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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Albert R. Muslimov, Dmitrii Antuganov, Yana V. Tarakanchikova, Timofey E. Karpov, Mikhail V. Zhukov, Mikhail V. Zyuzin, Alexander S. Timin
Summary: Alpha therapy has promising potential in treating aggressive cancers, but the side effects on normal tissues and organs have remained a challenge. This study used calcium carbonate core-shell particles to encapsulate Ac-225 and its daughter isotopes, demonstrating good retention and stability in biological environments. The in vivo studies in rats showed high retention efficiency and reduced radioactivity accumulation in the kidneys and urine, suggesting a possible strategy for minimizing systemic toxicity during alpha therapy.
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Benjamin J. Ortiz, James Jennings, William S. Gross, Thiago M. A. Santos, Ti-Yu Lin, Douglas B. Weibel, David M. Lynn
Summary: This study discusses the design and characteristics of Fe-containing soft materials that can respond to, interact with, or sequester Fe-chelating siderophores used by bacteria. These materials can both yield iron to bacteria and scavenge iron-seeking agents, showing rapid and dynamic responses to Fe-chelating processes.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Physics, Condensed Matter
R. Priya, R. Mariappan, A. Karthikeyan, E. Palani, E. Krishnamoorthy, G. Gowrisankar
Summary: The study provides an overview of pure and doped LaPO4 nanoparticles, highlighting the preference for phosphor particles with larger crystallite size and spherical agglomerated morphology for emitting the highest PL intensity.
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
O. AitMellal, L. Oufni, M. Y. Messous, M. Tahri, S. Neatu, M. Florea, F. Neatu, M. Secu
Summary: In this study, an experimental investigation was conducted on LaPO4:0.01Ce(3+)/xNd(3+) phosphors to enhance the spectral response of solar cells. The results show that these phosphors can convert UV light into near-infrared light, thus improving the conversion efficiency of c-Si solar cells.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ruopeng Zhao, Ziheng Chen, Qinghua Li, Xuan Wang, Yawen Tang, Gengtao Fu, Hao Li, Jong-Min Lee, Shaoming Huang
Summary: This work presents a novel rare-earth-based N-regulated lanthanum phosphate catalyst (N-LaPO4/C) and a rational measurement method for its catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The developed N-LaPO4/C catalyst exhibits improved ORR performance compared to commercial Pt/C and most reported works. The stability of N-LaPO4/C for ORR is also demonstrated. Further analyses identify the self-oxidation process of LaPO4 during alkaline ORR and the crucial role of N in promoting ORR. N-doped LaPO4 in N-LaPO4/C is found to be an active center. Additionally, N-LaPO4/C + RuO2 is shown to be a promising air cathode material for rechargeable Zn-air batteries with good power density and cycle life.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Valentina Brega, Samuel W. Thomas
Summary: This paper introduces a new type of fluorophores, conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs), that exhibit a ratiometric response upon photo-oxidation and can be tuned for emission wavelength by blending different conjugated polymers and dopants. Through a rational design process and refining the compositions, these CPNs possess desirable characteristics for analytical applications such as utility in aqueous environments, high quantum yield, emission of red light, and ratiometric luminescent responses.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Scott R. Daly, Brian J. Bellott, Daniel R. McAlister, E. Philip Horwitz, Gregory S. Girolami
Summary: The praseodymium complexes Pr(H3BNMe2BH3)(3) and Pr(thd)(3) are found to be effective volatile carriers for 225Ac, which can be used for the preparation of radioactive implants.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hongwei Gao, Yanhui Wang, Shuyu Zhou, Shiwei Song, Xueqing Tian, Wei Li, Yungang Yuan, Jianbing Zang
Summary: The development of 3D self-supporting electrocatalysts plays a crucial role in the practical application of water electrolysis. This study successfully prepared a self-supporting transition metal phosphate catalyst with outstanding catalytic activity and durability in electrolysis of water.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xiuju Wu, Rongfei Wang, Wei Li, Bomin Feng, Weihua Hu
Summary: This study successfully designed a electrocatalyst with precious metal phosphide nanoparticles attached on a carbon cloth matrix, which can efficiently catalyze hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, and perform well under ultralow precious metal loading.
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zi-Hao Zhang, Lin -Chang Liu, Chen -Xi Zhang, Hong -Lin Zhu, Yue-Qing Zheng
Summary: A series of Rh1-xCox/Ni@Ni-N-C catalysts were prepared, and the optimized Rh0.75Co0.25/Ni@Ni-N-C catalyst showed good catalytic performance but decreased compared to Rh/Ni@Ni-N-C, possibly due to the loading of RhCo alloy nanoparticles at the defect position of Ni@Ni-N-C and the occupation of Co nanoparticles between Rh and the defective site of the carrier, which weakened the catalytic activity of ammonia borane hydrolysis. The catalytic mechanism of the activation of RhCo-H species was proposed, providing a new strategy for designing alloy-supported nanocatalysts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Optics
Karolina Sadowska, Pawel Awramiuk, Izabela Zglobicka, Katarzyna Recko, Jacek Zmojda
Summary: This paper presents the results of structural and optical measurements of undoped and europium doped LaPO4 phosphors. The effect of Eu3+ concentrations on the luminescence characteristics under UV LED excitation was investigated. The maximum quantum efficiency of luminescence (c.a. 82%) was obtained in samples doped with 5% of europium.
PHOTONICS LETTERS OF POLAND
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shwetambara Jha, Priya Jain, Regina Palkovits, Pravin Popinand Ingole
Summary: A strategy to enhance the bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic activity of cobalt ferrite spinel nanocubes by using N-doped graphene oxide as a support is presented in this study. The synthesis of CoFe2O4/NGO using a cost-effective and simple hydrothermal method is also reported. It is found that CoFe2O4/NGO exhibits a lower overpotential for the oxygen reduction reaction compared to bare CoFe2O4. Raman, XPS, EXAFS, and XANES analyses reveal that the N-doping induces defects in the graphene oxide support, leading to changes in the relative distribution of cations and the electronic structure of the redox active building block, Co-O, which enhances the bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Torri L. Jordan, Khansaa Maar, Keely R. Redhage, Pinaki Misra, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Christopher J. Dick, Jonathan S. Wall, Angela Williams, Allan B. Dietz, Andre J. van Wijnen, Yi Lin, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado
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Microbiology
Jonathan D. Nickels, Suresh Poudel, Sneha Chatterjee, Abigail Farmer, Destini Cordner, Shawn R. Campagna, Richard J. Giannone, Robert L. Hettich, Dean A. A. Myles, Robert F. Standaert, John Katsaras, James G. Elkins
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fernando Luis Esteban Florez, Artem A. Trofimov, Anton Ievlev, Shuo Qian, Adam Justin Rondinone, Sharukh Soli Khajotia
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Saptarshi Chakraborty, Milka Doktorova, Trivikram R. Molugu, Frederick A. Heberle, Haden L. Scott, Boris Dzikovski, Michihiro Nagao, Laura-Roxana Stingaciu, Robert F. Standaert, Francisco N. Barrera, John Katsaras, George Khelashvili, Michael F. Brown, Rana Ashkar
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dustin Osborne, Jackson W. Kiser, Josh Knowland, David Townsend, Darrell R. Fisher
Summary: Extravasation of radiopharmaceutical injections can lead to unintended doses exceeding established radiation protection limits. A dedicated injection monitoring system can help promptly identify and characterize extravasations, improving dosimetry calculations and patient care. Patient-specific characterization can aid clinicians in determining extravasation severity and potential adverse tissue reactions.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Tasmia Rahman Tumpa, Shelley N. Acuff, Jens Gregor, Sanghyeb Lee, Dongming Hu, Dustin R. Osborne
Summary: A new TOF-PEPT algorithm is introduced in this paper for specific respiratory motion estimation in PET/CT imaging. Results show high correlation between motion signals derived from TOF-PEPT and Anzai band, outperforming COM methods. Gated imaging based on TOF-PEPT improves image quality, with higher max SUVs and sharper images observed in clinical studies compared to Anzai and COM methods.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Dustin Osborne, Ronald Lattanze, Josh Knowland, Tonia E. Bryant, Iryna Barvi, Yitong Fu, Jackson W. Kiser
Summary: The study found that significant extravasations of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals can potentially harm patients and irradiate tissue with doses exceeding safety thresholds. Monitoring of injections and dosimetry of extravasated tissue should be considered in certain cases. Efforts to reduce extravasations in nuclear medicine should be implemented for process improvement.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
L. M. Anovitz, A. Affolter, M. C. Cheshire, A. J. Rondinone, Lawrence F. Allard
Summary: Feldspars are common minerals in the Earth's crust and synthesizing them has been a challenge, requiring high pressures, high temperatures, and hydrothermal environments. This paper introduces a method for albite synthesis that does not require high-pressure environments, allowing for controlled elemental substitutions.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jonathan S. Wall, Emily B. Martin, Aaron Endsley, Alan C. Stuckey, Angela D. Williams, Dustin Powell, Bryan Whittle, Sarah Hall, Tyler R. Lambeth, Ryan R. Julian, Michael Stabin, Ronald H. Lands, Stephen J. Kennel
Summary: The radiotracer I-124-p5+14 shows rapid distribution in anatomic sites consistent with amyloid presence, making it a potential non-invasive detection tool for amyloidosis. Dosimetry estimates are acceptable for whole-body PET/CT imaging, and pharmacokinetic parameters suggest tracer uptake in amyloid compartments.
MOLECULAR IMAGING AND BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sean Wilson, Dustin Osborne, Misty Long, Josh Knowland, Darrell R. Fisher
Summary: The objective of this study was to improve extravasation characterization and dosimetry methods for radiopharmaceuticals and create tools to facilitate standardized analysis. Monte Carlo simulations were used to calculate dosimetric values for sixteen isotopes, and three new characterization tools were created. The tools reduced dosimetry errors and were found to be practical for clinical use.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tasmia Rahman Tumpa, Shelley N. Acuff, Jens Gregor, Yong Bradley, Yitong Fu, Dustin R. Osborne
Summary: This study introduces a fully automated data-driven method for detecting and correcting patient head motion in PET scans. The method achieves high temporal resolution and reliable motion artifact correction, providing a convenient mechanism for assessing and correcting patient motion during image evaluation.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jessica M. Morgan, Joanna Jelenska, Dale Hensley, Scott T. Retterer, Jennifer L. Morrell-Falvey, Robert F. Standaert, Jean T. Greenberg
Summary: The use of vertically aligned carbon nanofiber arrays for transient transformation in various plant tissues has been successfully demonstrated, providing a reliable and simple method for gene delivery and evaluation of gene function.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jerold W. Wallis, Ran Klein, Tyler J. Bradshaw, Ciprian Catana, Mathieu Hatt, Richard Laforest, Chi Liu, Osama Mawlawi, Keisha C. McCall, Dustin R. Osborne, Jing Tang, R. Glenn Wells, Munir Ghesani
Summary: Due to the current pandemic, nuclear medicine practitioners and medical physicists are reading or processing nuclear medicine images remotely from their home office. It is important to set up a remote viewing station to meet the needs of nuclear medicine imaging.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhongyu Mou, Jason Eakes, Connor J. Cooper, Carmen M. Foster, Robert F. Standaert, Mircea Podar, Mitchel J. Doktycz, Jerry M. Parks
Summary: Predicting the substrate scope of enzymes is challenging, but utilizing machine learning models and experimental data can lead to accurate predictions for related enzymes.
PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Micholas Dean Smith, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, James G. Elkins, Dima Bolmatov, Robert F. Standaert, Jonathan D. Nickels, Volker S. Urban, John Katsaras, Brian H. Davison, Jeremy C. Smith, Loukas Petridis