We report a highly bright and stable aqueous dispersion of CuInS2/ZnS (CIS/ZnS) nanocrystals (NCs) using surfactant-assisted microemulsion and cold treatment. CIS/ZnS NCs were facilely synthesized via a stepwise, consecutive hybrid flow reactor approach. To stabilize the optical properties of hydrophobic CIS/ZnS NCs, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was chosen as a matrix for aqueous phase...

The effect of CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide)- or PEG (polyethylene glycol)-coated gold-nanorods (Au-NRs) on the non-IgE mediated allergic response was studied. We found that the CTAB-Au-NRs released more allergic mediators such as histamine and β-hexosaminidase from human basophil KU812, a common model for studying allergy, after 20 min incubation. Also, the CTAB-Au-NRs induced more apop...

In this paper we report the effect of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB on the oxidative degradation of tyrosine by permanganate. The reaction rate bears a first-order dependence on the [MnO(4)(-)] under pseudo-first-order conditions (large excess of [tyrosine] for at least 10 times over [MnO(4)(-)]) in presence of 10.0x10(-4)moldm(-3) CTAB. The effect of total [CTAB] on the reaction rate wa...

Aggregation behaviour of cefprozil monohydrate (C18H19N3O5S.H2O), an antibiotic, has been studied in presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Critical micelle concentration (CMC) of drug is determined to be 0.34 mM and is observed to decrease significantly at SDS < 2 mM. Above this concentration increase is less prominent and remains almost constant. ...

The electrochemical response of thyroxine (T4) at a carbon paste electrode (CPE) in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was investigated. It gave a well-defined oxidation peak at 0.80 V and a sensitive reduction peak at 0.40 V. Compared with the indiscernible signal in the absence of CTAB, the reduction current of T4 at CPE was greatly enhanced in the presence of CTAB, due to ...

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and T-cell-derived antigen binding molecules (TABM) specific to whole Candida extract and to Candida-derived mannans prepared by both the cetryltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and alkaline degradation (PEAT) methods were measured in the sera of women with vulvovaginal candidiasis and controls. In the patients there were significantly higher levels of IgG to both CTAB and...

In this study, the adsorption of toxic pollutants onto cetyltrimethylammonium kaolin (CTAB-Kaolin) is investigated. The organo-kaolin is synthesized by exchanging cetyltrimethylammonium cations (CTAB) with inorganic ions on the surface of kaolin. The chemical analysis, the structural and textural properties of kaolin and CTAB-kaolin were investigated using elemental analysis, FTIR, SEM and adso...

A novel nanowire-structured polypyrrole-cobalt composite, PPy-CTAB-Co, is successfully synthesized with a surfactant of cetyltrimethylammounium bromide (CTAB). As an electro-catalyst towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media, this PPy-CTAB-Co demonstrates a superior ORR performance when compared to that of granular PPy-Co catalyst and also a much better durability than the comme...

Aptamer-conjugated gold nanorods (AuNRs) are excellent candidates for targeted hyperthermia therapy of cancer cells. However, in high concentrations of AuNRs, aptamer conjugation alone fails to result in highly cell-specific AuNRs due to the presence of positively charged cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a templating surfactant. Besides causing nonspecific electrostatic interactions wit...

In this study, a micelle mediated extraction procedure for preconcentration of trace quantities of Hg(II) as a prior step to its simultaneous spectrophotometric determination has been developed. The method is based on a ternary ion-association of Hg(II), Xylidyl Blue (XB) and cationic surfactant (CTAB). Major factors affecting the efficiency of the method has been studied. The limit of detectio...