BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus biofilms contribute significantly to the recalcitrant nature of chronic rhinosinusitis. In previous studies, it has been shown that silk fibroin-nano silver solution can eliminate S. aureus biofilms in vitro, which suggests a potential role of this novel agent in the treatment of biofilm-associated diseases, such as sinusitis. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study w...

Paper chromatography is an analytical technique for separating and identifying mixtures of materials. It is a useful technique since it is relatively quick, and requires small quantities of the material. By emergence of nanotechnology, paper chromatography has found many applications in biology and biotechnology. In this study, we employed gold and silver nanoparticles to detect protein bands a...

A randomly distributed gold nano-net is studied numerically via FDTD simulations. The dispersion of gold is implemented through a generalized dispersive material (GDM) model built on Padé approximants. The simulation of the dispersive random nano-net structure demands both fine nanoscale geometry and large span area in order to cover the complexity of interactions at the scattering surface. Alo...

PURPOSE The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the morphologic characteristics of self-assemblies of diamond (nano-D), silver (nano-Ag), gold (nano-Au), and platinum (nano-Pt) nanoparticles with Staphylococcus aureus (bacteria) and Candida albicans (fungi), to determine the possibility of constructing microorganism-nanoparticle vehicles. METHODS Hydrocolloids of individual...

A detailed theoretical study of composite plasmonic waveguide structures is reported. Expressions for modal expansion coefficients, optical transmittance and surface intensity are presented and used to describe the behavior of dielectric channel waveguides containing a short gold-coated section. The superstrate refractive index is shown to control modal beating and modal attenuation in the gold...

The functionality of flexible metal electrodes relies on the stable performance of a metallic film. In this study, highly stretchable anisotropic structures are designed to investigate the behaviour of silver electrodes on polydimethylsiloxane. Treated using both the oxygen plasma and the surface chemical functionalization technology, the film resistivity was reduced to 5.856 × 10(-9) Ω m after...