Pullulan hydrogels improve mesenchymal stem cell delivery into high-oxidative-stress wounds

Cell-based therapies for wound repair are limited by inefficient delivery systems that fail to protect cells from the acute inflammatory environment. Here, a biomimetic hydrogel system is described that is based on the polymer pullulan, a carbohydrate glucan known to exhibit potent antioxidant capabilities. It is shown that pullulan hydrogels are an effective cell delivery system and improve mesenchymal stem cell survival and engraftment in high-oxidative-stress environments. The results suggest that glucan hydrogel systems may prove beneficial for progenitor-cell-based approaches to skin regeneration.     

氟氧化物纳米相玻璃陶瓷Tb(0.7)Yb(5):FOV的合作下转换发光

报道了氟氧化物纳米相玻璃陶瓷Tb(0.7)Yb(5)∶FOV的红外量子剪裁研究,测量了从可见到红外的荧光发光光谱、激发谱、和荧光寿命,分析了{1([5 D4→7 F6](Tb3+),2([2 F7/2→2 F5/2](Yb3+)}的红外量子剪裁现象,发现了487.0nm光激发5 D4能级和378.0nm光激发(5 D3,5 G6)能级的理论量子剪裁效率ηx%Yb依次分别为121.35%和136.27%。首次发现了一种新颖的合作(共协)下转换发光现象{2([(5 D3,5 G6)→5 D4](Tb3+),1([2 F7/2→2 F5/2](Yb3+)},即首次发现施主Tb3+离子释放两个小能量光子[(5 D3,5 G6)→5 D4]的能量,导致出现一个受主Yb3+的[2 F5/2→2 F7/2]的中等能量的光子。     

Determination of migration of ion-implanted Ar and Zn in silica by backscattering spectrometry

It is well known that the refractive indices of lots of materials can be modified by ion implantation, which is important for waveguide fabrication. In this work the effect of Ar and Zn ion implantation on silica layers was investigated by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (SE). Silica layers produced by chemical vapour deposition technique on single crystal silicon wafers were implanted by Ar and Zn ions with a fluence of 1–2?×10¹⁶ Ar/cm² and 2.5?×10¹⁶ Zn/cm², respectively. The refractive indices of the implanted silica layers before and after annealing at 300°C and 600°C were determined by SE. The migration of the implanted element was studied by real-time RBS up to 500°C. It was found that the implanted Ar escapes from the sample at 300°C. Although the refractive indices of the Ar-implanted silica layers were increased compared to the as-grown samples, after the annealing this increase in the refractive indices vanished. In case of the Zn-implanted silica layer both the distribution of the Zn and the change in the refractive indices were found to be stable. Zn implantation seems to be an ideal choice for producing waveguides.