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“We observed strong Alisertib concentration 1.5 mu m photoluminescence (PL) from Si-capped Ge1-xSnx nanodots on Si (001) substrates formed using ultrathin SiO2 films. The lack of the quantum size effect in the PL revealed that the PL came from Si capping layers with radiative defects and not from the nanodots. The PL intensities were strongly enhanced when the Sn composition x increased in Ge1-xSnx nanodots or the nanodot size decreased. These results indicate that the formation of the radiative defects in Si is strongly correlated with the nanodot structures such as its geometry and strain states. This study demonstrates a new formation technique for light-emitting Si structures AZD0530 mw with high

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(PU) and PU/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposite nanofibers, both with diameters of 350 nm, were prepared by an electrospinning process from PU dimethylformamide solutions. The appearance of nanowebs in PU/MWCNT nanofiber structures containing PU fibers with diameters of 20-40 nm was observed. The existence of these structures could have been based on the occurence of strong secondary electric fields, which were created between individual conducting MWCNTs (distributed in the PU/MWCNT nanocomposites), which started to behave as the local moving nanoelectrodes promoting the creation of additional very fine nanowebs during the electrospinning processes. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing nanowebs from synthetic polymers prepared by an electrospinning process. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 111: 2711-2714, 2009″
“Pancreatic beta cells are very sensitive to oxidative stress and this may play an important role in beta cell death in diabetes. The protective effect of diphlorethohydroxycarmalol (DPHC), one of phlorotannin polyphenol compound purified from pae (Ishige okamurae) against high glucose-induced

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