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Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers
No full textDye-sensitized solar cells have gained widespread attention in recent years because of their low production costs, ease of fabrication and tunable optical properties, such as colour and transparency. Here, we report a molecularly engineered porphyrin dye, coded SM315, which features the prototypical structure of a donor–π-bridge–acceptor and both maximizes electrolyte compatibility and improves light-harvesting properties. Linear-response, time-dependent density functional theory was used to investigate the perturbations in the electronic structure that lead to improved light harvesting. Using SM315 with the cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle resulted in dye-sensitized solar cells that exhibit a high open-circuit voltage VOC of 0.91 V, short-circuit current density JSCof 18.1 mA cm–2, fill factor of 0.78 and a power conversion efficiency of 13%.Link to to publisher version: http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v6/n3/full/nchem.1861.html#author-informatio
Jere Nash Interview with Brad Dye
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with Brad Dye in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Dye served three four-year terms as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 192. Topics covered included Dye\u27s service in the state senate; Carroll Gartin; Paul B. Johnson Jr.; Dye as Lieutenant Governor and leader of the state senate; rules changes for the senate; William Winter; Buddy Newman; gaming legislation to allow casinos in the state; Ellis Bodron; education reform legislation; Dye\u27s involvement with passing legislation; separation of powers legislation in 1984; budget commission; 1987 highway legislation; Medicaid; greater difficulty in passing legislation through the House; Bill Allain and Ray Mabus as governors; Ross Barnett; segregation; integration of the University of Mississippi as a pivotal moment; J.P. Coleman; James O. Eastland and John Stennis; legalizing alcohol; Paul B. Johnson Jr.\u27s decision to run for lieutenant governor in 1959; Dye\u27s appointment to the senate appropriations committee and the education committee; traveling up to Oxford with Governor Ross Barnett to prevent James Meredith from registering; Bill Waller; Eastland and federal judicial appointments in general and specifically Harold Cox and Thurgood Marshall; Kennedy family and Eastland; and the death of Jimmie Walker
Enhanced magnetic halloysite nanotubes for dye removal at different pH conditions
No full textHalloysite nanotubes (HNTs) have been extensively investigated for potential utilization due to their unique structure and properties as a type of natural, eco-friendly clay. The synthesis and modification of magnetic halloysite nanotubes was studied using several experimental techniques including SEM, TEM, FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and BET. Dye absorption experiments were conducted to understand bonding using EDS, XPS, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. In this study, we evaluated Sunset Yellow FCF (SY) dye removal as a model to understand bonding structures among magnetic HNTs, magnetic particles, and dye molecules. We focus on the interactions of SY-magnetic HNTs and characteristics of magnetization by VSM after SY dye adsorption, which highlight the notable features of magnetic halloysite nanotubes. We used different pH environments to study the behavior of magnetic HNTs after dye absorption. The application of these modified HNTs is promising for future organic dye removal and wastewater treatment.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Bio-Electronic
Improved fluorescent (calcium indicator) dye uptake in brain slices by blocking multidrug resistance transporters
No full textATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are a family of transmembrane proteins that, also known as multidrug resistance proteins, transport a wide variety of substrates across biological membranes in an energy-dependent manner. Recently it has been shown that members of this protein family interfere with fluorescent (calcium indicator) dye uptake in taste buds of rat and in cells in the olfactory epithelium of larval Xenopus laevis, including olfactory receptor neurons. It has, however, not been resolved whether this effect only serves to extrude xenobiotics in sensory taste and olfactory cells, or alternatively, whether it is a more general feature of many central nervous system neurons. In the latter case blocking these transporters would improve fluorescent dye uptake in general. Here we show, by means of cell imaging. that also neurons of the olfactory bulb express multidrug resistance transporters, whereby a marked inhomogeneity among cells in the main and accessory olfactory bulb was observed. Blocking these transporters improved the net uptake of fluorescent dyes not only in cell somata of the olfactory bulb, but especially in fine neuronal structures such as individual dendrites or olfactory glomeruli, which consist of a tangle of tiny neuronal processes. We therefore suggest that the expression of multidrug resistance proteins may be common in cells of the central nervous system, and that the application of specific transport inhibitors could generally improve fluorescent dye uptake in brain slices, thereby improving calcium imaging conditions. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Titaniun Dioxide - Phosphonate Assemblies as Medical Nanoprobes
No full textTitanium Dioxide - Phosphonate Assemblies as Medical Nanoprobes Ivan Řehoř PhD. Thesis Abstract: Multimodal imaging-therapeutic nanoprobe TiO2@RhdGd was prepared and successfully used for in- vitro and in-vivo cell tracking as well as for killing of cancer cells in-vitro. TiO2 nanoparticles, 12 nm in diameter, were used as a core for phosphonic acid modified functionalities, responsible for contrast in MRI and optical imaging. The phosphonic acid derivatives, used for surface modification, allows for grafting extraordinarily high loads of irreversibly adsorbed molecules of both types in one step. The prepared probe shows very high 1 H r1 relaxivity value as well as relaxivity density value, both crucial parameters for its use in MRI. The presence of fluorescent dye in its structure allows for its visualization by means of fluorescence microscopy. The applicability of the probe was studied, using three living systems - mesenchymal stem cells, cancer HeLa cells and T-lymphocytes. The probe did not exhibit toxicity in any of these systems and its long time storage in a lysosomal compartment was confirmed. Labeled cells were successfully visualized in-vitro by means of fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Consequent visualization of labeled cells in-vivo by means of fluorescence microscopy was also achieved...
Titaniun Dioxide - Phosphonate Assemblies as Medical Nanoprobes
No full textTitanium Dioxide - Phosphonate Assemblies as Medical Nanoprobes Ivan Řehoř PhD. Thesis Abstract: Multimodal imaging-therapeutic nanoprobe TiO2@RhdGd was prepared and successfully used for in- vitro and in-vivo cell tracking as well as for killing of cancer cells in-vitro. TiO2 nanoparticles, 12 nm in diameter, were used as a core for phosphonic acid modified functionalities, responsible for contrast in MRI and optical imaging. The phosphonic acid derivatives, used for surface modification, allows for grafting extraordinarily high loads of irreversibly adsorbed molecules of both types in one step. The prepared probe shows very high 1 H r1 relaxivity value as well as relaxivity density value, both crucial parameters for its use in MRI. The presence of fluorescent dye in its structure allows for its visualization by means of fluorescence microscopy. The applicability of the probe was studied, using three living systems - mesenchymal stem cells, cancer HeLa cells and T-lymphocytes. The probe did not exhibit toxicity in any of these systems and its long time storage in a lysosomal compartment was confirmed. Labeled cells were successfully visualized in-vitro by means of fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Consequent visualization of labeled cells in-vivo by means of fluorescence microscopy was also achieved...
Visualizing Vector Fields Using Line Integral Convolution and Dye Advection
No full textWe present local and global techniques to visualize three-dimensional vector field data. Using the Line Integral Convolution (LIC) method to image the global vector field, our new algorithm allows the user to introduce colored "dye" into the vector field to highlight local flow features. A fast algorithm is proposed that quickly recomputes the dyed LIC images. In addition, we introduce volume rendering methods that can map the LIC texture on any contour surface and/or translucent region defined by additional scalar quantities, and can follow the advection of colored dye throughout the volume. y This research was supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under NASA contract NAS1-19480 while the author was in residence at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE), NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-0001. i 1 Introduction Visualizing vector field data is challenging because it is intrinsically difficult to visu..
Využití částic oxidu titaničitého s fosfonáty v medicíně
No full textVyužití částic oxidu titaničitého s fosfonáty v medicíně Ivan Řehoř Doktorská Práce Abstrakt: Multimodální diagnosticko-terapeutická nanosonda TiO2@RhdGd byla připravena a úspěšně použita pro sledování a zobrazování buněk za podmínek in-vitro a in-vivo. Dále byla použita pro zabíjení rakovinných buněk za podmínek in-vitro. Nanočástice TiO2 o průměru 12 nm tvoří jádro pro fosfonáty modifikované molekuly, zodpovědné za kontrast v tomografii magnetické rezonance (MRI) a v optickém zobrazování. Deriváty fosfonových kyselin, použité pro povrchovou modifikaci umožňují ireverzibilní zakotvení vysokých množství obou molekul v jediném kroku. Připravená sonda vykazuje vysokou 1 H r1 relaxivitu, stejně jako hustotu relaxivity, klíčové parametry pro její použití v MRI. Přítomnost fluorescenční značky ve struktuře umožňuje její vizualizaci pomocí fluorescenční mikroskopie. Použitelnost sondy pro medicínské zobrazování byla studována na třech živých modelech - mesenchymálních kmenových buňkách, rakovinných HeLa buňkách a T-lymfocytech. Sonda nevykazovala toxicitu v žádném z uvedených modelů a bylo zjištěno její dlouhodobé skladování v lyzozomálním kompartmentu. Označené buňky byly úspěšně vizualizovány in-vitro pomocí fluorescenční mikroskopie a MRI. Následně bylo dosaženo úspěšného zobrazení označených buněk in- vivo....Titanium Dioxide - Phosphonate Assemblies as Medical Nanoprobes Ivan Řehoř PhD. Thesis Abstract: Multimodal imaging-therapeutic nanoprobe TiO2@RhdGd was prepared and successfully used for in- vitro and in-vivo cell tracking as well as for killing of cancer cells in-vitro. TiO2 nanoparticles, 12 nm in diameter, were used as a core for phosphonic acid modified functionalities, responsible for contrast in MRI and optical imaging. The phosphonic acid derivatives, used for surface modification, allows for grafting extraordinarily high loads of irreversibly adsorbed molecules of both types in one step. The prepared probe shows very high 1 H r1 relaxivity value as well as relaxivity density value, both crucial parameters for its use in MRI. The presence of fluorescent dye in its structure allows for its visualization by means of fluorescence microscopy. The applicability of the probe was studied, using three living systems - mesenchymal stem cells, cancer HeLa cells and T-lymphocytes. The probe did not exhibit toxicity in any of these systems and its long time storage in a lysosomal compartment was confirmed. Labeled cells were successfully visualized in-vitro by means of fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Consequent visualization of labeled cells in-vivo by means of fluorescence microscopy was also achieved....Department of Inorganic ChemistryKatedra anorganické chemieFaculty of SciencePřírodovědecká fakult
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