In vitro experiments have shown that C60 fullerenes exhibit cytotoxic effects against tumor cells and modulate the cytotoxic activity of immune cells. In vivo therapeutic experiments on the model of Lewis lung carcinoma showed that C60 fullerenes exhibit an antimetastatic effect (reduction of metastases by 27%), which is realized by activating macrophages and stimulating the synthesis of humoral factors, which significantly increase the cytotoxicity of treated animals serum.
Detonation-produced hydroxyapatite coatings were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The source material for detonation spraying was a B-type carbonated hydroxyapatite powder. The coatings consisted of tetracalcium phosphate and apatite. The ratio depended slightly on the degree of crystallinity of the initial powder and processing parameters of the coating preparation. The tetracalcium phosphate phase was homogeneous; the apatite phase contained defects localized on the sixfold axis and consisted of hydroxyapatite and oxyapatite. Technological factors contributing to the transformation of hydroxyapatite powder structure during coating formation by detonation spraying are discussed.
Tetrapotassium cerium(IV) zirconium tetrakis(monophosphate) crystallizes in the tetragonal system (space group I4(1)/amd). A complex disorder in K4CeZr(PO4)4 involves the mixing of Ce and Zr atoms on a single site with -4m2 symmetry and the splitting of P- and O-atom positions, equivalent to a rotation of the phosphate groups, to yield eight- and sixfold coordination environments around Ce and Zr, respectively. The K atoms are located in tunnels running parallel to the a and b axes.
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