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The purpose of this section is to describe recent achievements in time-resolved X-ray diffraction from liquids. Keeping the scope of the present chapter in mind, neither X-ray diffraction from solids nor X-ray absorption will be discussed. The majority of experiments realized up to now were performed using optical excitation, although some recent attempts using infrared excitation were also reported. The main topics that have been studied are (1) visualization of atomic motions during a chemical reaction, (2) structure of reaction intermediates in a complex reaction sequence, (3) heat propagation in impulsively heated liquids, and (4) chemical hydrodynamics of nanoparticle suspensions. We hope that the actual state-of-the-art will be illustrated in this way. 

The durability of the catalytic system was investigated by employing it in five successive hydrogenations. Similar TOFs were observed due to the water solubihty of the protective agent which retains nanoparticles in aqueous phase. The comparative TEM studies show that (i) the average particle size was 2.2 0.2 nm (ii) the coimter anion of the surfactant does not allow a major influence on the size and (iii) nanoparticle suspensions have a similar size distribution after catalysis. 

Shafi KVPM, Felner I, Mastai Y, Gedanken A (1999) Olympic ring formation from newly prepared barium hexaferrite nanoparticle suspension. J Phys Chem B 103 3358-3360... 

Researchers have already been using ink jet systems to print several types of novel materials, some of which have been used to fabricate circuit electrodes and interconnects. The four main types of materials used are metallo-organics, conductive polymers, molten metals, and metallic nanoparticle suspensions. 

Lovern SB, Strickler JR, Klaper R (2007) Behavioral and physiological changes in Daphnia magna when exposed to nanoparticle suspensions (titanium dioxide, nano-C60, and C60Hx C70Hx). Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 4465 1470. 

The coprecipitation technique was based on the dropwise addition of a synthetic polymer solution, in a solvent mixture, into an aqueous protein solution under magnetic stirring. The progressive interaction between the water insoluble polymer and the protein gave rise to the microsphere formation. The glycolipid was then added as an aqueous dispersion to the nanoparticle suspension. No sedimentation was observed after several weeks of storage at room temperature. 

A series of nanoparticle suspensions was prepared according to this technique by varying protein concentration, polymer/lipid ratio, and type of solvent used to dissolve the polymer in order to establish the best experimental conditions. 

Morphological analysis of the nanoparticle suspensions by SEM showed a homogeneous distribution of spheroidal particles with diameters less than 1 pm embedded in a continuous matrix (Figure 4) consisting of polymeric material not incorporated within the microspheres. 

The nanoparticle suspensions were centrifuged three times at 8,000 rpm for 15 minutes. After each centrifugation the pellets were resuspended in double-distilled water. However, SEM analysis of the pellets showed extensive aggregation-fragmentation of the microspheres (Figure 5), that... 

In this paper, solvothermaUy prepared TiO nanoparticle suspensions were successfully dip-coated onto fabric fdters and their bactericidal properties against E.coli were analyzed and compared with that of Degussa P25 TiO coated fabrics. 

Surfactants are employed in nanoparticle suspensions. Chen et al. (2002) evaluated the pre paration of amorphous nanoparticle suspensions containing cyclosporine A using the evaporative precipitation into aqueous solution (ERAS) system. The effect of particle size was studied varying the drug surfactant ratios, type of surfactants, temperature, drug load, and solvent. Acceptable particle sizes suitable for both oral and parenteral administration were also studied. Additional articles in the nanoparticle delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs include Kipp (2004), Perkins et al. (2000), Young et al. (2000), and Tyner et al. (2004). 

For a SERS experiment, the water-soluble cellular fraction from pollen can be obtained as shown in the schematic in Fig. 4.8. About 0.2 mg of freeze-dried pollen, which correspond to a few hundred pollen grains, was suspended in 100 dl water and incubated at room temperature. When water is added to intact pollen, the cellular interior bearing the allergens, but also other proteins, carbohydrates, pigments and nucleic acids is released [91] and hence should be contained in the aqueous supernatant. About 2 pi of the supernatant, which should contain the amount of soluble content of a few individual pollen grains can then be added to 20 pi of a solution of gold nanoparticles. The gold nanoparticles were prepared as described by Lee and Meisel [92]. In the control experiments, the volume of the nanoparticle suspension is replaced by pure water. 

In the Raman experiments, an excitation wavelength of 785 nm (intensity 1.8 105 W/cm2) was used. The sample, i.e. a drop of Au nanoparticle suspension with soluble pollen content was placed under a (60x) water immersion objective. Raman spectra were recorded with 1 s acquisition time. The control preparations (pollen supernatant with water) did not yield any spectral features. A spectrum of rye pollen supernatant with Au nanoparticles is shown in Fig. 4.9, together with a normal Raman spectrum of a rye pollen grain. The difference in spectral information that can be obtained by both approaches is evident from a comparison of these two spectra. Although an estimate of an enhancement factor is not possible from this experiment, it is clear that... 

CARS microscopy has emerged as a highly sensitive analytical tool for vibrational bioimaging, predominantly, of lipids in membrane model systems [69, 81-84], live unstained cells [85-95, 43], and both ex vivo and in vivo tissues [26, 96-103, 43]. Examples of CARS imaging applications in the physical and material sciences include the study of fracture dynamics in drying silica nanoparticle suspensions [104], patterned polymeric photoresist film [105], drug molecules in a polymer matrix [106], and liquid crystals [107, 108],... 

Due to their extremely small size and correspondingly large surface areas, nanoparticle suspensions have potential applications in such areas as ... 

W/O microemulsions have been used in the preparation of nanopartides and for carrying out other reactions in highly confined geometries [234], As mentioned in Section 14.3 both nanoparticle suspensions and nanoemulsions have developed for use as drug-delivery agents. 

Bucolo, C., Maltese, A., Puglisi, G., and Pignatello, R. (2002), Enhanced ocular antiinflammatory activity of ibuprofen carried by an eudragit RS100(R) nanoparticle suspension, Ophthal. Res., 34(5), 319-323. 

Sommerfeld, P, Schroeder, U., and Sabel, B. A. (1997), Long-term stability of PBCA nanoparticle suspensions suggests chnical usefulness, Int. J. Pharm., 155,201-207. 

Bieri NR, Chung J, Poulikakos D, Grigoropoulos CP. (2004) Manufacturing of nanoscale thickness gold lines by laser curing of a discretely deposited nanoparticle suspension. Superlattices Microstruct 35 437-444. 

When cells are mixed with gold nanoparticle suspension, the nanoparticles are located in the vicinity of cells in the extracellular region. Figure 20.15 shows a comparison of the protein fluorescence spectra of whole cells with and without spherical gold nanoparticles. Obviously gold nanoparticles quench the fluorescence of cells at their protein bands when excited at protein absorption wavelength of 280 nm. There are no obvious differoices between normal cells and cancer cells. 

However, one of the most commonly used substrates for SE(R)RS is colloidal nanoparticle suspensions of the metal, and the most commonly used metals are silver and gold. This is due to the fact that silver tends to give the greatest enhancement in Raman scattering [35, 36], however gold nanoparticles are often... 

Fig. 13.1 SERRS spectra of FAM, TET, and Hex labeled DNA sequences obtained using silver nanoparticle suspensions and a 514 nm laser excitation...

Modesto Lopez LB, Pasteris JD, Biswas P (2009) Sensitivity of micro-Raman spectrum to crystallite size of electrospray-deposited and post-annealed Aims of iron-oxide nanoparticle suspensions. Appl Spectrosc 63 627-634... 

Spray drying has been proposed as a means of providing a carrier for efficient nanoparticle delivery (Fig. 26). A nanoparticle suspension was spray dried in the presence of lactose, used as a carrier, to demonstrate that nanoparticles remained in the nano-range size after spray drying and provide a means to improve their delivery by inhalation (73). Nanoparticles made out of polystyrene, colloidal silica (20) as well as gelatin and polycyanoacrylate (73) have been spray dried in the presence of lactose DPPC or DMP to improve their drug delivery efficiency. 

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