We communicate an unconventional synthesis of Au nanoplates with high yield and excellent reproducibility through polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-assisted H2O2 reduction. Unlike the ones prepared using halide-based surfactants, the PVP-capped Au nanoplates are found to afford fairly easy bio-functionalization, suggesting a vastly expanded spectrum of applications in bio-related fields.

Bio-jETI is a platform for the intuitive graphical design and execution of bioinformatics workflows composed from heterogeneous remote services. In this paper we use a simple phylogenetic analysis process to show how formal approaches like model checking and process synthesis can be applied to further support the workflow development in Bio-jETI. To unfold their full potential these methods nee...

Current trends in bio-medicine include research synthesis and dissemination of bioinformation by means of health (bio) information technology (H[b] IT). Research must secure the validity and reliability of assessment tools to quantify research quality in the pursuit of the best available evidence. Our concerted work in this domain led to the revision of three instruments for that purpose, inclu...

Increasing interest in lipases has been observed at the end of the last century, due to their potential application, in (bio)degradation as well as in (bio)synthesis of glycerides. The advantages of the enzymatic hydrolysis over the chemical process consist of less energy requirements and higher quality of the obtained products. Beside this, lipases are also efficient in various reactions such ...

This paper applies the direct digital frequency synthesis technology (DDS) to build a controllable variable frequency and waveforms of the bio-diesel fuel phacoemulsification system. The optimal operating parameters of phacoemulsification system are studied by orthogonal experiment. In the experiment, the ultrasonic frequency, waveform, power and process time are changed to study the stability ...

Designing bio-inspired, multifunctional organic-inorganic composite materials is one of the most popular current research objectives. Due to the high complexity of biocomposite structures found in nacre and bone, for example, a one-pot scalable and versatile synthesis approach addressing structural key features of biominerals and affording bio-inspired, multifunctional organic-inorganic composi...

in present study we studied using green routes for microwave assisted synthesis of alumina nanoparticles from aluminum nitrate. it was revealed that when plant extracts are used, no specific stabilizer is needed. structural characterization of nanoparticles was studied using x-ray diffraction that showed semi-crystalline structure for two of plant extracts, other xrd patterns had no significant...