Lu, Zijie; Rébiscoul, Diane; Causse, Jeremy; le Goff, Xavier; Mollard, Nicolas; Deschanels, Xavier
Elaboration of microporous CeO2 thin layers having nanocrystallites network controlled by Pluronic P123: Impact of key experimental parameters
Microporous ceria thin films having nanocrystallites network were synthesized by evaporation-induced self-assembly process, using P123 amphiphilic copolymer as structure-directing agent. The impact of key experimental parameters, i.e., the sol ageing, the relative humidity (RH), the thermal treatment, on the thin layer elaboration were investigated. The results show that the organization…
Distinguishing Between Monomeric scFv and Diabody in Solution Using Light and Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Lüdel, Frank; Bufe, Sandra; Bleymüller, Willem M.; de Jonge, Hugo; Iamele, Luisa; Niemann, Hartmut H.; Hellweg, Thomas
Depending on the linker length between the V H and the V L domain, single-chain Fv (scFv) antibody fragments form monomers, dimers (diabodies) or higher oligomers. We aimed at generating a diabody of the anti-MET antibody 3H3 to use it as crystallization chaperone to promote crystallization of the MET ectodomain…
Ibuprofen loading into mesoporous silica nanoparticles using Co-Spray drying: A multi-scale study
Ruffel, Lucas; Soulié, Jérémy; Coppel, Yannick; Roblin, Pierre; Brouillet, Fabien; Frances, Christine; Tourbin, Mallorie
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSN) are used in an increasing number of applications in nanomedicine. Their synthesis and external/internal functionalization have been extensively studied as well as their biological properties. Nevertheless, the conventional drug loading processes of MSN (such as impregnation), do not enable sufficient efficiency and are difficult to consider…
In-Depth Study of Coating Multimodal Porosity Using Ellipsometry Porosimetry in Desorption Scanning Mode
Loizillon, Jérôme; Baumgartner, Bettina; Sinturel, Christophe; Abbarchi, Marco; Lendl, Bernhard; Grosso, David
Ellipsometry porosimetry provides full adsorption/desorption isotherms and is among the most accurate techniques to probe porosity in thin films. Here we address a novel technique based on desorption scanning for a precise assessment of the porosity features revealing the size distribution of interconnections between the various populations of pores in…
Fine Multi-Phase Alignments in 2D Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 17% via Slow Post-Annealing
Wu, Guangbao; Li, Xing; Zhou, Jiyu; Zhang, Jianqi; Zhang, Xuning; Leng, Xuanye; Wang, Peijun; Chen, Ming; Zhang, Dongyang; Zhao, Kui; Liu, Shengzhong (Frank); Zhou, Huiqiong; Zhang, Yuan
Layered RuddlesdenPopper (RP) phase (2D) halide perovskites have attracted tremendous attention due to the wide tunability on their optoelectronic properties and excellent robustness in photovoltaic devices. However, charge extraction/transport and ultimate power conversion efficiency (PCE) in 2D perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are still limited by the non-eliminable quantum well effect.…
Antigenic and physicochemical characterization of Hepatitis B surface protein under extreme temperature and pH conditions
Lopes, J. L. S.; Oliveira, D. C. A.; Utescher, C. L. A.; Quintilio, W.; Tenório, E. C. N.; Oliveira, C. L. P.; Fantini, M. C. A.; Rasmussen, M. K.; Bordallo, H. N.; Sant’Anna, O. A.; Botosso, V. F.
Hepatitis B virus causes acute and chronic infections in millions of people worldwide and, since 1982, a vaccine with 95% effectiveness has been available for immunization. The main component of the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is the surface antigen protein (HBsAg). In this work, the effect of pH, ionic strength…
Proinflammatory Action of a New Electronegative Low-Density Lipoprotein Epitope
Faulin, Tanize do Espirito Santo; Kazuma, Soraya Megumi; Tripodi, Gustavo Luis; Cavalcante, Marcela Frota; Wakasuqui, Felipe; Oliveira, Cristiano Luis Pinto; Degenhardt, Maximilia Frazão de Souza; Michaloski, Jussara; Giordano, Ricardo José; Ketelhuth, Daniel Francisco Jacon; Abdalla, Dulcineia Saes Parra
The electronegative low-density lipoprotein, LDL (?), is an endogenously modified LDL subfraction with cytotoxic and proinflammatory actions on endothelial cells, monocytes, and macrophages contributing to the progression of atherosclerosis. In this study, epitopes of LDL (?) were mapped using a phage display library of peptides and monoclonal antibodies reactive to…
Adsorption of organic pollutants by amine functionalized mesoporous silica in aqueous solution. Effects of pH, ionic strength and some consequences of APTES stability
Otalvaro, Julian Ortiz; Avena, Marcelo; Brigante, Maximiliano
A mesoporous silica with MCM-41 type pore array was synthesized by hydrothermal method and then was functionalized with known amounts of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) in order to study the selective adsorption towards several species/pollutants. Antibiotics doxycycline hydrochloride (DC) and norfloxacin (NFX), the dye methyl orange(MO) and the pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Structural evolution of flow-oriented high density polyethylene upon heating: In situ SAXS and WAXD studies
Liao, Tao; Zhao, Xintong; Yang, Xiao; Coates, Phil; Whiteside, Ben; Jiang, Zhiyong; Men, Yongfeng
The structural evolution of micro-injection molded high density polyethylene (HDPE) at the molecular and lamellar levels was investigated as a function of temperature during heating process using wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques. The molded sample exhibits a peculiar multilayer structure of skin and…
Structural correlations tailor conductive properties in polymerized ionic liquids
Doughty, Benjamin; Genix, Anne-Caroline; Popov, Ivan; Li, Bingrui; Zhao, Sheng; Saito, Tomonori; Lutterman, Daniel A.; Sacci, Robert L.; Sumpter, Bobby G.; Wojnarowska, Zaneta; Bocharova, Vera
Polymerized ionic liquids (PolyILs) are promising materials for applications in electrochemical devices spanning from fuel cells to capacitors and batteries. In principle, PolyILs have a competitive advantage over traditional electrolytes in being single ion conductors and thus enabling a transference number close to unity. Despite this perceived advantage, surprisingly low…