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Nanoscale covalent organic framework for the low-temperature treatment of tumor growth and lung metastasis
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has shown promising applications in tumor therapies. However, due to laser-induced nonspecific heating and heat diffusion, high levels of hyperthermia (>50°C) in tumor tissues often ...
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Neutron diffraction studies of permanent magnetic materials
Neutron diffraction technology as an advanced material research technique has special advantages in studying magnetic materials compared to the conventional techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning...
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Fabrication of Y2O2S:Eu3+ hollow nanofibers by sulfurization of Y2O3:Eu3+ hollow nanofibers
Y2O3:Eu3+ hollow nanofibers were prepared by calcination of the electrospun PVP/[Y(NO3)3 + Eu(NO3)3] composite nanofibers, and then Y2O2S:Eu3+ hollow nanofibers were successfully synthesized by sulfurization of t...
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Laser Applications
Transparent ceramics have found various applications, including lasers, scintillator, electro-optical, lighting, and armors, with their applications in solid-state lasers being the most important and most exte...
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Transparent Ceramic Materials
Various transparent ceramics have been fabricated by different processing techniques. Previously, it was accepted that, to be transparent ceramics, materials should have an isotropic lattice structure, i.e., c...
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A modified spontaneous emulsification solvent diffusion method for the preparation of curcumin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles with enhanced in vitro anti-tumor activity
To improve the anti-tumor activity of hydrophobic drug curcumin, we prepared curcumin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles (PLGA-Cur NPs) through a modified spontaneous emulsification solvent diffusion (modified-SESD) me...
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Effects of laser heat treatment on the fracture morphologies of X80 pipeline steel welded joints by stress corrosion
The surfaces of X80 pipeline steel welded joints were processed with a CO2 laser, and the effects of laser heat treatment (LHT) on H2S stress corrosion in the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) so...
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Tumor-suppressor effects of chemical functional groups in an in vitro co-culture system
Liver normal cells and cancer cells co-cultured on surfaces modified by different chemical functional groups, including mercapto (-SH), hydroxyl (-OH) and methyl (-CH3) groups. The results showed that different c...
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Open AccessEffects of cobalt precursor on pyrolyzed carbon-supported cobalt-polypyrrole as electrocatalyst toward oxygen reduction reaction
A series of non-precious metal electrocatalysts, namely pyrolyzed carbon-supported cobalt-polypyrrole, Co-PPy-TsOH/C, are synthesized with various cobalt precursors, including cobalt acetate, cobalt nitrate, c...
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Effect of silk sericin on morphology and structure of calcium carbonate crystal
In this paper, silk sericin was employed to regulate the mineralization of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). CaCO3 composite particles were prepared by the precipitation reaction of sodium carbonate with calcium chlorid...
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Glioma cell line proliferation controlled by different chemical functional groups in vitro
Glioma cell line C6 cultured on silicon surfaces modified by different chemical functional groups, including mercapto (-SH), carboxyl (-COOH), amino (-NH2), hydroxyl (-OH) and methyl (-CH3) groups, was studied he...
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Effect of silicon on the formation of silk fibroin/calcium phosphate composite
The silk fibroin/calcium phosphate composites were prepared by adding the different amount of Na2SiO3 to assess the effect of silicon on the HA (hydroxyapatite) formation in the composites. FTIR and XRD results s...