AIM To evaluate the antimicrobial effect of a diode laser irradiation, photo-activated disinfection (PAD), conventional and sonic activated irrigation with 2.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) on Enterococcus faecalis. METHODOLOGY Root canals of 120 human extracted teeth with single straight canals were prepared with ProTaper files, sterilized, contaminated with an E. faecalis suspension and incu...

Durability enhancement of Pt supported on carbon (Pt/C) electrocatalysts through a simple microwave (MW) pretreatment the support has been studied. Vulcan XC 72 (either in suspension or dry state) was subjected to MW irritation for short period time (∼5 min) prior synthesis Pt/C (20 wt.% Pt) polyol route. Platinum deposited onto MW-pretreated and unmodified carbons demonstrated similar initial ...

High-definition patterns were observed under 10-Hz-pulse-repetition-rate, nanosecond laser irradiation of azodye-doped planar-nematic liquid crystal layers at incident intensities I 5–10 MW=cm in a single beam configuration and without any feedback involved. An incident polarization parallel to the nematic director was used. Under periodic pulsed laser irradiation, far-field beam patterns at th...

Tantalum cobalt nitride photocatalysts were prepared using a simple drop coating method on a Ta foil substrate followed by thermal ammonia treatment, and their photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties for water oxidation under visible light were studied. The resulting Ta0.9Co0.1Nx films showed a photocurrent of ca. 1.5 mA/cm (12 times higher than that of Ta3N5) under 100 mW/cm visible light irradi...

Photochemistry serves as a wonderful means to facilitate various chemical reactions and is indeed unique in its powerful ability to meet the energetic requirements for conducting processes that would not be accomplished using thermal counterparts. In this work, a novel photocatalyzed Fe-based atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was performed under UV irradia...

−Alginate microspheres incorporating poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate-co-coumaryl acrylate-co-2-ethylhexyl acrylate) (P(HEA-CA-EHA)) were prepared using the water droplets of W/O emulsion as a template. P(HEA-CAEHA) was prepared by a free radical reaction and the HEA/CA/EHA molar ratio was calculated to be 96.1 : 2.0 : 1.9 on the 1H NMR spectrum. The copolymer exhibited a lower critical solution temp...

A synthetic procedure has been developed for the preparation of a Zn-phthalocyanine peripherally substituted with a dodecaborane. The absorption spectrum of the derivative is typical of the phthalocyanine chromophore. Moreover, the boronated phthalocyanine exhibits a high photosensitizing efficiency against a model biological substrate, such as N-acetyl-L-tryptophanamide, and a singlet oxygen q...

We studied the protective effects of low power He-Ne laser irradiation on erythrocytes against the damage caused by experimental artificial heart-lung machines. The erythrocyte suspension in a closed circuit was perfused with a roller pump. One of two circuits was used for laser treatment and the other for control. The laser group demonstrated significantly higher erythrocyte deformability and ...

A fast, general, environmentally friendly and facile method for preparation of five- and six-membered ring diazaheterocylic salts under microwave irradiation is presented. The N-alkylation reactions of imidazole, pyrimidine, pyridazine and phthalazine have been studied. The microwaves remarkably accelerated these N-alkylations, the reaction times decreased dramatically, the reaction conditions ...