Rapid Synthesis Method of AgPO as Reusable Photocatalytically Active Semiconductor.

The widespread use of AgPO is not surprising when considering its higher photostability compared to other silver-based materials. The present work deals with the facile precipitation method of silver phosphate. The effects of four different phosphate sources (HPO, NaHPO, NaHPO, NaPO·12 HO) and two different initial concentrations (0.

The Comparison of the Photocatalytic Performance Shown by TiO₂ and TiO₂/WO₃ Composites- A Parametric and Kinetic Study.

Kinetic and mechanistic related approaches for mostly titania were intensively studied in the literature. However, combined modelling and kinetic studies are few. Therefore, the present work focuses on modelling the dependence of the degradation kinetics of two model compounds (salicylic acid-SA and methyl orange-MO) on Evonik Aeroxide P25, hydrothermally prepared hierarchical TiO₂ and P25/WO₃ nanostars, obtained also by hydrothermal crystallization.

Performance of a new HPV and biomarker assay in the management of hrHPV positive women: Subanalysis of the ongoing multicenter TRACE clinical trial (n > 6,000) to evaluate POU4F3 methylation as a potential biomarker of cervical precancer and cancer.

The ongoing Triage and Risk Assessment of Cervical Precancer by Epigenetic Biomarker (TRACE) prospective, multicenter study aimed to provide a clinical evaluation of the CONFIDENCE™ assay, which comprises a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and a human epigenetic biomarker test. Between 2013 and 2015 over 6,000 women aged 18 or older were recruited in Hungary. Liquid-based cytology (LBC), high-risk HPV (hrHPV) DNA detection and single target host gene methylation test of the promoter sequence of the POU4F3 gene by quantitative methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were performed from the same liquid-based cytology sample.

Synthesis of Shape-Tailored WO₃ Micro-/Nanocrystals and the Photocatalytic Activity of WO₃/TiO₂ Composites.

A traditional semiconductor (WO₃) was synthesized from different precursors via hydrothermal crystallization targeting the achievement of three different crystal shapes (nanoplates, nanorods and nanostars). The obtained WO₃ microcrystals were analyzed by the means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). These methods contributed to the detailed analysis of the crystal morphology and structural features.