Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have emerged as promising contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. The influence of different surface coatings on the biocompatibility of SPIONs has been addressed, but the potential impact of the so-called corona of adsorbed proteins on the surface of SPIONs on their biological behavior is less well studied. Here, we determined the com...

The protein corona formed around nanoparticles in protein-rich fluids plays an important role for nanoparticle biocompatibility, as found in several studies during the last decade. Biological fluids have complex compositions and the molecular components interact and function together in intricate networks. Therefore, the process to isolate blood or the preparation of blood derivatives may lead ...

The efficiency of ozone generation in DC corona discharge fed by carbon dioxide has been studied. A simple coaxial system of electrodes has been used for generation of both negative and positive corona discharge in flowing gas. The ozone concentration has been measured on the outlet of the reactor by UV absorption spectroscopy methods. Ozone generation in the negative corona discharge was found...

We prove that the multiplier algebra of the Drury-Arveson Hardy space H n on the unit ball in C n has no corona in its maximal ideal space, thus generalizing the famous Corona Theorem of L. Carleson in the unit disk. This result is obtained as a corollary of the Toeplitz Corona Theorem and a new Banach space result: the Besov-Sobolev space B p has the ”baby corona property” for all 0 ≤ σ < n p ...

BACKGROUND Nanoparticle-protein corona complex formation involves absorption of protein molecules onto nanoparticle surfaces in a physiological environment. Understanding the corona formation process is crucial in predicting nanoparticle behavior in biological systems, including applications of nanotoxicology and development of nano drug delivery platforms. METHOD This paper extends the model...

Nanoparticles (NPs) adsorb proteins when in the biological matrix, and the resulted protein corona could affect NP-cell interactions. The corona has a dynamic nature with the adsorbed proteins constantly exchanging with the free proteins in the matrix at various rates. The rapidly exchanging proteins compose the soft corona, which responds more dynamically to environment changes than the hard c...

In this paper, we measure the rotation of a sunspot in solar active region NOAA 11158 (Solar Target Identifier SOL2011-02-15) that was associated with an M-class flare. The flare occurred when the rotation rate of the sunspot reached its maximum. We further calculate the energy in the corona produced by the sunspot rotation. The energy accumulated in the corona before the flare reached 5.5× 10 ...

the corona product $gcirc h$ of two graphs $g$ and $h$ isobtained by taking one copy of $g$ and $|v(g)|$ copies of $h$;and by joining each vertex of the $i$-th copy of $h$ to the$i$-th vertex of $g$, where $1 leq i leq |v(g)|$. in thispaper, exact formulas for the eccentric distance sum and the edgerevised szeged indices of the corona product of graphs arepresented. we also study the conditions...

The high abundance of immunoglobulins (Igs) in the plasma protein corona on poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA)-based vascular-targeted carriers (VTCs) has previously been shown to reduce their adhesion to activated endothelial cells (aECs) in human blood flow. However, the relative role of individual Ig classes (e.g., IgG, IgA, and IgM) in causing adhesion reduction remains largely unknown. H...

In biological environments, nanoparticles are enshrouded by a layer of biomolecules, predominantly proteins, mediating its subsequent interactions with cells. Detecting this protein corona, understanding its formation with regards to nanoparticle (NP) and protein properties, and elucidating its biological implications were central aims of bio-related nano-research throughout the past years. Her...