Abstract: Biosensors are analytical devices able of converting a biological response into a signal of another nature. In electrochemical biosensors electrode functionalization is a fundamental step. The surface of the electrode, where the interaction with the biological sample occur, must be properly treated so that the signal can be captured in the best way possible, without noise interference and for reproducibility. We aim in this work to use polymeric structures, called blanket, to stabilize the surface of screen-printed electrodes. The blankets are composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers blend enriched with nanomaterials and were manufactured using the solution blow spinning (SBS) technique. The blankets were placed in contact with the electrode surface and the functionalization by polymer deposition was induced through the current flow. Subsequently, the modification was validated from voltammetry readings and impedance spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy showed that there was no change in the microscopic surface of the treated electrodes. However, the blankets were able to improve the reading signal, increasing the active area and current flow and homogenizing the readings between the electrodes. These observed effects may be related to a chemical change in the electrodes and not a physical one. The strategy presented here has the advantage that the polymeric matrices are easy to obtain and inexpensive and can be enriched with various materials. Ensuring that the electrode functionalization step is efficient is essential for the construction of a biosensor, as it also ensures that the capture molecules deposit in a similar manner in each repetition. Finally, this standardization step enables new platforms to be built for disease diagnosis and detection of specific targets.

NOTARIO, A.O.; RIELLO, F.N.; FERREIRA, K.d.; MEDEIROS, E.S.; FILHO, L.G. Screen-printed electrodes functionalization using polimeric matrices. In: PAN-AMERICAN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2nd, March 4-7, 2020, Águas de Lindoia, SP. Abstract... 2020. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31890. Acesso em: $DATA.

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Abstract: The increasing resistance to antimicrobials worldwide requires new strategies to fight infectious diseases. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) emerges in this scenario as a promising approach. APDT is a light-based therapy combined to a photosensitizer drug and oxygen that kills microorganisms via oxidative stress. Due to its mechanism of action, i.e., generalized oxidation of all cell structures, bacterial resistance to APDT is very improbable. Currently, however, APDT is limited to local treatments. Thus, a platform to deliver the photosensitizer drug in internal organs is urgently necessary. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) can be easily directed to target sites using an external magnetic field, which made them excellent drug delivery systems. In addition, their large surface to volume ratio allows the functionalization of therapeutic molecules on their surface. In this work, we synthesized and characterized SPIONs covered by methylene blue (MB)-entrapped silica (SPIONs-silica-MB) and investigated their potential combined to APDT to kill Escherichia coli, the most common bacteria found in urinary tract infections. We synthesized SPIONs by the co-precipitation of iron (II) and (III) chlorides in the presence of a weak base and covered them with a double layer of silica leading to the hybrid material magnetite-silica-MB. SPIONS were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and magnetic measurements. Kinetics of MB release and production of singlet oxygen from SPION-silica-MB were also obtained. The average crystallite size of magnetite was found to be 14 nm. Infrared spectra showed characteristic bands of iron-oxygen and others associated with silicate groups. At room temperature, the nanoplatform presented magnetic behavior due to the magnetite core. MB release increased exponentially until 18 h, when it reached a plateau. Singlet oxygen was spontaneously released from SPIONs-silica-MB. To verify the photodynamic activity of SPIONs-silica-MB on bacterial cells, 1x10^7 colony forming units of E. coli were suspended in SPIONs-silica-MB PBS solution (50 microM of MB) and were irradiated using a red LED (625 ± 20 nm) of 235 mW over an orbital shaker to prevent precipitation during 5, 10, 15 and 20 min at three different MB release times: 6, 12 and 22 h. Proper controls were established and showed no killing. In contrast, SPIONs-silica-MB-mediated APDT promoted bacteria inactivation depending on both the time of MB release and irradiation time. Our results show that bacteria are completely eradicated following 22 h of MB release and 20 min of irradiation. These findings motivate the use of SPIONs-silica-MB to mediate APDT against nonlocal infectious diseases.

RIBEIRO, M.S.; YOSHIMURA, T.M.; TOLEDO, V.H.; HADDAD, P.S. A novel superparamagnetic nanoplatform assisted by light against nonlocal bacterial infections. In: PAN-AMERICAN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2nd, March 4-7, 2020, Águas de Lindoia, SP. Abstract... 2020. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31905. Acesso em: $DATA.

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Abstract: The persistent luminescent materials are an important class of light-induced energy storage materials, which have undertaken a long development process. Recently, there has been increasing interest in employing long persistence luminescent nanoparticles (LPLNPs) for in vivo imaging. Because the long afterglow of these nanoparticles can last for several hours after they are excited in vitro, real-time in vivo imaging can be achieved after injection without requiring any external illumination source. Thus, the SNR can be significantly improved by removing the background noise originating from in situ excitations. Moreover, the afterglow luminescence of near-infrared (NIR)-emitting long-persistence luminescent nanoparticles (NLPLNPs) (the afterglow wavelength varies from 650 nm to 900 nm) falls within the tissue transparency window, where light attenuation is largely due to scattering rather than absorption, which is advantageous for long-term in vivo imaging with deep penetration and a high SNR1-3. In this work, we will be discussed the synthesis of these LPLNPs, the characterization and the luminescent properties especially the persistent luminescence intensity and lifetime that are the two important parameters to evaluate the persistent luminescent properties of materials. It was expected the materials to have a very high luminescence intensity and long persistent lifetime. The development of rare-earth doped core-shell SrAl2O4:Eu2+/3+, Dy3+ nanoparticles prepared via hydrothermal synthesis and p-st-annealed on carbon monoxide, in reducing atmosphere, or materials like Li1,6M1,6Sn2,8O8:R3+ (M2+: Mg, Zn and Cd; R3+: Cr, Nd, Yb), etc prepared by microwave-assisted solid-state reaction, ceramics method and co-precipitation reaction generate materials with efficient persistent luminescence and will be discussed in terms of electronic structure and syntheses methodology. Moreover, standard luminescence spectroscopy results of pure characteristic green Eu2+ emission assigned to the 4f65d1?4f7(8S7/2) interconfigurational transition under near-ultraviolet excitation. Some of these materials have special behavior and present persistent luminescence in the near-infrared, NIR, which is very important in terms of biological application point-of-view.

BRITO, H.F.; FELINTO, M.C.; FRANCISCO, L.H.; SAULA, M.S.; MERIZIO, L.G. Nanoparticles presenting the phenomenon of luminescent persistence make the difference in biological applications. In: PAN-AMERICAN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2nd, March 4-7, 2020, Águas de Lindoia, SP. Abstract... 2020. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31866. Acesso em: $DATA.

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Abstract: Tridimensional cell culture techniques became essential for understanding physiological processes that are obliterated or fainted in conventional bi-dimensional cultures. These techniques are prone to produce more realistic modeling of the complex environment of living tissues, leading to much better understanding of mammalian tissue organization. This work used magnetic levitation of cell aggregates (spheroids) by adsorbing iron nanoparticles to C2C12 mouse (Mus musculus) mouse line cells (ATCC # CRL-1772), which are suspended with magnetic fields. The cells formed three-dimensional bodies that were cultivated suspended in the air-liquid interface. Magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with mean diameter of approximately 50 nm were produced by an alkaline coprecipitation methodology under reduction by microwave energy. Composition and size of crystallites were determined by DRX analysis. Adsorption on cell membranes occurred after functionalization with poly-L-lysine. Work concentrations of nanoparticles did no induce cytotoxicity in C2C12 monolayer cultures. Transmission electron microscopy of spheroid sections showed some findings morphologically compatible to the shape of reproductive intracellular vacuoli of T.gondii after cell invasion, demonstrating an interaction of cells with parasites in three-dimensional models.

NASCIMENTO, A.C.; PASSOS, P.d.; LIMA, M.M.; GALISTEO JUNIOR, A.J.; VIEIRA, D.P. Mouse mioblast (C2C12) spheroids structured using paramagnetic iron nanoparticles as an in vitro culture system of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. In: PAN-AMERICAN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2nd, March 4-7, 2020, Águas de Lindoia, SP. Abstract... 2020. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31882. Acesso em: $DATA.

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Abstract: This work aims to investigate the thermophysical properties of TiO2 nanofluids in the water base experimentally and also comparing results with existing literature data and theoretical models. Studies reveal that nanofluids present increasing in thermal conductivity and other important properties related to the heat transfer capacity compared to the base fluid. In this way, it can be classified as promising fluids for heat transport applications. As the proposal is to use it in high thermal flux systems, the survey of experimental measurements was performed to verify whose of the main parameters have more influence over such properties. Thermal conductivity, viscosity, surface contact angle and some visualization of nanoparticles in SEM were carried out in order to understand the nanofluids properties modifications. The TiO2 nanofluids in water base solutions were prepared for this study using the ultrasonic dispersion technique for three distinct volume concentrations: 0.1%, 0.01%, and 0.001%. Samples were initially prepared using an ultrasonic disrupter to make a homogeneous solution. This is an important step in sample analyses concerning the homogeneity influence on thermal conductivity measurements. With all samples prepared, some steps were followed to ensure the dispersion of nanoparticles and thus obtaining more accurate results Nanofluids samples were visualized in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) JEOL, model JSM 6701F at IPEN. Figure 2 shows the TiO2 nanoparticle's image observed. Preliminary tests for determining the thermophysical properties of nanofluids were: density, thermal conductivity, viscosity and surface contact angle. Concentration and temperature effects were investigated in preliminary tests for measurement of the thermal conductivity of nanofluids: this step consists of measuring the thermal conductivities and viscosities of nanofluids for all concentrations (0.001%, 0.01% and 0.1% vol.) at 15°C, 25oC and 35oC. ASTM D5334-08 (2008) describes the standard procedure for determining thermophysical properties and is based on the classical Linear Probe Method also known as the Transient Hot-Wire Method.

ROCHA, M.d.; ANDRADE, D.A.; MOREIRA, P.G.; STEFANIAK, I.; MARTINS, J.G. Investigation on the improvement of thermal properties of TiO2 nanofluids. In: PAN-AMERICAN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2nd, March 4-7, 2020, Águas de Lindoia, SP. Abstract... 2020. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/31880. Acesso em: $DATA.

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