Barium titanate (BaTiO3, BT) was co-doped by solid-state sintering with niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) and cobalt trioxide (Co3O4) as dopants. The modified barium containing Nb Co (BTNC) larger particle size (0.5–1 μm) silver powder (Ag) smaller (25 nm) were co-filled polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to prepare (BTNC-Ag)/PVDF three-phase composites. morphology crystal structure of composites character...

This study explores new chemical strategies for coating the hematite sand (HS) by conductive polymers to enhance persulfate activation performance. The highest catalytic activity was due synergistic effect between HS and polymers. In fact, conjugated could act as an activator electronic mediator promote conversion of Fe (III) (II). Hence, both used (polyaniline polypyrrole) have been found prov...

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a major active component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), has been reported to suppress the proliferation of a wide variety of tumor cells. Rad51 is a key protein in the homologous recombination (HR) pathway of DNA double-strand break repair, and HR represents a novel target for cancer therapy. A high expression of Rad51 has been reported in chemo- or radio-resistant c...

In the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway, chronic infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa results from biofilm formation in a neutrophil-rich environment. We tested the capacity of human neutrophils to modify early biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1, and an isogenic CF strain isolated early and years later in infection. In a static reactor, P. aeruginosa biofilm density of all strains was enh...