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Temperature Stability of AgCu Nanoparticles

Sopousek J., Zobac O., Vykoukal V., Bursik J., Roupcova P., Broz P., Pinkas J., Vrestal J., Masaryk University, CZ

The Ag-Cu nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared from metallo-organic precursors by solvothermal synthesis. The CALPHAD approach was used for prediction of the Ag-Cu phase diagram in both macro and nano scales. The detailed experimental characterization was [...]

Pulsed Laser Annealing of Nanocarbon Materials

Vander Wal R.L., Gaddam C.K., Penn State University, US

Pulsed laser annealing of nanocarbons, with focus upon soot was performed using a Nd:YAG laser operating at 1064 nm and laser fluence of 250 mJ/cm2. A gated intensified CCD captured the spectra of the material [...]

Acoustic – Electromagnetic Transformation in Magnetic Nanofluids

Sokolov V.V., Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science, RU

Here is examined the acoustic – electromagnetic transformation accompanying the propagation of sound wave through a magnetic nanofluid.The magnetic nanofluid was placed in the cylindrical resonator. An external magnetic field was applied along an axis [...]

Self Assembled Nanostructures of Triblock Co-polymer and Plasmid DNA for Gene Delivery

Daima H.K., Shankar P.R. Selvakannan S., Bhargava S.K., Bansal V., RMIT University, AU

In present work, we have used tri-block copolymer (PEO-PPO-PEO) as a non-viral vector to deliver plasmid DNA (pDNA). Green fluorescence protein (GFP) plasmid DNA was used as a model plasmid DNA. Addition of pDNA to [...]

Electrochemical Mechanics of Nanometer-Scaled Structural Layers of Bacterial Spores

Kazakov S.V., Pace University, US

The early events in the nutrient and non-nutrient germination of Bacillus subtilis spores are considered in combination with the properties of nanometer-scaled spore structural layers. All structural, not metabolically mediated, transformations at the early steps [...]