Nanoparticles of coordination polymer [Co2(pydc)2(H2O)6]n.2n H2O [H2pydc = pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid] have been synthesized by sonochemical method and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, DLS particle size analysis and TGA/DTA. The structure of single crystalline coordination polymer developed from nanosized coo...

Celecoxib, a selective cyclo-oxygenase – 2 inhibitor has been recommended orally for the treatment of arthritis and osteoarthritis. Long term oral administration of celecoxib produces serious gastrointestinal side effects. Therefore the aim of the present investigation was to assess the potential of nanosized emulsion formulations for transdermal delivery of celecoxib (CXB), to reduce the side ...

Many cell types release nanosized vesicles derived from endosomal compartments (exosomes) or the plasma membrane. Vesicles actively released by CD4(+) T cells have immune-modulatory characteristics. Using our recently developed high-resolution flow cytometry-based method for the analysis of individual nanosized vesicles, we here investigated how T cell receptor (TCR)-triggering and co-stimulato...

When reductive gases pass over the surface of nanosized catalysts, a kind of chemiluminescence named cataluminescence (CTL) can be generated due to the production of excited intermediates. Here we report the observation of an energy transfer process between excited intermediates and the nanosized catalysts. The CTL is quenched when introducing Ho3+, Co2+ and Cu2+ into the catalyst, while new in...

Our theoretical study of the third-order susceptibility (ø(3)) for Ag dielectric composite reveals a critical role of saturation of optical transitions between discrete states of conduction electrons in metal quantum dots. The calculated size dependence of the ø(3) for Ag nanoparticles reproduces the published experimental results. Saturation effects lead to a decrease of the local field enhanc...

Abstract The classical density functional theory makes it possible to explicitly calculate the local profiles, components of pressure tensor, and thicknesses thin interlayers between a lyophilic or lyophobic solid surface and, accordingly, gas liquid phases at different values chemical potentials phases. Within framework unified approach based on gradient approximation theory, has been shown th...

A size-segregated aerosol dynamics model UHMA (University of Helsinki Multicompo-nent Aerosol model) was developed for studies of multicomponent tropospheric aerosol particles. The model includes major aerosol microphysical processes in the atmosphere with a focus on new particle formation and growth; thus it incorporates particle 5 coagulation and multicomponent condensation, applying a revise...

A size-segregated aerosol dynamics model UHMA (University of Helsinki Multicomponent Aerosol model) was developed for studies of multicomponent tropospheric aerosol particles. The model includes major aerosol microphysical processes in the atmosphere with a focus on new particle formation and growth; thus it incorporates particle coagulation and multicomponent condensation, applying a revised t...