On the application of surface enhanced Raman scattering to study the interaction of DsRed fluorescent proteins with silver nanoparticles embedded in thin silica layers

The interaction of proteins with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is of primary importance to uncover silver antimicrobial efficiency and environmental hazard. This interaction can affect silver reactivity, bioavailability and, eventually, silver toxicity towards the environmental media. Detection of the interaction of DsRed fluorescent proteins with AgNPs embedded in thin silica layers is demonstrated using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), but deep analyses require the design and elaboration of dedicated plasmonic substrates giving a high enhancement factor

Valorisation of Biowastes for the Production of Green Materials Using Chemical Methods

With crude oil reserves dwindling, the hunt for a sustainable alternative feedstock for fuels and materials for our society continues to expand. The biorefinery concept has enjoyed both a surge in popularity and also vocal opposition to the idea of diverting food-grade land and crops for this purpose. The idea of using the inevitable wastes arising from biomass processing, particularly farming and food production, is, therefore, gaining more attention as the feedstock for the biorefinery. For the three main components of biomass—carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins—there are long-established processes for using some of these by-products. However, the recent advances in chemical technologies are expanding both the feedstocks available for processing and the products that be obtained. Herein, this review presents some of the more recent developments in processing these molecules for green materials, as well as case studies that bring these technologies and materials together into final products for applied usage

Sur trois collections de reptiles et de batraciens provenant de l’Archipel Malais

Volume: 18Start Page: 198End Page: 20

Exp\ue9dition antarctique fran\ue7aise du “Pourquoi-Pas”, dirig\ue9e par le Dr. J. -B. Charcot (1908-1910). Note pr\ue9liminaire sur les poissons antarctiques

Volume: 17Start Page: 276End Page: 28

Détermination de paramètres de fracturation hydraulique par inversion des courbes de pression Determining Hydraulic Fracturing Parameters by Inverting Pressure Curves

Une nouvelle méthode d'interprétation des minifracsest présentée dans cet article, en considérant la contrainte principale mineure et le coefficient de filtration comme seules inconnues du problème. Tout d'abord, le problème direct est défini en appliquant le modèle confiné de Nordgren Nolte (à la fois phases de propagation et de fermeture). La sensibilité du modèle est étudiée et montre que la contrainte et la viscosité du fluide ont une grande influence sur la propagation tandis que le coefficient de filtration a une grande influence sur la fermeture. Deuxièmement, une méthode inverse qui consiste à minimiser une fonction dans l'espace des paramètres est proposée. La méthode inverse est ensuite appliquée à un cas réel et montre qu'une très bonne approximation de bêta3 et Cw peut être obtenue. <br> This article describes a new method of interpreting minifracsby considering the minor principal stress and the fluid loss coefficient as the only unknowns of the problem. First of all, the direct problem is defined by applying Nordgren-Nolte's contained model (both propagation and closure phases). The sensitivity of the model is examined, and it shows that the stress and viscosity of the fluid have great influence on propagation, while the fluid loss coefficient has great influence on the closure. Secondly, an inverse method consisting in minimizing a function in the parameter space is proposed. The inverse method is then applied to an actual case and shows that a very good approximation of beta3 and Cw can be obtained

Plasmonic substrates elaborated by plasma process : optimization of the plasma parameters according to the optical response of the structures

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Parametric study of the electron temperature and electron density in low-pressure RF dusty plasmas with pulsed injection of HMDSO

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