scholarly journals QSPR MODELS FOR ZETA-POTENTIAL OF NANO-OXIDES PREDICTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2(78)) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Stelmakh Stelmakh ◽  
V. E. Kuz’min ◽  
L. M. Ognichenko

Nano-QSPR modeling often requires considering variety of factors, if neglected, may lead to erroneous result of the study. Frequently, the data turned out to be inaccurate, incomplete, or fragmentary. Obviously, the quality of experimental data directly depends on many factors: laboratory equipment, organization of internal regulations, skills of researchers, and so on. As a result of violations of algorithms and protocols of initial data streams processing – there are errors and distortions of data, that is why performing a solid multistep data-curation process is crucial for such procedures. Data curation procedure was performed and approximately 60% was rejected (due to various errors, incomplete or absent records for physicochemical parameters or conditions of performed experiment), followed up by using zeta-potential value dataset for 37 various sizes nanoparticles of 14 metal oxides for calculation of 1D SiRMS descriptors as well as «liquid drop» model cross-descriptors. An efficient consensus model was built (R2 = 0.88, R2test = 0.81). Predictive power (R2 = 0.84) of the model was tested using an external set of 5 nano-oxides and the possibility of satisfactory zeta-potential prediction was shown. Prediction of zeta-potential value within domain applicability of obtained QSPR model confirmed using a Williams plot. The interpretation of the final model was carried out and it was found that the contribution of descriptors was distributed between individual descriptors and cross-descriptors by 46% and 54% respectively. The contribution 1D SiRMS descriptors was 59%, the second group – 41% (liquid drop model descriptors – 29%, descriptors characterizing the metal atom – 12%). It was found that the most influential parameters are the characteristics that reflect the nature of the oxides. The parameters of electrostatic interactions have the highest contribution.

Author(s):  
Kranti Singh ◽  
Surajpal Verma ◽  
Shyam Prasad ◽  
Indu Bala

Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride loaded Eudragit RS100 nanoparticles were prepared by using w/o/w emulsification (multiple emulsification) solvent evaporation followed by drying of nanoparticles at 50°C. The nanoparticles were further incorporated into the pH-triggered in situ gel forming system which was prepared using Carbopol 940 in combination with HPMC as viscosifying agent. The developed nanoparticles was evaluated for particle size, zeta potential value and loading efficiency; nanoparticle incorporated in situ gelling system was evaluated for pH, clarity, gelling strength, rheological studies, in-vitro release studies and ex-vivo precorneal permeation studies. The nanopaticle showed the mean particle size varying between 263.5nm - 325.9 nm with the mean zeta potential value of -5.91 mV to -8.13 mV and drug loading capacity varied individually between 72.50% to 98.70% w/w. The formulation was clear with no suspended particles, showed good gelling properties. The gelling was quick and remained for longer time period. The developed formulation was therapeutically efficacious, stable and non-irritant. It provided the sustained release of drug over a period of 8-10 hours.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hou ◽  
Ming Han ◽  
Jinxun Wang

AbstractThis work investigates the effect of the surface charges of oil droplets and carbonate rocks in brine and in surfactant solutions on oil production. The influences of the cations in brine and the surfactant types on the zeta-potentials of both oil droplets and carbonate rock particles are studied. It is found that the addition of anionic and cationic surfactants in brine result in both negative or positive zeta-potentials of rock particles and oil droplets respectively, while the zwitterionic surfactant induces a positive charge on rock particles and a negative charge on oil droplets. Micromodels with a CaCO3 nanocrystal layer coated on the flow channels were used in the oil displacement tests. The results show that when the oil-water interfacial tension (IFT) was at 10−1 mN/m, the injection of an anionic surfactant (SDS-R1) solution achieved 21.0% incremental oil recovery, higher than the 12.6% increment by the injection of a zwitterionic surfactant (SB-A2) solution. When the IFT was lowered to 10−3 mM/m, the injection of anionic/non-ionic surfactant SMAN-l1 solution with higher absolute zeta potential value (ζoil + ζrock) of 34 mV has achieved higher incremental oil recovery (39.4%) than the application of an anionic/cationic surfactant SMAC-l1 solution with a lower absolute zeta-potential value of 22 mV (30.6%). This indicates that the same charge of rocks and oil droplets improves the transportation of charged oil/water emulsion in the porous media. This work reveals that the surface charge in surfactant flooding plays an important role in addition to the oil/water interfacial tension reduction and the rock wettability alteration.


1963 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 639-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Strutinsky ◽  
N.Ya. Lyashchenko ◽  
N.A. Popov

1999 ◽  
Vol 652 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Piperova ◽  
D. Samsoen ◽  
P. Quentin ◽  
K. Bencheikh ◽  
J. Bartel ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 901 ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Netnapa Ontao ◽  
Sirivan Athikomkulchai ◽  
Sarin Tadtong ◽  
Phuriwat Leesawat ◽  
Chuda Chittasupho

Ocimum gratissimum L. leaf oil exhibited many pharmacological properties. This study aimed to formulate and evaluate the physical and chemical stability of O.gratissimum leaf oil nanoemulsion. O.gratissimum leaf oil was extracted by hydrodistillation. The major component of the essential oil eugenol, was analyzed by UV-Vis spectrophotometry. Nanoemulsions of O.gratissimum leaf oil were formulated using polysorbate 80, hyaluronic acid, poloxamer 188, and deionized water by phase inversion composition method. The hydrodynamic diameter, polydispersity index, and zeta potential value of O.gratissimum leaf oil nanoemulsion was evaluated by a dynamic light scattering technique. The %remaining of eugenol in the nanoemulsion was analyzed by UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The essential oil extracted from of O. gratissimum leaf oil was a clear, pale yellow color. The %yield of the essential oil was 0.15 ± 0.03% v/w. The size of the nanoemulsion was less than 106 nm. The polydispersity index of the nanoemulsion was ranging from 0.303 - 0.586 and the zeta potential value of the nanoemulsion was closely to zero, depending on the formulation component. O. gratissimum leaf oil at concentrations ranging from 0.002 - 0.012% v/v contained 35 - 41% of eugenol. The size of nanoemulsion was significantly decreased after storage at 4 °C, while significantly increased upon storage at 45 °C. The size of nanoemulsion stored at 30 °C did not significantly change. The %remaining of eugenol in the nanoemulsion was more than 90% after storage at 4 °C and 30 °C for 28 days. The percentage of eugenol remaining in the nanoemulsion stored at 45 °C was more than 85 - 90%, suggesting that the temperature affected the stability of eugenol in the nanoemulsion.


Author(s):  
Rupert L. Frank ◽  
Phan Thành Nam

AbstractWe revisit the liquid drop model with a general Riesz potential. Our new result is the existence of minimizers for the conjectured optimal range of parameters. We also prove a conditional uniqueness of minimizers and a nonexistence result for heavy nuclei.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2103 (1) ◽  
pp. 012004
Author(s):  
N A Zemlyakov ◽  
A I Chugunov ◽  
N N Shchechilin

Abstract Neutron stars are superdense compact astrophysical objects. The central region of the neuron star (the core) consists of locally homogeneous nuclear matter, while in the outer region (the crust) nucleons are clustered. In the outer crust these nuclear clusters represent neutron-rich atomic nuclei and all nucleons are bound within them. Whereas in the inner crust some neutrons are unbound, but nuclear clusters still keeps generally spherical shape. Here we consider the region between the crust and the core of the star, so-called mantle, where non-spherical nuclear clusters may exist. We apply compressible liquid drop model to calculate the energy density for several shape types of nuclear clusters. It allows us to identify the most energetically favorable configuration as function of baryon number density. Employing four Skyrme-type forces (SLy4 and BSk24, BSk25, BSk26), which are widely used in the neutron star physics, we faced with strong model dependence of the ground state composition. In particular, in agreement with previous works within liquid drop model, mantle is absent for SLy4 (nuclear spheres directly transit into homogeneous nuclear matter; exotic nuclear shapes do not appear).


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