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Carboxylic Acids Accelerate Acidic Environment-Mediated Nanoceria Dissolution, Robert A. Yokel, Matthew L. Hancock, Eric A. Grulke, Jason M. Unrine, Alan K. Dozier, Uschi M. Graham Feb 2019

Carboxylic Acids Accelerate Acidic Environment-Mediated Nanoceria Dissolution, Robert A. Yokel, Matthew L. Hancock, Eric A. Grulke, Jason M. Unrine, Alan K. Dozier, Uschi M. Graham

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Ligands that accelerate nanoceria dissolution may greatly affect its fate and effects. This project assessed the carboxylic acid contribution to nanoceria dissolution in aqueous, acidic environments. Nanoceria has commercial and potential therapeutic and energy storage applications. It biotransforms in vivo. Citric acid stabilizes nanoceria during synthesis and in aqueous dispersions. In this study, citrate-stabilized nanoceria dispersions (∼4 nm average primary particle size) were loaded into dialysis cassettes whose membranes passed cerium salts but not nanoceria particles. The cassettes were immersed in iso-osmotic baths containing carboxylic acids at pH 4.5 and 37 °C, or other select agents. Cerium atom material …


Characterization Of Nickel-Doped Biphasic Calcium Phosphate/Graphene Nanoplatelet Composites For Biomedical Application Apr 2015

Characterization Of Nickel-Doped Biphasic Calcium Phosphate/Graphene Nanoplatelet Composites For Biomedical Application

Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya

The effect of the addition of an ionic dopant to calcium phosphates for biomedical applications requires specific research due to the essential roles played in such processes. In the present study, the mechanical and biological properties of Ni-doped hydroxyapatite (HA) and Ni-doped HA mixed with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were evaluated. Ni (3 wt.% and 6 wt.%)-doped HA was synthesized using a continuous precipitation method and calcined at 900 degrees C for 1 h. The GNP (0.5-2 wt.%)-reinforced 6% Ni-doped HA (Ni6) composite was prepared using rotary ball milling for 15 h. The sintering process was performed using hot isostatic pressing …


Measurement Of Adhesion And Interfacial Thickness Of Polymer-Polymer Interfaces With Electron Microscopy, Esmaiel Jabbari, Nikolaos Peppas Jan 2015

Measurement Of Adhesion And Interfacial Thickness Of Polymer-Polymer Interfaces With Electron Microscopy, Esmaiel Jabbari, Nikolaos Peppas

Esmaiel Jabbari

No abstract provided.


Quantitative Measurement Of Interdiffusion At Polymer–Polymer Interfaces With Tem/Eds And Eels, Esmaiel Jabbari, Nikolaos Peppas Jan 2015

Quantitative Measurement Of Interdiffusion At Polymer–Polymer Interfaces With Tem/Eds And Eels, Esmaiel Jabbari, Nikolaos Peppas

Esmaiel Jabbari

No abstract provided.


Persistent Hepatic Structural Alterations Following Nanoceria Vascular Infusion In The Rat, Michael T. Tseng, Qiang Fu, Khoua Lor, G. Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Zhong-Bin Deng, Uschi M. Graham, D. Allan Butterfield, Eric A. Grulke, Robert A. Yokel Aug 2014

Persistent Hepatic Structural Alterations Following Nanoceria Vascular Infusion In The Rat, Michael T. Tseng, Qiang Fu, Khoua Lor, G. Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Zhong-Bin Deng, Uschi M. Graham, D. Allan Butterfield, Eric A. Grulke, Robert A. Yokel

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Understanding the long-term effects and possible toxicity of nanoceria, a widely utilized commercial metal oxide, is of particular importance as it is poised for development as a therapeutic agent based on its autocatalytic redox behavior. We show here evidence of acute and subacute adverse hepatic responses, after a single infusion of an aqueous dispersion of 85 mg/kg, 30 nm nanoceria into Sprague Dawley rats. Light and electron microscopic evidence of avid uptake of nanoceria by Kupffer cells was detected as early as 1 hr after infusion. Biopersistent nanoceria stimulated cluster of differentiation 3+ lymphocyte proliferation that intermingled with nanoceria-containing …


Structure, Stability, And Electronic Interactions Of Polyoxometalates On Functionalized Graphene Sheets, Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Stephanie Goubert-Renaudin, Shaun Alia, Yushan Yan, Mark A. Barteau Jan 2013

Structure, Stability, And Electronic Interactions Of Polyoxometalates On Functionalized Graphene Sheets, Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Stephanie Goubert-Renaudin, Shaun Alia, Yushan Yan, Mark A. Barteau

Jean-Philippe Tessonnier

Polyoxometalates (H3PMo12O40, H 3PW12O40, H4PMo11VO 40) supported on oxygen- and alkyl-functionalized graphene sheets were investigated. Discrete molecular species were directly observed by electron microscopy at loadings below 20 wt.%. The interaction between the polyoxometalates and the graphene surface was found to significantly impact their vibrational spectra and a linear correlation between the frequency of the M-Oc-M vibration and the dispersion was evidenced by FTIR. While bulk-like electronic properties were observed for small aggregates (2-5 nm), UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry revealed changes in the electronic structure of isolated molecular species as a result of their interaction with graphene. Because of …


Ordered Network Phases In Linear Poly(Isoprene-B-Styrene-B-Ethylene Oxide) Triblock Copolymers, Thomas H. Epps Iii, Eric W. Cochran, Travis S. Bailey, Ryan S. Waletzko, Cordell M. Hardy, Frank S. Bates Oct 2004

Ordered Network Phases In Linear Poly(Isoprene-B-Styrene-B-Ethylene Oxide) Triblock Copolymers, Thomas H. Epps Iii, Eric W. Cochran, Travis S. Bailey, Ryan S. Waletzko, Cordell M. Hardy, Frank S. Bates

Eric W. Cochran

The equilibrium phase behavior of 43 linear poly(isoprene-b-styrene-b- ethylene oxide) (ISO) triblock copolymer melts, with molecular weights that place these materials near the order-disorder transition, is reported. Ordered phase morphologies were characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy, dynamic mechanical spectroscopy, and static birefringence measurements. Interpretation of these results was aided by a modeling technique that facilitates resolution of reciprocal and real-space experimental data, leading to definitive three-dimensional morphological structures. Three distinct multiply continuous network morphologies are identified across a range of compositions between 0.1 ≤ f o ≤ 0.3, situated between two-domain and three-domain lamellae, where f o …