J.L. Jiménez-Pérez

Synthesis of Electrospun Titania Nanofibers for Thermal Lens Study in Heat Transport Applications

Thermal lens spectrometry (TLS) technique was used to obtain the thermal diffusivity of electrospun Titania nanofibers (TiO2), with average diameter size of 50-80 nm, in water. TiO2 nanofibers have been successfully prepared by sol-gel and electrospining techniques. TLS provides reliable alternative to measure the thermal diffusivities of semitransparent materials and low thermal diffusivities. The results show that the nanofluid thermal diffusivity increases with the presence of nanofibers. Complementary techniques: scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) were employed to characterize the nanofibers morphology, average fiber diameter and chemical composition, respectively.

Efficiency Of The Photodynamic Therapy Using Gold Nanoparticles (np‐Au) And PpIX Induced And Not Induced

The use of gold nanoparticles (np‐Au) to eliminate cancer has proved to be very effective due to the fact that cancerous cells accumulate it 600% more than healthy cells. In addition they have a high capacity of absorption and dispersion of light. Therefore, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) could be improved by the simultaneous use of np‐Au and photosensitizes (Ps), emphasizing the high efficiency of the PDT to diagnose and to treat pre‐malignant and malignant processes. The aim of this work was to determine the efficiency of PDT using np‐Au and protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) induced and not induced by the δ‐aminolevulinic acid (ALA). It were found the conditions of synthesis of hydrosoluble np‐Au, and were characterized by transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) and UV‐VIS spectroscopy. It was realized a kinetic by TEM to determine the cellular incorporation time of np‐Au, the maximum incorporation of np‐Au was of 16 h. PDT was applied using different doses of np‐Au and photosensitizers. It was...