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Electrochemical magneto-immunoassay for detection of zika virus antibody in human serum. Talanta 2023; 256:124277. [PMID: 36738622 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus transmitted by infected Aedes genus mosquitoes. An infected person may be asymptomatic or present symptoms such as fever, arthralgia, and in pregnancy it may lead to neurological disorders in the fetus, such as microcephaly. Based on the high dissemination potential of ZIVK and its similar antigen composition to other arboviruses, new approaches for selective virus detection are urgently needed. This work reports the development of an electrochemical immunoassay for detection of anti-ZIKV antibodies, using magnetic beads functionalized with recombinant protein derived from the non-structural protein 1 (ΔNS1-ZIKV) and anti-IgG antibodies labeled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme. The magneto-immunoassay uses disposable microfluidic devices for detection of anti-ZIKV in serum samples. A linear response was obtained for a wide concentration range from 0.01 to 9.80 × 105 pg mL-1 (r2 = 0.982), with a limit of detection of 0.48 pg mL-1. The proposed immunoassay proved to be highly efficient for the detection of anti-ZIKV antibodies in serum, offering promising perspectives for the development of fast, simple, and affordable point-of-care diagnosis devices for ZIKV.
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Naveed-Ul-Haq M, Hussain S, Webers S, Salamon S, Ahmad I, Bibi T, Hameed A, Wende H. On the structure-property relationships of (Al, Ga, In)-doped spinel cobalt ferrite compounds: a combined experimental and DFT study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18112-18124. [PMID: 34397071 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02625a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of pure and doped cobalt ferrite where 25% of Fe3+ ions were replaced by Al3+, Ga3+, and In3+ ions, respectively, i.e., CoFe1.5X0.5O4 (X = Al, Ga, and In). The ferrite compositions were successfully synthesized using the solid-state reaction method. The X-ray powder diffraction method established that all ferrite samples had a spinel unit cell structure with the Fd3[combining macron]m (No. 227) space group. The lattice constants of ferrites increased from 8.382 Å (for undoped CoFe2O4) to 8.520 Å (for In-doped cobalt ferrite) in direct relation to the dopant ion size. The magnetic properties were obtained at 4.3 K and 300 K. At 4.3 K, the In-doped CoFe2O4 showed the highest saturation magnetic moment of 4.68 μB f.u.-1, while Al-doped CoFe2O4 showed the smallest value of 2.72 μB f.u.-1. The Fe3+ distribution among the spinel tetrahedral and octahedral sites was determined from the Mössbauer spectra. From ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy the direct optical bandgaps were determined, which have values between 1.20 eV and 1.28 eV for these ferrites. The ferrite compositions were also studied theoretically using plane-wave density functional theory using the CASTEP code where it was revealed that arrangements of the non-magnetic cations at the tetrahedral and octahedral sites strongly influence the electronic structure, the bandgap value, and the net magnetic moment per formula unit. Light Al3+ ions at the octahedral site give a low value of the net magnetic moment while the heavier Ga3+ and In3+ ions at the tetrahedral sites of the spinel give an enhanced magnetic moment. The magnetic moment values obtained from theoretical calculations match very well with the experimental values. Moreover, the theoretical calculations reveal that there exists a strong p-d hybridization among the oxygen and magnetic ions, which is affected by the non-magnetic dopant ions. The change in hybridization with the non-magnetic ion doping is responsible for the altered magnetic moments of the doped ferrites. Thus, our study provides a comprehensive investigation covering the synthesis and characterization of ferrites along with a good understanding of the phenomenon of how non-magnetic ion doping into spinel ferrites provides a method to tune the electronic and magnetic properties of the spinel ferrite.
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- M Naveed-Ul-Haq
- Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus 54000, Pakistan.
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Heo TY, Kim I, Chen L, Lee E, Lee S, Choi SH. Effect of Ionic Group on the Complex Coacervate Core Micelle Structure. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E455. [PMID: 30960439 PMCID: PMC6473896 DOI: 10.3390/polym11030455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pairs of ionic group dependence of the structure of a complex coacervate core micelle (C3M) in an aqueous solution was investigated using DLS, cryo-TEM, and SANS with a contrast matching technique and a detailed model analysis. Block copolyelectrolytes were prepared by introducing an ionic group (i.e., ammonium, guanidinium, carboxylate, and sulfonate) to poly(ethylene oxide-b-allyl glycidyl ether) (NPEO = 227 and NPAGE = 52), and C3Ms were formed by simple mixing of two oppositely-charged block copolyelectrolyte solutions with the exactly same degree of polymerization. All four C3Ms are spherical with narrow distribution of micelle dimension, and the cores are significantly swollen by water, resulting in relatively low brush density of PEO chains on the core surface. With the pair of strong polyelectrolytes, core radius and aggregation number increases, which reflects that the formation of complex coacervates are significantly sensitive to the pairs of ionic groups rather than simple charge pairing.
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- Tae-Young Heo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea.
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea.
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea.
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea.
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Mosiniewicz-Szablewska E, Clavijo AR, Castilho APOR, Paterno LG, Pereira-da-Silva MA, Więckowski J, Soler MAG, Morais PC. Magnetic studies of layer-by-layer assembled polyvinyl alcohol/iron oxide nanofilms. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:26696-26709. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05404e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The importance of the substrate surface effects on the magnetic behavior of layer-by-layer assembled polyvinyl alcohol/iron oxide nanofilms is evidenced.
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- Universidade de Brasília
- Instituto de Física
- Brasília DF 70910-900
- Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília
- Instituto de Física
- Brasília DF 70910-900
- Brazil
- Universidade Católica de Brasília
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Ahmad F, Zhou Y. Pitfalls and Challenges in Nanotoxicology: A Case of Cobalt Ferrite (CoFe 2O 4) Nanocomposites. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:492-507. [PMID: 28118545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nanotechnology is developing at a rapid pace with promises of a brilliant socio-economic future. The apprehensions of vivid future involvement with nanotechnology make nanoobjects ubiquitous in the macroscopic world of humans. Nanotechnology helps us to visualize the new mysterious horizons in engineering, sophisticated electronics, environmental remediation, biosensing, and nanomedicine. In all these hotspots, cobalt ferrite (CoFe) nanoparticles (NPs) are outstanding contestants because of their astonishing controllable physicochemical and magnetic properties with ease of synthesis methods. The extensive use of CoFe NPs may result in CoFe NPs easily penetrating the human body unintentionally by ingestion, inhalation, adsorption, etc. and intentionally being instilled into the human body during biomedical diagnostics and treatment. After being housed in the human body, it might induce oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, inflammation, apoptosis, and developmental, metabolic and hormonal abnormalities. In this review, we compiled the toxicity knowledge of CoFe NPs aimed to provide the safe usage of this breed of nanomaterials.
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- Farooq Ahmad
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology , Hangzhou 310032, China.,State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology , Hangzhou 310032, China.,Research Center of Analysis and Measurement, Zhejiang University of Technology , 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou 310032, China
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Kananizadeh N, Rice C, Lee J, Rodenhausen KB, Sekora D, Schubert M, Schubert E, Bartelt-Hunt S, Li Y. Combined quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and generalized ellipsometry (GE) to characterize the deposition of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on model rough surfaces. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 322:118-128. [PMID: 27041442 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Measuring the interactions between engineered nanoparticles and natural substrates (e.g. soils and sediments) has been very challenging due to highly heterogeneous and rough natural surfaces. In this study, three-dimensional nanostructured slanted columnar thin films (SCTFs), with well-defined roughness height and spacing, have been used to mimic surface roughness. Interactions between titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NP), the most extensively manufactured engineered nanomaterials, and SCTF coated surfaces were measured using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). In parallel, in-situ generalized ellipsometry (GE) was coupled with QCM-D to simultaneously measure the amount of TiO2NP deposited on the surface of SCTF. While GE is insensitive to effects of mechanical water entrapment variations in roughness spaces, we found that the viscoelastic model, a typical QCM-D model analysis approach, overestimates the mass of deposited TiO2NP. This overestimation arises from overlaid frequency changes caused by particle deposition as well as additional water entrapment and partial water displacement upon nanoparticle adsorption. Here, we demonstrate a new approach to model QCM-D data, accounting for both viscoelastic effects and the effects of roughness-retained water. Finally, the porosity of attached TiO2NP layer was determined by coupling the areal mass density determined by QCM-D and independent GE measurements.
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- Negin Kananizadeh
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Department of Water Environmental Engineering Research, National Institute of Environmental Research 22755, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Biolin Scientific, Inc., Paramus, NJ 07652, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States; Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States.
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Magnetic nanoparticle film reconstruction modulated by immersion within DMSA aqueous solution. Sci Rep 2016; 6:18202. [PMID: 27008984 PMCID: PMC4806361 DOI: 10.1038/srep18202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The process of reconstruction of pre-fabricated films comprising maghemite nanoparticles deposited onto flat glass substrates triggered by immersion into aqueous solutions of meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) at increasing concentration (0.025, 0.050, and 0.100 mol/L) is herein reported. The evolution of this process was assessed by measuring the time (t) dependence of the particle analysis histogram width (W) extracted from atomic force microscopy images. Furthermore, a physical picture to model the film reconstruction which provides reconstruction time constants associated to single particles (τ1) and small agglomerates (τn), the key units associated to the process, ranging from τ1 = 2.9 and τn = 3.4 hour (0.025 mol/L) to τ1 = 5.1 and τn = 4.6 hour (0.100 mol/L) is proposed. The nanoparticle-based film reconstruction triggered by an exogenous stimulus, the use of the W versus t data to describe the process and the model picture accounting for the recorded data have not been previously reported.
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Alejo T, Merchán MD, Velázquez MM. Adsorption of quantum dots onto polymer and Gemini surfactant films: a quartz crystal microbalance study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:9977-9984. [PMID: 25093530 DOI: 10.1021/la5024955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We used quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation to study the mechanical properties, the kinetics of adsorption, and the amount of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) adsorbed onto a SiO2 sensor, referred as bare sensor, onto the sensor modified with a film of the polymer poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene), PMAO, or with a film of the Gemini surfactant ethyl-bis(dimethyl octadecyl ammonium bromide), abbreviated as 18-2-18. Results showed that when the sensor is coated with polymer or surfactant molecules, the coverage increases compared with that obtained for the bare sensor. On the other hand, rheological properties and kinetics of adsorption of QDs are driven by QD nanoparticles. Thus, the QD films present elastic behavior, and the elasticity values are independent of the molecule used as coating and similar to the elasticity value obtained for QDs films on the bare sensor. The QD adsorption is a two-step mechanism in which the fastest process is attributed to the QD adsorption onto the solid substrate and the slowest one is ascribed to rearrangement movements of the nanoparticles adsorbed at the surface.
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- T Alejo
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca . 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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Alcantara GB, Paterno LG, Fonseca FJ, Pereira-da-Silva MA, Morais PC, Soler MAG. Dielectric properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles in ultrathin nanocomposite films. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:19853-61. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53602e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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