Fluorescence Analysis of the Properties of Structure-Switching DNA Aptamers Entrapped in Sol–Gel-Derived Silica Materials

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1896-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy Y. Hui ◽  
Yingfu Li ◽  
John D. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Sol Gel ◽  
Fluorescence Analysis ◽  
Dna Aptamers ◽  
Silica Materials ◽  
Structure Switching

scholarly journals Effect of Modified Silica Materials on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Substrates to Obtain Transparent and Hydrophobic Hybrid Coatings

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 11044
Author(s):  
Violeta Purcar ◽  
Valentin Rădițoiu ◽  
Alina Rădițoiu ◽  
Florentina Monica Raduly ◽  
Georgiana Cornelia Ispas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polyvinyl Chloride ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Hybrid Coatings ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Silica Coatings ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Silica Materials ◽  
Window Blinds

In this research, we report a simple and inexpensive way to prepare transparent and hydrophobic hybrid coatings through deposition of different silica materials on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) substrates. The silica materials were prepared using an acid-catalyzed sol–gel method at room temperature (25 ± 2 °C), using alkoxysilanes: tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), as the silica source, and ethoxydimethylvinylsilane (DMVES), triethoxyoctylsilane (OTES), and trimethoxyhexadecylsilane (HDTMES), as modifier agents. The obtained materials were characterized (either as powders or as thin films) by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV/Vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), atomic force microscopy (AFM), spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), and water contact-angle measurements. UV/Vis spectra showed that the PVC substrate coated with the silica material containing TEOS/DMVES/OTES had a transmittance of about 90% in the wavelength range of 650–780 nm. The water contact angles increased from 83° for uncoated PVC substrate to ~94° for PVC substrates coated with the sol–gel silica materials. These PVC films with hybrid silica coatings can be used as the materials for outdoor applications, such as energy-generating solar panel window blinds or PVC clear Windmaster outdoor blinds.

Thermo-luminescence induced by gamma irradiation in sol-gel prepared zirconia-silica materials

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Salas ◽  
E. de la Rosa ◽  
D. Mendoza-Anaya ◽  
P. González-Martínez ◽  
V.M. Castaño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Silica Materials ◽  
Thermo Luminescence
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