• The Effect of Nanofillers on the Functional Properties of Biopolymer-Based Films: A Review 

  Jamroz, Ewelina; Kulawik, Piotr; Kopel, Pavel (MDPI, 2019-04-30)

  Waste from non-degradable plastics is becoming an increasingly serious problem. Therefore, more and more research focuses on the development of materials with biodegradable properties. Bio-polymers are excellent raw materials ...

• Exploring Electron Transport and Memristive Switching in Nanoscale Au/WOx/W Multijunctions Based on Anodically Oxidized Al/W Metal Layers 

  Bendová, Mária; Hubálek, Jaromír; Mozalev, Alexander (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, 2016-10-06)

  An array of semiconducting tungsten-oxide (WOx) nanorods, 100 nm wide and 700 nm long, is synthesized via the porous-anodic-alumina-assisted anodization of tungsten on a substrate and is modified by annealing in air and ...

• The growth of metastable fcc Fe78Ni22 thin films on H-Si(100) substrates suitable for focused ion beam direct magnetic patterning 

  Gloss, Jonáš; Horký, Michal; Křižáková, Viola; Flajšman, Lukáš; Schmid, Michael; Urbánek, Michal; Varga, Peter (Elsevier, 2019-03-01)

  We have studied the growth of metastable face-centered-cubic, non-magnetic Fe78Ni22 thin films on silicon substrates. These films undergo a magnetic (paramagnetic to ferromagnetic) and structural (fcc to bcc) phase ...

• CdS quantum dots-based immunoassay combined with particle imprinted polymer technology and laser ablation ICP-MS as a versatile tool for protein detection 

  Vaněčková, Tereza; Bezděková, Jaroslava; Tvrdoňová, Michaela; Vlčnovská, Marcela; Novotná, Veronika; Neuman, Jan; Štossová, Aneta; Kanický, Viktor; Adam, Vojtěch; Vaculovičová, Markéta; Vaculovič, Tomáš (Springer Nature, 2019-08-14)

  For the first time, the combination of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) technology with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is presented with focus on an optimization of the LA-ICP-MS ...

• Sarcosine is a prostate epigenetic modifier that elicits aberrant methylation patterns through the SAMe-Dnmts axis 

  Strmiska, Vladislav; Michálek, Petr; Lacková, Zuzana; Guráň, Roman; Křížková, Soňa; Pompeiano Vaníčková, Lucie; Zítka, Ondřej; Stiborová, Marie; Eckschlager, Tomáš; Klejdus, Bořivoj; Pacík, Dalibor; Tvrdíková, Eliška; Keil, Claudia; Haase, Hajo; Adam, Vojtěch; Heger, Zbyněk (FEBS Press, 2019-05-31)

  DNA hypermethylation is one of the most common epigenetic modifications in prostate cancer (PCa). Several studies have delineated sarcosine as a PCa oncometabolite that increases the migration of malignant prostate cells ...

• Effects of microstructure and crystallography on crack path and intrinsic resistance to shear-mode fatigue crack growth 

  Pokluda, Jaroslav; Vojtek, Tomáš; Hohenwarter, Anton; Pippan, Reinhard (Italian Group of Fracture, 2015-09-16)

  The paper focuses on the effective resistance and the near-threshold growth mechanisms in the ferritic-pearlitic and the pure pearlitic steel. The influence of microstructure on the shear-mode fatigue crack growth is divided ...

• On the connection between mode II and mode III effective thresholds in metals 

  Vojtek, Tomáš; Žák, Stanislav; Pokluda, Jaroslav (Italian Group of Fracture, 2017-07-01)

  Closure-free long cracks under the remote mode III loading grow in a more complicated way than those under the remote mode II. For bcc metals, a coplanar in-plane spreading of tongues driven by the local mode II loading ...

• Crack onset assessment near the sharp material inclusion tip by means of modified maximum tangential stress criterion 

  Krepl, Ondřej; Klusák, Jan (Gruppo Italiano Frattura, 2017-10-01)

  In the case of particle reinforced composites, where the particles are in a form of sharp material inclusions, singular stress concentration exists on each tip of each inclusion. This is due to the geometric and material ...

• Simple criterion for predicting fatigue life under combined bending and torsion loading 

  Slámečka, Karel; Pokluda, Jaroslav (Gruppo Italiano Frattura, 2017-07-01)

  Multiaxial fatigue is a challenging problem and, consequently, a number of methods has been developed to aid in design of components and assemblies. Following the complexity of the problem, these approaches are often ...

• Microcrack interaction with circular inclusion and interfacial zone 

  Profant, Tomáš; Hrstka, Miroslav; Klusák, Jan (Gruppo Italiano Frattura, 2019-01-04)

  A geometrically simplified plane elasticity problem of a finitesmall crack emanating from a thin interfacial zone surrounding the circularinclusion situated in the finite bounded domain is investigated. The crack isarbitrarily ...

• Ion-Exchange Based Immobilization of Chromogenic Reagents on Microfluidic Paper Analytical Devices 

  Rahbar, Mohammad; Wheeler, Aaron R.; Paull, Brett; Macka, Miroslav (American Chemical Society, 2019-07-16)

  Distance-based detection methods, as used in development of microfluidic paper analytical devices (mu PADs), rely on the dynamic formation of a colored band along the length of the paper microfluidic channels. The color ...

• Plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings: numerical study on damage localization and evolution 

  Slámečka, Karel; Skalka, Petr; Čelko, Ladislav; Pokluda, Jaroslav; Saucedo-Mora, Luis; Marrow, Thomas James; Thandavamoorthy, Uma (Gruppo Italiano Frattura, 2016-01-01)

  Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are advanced material systems used to enhance performance and in-service life of components operated at high temperatures in gas turbines and other power generation devices. Because of ...

• The application of capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and Brdicka reaction in human and rabbit metallothioneins analysis 

  Kepinska, Marta; Křížková, Soňa; Guszpit, Ewelina; Merlos Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel; Milnerowicz, Halina (Wroclaw Medical University, 2018-11-30)

  Background. Metallothioneins (MTs) constitute a family of evolutionary conserved low molecular weight proteins with small variations in their amino acid sequences. They play a role in the regulation of trace metals metabolism, ...

• Application of the Enzymatic Electrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring Non-Competitive Inhibition of Enzyme Activity by Heavy Metals 

  Amirmansoor, Ashrafi; Sýs, Milan; Sedláčková, Eliška; Farag, Amir Shaaban; Adam, Vojtěch; Přibyl, Jan; Richtera, Lukáš (MDPI, 2019-07-03)

  The inhibition effect of the selected heavy metals (Ag+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Hg2+) on glucose oxidase (GOx) enzyme from Aspergillus niger (EC 1.1.3.4.) was studied using a new amperometric biosensor with an electrochemical ...

• Use of the industrial X-ray computed microtomography to address scientific questions in developmental biology 

  Tesařová, Markéta; Zikmund, Tomáš; Kaiser, Jozef (NDT.net, 2019-03-01)

  X-ray computed microtomography (microCT) that allows to extract quantitative 3D information about various objects is already a well-established and widely used industrial technique for non-destructive testing, materials ...

• Electrochemical evaluation of selenium (IV) removal from its aqueous solutions by unmodified and modified graphene oxide 

  Koudelková, Zuzana; Býtešníková, Zuzana; Xhaxhiu, Kledi; Kremplová, Monika; Hynek, David; Adam, Vojtěch; Richtera, Lukáš (MDPI, 2019-03-02)

  The removal of selenium from superficial and waste water is a worldwide problem. The maximum limit according to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the selenium in the water is set at a concentration of 10 g/L. Carbon ...

• Transcriptomic landscape of cisplatin-resistant neuroblastoma cells 

  Merlos Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel; Buchtelová, Hana; Jimenez Jimenez, Ana Maria; Adam, Pavlína; Babula, Petr; Heger, Zbyněk; Adam, Vojtěch (MDPI, 2019-03-31)

  The efficiency of cisplatin (CDDP) is significantly hindered by the development of resistance during the treatment course. To gain a detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cisplatin ...

• Phenolic profile of edible honeysuckle berries (Genus Lonicera) and their biological effect 

  Juříková, Tunde; Rop, Otakar; Mlček, Jiří; Sochor, Jiří; Balla, Štefan; Szekeres, Ladislav; Hegedusová, A.; Hubálek, Jaromír; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2012-01-01)

  The current status of research on polyphenolic compounds in the berries of edible honeysuckle and their biological effects, including recommended utilization, are reviewed. The major classes of phenolic compounds in the ...

• Prognostic Significance of Serum Free Amino Acids in Head and Neck Cancers 

  Všianský, Vít; Svobodová, Markéta; Gumulec, Jaromír; Cernei, Natalia Vladimirovna; Štěrbová, Dagmar; Zítka, Ondřej; Kostřica, Rom; Smilek, Pavel; Plzák, Jan; Betka, Jan; Kalfert, David; Masařík, Michal; Raudenská, Martina (MDPI, 2019-05-31)

  Despite distinctive advances in the field of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) biomarker discovery, the spectrum of clinically useful prognostic serum biomarkers is limited. As metabolic activities in highly ...

• Beads-Based Electrochemical Assay for the Detection of Influenza Hemagglutinin Labeled with CdTe Quantum Dots 

  Krejčová, Ludmila; Nejdl, Lukáš; Hynek, David; Křížková, Soňa; Kopel, Pavel; Adam, Vojtěch; Kizek, René (MDPI, 2013-12-13)

  In this study we describe a beads-based assay for rapid, sensitive and specific isolation and detection of influenza vaccine hemagglutinin (HA). Amplification of the hemagglutinin signal resulted from binding of an ...

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