Entrapping Digestive Enzymes with Engineered Mesoporous Silica Particles Reduces Metabolic Risk Factors in Humans.
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DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202000057
Abstract: Engineered mesoporous silica particles (MSP) are thermally and chemically stable porous materials composed of pure silica and have attracted attention for their potential biomedical applications. Oral intake of engineered MSP is shown to reduce body… read more here.
Keywords: silica; mesoporous silica; engineered mesoporous; risk factors ... See more keywords
Surface Modification of Porous Silica Particles with Carbohydrate Scaffolds as Receptor Components for Molecular Recognition.
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DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100563
Abstract: Biosensors play a pivotal role in diagnosis through specific receptor-ligand interactions. However, receptor biomolecules such as proteins have inevitable stability issues due to denaturation. Alternatively, utilization of the small molecules multivalently presented on porous silica… read more here.
Keywords: silica particles; porous silica; receptor components; recognition ... See more keywords
Surface Modification of Porous Silica Particles with Carbohydrate Scaffolds as Receptor Components for Molecular Recognition.
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DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200149
Abstract: Invited for this month's cover is the group of Osamu Kanie and co-workers at Tokai University. The cover picture shows the interaction of an incoming molecule and a receptor surface as the first process of… read more here.
Keywords: silica particles; receptor; porous silica; surface modification ... See more keywords
Dual-Colored Janus Microspheres with Photonic and Plasmonic Faces.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201437
Abstract: Photonic and plasmonic colors, stemming from nanostructures of dielectric materials and metals, are promising for pigment-free coloration. In particular, nanostructures with structural colors have been employed in stimuli-responsive Janus microparticles to provide active color pixels.… read more here.
Keywords: photonic plasmonic; color; silica particles; plasmonic faces ... See more keywords
Facile Fabrication of Monodisperse Micron-Sized Dual Janus Silica Particles with Asymmetric Morphology and Chemical Environment.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208194
Abstract: Janus particles are a kind of materials with asymmetric morphology or surface chemical environment. But so far, the preparation of particles with dual asymmetry is still a challenging problem. Hence the cation surfactant hexadecyl trimethyl… read more here.
Keywords: silica particles; janus; asymmetric morphology; micron sized ... See more keywords
Microcrystalline silica particles induce inflammatory response via pyroptosis in primary human respiratory epithelial cells.
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DOI: 10.1002/tox.23405
Abstract: The mechanism of the sterile inflammatory response in the respiratory tract induced by exposure to sterile particles has not been fully elucidated. The aim of our study is to explore the earlier events in initiating… read more here.
Keywords: microcrystalline silica; pyroptosis; inflammatory response; silica particles ... See more keywords
Application of in vitro pulmonary models for hazard screening of silica particles
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DOI: 10.1007/s00204-025-04100-5
Abstract: There is an increasing need for new approach methodologies (NAMs) for safety assessment of nanomaterials (NMs) in order to keep pace with innovation. In vitro assays are useful tools during pre-market hazard screening approaches of… read more here.
Keywords: silica; vitro assays; hazard screening; silica particles ... See more keywords
Extraction of cell-free DNA from urine, using polylysine-coated silica particles
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DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0345-3
Abstract: AbstractDNA analysis is used for a variety of purposes, including disease diagnosis and DNA profiling; this involves extracting DNA from living organisms. In this study, we prepared polycationic silica particles to extract DNA that has… read more here.
Keywords: extraction; dna; free dna; cell free ... See more keywords
Charging and aggregation behavior of silica particles in the presence of lysozymes
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DOI: 10.1007/s00396-017-4226-2
Abstract: To gain insight into the colloidal stability in the presence of proteins, we measured the electrophoretic mobility and aggregation rate constant of silica particles coated with lysozymes, and the adsorbed amount of lysozymes on the… read more here.
Keywords: aggregation; presence; silica; charge ... See more keywords
Bioinspired process using anisotropic silica particles and fatty acid for superhydrophobic cotton fabrics
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DOI: 10.1007/s10570-019-02811-4
Abstract: Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics having lotus leaf-like dual scale surface roughness were prepared via a 2-step ‘green’ process. First, silica particles with different shapes were synthesized using a water-in-alcohol emulsion and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) of different… read more here.
Keywords: superhydrophobic cotton; fatty acid; surface; process ... See more keywords
A thermally stable and hydrophobic composite aerogel made from cellulose nanofibril aerogel impregnated with silica particles
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DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2034-9
Abstract: A thermally stable and hydrophobic cellulose nanofibril (CNF)–silica composite aerogel was prepared by simply immersing the CNF aerogel into the silica sol with different tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) concentration and shaping it by means of low-risk… read more here.
Keywords: stable hydrophobic; thermally stable; silica; composite aerogel ... See more keywords