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Gatsa O, Tahir S, Flimelová M, Riahi F, Doñate-Buendia C, Gökce B, Bulgakov AV. Unveiling Fundamentals of Multi-Beam Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids toward Scaling up Nanoparticle Production. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2024; 14:365. [PMID: 38392738 PMCID: PMC10893437 DOI: 10.3390/nano14040365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL) is a versatile technique to produce high-purity colloidal nanoparticles. Despite considerable recent progress in increasing the productivity of the technique, there is still significant demand for a practical, cost-effective method for upscaling PLAL synthesis. Here we employ and unveil the fundamentals of multi-beam (MB) PLAL. The MB-PLAL upscaling approach can bypass the cavitation bubble, the main limiting factor of PLAL efficiency, by splitting the laser beam into several beams using static diffractive optical elements (DOEs). A multimetallic high-entropy alloy CrFeCoNiMn was used as a model material and the productivity of its nanoparticles in the MB-PLAL setup was investigated and compared with that in the standard single-beam PLAL. We demonstrate that the proposed multi-beam method helps to bypass the cavitation bubble both temporally (lower pulse repetition rates can be used while keeping the optimum processing fluence) and spatially (lower beam scanning speeds are needed) and thus dramatically increases the nanoparticle yield. Time-resolved imaging of the cavitation bubble was performed to correlate the observed production efficiencies with the bubble bypassing. The results suggest that nanoparticle PLAL productivity at the level of g/h can be achieved by the proposed multi-beam strategy using compact kW-class lasers and simple inexpensive scanning systems.
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- Oleksandr Gatsa
- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic; (O.G.); (M.F.)
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- Chair of Materials Science and Additive Manufacturing, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany; (S.T.); (F.R.); (C.D.-B.); (B.G.)
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- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic; (O.G.); (M.F.)
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- Chair of Materials Science and Additive Manufacturing, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany; (S.T.); (F.R.); (C.D.-B.); (B.G.)
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- Chair of Materials Science and Additive Manufacturing, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany; (S.T.); (F.R.); (C.D.-B.); (B.G.)
- GROC·UJI, Institute of New Imaging Technologies, Universitat Jaume I, Av. De Vicent Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castellón, Spain
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- Chair of Materials Science and Additive Manufacturing, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany; (S.T.); (F.R.); (C.D.-B.); (B.G.)
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- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic; (O.G.); (M.F.)
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Hesabizadeh T, Sung K, Park M, Foley S, Paredes A, Blissett S, Guisbiers G. Synthesis of Antibacterial Copper Oxide Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids: Potential Application against Foodborne Pathogens. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:2206. [PMID: 37570524 PMCID: PMC10421107 DOI: 10.3390/nano13152206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Spherical copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO/Cu2O NPs) were synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL). The copper target was totally submerged in deionized (DI) water and irradiated by an infrared laser beam at 1064 nm for 30 min. The NPs were then characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) to determine their size distribution and concentration, respectively. The phases of copper oxide were identified by Raman spectroscopy. Then, the antibacterial activity of CuO/Cu2O NPs against foodborne pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium DT7, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella sonnei ATCC 9290, Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 27729, Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 49398, Bacillus cereus ATCC 11778, and Listeria monocytogenes EGD, was tested. At a 3 ppm concentration, the CuO/Cu2O NPs exhibited an outstanding antimicrobial effect by killing most bacteria after 5 h incubation at 25 °C. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) confirmed that the CuO/Cu2O NPs destructed the bacterial cell wall.
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- Tina Hesabizadeh
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (T.H.); (S.B.)
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA; (K.S.); (M.P.); (S.F.)
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA; (K.S.); (M.P.); (S.F.)
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA; (K.S.); (M.P.); (S.F.)
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- NCTR-ORA Nanotechnology Core Facility, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA;
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (T.H.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (T.H.); (S.B.)
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Zavestovskaya IN, Popov AL, Kolmanovich DD, Tikhonowski GV, Pastukhov AI, Savinov MS, Shakhov PV, Babkova JS, Popov AA, Zelepukin IV, Grigoryeva MS, Shemyakov AE, Klimentov SM, Ryabov VA, Prasad PN, Deyev SM, Kabashin AV. Boron Nanoparticle-Enhanced Proton Therapy for Cancer Treatment. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:2167. [PMID: 37570485 PMCID: PMC10421420 DOI: 10.3390/nano13152167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Proton therapy is one of the promising radiotherapy modalities for the treatment of deep-seated and unresectable tumors, and its efficiency can further be enhanced by using boron-containing substances. Here, we explore the use of elemental boron (B) nanoparticles (NPs) as sensitizers for proton therapy enhancement. Prepared by methods of pulsed laser ablation in water, the used B NPs had a mean size of 50 nm, while a subsequent functionalization of the NPs by polyethylene glycol improved their colloidal stability in buffers. Laser-synthesized B NPs were efficiently absorbed by MNNG/Hos human osteosarcoma cells and did not demonstrate any remarkable toxicity effects up to concentrations of 100 ppm, as followed from the results of the MTT and clonogenic assay tests. Then, we assessed the efficiency of B NPs as sensitizers of cancer cell death under irradiation by a 160.5 MeV proton beam. The irradiation of MNNG/Hos cells at a dose of 3 Gy in the presence of 80 and 100 ppm of B NPs led to a 2- and 2.7-fold decrease in the number of formed cell colonies compared to control samples irradiated in the absence of NPs. The obtained data unambiguously evidenced the effect of a strong proton therapy enhancement mediated by B NPs. We also found that the proton beam irradiation of B NPs leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which evidences a possible involvement of the non-nuclear mechanism of cancer cell death related to oxidative stress. Offering a series of advantages, including a passive targeting option and the possibility of additional theranostic functionalities based on the intrinsic properties of B NPs (e.g., photothermal therapy or neutron boron capture therapy), the proposed concept promises a major advancement in proton beam-based cancer treatment.
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- Irina N. Zavestovskaya
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia;
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia;
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.P.); (D.D.K.); (M.S.G.); (A.E.S.); (V.A.R.)
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Bionanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe Shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (G.V.T.); (M.S.S.); (P.V.S.); (J.S.B.); (A.A.P.); (S.M.K.); (P.N.P.); (S.M.D.)
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia;
- “Biomarker” Research Laboratory, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya St., 420008 Kazan, Russia
- Institute of Molecular Theranostics, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Altuwirqi RM. Graphene Nanostructures by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids: A Review. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:5925. [PMID: 36079307 PMCID: PMC9456608 DOI: 10.3390/ma15175925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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High-quality graphene has demonstrated remarkable mechanical, thermal, electronic, and optical properties. These features have paved the road for the introduction of graphene into numerous applications such as optoelectronics and energy devices, photodegradation, bioimaging, photodetectors, sensors, and biosensors. Due to this, graphene research has accelerated exponentially, with the aim of reaching a sustainable large-scale production process of high-quality graphene that can produce graphene-based technologies at an industrial scale. There exist numerous routes for graphene fabrication; however, pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL) has emerged as a simple, fast, green, and environmentally friendly method as it does not require the use of toxic chemicals. Moreover, it does not involve the use of expensive vacuum chambers or clean rooms. However, the great advantage of PLAL is its ability to control the size, shape, and structure of the produced nanostructures through the choice of laser parameters and liquid used. Consequently, this review will focus on recent research on the synthesis of graphene nanosheets and graphene quantum dots via PLAL and the effect of experimental parameters such as laser wavelength, pulse width, pulse energy, repetition rate, irradiation time, and liquid media on the produced nanostructures. Moreover, it will discuss extended PLAL techniques which incorporate other methods into PLAL. Finally, different applications that utilize nanostructures produced by PLAL will be highlighted. We hope that this review will provide a useful guide for researchers to further develop the PLAL technique and the fabrication of graphene-based materials.
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- Reem M Altuwirqi
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 42805, Jeddah 21551, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Kattan A, Tselikov G, Metwally K, Popov AA, Mensah S, Kabashin AV. Laser Ablation-Assisted Synthesis of Plasmonic Si@Au Core-Satellite Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:592. [PMID: 33652885 PMCID: PMC7996915 DOI: 10.3390/nano11030592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Owing to strong plasmonic absorption and excellent biocompatibility, gold nanostructures are among best candidates for photoacoustic bioimaging and photothermal therapy, but such applications require ultrapure Au-based nanoformulations of complex geometry (core-shells, nanorods) in order to shift the absorption band toward the region of relative tissue transparency (650-1000 nm). Here, we present a methodology for the fabrication of Si@Au core-satellite nanostructures, comprising of a Si core covered with small Au nanoparticles (NP), based on laser ablative synthesis of Si and Au NPs in water/ethanol solutions, followed by a chemical modification of the Si NPs by 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) and their subsequent decoration by the Au NPs. We show that the formed core-satellites have a red-shifted plasmonic absorption feature compared to that of pure Au NPs (520 nm), with the position of the peak depending on APTMS amount, water-ethanol solvent percentage and Si-Au volume ratio. As an example, even relatively small 40-nm core-satellites (34 nm Si core + 4 nm Au shell) provided a much red shifted peak centered around 610 nm and having a large tail over 700 nm. The generation of the plasmonic peak is confirmed by modeling of Si@Au core-shells of relevant parameters via Mie theory. Being relatively small and exempt of any toxic impurity due to ultraclean laser synthesis, the Si@Au core-satellites promise a major advancement of imaging and phototherapy modalities based on plasmonic properties of nanomaterials.
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- Ahmed Al-Kattan
- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy, 13013 Marseille, France; (G.T.); (A.A.P.)
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy, 13013 Marseille, France; (G.T.); (A.A.P.)
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Center for Photonics and 2D Materials, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LMA, 13013 Marseille, France; (K.M.); (S.M.)
- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Institut Fresnel, Centrale Marseille, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy, 13013 Marseille, France; (G.T.); (A.A.P.)
- MEPhI, Bio-Nanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), 31 Kashirskoe sh., 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LMA, 13013 Marseille, France; (K.M.); (S.M.)
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy, 13013 Marseille, France; (G.T.); (A.A.P.)
- MEPhI, Bio-Nanophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), 31 Kashirskoe sh., 115409 Moscow, Russia
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Nirwan VP, Filova E, Al-Kattan A, Kabashin AV, Fahmi A. Smart Electrospun Hybrid Nanofibers Functionalized with Ligand-Free Titanium Nitride (TiN) Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:nano11020519. [PMID: 33670727 PMCID: PMC7922954 DOI: 10.3390/nano11020519] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Herein, we report the fabrication and characterization of novel polycaprolactone (PCL)-based nanofibers functionalized with bare (ligand-free) titanium nitride (TiN) nanoparticles (NPs) for tissue engineering applications. Nanofibers were prepared by a newly developed protocol based on the electrospinning of PCL solutions together with TiN NPs synthesized by femtosecond laser ablation in acetone. The generated hybrid nanofibers were characterised using spectroscopy, microscopy, and thermal analysis techniques. As shown by scanning electron microscopy measurements, the fabricated electrospun nanofibers had uniform morphology, while their diameter varied between 0.403 ± 0.230 µm and 1.1 ± 0.15 µm by optimising electrospinning solutions and parameters. Thermal analysis measurements demonstrated that the inclusion of TiN NPs in nanofibers led to slight variation in mass degradation initiation and phase change behaviour (Tm). In vitro viability tests using the incubation of 3T3 fibroblast cells in a nanofiber-based matrix did not reveal any adverse effects, confirming the biocompatibility of hybrid nanofiber structures. The generated hybrid nanofibers functionalized with plasmonic TiN NPs are promising for the development of smart scaffold for tissue engineering platforms and open up new avenues for theranostic applications.
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- Viraj P. Nirwan
- Faculty of Technology and Bionics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Science, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany;
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, 163 Ave. De Luminy, Case 917, 13288 Marseille, France; (A.A.-K.); (A.V.K.)
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic;
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, 163 Ave. De Luminy, Case 917, 13288 Marseille, France; (A.A.-K.); (A.V.K.)
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LP3, 163 Ave. De Luminy, Case 917, 13288 Marseille, France; (A.A.-K.); (A.V.K.)
- Bio-Nanophotonics Laboratory, MEPhI, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), 31 Kashirskoe sh., 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Technology and Bionics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Science, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49(0)282180673634
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Zabotnov SV, Skobelkina AV, Sergeeva EA, Kurakina DA, Khilov AV, Kashaev FV, Kaminskaya TP, Presnov DE, Agrba PD, Shuleiko DV, Kashkarov PK, Golovan LA, Kirillin MY. Nanoparticles Produced via Laser Ablation of Porous Silicon and Silicon Nanowires for Optical Bioimaging. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:E4874. [PMID: 32872209 DOI: 10.3390/s20174874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Modern trends in optical bioimaging require novel nanoproducts combining high image contrast with efficient treatment capabilities. Silicon nanoparticles are a wide class of nanoobjects with tunable optical properties, which has potential as contrasting agents for fluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography. In this paper we report on developing a novel technique for fabricating silicon nanoparticles by means of picosecond laser ablation of porous silicon films and silicon nanowire arrays in water and ethanol. Structural and optical properties of these particles were studied using scanning electron and atomic force microscopy, Raman scattering, spectrophotometry, fluorescence, and optical coherence tomography measurements. The essential features of the fabricated silicon nanoparticles are sizes smaller than 100 nm and crystalline phase presence. Effective fluorescence and light scattering of the laser-ablated silicon nanoparticles in the visible and near infrared ranges opens new prospects of their employment as contrasting agents in biophotonics, which was confirmed by pilot experiments on optical imaging.
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Sun X, Wang J, Yin Y, Wang H, Li S, Liu H, Mao J, Du X. Laser-Ablation-Produced Cobalt Nickel Phosphate with High-Valence Nickel Ions as an Active Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry 2020; 26:2793-2797. [PMID: 31840329 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cost-effective, highly efficient and stable non-noble metal-based catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are very crucial for energy storage and conversion. Here, an amorphous cobalt nickel phosphate (CoNiPO4 ), containing a considerable amount of high-valence Ni3+ species as an efficient electrocatalyst for OER in alkaline solution, is reported. The catalyst was converted from Co-doped Ni2 P through pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) and exhibits a large specific surface area of 162.5 m2 g-1 and a low overpotential of 238 mV at 10 mA cm-2 with a Tafel slope of 46 mV dec-1 , which is much lower than those of commercial RuO2 and IrO2 . This work demonstrates that PLAL is a powerful technology for generating amorphous CoNiPO4 with high-valence Ni3+ , thus paving a new way towards highly effective OER catalysts.
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- Xuechun Sun
- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics, and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Popova-Kuznetsova E, Tikhonowski G, Popov AA, Duflot V, Deyev S, Klimentov S, Zavestovskaya I, Prasad PN, Kabashin AV. Laser-Ablative Synthesis of Isotope-Enriched Samarium Oxide Nanoparticles for Nuclear Nanomedicine. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2019; 10:E69. [PMID: 31905619 DOI: 10.3390/nano10010069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nuclear nanomedicine is an emerging field, which utilizes nanoformulations of nuclear agents to increase their local concentration at targeted sites for a more effective nuclear therapy at a considerably reduced radiation dosage. This field needs the development of methods for controlled fabrication of nuclear agents carrying nanoparticles with low polydispersity and with high colloidal stability in aqueous dispersions. In this paper, we apply methods of femtosecond (fs) laser ablation in deionized water to fabricate stable aqueous dispersion of 152Sm-enriched samarium oxide nanoparticles (NPs), which can capture neutrons to become 153Sm beta-emitters for nuclear therapy. We show that direct ablation of a 152Sm-enriched samarium oxide target leads to widely size- and shape-dispersed populations of NPs with low colloidal stability. However, by applying a second fs laser fragmentation step to the dispersion of initially formed colloids, we achieve full homogenization of NPs size characteristics, while keeping the same composition. We also demonstrate the possibility for wide-range tuning of the mean size of Sm-based NPs by varying laser energy during the ablation or fragmentation step. The final product presents dispersed solutions of samarium oxide NPs with relatively narrow size distribution, having spherical shape, a controlled mean size between 7 and 70 nm and high colloidal stability. The formed NPs can also be of importance for catalytic and biomedical applications.
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Ivanov DS, Izgin T, Maiorov AN, Veiko VP, Rethfeld B, Dombrovska YI, Garcia ME, Zavestovskaya IN, Klimentov SM, Kabashin AV. Numerical Investigation of Ultrashort Laser-Ablative Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles in Liquids Using the Atomistic-Continuum Model. Molecules 2019; 25:molecules25010067. [PMID: 31878215 PMCID: PMC6982913 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25010067] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We present a framework based on the atomistic continuum model, combining the Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Two Temperature Model (TTM) approaches, to characterize the growth of metal nanoparticles (NPs) under ultrashort laser ablation from a solid target in water ambient. The model is capable of addressing the kinetics of fast non-equilibrium laser-induced phase transition processes at atomic resolution, while in continuum it accounts for the effect of free carriers, playing a determinant role during short laser pulse interaction processes with metals. The results of our simulations clarify possible mechanisms, which can be responsible for the observed experimental data, including the presence of two populations of NPs, having a small (5–15 nm) and larger (tens of nm) mean size. The formed NPs are of importance for a variety of applications in energy, catalysis and healthcare.
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- Dmitry S. Ivanov
- Department of Physics and OPTIMAS Research Center, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany;
- Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, 34125 Kassel, Germany; (T.I.); (M.E.G.)
- Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), MEPHI, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.M.); (Y.I.D.); (I.N.Z.); (S.M.K.)
- Physics Department, ITMO University, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia;
- Correspondence: (D.S.I.); (A.V.K.)
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, 34125 Kassel, Germany; (T.I.); (M.E.G.)
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- Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), MEPHI, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.M.); (Y.I.D.); (I.N.Z.); (S.M.K.)
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- Physics Department, ITMO University, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Physics and OPTIMAS Research Center, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany;
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- Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), MEPHI, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.M.); (Y.I.D.); (I.N.Z.); (S.M.K.)
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, 34125 Kassel, Germany; (T.I.); (M.E.G.)
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- Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), MEPHI, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.M.); (Y.I.D.); (I.N.Z.); (S.M.K.)
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of Russian Acad. Sci., Leninskiy Pr. 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio), MEPHI, 115409 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.M.); (Y.I.D.); (I.N.Z.); (S.M.K.)
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- Department of Physics and OPTIMAS Research Center, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany;
- LP3, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy, Case 917, 13288 Marseille, France
- Correspondence: (D.S.I.); (A.V.K.)
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Kabashin AV, Singh A, Swihart MT, Zavestovskaya IN, Prasad PN. Laser-Processed Nanosilicon: A Multifunctional Nanomaterial for Energy and Healthcare. ACS Nano 2019; 13:9841-9867. [PMID: 31490658 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This review describes promising laser-based approaches to produce silicon nanostructures, including laser ablation of solid Si targets in residual gases and liquids and laser pyrolysis of silane. These methods are different from, and complementary to, widely used porous silicon technology and alternative synthesis routes. One can use these methods to make stable colloidal dispersions of silicon nanoparticles in both organic and aqueous media, which are suitable for a multitude of applications across the important fields of energy and healthcare. Size tailoring allows production of Si quantum dots with efficient photoluminescence that can be tuned across a broad spectral range from the visible to near-IR by varying particle size and surface functionalization. These nanoparticles can also be integrated with other nanomaterials to make multifunctional composites incorporating magnetic and/or plasmonic components. In the energy domain, this review highlights applications to photovoltaics and photodetectors, nanostructured silicon anodes for lithium ion batteries, and hydrogen generation from water. Application to nanobiophotonics and nanomedicine profits from the excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability of nanosilicon. These applications encompass several types of bioimaging and various therapies, including photodynamic therapy, RF thermal therapy, and radiotherapy. The review concludes with a discussion of challenges and opportunities in the applications of laser-processed nanosilicon.
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- Andrei V Kabashin
- Aix-Marseille Univ , CNRS, LP3, Marseille 13288 , France
- MEPhI, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio) , 31 Kashirskoe sh. , 115409 Moscow , Russia
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- Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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- Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and RENEW Institute , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-4200 , United States
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- MEPhI, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio) , 31 Kashirskoe sh. , 115409 Moscow , Russia
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- MEPhI, Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine (PhysBio) , 31 Kashirskoe sh. , 115409 Moscow , Russia
- Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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Wirtz SF, Cunha APA, Labusch M, Marzun G, Barcikowski S, Söffker D. Development of A Low-Cost FPGA-Based Measurement System for Real-Time Processing of Acoustic Emission Data: Proof of Concept Using Control of Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids. Sensors (Basel) 2018; 18:s18061775. [PMID: 29865158 PMCID: PMC6022055 DOI: 10.3390/s18061775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Today, the demand for continuous monitoring of valuable or safety critical equipment is increasing in many industrial applications due to safety and economical requirements. Therefore, reliable in-situ measurement techniques are required for instance in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) as well as process monitoring and control. Here, current challenges are related to the processing of sensor data with a high data rate and low latency. In particular, measurement and analyses of Acoustic Emission (AE) are widely used for passive, in-situ inspection. Advantages of AE are related to its sensitivity to different micro-mechanical mechanisms on the material level. However, online processing of AE waveforms is computationally demanding. The related equipment is typically bulky, expensive, and not well suited for permanent installation. The contribution of this paper is the development of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based measurement system using ZedBoard devlopment kit with Zynq-7000 system on chip for embedded implementation of suitable online processing algorithms. This platform comprises a dual-core Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computer Machine (ARM) architecture running a Linux operating system and FPGA fabric. A FPGA-based hardware implementation of the discrete wavelet transform is realized to accelerate processing the AE measurements. Key features of the system are low cost, small form factor, and low energy consumption, which makes it suitable to serve as field-deployed measurement and control device. For verification of the functionality, a novel automatically realized adjustment of the working distance during pulsed laser ablation in liquids is established as an example. A sample rate of 5 MHz is achieved at 16 bit resolution.
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- Sebastian F Wirtz
- Chair of Dynamics and Control, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
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- Chair of Dynamics and Control, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
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- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Nano Energy Technic Center (NETZ), Technical Chemistry I, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
- Institute for Coatings and Surface Chemistry (ILOC), Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, 47798 Krefeld, Germany.
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- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Nano Energy Technic Center (NETZ), Technical Chemistry I, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
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- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Nano Energy Technic Center (NETZ), Technical Chemistry I, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
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- Chair of Dynamics and Control, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany.
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Koenen S, Rehbock C, Heissler HE, Angelov SD, Schwabe K, Krauss JK, Barcikowski S. Optimizing in Vitro Impedance and Physico-Chemical Properties of Neural Electrodes by Electrophoretic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:1108-1117. [PMID: 28122149 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201601180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Neural electrodes suffer from an undesired incline in impedance when in permanent contact with human tissue. Nanostructures, induced by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of ligand-free laser-generated nanoparticles (NPs) on the electrodes are known to stabilize impedance in vivo. Hence, Pt surfaces were systematically EPD-coated with Pt NPs and evaluated for impedance as well as surface coverage, contact angle, electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) and surface oxidation. The aim was to establish a systematic correlation between EPD process parameters and physical surface properties. The findings clearly reveal a linear decrease in impedance with increasing surface coverage, which goes along with a proportional reduction of the contact angle and an increase in ECSA and surface oxidation. EPD process parameters, prone to yield surface coatings with low impedance, are long deposition times (40-60 min), while high colloid concentrations (>250 μg mL-1 ) and electric field strengths (>25 V cm-1 ) should be avoided due to detrimental NP assemblage effects.
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- Sven Koenen
- Technical Chemistry I and, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Technical Chemistry I and, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Technical Chemistry I and, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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Schmitz T, Wiedwald U, Dubs C, Gökce B. Ultrasmall Yttrium Iron Garnet Nanoparticles with High Coercivity at Low Temperature Synthesized by Laser Ablation and Fragmentation of Pressed Powders. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:1125-1132. [PMID: 28032953 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201601183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pulsed laser ablation of pressed yttrium iron garnet powders in water is studied and compared to the ablation of a single-crystal target. We find that target porosity is a crucial factor, which has far-reaching implications on nanoparticle productivity. Although nanoparticle size distributions obtained by analytical disc centrifugation and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are in agreement, X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray analysis show that only nanoparticles obtained from targets with densities close to that of a bulk target lead to comparable properties. Our findings also show why the gravimetrical measurement of nanoparticle productivity is often flawed and needs to be complemented by colloidal productivity measurements. The synthesized YIG nanoparticles are further reduced in size by laser fragmentation to obtain sizes smaller than 3 nm. Since the particle diameters are close to the YIG lattice constant, these ultrasmall nanoparticles reveal an immense change of the magnetic properties, exhibiting huge coercivity (0.11 T) and irreversibility fields (8 T) at low temperatures.
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- Tim Schmitz
- Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47057, Duisburg, Germany
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- INNOVENT e.V. Technologieentwicklung, Prüssingstr., 27B, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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