Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Thoracic Malignancies: Clinical Trials Reveal Both Promise and Challenges.

Thoracic malignancies are the main cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The need to develop new therapies is therefore urgent. The recognition of new potential therapeutic targets in thoracic malignancies has prompted the development of a number of antibody-drug conjugates.

Simple synthesis and characterization of vertically aligned BaSrTiO-CoFeO multiferroic nanocomposites from CoFe nanopillar arrays.

A new strategy to elaborate (1-3) type multiferroic nanocomposites with controlled dimensions and vertical alignment is presented. The process involves a supported nanoporous alumina layer as a template for growth of free-standing and vertically aligned CoFe nanopillars using a room temperature pulsed electrodeposition process. BaSrTiO-CoFeO multiferroic nanocomposites were grown through direct deposition of BaSrTiO films by radio-frequency sputtering on the top surface of the pillar structure, with in situ simultaneous oxidation of CoFe nanopillars.

Guided-wave electro-optic characterization of BaTiO3 thin films using the prism coupling technique.

Ferroelectric BaTiO3 (BTO) thin films are grown by RF sputtering onto an indium tin oxide bottom electrode on a MgO single-crystal substrate. We have studied here the optical properties by the prism coupling technique. We report the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices of the films, the film thickness, and the optical losses that are obtained on the planar waveguides: n0=2.