Compositional, ultrastructural and nanotechnological characterization of the SMA strain of Saccharomyces pastorianus: Towards a more complete fermentation yeast cell analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Nano scanning Auger microscopy (NanoSAM) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) have been used in materials science research for some time, but NanoSAM, in particular, has only recently been applied to biological specimens.
Greg Potter +7 more
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Spatial Elucidation of Spinal Cord Lipid- and Metabolite-Regulations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [PDF]
, 2014 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating, rapidly progressing disease of the central nervous system that is characterized by motor neuron degeneration in the brain stem and the spinal cord.
Ewing, Andrew G, Hanrieder, Jörg
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Multi-dimensional TOF-SIMS analysis for effective profiling of disease-related ions from the tissue surface [PDF]
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) emerges as a promising tool to identify the ions (small molecules) indicative of disease states from the surface of patient tissues.
Choi, JS +9 more
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, 2016 Surface characterizations of an organophosphorus (OP) gas detector based on chemically functionalized silicon nanoribbon field-effect transistor (SiNR-FET) were performed by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) and ToF-SIMS, and correlated with changes ...
Carella, A. +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2018 The purpose of the present study is to clarify the diffusion of non-volatile substances into cell walls during the conditioning procedure under varying relative humidities (RH).
Peiming Zheng +7 more
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TOF-SIMS and AFM analysis of pH effect on the interfacial films on η-phase in aqueous salt solutions
Applied Surface Science Advances, 2023 The pH effect on the surface and interfacial films on η-phase (MgZn2) in aqueous solutions under acidic, neutral, and alkaline conditions has been evaluated using time of flight-secondary ion spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS), Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ...
Alexander I. Ikeuba
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Superlubricity mechanism of diamond-like carbon with glycerol. Coupling of experimental and simulation studies [PDF]
, 2007 We report a unique tribological system that produces superlubricity under boundary lubrication conditions with extremely little wear. This system is a thin coating of hydrogen-free amorphous Diamond-Like-Carbon (denoted as ta-C) at 353 K in a ta-C/ta-C ...
De Barros Bouchet, M. I. +8 more
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Quantification of calcium content in bone by using ToF-SIMS-a first approach [PDF]
, 2013 The determination of the spatially resolved calcium distribution and concentration in bone is essential for the assessment of bone quality. It enables the diagnosis and elucidation of bone diseases, the course of bone remodelling and the assessment of ...
El Khassawna, Thaqif +9 more
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Chitosan coating as an antibacterial surface for biomedical applications. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 A current public health issue is preventing post-surgical complications by designing antibacterial implants. To achieve this goal, in this study we evaluated the antibacterial activity of an animal-free chitosan grafted onto a titanium alloy.Animal-free ...
Mélanie D'Almeida +7 more
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ToF-SIMS spectral analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilms
Results in Surfaces and InterfacesAnalysis of bacterial biofilms is particularly challenging and important with diverse applications from systems biology to biotechnology. Among the variety of techniques that have been applied, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS ...
Gabriel D. Parker +3 more
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