OBJECTIVES To assess the stability of axis and patient satisfaction after toric visian implantable collamer lens (TICL) implantation for moderate to high myopic astigmatism. METHODS Total 33 eyes of 21 consecutive patients who underwent implantation of TICL for the correction of moderate to high myopic astigmatism were recorded and a minimum follow-up of six months was performed. The deviatio...

BACKGROUND To compare the outcomes of a toric phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) and a spherical PIOL combined with astigmatic keratotomy (AK) for the correction of high myopic astigmatism. METHODS This study enrolled patients with high myopic astigmatism, including 30 eyes (22 patients) that received a toric PIOL implantation (TICL group), and 32 eyes (24 patients) that received combined AK and ...

The replacement of oxide semiconducting TiO₂ nano particles with one dimensional TiO₂ nanotubes (TNTs) has been used for improving the electron transport in the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Although use of one dimensional structure provides the enhanced photoelectrical performance, it tends to reduce the adsorption of dye on the TiO₂ surface due to decrease of surface area. To overcome t...

The binding modes of some non-platinum metal anticancer complexes, Cp(2)TiCl(2), Cp(2)ZrCl(2), (CH(3))(2)SnCl(2), (C(2)H(5))(2)SnCl(2), (C(2)H(5))(2)SnCl(2)(phen) (phen=Phenanthroline) and cis-Ru(II)Cl(2)(DMSO)(3) (DMSO) (cis-RDT) with nucleotides and DNA in aqueous solution at physiological pH values were investigated by various modern techniques. 5'-dGMP with Cp(2)TiCl(2) or cis-RDT forms che...

Doping NaAlH(4) with Ti-catalyst has produced a promising hydrogen storage system that can be reversibly operated at moderate temperature conditions. Of the various dopant precursors, TiCl(3) was well recognized due to its pronounced catalytic effect on the reversible dehydrogenation processes of sodium aluminium hydrides. Quite recently we experimentally found that TiF(3) was even better than ...

Aims To report on 4-year postoperative visual performance with the toric implantable collamer lens (TICL) for stable keratoconus after sequential procedure (corneal collagen crosslinking plus TICL implantation). Methods Forty eyes of 24 patients with stable keratoconus with myopia between 0.00 and -18.00 dioptres (D) and astigmatism between 1.25 and 8.00 D were evaluated in this prospective i...

A novel intramolecular Prins type cyclisation of cyclopropylvinylic aldehydes promoted by TiCl(4) under mild reaction conditions to form cis-cyclic products in high yields has been accomplished.

Dimerization of vinyl Grignard reagents and concomitant alkylation with alkyl halides have been achieved by using Cp(2)TiCl(2) as a catalyst.

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) was used to fabricate Al(2)O(3) recombination barriers in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ss-DSSCs) employing an organic hole transport material (HTM) for the first time. Al(2)O(3) recombination barriers of varying thickness were incorporated into efficient ss-DSSCs utilizing the Z907 dye adsorbed onto a 2 μm-thick nanoporous TiO(2) active layer and the HTM...