Functionalization of Molybdenum Disulfide via Plasma Treatment and 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid for Gas Sensors.

Monolayer and multilayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS) materials are semiconductors with direct/indirect bandgaps of 1.2-1.8 eV and are attractive due to their changes in response to electrical, physicochemical, biological, and mechanical factors.

Synthesis and formation mechanism of bone mineral, whitlockite nanocrystals in tri-solvent system.

Whitlockite (WH, CaMg(HPO)(PO)) is the second most abundant bone mineral and has attracted attention as one of the novel bone regenerative materials. It has proven to enhance growth and promote osteogenesis of stem cells. However, investigating the mechanism of formation of pure phase WH nanocrystals remains a challenge.

Guided bone regeneration using a flexible hydroxyapatite patch.

Guided bone regeneration (GBR) is a new method of promoting new bone formation by blocking the proliferation of regenerated connective tissue or providing additional interventions such as direct drug delivery and mechanical support. This in vivo study of bone regeneration in radius compound fractures in rabbits was conducted using a highly flexible scaffold of nanoscale hydroxyapatite (nHAp)/chitosan, termed a "bone patch". A solidification-assisted compression (SAC) method was utilized to fabricate the bone patch, and its in vivo cytotoxicity, bio-absorption, and bone regeneration capacity were evaluated.

Effects of the nano-tubular anodic TiO2 buffer layer on bioactive hydroxyapatite coating.

We studied the effect of nano-tubular anodic TiO2 buffer layers on hydroxyapatite (HA) coating. The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method was used to deposit HA on a well arranged nano-tubular anodic TiO2 (NT-ATO) buffer layer prepared by an electrochemical anodization technique. The surface morphology and chemical composition of HA coatings were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and contact angle measurement.

Hydroxyapatite coating on damaged tooth surfaces by immersion.

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) was coated on scratched areas of a human tooth and HAp disks by the immersion method in a HAp colloidal solution (< or =20 microm of average diameter dispersed in DI water). The surface morphologies of the scratched area after immersion for 1-3 months were investigated showing that the damaged surfaces were remarkably recovered. Then, the mechanical property and chemical stability of the HAp coating layers on both specimens were determined via the Vickers hardness test and concentration measurement of extracted Ca2+ ions, respectively, after strong acidic treatment.

STP-C, an oncoprotein of herpesvirus saimiri augments the activation of NF-kappaB through ubiquitination of TRAF6.

Herpesvirus saimiri (HVS), a member of the gamma-herpesvirus family, encodes an oncoprotein called Saimiri Transforming Protein (STP) which is required for lymphoma induction in non-human primates. Previous study has shown that STP-C, an oncoprotein of HVS, activates NF-kappaB signaling pathway. However, the detailed mechanism of STP-C-mediated NF-kappaB activation has not been reported yet.