Nanopatterning of monolayer graphene by quantum optical lithography.

Quantum optical lithography, a diffraction-unlimited method, was applied to pattern monolayer graphene at 10 nm resolution. In our tests with chemical vapor deposition monolayer graphene samples, we have succeeded in producing flat surfaces of a sandwich of monolayer graphene-resist on Si, , or glass substrates. Complex patterns have been written on monolayer graphene samples by a nanoablation process.

Carotenoids produced by halophilic bacterial strains on mural paintings and laboratory conditions.

Due to the presence of efflorescences and improper microclimate conditions for conservation, pink-pigmented areas were reported in two historic monuments in Northern and Central part of Romania. The aims of the present study were to find the nature of pink pigments observed on the pictorial layer, original and infilling mortar, to investigate the presence of carotenoids both on mural paintings and in the isolated halophilic bacterial strains and to preliminary characterize and identify the producing strains. Their role in the aesthetical biodeterioration of historic monuments was also pointed out.

Correlations among the serum levels of some interleukins and the histopathological aspects in chronic viral hepatitis C.

Unlabelled: PREMISES AND OBJECTIVES: The evolution of the infection with the hepatic virus C depends on the defense of the organism, found under the control of a network of cytokines and chemokines. The mechanisms that are causing both viral persistence as well as hepatic pathology are not entirely elucidated. We have proposed to study the amount in which different categories of cytokines are incriminated in the pathogenesis of the chronic liver disease, as well as the eventual correlations between the serum levels of these cytokines and certain histopathological aspects in the chronic viral hepatitis C.