Diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia and excessive production of intermediary metabolites including methylglyoxal (MGO), a reactive carbonyl species that can lead to cell injuries. Interacting with proteins, lipids, and DNA, excessive MGO can cause dysfunction of various tissues, especially the vascular walls where diabetic complications often take place. However, the potential v...

We report the growth of epitaxial metastable B1 NaCl structure TaN~001! layers. The films were grown on MgO~001! at 600 °C by ultrahigh vacuum reactive magnetron sputter deposition in mixed Ar/N2 discharges maintained at 20 mTorr ~2.67 Pa!. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy results establish the epitaxial relationship as cube-on-cube, (001)TaNi(001)MgO with @100#TaNi@100#Mg...

The magnetic properties were investigated for C- and P-implanted MgO single crystals, which irradiated by 80 keV C P ions with the dose of 3 × 1017 ions/cm2. pristine apparently changed ion implantation. Room temperature ferromagnetism was presented in C-implanted sample, while sample only displayed paramagnetism at 20 K. For purpose clarifying correlation between microstructure, a comparative ...

Background and Aims: Although metal and metal oxide nanoparticles are used in different medical applications, they may have considerable toxicity on various cells, such as myocytes. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of the naked and serum-treated silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO NPs) on the cardiomyocytes. Materials and Methods: Cardiomy...

Interfacial properties of 5 nm MgO(001)/7 nm Fe(001)/1.8 nm MgO(001)/t nm Cu-phthalocyanine (CuPc) hybrid multilayers with t = 0, 1, 7, and 10 were investigated by using x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). Rather sharp interfacial properties were observed in the CuPc films grown on an epitaxial MgO/Fe/MgO(001) trilayer than a MgO/Fe(001) bilayer. This work suggests a new way to improve devi...

dehydration method by modifies the commercial MgO. The prepared MgO had been investigated as a heterogeneous base catalyst for transesterification process for biodiesel production using palm oil. TGA, FT-IR and XRD results obtained from this study lie each other and proved in the formation of nano MgO from decomposition of Mg(OH) 2. This study proved that the prepared nano MgO was a better base...

Ultrathin MgO films grown on Ag(001) have been investigated using X-ray and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopies for oxide films successively exposed to Mg and O2 flux. Studying work functions and layer-resolved Auger shifts allows us to keep track of band profiles from the oxide surface to the interface and reveal the charge-transfer mechanisms underlying the controlled creation of Mg-indu...

The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of Fe1-x Co x thin films on MgO(001) was investigated via first-principles density-functional calculations. Four different configurations were considered based on their ground states: Fe/MgO, Fe12Co4/MgO, Fe10Co6/MgO, and Fe8Co8/MgO. As the Co composition increases, the amplitude of PMA increases first from Fe/MgO to Fe12Co4/MgO, and then decreases in...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are probably the strongest material ever known with outstanding mechanical, electrical and physical properties [1, 2]. It is postulated that by transferring these fabulous properties as reinforcements in inorganic matrices, a new class of nanocomposite to meet the requirement of advanced applications will be generated. Al2O3 ceramics have been widely used for structural,...

Dense ceramics of the pyrochlore (Bi1.5Zn0.5)(Ti1.5Nb0.5)O7 can be prepared at 1100 °C and exhibit a high permittivity (εr = 200) low dielectric loss (tan δ < 1 × 10−4) MHz room temperature. In this study, effect MgO addition on phase evolution, sintering behaviour, microstructures properties (BZTN) are investigated. The were sintered in air temperatures ranging from 850° to 1000 °C. BZTN with ...