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The aggregation behavior in water-rich solutions of five iron(II) complexes with alkylated derivatives of 2,2'-bipyridine was studied by electron microscopy (cryo-SEM, SEM, and TEM) and AFM. The results obtained by cryo-SEM on frozen colloidal solutions show that the morphology of the aggregates strongly depends on the length of the alkyl chains in the bipyridine ligands, with shorter alkyl chains forming rod-like structures, whereas for compounds with longer alkyl chains, only spherical structures were detected. The self-aggregates were further characterized by SEM and TEM. The results show that their overall morphology depends only on the length of the alkyl chain of the bipyridine ligands and that the samples show a broad size distribution. In addition, TEM and SEM were used to study the stability of the self-aggregates in solution, the effect of addition of methanol, and the temperature used in the preparation of the colloidal solutions. AFM studies of the aggregates either dried in ambient conditions or dehydrated by long drying under vacuum showed partially collapsed self-aggregates in the latter case, showing that the aggregates contain water in their core, indicating that the self-aggregation leads to vesicle-type structures.
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PMID:AFM and electron microscopy study of the unusual aggregation behavior of metallosurfactants based on iron(II) complexes with bipyridine ligands. 1756 50

Our prior studies demonstrated that exogenous supplements of pure hyaluronan (HA) tetramers (HA4) dramatically upregulate elastin matrix synthesis by adult vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Some studies suggest that exogenous HA likely only transiently contacts and signals cells, and may elicit different cell responses when presented on a substrate (e.g., scaffold surface). To clarify such differences, we used a carbodiimide-based chemistry to tether HA4 onto glass, and compared elastin matrix synthesis by SMCs cultured on these substrates, with those cultured with equivalent amounts of exogenous HA4. Tethered HA4-layers were first characterized for homogeneity, topography, and hydrolytic stability using SEM, XPS, AFM, and FACE. In general, mode of HA4 presentation did not influence its impact on SMC proliferation, or cell synthesis of tropoelastin and matrix elastin, relative to non-HA controls; however, surface-tethered HA4 stimulated SMCs to generate significantly greater amounts of elastin-stabilizing desmosine crosslinks, which partially accounts for the greater resistance to enzymatic breakdown of elastin derived from these cultures. Elastin derived from both sets of cultures contained peptide masses that correspond to the predominant peptides present in rat aortic elastin. SEM and TEM showed that HA4-stimulated fibrillin-mediated elastin matrix deposition, and organization into fibrils. Surface-immobilized HA4 was particularly conducive to organization of elastin into aggregating fibrils, and their networking to form closely woven sheets of elastin fibers, as seen in cardiovascular tissues. The results suggest that incorporation of elastogenic HA4 mers onto cell culture substrates or scaffolds is a better approach than exogenous supplementation for in vitro or in vivo regeneration of architecturally and compositionally faithful-, and more stable mimics of native vascular elastin matrices.
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PMID:Impact of delivery mode of hyaluronan oligomers on elastogenic responses of adult vascular smooth muscle cells. 1757 66

Transparent and electrically conductive composite silica films were fabricated on glass and hydrophilic SiOx/silicon substrates by incorporation of individual graphene oxide sheets into silica sols followed by spin-coating, chemical reduction, and thermal curing. The resulting films were characterized by SEM, AFM, TEM, low-angle X-ray reflectivity, XPS, UV-vis spectroscopy, and electrical conductivity measurements. The electrical conductivity of the films compared favorably to those of composite thin films of carbon nanotubes in silica.
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PMID:Graphene-silica composite thin films as transparent conductors. 1759 80

Spherical Au nanoparticles have been prepared in the presence of a biopolymer, sodium alginate using UV-photoactivation technique. The particles are sodium alginate coated and are extremely stable. These Au nanoparticles have been used as seed for the synthesis of Aucore-Agshell type bimetallic nanoparticles. Sodium alginate is a carbohydrate-based biopolymer. In this synthesis it acts both as a reducing agent and a stabilizer for the evolved particles. Therefore, no extra capping agent is required from outside to make the generated particle stable. By varying the seed to silver ion ratios and using photoactivation technique Aucore-Agshell type bimetallic nanoparticles with various sizes and compositions have been synthesized. The method is very simple and reproducible and does not need any manipulative skill. Characterizations of these bimetallic nanoparticles have been done from their UV-visible spectroscopy, TEM/EDX, and AFM results. UV-visible extinction spectra reveal that the seed particles have an absorption maxima approximately 527 nm, attributed to the surface plasmon of the pure gold nanoparticles. From the TEM images the particle size of the gold seed particles was calculated to be 8.6 nm. The growth of bimetallic nanoparticles with time has been monitored. The finally evolved bimetallic Aucore-Agshell nanoparticles have a size in the range between approximately 10-14 nm. The particles are very stable and may have the potential for biological and catalytic applications.
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PMID:Photochemical synthesis of biopolymer coated Aucore-Agshell type bimetallic nanoparticles. 1765 2

A beta-tetrapeptide made up of homochiral cyclobutane residues displays conformational bias in solution prompted by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Moreover, this compound self-assembles to produce nanosized fibrils and, in some media, it also forms a gel. The combination of NMR, TEM, AFM, and theoretical calculations has proven to be very useful in obtaining insight into the details of these new structures.
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PMID:Self-assembly of a cyclobutane beta-tetrapeptide to form nanosized structures. 1766 62

Cyclodextrin-based aggregates have been widely investigated with microscopies such as STM, AFM, SEM, TEM, and fluorescent microscopy to obtain the direct morphology and structure of samples. In the present review, we discuss various types of cyclodextrin aggregates, that is, native and modified cyclodextrins, inclusion complexes and their aggregates of cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin rotaxanes and polyrotaxanes, cyclodextrin nanotubes and their secondary assembly, and other high-order aggregates of cyclodextrins. Especially, we focus on the use of microscopy to characterize above aggregates. The application of modern microscopy tools promotes the investigation on cyclodextrins.
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PMID:Cyclodextrin-based aggregates and characterization by microscopy. 1770 27

Natural mordenite, replacing the synthetic zeolites, has been employed as the support of TiO2, and its photocatalytic activity has been examined in methyl orange (MO) aqueous under UV light. AFM, TEM, XRD, FTIR and fluorescence spectra have been used to reveal the loading effects of TiO2 on mordenite. The results show that the photocatalytic degradation (PCD) reaction rates are sharply increased by natural zeolite supports. Since mordenite is photo-inert, the PCD-enhancement is mostly caused by the bonding effects of Ti-O-Si and Ti-O-Al. Moreover, another two distinct natural zeolites have been employed as the supports of TiO2, in order to check the universality of PCD-enhancement effect of natural zeolites on TiO2. And the factors of PCD reaction on TiO2-zeolite, such as pH and catalyst dose, have been investigated.
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PMID:Photodegradation of an azo dye using immobilized nanoparticles of TiO2 supported by natural porous mineral. 1786 18

Titanium particles of single-phase anatase nanocrystallites were prepared by the hydrolysis of titanium tetraisopropoxide. A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated by adsorbing cis-bis(isothiocyanato)bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylato)-ruthenium(II)bis-tetrabutylammonium dye (N719) onto TiO2 film. The samples were characterized by XRD, TEM, FE-SEM, AFM, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. The influence of the acetic acid treatment of TiO2 electrode with different concentrations on the photovoltaic performance of DSSC was investigated. It was found that DSSC had better photoelectric performance when the TiO2 electrode was treated by acetic acid of 0.5 M. An equivalent circuit analysis using the one-diode model was used to evaluate the influences of adsorption quantity and acetic acid treatment on the energy conversion efficiency of DSSC. A nonlinear least-square optimization method was used to determine five model parameters.
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PMID:Photocurrent-voltage of a dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells influenced by N719 dye adsorption properties. 1804 44

Composite films of nano-size nickel grains embedded in a carbonaceous matrix are synthesized by a PVD process of C(60) fullerenes and Ni acetate. The morphology of the nano-composite films is characterized by TEM, selected area electron diffraction, chemical analysis and AFM. Correlations with deposition parameters and typical structure changes are found. The mechanical properties are analyzed by nanoindentation. The load-displacement charts show typical pop-ins correlated with the heterogeneous nano-structure. The depth dependent hardness and indentation modulus vary according to the nano-composite structure and reflect the changes of the mechanical properties in the film.
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PMID:Nanoindentation of heterogeneous carbonaceous films containing Ni nano-crystals. 1828 64

A technique for coating surfaces with attached fibrin structures without the formation of fibrin gel in bulk solution was developed. It is based on the catalytic effect of the surface-bound thrombin on fibrinogen stabilized with inhibitor which inhibits thrombin in solution but not the thrombin on the surface. Such an inhibitor is antithrombin, the effect of which may be enhanced with heparin. Fibrinogen is first adsorbed on the substrate surface and then incubated with thrombin. The unbound thrombin is washed out and the surface is incubated with fibrinogen solution containing antithrombin III and heparin. A fibrin gel forms at the surface by the action of surface-bound thrombin on ambient fibrinogen solution; however, the gel formation in bulk solution catalyzed by thrombin partially released from the surface is suppressed. By utilizing antithrombin-independent inhibitors or repeating thrombin binding and incubation with fibrinogen solution, the amount of surface-attached fibrin gel can be controlled. The formation of immobilized fibrin networks was observed using surface plasmon resonance and turbidity measurements and morphology was observed by TEM, SEM, and AFM. Using this technique, a porous scaffold made of polylactide fibers was coated with fibrin without filling the space between fibers with a bulk fibrin gel. The technique makes it possible to coat the inner surface of porous scaffolds with surface-attached fibrin gel while preserving free volume for cell migration into the pores.
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PMID:Controlled preparation of thin fibrin films immobilized at solid surfaces. 1830 96


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