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
Nanotechnology is a new exciting field that has the potential to transform the way that medical and healthcare solutions are being developing. The talk will be focus on our latest projects from basic research to potential Medical applications. In this the first part of the talk, I will present our preliminary results u [....] » Read More
Rare-Earth (RE) doped nitride semiconductors thin film nanomaterials are attracting increasing attention as phosphor materials, and are used for optical displays and devices. Sputter deposited AlN has been shown to be a viable host for luminescent rare earth (RE) ions due to its transparency over a wide range, includin [....] » Read More
Traditional injectable hydrogels made of chitosan have relative smaller tensile strength lower elasticity compared to highly stretchable elastomers. This work focuses on the development of a new hydrogel based on a recently discovered tough hydrogel. This new type of hydrogel serve as a remarkable injectable and moldab [....] » Read More
Nanomaterials are widely used in biological, medical and engineering applications, but little is known on their use to preserve heritage materials. Architectural materials undergo irreversible deterioration due to chemical, physical and biological processes that occur on a wide variety of substrates, such as stone, lim [....] » Read More
Metallic powders Al and Fe were used as fillers in HDPE. Powders with two dimensions of particles for Al and two dimensions of particles for Fe were used. By extrusion and injection were obtained composite materials with different concentration of metallic fillers: 3, 5, and 8%. A comparative experimental study of the [....] » Read More
The purpose of this abstract was to assess the efficacy of peptide targeted chemotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma. Previously we have constructed four peptides that bind specifically to cancer cell lines, which were derived from three different carcinoma cell lines and their vascular endothelia: L-peptide: (L-P, anti-c [....] » Read More
A smart city is a green city that uses renewable energy, produces zero waste and is healthy & safe to live in. This city follows the following management practices that aid in its objective of sustained green living. Asia is one of the fastest growing regions for smart city technologies, with the global spending in [....] » Read More
This work mainly aimed to produce and characterize a nano-composite depends on ascorbic acid (AA) as an active ingredient. The new composite has anti-aging potential and high stability profile. The cytotoxic effects and the proliferation rate of the new composite were investigated on adult human dermal fibroblasts cell [....] » Read More
In this study, cerium sulphate nanoflowers (Ce2(SO4)3) decorated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was synthesized through a rapid one pot solvothermal method. The crystal structure and morphology of the as-prepared nanohybrid composites were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission-scanning electron micr [....] » Read More
Properties offered by nanomaterials and porous designer lead to use these materials in numerous technological fields such as optoelectronic devices, energy applications, sensors and photonic devices [1]. In addition, several scientific studies prove the potential benefit derived from a porous morphology and designer na [....] » Read More
Supercapacitor has attracted a great deal of interest because of its higher power density and longer cycling life compared with those of other electrochemical energy storage devices. In the past decades, graphene, as one of the most promising candidates, has been received great attention because of its large theoretica [....] » Read More
This paper is focused on a new light source configuration, which is a ring laser with Erbium doped fiber. This laser has the advantage of being compact and light, and does not require the alignment of the different elements. A simulation was done using software that allowed us to confirm that we can have a laser beam f [....] » Read More
Acute sensitive facial skin eruption secondary to cosmetics and aesthetic procedures are common problems in clinic setting. Steroid phobia and anxiety of the distressed patients needed prompt effective management in gaining patient’s confidence. We reported using Nano size hyaluronic acid (N – HA) base seru [....] » Read More
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has gained prominence in cancer research as a Reactive oxygen species’ (ROS) mediated therapeutic strategy. The principle of PDT relies on the preferential accumulation of a high payload of a photosensitizer (PS) agent in the target tissue, and selective illumination with light, r [....] » Read More
Optical sensors are widely used for refractive index measurement in chemical, medical research, and food processing industries. Several methods have been developed for this purpose, including metal-based propagating surface plasmon resonance and localized surface plasmon and emerging plasmonic biosensors based on metam [....] » Read More
Two optically transparent windows are present in biology within the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum and are of significant interest for in vivo molecular imaging and spectroscopic detection. The primary rationale is that NIR light can penetrate deeper within biological tissues than visible light because tissues scatter an [....] » Read More
Nanofibres may be generated using a number of techniques; however, electrospinning allows industrial-scale production. In this study, we examine different nanofibre properties resulting from five different electrospinning methods when using the same polymer solution (polyurethane and polyvinylbutyral) and environmental [....] » Read More
Conductive nanomaterials have gained immense interest because of their distinctive properties and their potential in various fields. The wide range of preparation factors influencing the ability of nanomaterials to conduct an electric current, such as material, method and modification, makes their preparation an intere [....] » Read More
One great challenge for analytical chemists is the development of pre-concentration technique that can capture environmental toxicants at the level that new legislations expect. Until recently, solid phase extraction methods were the method of choice. In the recent time, chemically tuned nanofibres are making serious i [....] » Read More
We use low-resolution optical lithography and plasma etching joined with solid state dewetting of crystalline, ultra-thin silicon on insulator (c-UT-SOI) to form monocrystalline, atomically-smooth, silicon-based Mie resonators in well controlled large periodic arrays. The dewetted islands have a typical size in the [....] » Read More
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), PHBV, is a biodegradable and biocompatible polyester with the potential to be used as a substitute for conventional thermoplastics. However, PHBV is brittle and has low mechanical properties, which hinder its use for applications that require superior properties. One altern [....] » Read More
This research aims to study an effect of annealing nanosize titanium dioxide (TiO2), Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a wide gap oxide semiconductor is an n-type due to oxygen deficiency. It has three phases of the crystal structures including anatase, brookite, and rutile, where the band gap is 3.2 eV for brookite, 3.2 eV f [....] » Read More
Liquid-repellent surfaces repel liquids instead of allowing droplets to adhere. These surfaces are important in many fields including self-cleaning clothes and kitchenware, enhanced heat transfer, and anti-fouling, anti-corrosive and drag reduction coatings. The dream of research and development on liquid-repellents is [....] » Read More
Complicated metal and ceramic components were fabricated by smart additive manufacturing, design and evaluation (Smart MADE). The functional structures were designed by computer graphics and fabricated by stereolithography of 3D printing. Metal and ceramic particles of 3 - 5 µm and 200 - 600 nm in average diamete [....] » Read More
Recently Nano-materials were applied in different fields as chemistry, medicine and agriculture.. The present lecture categorized to three Items. The first discuss some of the methods used to synthesize the materials in the nano forms, the second category explained the tools used to characterize the [....] » Read More
Physical techniques for surface modification of plastics use surface-active agents, which can self-assemble at the surface. Many techniques, which are important in modern technologies, use polymer blends, and there is considerable interest to understand the extent the composition of the surface layer differs from that [....] » Read More
Phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) is released from the enzymatic hydrolysis of gluconasturtiin, the most abundant glucosinolate found in watercress (a vegetable from the family Brassicaceae) by the enzyme myrosinase. Among all the isothiocyanates, PEITC is one of the most extensively studied with various biological ac [....] » Read More
Resonant waveguide gratings (RWG), also called Guided-Mode Resonance (GMR) gratings, have been discovered several decades ago, and are known for their possibility to very strongly reflect an incident wave for special configurations of the parameters of the optical setup like wavelength, polarization and incident angle. [....] » Read More
The miniaturization of optical components to control and manipulate light amplitude, phase, and polarization requires micro- to nanostructured metasurfaces that provide resonant light–matter interactions to exploit optical properties in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) range (plasmonic resonances, wavelength f [....] » Read More
Photocatalysis technology has been widely considered as a promising approach to resolve the energy and environmental concerns. Extensive studies have been devoted to exploiting highly-efficient photocatalysts that are photoactive in H2 evolution and organic pollutant degradation. Recently, polymeric graphitic carbon ni [....] » Read More
The present study focuses on the development of a novel xyloglucan(XG) –decorated and chitosan functionalized graphene oxide mediated drug delivery system for the delivery of Ulvan isolated from green algae Ulvan lactua(UL) as an anticancer model drug. Chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide (GO -CS) we [....] » Read More
In recent years, iron oxide nanoparticles have attracted a great deal of interesting due to their unique magnetic, electric, optic, and catalytic properties. Therefore, iron oxides nanoparticles have been widely used in many potential applications. In biomedicine application both maghemite and magnetite are most suitab [....] » Read More
In the light of natural, technological and human disasters on the one hand, and in the era of globalization on the other, socio-economic development questions the effectiveness of the investment, planning and territorial policies adopted in the region in sustainable development framework. This refers to a global approa [....] » Read More
Diverse research have been reported for designing a sensor by caring open chain and macrocyclic compounds operating system through transition metal, which display a rich and versatile redox activity. Chemical sensors are devices, which can deliver realtime and online information on the presence of specific compounds or [....] » Read More
Arsenic toxicity is a growing concern worldwide due to its numerous adverse health effects. To reduce the concentrations of arsenic in water to the prescribed limits, various interventions have been developed. Adsorption onto magnetite nanoparticles is an effective remediation method because of the ability of iron to b [....] » Read More
The control of the glycemic level among diabetes type 2 patients is very important for their long term survival and avoiding further complexities including micro/macrovascular diseases as well as diabetic neuropathy. Vildagliptin (VD) is a drug that has addressed these issues successfully with the desired safety portfo [....] » Read More
Nanotechnologies (technologies or ideas which dealt with the objects / systems whose measured size is less than 100 nm in at least one dimension and whose properties are significantly differed from their bulk counter parts) are emerging across an array of scientific fields including medicine, electronics,&nbs [....] » Read More
The conduction characteristics of Ni1-xCexO (x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05) nanostructures prepared by the sol-gel method have been investigated through DC and AC measurements. The dielectric relaxation in this system have also been discussed as a function of both of frequency (75 kHz to 1 MHz) and temperature (3 [....] » Read More
The ever increasing demand of various industries for the better tribological properties of the materials led scientists to the selection of novel materials, innovative manufacturing techniques and surface modifications. In the present work, investigations of wear properties of lightweight, self-lubricating aluminium ma [....] » Read More
This present study investigates the influences of nanoparticles on blood flow through vessel in the presence of thermal radiation. The governing system of differential equations are transformed to dimensionless equations with the aid of suitable variables. The dimensionless equations are then solved analytically to obt [....] » Read More
Graphene and graphene oxide carbon materials have attracted a great deal of attention for sensing applications due to their excellent charge transfer mobility, large specific surface area and good electrocatalytic activity1,2. Recently, one new perspective is to utilize ideal single-atom-thick GN as a support to anchor [....] » Read More
The biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Aloe blumea extract and antibacterial activity of the synthesized AgNPs were investigated. Examinations using ultraviolet– visible spectrophotometry, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and transmission el [....] » Read More
The basic reliability concepts - parametric ALT plan, failure mechanism and design, acceleration factor, and sample size equation were used in the development of a parametric accelerated life testing method to assess the reliability quantitative test specifications (RQ) of mechanical systems subjected to repetitive str [....] » Read More
Nano technology possesses several branches including nanomedicine, which is the most promising field in the future medicine and is a probable therapeutic agent in prevention and medication of life threatening diseases through ROS inhibition. Therapeutic potential and antioxidant activity of Silver Nanoparticle coupled [....] » Read More
Nowadays, ZnO is considered as the most important chemical compounds due to their distinctive properties owing to its wide band gab and large exciton binding energy. It is well known that the structural and the optical properties of ZnO differ by different methods of preparation. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmis [....] » 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