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- Hornyak, G. L., et al.
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Dynamical Maxwell-Garnett optical modeling of nanogold-porous alumina composites : Mie and kappa influence on absorption maxima
- 1997
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Ingår i: Nanostructured materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0965-9773 .- 1872-9150. ; 9:1-8, s. 575-578
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Composites consisting of nanogold in porous alumina host membranes have been fabricated and characterized. Nanocluster size (11 nm to 60 nm radius) and shape (prolate to oblate) were varied experimentally. Two phenomena were responsible for the position of maximum absorption (λmax) of the composites. First, light scattering due to extrinsic electrodynamic effects became important as particle size was increased. This resulted in red shifts in λmax and is known as the Mie effect. Secondly, blue shifts were induced as particle aspect ratio was increased. We have designated shifts due to particle shape and orientation as the "kappa" effect. The two appeared to exert their influence independently. Simulations by means of the dynamical Maxwell-Garnett (DMG) expression resulted in good correlation with experimental λmax. We demonstrate again the versatility of the template method of synthesizing nanostructured materials. © 1997 Acta Metallurgica Inc.
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- Hornyak, G. L., et al.
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Effective medium theory characterization of Au/Ag nanoalloy-porous alumina composites
- 1997
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Ingår i: Nanostructured materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0965-9773 .- 1872-9150. ; 9:1-8, s. 571-574
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The optical constants nAl and kAl of a 50/50 volume fraction Au/Ag alloy were derived synthetically by application of a Bruggeman (BG) effective medium expression. The alloy data base was then input into a Maxwell-Garnett (MG) effective medium expression to determine the absorption maximum of the nano- alloy/insulator composite (the volume fraction of the nano-alloy was equal to 5%). The absorption maximum (λmax) of the hypothetical composite was found to be 499 nm for spherical particles and was blue-shifted relative to that of a composite containing pure gold nanospheres (499 vs. 528 nm respectively). The transmission color at this wavelength was a red-orange. λmax in the range 512 to 519 nm (Au/Ag alloy between 60/40 - 70/30 volume fraction respectively) is needed to obtain the scarlet-red exhibited by the famous Lycurgus cup of 4th century Rome (1). © 1997 Acta Metallurgica Inc.
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- Olsson, Martin L, et al.
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A clinically applicable method for determining the three major alleles at the Duffy (FY) blood group locus using polymerase chain reaction with allele-specific primers
- 1998
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Ingår i: Transfusion. - 1537-2995. ; 38:2, s. 168-173
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The clinically significant antigens of the Duffy (Fy [FY]) blood group system are expressed on the red cell form of the FY glycoprotein, a promiscuous chemokine receptor and also a receptor for malarial parasites. After the cloning of cDNA coding for FY glycoprotein, the molecular basis of the three major alleles (Fya/Fyb/Fy) has been established. Because of the mistyping of the silent Fy allele as Fyb, the error rate of current genotyping methods is high in black populations. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Two hundred blood donors (European whites and African Blacks) and some amniotic DNA samples were investigated by a new allele-specific primer polymerase chain reaction technique. Sense primers corresponding to normal and GATA-1-mutated FY gene promoter region sequences were combined with antisense primers discriminating the Fya/Fyb polymorphism. RESULTS: Complete correlation between FY phenotypes and genotypes was obtained in all samples studied, although, in two whites and one black, serology showed weak Fyb expression while polymerase chain reaction indicated a Fyb allele. Gene frequencies were calculated. CONCLUSION: This simple and rapid polymerase chain reaction method was shown to detect the three common alleles at the FY locus in two representative ethnic populations. Its future use as an independent technique in red cell FY investigations and for fetal genotyping in hemolytic disease of the newborn is predicted.
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