In a multicomponent nematic liquid crystal (NLC) mixture of a liquid crystal (negative-type NLC) and a photosensitive acrylic prepolymer, photopolymerization upon UV irradiation induces the separation of the LC and photosensitive acrylic prepolymer layers, thereby leading to a vertical arrangement of LC molecules. In this study, we propose a simple vertical alignment method for LC molecules, by...

The standard prescription for NLC main linac steering assumes that the RMS offset between a quad’s magnetic center and the corresponding BPM’s electrical center can be determined at the level of a micron. This is a fearsome requirement, and will be particularly difficult to achieve if hybrid iron/permanent magnet quads are used in the main linac. As an alternative, the Dispersion Free Steering ...

Curcumin, a phenolic antioxidant compound derived from the rhizome of the turmeric plant Curcuma longa, has proven to be a modulator of intracellular signaling pathways that control cancer cell growth, inflammation, invasion and apoptosis, revealing its anticancer potential. In this study, a Glycyrrhetinic Acid-Modified Curcumin-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (Cur-GA-PEG-NLC) was prepared ...

We demonstrate frequency tuning of enhanced THz radiation transmitted through a two-dimensional metallic hole array (2D-MHA) by controlling the index of refraction of the medium filling the holes and adjacent to the 2D-MHA on one side. The medium is a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) and its index of refraction is varied using magnetically controlled birefringence of the NLC. With the NLC, the peak...

The Effect of Resveratrol Antioxidant in Nano Liposome and NLC Forms Rooster Semen Extender During Storage at 4˚C

[1] Noctilucent Clouds (NLCs) are an important phenomenon of the summer mesopause region. While relatively common in high latitudes, NLCs are sparse ( 10% occurrence rate) below 60 latitude. We present the first study of diurnal variations of midlatitude NLCs based on lidar observations with full diurnal coverage at Kühlungsborn since 2010 independent from solar elevation. Overall, 100 h of NLC...

Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) are stable colloidal formulations with notable advantages for drug delivery systems. Thanks to their physicochemical stability, biocompatibility, biodegradability and controlled drug release, they have received increasing attention for the last several years. The aim of the study was to prepare and characterize nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC). Both, the e...

This thesis addresses the mechanism of electromotility in outer hair cells (OHCs) of the mammalian cochlea. Prestin, a protein densely packed in the lateral membrane is assumed to drive electromotility. A current hypothesis is that prestin is an incomplete transporter, shuttling chloride across the membrane without allowing it to dissociate at the extracellular surface. In this thesis kinetic m...

Capillary microflows of liquid crystal phases are central to material, biological and bio-inspired systems. Despite their fundamental applied significance, a detailed understanding the stationary behavior nematic crystals (NLC-s) in cylindrical capillaries is still lacking. Here, using numerical simulations based on continuum theory Leslie, Ericksen, Parodi, we investigate NLC flows within poss...

Testosterone undecanoate (TU) has a low oral bioavailability of about 3 % in beagle dogs and 7 % in men. To avoid administration of a single dose in two oral units and to increase lymphatic absorption to minimise side effects in the liver, TU was incorporated into nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) and formulated as drug nanocrystals. Testosterone (T) was run as nanocrystal formulation for rea...