Affiliations: Rice University
Asphalt bitumen modified with carbon nanotubes
We have introduced carbon nanotubes into asphalt bitumen (paving asphalt with no stone or sand aggregate) to investigate the effect on (1) strength, (2) viscoelasticity, and (3) exposure to microwave radiation.
Length amplification of single walled carbon nanotubes for the enrichment of chiral specific nanotubes
At Rice University there is a large body of work relating to the development of an “Armchair Quantum Wire”. This would be composed of armchair SWNTs spun into a fiber, that could span global distances. [...]
Plasmonic Nanobubbles as Tunable Theranostic Agents
Lukianova-Hleb E., Constantinou P., Danysh D.S. Wagner B., Drezek R.A., Hafner J.H., Farach-Carson M.C., Carson D.D., Farach-Carson M.C., Lapotko D.O., Rice University, US
Plasmonic nanobubbles (PNB) were developed to support a cell level theranostics as the multi-functional, tunable and selective cellular probes. PNB is a transient and tunable vapor nanobubble that is generated on demand around overheated plasmonic [...]
Plasmonic Nanobubbles for Intracellular Targeting and Gene Therapy
Intracellular molecular targeting (IMT) and gene transfection of eukaryotic cells is widely used for research and for developing gene cell therapy. However, the existing IMT methods lack selectivity, efficacy and safety when heterogeneous cell systems [...]
Plasmonic Nanobubbles: tunable and transient probes for cancer diagnosis, therapy and theranostics
We report a tunable theranostic probe that can support the diagnosis, therapy and therapy guidance in one process in individual cancer cells. This probe is a plasmonic nanobubble (PNB), which is not a particle but [...]
Zebrafish as a universal in vivo model for plasmonic nanoparticle medicine
In vivo application of plasmonic methods faces serious challenges because standard animal models are not well suited for optical activation and detection of plasmonic effects and for precise control the distribution and interactions of the [...]
Isolation and Characterization of Benzene Degrading Bacteria from Gasoline Contaminated Water
The BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene)compounds are hydrocarbon pollutants that are considered as significant threat to the health and environment. Among BTEX, benzene is of major concern, because it is soluble, mobile, toxic, carcinogenic [...]
Improvement of Hydrogen Production by Immobilized Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009 Using Reverse Micelles as Microreactor
Within the process of photobiological hydrogen production, purple non-sulfur (PNS) bacteria are an interesting subject of study because of their high substrate conversion efficiencies and their capability of using a wide variety of substrates either [...]