nanocrystals of zno were prepared by microwave irradiation using zn (ii) acetate and triethanol amin (tea) as the starting materials and water as solvent. the nanocrystals of zno with hexagonal (wurtzite) structure were characterized by x-ray powder diffraction (xrd), transmission electron microscopy (tem), scanning electron microscopy (sem), uv-vis absorption and ftir spectroscopy techniques.

Dental calculus, a type of stone formed even under normal conditions, plays an important role in some periodontal diseases. Deposition of dental calculus follows plaque formation, and the variations in the degree of calcification reflect the changes in environment and form of its lamellar structure[1]. Dental plaque is composed of rods, cocci and filamentous bacteria[2], and these morphological...

I t is now generally accepted that two distinct classes of lymphocytes are present in different species including man--thymus-derived (T) cells and bone marrow or bursalderived (B) cells (1, 2). Although similar in appearance these two cell types have been demonstrated to have widely different functions. They can be distinguished electrophoretically by their different mobility (3, 4), serologic...

A simplified methodology was developed to study the geometric form of multiple Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus by scanning electron microscopy. The virus belongs to Baculoviridae family and was isolated from the silkworm Bombyx mori (L.) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). The polyhedra of Nucleopolyhedrovirus were obtained from the filtrate, inoculum and hemolymph of the silkworm experimentally infect...

a new nano-sized cobalt(ii) coordination polymer, (col1).0.5dmf.1.5ch3oh(1); [h2l1 = 5-(4-carboxy phenyl azo) salicyilic acid] has been synthesized by a sonochemical method. the thermal stability of compound 1 was studied by thermo- gravimetric and differential thermal analyses. nano-structure of this coordination polymer was characterized by elemental analyses, ir spectroscopy,  powder x-ray d...

The value of t he scanning e lec t ron microscopy i n p rov id ing i n s i t u i n fo rma t ion on t h e microst ructure o f ma te r ia l s such as coal I s we l l known. m a r t i c u l a r l y su i ted for examining the f i n e l y d i s t r i b u t e d mineral p a r t i c l e s found i n f ine ly-ground coal. data can be provided. c a l analysis t o be performed on these minute features, thu...

The strain of P. aeruginosa used was a Fisher serotype 3,7, originally isolated from a patient with severe burns. The susceptibility of the strain to antibiotics used singly and in combination was determined by the tube dilution method (12). Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by observing the lowest dilution of antibiotic that prevented visible growth of an inoculum of 105...

In the present study, pathogenicity of four native strains of Entomopathogenic fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae, was studied against adult stage of Ixodes ricinus. For this purpose a total number of 180 adult ticks were examined in triplicate. Thirty ticks for each strain and negative and positive controls were immersed in 2.4×107 fungal conidia/ml in vitro. Samples were incubated in separate Pet...