασία στοχεύει κυρίως στη σύνθεση, χαρακτηρισμό και μελέτη των μη-γραμμικών οπτικών ιδιοτήτων καινοτόμων οργανικών-ανόργανων υβριδικών υλικών βασισμένων σε λειτουργικά αδρομερή συμπολυμερή και νανοσωματίδια ...
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Palladium-based micellar nanohybrids: Preparation and nonlinear optical response
(2014)In the present work the synthesis and physicochemical characterisation of a new class of Pd-containing micellar nanohybrid systems are presented. The new systems consist of metallic Pd nanoparticles and well-defined diblock ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Polymer nanocomposites prepared by ultrasonic welding
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2015-08)Ο κύριος στόχος της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής είναι η ανάπτυξη και ο χαρακτηρισμός μιας νέας τεχνολογίας, βασισμένη στη συγκόλληση υπερήχων, για την κατασκευή νανοσύνθετων φύλλων πολυμερών (ραφών) που αποτελούνται ...
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Size-Selective Kinetics of Nanostructured Pt/GC Model Electrocatalysts for CO Stripping
(2016)We studied using dynamic Monte Carlo (DMC) models the size-selective kinetic characteristics of CO monolayer oxidation (CO stripping) on multiscale nanostructured Pt/GC model electrodes comprising nanodisks with diameters ...
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Sonic-hedgehog pathway inhibition normalizes desmoplastic tumor microenvironment to improve chemo- and nanotherapy
(2017)Targeting the rich extracellular matrix of desmoplastic tumors has been successfully shown to normalize collagen and hyaluronan levels and re-engineer intratumoral mechanical forces, improving tumor perfusion and chemotherapy. ...
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Stabilization of lead sulfide nanoparticles by polyamines in aqueous solutions. A structural study of the dispersions
(2010)Lead sulfide (PbS) nanoparticles have been synthesized in aqueous solutions by a reaction between inorganic lead salts and sodium sulfide and stabilized using the cationic polyelectrolytes branched poly(ethylenimine) (PEI), ...
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Structural and electronic properties of bare and capped Cd nSe n/Cd nTe n Nanoparticles (n = 6, 9)
(2012)Relationships between structures and properties (energy gaps, vertical ionization potentials (IP v), vertical electron affinities (EA v), and ligand binding energies) in small capped CdSe/CdTe nanoparticles (NPs) are poorly ...
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Superparamagnetic hybrid micelles, based on iron oxide nanoparticles and well-defined diblock copolymers possessing β-ketoester functionalities
(2009)The quality of surface coating of magnetic nanoparticles destined as nanoprobes in clinical applications is of utmost significance for their colloidal stability and biocompatibility. A novel approach for the fabrication ...
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Synthesis and characterization of water-dispersible, superparamagnetic single-wall carbon nanotubes decorated with iron oxide nanoparticles and well-defined chelating diblock copolymers
(2011)A novel approach for the fabrication of magneto-active carbon nanotubes (CNTs) stabilized in aqueous media, involving the combination of carboxylated single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with a new class of methacrylate-based ...
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Thermal conductivity and degradation behavior of HDPE/graphene nanocomposites: Pyrolysis, kinetics and mechanism
(2017)Graphene-filled high-density polyethylene nanocomposites varying filler’s size (5, 10 and 25 × 10−6 m in diameter) were prepared by the melt-mixing method, and their thermal properties are then investigated by TG, Py–GC/MS ...