A novel rhodamine-oxaldehyde (RHO) functionalized β-NaYF4:Yb(3+)/Er(3+) upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) for specific detection of cysteine (Cys) in aqueous solution was achieved through a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process. Based on self-assembling interaction, hydrophobic upconversion nanoparticles could be modified with α-cyclodextrin to make them water dispersible.

New amphiphilic ABC triblock copolymers have been designed and self-assembled into water-dispersible and biodegradable polymer micelles, which exhibit good antibacterial activities without quaternary ammonium moieties or the loading of any external antibiotics due to the increased local concentration of cationic charge in the polymer micelles compared to the un-self-assembled individual polymer...

A simple and scalable method has been developed for directly forming water-dispersible van der Waals solids involving mixing aqueous solution of graphene oxide (GO) with hexagonal boron nitride (BN) or molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) in N-methylpyrrolidone. The GO acts as an amphiphile in stabilising the colloidal solutions of the heterolaminar material in water.

Water dispersible single- and bilayered graphene sheets are produced by a direct exfoliation from graphite flakes in the presence of pyrene-labeled single stranded DNAs, and the immobilized DNA on the graphene surface is further hybridized with a gold nanoparticle labeled complementary DNA to generate gold nanoparticle-graphene nanocomposites.

Lamotrigine is a substituted asymmetric triazine. It is a white to pale cream-coloured powder. It is slightly soluble in ethanol and chloroform, and very slightly soluble in water. The pKa of lamotrigine at 25°C is 5.7. Each Lamictal Dispersible/Chewable tablet also contains calcium carbonate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, aluminium magnesium silicate, sodium starch glycollate, povidone, saccharin s...

Clay minerals have been used in medicinal applications since Aboriginal times (Carretaro, 2002; Wilson, 2003). Clay poultices are used to heal wounds; people eat clays to coat stomach linings and soothe indigestion; animals eat clay containing trace elements (e.g., As) that can kill worms. The reasons that various clay minerals are effective as medicines may be as variable as the ailment, but b...

Composites based on high density polyethylene (HDPE), pine flour, and organic clay were made by melt compounding and then injection molding. The influence of clay on crystallization behavior, mechanical properties, water absorption, and thermal stability of HDPE/pine composites was investigated. The HDPE/pine composites containing exfoliated clay were made by a two-step melt compounding procedu...

Clay from deposit Bilalovac, Central Bosnia, was characterized by chemical, IR, XRD and DTA/TG analysis. The major mineral components are kaolinite, illite, muscovite and quartz. Raw clay may be used for pottery products and terracotta. Clay was beneficiated by wet method removing fraction over 20 μm. Beneficiation process increased content of kaolinite and decreased content of quartz. Benefici...