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Isolation and Characterization of Benzene Degrading Bacteria from Gasoline Contaminated Water

Singh A., Sar P., Bennett G., Rice University, US

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 [...]

Enhanced UV Light Emission in Silicon nanoparticles

Singh A., Grycznski K.G., Rout B., Li J., McDaniel F., Neogi A., Sahu G., Mahapatra D.P., University of North Texas, US

UV light emission comparable to GaN based semiconductor is observed from gold-implanted Si (100) semiconductors. A low energy Au implant forming the Si nanoparticles or quantum dots are been irradiated and recrystallized by a MeV [...]

Use of Nanoparticles as Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Inhibition

Vig K., Boyoglu S., Rangari V., Sun L., Singh A., Singh S.R., Pillai S., Singh A., Singh S.R., Alabama State University, US

Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the leading cause of severe respiratory illnesses such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia in young children. RSV is a paramyxovirus with negative-sense genomic RNA that encodes for eleven proteins, two of which, [...]

SiRNA for Therapeutic Immuno-modulation: Simultaneous Delivery of Cytokine-targeted SiRNA and DNA Antigens to Dendritic Cells using Polymer Microcarriers

Singh A., Nie H., Ghosn B., Roy K., The University of Texas at Austin, US

RNA interference mediated gene knockdown is a potential immuno-modulatory tool for tuning dendritic cells (DC) activation and function in-vivo. We have developed a novel multi-tiered delivery system for combinatorial administration of SiRNA and plasmid DNA [...]

Efficient siRNA Delivery by Secondary and Tertiary Amine Modified Polysaccharides

Ghosn B., Singh A., Roy K., The University of Texas at Austin, US

As siRNA mediated therapy further develops, the need for biocompatible, effective delivery vectors, especially for mucosal delivery, is apparent. We report here a novel nanocarrier for siRNA delivery via targeted chemical modification of the polysaccharide [...]

Alignment Characteristic and Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition in a CH4/H2 Plasma

Yang Q., Chen W., Singh A., Xiao C., Hirose A., University of Saskatchewan, CA

Controlling of the alignment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is very important for applications such as scanning probes, sensors, field emitters and nanoelectronics. Controlled growth of CNTs aligned at different angles to the substrate has been [...]