Liposome-based Freezing Medium Improves the Outcome of Mouse Prepubertal Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation.

Cryopreservation of testicular tissue holds an important role in the field of fertility preservation, particularly for prepubertal boys diagnosed with cancer. However, prepubertal testicular tissue cryopreservation is still considered to be in the experimental stage necessitating the refinement of cryopreservation protocol. Considering the fact that loss of membrane lipids is the primary cause of freeze-thaw-induced loss of testicular cell functions, in this study, we explored the beneficial properties of exogenous supplementation of membrane lipids in the form of liposomes in enhancing the cryosurvival of prepubertal testicular tissue.

Influence of heat sintering on the physical properties of bulk LaCaMnO perovskite manganite: role of oxygen in tuning the magnetocaloric response.

The effect of heat treatments on bulk poly-crystalline LaCaMnO perovskite manganite is presented, to explore the possible enhancement in magnetocaloric performance. Samples were prepared conventional solid-state reaction route with annealing and sintering at various temperatures. Detailed measurements of temperature-dependent and field-dependent magnetization were carried out to estimate the Curie point and order of magnetic transition.

Spray pyrolysis-derived robust ferroelectric BiFeO thin films.

Scalable and low-cost synthesis of high-quality ferroic films is critical for the development of advanced electronic devices and sensors. Here, we employ solution-based spray pyrolysis to fabricate bismuth ferrite thin films on glass substrates and explore the impact of annealing conditions to attain functional thin films of superior quality and switchable polarization. Optimised thin films display polycrystalline nanostructured grains with the highest X-ray diffraction intensity along the (110) orientation and a mixed Fe valence suggesting the presence of oxygen vacancies.

Correction: Sizable magnetic entropy change in bismuth-substituted LaBiNaMnO manganite.

Correction for 'Sizable magnetic entropy change in bismuth-substituted LaBiNaMnO manganite' by Lozil Denzil Mendonca , , 2022, , 13171-13188, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00559J.

Mono- and Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Catalytic Degradation of Hazardous Organic Dyes and Antibacterial Applications.

In the present work, gold (Au), silver (Ag), and copper (Cu) based mono- and bimetallic NPs are prepared using a cost-effective facile wet chemical route. The pH for the synthesis is optimized in accordance with the optical spectra and supported by the finite difference time domain simulation studies. FESEM and TEM micrographs are used to analyze the morphology of the prepared nanoparticles.

Sizable magnetic entropy change in bismuth-substituted LaBiNaMnO manganite.

The bismuth (Bi)-substituted LaBiNaMnO ( = 0 and = 0.1) manganites have been investigated for achieving room temperature magnetic entropy change at low magnetizing intensities. A 10% Bi ion substitution at the La site has led to the relatively higher symmetry 3̄ rhombohedral structure showing improvement in Mn-O-Mn bond angles.

Curcumin nanocrystals attenuate cyclophosphamide-induced testicular toxicity in mice.

The cancer therapy using cyclophosphamide (CP) has been associated with adverse effects on the testicular function that raises concerns about the future fertility potential among cancer survivors. Curcumin, a polyphenol, has shown to possess a plethora of biological functions including tissue protective effects. In the present study, we investigated the protective effects of curcumin nanocrystals (NC) in mitigation of CP-induced testicular toxicity.

The room temperature inflection of magnetism and anomalous thermoelectric power in lacunar compounds of LaBiKMnO.

This study focuses on the effects of the substitution of a nonmagnetic ion on the structure, magnetism, and thermoelectric power of binary LaBiKMnO (x = 0, 0.15, 0.3) manganites synthesized via a ceramic route.

The role of cobalt doping in tuning the band gap, surface morphology and third-order optical nonlinearities of ZnO nanostructures for NLO device applications.

The work presented here reported the effect of doping cobalt (Co) in ZnO thin films. The thin films were prepared using the spray pyrolysis technique with 0, 1, 5 and 10 wt% cobalt doping concentrations to study the morphological, optical and third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties. X-ray diffraction revealed the crystalline nature of the prepared thin films, and the crystallite size was found to increase with the concentration of doped Co.