Thiol-linked hyaluronic acid-mediated encapsulation of RCR-stabilized gold nanoclusters for hyaluronidase sensing and cellular imaging.

Encapsulating peptide-stabilized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) with thiolated hyaluronic acid (HA-SH) and selectively adding cysteine to the peptide sequence increased their photoluminescence. We found that peptide compositions with cysteine in the middle emitted the most. RCR-stabilized AuNCs can be purified using size-exclusion chromatography to characterize their optical characteristics, chemical composition, and possible structure.

An Electrochemical Biosensor for the Detection of Pulmonary Embolism and Myocardial Infarction.

Due to the clinical similarities between pulmonary embolism (PE) and myocardial infarction (MI), physicians often encounter challenges in promptly distinguishing between them, potentially missing the critical window for the correct emergency response. This paper presents a biosensor, termed the PEMI biosensor, which is designed for the identification and quantitative detection of pulmonary embolism or myocardial infarction. The surface of the working electrode of the PEMI biosensor was modified with graphene oxide and silk fibroin to immobilize the mixture of antibodies.

Intelligent Tapping Machine: Tap Geometry Inspection.

Currently, the majority of industrial metal processing involves the use of taps for cutting. However, existing tap machines require relocation to specialized inspection stations and only assess the condition of the cutting edges for defects. They do not evaluate the quality of the cutting angles and the amount of removed material.

Nut Geometry Inspection Using Improved Hough Line and Circle Methods.

Nuts are the cornerstone of human industrial construction, especially A-grade nuts that can only be used in power plants, precision instruments, aircraft, and rockets. However, the traditional nuts inspection method is to manually operate the measuring instrument for conducting an inspection, so the quality of the A-grade nut cannot be guaranteed. In this work, a machine vision-based inspection system was proposed, which performs a real-time geometric inspection of the nuts before and after tapping on the production line.

Pressure-Dependent Confinement Effect of Ionic Liquids in Porous Silica.

The effect of confining ionic liquids (ILs) such as 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [CCIm][BF] or 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [CCIm][BF] in silica matrices was investigated by high-pressure IR spectroscopy. The samples were prepared via the sol-gel method, and the pressure-dependent changes in the C-H absorption bands were investigated. No appreciable changes were observed in the spectral features when the ILs were confined in silica matrices under ambient pressure.