Plasmon Tuning of Liquid Gallium Nanoparticles through Surface Anodization.

In this work, tunable plasmonic liquid gallium nanoparticles (Ga NPs) were prepared through surface anodizing of the particles. Shape deformation of the Ga NPs accompanied with dimpled surface topographies could be induced during electrochemical anodization, and the formation of the anodic oxide shell helps maintain the resulting change in the particle shape. The nanoscale dimple-like textures led to changes in the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) wavelength.

[Clinical characteristics of and factors related to relapse in chronic hepatitis B patients after nucleoside analogues withdrawal].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics of and factors related to relapse in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who had previously achieved cessation criteria and had been withdrawn from nucleoside analogues treatment.

Methods: Sixty CHB patients who experienced relapse after nucleoside analogues withdrawal based on cessation criteria were enrolled in the study retrospectively. Each patient's data on biochemical, serological and viral characteristics corresponding to baseline (treatment initiation), withdrawal and relapse were collected.

[The impact of early rapid virological response on the outcomes of hepatitis B associated acute on chronic liver failure during antiviral treatment].

Objective: To investigate the impact of early rapid virological response on the outcomes of hepatitis B associated acute on chronic liver failure during antiviral treatment.

Methods: 106 acute on chronic liver failure patients in our hospital from January 2008 to July 2010 were enrolled in present study retrospectively. Besides internal medicine therapy, all patients received lamivudine (100 mg/d) or entecavir (0.