Synthesis and properties of nanostructures based on lanthanum fluoride for photodynamic therapy of tumors of the cranial cavity and bone tissue

The aim of the work is the synthesis of nanostructures based on lanthanum fluoride, promising for use in photodynamic therapy of tumors in organs of cranial cavity and bone tissues; a study of their structural properties and luminescence spectra. Synthesis of LaF3:Tb3+ was carried out by coprecipitation of components from aqueous and alcoholic (methanol) solution. As precursors were used: La(NO3)3×6H2O, TbCl3, NH4F. All reagents have qualification “chemically pure”. Distilled water and methanol were used as solvent. The synthesis of nanosized magnetite in the single-domain state was performed by the Elmore method. Synthesized nanodisperse samples are characterized by XRD analysis, DTGA, TEM. The magnetic properties and spectra of UV luminescence were also studied. It has been found that the XRD-patterns of LaF3:Tb3+ samples synthesized in water and methanol do not differ fundamentally. Under the experimental conditions, the most perfect crystals of hexagonal syngony were formed during crystallization in an autoclave. Their average size was ~ 15 nm. In TEM images, the length of the crystals exceeds the width by 3–4 times. Crystals are prone to aggregation and the formation of chain structures. The UV luminescence spectrum of the synthesized nanodisperse samples in aqueous medium at the concentration of 0.5 mg/ml and excited by ultraviolet radiation is characteristic of the structure of LaF3:Tb3+. Ensembles of particles Fe3O4/LaF3:Tb3+ NCs were synthesized. Transmission electron microscopy has shown that the shapes of particles of NCs and LaF3:Tb3+ nanocrystals are fundamentally different. Particles of Fe3O4/LaF3:Tb3+ NCs have a spherical shape, which is characteristic of structures of the core-shell type. X-ray diffraction patterns of NCs confirm this conclusion. The conditions for the synthesis of NCs did not significantly change the magnetic properties of their nuclei, single-domain Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs). The luminescence spectrum of Fe3O4/LaF3:Tb3+ NCs differs significantly from the spectrum of samples of nanodispersed LaF3:Tb3+ both in intensity and in the structure of the bands. These spectral differences may be due to differences in structure, features of the nanocrystalline structure, the content of the LaF3:Tb3+ scintillator and Tb3+ ions in samples of LaF3:Tb3+ nanocrystals and shells of Fe3O4/LaF3:Tb3+ nanocomposites. Composites of dispersed 60S bioglass with nanodispersed crystalline LaF3:Tb3+ in the dry state, and distilled water, showed the presence of luminescence upon excitation by UV radiation. The results of research show the prospects of the synthesized nanodispersed luminophors LaF3:Tb3+, for use as a source of luminescent radiation in optopharmacology and photodynamic therapy of tumors in organs of cranial cavity and bone tissues. Optimization of luminescent properties of the original nanodispersed luminophors, their compositions with bioactive glass, luminescent shells in the composition of magnetosensitive NCs, as well as the technology of manufacturing of these structures will significantly allow us to improve their performance characteristics. The results of the work indicate the prospects of the synthesized structures for further research under the conditions of excitation by high-permeability “soft” X-ray radiation for use in optopharmacology and photodynamic therapy of tumors in organs of cranial cavity and bone tissues. Optimization of properties of the original nanodispersed luminophors, their compositions with bioactive glass and magnetosensitive carriers Fe3O4 will allow us to improve significantly their performance characteristics.

METHODS FOR INDICATION OF NONCULTURATED VIABLE MICROORGANISMS WHEN CONTROL OF CRITICAL POINTS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND FOOD PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

The results of morphometric and densitometric parameters biofilms are presented, effective methods of detecting uncultivated viable microorganisms isolated from a representative sample of objects of veterinary and sanitary supervision are tested and selected. Optical, luminescent and scanning electron microscopy revealed the formation of a three-dimensional structure biofilms in the form a dense network consisting of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, yeast cells, hyphal and pseudohyphalic forms, surrounded by an intercellular polymer matrix. The presence hyphae of microscopic fungi causes an increase in the number of cells adhered to the substrate, microcolonies were formed from bacteria and yeast cells of microscopic fungi. The pathogenesis of the syndrome of overgrowth of microorganisms is provided by the presence of various dissociative variants, the dispersion of uncultivated bacterial cells, which gain advantages in the hyperagregation of the architectonics of heterogeneous biofilms. Multilayer membranes, vesicles, cells with a defective cell wall, spheroplasts, protoplasts, L-shapes, needle-like and giant structures, and revertant cells were identified. The dynamics of changes in the viable structures microorganisms was characterized by alternating periods of decrease and increase in the intensity of biofilm formation. When detecting the viability of microorganisms in the composition biofilms, viable and non-viable cells were differentiated – a green luminescence spectrum and a red luminescence spectrum, respectively. The dissociation of the population caused an increase in the concentration of R-dissociant cells with a higher growth rate, cell lysis was detected after 48–72 h of cultivation, a change in the ratio phenotypic forms was observed – the M-dissociant was predominant. The study of the heterogeneous structure of the population, without disturbing the natural architectonics of biofilms, revealed direct correlations (r = 0,89) between morphometric (≥90 % of the field of view) and densitometric parameters (OD). The efficiency of a nutrient medium containing pancreatic hydrolyzate, mannitol, L-asparagine and glycerol was established for the repair of the cell wall, the reversal of L-forms of microorganisms.

Characterization of nano-bio silicon carbide

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, reactive magnetron sputtering, hot-wire chemical vapor deposition and radio frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition were used to develop technology for preparation of nano-bio silicon carbide coating of ceramic materials for dental applications. The effect of the bias voltage applied to the ceramic prostheses and dental crowns on the crystallization processes have been recognized. The optimal bias voltage applied to conductive substrate was –200 V, whereas for dielectric substrate the bias voltage Vbias did not affect the properties of SiC coating. The analysis of CVCs and spectroscopic diagnostics as the methods for studying the mechanism of interfacial rearrangements to investigate SiC phase transition in nano silicon carbide coatings were used. The conductivity of the SiC coating coincided with the conductivity on the dielectric (µn0 = 1012…1013 сm–1·s–1·V–1). The conductive substrate had a significant effect on the properties of the coating and thus depended on the bias voltage Vbias. The conductivity increased by three-four orders of magnitude (µn0 = 3·1017 сm–1·s–1·V–1), if the bias voltage Vbias = –200 V. The increase of the bias voltage (Vbias = –600 V) led to a decrease in the conductivity (µn0 = 1011…1012 сm–1·s–1·V–1). It was found that there was the double injection regime with bimolecular recombination in this structure with the dependence I = V3/2 for CVCs of SiC. The luminescence spectrum of SiC coating on non-dielectric ceramics (if Vbias = – 200 V during deposition) was significantly different from the luminescence spectrum of SiC coating on dielectric ceramics. Increasing the applied voltage to the substrate Vbias during deposition led to increasing the fraction of hexagonal polytypes. Directions in the crystal lattice according to the photoluminescence spectra were identified from the comparing the values of the width of the non-phonon parts of stacking faults and deep level spectra in the low-temperature photoluminescence with arrangements of atoms in the SiC lattice structure. The displacement of each atom participating in photoluminescence allowed to find the correlation with technology of SiC deposition and to develop technology of SiC coating on the dental materials.

Study of Luminescent Properties of CaNb2O6:Yb, Er, Tm

We used solid phase synthesis at 1200 °C to create a luminophore based on CaNb2O6 and activated by ytterbium, erbium, and thulium ions. We present X-ray phase analysis results for the CaNb2O6:Yb, Er, Tm compound. The X-ray diffraction patterns obtained do not contain reflexes belonging to the intermediate phases. We investigated spectral properties of a calcium niobate-based luminophore upon excitation by a 940 nm laser. There are bands in the visible and IR regions to be found in the luminescence spectra. The up-conversion (anti-Stokes emission) luminescence spectrum comprises three bands peaking at 560, 676 and 807 nm. In the IR range, there are three peaks to be detected in the luminescence spectrum at 1010, 1540 and 1812 nm. We established the luminescence variation patterns for compounds based on CaNb2O6:Yb, Er, Tm. We determined the optimum Tm3+ concentration in the system that makes it possible to achieve the highest luminescence efficiency in the 1640--2000 nm range peaking at 1812 nm. We considered an energy transfer mechanism involving Yb3+ and Er3+ as luminescence stabilisers in a thulium ion. Employing erbium as an additional sensitiser allowed the luminescence intensity in the 1812 nm band to be increased by 1.5 time

Многофононная релаксация состояний 1s(T-=SUB=-2-=/SUB=-) однократно ионизованного донора селена в кремнии

The rate of multiphonon relaxation of 1s(T2) level in Se+ donors in silicon was estimated. The calculation is an initial approach to the problem, which uses the most simplified form of wave functions. For the probability of transition, we used a well-known expression from the literature by R. Pässler [R. Pässler. Czech. J. Phys. B, 24, 322 (1974)], obtained in the framework of the so-called “static coupling scheme”. The deformation potentials of optical and acoustic phonons were determined by a fitting procedure using published data on the luminescence spectrum of Se+ donors at the 1s(T2) — 1s(A1) transition and the Franck-Condon principle. The resulting estimate for the relaxation rate, 103 s-1, was five orders of magnitude less than the rate corresponding to the experimentally measured lifetime. The reason for the discrepancy with the experiment is an oversimplified model that does not take into account several factors, the main of which is the presence of quasi-local vibrational modes. Analysis of the luminescence spectrum at this transition leads to the conclusion that the energies of such vibrational modes lie in the range from 26 to 61 meV. For a satisfactory agreement with the experiment, it is necessary to complicate the model, taking into account the interaction with these modes.

Ап-конверсия инфракрасного излучения в щелочно-земельных фторидах, активированных Er-=SUP=-3+-=/SUP=-

Upconversion processes were studied in MeF2-ErF3 crystals (Me - Ca, Sr, Ba) in the range of ErF3 concentrations from 0.01 to 10 mol% when excited in infrared bands of the Er3 + ion by laser diodes of 808, 978, 1542 nm. Upon excitation of 1542 nm, the 4I11/2-4I15/2 band at 990 nm predominates in the luminescence spectrum of MeF2-Er; the fraction of visible bands is less than 0.1. The energy yield of the upconversion luminescence MeF2-10% ErF3 upon excitation of 1542 nm with a density of about 1 W/cm2 is in the range of 14-26%.

Рентгенолюминесценция тетраподов ZnO, выращенных в присутствии примеси Сu и Au в исходной шихте

The morphology and luminescent properties of ZnO tetrapod powders with Cu and Au impurities obtained by pyrolytic carbothermal synthesis were studied. The X-ray luminescence spectrum of the samples is dominated by a broad band in the range from 450 to 650 nm. A weak band-edge luminescence band with a maximum at 391 nm is also registered. Measurements of the decay kinetics showed the presence of both fast (~ 1 ns) and slow (~ 850 ns) luminescence components, where the fast one generally did not exceed 1% of the integrated intensity. It is shown that with the used doping method, the incorporation of Cu and Au impurities into the ZnO lattice does not occur. In this case, the presence of Cu with a concentration of up to 9% does not affect the morphology and luminescent properties of tetrapods, while Au has an effect even at a concentration close to 1%.