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Open AccessDiatomite silica nanoparticles for drug delivery
Diatomite is a natural fossil material of sedimentary origin, constituted by fragments of diatom siliceous skeletons. In this preliminary work, the properties of diatomite nanoparticles as potential system for...
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Open AccessSynthesis of mixed-sequence oligonucleotides on mesoporous silicon: chemical strategies and material stability
Rapid screening tests in medical diagnostic and environmental analysis are often based on oligonucleotide biochips. In this paper, we studied the stability of functionalized mesoporous silicon supports in the ...
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Large area light propagation in quasi-zero average refractive index materials
In this paper the experimental results show near-infrared light collimation through large area (2 x 2 mm) nanopatterned material with refractive index quasi-zero on the average. This quasi-zero refractive inde...
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Li Batteries with Porous Sol-Gel Cathodes
Lithium batteries have found a wide range of applications due to their very compact energy packing and effective cost. Theoretically Li-cells can hold up to 5V, however to date no mass-produced rechargeable ba...
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Active Photonic Crystals Based multiplexer
In the last years, in order to achieve active tuning of photonic crystals devices, the possibility to use liquid crystal inside photonic crystals has been explored.