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Liu MK, Chen HL, Chen LL, Jiang H, Liu R, Pei ZC, Li K, Wei ZP, Xu H. Andrographolide Liquisolid using Porous-Starch as the Adsorbent with Enhanced Oral Bioavailability in Rats. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:535-543. [PMID: 36058257 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2022.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Andrographolide (AGL) is the major component of Andrographispaniculata. The poor water solubility and low dissolution strongly affect its oral absorption. Liquisolid technology has been used to improve its dissolution and oral bioavailability. Liquisolid powders of AGL (AGL-LS-PSG) were obtained by firstly dissolving AGL in the mixture of NMP, PEG 6000 and Soluplus®, and solidified by absorption of the blend in porous starch. Angle of repose, Carr index and Hauser ratio presented good powder fluidity and compressibility characteristics of AGL-LS-PSG. The results of optical microscopic observation, PXRD and DSC analysis indicated that AGL has been completely adsorbed in porous starch granules and existed in an amorphous or molecularly dispersing state. AGL-LS-PSG can obviously increase the drug dissolution rate compared to commercial guttate pills and raw drug. In vivo pharmacokinetic behavior of AGL-LS-PSG was investigated following a single oral administration to rats. The Cmax (0.37 ± 0.06 μg mL-1) and AUC0-2h (13.55 ± 2.67 μg h mL-1) of AGL-LS-PSG were evidently increased compared to commercial guttate pills (Cmax = 0.30 ± 0.21 μg mL-1, AUC0-2h = 9.88 ± 3.57 μg h mL-1). This study indicated great potential of liquisolid technology in effectively improving the dissolution and bioavailability of AGL.
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- M K Liu
- School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China
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- Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Henan Province People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Benxi, 117004, PR China.
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Gao Y, Kaushik S, Philip EJ, Li Z, Qin Y, Liu YP, Zhang WL, Su YL, Chen X, Weng H, Kharzeev DE, Liu MK, Qi J. Chiral terahertz wave emission from the Weyl semimetal TaAs. Nat Commun 2020; 11:720. [PMID: 32024831 PMCID: PMC7002692 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14463-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Weyl semimetals host chiral fermions with distinct chiralities and spin textures. Optical excitations involving those chiral fermions can induce exotic carrier responses, and in turn lead to novel optical phenomena. Here, we discover strong coherent terahertz emission from Weyl semimetal TaAs, which is demonstrated as a unique broadband source of the chiral terahertz wave. The polarization control of the THz emission is achieved by tuning photoexcitation of ultrafast photocurrents via the photogalvanic effect. In the near-infrared regime, the photon-energy dependent nonthermal current due to the predominant circular photogalvanic effect can be attributed to the radical change of the band velocities when the chiral Weyl fermions are excited during selective optical transitions between the tilted anisotropic Weyl cones and the massive bulk bands. Our findings provide a design concept for creating chiral photon sources using quantum materials and open up new opportunities for developing ultrafast opto-electronics using Weyl physics.
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- Y Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Quantum Devices, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
- Institute of Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
- Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA.
- RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
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Liu MK, Wang LC, Hu FL. [Value of serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 in the assessment of early rheumatoid arthritis]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2018; 50:981-985. [PMID: 30562768] [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: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression level of serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) patients with normal C-reaction protein (CRP) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and the significance in disease assessment. METHODS In the study, 133 cases of early RA patients, 25 osteoarthritis (OA) patients and 60 healthy controls in Peking University People's Hospital from 2011 to 2015 were included. The RA patients were further divided into 4 groups according to levels of CRP and ESR: 88 patients with increased CRP and increased ESR, 15 patients with normal CRP and normal ESR, 17 patients with normal CRP but increased ESR, and 13 patients with increased CRP but normal ESR. All the clinical information of the patients was collected, and the serum MMP3 levels of both patients and healthy controls were detected by enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS The serum MMP3 level of RA patients with normal CRP and/or normal ESR [(72.89±6.34) μg/L] was obviously higher than that of OA patients [(42.87±4.14) μg/L] (P=0.002) and healthy controls [(31.62±2.88) μg/L] (P<0.001). The serum MMP3 levels of the patients with normal CRP and normal ESR [(47.04±9.64) μg/L] were higher than those of the healthy controls, and there was statistical significance between the two groups (P<0.05). The serum MMP3 levels of the patients with increased CRP but normal ESR [(94.18±9.11) μg/L] and the patients with normal CRP but increased ESR [(79.42±10.60) μg/L] were both higher than those of the OA patients and healthy controls, and there was obvious statistical difference (P<0.05). In the early RA patients with normal CRP and/or normal ESR, the serum MMP3 level was positively correlated with the CRP level (r=0.336, P=0.024). The positive rate of MMP3 in the patients with normal CRP and/or normal ESR was 44.44%, higher than the positive rate of CRP (28.89%) and the positive rate of ESR (37.78%). In these early RA patients, the positive rate was 52.94% in the patients with normal CRP but increased ESR and 53.85% in the patients with increased CRP but normal ESR. CONCLUSION The detection of the serum MMP3 level was significant in the assessment of early RA patients within 2-year duration who had normal CRP or ESR value.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital & Beijing Key Laboratory for Rheumatism Mechanism and Immune Diagnosis (BZ0135) Beijing 100044, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Beijing 100191, China; Nanchang University Queen Mary School, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital & Beijing Key Laboratory for Rheumatism Mechanism and Immune Diagnosis (BZ0135) Beijing 100044, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing 100191, China; Nanchang University Queen Mary School, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital & Beijing Key Laboratory for Rheumatism Mechanism and Immune Diagnosis (BZ0135) Beijing 100044, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing 100191, China
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Zhou C, Liu YP, Wang Z, Ma SJ, Jia MW, Wu RQ, Zhou L, Zhang W, Liu MK, Wu YZ, Qi J. Broadband Terahertz Generation via the Interface Inverse Rashba-Edelstein Effect. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:086801. [PMID: 30192565 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.086801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Novel mechanisms for electromagnetic wave emission in the terahertz frequency regime emerging at the nanometer scale have recently attracted intense attention for the purpose of searching next-generation broadband THz emitters. Here, we report broadband THz emission, utilizing the interface inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect. By engineering the symmetry of the Ag/Bi Rashba interface, we demonstrate a controllable THz radiation (∼0.1-5 THz) waveform emitted from metallic Fe/Ag/Bi heterostructures following photoexcitation. We further reveal that this type of THz radiation can be selectively superimposed on the emission discovered recently due to the inverse spin Hall effect, yielding a unique film thickness dependent emission pattern. Our results thus offer new opportunities for versatile broadband THz radiation using the interface quantum effects.
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- C Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
- Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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Fei Z, Foley JJ, Gannett W, Liu MK, Dai S, Ni GX, Zettl A, Fogler MM, Wiederrecht GP, Gray SK, Basov DN. Ultraconfined Plasmonic Hotspots Inside Graphene Nanobubbles. Nano Lett 2016; 16:7842-7848. [PMID: 27960518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report on a nanoinfrared (IR) imaging study of ultraconfined plasmonic hotspots inside graphene nanobubbles formed in graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) heterostructures. The volume of these plasmonic hotspots is more than one-million-times smaller than what could be achieved by free-space IR photons, and their real-space distributions are controlled by the sizes and shapes of the nanobubbles. Theoretical analysis indicates that the observed plasmonic hotspots are formed due to a significant increase of the local plasmon wavelength in the nanobubble regions. Such an increase is attributed to the high sensitivity of graphene plasmons to its dielectric environment. Our work presents a novel scheme for plasmonic hotspot formation and sheds light on future applications of graphene nanobubbles for plasmon-enhanced IR spectroscopy.
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- Z Fei
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemistry, William Paterson University , Wayne, New Jersey 07470, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University , Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Physics, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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Fei Z, Goldflam MD, Wu JS, Dai S, Wagner M, McLeod AS, Liu MK, Post KW, Zhu S, Janssen GCAM, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Edge and Surface Plasmons in Graphene Nanoribbons. Nano Lett 2015; 15:8271-8276. [PMID: 26571096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report on nano-infrared (IR) imaging studies of confined plasmon modes inside patterned graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) fabricated with high-quality chemical-vapor-deposited (CVD) graphene on Al2O3 substrates. The confined geometry of these ribbons leads to distinct mode patterns and strong field enhancement, both of which evolve systematically with the ribbon width. In addition, spectroscopic nanoimaging in the mid-infrared range 850-1450 cm(-1) allowed us to evaluate the effect of the substrate phonons on the plasmon damping. Furthermore, we observed edge plasmons: peculiar one-dimensional modes propagating strictly along the edges of our patterned graphene nanostructures.
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- Z Fei
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stony Brook University , Stony Brook, New York 11790, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology , Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology , Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Post KW, Chapler BC, Liu MK, Wu JS, Stinson HT, Goldflam MD, Richardella AR, Lee JS, Reijnders AA, Burch KS, Fogler MM, Samarth N, Basov DN. Sum-rule constraints on the surface state conductance of topological insulators. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:116804. [PMID: 26406849 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.116804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report the Drude oscillator strength D and the magnitude of the bulk band gap E_{g} of the epitaxially grown, topological insulator (Bi,Sb)_{2}Te_{3}. The magnitude of E_{g}, in conjunction with the model independent f-sum rule, allows us to establish an upper bound for the magnitude of D expected in a typical Dirac-like system composed of linear bands. The experimentally observed D is found to be at or below this theoretical upper bound, demonstrating the effectiveness of alloying in eliminating bulk charge carriers. Moreover, direct comparison of the measured D to magnetoresistance measurements of the same sample supports assignment of the observed low-energy conduction to topological surface states.
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- K W Post
- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Fei Z, Iwinski EG, Ni GX, Zhang LM, Bao W, Rodin AS, Lee Y, Wagner M, Liu MK, Dai S, Goldflam MD, Thiemens M, Keilmann F, Lau CN, Castro-Neto AH, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Tunneling Plasmonics in Bilayer Graphene. Nano Lett 2015. [PMID: 26222509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report experimental signatures of plasmonic effects due to electron tunneling between adjacent graphene layers. At subnanometer separation, such layers can form either a strongly coupled bilayer graphene with a Bernal stacking or a weakly coupled double-layer graphene with a random stacking order. Effects due to interlayer tunneling dominate in the former case but are negligible in the latter. We found through infrared nanoimaging that bilayer graphene supports plasmons with a higher degree of confinement compared to single- and double-layer graphene, a direct consequence of interlayer tunneling. Moreover, we were able to shut off plasmons in bilayer graphene through gating within a wide voltage range. Theoretical modeling indicates that such a plasmon-off region is directly linked to a gapped insulating state of bilayer graphene, yet another implication of interlayer tunneling. Our work uncovers essential plasmonic properties in bilayer graphene and suggests a possibility to achieve novel plasmonic functionalities in graphene few-layers.
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- Z Fei
- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- ‡Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- §Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- ∥Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- §Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- ∥Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- ⊥Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- #Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- ∇Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Center for Nanoscience, 80539 München, Germany
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- ∥Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- ‡Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore
- §Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- †Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Dai S, Ma Q, Liu MK, Andersen T, Fei Z, Goldflam MD, Wagner M, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Thiemens M, Keilmann F, Janssen GCAM, Zhu SE, Jarillo-Herrero P, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Graphene on hexagonal boron nitride as a tunable hyperbolic metamaterial. Nat Nanotechnol 2015; 10:682-6. [PMID: 26098228 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a natural hyperbolic material, in which the dielectric constants are the same in the basal plane (ε(t) ≡ ε(x) = ε(y)) but have opposite signs (ε(t)ε(z) < 0) in the normal plane (ε(z)). Owing to this property, finite-thickness slabs of h-BN act as multimode waveguides for the propagation of hyperbolic phonon polaritons--collective modes that originate from the coupling between photons and electric dipoles in phonons. However, control of these hyperbolic phonon polaritons modes has remained challenging, mostly because their electrodynamic properties are dictated by the crystal lattice of h-BN. Here we show, by direct nano-infrared imaging, that these hyperbolic polaritons can be effectively modulated in a van der Waals heterostructure composed of monolayer graphene on h-BN. Tunability originates from the hybridization of surface plasmon polaritons in graphene with hyperbolic phonon polaritons in h-BN, so that the eigenmodes of the graphene/h-BN heterostructure are hyperbolic plasmon-phonon polaritons. The hyperbolic plasmon-phonon polaritons in graphene/h-BN suffer little from ohmic losses, making their propagation length 1.5-2.0 times greater than that of hyperbolic phonon polaritons in h-BN. The hyperbolic plasmon-phonon polaritons possess the combined virtues of surface plasmon polaritons in graphene and hyperbolic phonon polaritons in h-BN. Therefore, graphene/h-BN can be classified as an electromagnetic metamaterial as the resulting properties of these devices are not present in its constituent elements alone.
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- S Dai
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- 1] Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA [2] Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Center for Nanoscience, 80539 München, Germany
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- Micro and Nano Engineering Lab, Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, TU Delft, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Micro and Nano Engineering Lab, Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, TU Delft, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Dai S, Ma Q, Andersen T, Mcleod AS, Fei Z, Liu MK, Wagner M, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Thiemens M, Keilmann F, Jarillo-Herrero P, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Subdiffractional focusing and guiding of polaritonic rays in a natural hyperbolic material. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6963. [PMID: 25902364 PMCID: PMC4421822 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Uniaxial materials whose axial and tangential permittivities have opposite signs are referred to as indefinite or hyperbolic media. In such materials, light propagation is unusual leading to novel and often non-intuitive optical phenomena. Here we report infrared nano-imaging experiments demonstrating that crystals of hexagonal boron nitride, a natural mid-infrared hyperbolic material, can act as a ‘hyper-focusing lens' and as a multi-mode waveguide. The lensing is manifested by subdiffractional focusing of phonon–polaritons launched by metallic disks underneath the hexagonal boron nitride crystal. The waveguiding is revealed through the modal analysis of the periodic patterns observed around such launchers and near the sample edges. Our work opens new opportunities for anisotropic layered insulators in infrared nanophotonics complementing and potentially surpassing concurrent artificial hyperbolic materials with lower losses and higher optical localization. Hexagonal boron nitride has many interesting properties, including a natural hyperbolic dispersion, making it attractive for nanophotonic applications. Here, Dai et al. show that metallic disks under the material launch phonon–polaritons, turning it into a hyper-focusing lens.
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- S Dai
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- 1] Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA [2] Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Center for Nanoscience, 80539 München, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Dai S, Fei Z, Ma Q, Rodin AS, Wagner M, McLeod AS, Liu MK, Gannett W, Regan W, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Thiemens M, Dominguez G, Castro Neto AH, Zettl A, Keilmann F, Jarillo-Herrero P, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Tunable phonon polaritons in atomically thin van der Waals crystals of boron nitride. Science 2014; 343:1125-9. [PMID: 24604197 DOI: 10.1126/science.1246833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 434] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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van der Waals heterostructures assembled from atomically thin crystalline layers of diverse two-dimensional solids are emerging as a new paradigm in the physics of materials. We used infrared nanoimaging to study the properties of surface phonon polaritons in a representative van der Waals crystal, hexagonal boron nitride. We launched, detected, and imaged the polaritonic waves in real space and altered their wavelength by varying the number of crystal layers in our specimens. The measured dispersion of polaritonic waves was shown to be governed by the crystal thickness according to a scaling law that persists down to a few atomic layers. Our results are likely to hold true in other polar van der Waals crystals and may lead to new functionalities.
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- S Dai
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Fei Z, Rodin AS, Gannett W, Dai S, Regan W, Wagner M, Liu MK, McLeod AS, Dominguez G, Thiemens M, Castro Neto AH, Keilmann F, Zettl A, Hillenbrand R, Fogler MM, Basov DN. Electronic and plasmonic phenomena at graphene grain boundaries. Nat Nanotechnol 2013; 8:821-5. [PMID: 24122082 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms of great interest in (opto)electronics and plasmonics, can be obtained by means of diverse fabrication techniques, among which chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is one of the most promising for technological applications. The electronic and mechanical properties of CVD-grown graphene depend in large part on the characteristics of the grain boundaries. However, the physical properties of these grain boundaries remain challenging to characterize directly and conveniently. Here we show that it is possible to visualize and investigate the grain boundaries in CVD-grown graphene using an infrared nano-imaging technique. We harness surface plasmons that are reflected and scattered by the graphene grain boundaries, thus causing plasmon interference. By recording and analysing the interference patterns, we can map grain boundaries for a large-area CVD graphene film and probe the electronic properties of individual grain boundaries. Quantitative analysis reveals that grain boundaries form electronic barriers that obstruct both electrical transport and plasmon propagation. The effective width of these barriers (∼10-20 nm) depends on the electronic screening and is on the order of the Fermi wavelength of graphene. These results uncover a microscopic mechanism that is responsible for the low electron mobility observed in CVD-grown graphene, and suggest the possibility of using electronic barriers to realize tunable plasmon reflectors and phase retarders in future graphene-based plasmonic circuits.
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- Z Fei
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Liu MK, Wagner M, Abreu E, Kittiwatanakul S, McLeod A, Fei Z, Goldflam M, Dai S, Fogler MM, Lu J, Wolf SA, Averitt RD, Basov DN. Anisotropic electronic state via spontaneous phase separation in strained vanadium dioxide films. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:096602. [PMID: 24033058 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.096602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We resolved the enigma of anisotropic electronic transport in strained vanadium dioxide (VO2) films by inquiring into the role that strain plays in the nanoscale phase separation in the vicinity of the insulator-to-metal transition. The root source of the anisotropy was visualized as the formation of a peculiar unidirectional stripe state which accompanies the phase transition. Furthermore, nanoscale infrared spectroscopy unveils distinct facets of electron-lattice interplay at three different stages of the phase transition. These stages include the initial formation of sparse nonpercolating metallic domains without noticeable involvement of the lattice followed by an electron-lattice coupled anisotropic stripe state close to percolation which ultimately evolves into a nearly isotropic rutile metallic phase. Our results provide a unique mesoscopic perspective for the tunable macroscopic phenomena in strained metal oxide films.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Physics, The University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Liu MK, Wu IC, Lu CY, Kuo CH, Yu FJ, Liu CJ, Hsu PI, Hsu WH, Su YC, Chen A, Wu DC, Kuo FC, Chen JJ. Randomized trial comparing rabeprazole- versus lansoprazole-based Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2013; 29:379-84. [PMID: 23768702 DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Different types of proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based triple therapies could result in different Helicobacter pylori eradication rates. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of rabeprazole- and lansoprazole-based triple therapies in primary treatment of H. pylori infection. From September 2005 to July 2008, 426 H. pylori-infected patients were randomly assigned to receive a 7-day eradication therapy with either rabeprazole 20mgbid (RAC group, n=222) or lansoprazole 30mgbid (LAC group, n=228) in combination with amoxicillin 1gbid and clarithromycin 500mgbid. The patients received follow-up esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and/or (13)C-urea breath test 12-16 weeks later to define H. pylori status. Their personal and medical history, compliance and side effects were obtained by using a standardized questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis revealed that the eradication rate was 87.84% in the RAC group and 85.96% in the LAC group (p=0.56). All patients returned for assessment of compliance (100% in the LAC group vs. 99.50% in the RAC group; p=0.32) and adverse events (7.20% in the RAC group vs. 5.70% in the LAC group, p=0.51). Univariate analysis suggested that patients with nonsteroid anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) use had lower eradication rates than those without (76.71% vs. 88.74%; p=0.006). Our results showed that efficacy and safety were similar in rabeprazole- and lansoprazole-based primary therapies. The influence of NSAID usage on H. pylori eradication needs to be further investigated.
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- Meng-Kwan Liu
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Liu MK, Pardo B, Zhang J, Qazilbash MM, Yun SJ, Fei Z, Shin JH, Kim HT, Basov DN, Averitt RD. Photoinduced phase transitions by time-resolved far-infrared spectroscopy in V2O3. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:066403. [PMID: 21902347 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.066403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Using time-resolved far-infrared spectroscopy, we observe multiple routes for photoinduced phase transitions in V(2)O(3). This includes (i) a photothermal antiferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition and (ii) an incipient strain-generated paramagnetic metal to paramagnetic insulator transition, which manifests as coherent oscillations in the far-infrared conductivity. The ∼100 ps conductivity oscillation results from coherent acoustic phonon modulation of the bandwidth W. Our results indicate that poor metals are particularly amenable to coherent strain control of their electronic properties.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Meng ZX, Zheng W, Ding MH, Zhou HM, Chen XQ, Chen JC, Liu MK, Zheng YF. Fabrication and characterization of elastomeric polyester/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites for biomedical application. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2011; 11:3126-3133. [PMID: 21776679 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A novel biodegradable polymer elastomer nanocomposite composing of poly(1,8-octanediol-citrate) (POC) polymer matrix and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) additive was successfully fabricated and systematically investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), tensile test, incubation and cytotoxicity tests. It was found that the addition of CNTs in POC elastomer did not result in any noticeable change in its chemical structure and the amorphous state. However, the tensile strength and elongation at break were greatly improved by the addition of CNTs in POC polymer matrix. It revealed that the swelling ratio and percentage of weight loss of POC/CNTs nanocomposite were lower, compared with the pure POC material. Moreover, the adsorption amount of bovine serum albumin (BSA) increased with an increase of the CNTs mass content in POC matrix revealing the enhanced hydrophilicity of POC/CNTs nanocomposites contributed by the carboxyl of the CNTs. Additionally, the cytotoxicity tests with L929 cell line revealed that the experimental POC/CNTs nanocomposites possessed good in vitro biocompatibility.
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- Z X Meng
- Center for Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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Liu MK, Ferrari G, Salazar J, Keele B, Tanner RL, Hraber P, Giorgi E, Ganusov VV, Learn GH, Salazar MG, Moore SR, Digleria K, Yu Z, Rostron T, DeBoer C, Williams A, Margaret C, Kopycinski J, Campion SL, Bourne VE, Brackenridge S, Hahn B, Cohen M, Borrow P, Weinhold K, Perelson A, Shaw G, Korber BT, Goonetilleke N, McMichael AJ. OA06-04. The role of early T-cell responses in subjects with acute HIV-1 infection. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767563 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-o40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Tian WJ, Liu MK, Huang JP. Origin of the reduced attracting force between a rotating dielectric particle and a stationary one. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2007; 75:021401. [PMID: 17358336 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.021401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Recently Tao and Lan [Phys. Rev. E. 72, 041508 (2005)] experimentally reported that the rotation of a dielectric particle can reduce significantly the attracting interparticle force between the rotating dielectric particle and a stationary one in argon gas. We develop the Gu-Yu-Hui theory of relaxation [J. Chem. Phys. 116, 24 (2002)] to account for the Tao-Lan observations. Excellent agreement between the theoretical results and the Tao-Lan experimental data shows that the reduction in the attracting interparticle force is due to the effect of charge relaxation. We also show that the relaxation time of touching rotating particles can be accurately determined with the aid of the developed theory, for which, however, the well-known Maxwell-Wagner relaxation time is no longer valid.
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- W J Tian
- Surface Physics Laboratory (National Key Laboratory) and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Liu MK, Yu FJ, Wu JY, Wu IC, Wang JY, Hsieh JS, Wang WM, Wu DC. Application of capsule endoscopy in small intestine diseases: analysis of 28 cases in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2006; 22:425-31. [PMID: 17000442 DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70333-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Capsule endoscopy (CE) is used to diagnose small intestine disease. Many studies have shown a better lesion detection rate in obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding than with other surveyed techniques. Our study investigates the diagnostic value of CE in patients with suspicious small intestine diseases. Between October 2004 and January 2006, patients who had suspected small intestine disease underwent CE in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Presenting symptoms included obscure GI bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhea, microcytic anemia, and other indications. CE results were analyzed as a proportion of total lesion detection rate and also with regard to obscure GI bleeding and abdominal pain for analysis. A total of 28 patients, including 12 males and 16 females, were enrolled for CE examination. Overall, small intestine lesions were detected in 20 cases (71.4%), with negative findings in eight cases. For obscure GI bleeding, the total lesion detection rate was 85.7% (12 of 14 patients) but the diagnostic rate was only 35.7% (five of 14 cases). In patients with abdominal pain, four of seven (57.1%) had small intestine lesions. In conclusion, CE survey has a good lesion detection rate for small intestine disease, especially for patients with obscure GI bleeding, and is helpful in the diagnosis of unexplained abdominal pain.
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- Meng-Kwan Liu
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Liu MK, Herrera-Velit P, Brownsey RW, Reiner NE. CD14-dependent activation of protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinases (p42 and p44) in human monocytes treated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide. J Immunol 1994; 153:2642-52. [PMID: 7521366] [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: 01/25/2023]
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To investigate mechanisms of mononuclear phagocyte cell signaling, the effects of bacterial LPS on protein kinase activities in normal human peripheral blood monocytes were examined. Incubation of intact monocytes with LPS brought about time- and concentration-dependent increases in myelin basic protein (MBP) phosphotransferase activity in high speed supernatants of cell lysates. Anion-exchange chromatography on Mono Q demonstrated that LPS treatment resulted in two principal peaks of stimulated MBP kinase activity. Evidence was obtained to indicate that the first eluted peak of MBP kinase activity is accounted for by p42 and p44 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Thus, 1) MBP kinase activity within peak 1 was quantitatively precipitated by anti-MAP kinase Abs, 2) the enzyme effectively phosphorylated a specific peptide substrate, 3) peak 1 contained proteins of subunit size M(r) 42,000 and M(r) 44,000 that reacted specifically with anti-MAP kinase Abs, and that 4) were recognized by anti-phosphotyrosine Abs only after stimulation of cells with LPS. Studies of the second peak of LPS-stimulated MBP kinase activity indicate that it is an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) because: 1) enzyme activity was quantitatively immunoprecipitated by anti-PKC Abs, 2) the activity of the enzyme was potently and selectively inhibited by a specific peptide modeled on the autoinhibitory domain of PKC, and 3) the presence of a protein of subunit size M(r) 80,000 recognized by anti-PKC Abs. Because the second peak of MBP kinase activity (like the first) was active in the absence of added calcium and in the presence of 2 mM EGTA, it appears to be a type II, calcium-independent isoform of PKC. Abs to CD14 completely abrogated LPS-induced activation of both Mono Q peaks of MBP phosphotransferase activity. These results indicate that LPS coordinately activates both an apparently calcium-independent PKC and MAP kinase in mononuclear phagocytes and these responses appear to be initiated by signaling through the cell surface receptor, CD14.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculties of Medicine and Science, Vancouver, Canada
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Liu MK, Herrera-Velit P, Brownsey RW, Reiner NE. CD14-dependent activation of protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinases (p42 and p44) in human monocytes treated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide. The Journal of Immunology 1994. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.153.6.2642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To investigate mechanisms of mononuclear phagocyte cell signaling, the effects of bacterial LPS on protein kinase activities in normal human peripheral blood monocytes were examined. Incubation of intact monocytes with LPS brought about time- and concentration-dependent increases in myelin basic protein (MBP) phosphotransferase activity in high speed supernatants of cell lysates. Anion-exchange chromatography on Mono Q demonstrated that LPS treatment resulted in two principal peaks of stimulated MBP kinase activity. Evidence was obtained to indicate that the first eluted peak of MBP kinase activity is accounted for by p42 and p44 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Thus, 1) MBP kinase activity within peak 1 was quantitatively precipitated by anti-MAP kinase Abs, 2) the enzyme effectively phosphorylated a specific peptide substrate, 3) peak 1 contained proteins of subunit size M(r) 42,000 and M(r) 44,000 that reacted specifically with anti-MAP kinase Abs, and that 4) were recognized by anti-phosphotyrosine Abs only after stimulation of cells with LPS. Studies of the second peak of LPS-stimulated MBP kinase activity indicate that it is an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) because: 1) enzyme activity was quantitatively immunoprecipitated by anti-PKC Abs, 2) the activity of the enzyme was potently and selectively inhibited by a specific peptide modeled on the autoinhibitory domain of PKC, and 3) the presence of a protein of subunit size M(r) 80,000 recognized by anti-PKC Abs. Because the second peak of MBP kinase activity (like the first) was active in the absence of added calcium and in the presence of 2 mM EGTA, it appears to be a type II, calcium-independent isoform of PKC. Abs to CD14 completely abrogated LPS-induced activation of both Mono Q peaks of MBP phosphotransferase activity. These results indicate that LPS coordinately activates both an apparently calcium-independent PKC and MAP kinase in mononuclear phagocytes and these responses appear to be initiated by signaling through the cell surface receptor, CD14.
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculties of Medicine and Science, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculties of Medicine and Science, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculties of Medicine and Science, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculties of Medicine and Science, Vancouver, Canada
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Liu MK, Brownsey RW, Reiner NE. Gamma interferon induces rapid and coordinate activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) and calcium-independent protein kinase C in human monocytes. Infect Immun 1994; 62:2722-31. [PMID: 7516311 PMCID: PMC302874 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.7.2722-2731.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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Gamma interferon plays an important role in regulating the functional properties of mononuclear phagocytes. In the present study, the role of activated protein kinases in the mechanism of action of gamma interferon cell signaling in human peripheral blood monocytes was investigated. Analysis in vitro of 100,000 x g cytosolic fractions from untreated and interferon-treated cells showed that agonist treatment resulted in time- and concentration-dependent increases in phosphotransferase activity when myelin basic protein (MBP) was used as the substrate. Anion-exchange chromatography of high-speed supernatants prepared from detergent extracts of interferon-treated cells revealed two discrete peaks of MBP phosphotransferase activity. Immunoblotting of fractions from these peaks with antiphosphotyrosine antibodies and with antibodies that specifically recognize the family of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases detected a MAP kinase with a subunit M(r) of 42,000 in the earliest-eluting peak (peak 1). Phosphorylation of the 42,000-M(r) protein on tyrosine was observed only after treatment of cells with interferon. The contribution of MAP kinase to the interferon-stimulated activity in peak 1 was confirmed by quantitative immunoprecipitation with anti-MAP kinase and antiphosphotyrosine antibodies. The conclusion that the interferon-activated MBP kinase in peak 1 could be accounted for by an activated MAP kinase was also supported by the finding that fractions from Mono Q peak 1 demonstrated activity towards a MAP kinase-specific substrate. The later-eluting peak of interferon-activated MBP phosphotransferase activity appeared to be accounted for by an activated protein kinase C (PKC). This conclusion is based upon analyses of immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation experiments with antibodies to PKC and was also supported by the observed inhibition of this kinase with a PKC pseudosubstrate peptide. The interferon-stimulated PKC present in Mono Q peak 2 was active in the absence of calcium ions, suggesting that it is a calcium-independent isoform of PKC.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada
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In this study three flow field-flow fractionation (flow FFF) channels are utilized for the separation of proteins and for the simultaneous measurement of their translational diffusion coefficients, D. One channel has a traditional sample inlet, whereas the other two incorporate a frit inlet design that permits more convenient and rapid sample introduction. The dependence of retention time on D, which leads to differential elution and the opportunity to measure D for protein peaks purified by the flow FFF process, is described theoretically and examined experimentally. Factors affecting band broadening, resolution, and optimization are also examined. The separation of proteins is achieved in the time range 4-20 min. Partial resolution is achieved in multiple runs requiring 2 min each. Values of D calculated from retention times are reported for 15 proteins. These include two protein dimers (bovine serum albumin and gamma-globulin) not ordinarily accessible to measurement. The D values from the three channels are compared with one another and with literature data. Reasonable consistency (within 3-4%) is found. High-speed repetitive runs can be used to acquire multiple values of D in time intervals as short as 1 min.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Two means are described for achieving hydrodynamic relaxation and thus avoiding the stopflow injection procedure in field-flow fractionation (FFF): split flow injection and frit inlet injection. The advantages, disadvantages, and the theoretical basis of these procedures are discussed. Incremental band broadening due to the final relaxation step is examined theoretically and shown to be negligible when the flow rate of the sample inlet substream is small compared to the total channel flow rate. The optimization of the sample inlet flow rate is discussed. Experimental results for both injection procedures are reported for flow/steric (or hyperlayer) FFF applied to latex standards, confirming the expected trends. However, closer examination shows that the observed incremental band broadening associated with hydrodynamic relaxation is somewhat larger than the value predicted.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Liu MK, Cattand P, Gardiner IC, Pearson TW. Immunodiagnosis of sleeping sickness due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense by detection of antiprocyclic antibodies and trypanosome antigens in patients' sera. Acta Trop 1989; 46:257-66. [PMID: 2571253 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(89)90026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Documented sera from 39 Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness patients from Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) were tested using the Procyclic Agglutination Trypanosomiasis Test (PATT) for the presence of anti-trypanosome antibodies and using an antigen-capture double antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the presence of trypanosomal antigens. All 39 sera contained antiprocyclic antibodies and trypanosome antigens whereas 5 control sera did not. The results show that the PATT (for antibody detection) and the double antibody ELISA (for antigen detection) are useful for immunodiagnosis of African sleeping sickness due to T.b. gambiense and that these assays should be simplified for further testing and evaluation in the field.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia
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Roditi I, Schwarz H, Pearson TW, Beecroft RP, Liu MK, Richardson JP, Bühring HJ, Pleiss J, Bülow R, Williams RO. Procyclin gene expression and loss of the variant surface glycoprotein during differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei. J Cell Biol 1989; 108:737-46. [PMID: 2645304 PMCID: PMC2115453 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.108.2.737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In the mammalian host, the unicellular flagellate Trypanosoma brucei is covered by a dense surface coat that consists of a single species of macromolecule, the membrane form of the variant surface glycoprotein (mfVSG). After uptake by the insect vector, the tsetse fly, bloodstream-form trypanosomes differentiate to procyclic forms in the fly midgut. Differentiation is characterized by the loss of the mfVSG coat and the acquisition of a new surface glycoprotein, procyclin. In this study, the change in surface glycoprotein composition during differentiation was investigated in vitro. After triggering differentiation, a rapid increase in procyclin-specific mRNA was observed. In contrast, there was a lag of several hours before procyclin could be detected. Procyclin was incorporated and uniformly distributed in the surface coat. The VSG coat was subsequently shed. For a single cell, it took 12-16 h to express a maximum level of procyclin at the surface while the loss of the VSG coat required approximately 4 h. The data are discussed in terms of the possible molecular arrangement of mfVSG and procyclin at the cell surface. Molecular modeling data suggest that a (Asp-Pro)2 (Glu-Pro)22-29 repeat in procyclin assumes a cylindrical shape 14-18 nm in length and 0.9 nm in diameter. This extended shape would enable procyclin to interdigitate between the mfVSG molecules during differentiation, exposing epitopes beyond the 12-15-nm-thick VSG coat.
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- I Roditi
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Liu MK, Pearson TW, Sayer PD, Gould SS, Waitumbi JN, Njogu AR. Serodiagnosis of African sleeping sickness in vervet monkeys by detection of parasite antigens. Acta Trop 1988; 45:321-30. [PMID: 2907259] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sera of vervet monkeys experimentally infected with T. b. rhodesiense were examined using a double antibody sandwich ELISA and Procyclic Agglutination Trypanosomiasis Test (PATT) for the presence of circulating trypanosomal antigens and anti-procyclic surface antibodies, respectively. Trypanosomal antigens were detected at 7 days post infection and remained at a detectable level thereafter during the infection. Antigens were not detected in sera prior to experimental infection or at 26 days after trypanocidal drug treatment. Although both the PATT and the sandwich ELISA results correlated with the infection status of the animals, the sandwich ELISA gave a better indication of the disease progression than the PATT, especially during trypanocidal drug therapy. The results illustrate the potential utility of the double antibody sandwich ELISA for diagnosis of African sleeping sickness.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Richardson JP, Beecroft RP, Tolson DL, Liu MK, Pearson TW. Procyclin: an unusual immunodominant glycoprotein surface antigen from the procyclic stage of African trypanosomes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1988; 31:203-16. [PMID: 2464763 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(88)90150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 01/01/2023]
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An immunodominant species-specific surface glycoprotein antigen was purified from procyclic culture forms of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense using lectin affinity chromatography and a monoclonal antibody immunoadsorbent. The purified molecule appears on a 10% polyacrylamide gel as a wide, dark silver staining band having an apparent molecular mass of between 30 and 40 kDa, identical to that revealed by immunoblotting using anti-procyclic lysates. The molecule, which we have named procyclin, was shown by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy to be exposed on the surface of procyclic trypanosomes. Gas-phase protein microsequencing and micro-amino acid analysis revealed an unusual acidic polypeptide with an amino-terminal amino acid sequence which matched portions of previously published sequences predicted from two different cDNAs obtained using mRNA from procyclic trypanosomes. The procyclin molecules contained a large glutamic acid-proline repeat and the form we isolated was highly water soluble. Ten different monoclonal antibodies were used in ELISA with synthetic peptides to localize parasite surface epitopes to various portions of procyclin. The results showed that surface epitopes were spread throughout most of the procyclin molecule, including the glutamic acid-proline repeat portion. Procyclin is distributed over the surface of both culture form and tsetse fly midgut form procyclic trypanosomes, is developmentally regulated and is immunologically species-specific.
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- J P Richardson
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada
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A double antibody sandwich ELISA technique has been developed for detection of antigens of African trypanosomes present in the sera of infected mammals. The assay uses a high titre, high affinity rabbit antiserum made to purified membranes of procyclic trypanosomes as "capture" reagent and a mixture of three biotin-labelled trypanosome-specific monoclonal antibodies as detecting reagent. The monoclonal antibodies were chosen on the basis of their specificity for surface membrane antigens of Trypanosoma brucei spp., the relative abundance and solubility of their specific antigen in aqueous solvents (including serum), and the fact that each monoclonal antibody binds to distinct epitopes on the same antigen molecule. Thus, antigen capture from serum and subsequent detection was achieved using as little as 10 ng/ml of whole trypanosome lysate, or the equivalent of 5000 trypanosomes/ml when solubilized material was added to normal serum in an artificial system. Using the optimized assay, antigen was detected in the sera of trypanosome-infected mice as early as 2 days after infection with T. b. rhodesiense. The results indicate that the assay allows detection of low concentrations of specific membrane antigens of T. brucei spp. of African trypanosomes and thus may have immunodiagnostic utility.
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- M K Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada
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McElroy JL, Behar JV, Meyers TC, Liu MK. Methodology for designing air quality monitoring networks: II. Application to Las Vegas, Nevada, for carbon monoxide. Environ Monit Assess 1986; 6:13-34. [PMID: 24254541 DOI: 10.1007/bf00394285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/1984] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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An objective methodology presented in a companion paper (Liu et al., 1986) for determining the optimum number and disposition of ambient air quality stations in a monitoring network for carbon monoxide is applied to the Las Vegas, Nevada, area. The methodology utilizes an air quality simulation model to produce temporally-varying air quality patterns for each of a limited number of meteorological scenarios representative of the region of interest. These air quality patterns in turn serve as the data base in a two-step procedure for the identification and ranking of the most desirable monitoring locations (step 1) and the removal of redundancies in spatial coverage among the desired locations (step 2.)The performance of the air quality simulation model, a key element in the design methodology, was evaluated in the Las Vegas area in a special field measurement program. In the Las Vegas demonstration for carbon monoxide, 19 stations covering concentration maxima and 3 stations covering background concentrations in rural areas were identified and ranked. A 10-station network, for example, consisting of 7 stations for peak average concentrations and 3 stations for background concentrations, was selected for a desired minimum detection capability of 50% of concentration variations. Networks with fewer stations would be selected if smaller minimum detection capabilities of concentration variations are acceptable, and vice versa. Background stations could, of course, be deleted for networks with the sole purpose of discerning peak concentrations.
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- J L McElroy
- Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 89114, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Liu MK, Avrin J, Pollack RI, Behar JV, McElroy JL. Methodology for designing air quality monitoring networks: I. Theoretical aspects. Environ Monit Assess 1986; 6:1-11. [PMID: 24254540 DOI: 10.1007/bf00394284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/1984] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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An objective methodology is presented for determining the number and disposition of ambient air quality stations in a monitoring network for the primary purpose of compliance with air quality standards. The methodolgy utilizes a data base with real or simulated data from an air quality dispersion model for application with a two-step process for ascertaining the optimal monitoring network. In the first step, the air quality patterns in the data base are collapsed into a single composite pattern through a figure-of-merit (FOM) concept. The most desirable locations are ranked and identified using the resultant FOM fields. In the second step the network configuration is determined on the basis of the concept of spheres of influence (SOI) developed from cutoff values of spatial correlation coefficients between potential monitoring sites and adjacent locations. The minimum number of required stations is then determined by deletion of lower-ranked stations whose SOIs overlap. The criteria can be set to provide coverage of less than some fixed, user-provided percentage of the coverage of tha SOIs of the higher ranked stations and for some desired level of minimum detection capability of concentration fluctuations.The methodology is applied in a companion paper (McElroy et al., 1986) to the Las Vegas, Nevada, metropolitan area for the pollutant carbon monoxide.
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- M K Liu
- Systems Applications, Incorporated, 94903, San Rafael, CA, USA
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Reynolds ST, Liu MK, Hecht TA, Roth PM, Seinfeld JH. Mathematical modeling of photochemical air pollution--3. Evaluation of the model. Atmos Environ 1974; 8:563-96. [PMID: 4414593 DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(74)90143-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Roth PM, Roberts PJ, Liu MK. Mathematical modeling of photochemical air pollution. II. A model and inventory of pollutant emissions. Atmos Environ 1974; 8:97-130. [PMID: 4133874 DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(74)90023-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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