Publications by authors named "Marc Padilla"
Functionalization of gold nanoparticles with supramolecular hosts allows their plasmon-based photocatalytic activity to be enhanced. This is mainly ascribed to the formation of labile host-guest complexes with the reagent molecules on the metal surface, thus promoting nanoparticle-substrate approximation without interfering with the light-induced catalytic process.
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- The study investigated how cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) forms reverse micelles in chloroform with water, considering three models of micelle formation.
- NMR signals revealed details about the growth of these aggregates and indicated that premicellar aggregates appear at around 6 mM CTAB, while the critical micelle concentration (cmc) was determined to be approximately 40 mM.
- Results suggest that the formation of reverse micelles follows Eicke's association model, with findings also applicable to cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) under similar conditions.
A 54-year-old male patient was admitted for acute respiratory distress with fever. He was suffering from chronic sinusitis/rhinitis and had persistent otitis for the past 2 months before admission despite several antibiotics courses. He developed a complex pulmonary involvement (embolism and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage) with acute glomerular disease (proteinuria and hematuria but initially no renal failure).
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