Cancer is now a global concern, and control of the function of cancer cells is recognized as an important challenge. Although many aggressive chemical and radiation methods are in practice to eliminate cancer cells, most imply severe adverse toxic effects on patients. Taking advantage of natural physical differences between cancer and normal cells might benefit the patient with more specific cy...

Gold is the preferred material for conductive structures in neural implants. The hitherto employed process applies adhesive layers to avoid delamination of gold from a polymeric substrate. possibility deposit without use offered by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) process. In this work, it shown that possible utilize HIPIMS onto polyimide while having enough adhesion between the...

Cucumbers productivity and fruit quality depend on seedlings’ quality. The success of seedling cultivation largely depends the choice a suitable substrate. Therefore aim this research is to determine effect peat-vermicompost substrates cucumber crop yield. was carried out in greenhouse covered with double polymeric film Institute Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture Forestry...

A simple and inexpensive method to generate plasma using a kitchen microwave oven is described in this paper. The microwave-generated characterized by spectroscopic analysis compared with the absorption spectra of gas discharge tube. Paschen-like curve observed as initiation time plotted function pressure chamber. We have also demonstrated that air can be used multitude applications such as: (a...

The investigations of a multilayer material – polymeric radio-transparent electrically conductive film polyaniline with concentration 5, 10 and 50 % by weight on fiberglass substrate were carried out. Such materials are multifunctional the itself has required characteristics, but when it is exposed to external electromagnetic radiation, provides shielding functions. Electrically polymer samples...

The unique structural features and stealth properties of a recently developed red blood cell membrane-cloaked nanoparticle (RBC-NP) platform raise curiosity over the interfacial interactions between natural cellular membranes and polymeric nanoparticle substrates. Herein, several interfacial aspects of the RBC-NPs are examined, including completeness of membrane coverage, membrane sidedness upo...

Realizing the vast technological potential of patternable block copolymers requires both the precise controlling of the orientation and long-range ordering, which is still a challenging topic so far. Recently, we have demonstrated that ordered nanoporous thin film can be fabricated from a simple supramolecular assembly approach. Here we will extend this approach and provide a general route to f...

One of the most significant issues that occurs when applying chemical-vapor deposited (CVD) graphene (Gr) to various high-performance device applications is the result of polymeric residues. Polymeric residues remain on the Gr surface during Gr polymer support transfer to an arbitrary substrate, and these residues degrade CVD Gr electrical properties. In this paper, we propose that a thin layer...

1. Published data on the effects of red wine, ethanol and flavonoids on endothelium-dependent relaxation are equivocal. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of red wine, ethanol and selected flavonoids present in red wine on endothelium-dependent relaxation. 2. Aortic rings from New Zealand White rabbits were set up in organ baths (20 ml) and contracted with noradrenaline (...