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- V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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45.1: <i>Invited Paper:</i> Formulation of Jones matrix for the general reflective birefringent medium
摘要： We have formulated the Jones matrix for the general reflective birefringent medium and derived an expression of the intensity reflectivity for the general reflective birefringent medium with a single polarizer. Two examples are illustrated to show how one can use them in real cases.
关键词： liquid crystal,Jones matrix,liquid crystal display,reflective TN cell,intensity reflectivity,optics,reflective display,birefringent,polarization
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Nanogold-based Photosensitizers Probes for Dual-model Bioimaging and Therapy of Cancer
摘要： Reported here is the use of novel nanogold based photosensitisers (nanosensitisers) as optical diagnostic probes and as potential photodynamic and photothermal cancer therapeutic agents using an in vitro cancer cell model. Such multi-modal nanosensitisers were constructed by layering photosensitisers (Hypericin, Chlorin e6) onto multi-branched gold nanoparticles. Nanosensitisers were conjugated to tumour-specific antibodies to confer cancer-cell specificity. Both oral (SCC9) and breast cancer (MCF7) cell lines were cultured in vitro with various concentrations of nanosensitisers. Cellular uptake and intracellular localisation of nanosensitisers was assessed using darkfield contrast imaging, transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy imaging and quantified using confocal fluorescence microscopy. In addition to photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) efficacy, the photodynamic (PDT) and photothermal (PTT) therapeutic potential of these novel nanosensitisers was assessed. Treated cells were exposed to light of appropriate wavelength and fluence, and cytotoxicity was examined using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiozol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. It was observed that nanosensitisers were taken up by cells and internalized. While the intracellular target of nanosensitisers appeared to be cell type-dependent, they were found to localise preferentially to lysosomes and mitochondria. The nanosensitisers were shown to exert minimal dark toxicity, and significant photodynamic-mediated cell death was observed in the micromolar concentration range (p<0.05). Results from this study suggest a cell-type and photosensitiser-type dependence on the rate of nanosensitiser cellular uptake and intracellular distribution. This has a direct effect on photodynamic therapeutic efficacy of nanosenitisers. Biocompatibility of these novel gold nanosensitisers in vitro was demonstrated and the potential of such novel nanosensitisers as multifunctional optical agents for cancer diagnosis and therapy was highlighted.
关键词： SERS,Multimodality,Bioimaging,Cell uptake,Oral cancer
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Original paper Efficacy and safety of electronic brachytherapy for superficial and nodular basal cell carcinoma
摘要： Purpose: Surface electronic brachytherapy (EBT) is an alternative radiotherapy solution to external beam electron radiotherapy and high-dose-rate radionuclide-based brachytherapy. In fact, it is also an alternative solution to surgery for a subgroup of patients. The objective of this work is to confirm the clinical efficacy, toxicity and cosmesis of a new EBT system, namely Esteya? in the treatment of nodular and superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Material and methods: This is a prospective single-center, non-randomized pilot study to assess the efficacy and safety of EBT in nodular and superficial BCC using the Esteya? system. The study was conducted from June 2014 to February 2015. The follow up time was 6 months for all cases. Results: Twenty patients with 23 lesions were included. A complete response was documented in all lesions (100%). A low level of toxicity was observed after the 4th fraction in all cases. Erythema was the most frequent adverse event. Cosmesis was excellent, with more than 60% of cases without skin alteration and with subtle changes in the rest. Conclusions: Electronic brachytherapy with Esteya? appears to be an effective, simple, safe, and comfortable treatment for nodular and superficial BCC associated with excellent cosmesis. It could be a good choice for elderly patients, patients with contraindications for surgery (due to comorbidities or anticoagulant drugs) or patients where surgery would result in a more disfiguring outcome. A longer follow-up and more studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results.
关键词： electronic brachytherapy,skin brachytherapy,basal cell carcinoma,skin cancer
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Improvement in infected wound healing in type 1 diabetic rat by the synergistic effect of photobiomodulation therapy and conditioned medium
摘要： We investigated the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) and conditioned medium (CM) of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM‐MSC) individually and/or in combination on the stereological parameters and the expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF‐1α), and stromal cell–derived factor‐1α (SDF‐1α) in a wound model infected with methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in diabetic rats. CM was provided by culturing hBM‐MSCs. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) was induced in 72 rats, divided into four groups, harboring 18 rats each: group 1 served as a control group, group 2 received PBMT, group 3 received CM, and group 4 received CM + PBMT. On days 4, 7, and 15, six animals from each group were euthanized and the skin samples were separated for stereology examination and gene expression analysis by real‐time polymerase chain reaction. In the CM + PBMT, CM, and PBMT groups, significant decreases were induced in the number of neutrophils (1460 ± 93, 1854 ± 138, 1719 ± 248) and macrophages (539 ± 69, 804 ± 63, 912 ± 41), and significant increases in the number of fibroblasts (1073 ± 116, 836 ± 75, 912 ± 41) and angiogenesis (15 230 ± 516, 13 318 ± 1116, 14 041 ± 867), compared with those of the control group (2690 ± 371, 1139 ± 145, 566 ± 90, 12 585 ± 1219). Interestingly, the findings of the stereological examination in the CM + PBMT group were statistically more significant than those in the other groups. In the PBMT group, in most cases, the expression of bFGF, HIF‐1α, and SDF‐1α, on day 4 (27.7 ± 0.14, 28.8 ± 0.52, 27.5 ± 0.54) and day 7 (26.8 ± 1.4, 29.6 ± 1.4, 28.3 ± 1.2) were more significant than those in the control (day 4, 19.3 ± 0.42, 25.5 ± 0.08, 22.6 ± 0.04; day 7, 22.3 ± 0.22, 28.3 ± 0.59, 24.3 ± 0.19) and other treatment groups. The application of PBMT + CM induced anti-inflammatory and angiogenic activities, and hastened wound healing process in a T1 DM model of MRSA infected wound.
关键词： stereology,diabetes mellitus,diabetic foot ulcer,methicillin‐resistant staphylococcal aureus,low‐level laser therapy,phobiomodulation therapy,human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell‐conditioned medium,real‐time PCR,rat
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Dumbbell to Core–Shell Structure Transformation of Ni–Au Nanoparticle Driven by External Stimuli
摘要： Conversion of CO2 gas to CO fuels is one of the most promising solutions for the increasing threat of global warming and energy crisis. The efficient catalyst Ni–Au dumbbell converting CO2 into CO at elevated temperatures has high CO product selectivity; however, the accompanied atomic diffusion and subsequent surface reconstruction affect the catalytic efficiency of chemical reaction. Atomic scale characterization of structural evolution of the catalyst, which is essential to correlate the functional mechanism to active catalyst surfaces, is yet to be studied. Here, in situ transmission electron microscopy experiments and atomistic simulations are performed to characterize the structural evolution of Ni–Au dumbbell nanoparticles under two different external stimuli. In the condition of high temperature and vacuum, the Ni–Au nanostructure reveals a clear shape reconstruction from the initial dumbbell to core–shell-like, which is induced by capillary force to minimize free surface energy of the system. The shape transformation involves two stages of processes, initial fast Au diffusion followed by slow source-controlled diffusion. At ambient temperature, the combination of CO2 and electron flux surprisingly induces analogous structural transformation of Ni–Au nanostructure, where the associated chemical reaction and CO absorption stimulate the Au migration on Ni surface. Such surface reconstruction can be widely present in catalytic reactions in different environmental conditions, and the results herein demonstrate the detailed processes of Ni–Au structure evolution, which provide important insights for understanding the catalyst performance.
关键词： core–shell,in situ TEM,catalyst,Ni–Au,gas cell
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Temperature-dependent photoluminescence processes of GaInP top cell irradiated with 11.5?MeV and 1.0?MeV electrons
摘要： The effects of 11.5 MeV electrons irradiation on the GaInP top cell of GaInP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cells have been investigated by temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The thermal quenching of PL intensity is observed in the temperature range of 10 K–270 K, attributing to the nonradiative recombination centers H2 (Ev + 0.55 eV) hole trap and H3 (Ev + 0.76 eV) hole trap. A slight negative thermal quenching (NTQ) of PL intensity exists at nearly 300 K and could be associated with the 0.18 eV intermediate states. The temperature-dependent photoluminescence process of GaInP top cell irradiated with 11.5 MeV electrons differs with that irradiated with 1.0 MeV electrons.
关键词： Photoluminescence,Electron irradiation,GaInP top cell,Negative thermal quenching
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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AIEgen Nanoparticles of Arylamino Fumaronitrile Derivative with High Near-infrared emission for Two-photon Imaging and in vivo Cell Tracking
摘要： Developing of two-photon materials for live-cell imaging and in vivo analysis in-deep have been received great attention, and it is still urgent so that such microscopy technique could be promoted and advanced into new progress using the powerful probs. Herein, a new arylamino fumaronitrile derivative NPAPF was synthesized and transferred as aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen) fluorescent nanoparticles (AF-NPs) via assembly technique. This AF-NPs exhibited two-photon absorption cross-section at 2.6×106 GM with 19.5% of fluorescence quantum yield. Moreover, utilizing the great potential of AF-NPs, two-photon imaging of live cells with good cytocompatibility is realized upon two-photon microscopy. By in vivo long-term tracing studies of mesenchymal stem cells, we demonstrated the tremendous advantage of AF-NPs tracer in monitoring the stem cells transplant. Therefore, our unique AF-NPs provided an efficient two-photon-absorbing probe for investigating biological mechanism and behavior, and also opened a new avenue for spatiotemporal visualization of transplanted stem cells.
关键词： organic nanoparticles,aggregation-induced emission,two-photon,in vivo imaging,mesenchymal stem cell
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Selection and Quantification of Objects in Microscopic Images: from Multi-Criteria to Multi-Threshold Analysis
摘要： Due to the increased number of applications of both microscopic imaging and image analysis including biomedical studies, the design of specialized algorithms and tools to facilitate quantitative assessment of objects in the image content is of urgent need. Recently, a number of approaches ranging from object counting by machine learning methods to statistical image analysis have been suggested and successfully implemented to resolve the cell quantification problem. Here, we revisit the above problem considering samples where objects presented in the same images have to be explicitly distinguished and quantified without involving any dedicated experimental setting like differential fluorescent staining. We consider several possible classification criteria and show explicitly how their combination in a single algorithm can be used to improve results in complex images where single criteria-based rules inevitably fail. Finally, we suggest a possible approach for the analysis of non-homogeneous images based on combining object selection results for different threshold values thus enhancing the algorithm from multi-criteria to multi-threshold analysis. To demonstrate the performance of the suggested solutions, we show several prominent examples of complex structures ranging from images containing both live and apoptotic cells as well as containing mixtures of globular and fibrous forms of heat-shock protein IbpA.
关键词： Microscopy,Image analysis,Apoptotic,Cell sub-populations,Fibers
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Enhanced visible-light photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution through degradation of methyl orange in a cell based on coral-like Pt-deposited TiO2 thin film with sub-2 nm pores
摘要： TiO2 nanoparticles exhibit good photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution through water splitting; however, they demonstrate weak activity under visible light irradiation due to the wide band gap of TiO2. Deposition with noble metals such as platinum, as cocatalyst, led to the red-shift of the absorption edge of rutile TiO2; however, its activity is not significant for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) degradation of azo dyes such as methyl orange (MO). Herein, we investigated the photoelectrocatalytic degradation reaction of MO in a PEC cell based on Pt-deposited TiO2 thin film. The performance of the cell increased through the formation of mesoporous coral-like structures with sub-2 nm pores and the formation of defect states on the electrode surface. UV–vis studies confirmed, when methanol was added, the PEC cell exhibited a much higher MO degradation efficiency (99.6% after 28 min UV irradiation) than in the absence of methanol (64.7%). GC–MS studies confirmed the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, reacting on the electrode surface, followed by the reduction of the protons into hydrogen over the Pt sites. Also, the conversion of formaldehyde to formic acid and formic acid to CO2 are possible mechanisms to increase the hydrogen evolution rate to 418 μmol/h under visible light irradiation. Reaction of adsorbed active species within the surface of coral-like TiO2 structures with sub-2 nm pores provides high activity of the proposed PEC cell for visible-light-driven water splitting. These research studies may be continued to the design of other efficient semiconductor photocatalysts.
关键词： Photoelectrocatalytic activity,Photoelectrochemical cell,Coral-like TiO2 nanopores,Hydrogen production,Dye degradation
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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A novel OFF-ON-OFF fluorescence probe based on coumarin for Al3+ and F? detection and bioimaging in living cells
摘要： A novel fluorescence probe L2 based on coumarin has been designed and synthesized. The probe L2 can be used for relay recognition of metal ions Al3+ and anion F? in the aqueous HEPES buffer (0.05 M, pH=7.4), and build a OFF-ON-OFF detection system. The probe showed high selectivity and sensitivity to target ions in the process of relay recognition, and the corresponding detection limit could be as low as 0.014 μM (Al3+) and 0.03 μM (F?). Besides, the geometry optimizations of probe L2 and [L2+Al3+] complex were carried out using the Gaussian 16 program based on DFT, and the identification mechanism of the probe was also discussed by the mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations. Moreover, the probe have also been successfully applied to detection of target ions in living cells.
关键词： Al3+,coumarin,Fluorescence probe,cell imaging,F?
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14