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Boone-Kukoyi Z, Moody K, Nwawulu C, Ariori R, Ajifa H, Guy JA, Lansiquot C, Ozturk B, McLemore GL, Bonyi E, Aslan K. Metal-Assisted and Microwave-Accelerated Decrystallization of Pseudo-Tophus in Synthetic Human Joint Models. ACS Omega 2019; 4:4417-4428. [PMID: 30868110 PMCID: PMC6407899 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
In this paper, we tested a hypothesis that the metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated decrystallization (MAMAD) technique, based on the combined use of low-power medical microwave heating (MWH) and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), can be used to decrystallize laboratory-prepared monosodium urate monohydrate crystal aggregate (pseudo-tophus) placed in three-dimensional (3D) synthetic human joint models. To simulate a potential treatment of chronic tophaceous gout using the MAMAD technique, we used three different 3D synthetic human joint models and assessed the percent mass reduction (PMR, i.e., decrystallization) of pseudo-tophus and microwave-induced synthetic skin patch damage after MAMAD sessions (a MAMAD session = 120 s of MWH in the presence of Au NPs). Our three synthetic joint models are: Model 1: Application of seven MAMAD sessions in a closed synthetic joint with a pseudo-bursa containing a pseudo-tophus submerged in a solution of 20 nm Au NPs followed by dehydration of pseudo-tophus after each MAMAD session to assess PMR. Model 2: Application of seven MAMAD sessions in a closed or open synthetic joint with a pseudo-bursa containing a pseudo-tophus submerged in a solution of Au NPs followed by intermittent dehydration of pseudo-tophus after seven MAMAD sessions to assess PMR. Model 3: Application of 18 MAMAD sessions in a rotated closed synthetic joint (three sides are heated separately) with a pseudo-bursa containing a pseudo-tophus submerged in a solution of Au NPs followed by dehydration after every three MAMAD sessions to assess PMR. After a single MAMAD session, pseudo-tophus exposed to MWH and Au NPs had an average PMR of 8.30% (up to an overall PMR of 15%), and microwave-induced damage to the synthetic skin can be controlled by the use of a sacrificial skin sample and by adjusting the duration and the number of the MAMAD sessions. Computational electromagnetic simulations predict a 10% absorption of electric field by the pseudo-tophus placed in the synthetic joint models, which led us to conclude that a medical microwave source with higher power than 20 W can potentially be used with the MAMAD technique.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zainab Boone-Kukoyi
- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Department of
Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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McLemore G, Toker S, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Ajifa H, Lansiquot C, Nwawulu C, Onyedum S, Kioko BM, Aslan K. Microwave Heating of Crystals with Gold Nanoparticles and Synovial Fluid under Synthetic Skin Patches. ACS Omega 2017; 2:5992-6002. [PMID: 28983527 PMCID: PMC5623947 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Gout is a disease with elusive treatment options. Reduction of the size of l-alanine crystals as a model crystal for gouty tophi with the use of a monomode solid-state microwave was examined as a possible therapeutic aid. The effect of microwave heating on l-alanine crystals in the presence of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in solution and synovial fluid (SF) in a plastic pouch through a synthetic skin patch was investigated. In this regard, three experimental paradigms were employed: Paradigm 1 includes the effect of variable microwave power (5-10 W) and variable heating time (5-60 s) and Au NPs in water (20 nm size, volume of 10 μL) in a plastic pouch (1 × 2 cm2 in size). Paradigm 2 includes the effect of a variable volume of 20 nm Au NPs in a variable volume of SF up to 100 μL in a plastic pouch at a constant microwave power (10 W) for 30 s. Paradigm 3 includes the effect of constant microwave power (10 W) and microwave heating time (30 s), constant volume of Au NPs (100 μL), and variable size of Au NPs (20-200 nm) placed in a plastic pouch through a synthetic skin patch. In these experiments, an average of 60-100% reduction in the size of an l-alanine crystal (initial size = 450 μm) without damage to the synthetic skin or increasing the temperature of the samples beyond the physiological range was reported.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gabrielle
L. McLemore
- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
- E-mail: . Phone: 1 443 885 2242 (K.A.)
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Bonyi E, Kukoyi Z, Daodu O, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Coskun S, Unalan HE, Aslan K. Metal oxide surfaces for enhanced colorimetric response in bioassays. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 154:331-340. [PMID: 28364720 PMCID: PMC5479633 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Physical stability of metal nanoparticle films on planar surfaces can be increased by employing surface modification techniques and/or type of metal nanoparticles. Subsequently, the enzymatic response of colorimetric bioassays can be increased for improved dynamic range for the detection of biomolecules. Using a model bioassay b-BSA, three planar platforms (1) poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with silver thin films (STFs), (2) silver nanowires (Ag NWs) on paper and (3) indium tin oxide (ITO) on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were evaluated to investigate the extent of increase in the colorimetric signal. Bioassays for b-BSA and Ki-67 antigen (a real-life bioassay) in buffer were performed using microwave heating (total assay time is 25-30min) and at room temperature (a control experiment, total assay time is 3h). Model bioassays showed that STFs were removed from the surface during washing steps and the extent of ITO remained unchanged. The lowest level of detection (LLOD) for b-BSA bioassays were: 10-10M for 10nm STFs on PMMA and Ag NWs on paper and 10-11M for ITO. Bioassays for Ki-67 antigen yielded a LLOD of <10-9M on ITO platforms, while STFs platforms were deemed unusable due to significant loss of STFs from the surfaces.
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- Enock Bonyi
- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA.
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Lansiquot C, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Shortt R, Thompson N, Ajifa H, Kioko B, Constance EN, Clement T, Ozturk B, Aslan K. Ultra-Rapid Crystallization of L-Alanine Using Monomode Microwaves, Indium Tin Oxide and Metal-Assisted and Microwave-Accelerated Evaporative Crystallization. Nano BioMed ENG 2017; 9:112-123. [PMID: 29657884 PMCID: PMC5897105 DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v9i2.p112-123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of indium tin oxide (ITO) and focused monomode microwave heating for the ultra-rapid crystallization of L-alanine (a model amino acid) is reported. Commercially available ITO dots (< 5 mm) attached to blank poly(methyl)methacrylate (PMMA, 5 cm in diameter with 21-well silicon isolators: referred to as the iCrystal plates) were found to withstand prolonged microwave heating during crystallization experiments. Crystallization of L-alanine was performed at room temperature (a control experiment), with the use of two microwave sources: a 2.45 GHz conventional microwave (900 W, power level 1, a control experiment) and 8 GHz (20 W) solid state, monomode microwave source with an applicator tip that focuses the microwave field to a 5-mm cavity. Initial appearance of L-alanine crystals and on iCrystal plates with ITO dots took 47 ± 2.9 min, 12 ± 7.6 min and 1.5 ± 0.5 min at room temperature, using a conventional microwave and focused monomode microwave heating, respectively. Complete evaporation of the solvent using the focused microwaves was achieved in 3.2 ± 0.5 min, which is ~52-fold and ~172-fold faster than that observed at room temperature and using conventional microwave heating, respectively. The size and number of L-alanine crystals was dependent on the type of the 21-well iCrystal plates and the microwave heating method: 33 crystals of 585 ± 137 μm in size at room temperature > 37 crystals of 542 ± 100 μm in size with conventional microwave heating > 331 crystals of 311 ± 190 μm in size with focused monomode microwave. FTIR, optical microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the chemical composition and crystallinity of the L-alanine crystals did not change when exposed to microwave heating and ITO surfaces. In addition, theoretical simulations for the binding of L-alanine molecules to ITO and other metals showed the predicted nature of hydrogen bonds formed between L-alanine and these surfaces.
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- Carisse Lansiquot
- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
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Constance EN, Zaakan A, Alsharari F, Gordon B, Syed F, Mauge-Lewis K, Bonyi E, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Aslan K. Effect of Microwave Heating on the Crystallization of Glutathione Tripeptide on Silver Nanoparticle Films. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2017; 121:5585-5593. [PMID: 31080538 PMCID: PMC6508885 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Effect of microwave heating on the crystallization of glutathione (GSH) tripeptide using the metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization (MA-MAEC) technique is reported. GSH crystals were grown from supersaturated solutions of GSH (300-500 mg/mL) on the iCrystal plates with silver nanoparticle films (SNFs) and without SNFs in three different microwave systems operating at 2.45 GHz: conventional (multimode, fixed power at 900W), industrial (monomode, variable power up to 1200 W), and the iCrystal system (monomode, variable power up to 100 W). The efficacy of the MA-MAEC technique, in terms of improvement in the crystallization time, crystal size and quality of GSH, was compared between the three microwave systems and the crystallization at room temperature (no microwave heating, a control experiment). Optical microscopy was used to visualize and quantify the growth of GSH crystals during and after microwave heating. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy data showed that GSH crystals had identical crystal structure to those grown at room temperature and microwave heating did not alter the chemical structure of GSH molecules during microwave heating, respectively. Using the MA-MAEC technique, the iCrystal system yielded high quality GSH crystals in a rapid manner.
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Toker S, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Thompson N, Ajifa H, Clement T, Ozturk B, Aslan K. Microwave Heating of Synthetic Skin Samples for Potential Treatment of Gout Using the Metal-Assisted and Microwave-Accelerated Decrystallization Technique. ACS Omega 2016; 1:744-754. [PMID: 27917407 PMCID: PMC5131323 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
Physical stability of synthetic skin samples during their exposure to microwave heating was investigated to demonstrate the use of the metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated decrystallization (MAMAD) technique for potential biomedical applications. In this regard, optical microscopy and temperature measurements were employed for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of damage to synthetic skin samples during 20 s intermittent microwave heating using a monomode microwave source (at 8 GHz, 2-20 W) up to 120 s. The extent of damage to synthetic skin samples, assessed by the change in the surface area of skin samples, was negligible for microwave power of ≤7 W and more extensive damage (>50%) to skin samples occurred when exposed to >7 W at initial temperature range of 20-39 °C. The initial temperature of synthetic skin samples significantly affected the extent of change in temperature of synthetic skin samples during their exposure to microwave heating. The proof of principle use of the MAMAD technique was demonstrated for the decrystallization of a model biological crystal (l-alanine) placed under synthetic skin samples in the presence of gold nanoparticles. Our results showed that the size (initial size ∼850 μm) of l-alanine crystals can be reduced up to 60% in 120 s without damage to synthetic skin samples using the MAMAD technique. Finite-difference time-domain-based simulations of the electric field distribution of an 8 GHz monomode microwave radiation showed that synthetic skin samples are predicted to absorb ∼92.2% of the microwave radiation.
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- Salih Toker
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States
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Bonyi E, Onuk Z, Constance E, Boone-Kukoyi Z, Gordon B, Kioko B, Daodu O, Aslan K. Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization: an approach to rapid crystallization of biomolecules. CrystEngComm 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ce01224h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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