Pickering emulsions are a very promising system for encapsulating and photoprotecting active ingredients. The highest photoprotection efficiency can be achieved when bare TiO nanoparticles are used as stabilizers. However, the main problem when using highly hydrophilic TiO nanoparticles is their inability to adsorb at the oil-water interface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLocal drug delivery systems based on bioceramics ensure safe and effective treatment of bone defects and anticancer therapy. A promising drug delivery scaffold material for bone treatment applications is diopside (CaMgSiO) which is bioactive, degradable, and possesses drug-release ability. Currently, in vitro assessment of drug release from biomaterials is performed mostly on a 2D cell monolayer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein we report a simple and easily scalable method for fabricating ZnO/-BN composites with tunable photoluminescence (PL) characteristics. The -BN support significantly enhances the ultraviolet (UV) emission of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), which is explained by the ZnO/-BN interaction and the change in the electronic structure of the ZnO surface. When -BN NPs are replaced with -BN microparticles, the PL in the UV region increases, which is accompanied by a decrease in visible light emission.
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