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Colloids : classification, properties, and applications /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ray, Paresh C. (Paresh Chandra)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.
Colección:Chemistry research and applications series.
Condensed matter research and technology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COLLOIDS: CLASSIFICATION, PROPERTIESAND APPLICATIONS; COLLOIDS: CLASSIFICATION, PROPERTIESAND APPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: COLLOIDAL GOLD; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY OF COLLOIDAL GOLD; Use as a Staining Agent; Use in Medicine; SYNTHESIS OF GOLD COLLOIDS; USES AND APPLICATIONS OF COLLOIDAL GOLD; CONTRAST AGENTS; Tumor Targetting; Drug Carriers; Gene Silencing; Photothermal Agents; Radiotherapy; Alzheimer's Disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis; FUTURE PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 2: NANO SIZE DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDAL SURFACESABSTRACT; I. SIZE AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PROTEIN SELF ASSEMBLY; I.a. Background; I.b. Size Dependent Protein Conjugations; I.c. Protein Conformation in Reversible Self-Assembly; I.d. Size Induced Temperature Dependence of Reversible Self-Assembly; I.e. A Suggested Model for Nano-Size/Temperature Dependent Self-assembly; II. DIFFUSION RATE CONTROLBY NANOSCALE COLLOIDAL DOPANTS; II.a. Background; II.b. Spectroscopic Approach for Measuring Diffusion Rate; II.c. Dopant Size Dependent Acid Intrusion Rate; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
  • Chapter 4: APPLICATIONS OF COLLOID CENTRIFUGATION IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIONABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; 2.1. Why is it Necessary to Prepare Spermatozoa for ART?; 2.1.1. Removal of Seminal Plasma and Its Modulating Components; 2.1.2. Selection of Good Quality Spermatozoa; 2.1.3. Separation of Spermatozoa from Pathogens; 2.1.4. Bacteria in Semen; 2.1.5. Antibiotics in Semen Extenders; 2.1.6. Viruses in Semen; 2.2. Biomimetic Techniques for Sperm Selection; 2.2.1. Colloid Centrifugation of Spermatozoa.
  • 3. HOW DOES COLLOID CENTRIFUGATION OF SPERMATOZOASELECT GOOD QUALITY SPERMATOZOA?3.1. Comparison of Colloid Centrifugation with "Sperm Washing"; 4. SEPARATION OF SPERMATOZOAFROM PATHOGENS IN THE EJACULATE; 4.1. Bacteria; 4.2. Viruses; 5. HOW TO PERFORM COLLOID CENTRIFUGATIONFOR SPERM SELECTION; 5.1. DGC; 5.2. SLC; 5.3. Modified SLC (SLC with an Inner Tube); 5.4. SLC for Larger Volumes of Semen; 6. EFFECT OF COLLOID FORMULATION ON THE EFFICACYOF COLLOID CENTRIFUGATION; 7. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DGC; 7.1. Human Fertility Treatments; 7.2. IVF and ICSI in Non-Human Species.