Hybrid organic/inorganic conducting and magnetic composites of core-shell type have been prepared by in-situ coating of nickel microparticles with polypyrrole. Three series of syntheses have been made. In the first, pyrrole was oxidised with ammonium peroxydisulfate in water in the presence of various amounts of nickel and the composites contained up to 83 wt% of this metal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe influence of implant design and structural factors on fatigue life under cyclic loading was investigated. The implants were manufactured from 316L steel powder using 3D printing for medical use. A simulation model of implant deformation was built using ANSYS software.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagneto-responsive soft hydrogels are used for a number of biomedical applications, e.g., magnetic hyperthermia, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and neuromodulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to develop a novel amikacin (AMI) delivery system with prolonged release based on composite electrospun nanofibers of PLA supplemented with AMI-loaded Si nanoparticles of different morphology. The resultant materials were characterized in terms of their physical properties (scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, water contact angle). High-Performance Liquid Chromatography was used to determine the AMI content in the liquid fractions obtained from the release study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhey protein isolate (WPI), employed as a carrier for a wide range of bioactive substances, suffers from a lack of colloidal stability in physiological conditions. Herein, we developed innovative stabilized PolyElectrolyte Nanoparticles (PENs) obtained by two techniques: polyelectrolyte complexation of negatively charged WPI and positively charged chitosan (CS), and ionic gelation in the presence of polyanion tripolyphosphate (TPP). Therefore, the WPI-based core was coated with a CS-based shell and then stabilized by TPP at pH 8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study of unstable plastic flow in porous steel 316L samples after compression deformation at room temperature with different strain rates was carried out. The samples were obtained from ASTM F3184 medical grade steel powder by digital metallurgy using a Renishaw AM 400 laser 3D printer. Serrations on the stress-strain curves and strain localization bends were found, which were associated with the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect and testified instability of the plastic flow of the material under the deformation process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe electrochemical parameters of a novel binder-free self-standing biomimetic cathode based on lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) for rechargeable Lithium-ion aqueous batteries (ReLIAB) are improved using polyaniline (PANI) core-shell in situ polymerization and graphene (Gr). The fabricated cathode material exhibits the so-called "tectonic plate island bridge" biomimetic structure. This constitution is created by combining three components as shown by a SEM and a TEM analysis: the Gr substrates support an entangled matrix of conductive CNT which connect island of non-conductive inorganic material composed of LMO.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBenzendicarboxylic acid (BDC)-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely utilized in various applications, including supercapacitor electrode materials. Manganese and copper have solid diamond frames formed with BDC linkers among transition metals chosen for MOF formation. They have shown the possibility to enlarge capacitance at different combinations of MOFs and polyaniline (PANI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagnetic hyperthermia (MH), proposed by R. K. Gilchrist in the middle of the last century as local hyperthermia, has nowadays become a recognized method for minimally invasive treatment of oncological diseases in combination with chemotherapy (ChT) and radiotherapy (RT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, a facile two-step strategy is adopted to construct hierarchical polyaniline/NiCo-layered double hydroxide (PANI/NiCo-LDH) core-shell composite nanofiber networks on carbon cloth (CC). Three-dimensional (3D) porous PANI nanofiber networks are firstly uniformly anchored on CC by in-situ oxidative polymerization, followed by growth of NiCo-LDH nanoflakes on the crosslinked PANI framework via electrochemical deposition. The morphology and electrochemical properties of PANI/NiCo-LDH composites are controlled by the deposition time of LDH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe flexible supercapacitors (SCs) of the conventional sandwich-type structure have poor flexibility due to the large thickness of the final entire device. Herein, we have fabricated a highly flexible asymmetric SC using manganese dioxide (MnO₂) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheet-piled hydrogel films and a novel bacterial cellulose (BC)-filled polyacrylic acid sodium salt-Na₂SO₄ (BC/PAAS-Na₂SO₄) neutral gel electrolyte. Apart from being environmentally friendly, this BC/PAAS-Na₂SO₄ gel electrolyte has high viscosity and a sticky property, which enables it to combine two electrodes together.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagnetic nanoparticles based on Fe3O4 were prepared by a facile and rapid one-pot solvothermal synthesis using FeCl3·6H2O as a source of iron ions, ethylene glycol as a solvent and NH4Ac, (NH4)2CO3, NH4HCO3 or aqueous NH3 as precipitating and nucleating agents. In contrast to previous reports we reduce the synthesis time to 30 minutes using a pressurized microwave reactor without the requirement of further post-treatments such as calcination. Dramatically reduced synthesis time prevents particle growth via Ostwald ripening thus the obtained particles have dimensions in the range of 20 to 130 nm, they are uniform in shape and exhibit magnetic properties with saturation magnetization ranging from 8 to 76 emu g(-1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl
March 2015
Maghemite nanoparticle based silicone composite for application in arterial embolization hyperthermia is developed. It possesses embolization ability, high heating efficiency in alternating magnetic fields and radiopaque property. The initial components of the composite are selected so that the material stays liquid for 20min, providing the opportunity for transcatheter transportation and filling of the tumour vascular system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
January 2014
Objective. To analyze the effect and mechanisms of therapeutic compression in stroke. Material and methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of ionic surfactants and manufacturing methods on the separation and distribution of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a silicone matrix are investigated. The CNTs are dispersed in an aqueous solution of the anionic surfactant dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid (DBSA), the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and in a DBSA/CTAB surfactant mixture. Four types of CNT-based composites of various concentrations from 0 to 6 vol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemical and structural heterogeneity and the resulting interaction of coexisting phases can lead to extraordinary behaviours in oxides, as observed in piezoelectric materials at morphotropic phase boundaries and relaxor ferroelectrics. However, such phenomena are rare in metallic alloys. Here we show that, by tuning the presence of structural heterogeneity in textured Co(1-x)Fe(x) thin films, effective magnetostriction λ(eff) as large as 260 p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF177 patients aged 32 to 74 years with CHD were examined. The data on angiographic situation and connection between the condition of coronary arteries and behavioral singularity of old-aged CHD patients of different behavioral types are revealed. The results of angiographic examination of heart vessels in old-aged CHD patients of behavioral type A are shown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
November 2011
A microscopic immunological study of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) of 100 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) of different severity was carried out in the 1st, 10th and 21st days after trauma. The content of antibodies to basic myelin protein (BMP) and phospholipids (PL) significantly differed from that in the control group (patients with soft tissue head injuries without TBI) and was significantly higher in patients with severe TBI. The level of antibodies to BMP in the CSF was strongly correlated with scores on the Glasgow Coma Scale in the 1st day after TBI and the degree of recovery of neurological status in the 21st day.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
August 2005
The study evaluates efficacy of two hyperbaric therapeutic regimes--1,-51,1 atm and 1,2 atm in patients with an acute ischemic stroke. Acid-base equilibrium dynamics of capillary and venous blood, whole blood and plasma, platelet aggregation and lipid peroxidation were investigated. An analysis of the data revealed that, comparing to the conventional method, barotherapy in stroke is accompanied by a marked therapeutic effect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
August 2005
Domain walls in nanoconstrictions are investigated with a focus on thermal properties. In general, the magnetization component perpendicular to the easy axis which in a domain wall usually occurs has a value different from the easy-axis bulk magnetization value with a separate phase transition at a critical temperature below the Curie temperature. Since this effect is the more pronounced the smaller the domain wall width is, we investigate it especially in domain walls with a confined geometry, using analytical arguments, mean-field theory, and Monte Carlo simulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been shown that the main problem of treating patients with cerebral ischemia using minimal excessive pressures is the choice of the optimum therapeutic dose. We propose a new method of treatment for cerebral vascular disorders with an application for minimum high pressure doses (< 1.1 ata with oxygen a air mixture).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA newly developed polysiloxan material for arterial embolization of parenchymatous organs is described. This new agent can be used for distal-proximal embolization with following local hyperthermia. The preliminary results of clinical use are presented.
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