Sergey Suchkov, First Moscow State Medical University, Russia
Abs against myelin basic protein/MBP endowing with proteolytic activity (Ab-proteases with functionality) are of great value to monitor demyelination to illustrate the evolution of multiple sclerosis (MS). Anti-MBP autoAbs from MS patients and mice with EAE exhibited specific proteolytic cleavage of MBP which, in turn, [....] » Read More
Title : Hello implantable nanosensors: Goodbye old-fashion hospitals
Thomas J. Webster , Northeastern University, USA
There is an acute shortage of organs due to disease, trauma, congenital defects, and most importantly, age related maladies. While tissue engineering (and nanotechnology) has made great strides towards improving tissue growth, infection control has been largely forgotten. Critically, as a consequence, the Centers [....] » Read More
Title : Graphene, butterfly and stem cells is set to revolutionize surgical implants
Alexander M Seifalian, NanoRegMed Ltd, United Kingdom
The world advancing rapidly in the field of technology, a simple example is our mobile phone. However when compared to healthcare, the diagnostic and treatment of diseases are still very poor and surgery has not changed significantly compared with 50 years ago. There is plenty of news in academia/media that everything [....] » Read More
Title : Nanomaterials for targeting stem cells
Esmaiel Jabbari, University of South Carolina, USA
A major contributing factor to mortality in cancer patients is relapse after therapy. Cancer recurrence and resistance is related to the existence of a very small population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in the tumor tissue with high expression of ATP-binding transporter proteins associated with drug resistance. After th [....] » Read More
Title : Multi-functional layered nanocomposites for aircraft applications
Ramesh K Agarwal , Washington University, USA
In recent years, there has been increased emphasis on ‘Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA)’ with the dual aims of reducing the energy consumption as well as emissions. Several new concepts for the aircraft have been proposed to reduce drag, improve engine efficiency, and reduce mass. In addition to v [....] » Read More
Title : Carbon-nanotube-supported pyrolytic carbon micro/nano-cones
Germercy Paredes Guerrero, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, France
Pyrolytic carbon (PyC) is extensively used in industrial processes as composite matrices or coatings. It is obtained by thermally decomposing a gaseous carbon precursor (typically methane, but other hydrocarbons are used as well) and then allowing the carbon moieties produced to deposit either within a preform (chemica [....] » Read More
Title : Carbon Nanotubes and its application in Nanotechnology
Raymond Jagessar, University of Guyana, South America
Carbon nanotubes often refer to single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with diameters in the range of a nanometer. Single-wall carbon nanotubes are one of the allotropes of carbon, intermediate between fullerene cages and flat graphene. Carbon nanotubes also often refer to multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), consistin [....] » Read More
Title : Low-diluted phenacetinum disrupted the melanoma cancer cell migration
Martiny Laurent, Reims Champagne Ardenne University, France
By 2030, 20% of the world's population will be more than 65 years old leading to a sharp increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or cancers. The "well ageing" concept imposes to elaborate alternative therapeutic strategies to conventional treatments. The re [....] » Read More
Title : Enhanced visible light photocatalysis by BN-TiO2 nanocomposites for pharmaceutical degradation and wastewater treatment
Huiyao Wang , New Mexico State University, USA
Boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are promising support materials for catalysts. A series of BN-TiO2 enabled electrospun nanofibers were synthesized for photocatalytic treatment of ibuprofen and secondary wastewater effluent under visible light. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the existence of B-O-Ti bonds betwe [....] » Read More
Title : Desalination via photothermal thin films
Donglu Shi, University of Cincinnati, USA
There has been an increasing need to utilize abundant seawater, via desalination, for a variety of uses, in particular agriculture in the arid regions that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Current desalination technologies provide effective solutions to the increasing water demands but require su [....] » Read More
Title : Targeting intracellular mycobacteria using nanosized niosomes loaded with antibacterial agents
Horacio Bach, University of British Columbia, Canada
Objectives. Pathogenic intracellular mycobacteria are difficult to treat because of the waxy and complex cell wall that characterizes the genus. Niosomes are vesicles with biomimetic cell membrane composition, which allow them to easily bind to the eukaryotic cells and deliver their cargo into the cytoplasm. The object [....] » Read More
Title : Fullerene-silica nanocomposites as a base for targeted drug delivery and chemoimmunotherapeutic treatment of cancer
Alexander A. Golub, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
The synthetic procedures and structure of C60 Fullerene–Silica nanocomposites will be described. The main idea of the presentation will be to show the possibilities of nanocomposites, which possess immune modulating and stimulating properties themselves, and are biologically friendly, to be a matrix for creating [....] » Read More
Title : Characterization of nanoparticles in silicon dioxide food additives
Sadia Afrin Khan, US Food and Drug Administration, USA
Food additives are added to food for their technical effect in food (e.g., emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener, anticaking agent, antioxidant, etc.). Food grade additives may have a particle size distribution that extends into the nanoscale range. Silicon dioxide, in its amorphous form, is an approved food additive (21 C [....] » Read More
Title : Creation and effective self-organization of nanostructures in a vacuum using innovative equipment and technology of magnetron-plasma electrodispersion
Zaur Berishvili, LEPL Institute OPTICA, Georgia
New directions are permanently arising in science and technology, for which it is necessary to develop modern technologies. Now, one of such problem is the creation of equipment and technology for the production of nanomaterials. Obviously, the planar magnetron sputtering method is one of the most effective solutions i [....] » Read More
Title : Emission of clusters during ion bombardment of solids
George Meskhi, Samtskhe-Javakheti State University, Georgia
A group of atoms bound together by inter-atomic forces is called an atomic cluster. Clusters are formed of matter intermediation between atoms (or molecules) and the solids. The novelty of atomic cluster physics arises mostly from the fact that cluster properties explain the transition from single atoms or molecules to [....] » Read More
Title : Interaction of hydrogen with nanoscale structures in irradiated steel as radiation defects and grain-boundary segregants
Evgenii Krasikov, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
It is known that in traditional power engineering hydrogen may be one of the firstprimary source of equipment damage. This problem has high actuality for both nuclear and thermonuclear power engineering owing to interaction of hydrogen with such nascent under neutron and ion irradiation nanoscale structures as radiatio [....] » Read More
Title : Enzyme and materials decoration by nanoparticles, a one-step physical method to enhance efficiency and reuse of biocatalysts
Roberta Bussamara, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Compared with current chemical methodologies, enzymes are environmentally friendlier, more energy- efficient and potentially more cost-effective catalysts due to low energy demand operation and easier downstream processing. However, biocatalysts composed only of free enzymes are expensive, present poor longterm stabili [....] » Read More
Title : Nano size effects on the tuning of thermal expansion
Sanson Andrea, University of Padova, Italy
Thermal expansion, the tendency of materials to change in shape and volume in response to a change in temperature, is a significant problem for many materials and engineering applications, because when two coupled-materials expand differently when heated, this can lead to thermal shock breakage and failures of the syst [....] » Read More
Title : Computational study on binding affinities of acyclic ?-amino acids with graphene
Jovian Lazare, Clark Atlanta University, USA
Binding affinities of fifteen (15) naturally occurring acyclic α-amino acids individually with two finite size graphene sheets comprising 62 and 186 carbon atoms were investigated at M06-2X/6-31G(d) level. After performing conformational analysis for these fifteen amino acids using Merck Molecular Force Field (MM [....] » Read More
Title : Targeting receptor heterogeneity using molecular targeted photochemical-nanoplatform
Shazia Bano, Harvard Medical School, USA
The complex tissue architecture with enormous cellular diversity in malignant lesions and the tumor microenvironment, and its transformation with time is a pivotal driver of treatment resistance. Molecular targeted photonanomedicine offer unique capabilities and has held promise to be successful for the delivery of the [....] » Read More
Title : The convergence of technologies, generates convergence in the regulations
Guillermo Valdes Mesa, Havana University Center Biomaterial, Cuba
The convergence of nanotechnologies generates synergies among different technologies to say, nanotechnologies, neurotechnology, computers and biotechnology, these technologies must converge) itchier regulations, the application of medical devices in nanotechnologies should lead us to a link between the technical commit [....] » Read More
Title : Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems and herbal medicines
Jhansee Mishra , V.B.S.P.University, India
Herbal medicines have been widely used around the world since ancient times. The advancement of phytochemical and phytopharmacological sciences has enabled elucidation of the composition and biological activities of several medicinal plant products. The effectiveness of many species of medicinal plants depends on the s [....] » Read More