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Valeria Conte

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The Proton-Boron Reaction Increases the Radiobiological Effectiveness of Clinical Low- and High-Energy Proton Beams: Novel Experimental Evidence and …

2021

Protontherapy is a rapidly expanding radiotherapy modality where accelerated proton beams are used to precisely deliver the dose to the tumor target but is generally considered ineffective against radioresistant tumors. Proton-Boron Capture Therapy (PBCT) is a novel approach aimed at enhancing proton biological effectiveness. PBCT exploits a nuclear fusion reaction between low-energy protons and 11B atoms, i.e. p+11B→ 3α (p-B), which is supposed to produce highly-DNA damaging α-particles exclusively across the tumor-conformed Spread-Out Bragg Peak (SOBP), without harming healthy tissues in the beam entrance channel. To confirm previous work on PBCT, here we report new in-vitro data obtained…

Cancer ResearchProtonmedicine.medical_treatmentSobpBragg peakBSH030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRadioresistancemedicineIrradiationRC254-282Original Researchprotontherapycancer cell killingChemistryalpha-particleNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensProton-Boron ReactionRadiation therapyCell killingchromosome aberrationsOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCancer researchproton-boron (B) fusion-enhanced proton therapy (PBFEPT)chromosome aberrationBeam (structure)Frontiers in Oncology
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Highly selective detection of Epinephrine at oxidized Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns modified Screen Printed Electrodes (SPEs)

2014

Oxidized Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns (o-SWCNHs) were used, for the first time, to assemble chemically modified Screen Printed Electrodes (SPEs) selective towards the electrochemical detection of Epinephrine (Ep), in the presence of Serotonine-5-HT (S-5HT), Dopamine (DA), Nor-Epineprhine (Nor-Ep), Ascorbic Acid (AA), Acetaminophen (Ac) and Uric Acid (UA). The Ep neurotransmitter was detected by using Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV), in a wide linear range of concentration (2-2500 μM) with high sensitivity (55.77 A M(-1) cm(-2)), very good reproducibility (RSD% ranging from 2 to 10 for different SPEs), short response time for each measurement (only 2s) and low detection of limit (LOD=0.…

Neurotransmitters; Screen Printed Electrodes (SPEs); Selective detection; SWCNHs; Biosensing Techniques; Electrochemical Techniques; Electrodes; Epinephrine; Limit of Detection; Nanostructures; Oxidation-Reduction; Reproducibility of Results; Biophysics; Biomedical Engineering; Biotechnology; Electrochemistry; Medicine (all)NanostructureEpinephrineScreen Printed Electrodes (SPEs)ElectrodeBiophysicsAnalytical chemistryBiomedical EngineeringReproducibility of ResultBiosensing TechniquesElectrochemistryNanomaterialsSWCNHs; Screen Printed Electrodes (SPEs); Neurotransmitters; Selective detectionBiosensing TechniqueSelective detectionLimit of DetectionElectrochemistrySWCNHSettore CHIM/01 - Chimica AnaliticaNeurotransmitterElectrodesDetection limitSWCNHsReproducibilityElectrochemical TechniqueChemistryMedicine (all)Reproducibility of ResultsGeneral MedicineElectrochemical TechniquesNeurotransmittersAscorbic acidNanostructuresLinear rangeBiophysicElectrodeDifferential pulse voltammetryOxidation-ReductionNuclear chemistryBiotechnology
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Oxidized graphene in ionic liquids for assembling chemically modified electrodes: a structural and electrochemical characterization study

2012

Dispersions of graphene oxide (GO) nanoribbons in ionic liquids, ILs (either 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMIM-Cl-) or 1-butylpyridinium chloride (-Bupy-Cl-)) have been used to assemble modified screen printed electrodes (SPEs). The graphene oxide/ionic liquid dispersions have been morphologically and structurally characterized by the use of several techniques: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, high-resolution-transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). The assembled modified SPEs have then been challenged with various compounds and compared to several electro-active targets. In all cases high peak currents were detected, as wel…

Settore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e InorganicaChemistryGrapheneAnalytical chemistryOxideGlassy carbonElectrochemistryAnalytical Chemistrylaw.inventionchemistry.chemical_compoundX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyChemical engineeringlawElectrodeIonic liquidSettore CHIM/01 - Chimica AnaliticaGraphitegraphene Ionic Liquids sensorsSettore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
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Graphene and ionic liquids new gel paste electrodes for caffeic acid quantification

2015

Abstract Graphene/ionic liquids nanocomposite gels were synthesized by an electrochemical etching approach and fully characterized under a morphological and structural point of view. For this purpose, several analytical techniques were applied, as HR-TEM/EDX (High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis); FE-SEM/EDX (Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis); XPS (X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy); FT-IR (Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy) and electrochemical techniques. After the characterization study, nanocomposite-gel paste electrodes were assembled, exhibiting a selective and specific detection toward the ca…

Analytical chemistrySurfaces Coatings and FilmAnti-oxidant agentsCondensed Matter PhysicAnti-oxidant agentIonic liquidElectrochemistrylaw.inventionNanocompositeschemistry.chemical_compoundX-ray photoelectron spectroscopylawgraphene Ionic liquids; nanocomposites; electrochemistry; caffeic acid; anti-oxidant agentsMaterials ChemistryElectrochemistryMoleculeElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentationSettore CHIM/02 - Chimica FisicaMaterials Chemistry2506 Metals and AlloySettore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale e InorganicaDetection limitCaffeic acidNanocompositeNanocompositeGrapheneElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialMetals and AlloysCondensed Matter Physicsgraphene Ionic liquidsSurfaces Coatings and FilmsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsIonic liquidschemistryChemical engineeringIonic liquidElectrode2506Graphene
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Sensor Properties of Pristine and Functionalized Carbon Nanohorns

2016

Nanodispersions of pristine single-wall carbon nanohorns (i.e., p-SWCNHs) and oxidized-SWCNHs (i.e.; o-SWCNHs) were used to modify screen printed electrode (SPE). p-SWCNHs and o-SWCNHs were fully characterized by using several analytical techniques, as: HR-TEM (High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscopy), FE-SEM/EDX (Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis), Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis (DTA), and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method. The chemically modified SPEs were also characterized with Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), using several different electro-active targets. In all cases, p-SWCNHs showed bett…

Carbon NanohornThermogravimetric analysisScreen Printed ElectrodesMaterials scienceAnalytical chemistrychemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technologyGlassy carbon010402 general chemistryElectrochemistry01 natural sciencesCarbon NanohornsAnalytical Chemistrysymbols.namesakeDifferential thermal analysisElectrochemistrySettore CHIM/01 - Chimica AnaliticaSingle-WallCarbon Nanohorns; Screen Printed Electrodes; Single-Wall; Analytical Chemistry; ElectrochemistryScreen Printed Electrode021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology0104 chemical scienceschemistryElectrodesymbolsCyclic voltammetry0210 nano-technologyRaman spectroscopyCarbonElectroanalysis
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