dendrostellera lessertii (thymelaeaceae) is a toxic plant that grows in parts of iran. the anti-proliferative properties of its crude methanol extract and one of its active components, 3-hydrogenkwadaphnin (3-hk), have been established using several cancer cell lines. methods: in a further attempt to determine the mode of action, two groups of synchronously growing cells were treated with a sin...

objective(s) sildenafil citrate is a new drug and has special properties that bring about nitric oxide effects on vascular smooth muscle. the aim of this study was to assess the effects of ovarian stimulation and sildenafil citrate injection on pinopode expression in mice. materials and methods thirty adult female mice were randomly divided into three groups: control, hyperstimulated and hypers...

Zeolite FAU type-Y is one of the most studied framework of all zeolites, and has been used as catalysts for number of reactions in the refinery and petrochemical industry. In this research, nanocrystalline zeolite Y was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The crystal size of zeolite Y is influenced by temperature, aging time, alkalinity, and water content. The synthesized zeolite NaY is identif...

During in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) field emission experiments, carbon nanotubes are observed to strongly diffract the imaging TEM electron beam. We demonstrate that this effect is identical to that of a standard electrostatic biprism. We also demonstrate that the nanotube biprism can be used to capture electron-holographic information.

in this work, we report synthesis and characterization of bi2o3 nanoparticles loaded on mesoporous mcm-41 nanoparticles by a simple solid-state dispersion (ssd) method. monoclinic bismuth oxide nanoparticles were prepared by polyacrylamide gel method and used as loading materials on the prepared mesoporous mcm-41 as a supporting material. fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), x-ray p...

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are widely used in material science, metallurgy sicence and life science researches. TEM is an imaging technique where a beam of electrons is focused onto a specimen causing an enlarged version to appear on a fluorescent screen or layer of photographic film. SEM is a technique of electron microscope to produce high re...

We report the growth by ion exchange synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles in MCM-41 matrices using Zn (CH3COO)2 and Na2S starting sources. The final product (ZnS/MCM-41) was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectrometry (IR) and UV-vis spectroscopy. Its crystalline st...

Development of fluorescent and electron dense markers is essential for the implementation of correlative light and electron microscopy, as dual-contrast landmarks are required to match the details in the multimodal images. Here, a novel method for correlative microscopy that utilizes fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) as dual-contrast probes is reported. It is demonstrated how the FNDs can be used...