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Guleken Z, Ceylan Z, Çeçen S, Elgörmüş Y, Cebulski J, Depciuch J. Quantitative or qualitative biomolecular changes in blood serum composition induced by childhood obesity: A Fourier transform infrared examination. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2024; 313:124153. [PMID: 38492465 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124153] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
Abstract
Childhood obesity (CO) negatively affects one in three children and stands as the fourth most common risk factor of health and well-being. Clarifying the molecular and structural modifications that transpire during the development of obesity is crucial for understanding its progression and devising effective therapies. The study was indeed conducted as part of an ongoing CO treatment trial, where data were collected from children diagnosed with CO before the initiation of non-drug treatment interventions. Our primary aim was to analyze the biochemical changes associated with childhood obesity, specifically focusing on concentrations of lipids, lipoproteins, insulin, and glucose. By comparing these parameters between the CO group (n = 60) and a control group of healthy children (n = 43), we sought to elucidate the metabolic differences present in individuals with CO. Our biochemical analyses unveiled lower LDL (low-density lipoproteins) levels and higher HDL (high-density lipoproteins), cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, and glucose levels in CO individuals compared to controls. To scrutinize these changes in more detail, we employed Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy on the serum samples. Our results indicated elevated levels of lipids and proteins in the serum of CO, compared to controls. Additionally, we noted structural changes in the vibrations of glucose, β-sheet, and lipids in CO group. The FTIR technique, coupled with principal component analysis (PCA), demonstrated a marked differentiation between CO and controls, particularly in the FTIR region corresponding to amide and lipids. The Pearson test revealed a stronger correlation between biochemical data and FTIR spectra than between 2nd derivative FTIR spectra. Overall, our study provides valuable insights into the molecular and structural changes occurring in CO.
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- Zozan Guleken
- Gaziantep University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Samsun University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Samsun, Turkey
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- Health Science University, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul Atlas University Medicine Hospital, İstanbul 34408, Turkey
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin 20-093, Poland; Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAS, 31342 Krakow, Poland.
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Shpotyuk O, Lukáčová Bujňáková Z, Baláž P, Kovalskiy A, Sznajder M, Cebulski J, Shpotyuk Y, Demchenko P, Syvorotka I. Equimolar As 4S 4/Fe 3O 4 Nanocomposites Fabricated by Dry and Wet Mechanochemistry: Some Insights on the Magnetic-Fluorescent Functionalization of an Old Drug. Materials (Basel) 2024; 17:1726. [PMID: 38673084 PMCID: PMC11051269 DOI: 10.3390/ma17081726] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Multifunctional nanocomposites from an equimolar As4S4/Fe3O4 cut section have been successfully fabricated from coarse-grained bulky counterparts, employing two-step mechanochemical processing in a high-energy mill operational in dry- and wet-milling modes (in an aqueous solution of Poloxamer 407 acting as a surfactant). As was inferred from the X-ray diffraction analysis, these surfactant-free and surfactant-capped nanocomposites are β-As4S4-bearing nanocrystalline-amorphous substances supplemented by an iso-compositional amorphous phase (a-AsS), both principal constituents (monoclinic β-As4S4 and cubic Fe3O4) being core-shell structured and enriched after wet milling by contamination products (such as nanocrystalline-amorphous zirconia), suppressing their nanocrystalline behavior. The fluorescence and magnetic properties of these nanocomposites are intricate, being tuned by the sizes of the nanoparticles and their interfaces, dependent on storage after nanocomposite fabrication. A specific core-shell arrangement consisted of inner and outer shell interfaces around quantum-confined nm-sized β-As4S4 crystallites hosting a-AsS, and the capping agent is responsible for the blue-cyan fluorescence in as-fabricated Poloxamer capped nanocomposites peaking at ~417 nm and ~442 nm, while fluorescence quenching in one-year-aged nanocomposites is explained in terms of their destroyed core-shell architectures. The magnetic co-functionalization of these nanocomposites is defined by size-extended heterogeneous shells around homogeneous nanocrystalline Fe3O4 cores, composed by an admixture of amorphous phase (a-AsS), nanocrystalline-amorphous zirconia as products of contamination in the wet-milling mode, and surfactant.
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- Oleh Shpotyuk
- Department of Optical Glass and Ceramics, O.G. Vlokh Institute of Physical Optics, 23, Dragomanov Str., 70005 Lviv, Ukraine
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, 13/15, al. Armii Krajowej, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
- Scientific Research Company “Electron-Carat”, 202, Stryjska Str., 79031 Lviv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Mechanochemistry, Institute of Geotechnics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 45, Watsonova Str., 04001 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.L.B.); (P.B.)
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- Department of Mechanochemistry, Institute of Geotechnics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 45, Watsonova Str., 04001 Košice, Slovakia; (Z.L.B.); (P.B.)
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- Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA;
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; (M.S.); (J.C.); (Y.S.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; (M.S.); (J.C.); (Y.S.)
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; (M.S.); (J.C.); (Y.S.)
- Department of Sensor and Semiconductor Electronics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 107, Tarnavskoho Str., 79017 Lviv, Ukraine
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 6-8, Kyryla i Myfodia Str., 79005 Lviv, Ukraine;
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- Scientific Research Company “Electron-Carat”, 202, Stryjska Str., 79031 Lviv, Ukraine;
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Luchechko A, Vasyltsiv V, Kushlyk M, Slobodzyan D, Baláž M, Cebulski J, Szmuc K, Szlęzak J, Shpotyuk Y. Structural and luminescence characterization of β-Ga2O3 nanopowders obtained via high-energy ball milling. Appl Nanosci 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-022-02717-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abstractβ-Ga2O3 nanocrystals have been successfully obtained by the high-energy ball milling method. The obtained nanocrystalline powders have been characterized using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and luminescent spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction patterns show a single gallium oxide structure formed in the milling process with a small amount of α-Ga2O3 phase. The grains of irregular shape were identified with the TEM technique. HRTEM images confirmed the formation of the β-Ga2O3 nanocrystals with a size distribution of 50–80 nm. Three luminescence bands peaked at about 2.52, 2.91, and 3.26 eV were observed in photoluminescence spectra. The gradual blue shift of the emission maxima at the excitation in the fundamental absorption edge under the different milling conditions was detected.
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Guleken Z, Bahat PY, Toto ÖF, Bulut H, Jakubczyk P, Cebulski J, Paja W, Pancerz K, Wosiak A, Depciuch J. Blood serum lipid profiling may improve the management of recurrent miscarriage: a combination of machine learning of mid-infrared spectra and biochemical assays. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:8341-8352. [PMID: 36227296 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04370-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present article is focused on developing and validating an efficient, credible, minimally invasive technique based on spectral signatures of blood samples of women with recurrent miscarriage vs. those of healthy individuals who were followed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 2 years. For this purpose, blood samples from a total of 120 participants, including healthy women (n=60) and women with diagnosed recurrent miscarriage (n=60), were obtained. The lipid profile (high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, and total cholesterol levels) and lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde and glutathione levels) were evaluated with a Beckman Coulter analyzer system for chemical analysis. Biomolecular structure and composition were determined using an attenuated total reflectance sampling methodology with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy alongside machine learning technology to advance toward clinical translation. Here, we developed and validated instrumentation for the analysis of recurrent miscarriage patient serum that was able to differentiate recurrent miscarriage and control patients with an accuracy of 100% using a Fourier transform infrared region corresponding to lipids. We found that predictors of lipid profile abnormalities in maternal serum could significantly improve this patient pathway. The study also presents preliminary results from the first prospective clinical validation study of its kind.
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- Zozan Guleken
- Department of Physiology, Uskudar University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Science University Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Science University Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, İstinye University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Institute of Computer Science, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Institute of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Science, 31-342, Krakow, Poland
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Guleken Z, Tuyji Tok Y, Jakubczyk P, Paja W, Pancerz K, Shpotyuk Y, Cebulski J, Depciuch J. Development of novel spectroscopic and machine learning methods for the measurement of periodic changes in COVID-19 antibody level. Measurement (Lond) 2022; 196:111258. [PMID: 35493849 PMCID: PMC9040476 DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2022.111258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In this research, blood samples of 47 patients infected by COVID were analyzed. The samples were taken on the 1st, 3rd and 6th month after the detection of COVID infection. Total antibody levels were measured against the SARS-CoV-2 N antigen and surrogate virus neutralization by serological methods. To differentiate COVID patients with different antibody levels, Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy methods were used. The spectroscopy data were analyzed by multivariate analysis, machine learning and neural network methods. It was shown, that analysis of serum using the above-mentioned spectroscopy methods allows to differentiate antibody levels between 1 and 6 months via spectral biomarkers of amides II and I. Moreover, multivariate analysis showed, that using Raman spectroscopy in the range between 1317 cm-1 and 1432 cm-1, 2840 cm-1 and 2956 cm-1 it is possible to distinguish patients after 1, 3, and 6 months from COVID with a sensitivity close to 100%.
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- Zozan Guleken
- Uskudar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Turkey
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- Institute of Computer Science, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Science, 31-342 Krakow, Poland
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Jakubczyk P, Paja W, Pancerz K, Cebulski J, Depciuch J, Uzun Ö, Tarhan N, Guleken Z. Determination of idiopathic female infertility from infrared spectra of follicle fluid combined with gonadotrophin levels, multivariate analysis and machine learning methods. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2022; 38:102883. [PMID: 35487430 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2022.102883] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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By in vitro fertilization, oocytes can be removed and the embryo can be cultured, and then trans cervically replaced when they reach cleavage or when the blastocyst stage. The characterization of the follicular fluid is important for the treatment process. Women who applied to the Academic Hospital in vitro fertilization (IVF) Center diagnosed with idiopathic female infertility (IFI) were sought in the patient group. Demographics and clinical gonadotropin measurements of the study population were recorded. Of the 116 follicular fluid samples (n=58 male-induced infertility; n=58 control) were analyzed using the FTIR system. To identify FTIR spectral characteristics of follicular fluids associated with an ovarian reserve and reproductive hormone levels from control and IFI, six machine learning methods and multivariate analysis were used. To assess the quantitative information about the total biochemical composition of a follicular fluid across various diagnoses. FTIR spectra showed a higher level of vibrations corresponding to lipids and a lower level of amide vibrations in the IFI group. Furthermore, the T square plot from Partial Last Square (PLS) analysis showed, that these vibrations can be used to distinguish IFI from the control group which was obtained by principal component analysis (PCA). Proteins and lipids play an important role in the development of IFI. The absorption dynamics of FTIR spectra showed wavenumbers with around 100% discrimination probability, which means, that the presented wavenumbers can be used as a spectroscopic marker of IFI. Also, six machine learning methods showed, that classification accuracy for the original set was from 93.75% to 100% depending on the learning algorithm used. These results can inform about IFI women's follicular fluid has biomacromolecular differentiation in their follicular fluid. By using a safe and effective tool for the characterization of changes in follicular fluid during in vitro fertilization, this study builds upon a comprehensive examination of the idiopathic female infertility remodeling process in human studies. We anticipate that this technology will be a valuable adjunct for clinical studies.
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- Institute of Computer Science, University of Rzeszów, Poland
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- Institute of Technology and Computer Science, Academy of Zamosc, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Science, 31-342 Krakow, Poland, Turkey.
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Uskudar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Istanbul Turkey.
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Depciuch J, Barnaś E, Skręt-Magierło J, Skręt A, Kaznowska E, Łach K, Jakubczyk P, Cebulski J. Spectroscopic evaluation of carcinogenesis in endometrial cancer. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9079. [PMID: 33907297 PMCID: PMC8079695 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88640-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Carcinogenesis is a multifaceted process of cancer formation. The transformation of normal cells into cancerous ones may be difficult to determine at a very early stage. Therefore, methods enabling identification of initial changes caused by cancer require novel approaches. Although physical spectroscopic methods such as FT-Raman and Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) are used to detect chemical changes in cancer tissues, their potential has not been investigated with respect to carcinogenesis. The study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of FT-Raman and FTIR spectroscopy as diagnostic methods of endometrial cancer carcinogenesis. The results indicated development of endometrial cancer was accompanied with chemical changes in nucleic acid, amide I and lipids in Raman spectra. FTIR spectra showed that tissues with development of carcinogenesis were characterized by changes in carbohydrates and amides vibrations. Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis of Raman spectra demonstrated similarity of tissues with cancer cells and lesions considered precursor of cancer (complex atypical hyperplasia), however they differed from the control samples. Pearson correlation test showed correlation between cancer and complex atypical hyperplasia tissues and between non-cancerous tissue samples. The results of the study indicate that Raman spectroscopy is more effective in assessing the development of carcinogenesis in endometrial cancer than FTIR.
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- Joanna Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, 31-342, Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Chair of Morphological Sciences, Department of Pathomorphology, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a , 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Warzywna 1A, 35-310, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-310, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-310, Rzeszow, Poland
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Shpotyuk O, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O, Slobodzyan D, Cebulski J, Smolar N. Light-curing effects in acrylic-type dental nanocomposites probed by annihilating positrons: the case of densely monolith ЭCTA-3® restoratives. Appl Nanosci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-020-01423-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Depciuch J, Stanek-Widera A, Khinevich N, Bandarenka HV, Kandler M, Bayev V, Fedotova J, Lange D, Stanek-Tarkowska J, Cebulski J. The Spectroscopic Similarity between Breast Cancer Tissues and Lymph Nodes Obtained from Patients with and without Recurrence: A Preliminary Study. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25143295. [PMID: 32708082 PMCID: PMC7397234 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25143295] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Lymph nodes (LNs) play a very important role in the spread of cancer cells. Moreover, it was noticed that the morphology and chemical composition of the LNs change in the course of cancer development. Therefore, finding and monitoring similarities between these characteristics of the LNs and tumor tissues are essential to improve diagnostics and therapy of this dreadful disease. In the present study, we used Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies to compare the chemical composition of the breast cancer tissues and LNs collected from women without (I group-4 patients) and with (II group-4 patients) recurrence. It was shown that the similarity of the chemical composition of the breast tissues and LNs is typical for the II group of the patients. The average Raman spectrum of the breast cancer tissues from the I group was not characterized by vibrations in the 800-1000 cm-1 region originating from collagen and carbohydrates, which are typical for tumor-affected breast tissues. At the same time, this spectrum contains peaks at 1029 cm-1, corresponding to PO2- from DNA, RNA and phospholipids, and 1520 cm-1, which have been observed in normal breast tissues before. It was shown that Raman bands of the average LN spectrum of the II group associated with proteins and carbohydrates are more intensive than those of the breast tissues spectrum. The intensity of the Raman spectra collected from the samples of the II group is almost three times higher compared to the I group. The vibrations of carbohydrates and amide III are much more intensive in the II group's case. The Raman spectra of the breast cancer tissues and LNs of the II group's samples do not contain bands (e.g., 1520 cm-1) found in the Raman spectra of the normal breast tissues elsewhere. FTIR spectra of the LNs of the I group's women showed a lower level of vibrations corresponding to functional group building nucleic acid, collagen, carbohydrates, and proteins in comparison with the breast cancer tissues. Pearson's correlation test showed positive and more significant interplay between the nature of the breast tissues and LN spectra obtained for the II group of patients than that in the I group's spectra. Moreover, principal component analysis (PCA) showed that it is possible to distinguish Raman and FTIR spectra of the breast cancer tissues and LNs collected from women without recurrence of the disease.
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- Joanna Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.D.); (J.F.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology, Rolna 43, 40-555 Katowice, Poland; (A.S.-W.); (D.L.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Plasmonics, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 220013 Minsk, Belarus; (N.K.); (H.V.B.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Plasmonics, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 220013 Minsk, Belarus; (N.K.); (H.V.B.)
- Polytechnic School, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, College of Natural Sciences, PL-35959 Rzeszow, Poland; (M.K.); (J.C.)
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- Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University, 220030 Minsk, Belarus;
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- Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University, 220030 Minsk, Belarus;
- Correspondence: (J.D.); (J.F.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology, Rolna 43, 40-555 Katowice, Poland; (A.S.-W.); (D.L.)
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Land Management and Environmental Protection, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959 Rzeszow, Poland;
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, College of Natural Sciences, PL-35959 Rzeszow, Poland; (M.K.); (J.C.)
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Depciuch J, Tołpa B, Witek P, Szmuc K, Kaznowska E, Osuchowski M, Król P, Cebulski J. Raman and FTIR spectroscopy in determining the chemical changes in healthy brain tissues and glioblastoma tumor tissues. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2020; 225:117526. [PMID: 31655362 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Glioblastoma, also called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is a particularly malignant form of primary brain tumor. This cancer accounts for 12-15% of all brain tumors. Despite the advances in neurosurgery, radio and chemotherapy the average survival rate is only 12.1-16.6 months. This is due not only to the late diagnosis of the disease, but also to ineffective treatment methods which result from the still low knowledge about the causes of glioblastoma development. Therefore, it is very important to look for new diagnostic methods of detection of the smallest features of cancer. Raman and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) can be such methods. In this paper we discuss the chemical composition of sample glioblastoma brain tissues and marginal brain tissues using these two spectroscopy methods. Raman and FTIR spectra of cancer brain tissues showed that the highest differences in the chemical composition, compared to the control brain tissue, occur in the areas corresponding to lipids, collagen and proteins. Moreover, Raman spectroscopy also showed significant changes in the cancer tissues in the phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin. Interestingly, FTIR spectra after Kramers-Kronig transformations showed signals only for three peaks which corresponded to the vibrations of lipid function groups. Adjustment of the Lorenz function for these three peaks showed that only in the case of cancerous tissues the number of matching lines is different, compared to the control and marginal tissues. Therefore, we assume that lipids could be a spectroscopic marker for brain tumor. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) showed that chemical changes seen between cancer and control tissues are significant and it is possible to differentiate the infected tissue from the healthy one. Interestingly, the PCA analysis also showed that adjacent brain tissues have different chemical composition than the control tissues.
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- J Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Hospital Nr 2 in Rzeszow, Lwowska 60, 35-309, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Centre of Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Centre of Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Patomorphology, Chair of Morphological Sciences, Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959, Poland
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- Department of Patomorphology, Chair of Morphological Sciences, Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959, Poland
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- Department of Physical Education, University of Rzeszow, Towarnickiego 3, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Centre of Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Kravets O, Zaremba O, Shpotyuk Y, Luchechko A, Szmuc K, Cebulski J, Ingram A, Shpotyuk O. Structure, morphology and optical-luminescence investigations of spinel ZnGa2O4 ceramics co-doped with Mn2+ and Eu3+ ions. Appl Nanosci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-018-0681-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Depciuch J, Stanek-Widera A, Skrzypiec D, Lange D, Biskup-Frużyńska M, Kiper K, Stanek-Tarkowska J, Kula M, Cebulski J. Spectroscopic identification of benign (follicular adenoma) and cancerous lesions (follicular thyroid carcinoma) in thyroid tissues. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2019; 170:321-326. [PMID: 30954022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Thyroid follicular nodules are quite common in the population, however only a small proportion is malignant. Thyroid cancer differs from adenoma by features of cellular atypia, angioinvasiveness and possibility of metastasis via blood vessels mainly in the lungs and bones. Pathomorphological examination of the postoperative material plays a significant role in the diagnosis of cystic thyroid lesions. De facto, there is no possibility to determine with certainty whether the lesion is benign or malignant before surgery, therefore new methods are being sought to meet clinical needs. The study aimed to investigate if Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy combined with multidimensional analysis can be a useful tool in distinguishing between thyroid adenomas and carcinomas. The obtained results indicate quantitative and qualitative alterations within proteins and fats derived from patients' tissues samples. Raman spectroscopy additionally shows significant changes in the amount of tissue collagen due to the pathogenic process. In the spectra of the second FTIR derivative, shifts of vibrations corresponding to the β-sheet and α-helix structure are observed towards the lower rates of wave numbers in the case of neoplastic tissues. Using the leave-one-out cross-validation, sensitivity and specificity calculated with Principal Component Analysis-Linear Discriminant Analysis (PCA-LDA) clearly shows the possibility to distinguish between pathologically changed and normal thyroid tissue as well as differentiate follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) from widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma (WI-FTC) tissues.
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- Joanna Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, PL-44101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, PL-44101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, PL-44101, Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Niezapominajek 21, 30239, Krakow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959, Rzeszow, Poland
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Depciuch J, Stanek-Widera A, Lange D, Biskup-Frużyńska M, Stanek-Tarkowska J, Czarny W, Cebulski J. Spectroscopic analysis of normal and neoplastic (WI-FTC) thyroid tissue. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2018; 204:18-24. [PMID: 29902767 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Thyroid cancer holds the first place of the malignant tumors of the endocrine system. One of the less common thyroid cancers is follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), which is very difficult to diagnose because it gives the same image as adenoma, which is benign. Certainty of the diagnosis is gained only when FTC gives metastases. Therefore, it was decided to compare normal and neoplastic (FTC) thyroid tissues with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The obtained FTIR spectra and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) allowed us to conclude that there are differences in the FTIR spectrum between normal tissues and those affected by cancer. In addition, the results indicate that there is a decrease in the number of functional groups that build cellular and tissue structures in tumoral tissues. The shifts of wave numbers corresponding to the protein and lipid function group vibrations, as well as the calculated second derivative of the FTIR spectra showed the structural changes in neoplastic tissues. Moreover, the deconvolution of the amide I massif indicates that in cancerous tissues the prevailing secondary structure is β-sheet structure, while in normal tissues it is α-helix. The obtained results allow us to conclude that infrared spectroscopy, in addition to providing information on the composition of tested samples, can be an excellent diagnostic tool contributing to understanding the FTC substrate.
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- Joanna Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, PL-44101 Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, PL-44101 Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Tumor Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, PL-44101 Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Human Sciences, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, PL-35959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Kaznowska E, Depciuch J, Łach K, Kołodziej M, Koziorowska A, Vongsvivut J, Zawlik I, Cholewa M, Cebulski J. The classification of lung cancers and their degree of malignancy by FTIR, PCA-LDA analysis, and a physics-based computational model. Talanta 2018; 186:337-345. [PMID: 29784370 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all malignant tumours. The current effects of cancer treatment, as well as its diagnostics, are unsatisfactory. Therefore it is very important to introduce modern diagnostic tools, which will allow for rapid classification of lung cancers and their degree of malignancy. For this purpose, the authors propose the use of Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with Principal Component Analysis-Linear Discriminant Analysis (PCA-LDA) and a physics-based computational model. The results obtained for lung cancer tissues, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma FTIR spectra, show a shift in wavenumbers compared to control tissue FTIR spectra. Furthermore, in the FTIR spectra of adenocarcinoma there are no peaks corresponding to glutamate or phospholipid functional groups. Moreover, in the case of G2 and G3 malignancy of adenocarcinoma lung cancer, the absence of an OH groups peak was noticed. Thus, it seems that FTIR spectroscopy is a valuable tool to classify lung cancer and to determine the degree of its malignancy.
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- E Kaznowska
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Warzywna 1a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; Department of Human Histology, Chair of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; Faculty of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, University of Rzeszow, ul. Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Warzywna 1a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland; Department of Genetics, Chair of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Shpotyuk O, Ingram A, Baláž P, Bujňáková Z, Shpotyuk Y, Cebulski J. Free volume studies on mechanochemically milled β-As4S4 arsenical employing positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Appl Nanosci 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-018-0645-8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Golovchak R, Shpotyuk Y, Szlęzak J, Dziedzic A, Ingram A, Cebulski J. Giant visible and infrared light attenuation effect in nanostructured narrow-bandgap glasses. Opt Lett 2018; 43:387-390. [PMID: 29400866 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.000387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A unique effect of Bi on the optical and electrical properties of mixed Ga-containing Ge-Se and Ge-Te glasses is discovered. It is shown that glass with a low Bi content is completely transparent in a 3-16 μm spectral range, while the glass with a slightly higher Bi content possesses a large (>10 db/mm) attenuation coefficient, making a ∼millimeter thick glass sample fully opaque to VIS-IR radiation. Despite this contrast, both types of glass are found to retain their semiconducting properties, the DC conductivity at room temperature, σDC∼10-3 S/m, being comparable to that of silicon.
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Shpotyuk O, Adamiak S, Bezvushko E, Cebulski J, Iskiv M, Shpotyuk O, Balitska V. Light-Curing Volumetric Shrinkage in Dimethacrylate-Based Dental Composites by Nanoindentation and PAL Study. Nanoscale Res Lett 2017; 12:75. [PMID: 28124300 PMCID: PMC5267579 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-1845-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Light-curing volumetric shrinkage in dimethacrylate-based dental resin composites Dipol® is examined through comprehensive kinetics research employing nanoindentation measurements and nanoscale atomic-deficient study with lifetime spectroscopy of annihilating positrons. Photopolymerization kinetics determined through nanoindentation testing is shown to be described via single-exponential relaxation function with character time constants reaching respectively 15.0 and 18.7 s for nanohardness and elastic modulus. Atomic-deficient characteristics of composites are extracted from positron lifetime spectra parameterized employing unconstrained x3-term fitting. The tested photopolymerization kinetics can be adequately reflected in time-dependent changes observed in average positron lifetime (with 17.9 s time constant) and fractional free volume of positronium traps (with 18.6 s time constant). This correlation proves that fragmentation of free-volume positronium-trapping sites accompanied by partial positronium-to-positron traps conversion determines the light-curing volumetric shrinkage in the studied composites.
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- Olha Shpotyuk
- Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, 69, Pekarska St., Lviv, 79010, Ukraine.
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, 69, Pekarska St., Lviv, 79010, Ukraine
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, 69, Pekarska St., Lviv, 79010, Ukraine
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- Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, 13/15, Armii Krajowej St., 42200, Czestochowa, Poland
- Vlokh Institute of Physical Optics, 23, Dragomanov St., Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
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- Lviv State University of Life Safety, 35, Kleparivska St., Lviv, 79007, Ukraine
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Shpotyuk Y, Adamiak S, Dziedzic A, Szlezak J, Bochnowski W, Cebulski J. Nanoscale Inhomogeneities Mapping in Ga-Modified Arsenic Selenide Glasses. Nanoscale Res Lett 2017; 12:88. [PMID: 28168612 PMCID: PMC5293715 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-1887-1] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Nanoscale inhomogeneities mapping in Ga-modified As2Se3 glass was utilized exploring possibilities of nanoindentation technique using a Berkovitch-type diamond tip. Structural inhomogeneities were detected in Gax(As0.40Se0.60)100-x alloys with more than 3 at.% of Ga. The appeared Ga2Se3 nanocrystallites were visualized in Ga-modified arsenic selenide glasses using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The Ga additions are shown to increase nanohardness and Young's modulus, this effect attaining an obvious bifurcation trend in crystallization-decomposed Ga5(As0.40Se0.60)95 alloy.
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- Ya Shpotyuk
- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland.
- Department of Sensor and Semiconductor Electronics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 107, Tarnavskoho Str., Lviv, 79017, Ukraine.
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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Depciuch J, Kaznowska E, Golowski S, Koziorowska A, Zawlik I, Cholewa M, Szmuc K, Cebulski J. Monitoring breast cancer treatment using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy-based computational model. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2017; 143:261-268. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shpotyuk MV, Shpotyuk OI, Cebulski J, Kozyukhin S. Destructive Clustering of Metal Nanoparticles in Chalcogenide and Oxide Glassy Matrices. Nanoscale Res Lett 2016; 11:34. [PMID: 26787053 PMCID: PMC4718916 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1250-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The energetic χ-criterion is developed to parameterize difference in the origin of high-order optical non-linearity associated with metallic atoms (Cu, Ag, Au) embedded destructively in oxide- and chalcogenide glasses. Within this approach, it is unambiguously proved that covalent-bonded networks of soft semiconductor chalcogenides exemplified by binary As(Ge)-S(Se) glasses differ essentially from those typical for hard dielectric oxides like vitreous silica by impossibility to accommodate pure agglomerates of metallic nanoparticles. In an excellence according to known experimental data, it is suggested that destructive clustering of nanoparticles is possible in Cu-, Ag-, and Au-ion-implanted dielectric oxide glass media, possessing a strongly negative χ-criterion. Some recent speculations trying to ascribe equally this ability to soft chalcogenide glasses despite an obvious difference in the corresponding bond dissociation energies have been disclosed and criticized as inconclusive.
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- M V Shpotyuk
- Lviv Polytechnic National University, Bandera str., 12, Lviv, 79013, Ukraine.
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- Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, al. Armii Krajowej, 13/15, Czestochowa, 42200, Poland
- Vlokh Institute of Physical Optics, Dragomanov str., 23, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine
- Institute of Materials of SRC "Carat", Stryjska str., 202, Lviv, 79031, Ukraine
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Prof. Stanislawa Pigonia str., 1, Rzeszow, 35310, Poland
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- N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, 31 Leninsky pr., Moscow, 199991, Russia
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Zawlik I, Kaznowska E, Cebulski J, Kolodziej M, Depciuch J, Vongsvivut J, Cholewa M. FPA-FTIR Microspectroscopy for Monitoring Chemotherapy Efficacy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37333. [PMID: 27857183 PMCID: PMC5114655 DOI: 10.1038/srep37333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype with limited treatment options and a poor prognosis. Approximately 70% of triple-negative breast cancer patients fail to achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR) after chemotherapy due to the lack of targeted therapies for this subtype. We report here the development of a focal-plane-array Fourier transform infrared (FPA-FTIR) microspectroscopic technique combined with principal component analysis (PCA) for monitoring chemotherapy effects in triple-negative breast cancer patients. The PCA results obtained using the FPA-FTIR spectral data collected from the same patients before and after the chemotherapy revealed discriminatory features that were consistent with the pathologic and clinical responses to chemotherapy, indicating the potential of the technique as a monitoring tool for observing chemotherapy efficacy.
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- Izabela Zawlik
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Warzywna 1a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland.,Department of Genetics, Chair of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Warzywna 1a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland.,Department of Human Histology, Chair of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland.,Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia 1, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Golovchak R, Shpotyuk Y, Nazabal V, Boussard-Pledel C, Bureau B, Cebulski J, Jain H. Study of Ga incorporation in glassy arsenic selenides by high-resolution XPS and EXAFS. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:184501. [PMID: 25978894 DOI: 10.1063/1.4919947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Effect of Ga addition on the structure of vitreous As2Se3 is studied using high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and extended X-ray absorption fine structure techniques. The "8-N" rule is shown to be violated for Ga atoms and, possibly, for certain number of As atoms. On the contrary, Se keeps its 2-fold coordination according to "8-N" rule in the amorphous phase throughout all the compositions. Crystalline inclusions appear in the amorphous structure of the investigated glasses at Ga concentrations greater than 3 at. %. These inclusions are presumably associated with Ga2Se3 crystallites and transition phases/defects formed at the boundaries of these crystallites and host amorphous matrix. The existence of Ga-As and Se-Se bonds in the samples with higher Ga content is supported by present studies.
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- R Golovchak
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee 37044, USA
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- Equipe Verres et Céramiques UMR-CNRS 6226, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Equipe Verres et Céramiques UMR-CNRS 6226, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Equipe Verres et Céramiques UMR-CNRS 6226, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Equipe Verres et Céramiques UMR-CNRS 6226, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, University of Rzeszow, 1, Pigonia Str., 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3195, USA
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Lamczyk M, Kawelski L, Noga T, Stanek-Tarkowska J, Berezovska I, Berchenko N, Parlinska-Wojtan M, Cebulski J. Quantitative imaging of diatoms by PeakForce atomic force microscopy. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- M. Lamczyk
- Labsoft K. Herman; Wantule St. 12 02-828 Warsaw Poland
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- Labsoft K. Herman; Wantule St. 12 02-828 Warsaw Poland
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- School of Biology and Agriculture; University of Rzeszow; Cwiklinskiej St. 2 35-601 Rzeszow Poland
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- School of Biology and Agriculture; University of Rzeszow; Cwiklinskiej St. 2 35-601 Rzeszow Poland
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- Department of Computer Science; Ternopil National Technical University; 56 Ruska St. Ternopil 46001 Ukraine
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- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology; University of Rzeszow; Pigonia 1 St. 35-310 Rzeszow Poland
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- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology; University of Rzeszow; Pigonia 1 St. 35-310 Rzeszow Poland
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- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology; University of Rzeszow; Pigonia 1 St. 35-310 Rzeszow Poland
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Trzyna M, Berchenko N, Rading D, Cebulski J. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy with bismuth primary ions of clean and air-exposed surfaces of tellurium. Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester) 2014; 20:429-436. [PMID: 25905867 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The regularity of Bi(+), Bi(3+) and Bi(3++) primary ions in the time- of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy fragment pattern of air oxidized Te and Bi(+) direct-current scan cleaned Te is discussed. The most intensive fragments for a cleaned Te surface are positive and negative Tex and BiTex clusters. The sequence of secondary ion cluster formation is Bi-Te alloying followed by sputtering and ionization. For oxidized Te the chemical composition of the produced TexOy fragments satisfies the relation y=2x for positive fragments and y=2x+1 for negative ones. Experimental findings are in a good agreement with the results predicted by Plog's model for TeO2.
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- Malgorzata Trzyna
- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Rzeszow University, Rejtana 16A, Rzeszow 35-959, Poland.
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- Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Rzeszow University, Rejtana 16A, Rzeszow 35-959, Poland.
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- ION-TOF GmbH, Heisenberg str. 15, Muenster, 48149, Germany.
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- Center for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, Rzeszow University, Rejtana 16A, Rzeszow 35-959, Poland.
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Cebulski J, Sheregii EM, Polit J, Marcelli A, Piccinini M, Kisiel A, Kucherenko IV, Triboulet R. Quantitative method of the point defect concentration determination in Zn- and Cd-doped HgTe using the far-infrared spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200881754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Polit J, Sheregii EM, Cebulski J, Kisiel A, Marcelli A, Robouch BV, Guidi MC, Piccinini M, Mycielski A. Additional phonon modes related to intrinsic defects in CdHgTe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200881762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sheregii EM, Cebulski J, Marcelli A, Piccinini M. Temperature dependence discontinuity of the phonon mode frequencies caused by a zero-gap state in HgCdTe alloys. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:045504. [PMID: 19257441 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.045504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
In the HgCdTe (MCT) alloys, a zero-gap state E(g)=Gamma(6)-Gamma(8)=0 may occur as the composition varies from HgTe to CdTe. This singular mechanism of the E(g) variation may be triggered by an external pressure or by a temperature. In this Letter, we present experimental data of the optical reflectivity in the far-infrared (FIR) domain in a wide interval of temperature (from 10 to 290 K) of the Hg1-xCdxTe (x=0.115) samples. Since the intensity of classical IR sources drops abruptly in this spectral region, a brilliant synchrotron radiation FIR source has been used. The results clearly show that frequencies of the optical phonon modes exhibit discontinuity in their temperature dependence when a zero-gap state occurs.
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Affiliation(s)
- E M Sheregii
- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszów, Rejtana 16a, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland
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Vodopyanov L, Kucherenko I, Polit J, Sheregii E, Cebulski J, Kisiel A, Robouch BV, Burattini E, Piccinini M, Marchelli A, Cestelli Guidi M, Nucara A, Tribulet R. Effect of band inversion on the phonon spectra of Hg1–xZnxTe and Hg1–xCdxTe semiconductor alloys. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200405397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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