BACKGROUND Studies have revealed that macrophages play an important role in the development of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Activated macrophages can lead to a systemic inflammatory response, induce lipid peroxidation, impair membrane structure, result in injury to the liver and the other extrahepatic organs, and eventually result in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome by promoting excessiv...

BACKGROUND Different superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have been tested for their potential use in cancer treatment, as they enter into cells with high effectiveness, do not induce cytotoxicity, and are retained for relatively long periods of time inside the cells. We have analyzed the interaction, internalization and biocompatibility of dimercaptosuccinic acid-coated superparamagnetic...

Bio-inspired superparamagnetic hierarchical material which possesses significant thermal stability and superparamagnetic property was fabricated by core reconstruction of silica thin film coated ferritin molecules that were immobilized on the surface of natural cellulose nanofibres of common commercial filter paper.

This paper describes a novel microfluidic immunoassay utilizing binding of superparamagnetic nanoparticles to beads and deflection of these beads in a magnetic field as the signal for measuring the presence of analyte. The superparamagnetic 50 nm nanoparticles and fluorescent 1 microm polystyrene beads are immobilized with specific antibodies. When target analytes react with the polystyrene bea...

Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a promising medical imaging technique producing quantitative images of the distribution of tracer materials (superparamagnetic nanoparticles) without interference from the anatomical background of the imaging objects (either phantoms or lab animals). Theoretically, the MPI platform can image with relatively high temporal and spatial resolution and sensitivity....

the magnetisation and electron spin resonance (esr) spectrum of two specimens of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-c), deposited from a filtered cathodic arc, were measured over a wide temperature range. the magnetisation was found to consist of superparamagnetic, paramagnetic and diamagnetic contributions. the superparamagnetic contribution resembled that recently found in carbon prepared from ...

Based on a low-temperature route, monodispersed CoFe(2)O(4) microspheres (MSs) were fabricated through aggregation of primary nanoparticles. The microstructural and magnetic characteristics of the as-prepared MSs were characterized by X-ray diffraction/photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning/transmitting electron microscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometer. The results indicate that the diameter...

magnetite (fe3o4) nanoparticles have been successfully prepared by a novel one-step and surfactant-free approach utilizing ferrous ion, as a single iron source. in this manner, the reaction occurs between two aqueous solutions via the spontaneous transfer of ammonia gas from one to another in room temperature. no ferric source or oxidizing specie, oxidation controlling and capping agents are ne...

The magnetic polarization of a Pt capping layer leads to an increase of the interisland magnetic coupling in a two-dimensional array of Fe islands. For small superparamagnetic islands, Pt deposition leads to a superparamagnetic–ferromagnetic transition. For larger ferromagnetic but weakly coupled islands, Pt deposition produces a stronger interisland coupling. Polar Kerr spectroscopy measuremen...