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Genç A, Patarroyo J, Sancho-Parramon J, Arenal R, Bastús NG, Puntes V, Arbiol J. Asymmetrical Plasmon Distribution in Hybrid AuAg Hollow/Solid Coded Nanotubes. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:992. [PMID: 36985887 PMCID: PMC10051431 DOI: 10.3390/nano13060992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Morphological control at the nanoscale paves the way to fabricate nanostructures with desired plasmonic properties. In this study, we discuss the nanoengineering of plasmon resonances in 1D hollow nanostructures of two different AuAg nanotubes, including completely hollow nanotubes and hybrid nanotubes with solid Ag and hollow AuAg segments. Spatially resolved plasmon mapping by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) revealed the presence of high order resonator-like modes and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) modes in both nanotubes. The experimental findings accurately correlated with the boundary element method (BEM) simulations. Both experiments and simulations revealed that the plasmon resonances are intensely present inside the nanotubes due to plasmon hybridization. Based on the experimental and simulated results, we show that the novel hybrid AuAg nanotubes possess two significant coexisting features: (i) LSPRs are distinctively generated from the hollow and solid parts of the hybrid AuAg nanotube, which creates a way to control a broad range of plasmon resonances with one single nanostructure, and (ii) the periodicity of the high-order modes are disrupted due to the plasmon hybridization by the interaction of solid and hollow parts, resulting in an asymmetrical plasmon distribution in 1D nanostructures. The asymmetry could be modulated/engineered to control the coded plasmonic nanotubes.
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- Aziz Genç
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-U de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- ARAID Foundation, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), 08035 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Zhang Y, Li Z, Singh S, Nozariasbmarz A, Li W, Genç A, Xia Y, Zheng L, Lee SH, Karan SK, Goyal GK, Liu N, Mohan SM, Mao Z, Cabot A, Wolverton C, Poudel B, Priya S. Defect-Engineering-Stabilized AgSbTe 2 with High Thermoelectric Performance. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2208994. [PMID: 36566084 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Thermoelectric (TE) generators enable the direct and reversible conversion between heat and electricity, providing applications in both refrigeration and power generation. In the last decade, several TE materials with relatively high figures of merit (zT) have been reported in the low- and high-temperature regimes. However, there is an urgent demand for high-performance TE materials working in the mid-temperature range (400-700 K). Herein, p-type AgSbTe2 materials stabilized with S and Se co-doping are demonstrated to exhibit an outstanding maximum figure of merit (zTmax ) of 2.3 at 673 K and an average figure of merit (zTave ) of 1.59 over the wide temperature range of 300-673 K. This exceptional performance arises from an enhanced carrier density resulting from a higher concentration of silver vacancies, a vastly improved Seebeck coefficient enabled by the flattening of the valence band maximum and the inhibited formation of n-type Ag2 Te, and ahighly improved stability beyond 673 K. The optimized material is used to fabricate a single-leg device with efficiencies up to 13.3% and a unicouple TE device reaching energy conversion efficiencies up to 12.3% at a temperature difference of 370 K. These results highlight an effective strategy to engineer high-performance TE material in the mid-temperature range.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 35430, Turkey
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL, 35898, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Liu Y, Calcabrini M, Yu Y, Genç A, Chang C, Costanzo T, Kleinhanns T, Lee S, Llorca J, Cojocaru-Mirédin O, Ibáñez M. The Importance of Surface Adsorbates in Solution-Processed Thermoelectric Materials: The Case of SnSe. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2106858. [PMID: 34626034 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Solution synthesis of particles emerges as an alternative to prepare thermoelectric materials with less demanding processing conditions than conventional solid-state synthetic methods. However, solution synthesis generally involves the presence of additional molecules or ions belonging to the precursors or added to enable solubility and/or regulate nucleation and growth. These molecules or ions can end up in the particles as surface adsorbates and interfere in the material properties. This work demonstrates that ionic adsorbates, in particular Na+ ions, are electrostatically adsorbed in SnSe particles synthesized in water and play a crucial role not only in directing the material nano/microstructure but also in determining the transport properties of the consolidated material. In dense pellets prepared by sintering SnSe particles, Na remains within the crystal lattice as dopant, in dislocations, precipitates, and forming grain boundary complexions. These results highlight the importance of considering all the possible unintentional impurities to establish proper structure-property relationships and control material properties in solution-processed thermoelectric materials.
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- Yu Liu
- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- RWTH Aachen, I. Physikalisches Institut (IA), Sommerfeldstraße 14, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 35430, Turkey
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- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- RWTH Aachen, I. Physikalisches Institut (IA), Sommerfeldstraße 14, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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Yılmaz Öztekin GM, Genç A, Arslan Ş. Vitamin D Deficiency Is a Predictor of Mortality in Elderly with Chronic Heart Failure. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar) 2021; 17:358-364. [PMID: 35342481 DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2021.358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Context The prevalence of both heart failure and vitamin D deficiency increases with age and is associated with poor outcome in the elderly. Objectives We aimed to investigate the relationship between all-cause mortality and vitamin D deficiency in elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Design It is a retrospective, observational cross-sectional study. Median follow-up time was 497 days. Subjects and Methods 302 patients aged ≥65 years heart failure patients was categorized into tertiles based on the 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels. Clinical and laboratory parameters were evaluated according to tertiles. Hospitalization rates and overall survival were compared between tertiles. Independent predictors of all cause mortality were defined. Results Patients with low vitamin D tertile were mostly women (p=0.001), and had a worse NYHA functional class (p=0.005). During follow-up, deaths were more frequent in the first tertile (p = 0.001). All-cause mortality increased significantly with decreasing vitamin D tertiles (from third tertile 7.9%, to 11.9%, to 26%; log rank test p=0.003). No significant difference was observed at the composite endpoint of mortality or HF hospitalizations (P=0.451). Multivariate analysis supported that low vitamin D concentration was an independent predictor of all causes of mortality (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.89-0.97; p=0.004). Conclusions Low vitamin D levels were independent predictors of all-cause mortality in the elderly population with chronic heart failure.
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- G M Yılmaz Öztekin
- University of Health Sciences, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Antalya, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Antalya, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Antalya, Turkey
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Calcabrini M, Genç A, Liu Y, Kleinhanns T, Lee S, Dirin DN, Akkerman QA, Kovalenko MV, Arbiol J, Ibáñez M. Exploiting the Lability of Metal Halide Perovskites for Doping Semiconductor Nanocomposites. ACS Energy Lett 2021; 6:581-587. [PMID: 33614964 PMCID: PMC7887873 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Cesium lead halides have intrinsically unstable crystal lattices and easily transform within perovskite and nonperovskite structures. In this work, we explore the conversion of the perovskite CsPbBr3 into Cs4PbBr6 in the presence of PbS at 450 °C to produce doped nanocrystal-based composites with embedded Cs4PbBr6 nanoprecipitates. We show that PbBr2 is extracted from CsPbBr3 and diffuses into the PbS lattice with a consequent increase in the concentration of free charge carriers. This new doping strategy enables the adjustment of the density of charge carriers between 1019 and 1020 cm-3, and it may serve as a general strategy for doping other nanocrystal-based semiconductors.
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- Mariano Calcabrini
- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- Materials
Science and Engineering Department, Izmir
Institute of Technology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Zurich CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Zurich CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Zurich CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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Cadavid D, Wei K, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Li M, Genç A, Berestok T, Ibáñez M, Shavel A, Nolas GS, Cabot A. Synthesis, Bottom up Assembly and Thermoelectric Properties of Sb-Doped PbS Nanocrystal Building Blocks. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:ma14040853. [PMID: 33578981 PMCID: PMC7916750 DOI: 10.3390/ma14040853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The precise engineering of thermoelectric materials using nanocrystals as their building blocks has proven to be an excellent strategy to increase energy conversion efficiency. Here we present a synthetic route to produce Sb-doped PbS colloidal nanoparticles. These nanoparticles are then consolidated into nanocrystalline PbS:Sb using spark plasma sintering. We demonstrate that the introduction of Sb significantly influences the size, geometry, crystal lattice and especially the carrier concentration of PbS. The increase of charge carrier concentration achieved with the introduction of Sb translates into an increase of the electrical and thermal conductivities and a decrease of the Seebeck coefficient. Overall, PbS:Sb nanomaterial were characterized by two-fold higher thermoelectric figures of merit than undoped PbS.
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- Doris Cadavid
- Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá 111321, Colombia
- Correspondence: (D.C.); (G.S.N.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA;
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
- Am Campus 1, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria;
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, İzmir 35430, Turkey;
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
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- Am Campus 1, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria;
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA;
- Correspondence: (D.C.); (G.S.N.); (A.C.)
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain; (Y.L.); (Y.Z.); (M.L.); (T.B.); (A.S.)
- ICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (D.C.); (G.S.N.); (A.C.)
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Ibáñez M, Genç A, Hasler R, Liu Y, Dobrozhan O, Nazarenko O, Mata MD, Arbiol J, Cabot A, Kovalenko MV. Tuning Transport Properties in Thermoelectric Nanocomposites through Inorganic Ligands and Heterostructured Building Blocks. ACS Nano 2019; 13:6572-6580. [PMID: 31185159 PMCID: PMC6595432 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b00346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
Methodologies that involve the use of nanoparticles as "artificial atoms" to rationally build materials in a bottom-up fashion are particularly well-suited to control the matter at the nanoscale. Colloidal synthetic routes allow for an exquisite control over such "artificial atoms" in terms of size, shape, and crystal phase as well as core and surface compositions. We present here a bottom-up approach to produce Pb-Ag-K-S-Te nanocomposites, which is a highly promising system for thermoelectric energy conversion. First, we developed a high-yield and scalable colloidal synthesis route to uniform lead sulfide (PbS) nanorods, whose tips are made of silver sulfide (Ag2S). We then took advantage of the large surface-to-volume ratio to introduce a p-type dopant (K) by replacing native organic ligands with K2Te. Upon thermal consolidation, K2Te-surface modified PbS-Ag2S nanorods yield p-type doped nanocomposites with PbTe and PbS as major phases and Ag2S and Ag2Te as embedded nanoinclusions. Thermoelectric characterization of such consolidated nanosolids showed a high thermoelectric figure-of-merit of 1 at 620 K.
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- Maria Ibáñez
- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST),
Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Department
of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bartin University, 74100 Bartin, Turkey
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalonia
Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria del Besos, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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la Mata
- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST),
Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Departamento
de Ciencia de los Materiales, Ing. Met. y Qca.Inorg., IMEYMAT, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST),
Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia
Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria del Besos, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Empa-Swiss
Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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Ibáñez M, Hasler R, Genç A, Liu Y, Kuster B, Schuster M, Dobrozhan O, Cadavid D, Arbiol J, Cabot A, Kovalenko MV. Ligand-Mediated Band Engineering in Bottom-Up Assembled SnTe Nanocomposites for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:8025-8029. [PMID: 31017419 PMCID: PMC6588270 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The bottom-up assembly
of colloidal nanocrystals is a versatile
methodology to produce composite nanomaterials with precisely tuned
electronic properties. Beyond the synthetic control over crystal domain
size, shape, crystal phase, and composition, solution-processed nanocrystals
allow exquisite surface engineering. This provides additional means
to modulate the nanomaterial characteristics and particularly its
electronic transport properties. For instance, inorganic surface ligands
can be used to tune the type and concentration of majority carriers
or to modify the electronic band structure. Herein, we report the
thermoelectric properties of SnTe nanocomposites obtained from the
consolidation of surface-engineered SnTe nanocrystals into macroscopic
pellets. A CdSe-based ligand is selected to (i) converge the light
and heavy bands through partial Cd alloying and (ii) generate CdSe
nanoinclusions as a secondary phase within the SnTe matrix, thereby
reducing the thermal conductivity. These SnTe-CdSe nanocomposites
possess thermoelectric figures of merit of up to 1.3 at 850 K, which
is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest thermoelectric figure
of merit reported for solution-processed SnTe.
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- Maria Ibáñez
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria , Am Campus 1 , 3400 Klosterneuburg , Austria.,Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , Zürich CH-8093 , Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , , Überlandstrasse 129 , Dübendorf CH-8600 , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , Zürich CH-8093 , Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , , Überlandstrasse 129 , Dübendorf CH-8600 , Switzerland
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- Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering , Bartin University , 74100 Bartin , Turkey.,Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) , CSIC and BIST , Campus UAB, Bellaterra , 08193 Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria , Am Campus 1 , 3400 Klosterneuburg , Austria.,Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs , 08930 Barcelona , Spain
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , Zürich CH-8093 , Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , , Überlandstrasse 129 , Dübendorf CH-8600 , Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , Zürich CH-8093 , Switzerland
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs , 08930 Barcelona , Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs , 08930 Barcelona , Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) , CSIC and BIST , Campus UAB, Bellaterra , 08193 Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain.,ICREA , Pg. Lluís Companys 23 , 08010 Barcelona , Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs , 08930 Barcelona , Spain.,ICREA , Pg. Lluís Companys 23 , 08010 Barcelona , Spain
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1 , Zürich CH-8093 , Switzerland.,Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , , Überlandstrasse 129 , Dübendorf CH-8600 , Switzerland
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Genç A, Tutkun E, Güven D, Acar H. Investigation of the endometrial thickness and estrogen level in athletes and sedentaries. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2019. [DOI: 10.12891/ceog4531.2019] [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: 11/01/2022]
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Alp E, Araz EC, Buluç AF, Güner Y, Değer Y, Eşgin H, Dermenci KB, Kazmanlı MK, Turan S, Genç A. Mesoporous nanocrystalline ZnO microspheres by ethylene glycol mediated thermal decomposition. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2018.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Genç A, Genç V, Celik S, Gokmen D, Tur B. The effects of cervical kinesio taping on pain, range of motion, and disability in patients following thyroidectomy: A randomized clinical trial, preliminary results. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Güner T, Topçu G, Savacı U, Genç A, Turan S, Sari E, Demir MM. Polarized emission from CsPbBr 3 nanowire embedded-electrospun PU fibers. Nanotechnology 2018; 29:135202. [PMID: 29443695 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaaaef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Interest in all-inorganic halide perovskites has been increasing dramatically due to their high quantum yield, band gap tunability, and ease of fabrication in compositional and geometric diversity. In this study, we synthesized several hundreds of nanometer long and ∼4 nm thick CsPbBr 3 nanowires (NWs). They were then integrated into electrospun polyurethane (PU) fibers to examine the polarization behavior of the composite fiber assembly. Aligned electrospun fibers containing CsPbBr 3 NWs showed a remarkable increase in the degree of polarization from 0.17-0.30. This combination of NWs and PU fibers provides a promising composite material for various applications such as optoelectronic devices and solar cells.
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- Tuğrul Güner
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey
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Sun Z, Madej E, Genç A, Muhler M, Arbiol J, Schuhmann W, Ventosa E. Demonstrating the steady performance of iron oxide composites over 2000 cycles at fast charge-rates for Li-ion batteries. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:7348-51. [PMID: 27097794 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00168h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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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The feasibility of using iron oxides as negative electrode materials for safe high-power Li-ion batteries is demonstrated by the carbon-coated FeOx/CNT composite synthesized by controlled pyrolysis of ferrocene, which delivered a specific capacity retention of 84% (445 mA h g(-1)) after 2000 cycles at 2000 mA g(-1) (4C).
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- Z Sun
- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. and State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Bartin University, 74100, Bartin, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Aydin M, Rencüzoğullari E, Bozkurt O, Genç A, Bayram S. Investigation of genotoxic effects of doripenem using cytogenetic and molecular methods. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 63:87-92. [PMID: 29096747 DOI: 10.14715/cmb/2017.63.10.14] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The main aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxic effects of doripenem (DRP) using both cytogenetic and molecular test systems. Although there have been some studies reporting the effects of DRP, none of them has shown the genotoxic effects of DRP. In order to achieve the main aim of the study, the human peripheral lymphocytes were treated with 100 μg/ml, 200 μg/ml, and 400 μg/ml concentrations of DRP for 24 and 48 hours, and the chromosome aberration (CA) and micronucleus (MN) methods were used as the cytogenetic tests and RAPD-PCR method was used as the molecular test to determine the genotoxic effects of DRP. DRP did not induce the chromosome aberrations and micronucleus frequencies at all concentrations and at all treatment periods. So, it was concluded that DRP did not show any cytotoxic effect. However, DRP increased the number of polymorphic bands and decreased the ratio of genomic template stability, especially at the 48-hour treatment period. In this study, according to the obtained results, it was determined that DRP failed to show any genotoxic risk at the therapeutic doses. This result also indicates that DRP could be a reliable antibiotics according to its rapid metabolism.
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- M Aydin
- Departmant of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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- Departmant of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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- Departmant of Biology, Natural and Applied Sciences Institute, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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- Vocational School of Health Services, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Nursing, Adiyaman School of Health, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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Barwe S, Andronescu C, Masa J, Ventosa E, Klink S, Genç A, Arbiol J, Schuhmann W. Polybenzoxazine-Derived N-doped Carbon as Matrix for Powder-Based Electrocatalysts. ChemSusChem 2017; 10:2653-2659. [PMID: 28466599 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700593] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In addition to catalytic activity, intrinsic stability, tight immobilization on a suitable electrode surface, and sufficient electronic conductivity are fundamental prerequisites for the long-term operation of particle- and especially powder-based electrocatalysts. We present a novel approach to concurrently address these challenges by using the unique properties of polybenzoxazine (pBO) polymers, namely near-zero shrinkage and high residual-char yield even after pyrolysis at high temperatures. Pyrolysis of a nanocubic prussian blue analogue precursor (Km Mnx [Co(CN)6 ]y ⋅n H2 O) embedded in a bisphenol A and aniline-based pBO led to the formation of a N-doped carbon matrix modified with Mnx Coy Oz nanocubes. The obtained electrocatalyst exhibits high efficiency toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and more importantly a stable performance for at least 65 h.
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- Stefan Barwe
- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
- Advanced Polymer Materials Group, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gh. Polizu street, 011061, Bucharest, Romania
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- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
- Present address: IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Insitute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Insitute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, (ICREA), Passeig de Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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Epifani M, Kaciulis S, Mezzi A, Altamura D, Giannini C, Díaz R, Force C, Genç A, Arbiol J, Siciliano P, Comini E, Concina I. Corrigendum: Inorganic Photocatalytic Enhancement: Activated RhB Photodegradation by Surface Modification of SnO 2 Nanocrystals with V 2O 5-like species. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46855. [PMID: 28731461 PMCID: PMC5520769 DOI: 10.1038/srep46855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ülger Y, Dadaş E, Yalinbaş Kaya B, Sümbül AT, Genç A, Bayram S. The analysis of lncRNA HOTAIR rs12826786 C>T polymorphism and gastric cancer susceptibility in a Turkish population: lack of any association in a hospital-based case-control study. Ir J Med Sci 2017; 186:859-865. [PMID: 28342055 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-017-1596-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR), a well-known long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), has been widely identified to participate in pathogenesis of multiple cancers. An aberrant up-regulation and biological functions have been observed in gastric cancer (GC). A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs12826786 C>T) at the HOTAIR has been reported to influence HOTAIR expression, but its association with GC has yet to be investigated in Turkish population. AIM The aim of the present study was to investigate whether HOTAIR rs12826786 C>T polymorphism could be involved in the risk of GC susceptibility in Turkish population. METHODS We genotyped HOTAIR rs12826786 C>T polymorphism in 312 Turkish individuals including 105 GC patients and 207 healthy controls matched on age and gender by a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with the TaqMan assay. RESULTS No statistically significant differences were found in the allele or genotype distributions of the HOTAIR rs12826786 C>T polymorphism among GC and healthy control subjects (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that the HOTAIR rs12826786 C>T polymorphism has not been in any major role in genetic susceptibility to gastric carcinogenesis, at least in the population studied here. Independent studies are needed to validate our findings in a larger series, as well as in patients of different ethnic origins.
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- Y Ülger
- Department of Gastroenterology, Education and Research Hospital, Adıyaman University, 02040, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adıyaman University, 02040, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Isparta State Hospital, 32100, Isparta, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Başkent University, 01250, Adana, Turkey
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- Vocational School of Health Services, Adıyaman Univesity, 02040, Adıyaman, Turkey
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- Department of Nursing, Adıyaman School of Health, Adıyaman University, 02040, Adıyaman, Turkey.
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Epifani M, Kaciulis S, Mezzi A, Altamura D, Giannini C, Díaz R, Force C, Genç A, Arbiol J, Siciliano P, Comini E, Concina I. Inorganic Photocatalytic Enhancement: Activated RhB Photodegradation by Surface Modification of SnO 2 Nanocrystals with V 2O 5-like species. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44763. [PMID: 28300185 PMCID: PMC5353695 DOI: 10.1038/srep44763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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SnO2 nanocrystals were prepared by precipitation in dodecylamine at 100 °C, then they were reacted with vanadium chloromethoxide in oleic acid at 250 °C. The resulting materials were heat-treated at various temperatures up to 650 °C for thermal stabilization, chemical purification and for studying the overall structural transformations. From the crossed use of various characterization techniques, it emerged that the as-prepared materials were constituted by cassiterite SnO2 nanocrystals with a surface modified by isolated V(IV) oxide species. After heat-treatment at 400 °C, the SnO2 nanocrystals were wrapped by layers composed of vanadium oxide (IV-V mixed oxidation state) and carbon residuals. After heating at 500 °C, only SnO2 cassiterite nanocrystals were obtained, with a mean size of 2.8 nm and wrapped by only V2O5-like species. The samples heat-treated at 500 °C were tested as RhB photodegradation catalysts. At 10-7 M concentration, all RhB was degraded within 1 h of reaction, at a much faster rate than all pure SnO2 materials reported until now.
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- Mauro Epifani
- Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi, IMM-CNR, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, ISMN-CNR, PO Box 10, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, ISMN-CNR, PO Box 10, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, IC-CNR, Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, IC-CNR, Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Electrochemical Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra, 3 28935 Móstoles, Spain
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- NMR Unit, Centro de Apoyo Tecnológico, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi, IMM-CNR, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Information Engineering, Brescia University, Via Valotti 9, 25133 Brescia, Italy.,CNR-INO SENSOR Lab, Via Branze 45, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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Meyns M, Perálvarez M, Heuer-Jungemann A, Hertog W, Ibáñez M, Nafria R, Genç A, Arbiol J, Kovalenko MV, Carreras J, Cabot A, Kanaras AG. Polymer-Enhanced Stability of Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals and Their Application in Color Conversion LEDs. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:19579-86. [PMID: 27454750 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cesium lead halide (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals (NCs) offer exceptional optical properties for several potential applications but their implementation is hindered by a low chemical and structural stability and limited processability. In the present work, we developed a new method to efficiently coat CsPbX3 NCs, which resulted in their increased chemical and optical stability as well as processability. The method is based on the incorporation of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene) (PMA) into the synthesis of the perovskite NCs. The presence of PMA in the ligand shell stabilizes the NCs by tightening the ligand binding, limiting in this way the NC surface interaction with the surrounding media. We further show that these NCs can be embedded in self-standing silicone/glass plates as down-conversion filters for the fabrication of monochromatic green and white light emitting diodes (LEDs) with narrow bandwidths and appealing color characteristics.
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- Michaela Meyns
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton , Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, U.K
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Bartin University , 74100, Bartin, Turkey
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich , CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Bartin University , 74100, Bartin, Turkey
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. , Lluís Companys 23, 8010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich , CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. , Lluís Companys 23, 8010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton , Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, U.K
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Epifani M, Tang P, Genç A, Morante JR, Arbiol J, Díaz R, Wicker S. The Ethylhexanoate Route to Metal Oxide Nanocrystals: Synthesis of CoO Nanooctahedra from Co
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2‐Ethylhexanoate. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mauro Epifani
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR – IMM) Via Monteroni c/o Campus Universitario73100LecceItaly
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Campus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs08930BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Campus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Faculty of Engineering Bartin University 74100BartinTurkey
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs08930BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Campus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 2308010BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
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- Electrochemical Processes Unit IMDEA Energy Institute Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 328935MóstolesSpain
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 1572076TübingenGermany
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Luo Z, Irtem E, Ibáñez M, Nafria R, Martı́-Sánchez S, Genç A, de la Mata M, Liu Y, Cadavid D, Llorca J, Arbiol J, Andreu T, Morante JR, Cabot A. Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy Nanoparticles: Partial Cation Exchange Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Properties toward the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:17435-17444. [PMID: 27323284 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Mn3O4@CoMn2O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were produced at low temperature and ambient atmosphere using a one-pot two-step synthesis protocol involving the cation exchange of Mn by Co in preformed Mn3O4 NPs. Selecting the proper cobalt precursor, the nucleation of CoxOy crystallites at the Mn3O4@CoMn2O4 surface could be simultaneously promoted to form Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy NPs. Such heterostructured NPs were investigated for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR, OER) in alkaline solution. Mn3O4@CoMn2O4-CoxOy NPs with [Co]/[Mn] = 1 showed low overpotentials of 0.31 V at -3 mA·cm(-2) and a small Tafel slope of 52 mV·dec(-1) for ORR, and overpotentials of 0.31 V at 10 mA·cm(-2) and a Tafel slope of 81 mV·dec(-1) for OER, thus outperforming commercial Pt-, IrO2-based and previously reported transition metal oxides. This cation-exchange-based synthesis protocol opens up a new approach to design novel heterostructured NPs as efficient nonprecious metal bifunctional oxygen catalysts.
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- Zhishan Luo
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23 , 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Departament d'Electronica, Universitat de Barcelona , 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC , Sant Adrià del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23 , 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Özyürek S, Genç A, Karaali H, Algun C. AB1106-HPR Alteration in Body Posture Is Related To Decreased Flexibility in Adolescents with A History of Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.4075] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Nafria R, Genç A, Ibáñez M, Arbiol J, de la Piscina PR, Homs N, Cabot A. Co-Cu Nanoparticles: Synthesis by Galvanic Replacement and Phase Rearrangement during Catalytic Activation. Langmuir 2016; 32:2267-76. [PMID: 26878153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The control of the phase distribution in multicomponent nanomaterials is critical to optimize their catalytic performance. In this direction, while impressive advances have been achieved in the past decade in the synthesis of multicomponent nanoparticles and nanocomposites, element rearrangement during catalyst activation has been frequently overseen. Here, we present a facile galvanic replacement-based procedure to synthesize Co@Cu nanoparticles with narrow size and composition distributions. We further characterize their phase arrangement before and after catalytic activation. When oxidized at 350 °C in air to remove organics, Co@Cu core-shell nanostructures oxidize to polycrystalline CuO-Co3O4 nanoparticles with randomly distributed CuO and Co3O4 crystallites. During a posterior reduction treatment in H2 atmosphere, Cu precipitates in a metallic core and Co migrates to the nanoparticle surface to form Cu@Co core-shell nanostructures. The catalytic behavior of such Cu@Co nanoparticles supported on mesoporous silica was further analyzed toward CO2 hydrogenation in real working conditions.
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- Raquel Nafria
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besos, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Bartin University , 74100 Bartin, Turkey
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besos, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, Universitat de Barcelona , 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besos, Spain
- Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, Universitat de Barcelona , 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besos, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Ibáñez M, Luo Z, Genç A, Piveteau L, Ortega S, Cadavid D, Dobrozhan O, Liu Y, Nachtegaal M, Zebarjadi M, Arbiol J, Kovalenko MV, Cabot A. High-performance thermoelectric nanocomposites from nanocrystal building blocks. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10766. [PMID: 26948987 PMCID: PMC4786643 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [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: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The efficient conversion between thermal and electrical energy by means of durable, silent and scalable solid-state thermoelectric devices has been a long standing goal. While nanocrystalline materials have already led to substantially higher thermoelectric efficiencies, further improvements are expected to arise from precise chemical engineering of nanoscale building blocks and interfaces. Here we present a simple and versatile bottom–up strategy based on the assembly of colloidal nanocrystals to produce consolidated yet nanostructured thermoelectric materials. In the case study on the PbS–Ag system, Ag nanodomains not only contribute to block phonon propagation, but also provide electrons to the PbS host semiconductor and reduce the PbS intergrain energy barriers for charge transport. Thus, PbS–Ag nanocomposites exhibit reduced thermal conductivities and higher charge carrier concentrations and mobilities than PbS nanomaterial. Such improvements of the material transport properties provide thermoelectric figures of merit up to 1.7 at 850 K. Nanomaterials provide a route to efficient solid-state conversion between thermal and electrical energy. Here, the authors demonstrate that a combination of metal and semiconductor colloidal nanocrystals can produce thermoelectric nanocomposites with high performance.
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- Maria Ibáñez
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.,Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Electron Nanoscopy, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.,Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Rd, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8058, USA
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- Department of Advanced Electron Nanoscopy, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.,Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Advanced Materials Department, Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, Jardins de les Dones de Negre n.1, Pl. 2, 08930 Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Patarroyo J, Genç A, Arbiol J, Bastús NG, Puntes V. One-pot polyol synthesis of highly monodisperse short green silver nanorods. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:10960-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04796c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High yield production of green silver nanorods of a low aspect ratio via an optimized one-pot polyol method using tannic acid at substoichiometric concentrations.
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- Javier Patarroyo
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Bellaterra
- Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Bellaterra
- Spain
- Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Bellaterra
- Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Bellaterra
- Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
- Bellaterra
- Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
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Yu X, Liu J, Genç A, Ibáñez M, Luo Z, Shavel A, Arbiol J, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Cabot A. Cu₂ZnSnS₄-Ag₂S Nanoscale p-n Heterostructures as Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Langmuir 2015; 31:10555-10561. [PMID: 26343896 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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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A cation exchange-based route was used to produce Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)-Ag2S nanoparticles with controlled composition. We report a detailed study of the formation of such CZTS-Ag2S nanoheterostructures and of their photocatalytic properties. When compared to pure CZTS, the use of nanoscale p-n heterostructures as light absorbers for photocatalytic water splitting provides superior photocurrents. We associate this experimental fact to a higher separation efficiency of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs. We believe this and other type-II nanoheterostructures will open the door to the use of CZTS, with excellent light absorption properties and made of abundant and environmental friendly elements, to the field of photocatalysis.
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- Xuelian Yu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences , 100083 Beijing, P. R. China
- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC , 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 100190 Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, ICN2 , Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC , 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC , 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC , 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, ICN2 , Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats - ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 100190 Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences , 100083 Beijing, P. R. China
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC , 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats - ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Yuan Y, Zhang L, Xing J, Utama MIB, Lu X, Du K, Li Y, Hu X, Wang S, Genç A, Dunin-Borkowski R, Arbiol J, Xiong Q. High-yield synthesis and optical properties of g-C3N4. Nanoscale 2015; 7:12343-12350. [PMID: 26152840 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02905h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), a metal-free semiconductor with a band gap of 2.7 eV, has received considerable attention owing to its fascinating photocatalytic performances under visible-light. g-C3N4 exhibits high thermal and chemical stability and non-toxicity such that it has been considered as the most promising photocatalyst for environmental improvement and energy conservation. Hence, it is of great importance to obtain high-quality g-C3N4 and gain a clear understanding of its optical properties. Herein, we report a high-yield synthesis of g-C3N4 products via heating of high vacuum-sealed melamine powder in an ampoule at temperatures between 450 and 650 °C. Using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the chemical composition and crystallization of the as-produced g-C3N4 are demonstrated. A systematic optical study of g-C3N4 is carried out with several approaches. The optical phonon behavior of g-C3N4 is revealed by infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and the emission properties of g-C3N4 are investigated using photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, while the photocatalytic properties are explored by the photodegradation experiment.
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- Yanwen Yuan
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore.
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Luo Z, Ibáñez M, Antolín AM, Genç A, Shavel A, Contreras S, Medina F, Arbiol J, Cabot A. Size and aspect ratio control of Pd₂Sn nanorods and their water denitration properties. Langmuir 2015; 31:3952-3957. [PMID: 25751745 DOI: 10.1021/la504906q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Monodisperse Pd2Sn nanorods with tuned size and aspect ratio were prepared by co-reduction of metal salts in the presence of trioctylphosphine, amine, and chloride ions. Asymmetric Pd2Sn nanostructures were achieved by the selective desorption of a surfactant mediated by chlorine ions. A preliminary evaluation of the geometry influence on catalytic properties evidenced Pd2Sn nanorods to have improved catalytic performance. In view of these results, Pd2Sn nanorods were also evaluated for water denitration.
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- ZhiShan Luo
- †Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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- †Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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- ‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
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- §Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- †Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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- ‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
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- ‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
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- §Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- ⊥Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, ICN2 Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, CAT, Spain
- ∥Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- †Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
- ∥Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Epifani M, Díaz R, Force C, Comini E, Manzanares M, Andreu T, Genç A, Arbiol J, Siciliano P, Faglia G, Morante JR. Surface modification of TiO₂ nanocrystals by WO(x) coating or wrapping: solvothermal synthesis and enhanced surface chemistry. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:6898-6908. [PMID: 25775118 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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TiO2 anatase nanocrystals were prepared by solvothermal processing of Ti chloroalkoxide in oleic acid, in the presence of W chloroalkoxide, with W/Ti nominal atomic concentration (R(w)) ranging from 0.16 to 0.64. The as-prepared materials were heat-treated up to 500 °C for thermal stabilization and sensing device processing. For R(0.16), the as-prepared materials were constituted by an anatase core surface-modified by WO(x) monolayers. This structure persisted up to 500 °C, without any WO3 phase segregation. For R(w) up to R(0.64), the anatase core was initially wrapped by an amorphous WO(x) gel. Upon heat treatment, the WO(x) phase underwent structural reorganization, remaining amorphous up to 400 °C and forming tiny WO3 nanocrystals dispersed into the TiO2 host after heating at 500 °C, when part of tungsten also migrated into the TiO2 structure, resulting in structural and electrical modification of the anatase host. The ethanol sensing properties of the various materials were tested and compared with pure TiO2 and WO3 analogously prepared. They showed that even the simple surface modification of the TiO2 host resulted in a 3 orders of magnitude response improvement with respect to pure TiO2.
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- Mauro Epifani
- †Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi, IMM-CNR, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- ‡Electrochemical Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, 28935 Móstoles, Spain
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- §NMR Unit,Centro de Apoyo Tecnológico, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain
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- ∥SENSOR Lab, Department of Information Engineering, Brescia University and CNR-INO, Via Valotti 9, 25133 Brescia, Italy
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- ⊥Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- ⊥Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
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- #Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- ⧫Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- #Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- ⊗Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, CAT Spain
- ⧫Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- †Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi, IMM-CNR, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- ∥SENSOR Lab, Department of Information Engineering, Brescia University and CNR-INO, Via Valotti 9, 25133 Brescia, Italy
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- ⊥Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adria del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
- ○M2E-IN2UB-XaRMAE, Departament d'Electrònica, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Rodrigues M, Genç A, Arbiol J, Amabilino DB, Pérez-García L. In situ template synthesis of gold nanoparticles using a bis-imidazolium amphiphile-based hydrogel. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 446:53-8. [PMID: 25656559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Gemini-type bis-imidazolium amphiphiles are able to stabilize gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and also form hydrogels. It should be possible to obtain GNPs synthesized within these hydrogels and stabilized by the bis-imidazolium molecules. EXPERIMENTS Hydrogels containing a gold salt were formed using 1,3-bis[(3-octadecyl-1-imidazolio)methyl]benzene dibromide. After aging of the gel, upon addition of the reducing agent in a solvent the formation of GNPs was assessed. The gel was characterised and the GNPs were observed using High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). FINDINGS Monodisperse GNPs with an average size of ca. 5 nm and well defined icosahedral geometry were formed in situ using the bis-imidazolium amphiphile-based hydrogel as template. Furthermore the gelator is also the stabilizing ligand of the GNPs, allowing the recovery of the GNP by disassembling the gel without aggregation of the inorganic colloid.
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- Mafalda Rodrigues
- Departament de Farmacologia i Química Terapèutica, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Farmacologia i Química Terapèutica, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Epifani M, Comini E, Díaz R, Andreu T, Genç A, Arbiol J, Siciliano P, Faglia G, Morante JR. Solvothermal, chloroalkoxide-based synthesis of monoclinic WO(3) quantum dots and gas-sensing enhancement by surface oxygen vacancies. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2014; 6:16808-16816. [PMID: 25211288 DOI: 10.1021/am504158r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report for the first time the synthesis of monoclinic WO3 quantum dots. A solvothermal processing at 250 °C in oleic acid of W chloroalkoxide solutions was employed. It was shown that the bulk monoclinic crystallographic phase is the stable one even for the nanosized regime (mean size 4 nm). The nanocrystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction, High resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy. It was concluded that they were constituted by a core of monoclinic WO3, surface covered by unstable W(V) species, slowly oxidized upon standing in room conditions. The WO3 nanocrystals could be easily processed to prepare gas-sensing devices, without any phase transition up to at least 500 °C. The devices displayed remarkable response to both oxidizing (nitrogen dioxide) and reducing (ethanol) gases in concentrations ranging from 1 to 5 ppm and from 100 to 500 ppm, at low operating temperatures of 100 and 200 °C, respectively. The analysis of the electrical data showed that the nanocrystals were characterized by reduced surfaces, which enhanced both nitrogen dioxide adsorption and oxygen ionosorption, the latter resulting in enhanced ethanol decomposition kinetics.
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- Mauro Epifani
- Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi, IMM-CNR , Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Özyürek S, Genç A, Kul Karaali H, Algun C. FRI0586-HPR Three Dimensional Evaluation of Pelvic Posture in Adolescents with A History of Low Back Pain. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3007] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Epifani M, Comini E, Díaz R, Andreu T, Genç A, Arbiol J, Siciliano P, Faglia G, Morante J. Acetone Sensing with TiO2-WO3 Nanocomposites: An Example of Response Enhancement by Inter-oxide Cooperative Effects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Alanay Y, Unal F, Turanli G, Alikaşifoğlu M, Alehan D, Akyol U, Belgin E, Sener C, Aktaş D, Boduroğlu K, Utine E, Volkan-Salanci B, Ozusta S, Genç A, Başar F, Sevinç S, Tunçbilek E. A multidisciplinary approach to the management of individuals with fragile X syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2007; 51:151-61. [PMID: 17217479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00942.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Since the identification of the responsible gene (FMR1) and its protein (FMRP), there has been enormous progress in both clinical and pathogenetic research on the neurobehavioural aspects of the condition. However, studies regarding other medical problems anticipated in individuals with FXS are limited. A multidisciplinary study evaluating various causes of morbidity in the same group has not been published yet. METHODS Twenty-four boys with FXS full mutation were recruited out of a larger group of 103 diagnosed in one centre over the past 10 years. Ear nose and throat, eye and cardiac examinations were performed in addition to routine cognitive, behavioural, neurological and speech and language assessments. RESULTS The average IQ score was 49.8 +/- 20 (range 25-90). There were four patients (18%) with IQ above 70. Using DSM-IV, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was diagnosed in five boys out of 22 examined (23%), while 32% were diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder. The seizure frequency was 17%. A psychiatric disorder was diagnosed in six out of eight boys with electroencephalogram abnormalities (75%). Minimal conductive hearing loss was found in five (5/22) patients. There was significant delay in both expressive and receptive language skills. Ocular findings were refractive errors (13%) and strabismus (4.4%). Mitral valve prolapsus (MVP) was observed in 3/22 (13.7%) patients and aortic annulus dilatation was present in 2/22 (9%) patients. CONCLUSIONS Frequency of psychiatric diagnoses made with DSM-IV were in parallel to those reported in the literature. Comorbidity of seizures and psychiatric disorders was noteworthy. The percentage of 'high-functioning' full mutation males supports the previous observations. Ear nose and throat and eye examination revealed remarkably lower prevalence of abnormal findings than reported. MVP was slightly less frequent compared with the single study in the literature. Age at the time of examination had an effect on the outcome of cardiac evaluation. These findings will guide us in future management of the group of patients followed in our institution. The protocol applied provides an applicable outline for multidisciplinary institutional settings dealing with individuals with FXS.
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- Clinical Genetics Section, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Sencan A, Genç A, Günşar C, Dağlar Z, Yilmaz O, Ulukuş C, Ozer E, Taneli C, Mir E. Testis fixation in prepubertal rats: fibrin glue versus transparenchymal sutures reduces testicular damage. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2004; 14:193-7. [PMID: 15211411 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Experimental studies have shown that different suture materials used in testis fixation cause some degree of inflammation in the testis. This study was planned to compare the histological changes that were caused by fibrin glue which is a tissue sealant and by silk and polypropylene for transparenchymal testis fixation. 28 prepubertal rats were divided into 4 groups. Testis was fixed to the tunica vaginalis by fibrin glue in group 1, by silk in group 2 and by polypropylene in group 3. Group 4 was planned as a control. Testicular inflammation and seminiferous tubular diameter were evaluated for histological changes. The least inflammation was observed in the fibrin glue group, while the most inflammation occurred in the silk group. Seminiferous tubular diameter was 241.55 +/- 45.90 in the fibrin glue group, 151.90 +/- 8.34 in the silk group and 161.36 +/- 9.96 in the polypropylene group. In conclusion, fibrin glue, when used for testis fixation, causes less inflammation and less destruction of seminiferous tubular diameter compared with silk and polypropylene.
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- A Sencan
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Medical School, Manisa, Turkey.
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The high incidence of anterior hypospadias and the consideration of some of the parents that this location is a normal variation and the resistance to the surgical treatment led us to investigate the normal meatal location in boys. The location of external meatus was analyzed in 300 boys. The meatal location was classified as type A (anterior third/tip of the glans) type B (middle third) and type C (posterior third/glandular hypospadias). Of the 300 boys taken into study, in 282 (94%) meatus was located at the tip of the glans in 14 patients (4.6%) on the middle third, 'type B' and in 2 patients (0.6%) on the posterior third, 'type C'. The present study clearly demonstrated that the true location of urethral meatus should be at the tip of the glans. Type B is an acceptable location, which requires no operation and is seen in a very small percentage. Type C is a true glandular hypospadias and should certainly be corrected by glanuloplasty and meatal advancement. We are of the opinion that after surgery for anterior hypospadias meatal position presenting elsewhere than at the tip of the glans should not be considered a successful intervention.
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- A Genç
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey.
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Genç A, Taneli C, Günşar C, Türkdoğan P, Yilmaz O, Arslan OA, Mir E. Histopathological evaluation of the urethra after the Snodgrass operation: an experimental study in rabbits. BJU Int 2002; 90:950-2. [PMID: 12460362 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2002.03023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the histopathological outcome of the incised urethral plate after tubularized incised-plate urethroplasty (the Snodgrass procedure to repair hypospadias) in a hypospadiac rabbit model, as it can produce meatal and neourethral strictures, and healing with scarring. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 10 male New Zealand White rabbits (2.2-2.4 kg); under general anaesthesia the ventral urethra was completely excised 1 cm from the meatus proximally and a model of hypospadias formed. A full-thickness incision was then made in the distal dorsal urethra and the two sides of the incision marked by Indian ink tattooing. After placing a feeding tube (5 F) as a urethral catheter, both urethral wings were sutured ventrally by a 7/0 polydioxanone running suture, and the penile skin approximated by 5/0 chromic catgut. At 21 days and 3 months after surgery the penises were harvested, assessed histopathologically, and compared with those from control untreated rabbits of the same age and weight. RESULTS In the study group the incised area of the dorsal urethra was re-epithelialized; the regional tissue and vascularity were normal. CONCLUSION In this rabbit model the dorsal urethral incisions healed with no scar tissue; only the ventral suture lines had minimal fibrosis and inflammatory reaction.
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- A Genç
- Departments of Paeditric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Boyar University, Monisa, Turkey.
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Yener GG, Guiochon-Mantel A, Obuz F, Baklan B, Oztürk V, Kovanlikaya I, Cakmur R, Genç A. Phe 84 deletion of the PMP22 gene associated with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy HMSN III with multiple cranial neuropathy: clinical, neurophysiological and magnetic resonance imaging findings. J Neurol 2001; 248:193-6. [PMID: 11355152 DOI: 10.1007/s004150170225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) is a heterogeneous group of peripheral neuropathies which are diagnosed on the basis of clinical, electrophysiological and neuropathological findings. Among the hypertrophic demyelinating neuropathies, HMSN III is the most severe. It is often associated with de novo mutations in the genes encoding for peripheral myelin proteins. While peripheral nerve hypertrophy is an expected finding in HMSN III, cranial nerve hypertrophy is exceptional. Here we describe a mutation in the PMP22 gene in a 19-year-old man with infantile onset of sensory motor polyneuropathy without family history and multiple cranial nerve hypertrophy shown by cranial magnetic resonance imaging.
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- G G Yener
- Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
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Ultraviolet, visible (UV/VIS) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) measurements were carried out in order to investigate the optical and thermal properties of various 0.5 mol.% Tm2O3 containing (1 - x)TeO2 + xLiCl glasses in molar ratio. The samples were prepared by fusing the mixture of their respective reagent grade powders in a platinum cricuble at 750 degrees C for 30 min. DTA curves taken in the 23-600 degrees C temperature range with a heating rate of 10 degrees C/min reveal a change in the value of the glass transition temperature, Tg, while melting was not observed for the glasses containing LiCl content less than 50 mol.%. These glasses were found to be moisture-resistant. However, the glasses with LiCl content higher than 50 mol.%, in which a melting peak was observed at Tc = 401 degrees C, were moisture-sensitive. Absorption measurements in the UV/VIS region of the glasses without Tm2O3 content show that the Urbach cutoff occurs at about 320 nm and, is relatively independent of the LiCl content. Six absorption bands were observed in the Tm2O3 doped glasses corresponding to the absorption of the 1G4, 3F2, 3F3 and 3F4, 3H5 and 3H4 levels from the 3H6 ground level of Tm3+ ions. The spectra also show that the integrated absorption cross-section of each band depends on the glass composition. Judd-Ofelt theory was used to determine the Judd-Ofelt parameters as well as the radiative transition probabilities for the metastable levels of Tm3+ ions in (0.3)LiCl + (0.7) TeO2: 0.01 Tm2O3 glass which is moisture-resistant.
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- G Ozen
- Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Physics, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Turkey.
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate long-term follow-up of an autoaugmentation (detrusorotomy) technique, in puppies. PATIENTS AND METHODS In 10 mongrel puppies, bladder capacities were reduced to nearly half their original volume by 10 per cent formalin instillations. In 7 puppies, the muscular coat of the bladder was split open widely down to the mucosal layer, from the bladder neck anteriorly, to the trigone posteriorly while the mucosa was kept exposed and intact. Three puppies were kept as controls. RESULTS Mean post-instillation bladder capacity was 15.40 ml. One week after detrusorotomy the bladder capacity averaged up to 20.00 ml; 3 weeks later up to 20.43 ml; and 3 months later up to 34.28 ml and were well up to 3 months. However, at the termination of an additional 9-month period, the bladders of 4 of the remaining five dogs were seen to decrease in volume except the one with an accidental omental adherence to the exposed mucosa which kept the detrusorotomy intact. CONCLUSION Post-detrusorotomy volume could be retained if a graft, e.g. omentum, gut segment, amniotic membrane or lyophilized dura is inserted at the time of intervention, in-between the split musculature to line the exposed mucosa externally and to prevent re-adhesion of the muscular edges.
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- C Taneli
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
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Genç A, Ozcan C, Erdener A, Mutaf O. Management of pneumothorax in children. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1998; 39:849-51. [PMID: 9972914] [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: 02/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The efficacy of tube thoracostomies inserted at the sixth intercostal space at midaxillary line was evaluated retrospectively in children. METHODS Ninety-seven children with pneumothorax, treated by tube thoracostomy were taken into the study. There were 67 male and 30 female patients with a mean age of 6.5 years (range 1 days to 15 years) RESULTS Pneumothorax was located at the right side in 50 (51.5%), and at the left in 38 (39.1%) of the cases. Bilateral pneumothorax was found in 9 additional patients (9.2%). All patients were treated with tube thoracostomy placed in the pleural cavity at the sixth intercostal space at the mid-axillary line. Postoperative course was uneventful and no complication was encountered at any of the patients. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of these data we suggest that all thoracostomy tubes should be inserted on the sixth intercostal space where both air and the accumulating fluid can be reached. The insertion of the thoracostomy tube at the second intercostal space must be avoided since it carries a high risk of subclavian vein injury in small children, and also a secondary tube is frequently required to drain the accompanying intrapleural fluid.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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Primary malignant tumors of the chest are rare in the pediatric age group. Askin tumor belongs to the peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor family, and typically involves the periosteum, soft tissue and extrapulmonary tissue of the thoracic wall. We report our ten years experience with four cases of this rare tumor.
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- C Taneli
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
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Cakmur R, Idiman F, Akalin E, Genç A, Yener GG, Oztürk V. Dermatomal and mixed nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1998; 108:423-34. [PMID: 9780011 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-5597(97)00098-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To evaluate the diagnostic utility of dermatomal and mixed nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) and to compare their value with routine electrodiagnostic methods, we studied a group of 44 patients with neurogenic TOS and 30 healthy controls. In addition to bilateral median and ulnar SEPs, evoked potentials were recorded after stimulation of C6 and C8 dermatomes from the first and fifth digits, respectively. The patients were classified into 3 groups according to the nature of their clinical condition. The abnormality rate for both ulnar and C8 dermatomal SEPs was 100% in a small group of patients with severe neurological signs like atrophy. In groups of patients with lesser degrees of neurogenic damage, abnormality rates for ulnar and C8 dermatomal SEPs on affected limb(s) were 67 and 50%, respectively. Same abnormality rates were 25 and 18% in patients with only subjective symptoms. In patients with objective neurological signs, the major increase in sensitivity was with electromyography (EMG). Abnormalities of routine nerve conduction studies and F-wave latency were observed in patients with severe neurogenic damage. We concluded that the most useful tests in the diagnosis of neurogenic TOS are needle EMG and ulnar SEPs.
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- R Cakmur
- Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University, Medical School (Tip Fakultesi), Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey.
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Deep circumferencial burns of the esophagus always result in stricture formation and obstruction of the lumen. The usual treatment of caustic esophageal strictures is long-term esophageal dilatations. A new method of treatment, long-term stenting of the strictured esophagus gave superior results when compared with the classic dilatation therapy (healing rates, 68% v 33%; P < .01). Although success in the stent group was very satisfactory, the 32% failure rate requires explanation. In the years between 1991 and 1993, 53 stent-treated patients were screened for gastroesophageal reflux (GER). All patients were investigated with 24-hour ambulatory distal esophageal pHmetry. In 18 patients reflux index (RI) was found to be below 4. In 14 patients RI was between 4.1 and 19. In the final group of 21 patients RI was over 20 (minimum, 21.8; maximum, 72.8). When these data were compared with the healing rates of the patients, it was found that none of the 21 patients with RI over 20 responded to the described therapy. We conclude that the esophagus, after a serious caustic insult, not only narrows but also shortens thus altering the lower esophageal sphincter function leading to serious GER. Therefore all caustic esophageal burn patients should be screened for GER periodically during the dilatation or stent therapy programs, and GER should be controlled before RI approaches 20.
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- O Mutaf
- Department of the Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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