Immunoassays for detection of bacterial pathogens rely on the selectivity and stability of bio-recognition elements such as antibodies tethered to sensor surfaces. The search for novel surfaces that improve the stability of biomolecules and assay performance has been pursued for a long time. However, the anticipated improvements in stability have not been realized in practice under physiologica...

Molecular polyoxometalates with one embedded ruthenium center, with general formula [Ru(II/III)(DMSO)XW11O39](n-) (X = P, Si; n = 4-6), are readily synthesized in gram scale under microwave irradiation by a flash hydrothermal protocol. These nanodimensional and polyanionic complexes enable aerobic oxygenation in water. Catalytic oxygen transfer to dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) yielding the correspon...

Crystalline tungsten disulphide nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by the chemical vapor condensation (CVC) method. The process performed as decomposition of tungsten hexacarbonyl over sulphur vapor in inert gas flow, where WS2 nanoparticles were synthesized by direct reaction between as formed pure tungsten nanoclusters and sulphur vapor. Influence of experimental parameters on shape,...

The state-of-the-art of biocomposites and hybrid biomaterials based on calcium orthophosphates that are suitable for biomedical applications is presented in this review. Since these types of biomaterials offer many significant and exciting possibilities for hard tissue regeneration, this subject belongs to a rapidly expanding area of biomedical research. Through successful combinations of the d...

Crosslinking of ultrapure hemoglobin, crystalline catalase, and superoxide dismutase resulted in a soluble nanodimensional complex of polyhemoglobin-catalase-superoxide dismutase. A less expensive and more convenient way is to crosslink bovine stroma-free hemolysate (stroma-free hemolysate) that already contains hemoglobin, catalase, and superoxide dismutase into polyhemoglobin with catalase an...

The reflection of linearly polarized light from a layered nanoscopic system of anisotropic dielectric films on homogeneous isotropic transparent substrate is investigated in the long-wavelength limit. The expressions for reflection characteristics of an N-layer system of arbitrarily anisotropic ultrathin films are derived. The analytical results are supported by computer-aided analysis made on ...

Iron–nickel spinel oxide NiFe2O4 nanoparticles have been prepared by the combination of chemical precipitation and subsequent mechanical milling. For comparison, their analogue obtained by thermal synthesis is also studied. Phase composition and structural properties of iron–nickel oxides are investigated by X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Their catalytic behavior in methanol deco...

Aniline is oxidized to nitrosobenzene as the initial product, which undergoes further oxidation to nitrobenzene. The nitrosobenzene formation is catalyzed by functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT) followed by a coupling reaction between nitrosobenzene and aniline to produce azobenzene. This coupling requires close proximity of the reactants. It proceeds rapidly resulting in the UV-VI...

A novel one-pot chemical synthesis of functional copper iodide-polypyrrole composites, CuI-PPy, has been proposed. The fabrication process allows the formation nanodimensional metal salt/polymer hybrid structures in a fully controlled time- and concentration-dependent manner. impact certain experimental conditions, viz., duration synthesis, sequence component addition concentrations intact reag...