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In order to improve the corrosion resistance of the anodic oxidation film on magnesium alloy，an anodic oxidation film was fabricated on the surface of magnesium alloy by adding MgO nano - particles into the silicate alkaline electrolyte. The effects of MgO nano - particles on the surface morphology, phase composition and thickness of the anodic oxidation film were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), film thickness meter and X - ray diffraction (XRD). Besides, the effect of MgO nano - particles on the corrosion resistance of the anodic oxidation film was analyzed by dropping test and 3.5% NaCl immersion corrosion test. Results showed that adding MgO nano - particles into the electrolyte could reduce the number of micropores in the film and increase its density, thickness and MgO content, thus improving the corrosion resistance of the film.

To improve the abrasion resistance and dry shrinkage resistance of concrete for shaft lining, nano-particles were used as admixtures in the modification of concrete. The results show that NS and carbon fiber not only improve the compressive strength and flexural strength of concrete, but also improve the wear resistance and dry shrinkage performance of the material. The concrete with double NS and NC content of 3% and 2% has the best impact wear resistance. The impact wear test wear is only 0.64 kg/m2, which is 85% lower than that of the reference group. Compared with common cement, the dry yield of cement mortar mixed with 2% silica powder and 3% carbon fiber is increased by 128%. It is found from the microstructure of concrete before and after modification that the main reasons for the improvement of the abrasion resistance of the filler material of NS powder particles are as follows: the adhesion of NC and the reaction are the main reasons for the improvement of the dry shrinkage performance.

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Gold nano particles doped DVB foam microspheres are prepared by suspension polymerization with divinyl benzene( DVB) as foam skeleton material, gold nano particles as doping material, dibutyl phthalate as solvent, poly(4-vinylphenol)(PVP) as dispersing agent and 5wt% polyethylene glycol (PEG) as water phase. Scanning electron microscope, X-ray energy spectrum, Fourier-infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and X- ray computed to mography are used to characterize the chemical structure of DVB foam microspheres, the doping amount and dispersion of gold nanoparticles in the DVB foam microspheres. The results show when the dispersant content is 5mg/mL, the gold nanoparticles are uniformly distributed in the foam without obvious sedimentation or agglomeration. The gold content is 5.2%,which is close to the theoretical value( 5%). The gold nanoparticles doped DVB foam microspheres have potential applications in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) physical experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ln this study, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite ( HOPG) was used as raw material to fabricate multi-layer graphene (ML-Gr) via high energy ball milling. Further, Ni/ Y nanoparticles w ere composited into the as-fabricated multi-layer graphene to get Ni/ Y@ Gr composition. Scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction were employed to characterize the morphology and nano-structures. Then the ML-Gr and Ni/ Y @ Gr were added as lubricant addictive to poly alpha olefins 6 (PA06). And the solid-liquid lubricant was dropped on self-mated GCrl5 steel counter part interface to improve its tribological property. Results indicate that the friction coefficient of self-mated GCr15 steel was reduced to 0. 03 . 05 by adding the as- prepared solid-liquid lubricant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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对液相中形成纳米碳酸钙所加的分散剂和晶型控制剂,温度、浓度和搅拌速度等对晶形及聚集态的影响作了初步的研究.在反应温度8～15 ℃,反应物浓度0.1～0.4 mol/L,搅拌速度3～20 r/s,反应物加料时间4～12 min的工艺条件下,可制备出粒径约50 nm的高分散纳米碳酸钙,所控条件和相应的产品结果较令人满意.

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Objective: To evaluate the effects of staining with carbon nanoparticles on the identification of parathyroid glands and lymph nodes during thyroid carcinoma surgery combined with lymphadenectomy. Methods: A total of 194 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who underwent thyroidectomy combined with lymphadenectomy from April 2016 to January 2018 were reviewed. Of them 104 cases were injected with carbon nanoparticles in operation area (nanocarbon group) and other 90 cases without the injection of carbon nanoparticles were as control group. The incidence of mistakenly dissection of parathyroid glands and the levels of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone in 1 day, 3 days, 1 month and 6 months after surgery were compared between two groups of patients. Chisquare and ranksum test were used to analyze 2 data. Results: There were no significant differences in age, gender, tumor size, operation time, extrathyroidal invasion and multifocality between two groups. Compared with control groups, nanocarbon group showed a significantly lower incidence of mistakenly dissection of parathyroid glands (8 cases vs 2 cases, 8.9% vs 1.9%,χ(2)=4.9, P =0.026) and a significantly lower incidence of hypoparathyroidism (41 cases vs 28 cases, 45.5% vs 26.9%, χ(2)=7.3, P =0.007). The number of lymph nodes dissected from central compartment was 791 in nanocarbon group and 536 in control groups, with a statistically significant difference ( Z =-2.2, P =0.028). There was a significant difference in the number of lymph nodes removed from the right neck Ⅵb level between nanocarbon group and control group (41 nodes vs 93 nodes, Z =-2.1, P =0.034). Conclusion: Treatment with nanocarbon can significantly facilitate the identification of the parathyroid during total thyroidectomy combined with central compartment lymphadenectomy, reduce the incidence of postoperative hypoparathyroidism, and improve the dissection of lymph node in the central compartment.

Pure ZnO and Nd-doped ZnO were prepared via sol-gel method with zinc acetate dehydrate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate as raw material. The samples were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, X-ray energy spectrum, UV-Vis spectroscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscope. The photocatalytic performance of different ZnO particles was studied using 15 W ultraviolet lamp as the illumination device and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine as the stimulant pollutant. Effect of the amount of Nd was investigated. The results indicated that doping improved the photocatalytic performance of ZnO, the most active mole ratio being 0. 025. When the reaction temperature was 30 °C, the degradation rate of UDMH could reach 92% by catalysis of 0.1 g/L in 100 min. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chemical synthetic and ball milling nano particles are different in chemical composition, particle size distribution and particle size.In order to study the influence of nano particles prepared by two methods on the anti-wear and friction reduction performance, the tribological performances of serpentine and Kaolin nano particles prepared by different methods were evaluated based on block-ring friction test rig.Experimental results show that the synthetic serpentine particles with diameter of 200 to 800 nm exhibits the lowest friction coefficient and wear,while the ball milling Kaolin shows the highest friction and wear. Synergistic lubricating effect is shown when mixing the synthetic nano serpentine particles and molybdenum friction reduction additive, so the friction coefficient is reduced by 52% compared with pure synthetic serpentine particles, the wear is reduced by 13% compared with MoDTC under the test temperature of 110 T to 130 T .At 150 T, the synthetic serpentine, ball milling serpentine, and synthetic Kaolin improve the production of MoS2 on friction surface when mixed with MoDTC,which further reduces the friction coefficient.The synthetic serpentine particles show round surface without any sharp edge,which show minimal plough-cutting effect to friction surface.The synthetic serpentine has better anti-wear and friction reduction effect compared with ball milling serpentine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polybenzidine micro/nano particles were prepared using micelles of diblock copolymer PEO-b-P4VP as templates. A series of polybenzidine micro/nano particles with tunable morphology and size were obtained by a simple way of just regulating pH value of the micellar solution of templates. FT-IR spectroscopy, 1H-NMR, transmission electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, constant current charge-discharge and electrochemical impedance were used to characterize the structures, morphologies and electrochemical properties of samples. The polybenzidine particles both induced by block copolymer template and obtained after removing the template were all rod like particles with average diameters below 200 nm, and they all had a uniform morphology and size distributions. Decreasing pH value of the micellar solution of templates led to the increase of polybenzidine particle size. Except the minor change in diameter size, the morphologies of polybenzidine had no change after removing the template. Results of electrochemical test showed that polybenzidine particles had good electrochemical activities. The specific capacitance of polybenzidine particles reached 306.3 F/g at the current density of 1 A/g. The capacity decline rates of samples were very small after 500 charge-discharge cycles, indicating the good cycling stability. The electrochemical properties of samples showed the tendency of increasing with the decrease of their diameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Channa argus is a bottom-dwelling freshwater fish with high nutritional and economic value and, in China, is known as the "treasure of fish". C. argus meat is mainly used to produce fish fillets; however, head and bone are occasionally utilized in food production. The head of C. argus is rich in mineral elements, amino acids, and unsaturated fatty acids and is commonly used in China for fish head soup. The preparation of fish head soup is particularly time-consuming and can take several hours. Therefore, a high demand exists for the research and development of instant fish head soup products. With the development of modern food colloid research technology, the formation of micro/nanoparticles (MNPs) in soups and the biological effects of the tissue units as active ingredients have attracted increasing attention. In terms of the cooking process of fish soup, in addition to the heating method and cooking time, the seasoning added during cooking is also an important factor. In particular, salt is a key determinant of soup flavor. Although the content is the same, the addition of salt affects the dissolution and migration of nutrients from the fish head during the cooking process. However, the effect of the addition time of salt on the nutritious flavor during the preparation of fish soup has not been studied clearly. Furthermore, the stability of fish soup has not been adequately evaluated.In this work, the C. argus head was chosen as the base material for the soup and the nutrient migration and particles in the C. argus head soup were studied. Water-soluble protein, total sugar, total minerals, solids, nucleotides, free amino acid content, and colloidal particle stability were chosen as indicators to evaluate the transfer of nutrients and flavor. In addition, the morphological structure and distribution of MNPs in the soup were observed using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM). The results showed that the content of water-soluble proteins first increased and then decreased with the delay in salt addition time. The migration trend of total sugars was similar to that of the proteins. Meanwhile, the ash content in the soup generally increased and then decreased. The change in the content of soluble solids could represent changes in various nutrients. The migration of solids and the content of ash peaked when the salting time was at 90 min. The boiled samples with salt added at different times showed significant differences in the migration of nucleotides. It could be concluded that salting was ideal at 60 min or 90 min, based on the changes in the total amount of nucleotides. Furthermore, the contents of total free amino acids and umami-flavored amino acids were also the highest in the samples with salt added at 60 min or 90 min. When the addition time was 60 min, the stability of the MNP system in the fish head soup could effectively be improved by inhibiting the aggregation of macromolecules, which would promote the retention of various nutrients. The particle size and polydispersity (PDI) were lowest in the samples with salt added at 60 min. In addition, the zeta potential value of the sample with salt added at 60 min was higher than that at 90 min. Therefore, the system was relatively stable at 60 min, which was conducive to nutrient retention. This is consistent with the results of the microstructure analysis.The maximum dissolution of nutrients and flavor substances occurred when salt was added after boiling for 60 min. Meanwhile, MNPs in the soup were stable, uniform, double-layer, spherical particles. The results of LSCM showed that nonpolar triglycerides self-assembled into spherical particles, which were located in the center of the particles, and protein molecules dispersed around or were bound to the surface of the particles. The fish head soup system was the most stable under the conditions of particle size, potential, and polydispersion index. Therefore, adding salt after boiling for 60 min was the optimal procedure for making fish soup with high nutritional value, delicious taste, and stable content. This study provides a baseline procedure for C. argus head soup with high and stable nutritional content.The results provide technical support for preparing a convenient and delicious fish head soup. People can enjoy delicious food shortly after a hard day´s work. In addition, the results showed that the timing of adding salt had a significant impact on the nutrition of fish head soup, which suggests that attention should be paid to the timing of adding salt when preparing fish head soup at home. C. argus head, a by-product of processing, can increase in value and provide a solution for producers to decrease waste and increase profits.

The usage of porous materials to remove Nano Particles (Nanoparticles, NPs) is one of the critical ways to purify the air. The present study employed three typical mesoporous structures, CMK-3, SBA-15 and MCM-41 to conduct removal experiments, in which NPs were generated, ranging from 2 nm to 20 nm, aiming at exploring the practical feasibility and relative theory foundation about the filtration of mesoporous structures towards NPs. Based on the physical and chemical characterization of the three mesoporous structures above, coupled with the adsorption experiments, the results acquired indicated that the most probable pore size of mesoporous structures coupled with certain mesoporous capacity of a mesoporous structure are the key to remove NPs. However, the distribution of micropore contributed hardly to the removal of NPs. Based on this, exploration was made to observe the effect that different flow rates and thicknesses had on the efficiency of NPs removal. The consequences showed that most penetrating particle size (MPPS) of NPs decreased with the increase of flow rates. Meanwhile, the corresponding removal efficiency of MPPS decreased. Furthermore, MPPS did not change with the change of thicknesses. This study provided technical evidence for the removal of NPs on mesoporous structures.

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The photocatalytic degradation of Diamond green B, a triarylmethane dye, has been investigated in aqueous heterogeneous solutions containing TiO2 nano-particles as photocatalysts. The factors effective on the degradation of Diamond green B, such as the amount of catalyst, the original concentration of dye, the effect of pH and illumination time were investigated under 400 W high pressure mercury lamp at room temperature. The disappearance of the organic molecule follows approximately pseudo-first order kinetics according to the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. The photodegradation rate constans, adsorption contants and observed rate constants were evaluated in the ranges of (217.40-30.30) ×10-2 mg. min-1.L-1, (2.72-44.70) ×10-2 L. mg-1 and (3.5-5.70) ×10-2 min.-1 respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chrysoidin is a kind of banned food dye, and it has been illegally used for coloring food. A rapid detection and quantification method is developed and applied in analysis chrysoidin in yuba. Gold nanoparticles are synthesized by using hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as the bifunctional ligand to link the solid substrate and the AuNPs. The laser wavelength used for quantitative is 1594 cm⁻¹. Significant differences between different concentrations of chrysoidin are verified by multiple variable analysis. A relationship between the logarithm of the concentrations and the intensity of laser is proved using univariate analysis method. The calibration curves showed good linearity in the range of 0.001-0.5 mmol · L⁻¹ with correlation coefficients r = 0.995. The method is successfully applied to the determination of chrysoidin in yuba. The average recoveries of the drugs spiked at 50 and 500 µg · g⁻¹ levels are 82.4% and 116.9%, and the relative standard deviations (RSD) are 3.8% and 4.0%. The method is simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate in the determination of chrysoidin.

A method based on fractal dimension to characterize the agglomeration behavior of nanoparticles was developed. By analyzing the transmission electron microscope images of nano-SiO2 particles, the distribution state of SiO2 distributed in silicone rubber was observed by frozen section. The relationship between fractal dimension and oil absorption value, surface hydroxyl number, mechanical properties and so on was explored. The results show that the larger of agglomeration of nanoparticles is, the greater the fractal dimension; through the calculation of the fractal dimension of ultrathin slices of nano-SiO2 reinforced silicone rubber, it can be known that the agglomeration of nanoparticles in polymers also presents the same trend, the larger the fractal dimension, the greater the degree of agglomeration; in addition, the fractal dimension increases, the oil absorption value of nano-SiO2 get smaller, surface hydroxyl groups becomes fewer, and the tensile strength, tear strength and hardness of the silicone rubber sheet increase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Inspirable nano-particles into lungs in the atmosphere were studied in this paper. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FSEM) and X-ray energy dispersive spectrometer were used to investigate the morphology and major constituents of inspirable nano-particles into lungs systematically. The results showed that most of the inspirable nano-particles in the atmosphere are spherical and ellipsoidal, with smooth surface and dense structure. The smaller nano-particles are clustered into loose floccule, with the sizes in the range of 30 to 100 nm. The constant elements in the nano-particles are close consistent with the large particle pollutants, which mainly contain C, O, Al, Si, Na, Mg, K, Ca, Fe, S and Cl etc. The point Analysis of EDS confirmed that the element content of Cl and S in some nano-particles is significantly increased, while others mainly contain C and O. It is believed that the surface of nano inorganic dust particles was adsorbed by the organic pollutants to form the core-shell structure nano-particles pollutants in the process of aerosol formation. Thus, reducing anthropogenic emissions of organic pollutants has great influence on the formation of inspirable nano-particles.

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Objective: To improve the stability and dissolution of realgar nano-particles by solid dispersion., Method: Using polyethylene glycol 6000 and poloxamer-188 as carriers, the solid dispersions were prepare by melting method. XRD, microscopic inspection were used to determine the status of realgar nano-particles in solid dispersions. The content and stability test of As(2)0(3) were determined by DDC-Ag method. Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine the content of Arsenic and investigated the in vitro dissolution behavior of solid dispersions., Result: The results of XRD and microscopic inspection showed that realgar nano-particles in solid dispersions were amorphous. The dissolution amount and rate of Arsenic from realgar nano-particles of all solid dispersions were increased significantly, the reunion of realgar nano-particles and content of As(2)0(3) were reduced for the formation of solid dispersions., Conclusion: The solid dispersion of realgar nano-particles with poloxamer-188 as carriers could obviously improve stability, dissolution and solubility.

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Core-shell structured ZnS : Cu/ZnS nano-particles and Cu2+ -doped ZnS nano-particles without any shell were prepared, and the effect of ZnS shell on the luminescence properties of ZnS : Cu2+ nano-particles was studied. The observed emission peak at 450 nm was assigned to the recombination of an electron from the shallow delocalized donor levels at the t2 level of Cu2+. The ZnS shell did enhance the luminescence at 450 nm, which resulted from the reduction of nonradiative recombination sites.

Non-stoichiometric hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride (a-SiNx : H) film was deposited by helico-wave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (HWP-CVD) technique. The microstructure and bonding characteristics of both as-deposited and annealed thin films were studied. Raman scattering measurement shows that excess silicon exists in the form of amorphous silicon particles in the as-deposited sample. The microstructure of crystalline nano-particles silicon embedded in silicon nitride matrix in the post-annealed sample was formed. Comparing the results of both the Fourier transform infrared spectra and the optical absorption spectra of the samples deposited under different conditions, it is shown that the microstructure of the thin film depended on the gas flow ratio and annealing process. The sample with lower excess silicon shows a lower density of defect state at the silicon nanocrystal/SiNx interface due to a higher binding hydrogen content. The annealing process induces the decrease in Si-H and N--H binding densities. Because of the formation of silicon nanocrystals, the annealed samples exhibit a higher structure disorder degree.

Objective: To investigate the proliferation inhibition and the differentiation effects of realgar (As4S4) nano-particles on human acute myeloid leukemia cell line HL-60., Method: Cell viability was determined by MTT and PI-stained cell cycle assays. The realgar induced morphological changes on cells were examined after Wright-Giemsa staining. The cell differentiation was evaluated with NBT and specific cell surface antigen (CD11b and CD14) expression assays., Result: HL-60 cells exhibited obvious morphological features of differentiation after the realgar treatment. A 24 h incubation of the cells with 0.25-1.0 micromol x L(-1) realgar caused a great increase in NBT reduction ability. The expressions of CD11b and CD14 were augmented in cells treated with 0.50 micromol x L(-1) realgar for 48 h, and cell cycles were arrested in G1 phase., Conclusion: Low dose realgar induces differentiation in human acute myeloid leukemia cell line HL-60.

Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nano-particles were prepared by the chemical co-precipitation, their characteristics were observed with transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and thermal analysis system, and etc. The temperature changes of the nano-particles of Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 and its magnetic fluid explored in radiofrequency(RF,200 KHz, 4 KW) were measured. The proliferation ratio of L929 cells cultured in soak of Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nano-particles were observed. The experiment indicates that the magnetic particles were about 40 nm diameter in average, round, had strong magnetism, and were proved to be consistent with the standard data of chart of XRD. Its magnetic fluid exposed to RF could be heated up to temperature range from 40 degrees C to 51 degrees C due to the amount of the magnetic nano-particles and intensity of the alternating magnetic field. Magnetic nano-particles were found to have no obvious cytotoxicity to L929 cells.

Objective: To investigate the target deliver of Cisplatin to oral carcinoma tissues by intravenous injection of Cisplatin loaded polylactic acid- polyethylene glycol nanoparticles (CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP)., Methods: CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP was prepared by the emulsion-solvent evaporation method. The buccal cancer model was established in 64 golden hamsters, which were divided randomly into two groups for 32 animals in each group, CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP (6.6 mg/kg) and CDDP (1 mg/kg) were respectively injected into mice tail vein. At 0.083, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 h after drug administration. 4 animals in each group were sacrificed and CDDP concentration in the plasma and tumor were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. Targeting ability was evaluated by targeting index (TI), selectivity index (SI) and relative extraction efficiency (re)., Results: The average diameter of CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP was (143.2 +/- 1.8) nm. The diameter distribution was from 103.5 nm to 175.8 nm. Drug loading and embedding ratio were (15.2 +/- 0.9) %, (89.0 +/- 0.8) % respectively. Values of TI and SI are more than 1 at 8 time points. The area under CDDP concentration-time curve of oral carcinoma tissues in CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP group was 10.36 times as many as that in CDDP group., Conclusion: CDDP-PLA-PEG-NP can specifically deliver CDDP to oral carcinoma tissues by vein injection. Stealth anticancer nano-particle system can be regarded as a valuable drug deliver system to treat oral carcinoma.

Objective: To examine the growth-inhibitory, apoptosis- and necrosis-inducing effects of realgar nano-particles (RNP) in human chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line K562 and acute myeloid leukemia cell line HL-60, and to find out the chemical species with efficacy., Method: A "solvent-relay" strategy was used for the preparation of RNP suspension. Cell viability was determined by MTT assay. Cell apoptosis and necrosis were characterized with Annexin V-PI double staining in association with flow cytometry and with morphological examination with Hoechst 33258 staining. Parallel experiments with arsenous acid (H3AsO3), the dominant form of arsenic trioxide in the solution, were conducted for comparison., Result: The mean diameter of RNP was 159.0 nm. RNP showed growth-inhibitory effect on both cell lines. The double staining test indicated that RNP induced both apoptosis and necrosis, and this was further confirmed by morphological examination., Conclusion: RNP induced both apoptosis and necrosis in leukemia cell lines K562 and HL-60. Thioarsenite species with both As-O and As-S bonds may be the active intermediates in the RNP.

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A new method was established for the determination of the size distribution of nano-particles by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). The data processing method for acquiring size distribution from primary electropherogram was investigated. The relative standard deviation of migration time was deduced by using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an internal standard. Scattering effect of nano-particles was studied and a correction equation was established to correct this influence. The experimental results showed that the correction method was effective. After correction, the measuring results for the mixed samples with different mass ratios of PS50 and PS125 were almost the same with their theoretical values and the relative deviation was reduced from 35% to 5%. This method for the determination of size distribution is satisfactory.

After nano-particles (ZnO) had been encapsulated by a kind of water-soluble cellulose Hydoxyl-Propyl-Methyl Cellulose (HPMC), then methyl methacrylate was grafted onto the surface of them. Thus the surface of nano-ZnO had been successfully modified. FTIR, DTA and TEM were utilized to confirm the results. FTIR shows that HPMC was adsorbed onto the surface of ZnO, and PMMA was also grafted onto its surface, DTA says that the heat stability of HPMC, HPMC-g-PMMA and ZnO/HPMC-g-PMMA increased greatly, TEM photo demonstrates that polymer adhered onto the surface of nano-ZnO which was encapsulated by a layer of film-like polymer.

Objective: The aim of this experiment was to study acute toxicity and local stimulation of cucurbitacinBE poly-lactic acid nano-particles (CuBE-PLA-NP) for targeting cervical lymph node., Methods: Various doses of CuBE-PLA-NP lyophilization injection and cucurbitacinBE (CuBE) were hypodermically or veno-injected into the mice, and then the drug toxicity and side effects were observed; 50% lethal dose (LD50) was counted. CuBE-PLA-NP lyophilization injection and CuBE were also injected into the quadriceps femoralis muscle of rabbits to observe the local stimulate responses of drugs., Results: The fifty percent lethal doses of subcutaneous and venous CuBE-PLA-NP in mice were 16.74 mg/kg +/- 1.83 mg/kg and 5.60 mg/kg +/- 0.83 mg/kg respectively, that were higher than those of CuBE which were 8.63 mg/kg +/- 1.00 mg/kg and 2.50 mg/kg +/- 0.30 mg/kg respectively. Local stimulate response in rabbit quadriceps femoralis muscle after CuBE-PLA-NP and CuBE injected are 0 grade and 0.1 grade respectively., Conclusion: The acute toxicity of CuBE-PLA-NP is lower than that of CuBE. Both CuBE-PLA-NP and CuBE are adequate for local injection, but the local stimulation of CuBE-PLA-NP is smaller than that of CuBE.

Objective: Anti-cancer nano-particles for targeting cervical lymph nodes were designed and prepared on the basis of the physiologic and anatomic properties of the peri-oral cancer lymphatic capillaries., Methods: The biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) was selected as the carrier material, and cucurbitacinBE (CuBE) with very high anticancer activity against oral squamous cell carcinoma was used as the model drug. According to the criteria of the diameter of the nano-particles, drug loading (DL) and embedding ratio (ER), the preparing technology was optimized by uniformly designing experiment on the basis of single-factor experiment. CucurbitacinBE poly-lactic acid nano-particles (CuBE-PLA-NP) was prepared with the method of emulsion solvent evaporation, and then CuBE-PLA-NP lyophilization injection was prepared by using 10% manninositose as the supporting agent., Results: The diameter distribution for optimized CuBE-PLA-NP lyophilization injection ranged from 47 nm to 120 nm, and the average diameter was 85 nm. DL and ER were 23.03% +/- 0.47% and 93.00% +/- 0.10% respectively. The release study of the thermostatics also demonstrated that Higuchi equation was adequate to fit the release curve of CuBE-PLA-NP., Conclusion: CuBE-PLA-NP can be used as the release agent, as CuBE-PLA-NP can enter peri-oral cancer lymphatic capillaries for targeting cervical lymph nodes by the peri-cancer submucosal injection. Therefore, it can also used for animal and clinical experiments.

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The main reason causing clay shale formation wellbore instability is that the expansion and sloughing of clay shale after water absorption. The thought was proposed that silicon dioxide nano-particles was used to plug the nano-size pores and throats of shale to reduce the permeability of shale, resulting in decreasing and delaying water invasion into shale. On the basis of preliminary studies, the paper evaluated the improvement effect of three types of drilling mud with two brands of silica nano-particles at different temperature, by means of transmission electron microscopy analysis, regular performance test of drilling fluid and scanning electron microscope analysis. Results show that silica nano-particles could effectively reduce the filtration of Fresh Water Mud (FWM) and Bentonite Mud (BM) with temperature increase. It could reduce the loss of water by 56.25% at room temperature and 78% at 140 ℃. It has little effect on Low Solid Mud (LSM). Finally, to the drilling mud with the weight concentration of 10% had better plugging capacity than that with the weight concentration of 5% because of forming more continuous and tight mud cake. Based on the experiment results, FWM and BM's filtration properties could be improved using nano-particles with temperature increase (from room temperature to 160 ℃). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The interaction between acridine orange fluorescent dye and gold nanoparticles decorated by citrate leads to fluorescence surface energy transfer, resulting in fluorescence quenching. In the acid medium, metallothionein has stronger binding ability with gold nanoparticles, which can restore the fluorescence of the system. The change value of the fluorescence at Aex = 526 nm is directly proportional to the concentracention of metallothionein in range of 9. 3 x 10 9 - 1. 5 x 10 7 moVL with the excitation wavelength of 493 nm. The regression equation of this method was b.F = 3. 798 + 337. 3C( x 10 7 moVL) with a correlation coefficient of O. 996 5 ( r). The detection limit was 2. 79 x 10 9 mol/L. The relative standard deviation were O. 3 9 % - 1. 29 %, recovery rate is between 97. 09 % and 99. 6 3 % . The method was used to detect the human urine samples with some advantages of better selectivity and higher precision and accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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With the emergence of more and more emerging functional materials, magnetic nanoparticles become an ideal option. Tn recent years, the magnetic fluids synthesized by nano-Fes()i particles have become a research hotspot due to unique physical and chemical properties as well as the wide range of applications. The development and the preparation methods of different magnetic fluids are introduced in this study and several types of special magnetic fluids are discussed. Finally, the existing problems of preparation and application of magnetic fluids are proposed and the development prospects are predicted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]