Polymers of deoxyhemoglobin S deform sickle cell anemia red blood cells into sickle shapes, leading to the formation of dense, dehydrated red blood cells with a markedly shortened life-span. Nearly four decades of intense research in many laboratories has led to a mechanistic understanding of the complex events leading from sickling-induced permeabilization of the red cell membrane to small cat...

In this study, we developed a viability evaluation method for pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seeds based on hyperspectral reflectance imaging. The reflectance spectra of pepper seeds in the 400-700 nm range are collected from hyperspectral reflectance images obtained using blue, green, and red LED illumination. A partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) model is developed to classify v...

Red phosphors BaTiF6:Mn(4+) with microrod and polyhedron morphologies have been prepared respectively by etching TiO2 and Ti(OC4H9)4 in a HF solution with an optimized concentration of KMnO4 at 1.5 mmol L(-1) in hydrothermal conditions. The red phosphor BaTiF6:Mn(4+) exhibits a broad excitation band in the blue region and sharp emission peaks in the red region. A white LED (WLED) fabricated wit...

Microgreens are an excellent source of health-maintaining compounds, and the accumulation of these compounds in plant tissues may be stimulated by exogenous stimuli. While light quality effects on green basil microgreens are known, the present paper aims at improving the quality of acyanic (green) and cyanic (red) basil microgreens with different ratios of LED blue and red illumination. Growth,...