Hussain, Saddam Park, Soo-Young
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ACS sensors
A wearable noninvasive biosensor for in situ urea detection and quantification was developed using a urease-immobilized photonic interpenetrating polymer network (IPNurease) film. The photonic IPN film was intertwined with solid-state cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCsolid) and a poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) network on a flexible poly(ethylene terephtha...
Xie, Zhenzhen Ramakrishnam Raju, Mandapati V. Adhihetty, Prasadanie K. Fu, Xiao-An Nantz, Michael H.
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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Increasing both the sensitivity and selectivity of thiol-functionalized gold nanoparticle chemiresistors remains a challenging issue in the quest to develop real-time gas sensors. The effects of thiol molecular structure on such sensor properties are not well understood. This study investigates the effects of steric as well as electronic effects in...
Longo, Sébastien Sibat, Manoëlla Darius, Hélène Taiana Hess, Philipp Chinain, Mireille
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Toxins
Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne disease caused by the consumption of seafood contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates in the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa . Ciguatera outbreaks are expected to increase worldwide with global change, in particular as a function of its main drivers, including changes in sea surface temper...
Magovac, Eva Jordanov, Igor Grunlan, Jaime C. Bischof, Sandra
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Materials
Chemically bleached cotton fabric was treated with phytic acid (PA), chitosan (CH) and urea by means of layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition to impart flame retardant (FR) behavior using only benign and renewable molecules. Samples were treated with 8, 10, 12 and 15 bilayers (BL) of anionic PA and cationic CH, with urea mixed into the aqueous CH solutio...
Pitushkin, D. A. Burmistrov, V. V. Saeef, M. H. Abbas Vernigora, A. A. Butov, G. M.
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Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry
AbstractA series of 1,3-disubstituted ureas containing a bicyclic lipophilic group of natural origin were synthesized by the reactions of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-yl isocyanate with amines in yields of up to 82% and by the reactions of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-amine and 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-amine with 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole in yield...
Liao, Chengzhu Li, Yuchao Tjong, Sie Chin
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Polymers
In this article, recent advances in the development, preparation, biocompatibility and mechanical properties of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and its composites for hard and soft tissue engineering are reviewed. PEEK has been widely employed for fabricating spinal fusions due to its radiolucency, chemical stability and superior sterilization resistan...
Liu, Peng Jonkheijm, Pascal Terstappen, Leon W M M Stevens, Michiel
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Cancers
Here, we review the characteristics and synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and place these in the context of their usage in the immunomagnetic enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs). The importance of the different characteristics is explained, the need for a very specific enrichment is emphasized and different (commercial) magnetic s...
Tao, Siyi Wang, Suqin Song, Lirong Gan, Nanqin
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Toxins
Cyanotoxins are the underlying cause of the threat that globally pervasive Cyanobacteria Harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) pose to humans. Major attention has been focused on the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystins (MCs); however, there is a dearth of studies on cyanobacterial neurotoxin anatoxins. In this study, we explored how an anatoxin-prod...
Mansouri, Lahouaria Mounia Kheloufi, Abdenour Belatreche, Rabah Abdou, Imene Boukhatem, Zineb Faiza Nouzha, Heleili
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Contemporary Agriculture
The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has been the subject of a number of studies and has been described by many authors as a legume with low nitrogen fixing potential compared to other legume species. The first objective of this study is to assess the development and growth of P. vulgaris L. var. Djedida and its yield at different developmental ...
Hata, Naoki Futamura, Haruko
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Journal of Horticultural Research
There has been an increasing interest in soybean cultivation in hydroponic systems. Because soybean plants can utilize nitrogen derived from biological N2 fixation, the use of Rhizobium inoculated plants may eliminate or decrease the need for mineral nitrogen fertilization in hydroponic systems. Thus, the objective of this study was to establish ef...
