T h e prepara t ion and propert ies of combined a luminium oxide coatings have been investigated. T h e coating has been prepared in two steps. First , a luminium subs t ra te was anodically oxidized. In t he next s tep the anodized film has been coated by the sol-gel method . T h e condit ions of forming coatings wi thout shrinkage were obta ined empirically. It was found out t h a t the film ...

The aim of the presented investigations was to develop a technique of producing Bragg's gratings on planar waveguides for their application in acoustooptic structures. Waveguides are obtained by means of the sol-gel technology and they are deposited on piezoelectric plates. The introduction of a beam of light into the structure of the waveguide is in the case of planar or strip optical systems ...

In the current study cerium or galliumcontaining silicate based 13-93 bioactive glass powders were prepared using sol-gel method. Cerium and gallium ions were chosen due to their well-known therapeutic actions and antimicrobial properties. Effect of cerium and gallium substitution (up to 5w%) on the in vitro bioactivity, and mechanical properties of the prepared powders and scaffolds were asses...

The aim of our investigation was to develop a technique of producing Bragg’s grating couplers on planar waveguides obtained by means of the sol-gel technique. Introducting a light beam into the waveguide structure is in the case of planar optical systems always an essential technological problem, requiring simple and reproducible solutions without extending the waveguide structure too much. The...

The authors evaluated and compared the efficacies of eye drops and in situ forming gel of pefloxacin mesylate in pseudomonas induced conjunctivitis in 40 rabbits. The in-situ forming gel of pefloxacin mesylate was formulated as a liquid and when administered in the cul-de-sac, it gets converted to gel. The objective of the present research work was to demonstrate the in vivo activity of in situ...

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) ceramics belongs to a class of calcium phosphate-based biomaterial, which has been widely used as bone substitute for long time. In recent years, synthetic HAP has assumed substantial interest and importance due to its chemical similarity with the natural Ca phosphate mineral present in a biological hard tissue. Considering the wide applications of calcium phosphate compoun...

Colloidal and sol-gel procedures have been used to prepare heterogeneous catalysts consisting of platinum metal particles with narrow size distributions and well defined shapes dispersed on high-surface-area silica supports. The overall procedure was developed in three stages. First, tetrahedral and cubic colloidal metal particles were prepared in solution by using a procedure derived from that...

Recent research has identified genipin as a promising natural crosslinking agent for biocompatible hydrogels as genipin is significantly less cytotoxic than current synthetic crosslinking agents, such as glutaraldehyde. Conveniently, fluorophores can be produced when genipin crosslinks. In this study, fluorescence intensity measurements of genipin crosslinked chitosan-poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) hy...