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Phenytoin (PHT), phenobarbital (PHB), lamotrigine (LTG), and topiramate (TPM) are some of the most widely used antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Monitoring of their concentrations in serum is important for the treatment of epilepsy. A candidate reference
Panagiotis Keivanidis, Frederic Laquai, Joseph W. Robertson, Baluschev Stanislav, Josemon Jacob, Klaus Mullen, Gerhard Wegner
The mechanism of triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) induced up-converted delayed luminescence is studied in two different binary organic systems consisting of platinum(II) octaethyl porphyrin mixed with either poly(fluorene) (PF26) or ladder-type
Justin M. Zook, Stephen E. Long, Danielle Cleveland, Carly L. Geronimo, Robert I. MacCuspie
Distinguishing the toxic effects of nanoparticles (NPs) themselves from the well-studied toxic effects of their ions is a critical but challenging measurement for nanotoxicity studies and regulation. This measurement is especially difficult for silver NPs
In this paper, a novel apparatus and fluorescence detection method for measuring the permeation of H 2O 2 through polymer barriers (i.e., plastic bottles, caps, and containers) is presented. Measurements were performed with 35 and 50 % (mass/mass) H 2O 2
Marcela Tudorie, Isabelle Kleiner, Jon T. Hougen, Sonia Melandri, Lilian Sutikdja, Wolfgang Stahl
A program for fitting the high-resolution torsion-rotation spectra of molecules having two inequivalent methyl rotors and a plane of symmetry at equilibrium is described and then applied to methyl acetate [CH3-O-C(=O)-CH3]. The G18 permutation-inversion
Victims of crimes are often buried in clandestine graves. There are several techniques for finding buried bodies or the scattered remains of a victim; however, none of these methods are very reliable or work in all scenarios. One way to detect gravesoil is
Joseph T. Hodges, David A. Long, Daniel K. Havey, S. S. Yu, M Okumura, Charles E. Miller
Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) was employed to measure over 100 transitions in the R-branch of the b1Σg+←X3Σg-(0,0) band for the rare O2 isotopologues. The use of 17O- and 18O-enriched mixtures allowed for line positions to be
James E. Maslar, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling
Metal alkylamide compounds, such as tetrakis(ethylmethylamido) hafnium (TEMAH), represent a technologically important class of metalorganic precursors for the deposition of metal oxides and metal nitrides via atomic layer deposition (ALD) or chemical vapor
John H. Lehman, M. Terrones, Elisabeth Mansfield, Katie Hurst, Vincent Muenier
During the past 20 years, multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have become an important industrial material. Hundreds of tons are produced each year. This review is a survey of the scientific literature, motivated by industrial requirements and guidelines
John E. Schiel, Mark S. Lowenthal, Karen W. Phinney
Glycoproteins exist as heterogeneous mixtures of glycoforms due to glycosylation at multiple sites with various glycans. The glycosylation pattern has significant implications for clinical diagnostics and biopharmaceutical development because it affects
Jennifer M. Lynch, John R. Kucklick, Kelly R. Stewart, Ryan Templeton, Chris Johnson
Among contaminant studies in reptiles, turtles, and in particular sea turtles, are poorly represented. To assess threats to this endangered species, it is critical to establish baseline values for contaminant concentrations that may have detrimental
Matthew E. Staymates, Wayne Smith, Eric S. Windsor
Swipe-based explosive trace detectors rely on thermal desorption to vaporize explosive particles collected on a swipe. The vaporized material is carried by air flows from the desorption unit to the inlet of the chemical analyzer, typically an ion mobility
De-Hao D. Tsai, Melissa Davila-Morris, Frank W. DelRio, Suvajyoti S. Guha, Vincent A. Hackley, Michael R. Zachariah
Surface-sensitive quantitative studies of competitive molecular adsorption on nanoparticles were conducted using a modified Attenuated attenuated Total total Reflectionreflectance-Fourier Transform transform Infrared infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy method
A long-held but untested fundamental assumption in Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes is that intensities arising from resonance with incident and scattered photons are equal. We present here the first complete Raman excitation profiles (REPs) for the
Joseph T. Hodges, A. Cygan, Piotr Maslowski, Katarzyna E. Bielska, S. Wojtewicz, J. Domyslawska, Hisashi Abe, R.S. Trawinski, R. Ciurylo
We describe a high sensitivity and high spectral resolution laser absorption spectrometer based upon the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) technique. We used the Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) method to lock the probe laser to the high
Julie N. Albert, Joey D. Kim, Christopher Stafford, Thomas H. Epps
Substrate surface energy/chemistry gradients provide a means for high-throughput exploration of the surface interactions that are important for many chemical and biological processes. We describe the implementation of a controlled vapor deposition approach
Rolf L. Zeisler, Rabia Oflaz, Rick L. Paul, Jeffrey A. Fagan
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGAA) were used to characterize a variety of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) materials from different principal production processes, as well as a material
Pahayokolide A is a cyclic undecapeptide from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya sp. The absolute configurations of the amino acids of pahayokolide A have been determined. Pahayokolide A contains the unusual α-hydroxy-β-amino acid, 3-amino-2,5,7,8- tetrahydroxy-10
Yun Han, Robert Lupitskyy, Tseng-Ming Chou, Christopher Stafford, Henry Du, Svetlana Sukhishvili
The effect of silver oxidation on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was investigated using citrate-reduced silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) (45-50 nm in diameter) immobilized on glass substrate. Oxidation of Ag NPs was performed in controlled ozone
Jeffrey M. Davis, Dale E. Newbury, Nicholas W. Ritchie, Edward P. Vicenzi, Dale P. Bentz, Albert J. Fahey
X-ray elemental mapping and x-ray spectrum imaging are powerful microanalytical tools. However, their scope is limited spatially by the raster area of a scanning electron microscope or microprobe. Limited sampling size becomes a significant issue when
Illarion V. Turko, Gun-Young Heo, Ilya Bederman, Natalia Mast, Wei-Li Liao, Irina A. Pikuleva
Of different oxygenated cholesterol metabolites, 7-ketocholesterol (7KCh) is considered noxious oxysterol implicated in the development of certain pathologies including those in the neural retina and the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). It is
To go beyond current electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for reinforcing bar (rebar) corrosion we are exploring unique magnetic or electric spectral features and whether these might be prominent enough at the concrete cover depth to
Biology has been an inspiration for designing solutions to many engineering problems including chemical sensing. Modern approaches to chemical sensing have been based on the biological principle of combining cross-selective chemical sensors with a pattern
Katherine E. Sharpless, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise, A. NguyenPho, J. M. Betz
In 2004, we published an article in HerbalGram that described a collaboration among the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS), and the Food and Drug Administration