CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2015
·Vol. 41
·期 4
·5498-5504
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IF 2.605
Shizhou Pu,He Zheng,Zhenlian Chen,Meiya Li,Zhongqiang Hu,Jianbo Wang,Huamin Zou
The microstructures of Bi 0.85 Nd 0.15 FeO 3 ceramics were investigated by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), convergent-beam electron diffraction (CBED) and X-ray energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The superstructure phase related to 1/4( hh 0) p and 1/4(00 l ) p diffraction spots were observed in the samples. It is found that the superstructure phase can co-exist with R 3 c phase in a single grain. The bright and dark field images accompanied with SAED patterns provided evidences of the superstructure phase dispersed into the matrix with R3c symmetry and evolution of the domain. The ferroelectric domain wall was observed according to the displacement of Fe 3+ ions respect to Bi 3+ sub-lattice in the ferroelectric R 3 c phase based on HRTEM observations. The space group Pnam of the superstructure was identified by combining SAED and CBED techniques . EDS measurement revealed that the concentration of Nd in the Pnam phase is higher than that in R 3 c phase. This might mean that the transition from R 3 c to Pnam structure is due to the inhomogeneous distribution of the Nd concentration and the weakened stereochemical activity of Bi 3+ lone electron pair, arisen from the increase in Nd content.
研究领域:
材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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功能陶瓷
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电子显微学
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铁电材料
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多铁材料
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INTEGRATIVE CANCER THERAPIES
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2019
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IF 2.634
Decai Tang,Shuo Zhang,Xiaoxia Shi,Jiafei Wu,Gang Yin,Xiying Tan,Fuyan Liu,Xingdong Wu,Xiangyu Du
Normalizing the disordered tumor vasculature, rather than blocking it, is a novel method for anticancer therapy. Astragali polysaccharide (APS) and curcumin were reported to be active against carcinomas. However, the effect and mechanism of the combination of APS and curcumin on vascular normalization in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was not clear. In the present study, effects of combined APS and curcumin on tumor vascular normalization were evaluated in HepG2 tumor-bearing mice. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) was performed to observe the morphological structure of tumor vessels in vivo. The microstructure of the tumor vessels was also analyzed through scanning electron microscopy. Additionally, the expression of CD31 and NG2 was analyzed by immunohistochemical staining. Tumor vessels of HepG2 tumor-bearing mice treated with the combination were sparse with uniform growth, morphology rules, and complete vascular walls, which had fewer branches and sprouts. ECs of tumor vessels were arranged regularly and were tightly connected, tending toward normalization. The expression of CD31 was reduced while NG2 was increased significantly by the combination of APS and curcumin. The results indicated that APS and curcumin in combination showed a better effect on inhibiting tumor growth in an orthotopic nude-mouse model of HCC. More important, the combination induced normalization of tumor vascular better than APS or curcumin administration alone, improving the morphological structure of tumor vessels and promoting maturation of tumor vessels. The results of the present study provided a reasonable possibility for combination therapy of APS and curcumin in the treatment of HCC via tumor vascular normalization.
研究领域:
肿瘤学
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药理学
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分子生物学
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成像技术
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PubMed
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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2018
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IF 2.179
Linlin Xu,Dong Chen,Hui Liu,Jun Yang
Structural conversion using core-shell silver (Ag)-platinum (Pt) nanoparticles as starting materials is a promising way to produce nanocomposites consisting of silver sulfide (Ag 2 S) and hollow Pt nanostructures (Ag 2 S-hPtNCs). However, the mechanism behind the structural conversion process is yet to be understood. In this study, we use transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a typical tool to characterize the products formed in different structural conversion processes, and interpret the experimental observations by proposing mechanisms behind the reactions between core-shell Ag-Pt nanoparticles and sulfur precursors from different sources. We then design additional experiments to rationalize the formation mechanism we proposed. The mechanistic understanding of the structural conversion from bimetallic core-shell nanostructures to heterogeneous nanocomposites may extend the fabrication of heterogeneous nanocomposites for a given technological application.
研究领域:
纳米材料科学
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无机化学
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纳米医学
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生物材料
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转化医学
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高影响因子
Journal of Analysis and Testing
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2018
·Vol. 2
·期 4
·332-341
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IF 0
Wei Yin Hui,Li Xin Yu,Gao Jie,Liu Jia Jun,Yuan Dan,Yin Bin Cheng,Wang Jian
As an antibiotic, tetracycline has been widely used against bacterial infection or as feed additives for growth promotion, which may lead to the enrichment of antibiotic residues in animals or their products. Therefore, the detection of tetracycline is closely related to human health. The morphological transformation of CoOOH nanoflakes induced by tetracycline was monitored by scanning electron microscope images, dark-field light scattering images and optical spectra, which found that tetracycline could decompose CoOOH nanoflakes into small nanoparticles with low light scattering signal. As a result, the reduced light scattering of CoOOH nanoflakes was proportional to the increased concentration of tetracycline in the range of 1.0–250 μmol/L, and the limit of determination (LOD) was 0.23 μmol/L (3σ/k). Most foreign substances did not interfere in the analysis of tetracycline. Furthermore, the concentration of tetracycline in different milk samples detected with the standard addition method was so low that it accorded with the safety regulation, which was similar to the detection result with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
研究领域:
分析化学
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纳米技术
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食品安全
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药物分析
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