Vaterite/Fucoidan Hybrid Microparticles: Fabrication, Loading of Lactoferrin, Structural Characteristics and Functional Properties [PDF]
Marine DrugsFucoidan is of considerable interest for the development of drug carriers. The inclusion of fucoidan allows calcium carbonate microparticles in the form of vaterite to acquire new properties, enabling their use in the immobilization of protein ...
Daniil V. Mosievich +13 more
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Enhancing the economic feasibility of vaterite production using calcium hydroxide in pH-swing processes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe challenge of cost-effective and efficient indirect carbonation processes is significant. This study aimed to address the limitations associated with alkaline additives, which are among the primary factors negatively affecting the economic viability ...
Won Jo, Myoung-Jin Kim
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Use of Foliar Biostimulants in Durum Wheat: Understanding Its Potential in Improving Agronomic and Quality Responses Under Mediterranean Field Conditions [PDF]
PlantsFoliar application of biostimulants can be a valid option to reach the goal of sustainable intensification in agriculture, especially in extensive crops such as durum wheat.
Angelo Rossini +2 more
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Activation of Neutrophils by Mucin–Vaterite Microparticles
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 Nano- and microparticles enter the body through the respiratory airways and the digestive system, or form as biominerals in the gall bladder, salivary glands, urinary bladder, kidney, or diabetic pancreas. Calcium, magnesium, and phosphate ions can precipitate from biological fluids in the presence of mucin as hybrid nanoparticles.
Elena Mikhalchik +12 more
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Calcium carbonate vaterite particles for drug delivery: Advances and challenges
Materials Today Advances, 2022 The recent successful application of lipid-based nanoparticles as delivery vehicles in COVID-19 vaccines demonstrated the superior potential of nanoparticle-based technology for targeted drug delivery in biomedicine.
Daria B. Trushina +3 more
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Polyethylenimine-CO2 adduct templated CaCO3 nanoparticles as anticancer drug carrier
Cancer Nanotechnology, 2023 Background Due to their porous structure and capability to degrade under acidic conditions, CaCO3 nanoparticles in vaterite form can be used as carriers to effectively deliver drugs to low-pH sites such as tumors.
Wenli Luo +3 more
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Golden Vaterite as a Mesoscopic Metamaterial for Biophotonic Applications [PDF]
Advanced Materials, 2021 AbstractMesoscopic photonic systems with tailored optical responses have great potential to open new frontiers in implantable biomedical devices. However, biocompatibility is typically a problem, as engineering of optical properties often calls for using toxic compounds and chemicals, unsuitable for in vivo applications.
Noskov, Roman E. +12 more
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Structure and phase analysis of calcium carbonate powder prepared by a simple solution method
Heliyon, 2021 This paper focused on the analysis of the crystal structure and phase transformation of CaCO3 synthesized by simple solution method from 0.5 M Ca(NO3)2 precursor and 0.5 M Na2CO3 precipitant at ambient temperature (300 K).
Renny Febrida +4 more
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Mesoporous One-Component Gold Microshells as 3D SERS Substrates
Biosensors, 2021 Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful analytical tool for label-free analysis that has found a broad spectrum of applications in material, chemical, and biomedical sciences.
Anna S. Vikulina +5 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Sagittal otoliths, typically composed of aragonite, are frequently laid down rather as vaterite during growth in hatchery-reared fish populations. Sagittal vateritization is believed to impair individual hearing/balancing abilities, but the causal ...
Iki Murase +3 more
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