Evaluation of dynamic scaling of growing interfaces in EEG fluctuations of seizures in animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Epileptic seizures, as a dynamic phenomenon in brain behavior, obey a scale-free behavior, frequently analyzed by electrical activity recording. This recording can be seen as a surface that roughens with time. Dynamic scaling studies roughening processes or growing interfaces.

Catalytic nanomedicine technology: copper complexes loaded on titania nanomaterials as cytotoxic agents of cancer cell.

The anticancer properties of pure copper (II) acetate and copper (II) acetylacetonate, alone and loaded on functionalized sol-gel titania (TiO(2)), were determined in four different cancer cell lines (C6, RG2, B16, and U373), using increasing concentrations of these compounds. The copper complexes were loaded onto the TiO(2) network during its preparation by the solgel process. Once copper-TiO(2) materials were obtained, these were characterized by several physical-chemical techniques.

Nanostructured Pt(NH(3))(4)Cl(2)/SiO(2) for nanomedicine: catalytic degradation of DNA in cancer cells.

In vivo suppression of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in Wistar rats using silica-shelled biocatalytic Pt(NH(3))(4)Cl(2) nanoparticles is reported. These nanoparticles were synthesized by a sol-gel technique and characterized by SEM and HRTEM imaging. We confirmed morphological uniformity (30 nm) and surface acidity of the nanoparticles, respectively, by TEM imaging and FTIR spectral analysis.

Treatment of Parkinson's disease: nanostructured sol-gel silica-dopamine reservoirs for controlled drug release in the central nervous system.

Introduction: We have evaluated the use of silica-dopamine reservoirs synthesized by the sol-gel approach with the aim of using them in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, specifically as a device for the controlled release of dopamine in the striatum. Theoretical calculations illustrate that dopamine is expected to assume a planar structure and exhibit weak interactions with the silica surface.

Methods: Several samples were prepared by varying the wt% of dopamine added during the hydrolysis of tetraethyl orthosilicate.

Study of the stabilization of zinc phthalocyanine in sol-gel TiO2 for photodynamic therapy applications.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an alternative and promising noninvasive treatment for cancer. It is a two-step procedure that uses a combination of molecular oxygen, visible light, and photosensitizer (PS) agents; phthalocyanine (Pc) was supported over titanium oxide but has not yet been used for cell inactivation. Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) molecules were incorporated into the porous network of titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) using the sol-gel method.

The effect of water on particle size, porosity and the rate of drug release from implanted titania reservoirs.

The implantation of controlled drug release devices represents a new strategy in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Sol-gel titania implants filled with valproic acid, have been used for this purpose to treat induced epilepsy in rats. The kinetics of the drug release depend on: (a) porosity, (b) chemical interactions between valproic acid and surface hydroxyl groups of titania, (c) particle size, and (d) particle size agglomerates.

Cortisol controlled release by mesoporous silica.

In this study four types of SBAs were synthesized and then impregnated with hydrocortisone. One is a straight SBA-15, obtained using Pluronics P123 as structuring agent; two others were modified using 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene as additive, and the fourth one was prepared using sodium iodide as additive. Three of these have in common a p6 mm symmetry with nanotubes packed hexagonally, yet they differ in their functional groups.