Modification and validation of liquid chromatographic method for the quantification of ciprofloxacin in human plasma and its application to a bioavailability study.

A new simple, accurate, precise and sensitive liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of Ciprofloxacin in human plasma, suitable for quantification of drug was developed and validated using HPLC-UV method. The analyte was chromatographically separated from endogenous plasma components on a C-18 reversed phase column (5µm, 25cm × 0.46cm) and detected at 278nm.

Fabrication of Pressure-Sensitive Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites for Pressure-Sensing Applications.

In this study, we fabricated novel, pressure-sensitive nanocomposites through two different methods. These materials were thoroughly evaluated and compared with one another. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were added to thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) by melt mixing and to Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) beads of different sizes to make the first type of sample.

Inexpensive sol-gel synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotube-TiO2 hybrids for high performance antibacterial materials.

This study reports an inexpensive sol-gel method to synthesize TiO2-CNT hybrid materials. Synthesized TiO2-CNT materials show strong antibacterial activity in the absence of light. Cheap TiO2 source TiOCl2 is used during synthesis in the absence of high temperatures, high pressures and organic solvents.