Chemical sciences topic list of research papers
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Atomic scale simulation of carbon nanotube nucleation from hydrocarbon precursors2015 / Umedjon Khalilov, Annemie Bogaerts, Erik C. Neyts
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The effects of surface morphology on the aerosol performance of spray-dried particles within HFA 134a based metered dose formulations
Abstract The aim of this study was to produce fine particles with different corrugated degree of surface by spray-drying and to investigate the effect of surface morphology on in vitro aerosol performance of the particles within HFA 134a based...
2015 / Feifei Yang, Xiaobin Liu, Wei Wang, Chunyu Liu, Lihui Quan, et al. -
Effect of Zinc nanoparticles on oxidative stress-related genes and antioxidant enzymes activity in the brain of Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia zillii
Abstract This study was carried out to determine the median lethal concentrations (LC50) of Zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs) on Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia zillii. The biochemical and molecular potential effects of ZnNPs (500 and 2000μgL−1) on the...
2015 / Salina Saddick, Mohamed Afifi, Osama A. Abu Zinada -
Biotransformation kinetics of pharmaceutical and industrial micropollutants in groundwaters by a laccase cocktail from Pycnoporus sanguineus CS43 fungi
Abstract In this work, the biocatalytic ability of laccases from filtered culture supernatant of Pycnoporus sanguineus was evaluated without mediators and under mild reaction conditions. This 100 U L −1 laccase cocktail removed 50% Diclofenac, 97%...
2015 / Melissa Rodríguez-Delgado, Carolina Orona-Navar, Raúl García-Morales, Carlos Hernandez-Luna, Roberto Parra, et al. -
Poly(propylene glycol) and urethane dimethacrylates improve conversion of dental composites and reveal complexity of cytocompatibility testing
Abstract Objectives To determine the effects of various monomers on conversion and cytocompatibility of dental composites and to improve these properties without detrimentally affecting mechanical properties, depth of cure and...
2016 / Nick J. Walters, Wendy Xia, Vehid Salih, Paul F. Ashley, Anne M. Young -
Evaluation of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) on KAI1/CD82 gene expression in breast cancer MCF-7 cells using quantitative real-time PCR
Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of imatinib mesylate on cell viability, anti cancer effect through modulation of KAI1/CD82 gene expression in breast cancer MCF-7 cell line. ...
2015 / Seyed Ataollah Sadat Shandiz, Marjan Khosravani, Sepideh Mohammadi, Hassan Noorbazargan, Amir Mirzaie, et al. -
Enzymatic Extract Fractionation of (Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt) Citronella through Supercritical Carbon dioxide (SC-CO2)
Abstract Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt or citronella is said to be an insect repellant and usually planted in the yard in the Philippines. In this study enzymatic extracts of citronella were fractionated using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction ...
2015 / Lloyd Arvin M. Malaluan, Roberto M. Malaluan -
The Initial Study of Polyaniline with Manganese Oxides for Electrochemical Capacitors
Abstract Conducting polymers have been found to be promising as electrode material in energy storage devices such as electrochemical capacitors due to they have good capacitance and relatively high charge/discharge rates, giving rise to higher...
2015 / Purnama Ningsih, Clovia Z. Holdsworth, Scott W. Donne -
Recent advances in synthetic polymer based hydrogels for spinal cord repair
Abstract In spinal cord repair, the challenge consists in combining various therapies that account for multiple deleterious effects in order to induce an efficient recovery. In that context, biomaterial implantation seems to be highly relevant....
2015 / Thomas Trimaille, Vincent Pertici, Didier Gigmes -
Phytochemical and taxonomic evaluation of Rhazya stricta in Saudi Arabia
Abstract Rhazya stricta Decne is an important medicinal species used in indigenous medicinal herbal drugs to cure various diseases in South Asia (Pakistan, India and Afghanistan) and in the Middle East (e.g. Saudi Arabia,...
2015 / Najat A. Bukhari, Reem A. Al-Otaibi, Mohammed M. Ibhrahim -
Adsorption of hazardous cationic dye onto the combustion derived SrTiO3 nanoparticles: Kinetic and isotherm studies
Abstract In this article we report on solution combustion method to synthesize SrTiO3 nanoparticles (ST-NPs) and the removal of malachite green (MG) azo dye from the aqueous solution. The synthesized ST-NPs were calcined at 600°C for 2h. Powder...
2015 / N.P. Bhagya, P.A. Prashanth, R.S. Raveendra, S. Sathyanarayani, S. Ananda, et al. -
Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Carbonic Anhydrase II Inhibitors from Phenolic and Flavonoid Group
Abstract Carbonic Anhydrase II (CAII) has role in pH regulation, water transport and hydration of CO2. In addition, CAII is also related to many diseases, including glaucoma, tumours, epilepsy, diabetes and osteopetrosis. Various inhibitors for CAII ...
2015 / Reza Aditama, Didin Mujahidin, Yana Maolana Syah, Rukman Hertadi -
Biochemical Conversion of Torrefied Norway Spruce After Pretreatment with Acid or Ionic Liquid2015 / Monica Normark, Linda Pommer, John Gräsvik, Mattias Hedenström, András Gorzsás, et al.
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Reducing Dilution and Analysis Time in Online Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography by Active Modulation2015 / Andrea F. G. Gargano, Mike Duffin, Pablo Navarro, Peter J. Schoenmakers
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Theoretical analysis of a high performance protein imprint on a nanosensor
Abstract The structural details and flexibilities of protein impose significant challenges to develop protein imprint, especially for the selection of functional monomer. Using NAMD, AutoDock 4 and AutoDock Vina, we investigated the formation of a...
2015 / Jianfa Chen, Cale Lewis, D. Balamurugan, Zhen Yang, Liqiang Ai, et al. -
Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl containing drug mesna
Abstract Four simple and sensitive spectrophotometric methods were developed for the determination of the sulfhydryl containing drug mesna (MSN). Methods I and II rely on nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions using two UV tagging reagents...
2015 / Rim S. Haggag, Dina A. Gawad, Saeid F. Belal, Hadil M. Elbardisy -
Application of the SAFT-γ Mie group contribution equation of state to fluids of relevance to the oil and gas industry
Abstract The application of the SAFT-γ Mie group contribution approach [Papaioannou et al., J. Chem. Phys., 140 (2014) 054107] to the study of a range of systems of relevance to the oil and gas industry is presented. In particular we consider carbon ...
2015 / Vasileios Papaioannou, Filipe Calado, Thomas Lafitte, Simon Dufal, Majid Sadeqzadeh, et al. -
Structural, impedance and Mössbauer studies of magnesium ferrite synthesized via sol-gel auto-combustion process
Abstract Crystalline magnesium ferrite (MgFe2O4) spinel oxide powder was synthesized by nitrate–citrate sol–gel auto-combustion process with stoichiometric composition of metal nitrate salts, urea and citric acid. The study was focused on the...
2016 / Shahid Khan Durrani, Sumaira Naz, Mazhar Mehmood, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Siddique -
Platinum Group Metal Perovskite Catalysts2007 / Thomas Screen
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Solutions for a fractional diffusion equation: Anomalous diffusion and adsorption–desorption processes
Abstract We investigate the solutions for a fractional diffusion equation subjected to boundary conditions which can be connected to adsorption–desorption processes. The analytical solutions were obtained using the Green function approach and showed ...
2015 / E.K. Lenzi, M.A.F. dos Santos, M.K. Lenzi, D.S. Vieira, L.R. da Silva