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Sivaraju SS, Senthilkumar T, Sankar R, Anuradha T, Usha S, Bin Musirin I. Improving the efficiency of induction motor drive by flux and torque control: A hybrid LSE-RERNN approach. ISA Trans 2024; 147:215-226. [PMID: 38402102 DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2024.01.034] [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: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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A hybrid technique is proposed in this manuscript for the optimal design of an induction motor (IM) drive for the dynamic load profiles during torque and flux control. The proposed hybrid method combines a Ladder-Spherical-Evolution-Search-Algorithm (LSE) and a recalling-enhanced recurrent-neural network (RERNN), which is called an LSE-RERNN technique. The major objective of the proposed method is to minimize IM losses while maintaining control over speed and torque. The proposed method effectively tunes the gain parameter of the PI controller for flux and torque regulation. The LSE methodgenerates a set of gain parameters optimally predicted by RERNN. The method reduces losses without prior knowledge of load profiles, achieving energy savings for steady-state optimum flux. The performance of the proposed technique is done in the MATLAB and is compared with different existing techniques. The value of the proposed method for the mean is 0.328, the standard deviation (SD) is 0.00334, and the median is 0.4173. The loss of the proposed method is much less than 0.3 W while compared to different existing approaches. Moreover, the computation time of the proposed approach is lesser than the existing techniques.
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- S S Sivaraju
- IEEE Senior Member, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, R V S College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641402, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, R V S College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641402, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600069, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, 600097, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, 638060, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Professor of Power System, Centre for Electrical Power Engineering Studies (CEPES), School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Balachandar K, Viswanathan C, Robin RS, Abhilash KR, Sankar R, Deepak Samuel V, Purvaja R, Ramesh R. Benthic foraminifera as an environmental proxy for pollutants along the coast of Chennai, India. Chemosphere 2023; 310:136824. [PMID: 36241111 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Benthic foraminifera are increasingly used as an indicator of environmental disturbance. Their sensitivities to pollutants can be reflected by changes in assemblage, which can provide useful information about ecosystem health. This study aimed to investigate the impact of organic and inorganic pollutants on the benthic ecology of the Chennai coast, with a focus on the 2017 oil spill caused by the collision of two ships. Sediment samples collected from five distinct zones along the coast were analysed for pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Pb) and total organic carbon (TOC). The maximum concentrations of Cr (137 μg/g), Cd (6.93 μg/g) and Pb (34.2 μg/g), as well as TPH (84.3 μg/g) and PAHs (227 ng/g), were observed. A total of 47 species of foraminifera were identified in this study, of which 12 were morphologically abnormal. In the low-impact zone, the species diversity index (H') was higher. TPH and PAH concentrations were positively associated with abnormal species. Pollution-resistant foraminifera species include Ammonia tepida, Elphidium discoidale, and Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, while opportunistic foraminifera include Pararotalia curryi, Nonionella stella, Rosalina globularis, and Spirillina vivipara. PAHs and heavy metals were adversely correlated with foraminiferal abundance, while TPH was positively correlated. To assess the response of the benthic ecosystem to hydrocarbon pollution, indices such as the Foraminiferal Index of Environmental Impact (FIEI), Exponential (H'bc) index and the Foraminiferal Abnormality Index (FAI) were used as environmental health proxies. FIEI, exp(H'bc) and FAI values show the impact of hydrocarbon pollution to an extent along the northern Chennai coast.
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- K Balachandar
- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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Vinoth Kumar V, Gayathri P, Sankar R, Arunamaheswari C, Prasath R. Investigation on the Role of Molecular Planarity and Conjugation Effects on Physicochemical Properties of Anthracene and Pyrene Appended meso-5,15-Bis(Thien-2-yl)-10,20-Diphenylporphyrin Triads. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2149566] [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: 12/05/2022]
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- V. Vinoth Kumar
- PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College (Affiliated to University of Madras), Chennai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, India
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- PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College (Affiliated to University of Madras), Chennai, India
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- PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College (Affiliated to University of Madras), Chennai, India
- Department of Science and Humanities, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, India
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- PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College (Affiliated to University of Madras), Chennai, India
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Kumar BK, Sankar R, Krishnan RN, Rukmani R. Performance Analysis of Multi-processor Two-Stage Tandem Call Center Retrial Queues with Non-Reliable Processors. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11009-020-09842-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kumar BK, Sankar R, Krishnan RN, Rukmani R, Rumnyantsev A. Transient and steady-state analysis of hybrid arrivals of single and batch customers queueing systems with switch-off period. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2021.1973501] [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: 10/20/2022]
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- B. Krishna Kumar
- Department of Mathematics, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Mathematics, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Mathematics, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, India
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- Institute of Applied Mathematical Research, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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Shrestha K, Miertschin D, Sankar R, Lorenz B, Chu CW. Large magnetoresistance and quantum oscillations in Sn 0.05Pb 0.95Te. J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:335501. [PMID: 34062517 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac06ed] [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: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We have synthesized high-quality single crystals of SnxPb1-xTe and carried out detailed studies of the magnetotransport properties of one of the samples, Sn0.05Pb0.95Te. Longitudinal magnetoresistance increases almost linearly with increasing applied field (H) and reaches ∼310% atH= 13 T. At higher fields, both longitudinal and Hall resistance show clear Shubnikov de Haas oscillations. The oscillations are smooth and periodic, and there exists only one frequency,fα∼ 57 T. However, an additional frequency,fβ∼ 69 T, appears as the angle between the field direction and the normal to the sample surface (θ) is increased. Bothfαandfβexhibitθ-dependence;fαdecreases whereasfβincreases gradually with increasingθ. The presence of two frequencies in Sn0.05Pb0.95Te indicates that there exist two Fermi surface pockets (αandβpockets). We have constructed the Landau-level fan plot and determined the Berry phase (δ) for theαpocket to beδ∼ 0.1. Thisδvalue is very close to the expected value of 0 for a topologically trivial system.
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- K Shrestha
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, West Texas A&M University, 2501 4th Ave, Canyon, TX 79016, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, West Texas A&M University, 2501 4th Ave, Canyon, TX 79016, United States of America
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston, 3369 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204-5002, United States of America
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- Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston, 3369 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204-5002, United States of America
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America
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Radhika G, Sankar R, Rajendran R. Prevalence and diagnostic tools predictability of common mental disorders among Indian children and adolescent population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Mental Health Hum Behav 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_127_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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Muthuselvam IP, Nehru R, Babu KR, Saranya K, Kaul SN, Chen SM, Chen WT, Liu Y, Guo GY, Xiu F, Sankar R. Gd 2Te 3: an antiferromagnetic semimetal. J Phys Condens Matter 2019; 31:285802. [PMID: 30939461 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab1570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report high-precision magnetization ([Formula: see text]), magnetic susceptibility ([Formula: see text]), specific heat (C p (T, H)) and 'zero-field' electrical resistivity, [Formula: see text], data taken on Gd2Te3 single crystal over wide ranges of temperature and magnetic field (H), with either [Formula: see text]-axis or [Formula: see text]-plane. [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] unambiguously establish that the b-axis is the easy direction of magnetization whereas any direction in the ac-plane is a hard direction. The [Formula: see text]-type anomaly in 'zero-field' specific heat, C p (T, H = 0), and an abrupt drop in [Formula: see text] (characteristic of the paramagnetic (PM) - antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase transition) are observed at the Néel temperature, [Formula: see text] K. [Formula: see text] and C p (T,H) clearly demonstrate that [Formula: see text] shifts to lower temperatures with increasing H irrespective of whether H points in the easy or hard direction. When [Formula: see text], the [Formula: see text] isotherms at temperatures in the range 2.5 K [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] K reveal the existence of a field-induced spin-flop (SF) transition at fields 4.0 T [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 4.5 T. The first principles electronic band structure and density of states calculations, based on the density functional theory, correctly predict an AFM ground state (stabilized primarily by the 4f Gd3+ - 5p Te2-- 4f Gd3+ superexchange interactions) and the observed semi-metallic behavior for the Gd2Te3 compound. Moreover, these calculations yield the values [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] for the ordered magnetic moment per Gd atom at T = 0, [Formula: see text] mJ mol-1 K-2 for the Sommerfeld coefficient for the electronic specific heat contribution and [Formula: see text] K for the Curie-Weiss temperature, respectively. These theoretical estimates conform well with the corresponding experimental values [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] mJ mol-1 K-2 and [Formula: see text] K.
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- I Panneer Muthuselvam
- Department of Physics, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Thiruvarur 610005, Tamil Nadu, India. Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Kalish S, Chamon C, El-Batanouny M, Santos LH, Sankar R, Chou FC. Contrasting the Surface Phonon Dispersion of Pb_{0.7}Sn_{0.3}Se in Its Topologically Trivial and Nontrivial Phases. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:116101. [PMID: 30951360 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.116101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report inelastic He atom scattering measurements of the (001) surface phonon dispersion of the topological crystalline insulator Pb_{0.7}Sn_{0.3}Se. This material exhibits a temperature-dependent topological transition, so we measure the surface dispersion curves in both the trivial and nontrivial phases. We identify that, peculiarly, most surface modes are resonances, rather than pure surface states. We find that a shear vertical surface resonance branch around 9.0 meV dramatically changes on going from the trivial to the topological phase. We associate this remarkable change with the emergence of surface Dirac fermions. We use the measured dispersion of this resonance branch to determine the corresponding mode-dependent electron-phonon coupling λ_{ν}(q).
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- S Kalish
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Institute for Condensed Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA and Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Center of Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center of Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Sankar R. Empowerment of Hospitality Employees in Pondicherry: An Empirical Exploration. IJMS 2018. [DOI: 10.18843/ijms/v5i3(9)/05] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Walkup D, Assaf BA, Scipioni KL, Sankar R, Chou F, Chang G, Lin H, Zeljkovic I, Madhavan V. Interplay of orbital effects and nanoscale strain in topological crystalline insulators. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1550. [PMID: 29674651 PMCID: PMC5908802 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03887-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Orbital degrees of freedom can have pronounced effects on the fundamental properties of electrons in solids. In addition to influencing bandwidths, gaps, correlation strength and dispersion, orbital effects have been implicated in generating novel electronic and structural phases. Here we show how the orbital nature of bands can result in non-trivial effects of strain on band structure. We use scanning–tunneling microscopy to study the effects of strain on the electronic structure of a heteroepitaxial thin film of a topological crystalline insulator, SnTe. By studying the effects of uniaxial strain on the band structure we find a surprising effect where strain applied in one direction has the most pronounced influence on the band structure along the perpendicular direction. Our theoretical calculations indicate that this effect arises from the orbital nature of the conduction and valence bands. Our results imply that a microscopic model capturing strain effects must include a consideration of the orbital nature of bands. The role of orbital degrees of freedom in determining the electronic structure remains obscured. Here, Walkup et al. report strain-induced band structure changes in a topological crystalline insulator SnTe, whose surprising behavior reflects the orbital nature of bands.
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- Daniel Walkup
- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.,National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.,Département de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, 75005, France
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.,Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Sankar R. A Study on Employee Empowerment, Work Performance and its Allied Factors among Teaching and Non-Teaching Women Staffs in Puducherry. ijms 2018. [DOI: 10.18843/ijms/v5i1(2)/04] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Li B, Xu CQ, Zhou W, Jiao WH, Sankar R, Zhang FM, Hou HH, Jiang XF, Qian B, Chen B, Bangura AF, Xu X. Evidence of s-wave superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric La 7Ir 3. Sci Rep 2018; 8:651. [PMID: 29330440 PMCID: PMC5766628 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-19042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric compounds has attracted sustained interest in the last decades. Here we present a detailed study on the transport, thermodynamic properties and the band structure of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor La 7 Ir 3 (T c ~ 2.3 K) that was recently proposed to break the time-reversal symmetry. It is found that La7Ir3 displays a moderately large electronic heat capacity (Sommerfeld coefficient γ n ~ 53.1 mJ/mol K2) and a significantly enhanced Kadowaki-Woods ratio (KWR ~32 μΩ cm mol2 K2 J-2) that is greater than the typical value (~10 μΩ cm mol2 K2 J-2) for strongly correlated electron systems. The upper critical field Hc2 was seen to be nicely described by the single-band Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg model down to very low temperatures. The hydrostatic pressure effects on the superconductivity were also investigated. The heat capacity below T c reveals a dominant s-wave gap with the magnitude close to the BCS value. The first-principles calculations yield the electron-phonon coupling constant λ = 0.81 and the logarithmically averaged frequency ω ln = 78.5 K, resulting in a theoretical T c = 2.5 K, close to the experimental value. Our calculations suggest that the enhanced electronic heat capacity is more likely due to electron-phonon coupling, rather than the electron-electron correlation effects. Collectively, these results place severe constraints on any theory of exotic superconductivity in this system.
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- B Li
- College of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
- Department of Physics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei R.O.C., 11529, Taiwan
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Shanghai for Science & Tehcnology, Shanghai, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Advanced Functional Materials Lab and Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China.
- Department of Physics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China.
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Wang Y, Luo G, Liu J, Sankar R, Wang NL, Chou F, Fu L, Li Z. Erratum: Observation of ultrahigh mobility surface states in a topological crystalline insulator by infrared spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2017; 8:982. [PMID: 29026090 PMCID: PMC5638947 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01354-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Ying Wang
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China.
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Wang Y, Luo G, Liu J, Sankar R, Wang NL, Chou F, Fu L, Li Z. Observation of ultrahigh mobility surface states in a topological crystalline insulator by infrared spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2017; 8:366. [PMID: 28848231 PMCID: PMC5573725 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Topological crystalline insulators possess metallic surface states protected by crystalline symmetry, which are a versatile platform for exploring topological phenomena and potential applications. However, progress in this field has been hindered by the challenge to probe optical and transport properties of the surface states owing to the presence of bulk carriers. Here, we report infrared reflectance measurements of a topological crystalline insulator, (001)-oriented Pb1−xSnxSe in zero and high magnetic fields. We demonstrate that the far-infrared conductivity is unexpectedly dominated by the surface states as a result of their unique band structure and the consequent small infrared penetration depth. Moreover, our experiments yield a surface mobility of 40,000 cm2 V−1 s−1, which is one of the highest reported values in topological materials, suggesting the viability of surface-dominated conduction in thin topological crystalline insulator crystals. These findings pave the way for exploring many exotic transport and optical phenomena and applications predicted for topological crystalline insulators. Probing optical and transport properties of the surface states in topological crystalline insulators remains a challenge. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that the far-infrared conductivity of Pb1−xSnxSe (x = 0.23−0.25) single crystals is dominated by the surface states where carriers show a high surface mobility of 40,000 cm2 V−1 s−1.
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- Ying Wang
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China.
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Xu SY, Liu C, Alidoust N, Neupane M, Qian D, Belopolski I, Denlinger JD, Wang YJ, Lin H, Wray LA, Landolt G, Slomski B, Dil JH, Marcinkova A, Morosan E, Gibson Q, Sankar R, Chou FC, Cava RJ, Bansil A, Hasan MZ. Corrigendum: Observation of a topological crystalline insulator phase and topological phase transition in Pb1-xSnxTe. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12505. [PMID: 27489130 PMCID: PMC5155670 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mahajan M, Khurana RK, Sahajpal NS, Utreja P, Sankar R, Singh B, Jain SK. Emerging Strategies and Challenges for Controlled Delivery of Taxanes: A Comprehensive Review. Curr Drug Metab 2016; 16:453-73. [PMID: 26264203 DOI: 10.2174/1389200216666150812123414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Taxanes introduction in the mid 90 s leads to significant advancement as well as superlative improvement in the treatment of cancer. Since then, several strategies have been designed to enhance therapeutic potential of these agents by overcoming the limitations in drug delivery and pharmacokinetic constraints associated with conventional delivery. In this regard, controlled drug delivery systems for taxanes have contributed enormously by altering the pharmacokinetic profile, thus ultimately enhancing their therapeutic response. With their conferred stellar merits, controlled drug delivery systems have been able to surmount many of the challenges associated with conventional drug delivery systems. The altered absorption, resistance, low toxicity and cellular uptake profiles that lead to better safety from variegated carrier systems like nanocarriers, liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, nanocapsules, hydrogels and micelles for controlled delivery of taxanes call for an exhaustive review for future progressive work. Therefore, this review focuses on the altered pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and toxicity patterns achieved from various controlled drug delivery approaches, with the latter half highlighting the clinical profile set ups and commercial aspects of controlled release drug delivery systems.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar [Punjab] 143 005 INDIA.
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Guo ST, Sankar R, Chien YY, Chang TR, Jeng HT, Guo GY, Chou FC, Lee WL. Large transverse Hall-like signal in topological Dirac semimetal Cd3As2. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27487. [PMID: 27263441 PMCID: PMC4893742 DOI: 10.1038/srep27487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cadmium arsenide (Cd3As2) is known for its inverted band structure and ultra-high electron mobility. It has been theoretically predicted and also confirmed by ARPES experiments to exhibit a 3D Dirac semimetal phase containing degenerate Weyl nodes. From magneto-transport measurements in high quality single crystals of Cd3As2, a small effective mass m* ≈ 0.05 me is determined from the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations. In certain field orientations, we find a splitting of the SdH oscillation frequency in the FFT spectrum suggesting a possible lifting of the double degeneracy in accord with the helical spin texture at outer and inner Fermi surfaces with opposite chirality predicted by our ab initio calculations. Strikingly, a large antisymmetric magnetoresistance with respect to the applied magnetic fields is uncovered over a wide temperature range in needle crystal of Cd3As2 with its long axis along [112] crystal direction. It reveals a possible contribution of intrinsic anomalous velocity term in the transport equation resulting from a unique 3D Rashba-like spin splitted bands that can be obtained from band calculations with the inclusion of Cd antisite defects.
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- Shih-Ting Guo
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.,Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.,Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Kulkarni A, Soni I, Dharmaraja A, Sankar R, Thakare R, Chopra S, Chakrapani H. Synthesis and biological evaluation of indole-based 2-Aryl-2,3-epoxy-1,4-naphthoquinones as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) inhibitors. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.262] [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: 11/26/2022] Open
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Panneer Muthuselvam I, Sankar R, Ushakov AV, Chen WT, Narsinga Rao G, Streltsov SV, Karna SK, Zhao L, Wu MK, Chou FC. Successive spin orderings of tungstate-bridged Li2Ni(WO4)2 of spin 1. J Phys Condens Matter 2015; 27:456001. [PMID: 26471799 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/45/456001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Magnetic, thermodynamic, and dielectric properties of Li2Ni(WO4)2 of S = 1 system have been studied using magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and dielectric constant measurements. The magnetic orderings can be identified in three stages, including a short range magnetic ordering indicated by the rounded χ(T) peak with maximum at ∼20 K, and signatures of two successful antiferromagnetic long range orderings near T(N1) ~ 18 K and T(N2) ~ 13 K revealed by the d(χ(T)) /d(T) peaks. The successive long range magnetic orderings are related to the quasi triangular symmetry breaking in the ac- and bc-planes and to the change of the dielectric constant, suggesting the presence of spin-phonon coupling. The specific heat and magnetic entropy analysis for Li2Ni(WO4)2 shows the existence of a significant low dimensional magnetic correlations at high temperature and confirms the long range three-dimensional (3D) behavior of magnetic orderings below T(N1) and T(N2).
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- I Panneer Muthuselvam
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Zeljkovic I, Walkup D, Assaf BA, Scipioni KL, Sankar R, Chou F, Madhavan V. Strain engineering Dirac surface states in heteroepitaxial topological crystalline insulator thin films. Nat Nanotechnol 2015; 10:849-853. [PMID: 26301903 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The unique crystalline protection of the surface states in topological crystalline insulators has led to a series of predictions of strain-generated phenomena, from the appearance of pseudo-magnetic fields and helical flat bands to the tunability of Dirac surface states by strain that may be used to construct 'straintronic' nanoswitches. However, the practical realization of this exotic phenomenology via strain engineering is experimentally challenging and is yet to be achieved. Here, we have designed an experiment to not only generate and measure strain locally, but also to directly measure the resulting effects on Dirac surface states. We grew heteroepitaxial thin films of topological crystalline insulator SnTe in situ and measured them using high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy to determine picoscale changes in the atomic positions, which reveal regions of both tensile and compressive strain. Simultaneous Fourier-transform scanning tunnelling spectroscopy was then used to determine the effects of strain on the Dirac electrons. We find that strain continuously tunes the momentum space position of the Dirac points, consistent with theoretical predictions. Our work demonstrates the fundamental mechanism necessary for using topological crystalline insulators in strain-based applications.
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- Ilija Zeljkovic
- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
- Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Xu SY, Belopolski I, Alidoust N, Neupane M, Bian G, Zhang C, Sankar R, Chang G, Yuan Z, Lee CC, Huang SM, Zheng H, Ma J, Sanchez DS, Wang B, Bansil A, Chou F, Shibayev PP, Lin H, Jia S, Hasan MZ. Discovery of a Weyl fermion semimetal and topological Fermi arcs. Science 2015; 349:613-7. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2400] [Impact Index Per Article: 266.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Palaniappan P, Sathishkumar G, Sankar R. Fabrication of nano-silver particles using Cymodocea serrulata and its cytotoxicity effect against human lung cancer A549 cells line. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2015; 138:885-890. [PMID: 25467657 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.10.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 10/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The present study reports, green synthesis of bioactive silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) under different temperature (60°C, room temperature and 4° refrigerator) using the aqueous extract of sea grass Cymodocea serrulata as a potential bioreductant. Increased temperature fabricates more AgNPs compare to room temperature and refrigerator condition. At first the reduction of Ag(+) ions were confirmed through color change which produces an absorbance spectra at 420nm in UV-Visible spectrophotometer. Additionally various exclusive instrumentations such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis and Transmission electron microscope (TEM) were authorizes the biosynthesis and physio-chemical characterization of AgNPs. From Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis, it was identified that the water soluble fractions of the sea grass mainly responsible for reduction of ionic silver (Ag(+)) into (Ag(0)) nano-ranged particles and also they act as stabilizing agent to sustain the durability of NPs for long period of time. Further, synthesized AgNPs shows potential cytotoxicity against human lung cancer A549 cells (LD50-100μg/ml). The overall results suggest that C. serrulata is a valuable bioresource to generate rapid and eco-friendly bioactive AgNPs towards cancer therapy.
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- P Palaniappan
- Department of Environmental Science and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Republic of Korea; Department of Biochemistry, J.J. College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Pudukkottai 622 422, Tamilnadu, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India
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Zeljkovic I, Okada Y, Serbyn M, Sankar R, Walkup D, Zhou W, Liu J, Chang G, Wang YJ, Hasan MZ, Chou F, Lin H, Bansil A, Fu L, Madhavan V. Dirac mass generation from crystal symmetry breaking on the surfaces of topological crystalline insulators. Nat Mater 2015; 14:318-324. [PMID: 25686261 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4215] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The tunability of topological surface states and controllable opening of the Dirac gap are of fundamental and practical interest in the field of topological materials. In the newly discovered topological crystalline insulators (TCIs), theory predicts that the Dirac node is protected by a crystalline symmetry and that the surface state electrons can acquire a mass if this symmetry is broken. Recent studies have detected signatures of a spontaneously generated Dirac gap in TCIs; however, the mechanism of mass formation remains elusive. In this work, we present scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) measurements of the TCI Pb1-xSnxSe for a wide range of alloy compositions spanning the topological and non-topological regimes. The STM topographies reveal a symmetry-breaking distortion on the surface, which imparts mass to the otherwise massless Dirac electrons-a mechanism analogous to the long sought-after Higgs mechanism in particle physics. Interestingly, the measured Dirac gap decreases on approaching the trivial phase, whereas the magnitude of the distortion remains nearly constant. Our data and calculations reveal that the penetration depth of Dirac surface states controls the magnitude of the Dirac mass. At the limit of the critical composition, the penetration depth is predicted to go to infinity, resulting in zero mass, consistent with our measurements. Finally, we discover the existence of surface states in the non-topological regime, which have the characteristics of gapped, double-branched Dirac fermions and could be exploited in realizing superconductivity in these materials.
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- Ilija Zeljkovic
- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- 1] Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA [2] WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- 1] Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA [2] Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- 1] Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan [2] Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Graphene Research Centre and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
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- Joseph Henry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Graphene Research Centre and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- 1] Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA [2] Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Helmstaedter C, Aldenkamp AP, Baker GA, Mazarati A, Ryvlin P, Sankar R. Disentangling the relationship between epilepsy and its behavioral comorbidities - the need for prospective studies in new-onset epilepsies. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 31:43-7. [PMID: 24333577 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It has been long recognized that there is more to epilepsy than seizures. The prevalence of such neurobehavioral abnormalities as cognitive and mood disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is significantly higher among patients with epilepsy than in the general population. A long-held view that comorbidities of epilepsy represent mere epiphenomena of seizures has undergone substantial transformation during the past decade, as emerging clinical evidence and experimental evidence suggest the involvement of specific neurobiological mechanisms in the evolution of neurobehavioral deficits in patients with epilepsy. Developmental aspects of both epilepsy and its comorbidities, as well as the frequently reported reciprocal connection between these disorders, both add other dimensions to the already complex problem. In light of progress in effective seizure management in many patients with epilepsy, the importance of neurobehavioral comorbidities has become acute, as the latter are frequently more detrimental to patients' quality of life compared with seizures. This calls for a serious increase in efforts to effectively predict, manage, and ideally cure these comorbidities. Coordinated multicenter clinical, translational, and basic research studies focusing on epidemiology, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, imaging, genetics, epigenetics, and pharmacology of neurobehavioral comorbidities of epilepsy are absolutely instrumental for ensuring tangible progress in the field. Clinical research should focus more on new-onset epilepsy and put particular emphasis on longitudinal studies in large cohorts of patients and groups at risk, while translational research should primarily focus on the development of valid preclinical systems which would allow investigating the fundamental mechanism of epilepsy comorbidities. The final goal of the described research efforts would lie in producing an armamentarium of evidence-based diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions which would at minimum mitigate and at maximum prevent or abolish neurobehavioral comorbidities of epilepsy and, thus, improve the quality of life of those patients with epilepsy who suffer from the said comorbidities.
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- Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands; Dept of Neurology Maastricht University Medical Centre, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurosciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
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- Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology, Neurological Hospital, CTRS-INSERM IDEE, Institut Des Epilepsies de l'Enfant et de l'adolescent, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM U821, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
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Sankar R, Panneer Muthuselvam I, Butler CJ, Liou SC, Chen BH, Chu MW, Lee WL, Lin MT, Jayavel R, Chou FC. Room temperature agglomeration for the growth of BiTeI single crystals with a giant Rashba effect. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce01006j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a room temperature agglomeration (RTA) procedure to grow highly homogeneous and impurity-free BiTeI single crystals safely.
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- R. Sankar
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and molecular Sciences
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Anna University
- Crystal Growth Centre
- Chennai-600025, India
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
- Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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Sankar R, Panneer Muthuselvam I, Shu GJ, Chen WT, Karna SK, Jayavel R, Chou FC. Crystal growth and magnetic ordering of Na2Ni2TeO6 with honeycomb layers and Na2Cu2TeO6 with Cu spin dimers. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce01382d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on the crystal growth and magnetic property studies of layered Na2Ni2TeO6 and Na2Cu2TeO6. The former has a honeycomb layer composed of NiO6 octahedra and the latter is composed of paired CuO4 plaquettes connected through TeO6 octahedra.
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- R. Sankar
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Anna University
- Crystal Growth Centre
- Chennai-600025, India
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
- Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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Sankar R, Jain SK. Development and characterization of gastroretentive sustained-release formulation by combination of swelling and mucoadhesive approach: a mechanistic study. Drug Des Devel Ther 2013; 7:1455-69. [PMID: 24348022 PMCID: PMC3857114 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s52890] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Acyclovir has pharmacokinetic limitations, including poor oral bioavailability of 15%–30%, high variability, and short elimination half-life of 2.3 hours. These limitations necessitate frequent administration of acyclovir, up to five times daily, leading to poor patient compliance, which in turn leads to a reduction in therapeutic efficacy and development of resistance. Methods A gastroretentive sustained-release (GR) formulation of acyclovir, based on a combination of swelling and mucoadhesive mechanisms, has been developed. Composition has been optimized after evaluation of different polymers, carbomer, polyethylene oxide, and sodium alginate alone and/or in combination. GR formulations were characterized for in-process quality-control tests, drug release and release rate kinetics, similarity factor analysis, swelling index, and matrix erosion. Results A formulation containing a combination of carbomer and polyethylene oxide had the highest similarity of drug release compared with a target drug-release profile obtained by pharmacokinetic simulations. The measurement of mucoadhesive strength, carried out with a texture analyzer, showed that the mucoadhesive strength of the GR formulation was significantly higher than that of the immediate-release (IR) tablet. The optimized GR formulation was found to be retained in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract for 480 minutes; the IR tablet was retained for only 90 minutes as measured using a gastrointestinal retention study in albino rabbits. The GR formulation was also found to maintain more sustained plasma concentrations than the IR tablet. Mean residence time of the GR formulation was 7 hours versus 3.3 hours for the IR formulation. The relative bioavailability of the GR formulation was 261% of the IR formulation. Conclusion The GR formulation of acyclovir, based on swelling and mucoadhesive mechanisms, has prolonged retention in the upper gastrointestinal tract, sustained in vitro drug release, prolonged in vivo absorption, and better bioavailability than the IR formulation. Such a formulation would improve patient compliance and increase the efficacy of therapy.
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- R Sankar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India ; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Luo CW, Wang HJ, Ku SA, Chen HJ, Yeh TT, Lin JY, Wu KH, Juang JY, Young BL, Kobayashi T, Cheng CM, Chen CH, Tsuei KD, Sankar R, Chou FC, Kokh KA, Tereshchenko OE, Chulkov EV, Andreev YM, Gu GD. Snapshots of Dirac fermions near the Dirac point in topological insulators. Nano Lett 2013; 13:5797-5802. [PMID: 24228733 DOI: 10.1021/nl4021842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The recent focus on topological insulators is due to the scientific interest in the new state of quantum matter as well as the technology potential for a new generation of THz optoelectronics, spintronics and quantum computations. It is important to elucidate the dynamics of the Dirac fermions in the topologically protected surface state. Hence we utilized a novel ultrafast optical pump mid-infrared probe to explore the dynamics of Dirac fermions near the Dirac point. The femtosecond snapshots of the relaxation process were revealed by the ultrafast optics. Specifically, the Dirac fermion-phonon coupling strength in the Dirac cone was found to increase from 0.08 to 0.19 while Dirac fermions were away from the Dirac point into higher energy states. Further, the energy-resolved transient reflectivity spectra disclosed the energy loss rate of Dirac fermions at room temperature was about 1 meV/ps. These results are crucial to the design of Dirac fermion devices.
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- C W Luo
- Department of Electrophysics and ‡Institute of Physics, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Okada Y, Serbyn M, Lin H, Walkup D, Zhou W, Dhital C, Neupane M, Xu S, Wang YJ, Sankar R, Chou F, Bansil A, Hasan MZ, Wilson SD, Fu L, Madhavan V. Observation of Dirac Node Formation and Mass Acquisition in a Topological Crystalline Insulator. Science 2013; 341:1496-9. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1239451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Yoshinori Okada
- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
- World Premier International–Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139,USA
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Joseph Henry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Joseph Henry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Joseph Henry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139,USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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Sankar R, Shu GJ, Karunakara Moorthy B, Jayavel R, Chou FC. Growing of fixed orientation plane of single crystal using the flux growth technique and ferrimagnetic ordering in Ni3TeO6 of stacked 2D honeycomb rings. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:10439-43. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50785h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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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Zhu X, Santos L, Howard C, Sankar R, Chou FC, Chamon C, El-Batanouny M. Electron-phonon coupling on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 determined from surface-phonon dispersion measurements. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:185501. [PMID: 22681089 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.185501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this Letter, we report measurements of the coupling between Dirac fermion quasiparticles (DFQs) and phonons on the (001) surface of the strong topological insulator Bi2Se3. While most contemporary investigations of this coupling have involved examining the temperature dependence of the DFQ self-energy via angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements, we employ inelastic helium-atom scattering to explore, for the first time, this coupling from the phonon perspective. Using a Hilbert transform, we are able to obtain the imaginary part of the phonon self-energy associated with a dispersive surface-phonon branch identified in our previous work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 186102 (2011)] as having strong interactions with the DFQs. From this imaginary part of the self-energy we obtain a branch-specific electron-phonon coupling constant of 0.43, which is stronger than the values reported from the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements.
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- Xuetao Zhu
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Vijayalakshmi S, Sankar R, Subramanian S, Rajagopan S, Kaliyappan T. Studies on poly(8-hydroxy-4-azoquinolinephenylacrylate) and its metal complexes. Des Monomers Polym 2012. [DOI: 10.1163/156855506778538074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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- J. Philippe
- a Department of Research and Development , Institute of Aromatherapy Ramashanti , No. 45 Balaji Nagar First Main Road, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai, 600 097, India
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- b Department of Quality Assurance , Institute of Aromatherapy Ramashanti , No. 45 Balaji Nagar First Main Road, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai, 600 097, India
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- b Department of Quality Assurance , Institute of Aromatherapy Ramashanti , No. 45 Balaji Nagar First Main Road, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai, 600 097, India
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- b Department of Quality Assurance , Institute of Aromatherapy Ramashanti , No. 45 Balaji Nagar First Main Road, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai, 600 097, India
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Zhu X, Santos L, Sankar R, Chikara S, Howard C, Chou FC, Chamon C, El-Batanouny M. Interaction of phonons and dirac fermions on the surface of Bi2Se3: a strong Kohn anomaly. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:186102. [PMID: 22107648 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.186102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Received: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report the first measurements of phonon dispersion curves on the (001) surface of the strong three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3. The surface phonon measurements were carried out with the aid of coherent helium beam surface scattering techniques. The results reveal a prominent signature of the exotic metallic Dirac fermion quasiparticles, including a strong Kohn anomaly. The signature is manifest in a low energy isotropic convex dispersive surface phonon branch with a frequency maximum of 1.8 THz and having a V-shaped minimum at approximately 2kF that defines the Kohn anomaly. Theoretical analysis attributes this dispersive profile to the renormalization of the surface phonon excitations by the surface Dirac fermions. The contribution of the Dirac fermions to this renormalization is derived in terms of a Coulomb-type perturbation model.
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- Xuetao Zhu
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Thenmozhi C, Sankar R, Karuppiah V, Sampathkumar P. L-asparaginase production by mangrove derived Bacillus cereus MAB5: optimization by response surface methodology. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2011; 4:486-91. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(11)60132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Pandav CS, Krishnamurthy P, Sankar R, Yadav K, Palanivel C, Karmarkar MG. A review of tracking progress towards elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J Public Health 2011; 54:120-5. [PMID: 21245580 DOI: 10.4103/0019-557x.75733] [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] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are significant health problem in India. But there is dearth of regional/state level information for the same. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to study the current status of IDD in Tamil Nadu. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional community-based survey was conducted in the state of Tamil Nadu. The study population was children in the age group of 6-12 years and the probability proportional to size 30 cluster methodology was used for sample selection. The parameters studied were prevalence of goiter, urinary iodine excretion, and iodine content in salt at the household level. RESULTS A total of 1230 children aged between 6 and 12 years were studied. The total goiter rate was 13.5% (95% CI: 11.1-14.9). The median urinary iodine excretion was found to be 89.5 μg/L (range, 10.2-378 μg/L). The 56% of the urinary iodine excretion values were <100 μg/L. The proportion of households consuming adequately iodized salt (iodine content ≥ 15 parts per million) was 18.2% (95% CI: 16.1-20.5). CONCLUSION The total goiter rate of 13.5% and median urinary iodine excretion of 89.5 μg/L is indicative of iodine deficiency in Tamil Nadu.
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- Chandrakant S Pandav
- Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, New Delhi, India.
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Sankar R, Sasidaran M, Kaliyappan T. Synthesis, characterization, thermal and chelation properties of new polymeric hydrazone based on 2, 4-dihydroxy benzaldehyde. HIGH PERFORM POLYM 2011. [DOI: 10.1177/0954008310381148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A chelating polymer poly(2-hydroxy-4-methacryloyloxy benzaldehyde hydrazone) poly(2H4MBH) was prepared in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) at 70°C using benzoyl peroxide as initiator. Poly (2H4MBH) was characterized by infra-red and 1H-NMR spectroscopic techniques. The molecular weight of the polymer was determined by gel permeation chromatography. Polychelates were obtained when the DMF solution of the polymer containing a few drops of ammonia was treated with the aqueous solution of Cu(II)/Ni(II). Elemental analysis of the polychelates indicates that the metal-ligand ratio was about 1: 2. The infrared spectra of polychelates suggest that the metals were coordinated through the oxygen of the phenolic—OH group and nitrogen of the azomethine group. The EPR (Electron paramagnetic resonance) and magnetic moment data indicate a square planar structure for Cu(II) complex whereas octahedral structure for Ni(II) complex. The thermogravimetric analysis, differential calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction data indicated that the incorporation of the metal ions significantly enhanced the degree of crystallinity. The sorption properties of the chelate-forming polymer towards various divalent metal ions Cu(II) and Ni(II) were studied as a function of pH, nature, and concentration of electrolytes.
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- R. Sankar
- Department of Chemistry, Anna University Tirunelveli, India
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- Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry Engineering College, India
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- Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry Engineering College, India,
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Wu JY, Sankar R, Lerner JT, Matsumoto JH, Vinters HV, Mathern GW. Removing interictal fast ripples on electrocorticography linked with seizure freedom in children. Neurology 2010; 75:1686-94. [PMID: 20926787 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181fc27d0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fast ripples (FR, 250-500 Hz) detected with chronic intracranial electrodes are proposed biomarkers of epileptogenesis. This study determined whether resection of FR-containing neocortex recorded during intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) was associated with postoperative seizure freedom in pediatric patients with mostly extratemporal lesions. METHODS FRs were retrospectively reviewed in 30 consecutive pediatric cases. ECoGs were recorded at 2,000 Hz sampling rate and visually inspected for FR, with reviewer blinded to the resection and outcome. RESULTS Average age at surgery was 9.1 ± 6.7 years, ECoG duration was 11.8 ± 8.1 minutes, and postoperative follow-up was 27 ± 4 months. FRs were undetected in 6 ECoGs with remote or extensive lesions. FR episodes (n = 273) were identified in ECoGs from 24 patients, and in 64% FRs were independent of spikes, sharp waves, voltage attenuation, and paroxysmal fast activity. Of these 24 children, FR-containing cortex was removed in 19 and all became seizure-free, including 1 child after a second surgery. The remaining 5 children had incomplete FR resection and all continued with seizures postoperatively. In 2 ECoGs, the location of electrographic seizures matched FR location. FR-containing cortex was found outside of MRI and FDG-PET abnormalities in 6 children. CONCLUSION FRs were detected during intraoperative ECoG in 80% of pediatric epilepsy cases, and complete resection of FR cortex correlated with postoperative seizure freedom. These findings support the view that interictal FRs are excellent surrogate markers of epileptogenesis, can be recorded during brief ECoG, and could be used to guide future surgical resections in children.
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- J Y Wu
- 22-474 MDCC, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA.
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Wu J, Sankar R, Lerner J, Matsumoto J, Vinters H, Mathern G. P6-3 Removing interictal fast ripples on electrocorticography linked with seizure freedom in children. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60551-2] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Sankar R, Ramkumar L, Rajkumar M, Sun J, Ananthan G. Seasonal variations in physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals in water and sediments of Uppanar estuary, Nagapattinam, India. J Environ Biol 2010; 31:681-686. [PMID: 21387922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The present study was carried out to determine the physico-chemical characteristics and heavy metals in water and sediments in Uppanar Estuary, Nagapattinam, Southeast coast of India during January to December 2007. The minimum and maximum values of atmospheric and surface water temperatures (degrees C), salinity (per thousand), pH and dissolved oxygen (ml l(-1)) were: 26.0-35.0; 25.0-33.5; 8.0-35.0; 7.2-8.2 and 2.8-5.5 respectively. The ranges of nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate were: 7.05-24.23; 0.82-3.15; 0.31-2.18 and 40.0-198.0 (microM) respectively. The ranges of heavy metals in water (microg 1(-1)) and sediment (microg g(-1)) copper zinc, cadmium and mercury were: 2.45-18.25; 26.43-101.24; 1.23-24.35 and 0.01-0.22 and 5.02-81.27; 22.47-75.42; 2.25-10.06 and 0.01-0.16 respectively.
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sureshkumar A, Sankar R, Mandal M, Neogi S. Effective bacterial inactivation using low temperature radio frequency plasma. Int J Pharm 2010; 396:17-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity and specificity of amplitude integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) compared to simultaneous standard electroencephalogram (sEEG) for seizure detection and background discontinuity. DESIGN Prospective paired cohort. SETTING Tertiary academic neonatal intensive care unit. PATIENTS Infants were recruited from 2005 to 2008. Neonates requiring sEEG were recruited for simultaneous aEEG. INTERVENTIONS Following sEEG and aEEG, seizures were recorded as present or absent, and background was recorded as normal or discontinuous in each format. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Presence of at least one seizure during recording. The background activity was reported as normal or discontinuous. Discontinuity of brain activity was further ranked as mild, moderate or severe. RESULTS 51 sEEG and aEEG studies were completed. 44 studies were analysed for presence of seizures and 46 were analysed for background discontinuity. Sensitivity for presence of seizures by aEEG was 80% and specificity was 50%. The proportion of infants with seizures were overdiagnosed by aEEG (63.6% vs 45.5% for sEEG p=0.045). Discontinuity of background activity had higher sensitivity (88.6%) and specificity (54.5%) when compared with seizure detection. When stratified by indication for EEG, hypoxic episode (n=14) or suspected seizures (n=33), similar sensitivity for presence of seizure (80%) was noted by aEEG and sEEG. However the specificity of aEEG for seizure detection was higher in neonates undergoing EEG for suspected seizures (66.7% vs 22.2%). CONCLUSIONS Background abnormalities were detected with fair accuracy by aEEG but aEEG criteria alone would result in the overdiagnosis of neonatal seizures. Therefore seizures noted on aEEG require sEEG confirmation prior to implementing anticonvulsant therapy for neonatal seizures.
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- E Evans
- Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA
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Hemb M, Velasco TR, Parnes MS, Wu JY, Lerner JT, Matsumoto JH, Yudovin S, Shields WD, Sankar R, Salamon N, Vinters HV, Mathern GW. Improved outcomes in pediatric epilepsy surgery: the UCLA experience, 1986-2008. Neurology 2010; 74:1768-75. [PMID: 20427752 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181e0f17a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Epilepsy neurosurgery is a treatment option for children with refractory epilepsy. Our aim was to determine if outcomes improved over time. METHODS Pediatric epilepsy surgery patients operated in the first 11 years (1986-1997; pre-1997) were compared with the second 11 years (1998-2008; post-1997) for differences in presurgical and postsurgical variables. RESULTS Despite similarities in seizure frequency, age at seizure onset, and age at surgery, the post-1997 series had more lobar/focal and fewer multilobar resections, and more patients with tuberous sclerosis complex and fewer cases of nonspecific gliosis compared with the pre-1997 group. Fewer cases had intracranial EEG studies in the post-1997 (0.8%) compared with the pre-1997 group (9%). Compared with the pre-1997 group, the post-1997 series had more seizure-free patients at 0.5 (83%, +16%), 1 (81%, +18%), 2 (77%, +19%), and 5 (74%, +29%) years, and more seizure-free patients were on medications at 0.5 (97%, +6%), 1 (88%, +9%), and 2 (76%, +29%), but not 5 (64%, +8%) years after surgery. There were fewer complications and reoperations in the post-1997 series compared with the pre-1997 group. Logistic regression identified post-1997 series and less aggressive medication withdrawal as the main predictors of becoming seizure-free 2 years after surgery. CONCLUSIONS Improved technology and surgical procedures along with changes in clinical practice were likely factors linked with enhanced and sustained seizure-free outcomes in the post-1997 series. These findings support the general concept that clearer identification of lesions and complete resection are linked with better outcomes in pediatric epilepsy surgery patients.
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- M Hemb
- Reed Neurological Research Center, 710 Westwood Plaza, Room 2123, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
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Sankar R, Vijayalakshmi S, Rajagopan S, Kaliyappan T. Synthesis, spectral, thermal, and chelation potentials of polymeric hydrazone based on 2,4-dihydroxy benzophenone. J Appl Polym Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/app.31951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Wu JY, Salamon N, Kirsch HE, Mantle MM, Nagarajan SS, Kurelowech L, Aung MH, Sankar R, Shields WD, Mathern GW. Noninvasive testing, early surgery, and seizure freedom in tuberous sclerosis complex. Neurology 2010; 74:392-8. [PMID: 20124204 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181ce5d9e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The unambiguous identification of the epileptogenic tubers in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) can be challenging. We assessed whether magnetic source imaging (MSI) and coregistration of (18)fluorodeoxyglucose PET (FDG-PET) with MRI could improve the identification of the epileptogenic regions noninvasively in children with TSC. METHODS In addition to standard presurgical evaluation, 28 children with intractable epilepsy from TSC referred from 2000 to 2007 had MSI and FDG-PET/MRI coregistration without extraoperative intracranial EEG. RESULTS Based on the concordance of test results, 18 patients with TSC (64%) underwent surgical resection, with the final resection zone confirmed by intraoperative electrocorticography. Twelve patients are seizure free postoperatively (67%), with an average follow-up of 4.1 years. Younger age at surgery and shorter seizure duration were associated with postoperative seizure freedom. Conversely, older age and longer seizure duration were linked with continued seizures postoperatively or prevented surgery because of nonlateralizing or bilateral independent epileptogenic zones. Complete removal of presurgery MSI dipole clusters correlated with postoperative seizure freedom. CONCLUSIONS Magnetic source imaging and (18)fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI coregistration noninvasively localized the epileptogenic zones in many children with intractable epilepsy from tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), with 67% seizure free postoperatively. Seizure freedom after surgery correlated with younger age and shorter seizure duration. These findings support the concept that early epilepsy surgery is associated with seizure freedom in children with TSC and intractable epilepsy.
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- J Y Wu
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA.
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Salamon N, Kung J, Shaw SJ, Koo J, Koh S, Wu JY, Lerner JT, Sankar R, Shields WD, Engel J, Fried I, Miyata H, Yong WH, Vinters HV, Mathern GW. FDG-PET/MRI coregistration improves detection of cortical dysplasia in patients with epilepsy. Neurology 2009; 71:1594-601. [PMID: 19001249 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000334752.41807.2f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Patients with cortical dysplasia (CD) are difficult to treat because the MRI abnormality may be undetectable. This study determined whether fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/MRI coregistration enhanced the recognition of CD in epilepsy surgery patients. METHODS Patients from 2004-2007 in whom FDG-PET/MRI coregistration was a component of the presurgical evaluation were compared with patients from 2000-2003 without this technique. For the 2004-2007 cohort, neuroimaging and clinical variables were compared between patients with mild Palmini type I and severe Palmini type II CD. RESULTS Compared with the 2000-2003 cohort, from 2004-2007 more CD patients were detected, most had type I CD, and fewer cases required intracranial electrodes. From 2004-2007, 85% of type I CD cases had normal non-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) MRI scans. UCLA MRI identified CD in 78% of patients, and 37% of type I CD cases had normal UCLA scans. EEG and neuroimaging findings were concordant in 52% of type I CD patients, compared with 89% of type II CD patients. FDG-PET scans were positive in 71% of CD cases, and type I CD patients had less hypometabolism compared with type II CD patients. Postoperative seizure freedom occurred in 82% of patients, without differences between type I and type II CD cases. CONCLUSIONS Incorporating fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/MRI coregistration into the multimodality presurgical evaluation enhanced the noninvasive identification and successful surgical treatment of patients with cortical dysplasia (CD), especially for the 33% of patients with nonconcordant findings and those with normal MRI scans from mild type I CD.
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- N Salamon
- Reed Neurological Research Center, 710 Westwood Plaza, Room 2123, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
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Raghavan CM, Sankar R, Kumar RM, Jayavel R. Nucleation kinetics and growth of nonlinear optical bis (dimethyl sulfoxide) manganese mercury thiocyanate single crystals. Cryst Res Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.200800147] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Neuroanatomical localization and physiological properties of galanin suggest that the peptide may be involved in the regulation of seizures. Indeed, administration of galanin receptor agonists into brain areas pertinent to the initiation and propagation of epileptic activity attenuated seizure responses under conditions of animal models of epilepsy; pharmacological blocking of galanin receptors exerted proconvulsant effects. Functional deletion of both galanin and galanin type 1 receptor genes produced transgenic mice with either spontaneous seizure phenotype, or with enhanced susceptibility to seizure stimuli. At the same time, overexpression of galanin in seizure pathways, using both transgenic and virus vector transfection techniques, hindered the epileptic process. Galanin exerts anticonvulsant effects through both type 1 and type 2 receptors, with distinct downstream signaling cascades. Several synthetic agonists of galanin receptors with optimized bioavailability have been synthesized and inhibited experimental seizures upon systemic administration, thus opening an opportunity for the development of galanin-based antiepileptic drugs.
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- J T Lerner
- Dept. of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, D. Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, BOX 951752, 22-474 MDCC, Los Angeles, California 90095-1752, USA
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