Zirconium (Zr) is an element commonly used in dental and orthopedic implants either as zirconia (ZrO2) or in metal alloys. It can also be incorporated into calcium silicate-based ceramics. However, the effects of in vitro culture of human osteoblasts (HOBs) with soluble ionic forms of Zr have not been determined. In this study, primary culture of human osteoblasts was conducted in the presence ...

The experimental conditions required for the precise determination of polarographic half-wave potentials have been investigated and are discussed. The values of half-wave potentials vary with the characteristics of the dropping-m ercury electrode in the case of reduction of m etal ions to metal soluble in mercury. Consequently, it is necessary to specify the experimental condition whenever valu...

The review focuses on the effects of several important additives and templates controlling the calcium carbonate crystals formation and the complexity of the crystal morphologies in vitro. Additives include soluble matrices extracted from shells and pearls, amino-acids, magnesium ions and collagen among others. Templates include modified single crystal silicon, natural biominerals among others....

A highly sensitive fluorescent sensor, 8-(2-glucaminoacetylamino)quinoline, for Zn in water is synthesized by integrating a water-soluble glucose group with the 8-aminoquinoline fluorophore via a glycyl spacer. The sensor exhibits a highly selective fluorescence enhancement response to Zn over other metal ions. X-ray analysis shows that the deprotonation of NH in the sensor will occur upon bind...

www.waterinfocenter.com The biocidal effects of copper and silver have been used for centuries. The early Greeks and Romans made water storage and drinking vessels out of these metals, and enough dissolved in the water stored in them to produce substantial disinfection. More recently, copper and silver ions have been used in hospital, recreational, drinking and industrial water systems. Unlike ...

The effect of salts on the solvent-induced interactions between hydrophobic particles dispersed in explicit aqueous solution is investigated as a function of the salt's ionic charge density by molecular dynamics simulations. We demonstrate that aggregates of the hydrophobic particles can be formed or dissolved in response to changes in the charge density of the ions. Ions with high charge densi...

The exact determination of the combination of proteins with the ions of electrolytes has been limited practically to those cases in which concentration cells can be used. Bugarszky and Liebermann 1 found by this method that the hydrogen ion is very largely combined and chloride to a much less extent. These measurements have been repeated and confirmed by a number of workers, and extended by Pau...

A green and simple chemical synthesis of magic sized water soluble blue-emitting ZnS quantum dots (QDs) has been accomplished by reacting anhydrous Zn acetate, sodium sulfide and thiolactic acid (TLA) at room temperature in aqueous solution. Refluxing of this mixture in open air yielded ZnS clusters of about 3.5 nm in diameter showing very strong and narrow photoluminescence properties with lon...