Introduction: Theranostic nanoparticles, which integrate both diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities into one nanoagent, has great promise to ablate more effective tumoral tissue by optimizing and real-time monitoring treatment interventions, as well as monitoring therapeutic response to corresponding effect. Multifunctional theranostic nanoagent based on graphene quantum dots...

This paper presents a new multi-function conversion technique for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. The proposed bi-directional charger can achieve three functions, including EV battery charging, grid-connection and reactive compensation, which are keys for energy management of the grid. With the proposed multi-function technology, the bi-directional charger will benefit both the grid and ele...

Background & Aims: Teleradiology as an efficient way for avoiding unnecessary transfer of patients to special medical centers requires the images with digital format. However, in some developing countries, including Iran, imaging is being done using non digital devices. In such cases, changing analog images into digital ones can solve the problem. The method which is nowadays used for digita...

A systematic approach to the analysis and design of a bi-directional Cûk converter for the cell voltage balancing control of a series-connected lithium-ion battery string is presented in this paper. The proposed individual cell equalizers (ICE) are designed to operate at discontinuous-capacitor-voltage mode (DCVM) to achieve the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) for reducing the switching loss of th...

The H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) was applied to the simultaneous determination of Bi(III) and Sb(III). This method is based on the difference in the absorbance of complexes of Bi(III) and Sb(III) with iodide in acidic media in different wavelength pairs. The results showed that Bi(III) and Sb(III) can be determined simultaneously with concentration ratios of 15:1 to 1:20. First-deri...

We have shown that the broadband near-IR (NIR) fluorescence recently discovered in Bi-doped glasses is not specific due solely to Bi ions. Glasses doped with different 6p (Bi, Pb) and 5p (Sn, Sb) ions exhibit very similar behavior characterized by four major spectral peaks observed in two-dimensional excitation-emission plots and the lifetime of metastable level of about 400 micros. Our results...