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Kavčič A, Podlipec R, Krišelj A, Jelen A, Vella D, Humar M. Intracellular biocompatible hexagonal boron nitride quantum emitters as single-photon sources and barcodes. Nanoscale 2024; 16:4691-4702. [PMID: 38319598 PMCID: PMC10903403 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05305a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have been emerging as a multifunctional platform for various optical applications including quantum information processing, quantum computing and imaging. Simultaneously, due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability hBN is a promising material for biomedical applications. In this work, we demonstrate single-photon emission from hBN color centers embedded inside live cells and their application to cellular barcoding. The generation and internalization of multiple color centers into cells was performed via simple and scalable procedure while keeping the cells unharmed. The emission from live cells was observed as multiple diffraction-limited spots, which exhibited excellent single-photon characteristics with high single-photon purity of 0.1 and superb emission stability without photobleaching or spectral shifts over several hours. Due to different emission wavelengths and peak widths of the color centers, they were employed as barcodes. We term them Quantum Photonic Barcodes (QPBs). Each QPB can exist in one out of 470 possible distinguishable states and a combination of a few QPBs per cell can be used to uniquely tag virtually an unlimited number of cells. The barcodes developed here offer some excellent properties, including ease of production by a single-step procedure, biocompatibility and biodegradability, emission stability, no photobleaching, small size and a huge number of unique barcodes. This work provides a basis for the use of hBN color centers for robust barcoding of cells and due to the single photon emission, presented concepts could in future be extended to quantum-limited sensing and super-resolution imaging.
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- Aljaž Kavčič
- Condensed Matter Department, J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Condensed Matter Department, J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Ion Beam Center, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Condensed Matter Department, J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Condensed Matter Department, J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory for Laser Techniques, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Condensed Matter Department, J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- CENN Nanocenter, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Petrović J, Vrtnik S, Jelen A, Koželj P, Luzar J, Mihor P, Hu Q, Wencka M, Ambrožič B, Meden A, Dražić G, Guo S, Dolinšek J. The Kondo Effect in Ce xLaLuScY ( x = 0.05-1.0) High-Entropy Alloys. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:7575. [PMID: 38138717 PMCID: PMC10744949 DOI: 10.3390/ma16247575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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In the search for electronic phenomena in high-entropy alloys (HEAs) that go beyond the independent-electron description, we have synthesized a series of hexagonal rare earth (RE)-based HEAs: CexLaLuScY (x = 0.05-1.0). The measurements of electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat have shown that the CexLaLuScY HEAs exhibit the Kondo effect, which is of a single impurity type in the entire range of employed Ce concentrations despite the alloys being classified as dense (concentrated) Kondo systems. A comparison to other known dense Kondo systems has revealed that the Kondo effect in the CexLaLuScY HEAs behaves quite differently from the chemically ordered Kondo lattices but quite similar to the RE-containing magnetic metallic glasses and randomly chemically disordered Kondo lattices of the chemical formula RE1xRE21-xM (with RE1 being magnetic and RE2 being nonmagnetic). The main reason for the similarity between HEAs and the metallic glasses and chemically disordered Kondo lattices appears to be the absence of a periodic 4f sublattice in these systems, which prevents the formation of a coherent state between the 4f-scattering sites in the T→ 0 limit. The crystal-glass duality of HEAs does not bring conceptually new features to the Kondo effect that would not be already present in other disordered dense Kondo systems. This study broadens the classification of HEAs to correlated electron systems.
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- Julia Petrović
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Changdong Road 7777, Nanchang 330096, China
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland
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- Center of Excellence in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Koželj P, Jelen A, Dražić G, Vrtnik S, Luzar J, Wencka M, Meden A, Feuerbacher M, Dolinšek J. Complex magnetism of single-crystalline AlCoCrFeNi nanostructured high-entropy alloy. iScience 2023; 26:106894. [PMID: 37260742 PMCID: PMC10227418 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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We have investigated magnetism of the Al28Co20Cr11Fe15Ni26 single-crystalline high-entropy alloy. The material is nanostructured, composed of a B2 matrix with dispersed spherical-like A2 nanoparticles of average diameter 64 nm. The magnetism was studied from 2 to 400 K via direct-current magnetization, hysteresis curves, alternating-current magnetic susceptibility, and thermoremanent magnetization time decay, to determine the magnetic state that develops in this highly structurally and chemically inhomogeneous material. The results reveal that the Cr-free B2 matrix of composition Al28Co25Fe15Ni32 forms a disordered ferromagnetic (FM) state that undergoes an FM transition at TC≈ 390 K. The Al- and Ni-free A2 nanoparticles of average composition Co19Cr56Fe25 adopt a core-shell structure, where the shells of about 2 nm thickness are CoFe enriched. While the shells are FM, the nanoparticle cores are asperomagnetic, classifying into the broad class of spin glasses. Asperomagnetism develops below 15 K and exhibits broken-ergodicity phenomena, typical of magnetically frustrated systems.
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- Primož Koželj
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry, Department of Materials Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, PL-60-179 Poznań, Poland
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Večna Pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Koželj P, Vrtnik S, Boutbien J, Luzar J, Jelen A, Parapari SS, Boulet P, de Weerd MC, Lengaigne G, Wencka M, Fournée V, Ledieu J, Šturm S, Dolinšek J. Crystal Structure and Ferromagnetism of the CeFe 9Si 4 Intermetallic Compound. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:6169-6180. [PMID: 37022922 PMCID: PMC10114074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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We have determined the crystal structure and the magnetic state of the CeFe9Si4 intermetallic compound. Our revised structural model (fully ordered tetragonal unit cell, I4/mcm) agrees with the previous literature report, except for some minor quantitative differences. Magnetically, the CeFe9Si4 undergoes a ferromagnetic transition at the temperature TC ≈ 94 K. Ferromagnetism in the combined Ce-Fe spin system is a result of interplay between the localized magnetism of the Ce sublattice and the Fe band (itinerant) magnetism. Ferromagnetic ordering obeys the rather general rule that the exchange spin coupling between atoms possessing more than half-full d shells with atoms possessing less than half-full d shells is antiferromagnetic (where the Ce atoms are considered as light d elements). Since in rare-earth metals from the light half of the lanthanide series, the magnetic moment is directed opposite to the spin, this results in ferromagnetism. The magnetoresistance and the magnetic specific heat show an additional temperature-dependent feature (a shoulder) deep inside the ferromagnetic phase that is considered to originate from the influence of the magnetization on the electronic band structure via the magnetoelastic coupling, which alters the Fe band magnetism below TC. The ferromagnetic phase of CeFe9Si4 is magnetically soft.
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- Primož Koželj
- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, PL-60-179 Poznan, Poland
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, F-54011 Nancy, France
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Wencka M, Krnel M, Jelen A, Vrtnik S, Luzar J, Koželj P, Gačnik D, Meden A, Hu Q, Wang C, Guo S, Dolinšek J. Electronic transport properties of the Al 0.5TiZrPdCuNi alloy in the high-entropy alloy and metallic glass forms. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2271. [PMID: 35145144 PMCID: PMC8831620 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06133-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are characterized by a simultaneous presence of a crystal lattice and an amorphous-type chemical (substitutional) disorder. In order to unravel the effect of crystal-glass duality on the electronic transport properties of HEAs, we performed a comparative study of the electronic transport coefficients of a 6-component alloy Al0.5TiZrPdCuNi that can be prepared either as a HEA or as a metallic glass (MG) at the same chemical composition. The HEA and the MG states of the Al0.5TiZrPdCuNi alloy both show large, negative-temperature-coefficient resistivity, positive thermopower, positive Hall coefficient and small thermal conductivity. The transport coefficients were reproduced analytically by the spectral conductivity model, using the Kubo-Greenwood formalism. For both modifications of the material (HEA and MG), contribution of phonons to the transport coefficients was found small, so that their temperature dependence originates predominantly from the temperature dependence of the Fermi–Dirac function and the variation of the spectral conductivity and the related electronic density of states with energy within the Fermi-level region. The very similar electronic transport coefficients of the HEA and the MG states point towards essential role of the immense chemical disorder.
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- Magdalena Wencka
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60179, Poznan, Poland
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Changdong Road 7777, Nanchang, 330096, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Changdong Road 7777, Nanchang, 330096, People's Republic of China
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- Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. .,University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Krnel M, Jelen A, Vrtnik S, Luzar J, Gačnik D, Koželj P, Wencka M, Meden A, Hu Q, Guo S, Dolinšek J. The Effect of Scandium on the Structure, Microstructure and Superconductivity of Equimolar Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr Refractory High-Entropy Alloys. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:ma15031122. [PMID: 35161067 PMCID: PMC8838456 DOI: 10.3390/ma15031122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
In this study, we investigate the scandium-containing Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr system of refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs). Using the arc-melting method, we synthesized nine equimolar alloys (five 4-, three 5- and one 6-component), with all of them containing Sc. The alloys were characterized by XRD, electron microscopy and EDS, while superconductivity was investigated via electrical resistivity, specific heat and the Meissner effect. The results were compared to the parent Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr refractory HEAs, forming a single-phase body-centered cubic (bcc) structure and quite homogeneous microstructure. The addition of Sc produces a two-phase structure in the Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr alloys, with one phase being bcc and the other hexagonal close-packed (hcp). The hcp phase absorbs practically all Sc, whereas the Sc-poor bcc phase is identical to the bcc phase in the Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr parent system. Upon the Sc addition, the microstructure becomes very inhomogeneous. Large bcc dendrites (10–100 µm) are homogeneous in the central parts, but become a fine dispersion of sub-micron precipitates of the bcc and hcp phases close to the edges. The interdendritic regions are also a fine dispersion of the two phases. Superconductivity of the Sc-Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr alloys originates from the bcc phase fraction, which demonstrates identical superconducting parameters as the bcc Hf-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr parent alloys, while the Sc-containing hcp phase fraction is non-superconducting.
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- Mitja Krnel
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
- Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, PL-60-179 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Changdong Road 7777, Nanchang 330096, China
- Correspondence: (Q.H.); (J.D.)
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- Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden;
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (A.J.); (S.V.); (J.L.); (D.G.); (P.K.); (M.W.)
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence: (Q.H.); (J.D.)
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Ghanta S, Das A, Jana PP, Vrtnik S, Gačnik D, Luzar J, Jelen A, Koželj P, Wencka M, Dolinšek J. Structure and Spin-Glass Magnetism of the Mn xNi 2Zn 11-x Pseudobinary γ-Brasses at Low Mn Contents. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:12226-12236. [PMID: 34339187 PMCID: PMC8389805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The pseudobinary MnxNi2Zn11–x γ-brass-type
phases at low
Mn dopant levels (x = 0.1–0.5) were investigated.
Crystal structures were determined for the two loading compositions
of x = 0.3 and 0.5. The structures were solved in
the cubic space group of I43m and are described in close analogy to the Ni2Zn11 parent γ-brass that is based on the 26-atom
cluster, consisting of inner tetrahedron (IT), outer tetrahedron (OT),
octahedron (OH), and cuboctahedron (CO). The refined site occupancies
of the MnxNi2Zn11–x (x = 0.3, 0.5) reveal that the
cluster center, which is empty in the Ni2Zn11, shows a partial occupation by Zn, with a partial depletion of Zn
at the IT sites. The OH sites show a mixed Zn/Mn occupation. The OT
and CO sites remain intact with respect to Ni2Zn11. Magnetic properties were studied for the Mn0.3Ni2Zn10.7 composition. The temperature-dependent zero-field-cooled
and field-cooled magnetization, the ac susceptibility, the M(H) hysteresis curves, the thermoremanent
magnetization, and the memory effect demonstrate typical broken-ergodicity
phenomena of a magnetically frustrated spin system below the spin
freezing temperature Tf ≈ 16 K.
The Mn0.3Ni2Zn10.7 γ-brass
phase classifies as a spin glass, originating predominantly from the
random distribution of diluted Mn moments on the octahedral partial
structure. In a search for new pseudobinary/ternary
γ-brass-type
phases, we synthesized a series of MnxNi2Zn11−x compounds
at low Mn doping levels (x = 0.1−0.5) and
determined the structures for two compositions x =
0.3 and 0.5. Magnetic measurements show that the Mn0.3Ni2Zn11.7 γ-brass is a spin glass.
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- Sivaprasad Ghanta
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302 Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302 Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302 Kharagpur, India
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, PL-60-179 Poznań, Poland
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- J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Pirker L, Krajnc AP, Malec J, Radulović V, Gradišek A, Jelen A, Remškar M, Mekjavić IB, Kovač J, Mozetič M, Snoj L. Sterilization of polypropylene membranes of facepiece respirators by ionizing radiation. J Memb Sci 2021; 619:118756. [PMID: 33024349 PMCID: PMC7528844 DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Ionizing radiation has been identified as an option for sterilization of disposable filtering facepiece respirators in situations where the production of the respirators cannot keep up with demand. Gamma radiation and high energy electrons penetrate deeply into the material and can be used to sterilize large batches of masks within a short time period. In relation to reports that sterilization by ionizing radiation reduces filtration efficiency of polypropylene membrane filters on account of static charge loss, we have demonstrated that both gamma and electron beam irradiation can be used for sterilization, provided that the respirators are recharged afterwards.
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- Luka Pirker
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska Ulica 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Krnel M, Koželj P, Vrtnik S, Jelen A, Wencka M, Gille P, Dolinšek J. Anisotropic Electrical, Magnetic, and Thermal Properties of In
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Intermetallic Catalyst. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mitja Krnel
- Jožef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics University of Ljubljana Jadranska 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences Smoluchowskiego 17 60‐179 Poznań Poland
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- Crystallography Section Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Theresienstrasse 41 80333 München Germany
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- Jožef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics University of Ljubljana Jadranska 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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Wencka M, Kovač J, Dasireddy VDBC, Likozar B, Jelen A, Vrtnik S, Gille P, Kim HJ, Dolinšek J. The effect of surface oxidation on the catalytic properties of Ga3Ni2 intermetallic compound for carbon dioxide reduction. J Anal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s40543-018-0144-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Elyashevich GK, Novikov DV, Kuryndin IS, Jelen A, Bukošek V. Ordering Effects and Percolation in the Structure Formation Process of the Oriented Polyolefin Porous Films. Acta Chim Slov 2017; 64:980-987. [PMID: 29318290 DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2017.3696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Structure transitions and mechanism of the formation of superlattices lamellae in microporous polyolefin (polyethylene and polypropylene) films obtained in the process based on polymer melt extrusion followed by annealing, uniaxial extension and thermal fixation have been studied by statistical analysis of electron microscopy images of the film surface. The structure of the porous films prepared in the multistage process has been studied by SEM, gravimetry and permeability measurements. It has been shown that the pore formation at the stage of uniaxial extension is accompanied by the ordering of lamellae and their self-organization controlled by spin draw ratio and annealing temperature. It was established that an increase of these parameters lead to the transition of disorder-order type. The effect of preparation conditions on the ordering process of regular spatial lattices of lamellae has been discussed.
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Charles S, Rempel G, Rogers L, Rankin K, Williams E, Schuh M, Dragieva D, Mustafa S, Anthony S, Jelen A, Kaufman M, Kovacs A, McCrindle B, Nicholas D, Oechslin E, Sananes R, Mackie A. TEENS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN TRANSITION FROM PEDIATRIC TO ADULT CARE: QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF NURSE-LED INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT TRANSITION READINESS. Can J Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Stewart K, Chahal N, Kovacs A, Manlhiot C, O'Shea S, Jelen A, Collins T, Santiago M, McCrindle B. CHILDREN AGED 12-15 WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: TRANSITION TO ADULT HEALTH CARE READINESS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS. Can J Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.07.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background
A coronary stent is an artificial metallic tube, inserted into a blocked coronary artery to keep it open. In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a stented person is irradiated by the radio-frequency electromagnetic pulses, which induce eddy currents in the stent that produce Joule (resistive) heating. The stent in the vessel is acting like a tubular flow heater that increases the temperature of the vessel wall and the blood that flows through it, representing a potential hazard for the stented patient.
Methods
Heating of a metallic coronary stent in MRI was studied theoretically and experimentally. An analytical theoretical model of the stent as a tubular flow heater, based on the thermodynamic law of heat conduction, was developed. The model enables to calculate the time-dependent stent’s temperature during the MRI examination, the increase of the blood temperature passing through the stent and the distribution of the temperature in the vessel wall surrounding the stent. The model was tested experimentally by performing laboratory magnetic resonance heating experiments on a non-inserted stainless-steel coronary stent in the absence of blood flow through it. The model was then used to predict the temperature increase of the stainless-steel coronary stent embedded in a coronary artery in the presence of blood flow under realistic MRI conditions.
Results
The increase of the stent’s temperature and the blood temperature were found minute, of the order of several tenths of a degree, because the blood flow efficiently cools the stent due to a much larger heat capacity of the blood as compared to the heat capacity of the stent. However, should the stent in the vessel become partially re-occluded due to the restenosis problem, where the blood flow through the stent is reduced, the stent’s temperature may become dangerously high.
Conclusions
In the normal situation of a fully open (unoccluded) stent, the increase of the stent temperature and the blood temperature exiting the stent were found minute, of less than 1°C, so that the blood flow efficiently cools the stent. However, should the problem of restenosis occur, where the blood flow through the stent is reduced, there is a risk of hazardous heating.
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Koželj P, Vrtnik S, Jelen A, Jazbec S, Jagličić Z, Maiti S, Feuerbacher M, Steurer W, Dolinšek J. Discovery of a superconducting high-entropy alloy. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:107001. [PMID: 25238377 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.107001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are multicomponent mixtures of elements in similar concentrations, where the high entropy of mixing can stabilize disordered solid-solution phases with simple structures like a body-centered cubic or a face-centered cubic, in competition with ordered crystalline intermetallic phases. We have synthesized an HEA with the composition Ta34Nb33Hf8Zr14Ti11 (in at. %), which possesses an average body-centered cubic structure of lattice parameter a=3.36 Å. The measurements of the electrical resistivity, the magnetization and magnetic susceptibility, and the specific heat revealed that the Ta34Nb33Hf8Zr14Ti11 HEA is a type II superconductor with a transition temperature Tc≈7.3 K, an upper critical field μ0H_c2≈8.2 T, a lower critical field μ0Hc1≈32 mT, and an energy gap in the electronic density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level of 2Δ≈2.2 meV. The investigated HEA is close to a BCS-type phonon-mediated superconductor in the weak electron-phonon coupling limit, classifying it as a "dirty" superconductor. We show that the lattice degrees of freedom obey Vegard's rule of mixtures, indicating completely random mixing of the elements on the HEA lattice, whereas the electronic degrees of freedom do not obey this rule even approximately so that the electronic properties of a HEA are not a "cocktail" of properties of the constituent elements. The formation of a superconducting gap contributes to the electronic stabilization of the HEA state at low temperatures, where the entropic stabilization is ineffective, but the electronic energy gain due to the superconducting transition is too small for the global stabilization of the disordered state, which remains metastable.
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- P Koželj
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics and University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Materials, Laboratory of Crystallography, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Mikrostrukturforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Materials, Laboratory of Crystallography, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Zebrowska M, Salagacka A, Jelen A, Jesionek-Kupnicka D, Mirowski M, Balcerczak E. Is the ABCB1 gene associated with the increased risk of gastric cancer development?--preliminary research. Pathol Res Pract 2014; 210:872-8. [PMID: 25236528 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2014.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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One of the most common malignant diseases, both worldwide and in Poland, is gastric cancer. The pathogenesis of gastric cancer development is not entirely clear. Next to the environmental risk factors, such as Helicobacter pylori infection or dietary habits, the host genetic factors as predispositions to gastric cancer development are discussed. A transmembrane protein that could be associated with predisposition to cancer development is P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Physiologically, P-gp is present in normal tissue of the gastrointestinal tract, where it plays a protective role by transporting xenobiotics from a cell into extracellular environment. P-gp is encoded by the highly polymorphic ABCB1 gene. The most frequent polymorphisms at positions 1236, 2677, and 3435 may affect both the function and amount of protein, thereby leading to a loss of its physiological function, which could increase the predisposition to development of many diseases, including cancer. In this study, the potential significance of the ABCB1 gene in the development and progression of gastric cancer was evaluated. In 19 tissue samples collected from patients with gastric cancer, the ABCB1 gene polymorphisms were identified at positions 1236 and 2677 by automated sequencing and SNP 3435 by the RFLP method. The relative level of ABCB1 expression was measured in 10 samples of gastric cancer and morphologically normal tissues by real-time PCR. For SNPs at positions 1236, 2677, and 3435, no statistically significant differences in genotype frequencies between gastric cancer patients and healthy individuals were found. However, genotype TT for all studied polymorphisms occurred more frequently in the group of gastric cancer patients (31.6, 26.3, 42.1%, respectively) than in the group of healthy individuals (14.6, 13.5, 21.9%, respectively). The lowest relative expression levels of ABCB1 mRNA were observed for genotypes CC of SNP 1236, CC of SNP 3435, and GG of SNP 2677 (median: 0.215, 0.160, 0.160, respectively). There was a tendency that mutant homozygote TT for SNPs at positions 1236, 2677, and 3435 occurred more frequently in the subgroup of patients with Tis or stage I of TNM classification (SNP 1236 p = 0.0760; SNP 2677 p = 0.0813; SNP 3435 p = 0.0760) than in the subgroup of patients with stage II or III. Also the expression levels were lowest (median 0.740) in the group of patients with the less advanced clinical stage of cancer (Tis or I). Preliminary research showed that the ABCB1 gene polymorphisms at positions 1236, 2677, and 3435 were not related to an increased susceptibility of gastric cancer development. However, they may be associated with the inhibition of gastric cancer progression.
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- M Zebrowska
- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Interdepartmental Chair of Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Interdepartmental Chair of Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Interdepartmental Chair of Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Pomorska 251,92-213 Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Interdepartmental Chair of Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Interdepartmental Chair of Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland
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Lopič N, Jelen A, Vrtnik S, Jagličić Z, Wencka M, Starc R, Blinc A, Dolinšek J. Quantitative determination of magnetic force on a coronary stent in MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 37:391-7. [PMID: 23125054 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To introduce an analytical method for a quantitative determination of magnetic force on a coronary stent in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet that is generally applicable to metallic implants. Magnetic forces on metallic implants in the MRI magnets are traditionally determined empirically by measuring deflection from the vertical plane at the central axis of the magnet and at the point of the largest force along the longitudinal axis of the magnet. MATERIALS AND METHODS Magnetic and chemical characterization of the stents was performed by a commercial magnetometer and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Magnetic force on the stents fabricated of paramagnetic alloys (surgical stainless steel and cobalt-chromium) was determined by measuring the stent's magnetic dipole moment and employing the on-axis magnetic field profile of an MRI magnet. RESULTS The maximum force on the stainless steel stent was found to be F(S,max) = 0.18 mN, whereas on the cobalt-chromium stent it was F(C,max) = 0.06 mN. CONCLUSION The magnetic force on the investigated paramagnetic stents is even smaller than the gravitational force acting on the stents in the Earth's gravity field, so that it has no physiological impact on the stented vessels.
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- Nina Lopič
- J. Stefan Institute & University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Bago-Horvath Z, Rudas M, Jakesz R, Dubsky P, Singer CF, Dietze O, Greil R, Jelen A, Offner F, Lang A, Gruber C, Pöstlberger S, Gnant MFX, Filipits M. Abstract P4-09-02: Prognostic and Predictive Value of Centrally Reviewed Ki67 Labeling Index in Postmenopausal Women with Endocrine-Responsive Breast Cancer: Results from Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group Trial 8. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-p4-09-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic and predictive value of Ki67 labeling index in postmenopausal hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer patients who were treated with adjuvant tamoxifen or anastrozole after tamoxifen. Patients and Methods: We determined the expression of Ki67 by immunohistochemistry on whole tissue sections of breast carcinoma patients who had been enrolled in Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG) Trial 8 and received tamoxifen for 5 years or tamoxifen for 2 years followed by anastrozole for 3 years. Ki67 labeling index was evaluated as continuous variable or dichotomized at 10%. Distant recurrence and death were analyzed using Cox models adjusted for clinical and pathological factors.
Results: High Ki67 labeling index was observed in 394 of 1587 (23%) tumors and was associated with poor outcome. Patients with high Ki67 labeling index had a significantly shorter distant recurrence-free survival (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] for distant recurrence 2.16, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.43-3.25, P < 0.001) and overall survival (adjusted HR for death 1.77, 95% CI 1.30-2.42, P < 0.001) as compared to patients with low Ki67 labeling index. No interaction between Ki67 labeling index and treatment was observed (P = 0.84).
Conclusion: High Ki67 labeling index is an independent poor prognostic factor for distant recurrence and death in postmenopausal women with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer but is not predictive for outcome of adjuvant treatment with either tamoxifen or tamoxifen followed by anastrozole.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2010;70(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-09-02.
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- Z Bago-Horvath
- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria; Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Austria
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Filipits M, Rudas M, Jakesz R, Dubsky P, Singer CF, Dietze O, Greil R, Jelen A, Sevelda P, Freibauer C, Fitzal F, Müller V, Jänicke F, Schmidt M, Kölbl H, Rody A, Kaufmann M, Schroth W, Schwab M, Brauch H, Weber K, Feder I, Hennig G, Gehrmann M, Gnant MFX. Abstract P3-10-07: T5 Is a New Molecular Predictor of Distant Recurrence in Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-p3-10-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Molecular tests predicting outcome of breast cancer patients may be useful for treatment decisions in addition to standard clinicopathologic features.
Methods: Using human genome HG-U133A array and qRT-PCR datasets, we developed and validated a gene-expression signature predicting the likelihood of distant recurrence in postmenopausal, early-stage breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative tumors treated with adjuvant endocrine therapy. RNA levels assessed by qRT-PCR in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor specimens were used to calculate a risk score (T5) and to determine a risk group (low or high) for each patient. The prospectively defined T5 risk score was then validated independently in patients from two large randomized phase III trials. Distant recurrence-free survival and overall survival were analyzed with Cox models adjusted for clinicopathological factors. The primary endpoint was time to distant recurrence.
Results: In a training set of 964 tumors, we identified a gene-expression signature consisting of three proliferation-related genes (BIRC5, UBE2C, DHCR7), five estrogen-regulated genes (RBBP8, IL6ST, AZGP1, MGP, STC2), and three reference genes (CALM2, OAZ1, RPL37A). For the validation, RNA analysis was possible in 1702 of 1725 (99%) tumors of both validation sets. Women were classified as having low risk (n=832; 49%) or high risk (n=870; 51%) by the T5 risk score. The T5 risk score provided prognostic information independent from clinicopathologic risk as estimated by Adjuvant!Online or Ki67 labeling index. Patients with a higher T5 risk score had a significantly shorter time to distant recurrence (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15 to 1.33; P<0.001) and overall survival (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.06 to 1.19; P<0.001) compared to patients with a lower T5 risk score. The addition of the risk characterized by the T5 risk score to the clinicopathological risk resulted in 10-year distant recurrence-free survival rates of 95% in combined low risk patients and 82% in combined high risk patients (P<0.001).
Conclusions: Using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor specimens, the multigene T5 risk score provides prognostic information independent of Adjuvant!Online or Ki67 labeling index. By combining the T5 risk score with clinicopathological risk, we were able to accurately identify breast cancer patients with low risk or high risk for distant recurrence. Using this new easy-to-use multigene tool in clinical practice will assist in optimizing adjuvant therapy by reducing both undertreatment and overtreatment and thus improves outcome and quality of life of patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2010;70(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-10-07.
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- M Filipits
- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Paracelsus Private Medical University, Austria; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Germany; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany; University of Mainz, Germany; J. W. Goethe University, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany; Hanusch Medical Center, Austria; General Hospital Hietzing, Austria; General Hospital Weinviertel, Austria
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Jagodič M, Jagličić Z, Jelen A, Lee JB, Kim YM, Kim HJ, Dolinšek J. Surface-spin magnetism of antiferromagnetic NiO in nanoparticle and bulk morphology. J Phys Condens Matter 2009; 21:215302. [PMID: 21825545 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/21/215302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The surface-spin magnetism of the antiferromagnetic (AFM) material NiO in nanoparticle and bulk morphology was investigated by magnetic measurements (temperature-dependent zero-field-cooled (zfc) and field-cooled (fc) dc susceptibility, ac susceptibility and zfc and fc hysteresis loops). We addressed the question of whether the multisublattice ordering of the uncompensated surface spins and the exchange bias (EB) effect are only present in the nanoparticles, originating from their high surface-to-volume ratio or if these surface phenomena are generally present in the AFM materials regardless of their bulky or nanoparticle morphology, but the effect is just too small to be detected experimentally in the bulk due to a very small surface magnetization. Performing experiments on the NiO nanoparticles of different sizes and bulk NiO grains, we show that coercivity enhancement and hysteresis loop shift in the fc experiments, considered to be the key experimental manifestations of multisublattice ordering and the EB effect, are true nanoscale phenomena only present in the nanoparticles and absent in the bulk.
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- M Jagodič
- Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Chambers JA, Jelen A, Gilbert MP, Jany CS, Johnson TB, Gawron-Burke C. Isolation and characterization of a novel insecticidal crystal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:3966-76. [PMID: 2061280 PMCID: PMC208042 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.13.3966-3976.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai EG6346, a novel grain dust isolate, was analyzed by Southern blot hybridization for its insecticidal crystal protein (ICP) gene profile. Strain EG6346 lacks previously characterized cryIA ICP genes yet does possess novel cryI-related gene sequences. A recombinant genomic plasmid library was constructed for strain EG6346 in Escherichia coli. One recombinant plasmid, pEG640, isolated from the library contained a novel ICP gene on a 5.7-kb Sau3A insert. The sequence of this gene, designated cryIF, was related to, but distinct from, the published sequences for other cryI genes. A second novel cryI-related sequence was also located on pEG640, approximately 500 bp downstream from cryIF. Introduction of cryIF into a Cry- B. thuringiensis recipient strain via electroporation enabled sufficient production of CryIF protein for quantitative bioassay analyses of insecticidal specificity. The CryIF crystal protein was selectively toxic to a subset of lepidopteran insects tested, including the larvae of Ostrinia nubilalis and Spodoptera exigua.
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Donaldson JD, Jelen A. The Mössbauer effect in tin(II) compounds. Part IV. The spectra of some tin(II) carboxylates and tricarboxylatostannates(II). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1968. [DOI: 10.1039/j19680001448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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