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TL;DR: The various phytochemicals present within the ocimum plant result in effective reduction of silver salts to nanoparticles but their chemical framework is also effective at wrapping around the nanoparticles to provide excellent robustness against agglomeration.
585 citations
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TL;DR: Water-soluble antioxidative agents like ascorbic acids further seem to be responsible for the reduction of AgNPs, which show good antimicrobial activity against common pathogens.
Abstract: A single-step environmental friendly approach is employed to synthesize silver nanoparticles. The biomolecules found in plants induce the reduction of Ag+ ions from silver nitrate to silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). UV-visible spectrum of the aqueous medium containing silver ions demonstrated a peak at 425 nm corresponding to the plasmon absorbance of silver nanoparticles. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed the formation of well-dispersed silver nanoparticles in the range of 5–20 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrum of the AgNPs exhibited 2θ values corresponding to the silver nanocrystal. The process of reduction is extracellular and fast which may lead to the development of easy biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles. Plants during glycolysis produce a large amount of H+ ions along with NAD which acts as a strong redoxing agent; this seems to be responsible for the formation of AgNPs. Water-soluble antioxidative agents like ascorbic acids further seem to be responsible for the reduction of AgNPs. These AgNPs produced show good antimicrobial activity against common pathogens.
525 citations
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16 Oct 1978TL;DR: The balloon-like tube expands outwardly when filled with food chemicals, enabling peristalsis to squeeze the food chyme through the tube as discussed by the authors, which is used to treat obesity or alcoholism, or to cover an ulcer.
Abstract: A first part of the inventive instrument comprises an insertion and removal device in the form of a maneuverable catheter which may be inserted through the mouth or nostril, pharynx, and esophagus into the stomach. In one form, the catheter includes an outer sheath which protects the human body while a tool extending coaxially through an inner sheath is being manipulated. The tool includes a remotely operated pair of tweezers for holding or releasing a loop on insertion or seizing and holding the loop on removal of the second part of the inventive instrument. An alternate device for capturing and holding the second part of the inventive instrument uses an electromagnet. The second part of the inventive instrument comprises a self-compressing, open-ended, balloon-like tube for implantation in and lining of the digestive tract, especially in the intestine, to prevent food from being absorbed into the villi. The balloon-like tube expands outwardly when filled with food chemicals, enabling peristalsis to squeeze the food chyme through the tube. An alternate embodiment intermittently lines only desired areas of the alimentary canal. The tube may also be used to treat obesity or alcoholism, or to cover an ulcer and give it an opportunity to heal with minimum exposure to digesting food and gastric juices.
243 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of different types of dielectrics on the performance of micro-EDM machining was investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs and optical photographs.
Abstract: In microelectrodischarge machining (micro-EDM), dielectric plays an important role during machining operation. The machining characteristics are greatly influenced by the nature of dielectric used during micro-EDM machining. Present paper addresses the issues of micro-EDM utilizing different types of dielectrics such as kerosene, deionized water, boron carbide (B4C) powder suspended kerosene, and deionized water to explore the influence of these dielectrics on the performance criteria such as material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR), overcut, diameteral variance at entry and exit hole and surface integrity during machining of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V). The experimental results revealed that MRR and TWR are higher using deionized water than kerosene. Also, when suspended particles, i.e., boron carbide-mixed dielectrics are used, MRR is found to increase with deionized water, but TWR decreases with kerosene dielectric. Further analysis is carried out with the help of scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs, and it is found that the thickness of white layer is less on machined surface when deionized water is used as compared to kerosene. Also, a comparative study of machining time has been carried out for the four types of dielectrics at different machining parametric settings. Furthermore, the investigation on the machined surface integrity and wear on microtool tip have also been done in each type of the dielectrics with the help of SEM micrographs and optical photographs. Hence micro-EDM machining on Ti-6Al-4V work material with B4C-mixed dielectrics is performed in the investigation and reported the performance criteria of the process. It can be concluded from the research investigation that there is a great influence of mixing of boron carbide additive in deionized water dielectrics for enhancing machining performance characteristics in micro-EDM during microhole generation on Ti-6Al-4V alloy.
213 citations
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10 Jan 1977TL;DR: The first part of the inventive instrument comprises an insertion and removal device in the form of a catheter which may be inserted through the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus into the stomach as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A first part of the inventive instrument comprises an insertion and removal device in the form of a catheter which may be inserted through the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus into the stomach. The catheter includes an outer sheath which protects the human body while a tool extending coaxially through an inner sheath is being manipulated. The tool includes a remotely operated pair of tweezers for holding or releasing a loop on insertion or seizing and holding the loop on removal of the second part of the inventive instrument. The second part of the instrument comprises a tube for implantation in the small intestine. While it is so implanted, the tube prevents food from being there absorbed by the body. The tube may be used to treat obesity or alcoholism, or to cover an ulcer and give it an opportunity to heal without exposure to digesting food.
168 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Stephen Lam | 76 | 413 | 20693 |
Jean-Michel Molina | 68 | 402 | 17418 |
Sophie Matheron | 49 | 236 | 8042 |
Olivier Lortholary | 49 | 292 | 10598 |
Eric Caumes | 43 | 303 | 8705 |
Johan Liu | 42 | 522 | 7304 |
Reindert Graaff | 42 | 134 | 6032 |
Patrick Yeni | 42 | 149 | 17586 |
Marin Litoiu | 38 | 185 | 6332 |
Thomas Edward Pilutti | 37 | 124 | 4264 |
Edith G. Smit | 36 | 129 | 4616 |
Roger Arnold Trombley | 32 | 80 | 2881 |
Pieter Ballon | 32 | 176 | 3112 |
Adrian M. Paterson | 27 | 104 | 2726 |
Douglas Scott Rhode | 25 | 60 | 2416 |