... will clarify the dynamics and features of this protein Role of MCPIP in regulation of the endogenous IL-1b transcript level After identification of a PIN domain in the MCPIP by use of bioinformatics, ... mRNA and also of its own transcript For this reason, the level of mRNA for the wildtype form of MCPIP and the level of mRNA for IL-1b (Fig 5A, lane 3) were lower in comparison to the level of mRNA ... lanes 2,3 and 4, lower band) The levels of mutant and wild-type MCPIP mRNAs were higher when these vectors were co-transfected with a vector overexpressing IL-1b (Fig 5, lanes and 4, upper bands)...
... temperature of 400 1C, the former morphology of sample C changed rimous and rough Such surface mophology of sample D could be due to the agglomerated growth of grains and the formation of good crystallinity ... property of the electrochromic electrode was studied by means of in-situ transmittance spectra, and the dynamic transmittance modulation was recorded at a wavelength of 633 nm Results and discussion ... of microstructural and electrochromic propertiesof the nanostructured tungsten oxides with mesopores from the TMDD surfactantassisted process The crystallization status, surface morphology and...
... that of TiO2 , suggesting similar Fe and Ti surroundings in the doped and undoped samples In order to verify this statement, the filtered EXAFS of L Diamandescu et al / Materials Chemistry and ... the degradation of harmful organic compounds in water We hope that these results will stimulate further theoretical and experimental works for a better understanding of mechanisms and doping effects ... membrane filters and analysed on a DANI GC 1000 gas chromatograph Fig XRD patterns of hydrothermally synthesized doped and undoped TiO2 148 L Diamandescu et al / Materials Chemistry and Physics 112...
... Figure AFM and STEM images of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs and histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs (a) The AFM image of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs, (b) histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As ... dependence of the PL peak energies over the third root of the excitation density [20] The inset of Figure 3b shows the linear dependence of the PL peak energies and the third root of the excitation ... almost independent of the excitation power which is a typical feature of the type-I band transition Therefore, the interband transition of the GaSb QD would be the only proper origin of the high-energy...
... designed and carried out the experiments and wrote the first draft of the manuscript JHA analyzed the propertiesand helped draft the manuscript KNH and KSH detailed the original idea and modified ... http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/26 temperatures on the structuralpropertiesof the films has been investigated, and the optical propertiesof the films have also been analyzed Methods Synthesis ... Valenzuela and Russer reported that the FWHM of an XRD peak is reliant on the crystallite size and the lattice strain caused by the defect and/ or dislocations [16] The average particle sizes and FWHM...
... image and EDAX (Figure 4) spectrum of Ca10-xAgx(PO4)6(OH)2, with x = and 0.2, are shown The morphology of the nanoparticles of HAp and Ag: HAp was investigated by SEM SEM images provide the Page of ... http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/613 Page of Figure SEM images of the Ca10-xAgx(PO4)6(OH)2 samples with xAg = (HAp) and xAg = 0.2 (Ag:HAp) regions 1600-1700 and 3200-3600 cm -1 correspond to H-O-H bands of lattice water [36-39] ... results of XRD and TEM, the FTIR and FT-Raman spectra of the HAp show the absorption bands characteristic of hydroxyapatite XPS results provide the additional evidence for the successful doping of...
... effect of Si-np towards Nd3+ ions The evolution of the integrated PL intensity of the Sinp PL band and the 920-nm PL peak is shown in the inset of Figure The enhancement of the PL intensity of the ... coupling between Si-np and Nd 3+ ions, and, accordingly, the potential of sensitizing of Si-np The increase of the PL intensity of Nd 3+ is then explained by the increase of the Si-np density as ... increase of the LO3 band intensity (see Figure 2b) is related to the increase of the number of Si-OSi bonds at the SiO x /Si-np interface [19,20], i.e., the increase of the density of Si-np [21]...
... growth angle effect of the films for optical properties The thickness of the ZnO thin films was checked by FE-SEM and was fixed at 100 nm Three growth angles (0°, 15°, and 30°) of the columnar ZnO ... Lee TS, Cheong B, Baik Y-J, Kim WM: Electrical, optical andstructuralpropertiesof transparent and conducting ZnO thin films doped with Al and F by rf magnetron sputter J Eur Ceram Soc 2005, 25:2161-2165 ... http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/7/1/55 (a) Page of 440-746, Republic of Korea 4Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoil University, Seoul, 131-702, Republic of Korea Reflectance (%) 30 Authors’ contributions Y-HJ and WSC participated...
... GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs and histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs (a) The AFM image of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs, (b) histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs, and (c) the STEM image of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As ... diameter, and height size distribution of GaSb/InGaAs QDs on InP (100) substrate, the AFM and STEM measurements were carried out Figure shows the AFM and STEM images of GaSb/ In0.53Ga0.47 As QDs and ... almost independent of the excitation power which is a typical feature of the type-I band transition Therefore, the interband transition of the GaSb QD would be the only proper origin of the highenergy...
... GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs and histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs (a) The AFM image of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs, (b) histogram of the height of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As QDs, and (c) the STEM image of GaSb/In0.53Ga0.47As ... diameter, and height size distribution of GaSb/InGaAs QDs on InP (100) substrate, the AFM and STEM measurements were carried out Figure shows the AFM and STEM images of GaSb/ In0.53Ga0.47 As QDs and ... almost independent of the excitation power which is a typical feature of the type-I band transition Therefore, the interband transition of the GaSb QD would be the only proper origin of the highenergy...
... Conversion/Selectivity (%) ð1Þ The effects of the process of segregation and de-mixing of these rare earths on the SnO2 catalytic properties were studied and compared In spite of the relatively low specific ... a heated chamber and vaporized The water ethanol gas (N2) stream (30 mL/min) was then fed to the reactor containing 150 mg of the catalyst The reactants and the composition of the reactor effluent ... also by acidic sites of the oxide catalysts Thus, it may be suggested that the control of surfaces and modifications of the nanostructures of the tin oxide particles, undoped and doped with rare...
... optimum densification of each sample Figure presents the densities of MBNT4, MBNT5, MBN0.5T4 and MBN1.5T4 sintered at various temperatures for h Structural and Dielectric Propertiesof the Mn-Doped ... structure Structural and Dielectric Propertiesof the Mn-Doped µm (a) 16 µm µm (b) (c) Figure 1: SEM micrographs of sintered MBNT4 at different sintering temperatures: (a) 1250oC, (b) 1300oC and (c) ... bottle containing zirconia balls and deionised water The mixture was calcined at 1150oC for h, dried, crushed and then pressed with a cylindrical mould with a diameter of 16 mm under a pressure of...
... reversal and MR behaviors of Co/Pd NWs and [Co/Pd]4/Au(tAu)/[Co/Pd]2 PSV NWs are systematically investigated as a function of tAu and temperature T In chapter 6, the static anddynamicpropertiesof ... MAGNETO-OPTICAL ANDDYNAMICPROPERTIESOF FERROMAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES LIU XINMING (M.Eng, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... fundamental research and their potential in a wide range of emerging applications In this thesis, a systematic investigation of magneto-transport, magneto-optical anddynamicpropertiesof Co/Pd multilayer...
... List of Tables List of Tables Table 1-1 Magnetic propertiesof L10 FePt alloy and other ferromagnetic materials Table 1-2 Elemental parameters of Fe, Pt and Ag Table 3-1 Comparison of ... Chapter 3, the study ofstructuraland magnetic propertiesof the composite FePt-Ag with various Ag concentrations is presented The correlation between microstructure and magnetic properties is discussed ... study magnetic andstructuralpropertiesof FePt-Ag thin films, the first step is to fabricate the materials Characterization of the thin films provided information about structuraland magnetic...
... phosphoribosyltransferase activity [10] The structural characterization of numerous complexes of the human HPRT and several bacterial and protozoan HPRTs have been undertaken [13–17] The structure of human HPRT can be ... domain is mainly built up by residues from the C-terminus and consists of a two-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig 1A) The two subunits ... the base of bound GMP is stacked between Val143 and Phe194 N1, N2 and O6 of the nucleotide form hydrogen bonds to main chain atoms, whereas the side chain of Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7...
... effects of size and shape of Si-nc on the incorporation of group-III (B and Al), group-IV (C and Ge) and group-V (N and P) impurities Single-doping has been investigated both in spherical and faceted-like ... generalized gradient approximation using Vanderbilt ultrasoft pseudopotentials [27] for both the determination of the structuraland electronic propertiesand norm-conserving pseudopotential within ... that the electronic propertiesof B- and P-codoped Si-nc are qualitatively and quantitatively different from those of either B- or P- single-doped Si-nc The presence of both a n and a p impurity...
... 2005 FEBS M Scocchi et al Structure and antimicrobial activity of PMAP-36 Fig CD spectra of the synthetic PMAP36 peptides Spectra of PMAP-36(1–35)2 (A) andof the truncated fragment PMAP-36(1– ... TFE (– –), and with 25% (–ÆÆ–ÆÆ–) and 50% (v/v) TFE Table shows the antimicrobial activity of the monomeric and dimeric peptides towards several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and two ... ATCC 27853, and clinical isolates of P mirabilis, C albicans and C neoformans Bacteria and fungi were maintained on MH agar or on solid Sabouraud agar dextrose medium, respectively, and were subcultured...
... in acetone and methanol for 20 and rinsed in de-ionized water for The 1, 3, and wt % SZO (5SZO) NWs are grown in a furnace at 800°C with argon gas of 90 sccm and a working pressure of 1.2 torr ... structure because of both low Ea and optimized quantity of substitution function of Ag+ [19] However, stress of lattices structure on both 3SZO and 5SZO NWs is very impressive because a lot of Ag interstitials ... Page of (c) EDS (b) (103) ZnO NW nm Figure TEM images of 3SZO NW (a) The location and the size of the Au catalyst, the present of Au catalyst, is demonstrated the VLS method (b) The HR-TEM and...
... generalized gradient approximation (GGA), in terms ofstructuraland electronic propertiesof two boron compounds, B60H12 and B228H24, in which the molecule of borozene can be considered as the building ... (black line) and B24 (red line) Below Density of states and HOMO (in the inset) for Coronene 161 Table Energies and percentual contributes of pz orbitals to the composition of HOMO, LUMO and their ... work first principles and semiempirical calculations were carried out to investigate both structuraland electronic propertiesof two clusters obtained by condensation ofand 24 borozene molecules,...