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Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of blood culture isolates among febrile patients in Mekelle Hospital, Northern Ethiopia.

SpringerPlus

Wasihun AG, Wlekidan LN, Gebremariam SA, Dejene TA, Welderufael AL, Haile TD, Muthupandian S.
PMID: 26155453
Springerplus. 2015 Jul 03;4:314. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1056-x. eCollection 2015.

Bacterial bloodstream infections are a major public health problem, which leads to high morbidity and mortality of patients. On time diagnosis and appropriate medication will be the best way to save the lives of affected ones. The aim of...

Ultrasound assisted formation of Al-Ni electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution.

Ultrasonics sonochemistry

Cherepanov PV, Ashokkumar M, Andreeva DV.
PMID: 25453211
Ultrason Sonochem. 2015 Mar;23:142-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.10.012. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

High intensity ultrasound treatment has been used to generate electrocatalytically active (toward hydrogen evolution) surface on AlNi (50 wt.% Ni) alloy particles. Acoustic cavitation is responsible for the initiation of redox processes on the catalyst surface leading to changes...

Ultrasound assisted synthesis of Sn nanoparticles-stabilized reduced graphene oxide nanodiscs.

Ultrasonics sonochemistry

Anandan S, Asiri AM, Ashokkumar M.
PMID: 24262757
Ultrason Sonochem. 2014 May;21(3):920-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.10.027. Epub 2013 Nov 07.

Sn nanoparticles-stabilized reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanodiscs were synthesized by a sonochemical method using SnCl2 and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets as precursors in a polyol medium. TEM and XPS were used to characterize the Sn-stabilized RGO nanodiscs.

The effect of surface active solutes on bubbles in an acoustic field.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Ashokkumar M, Grieser F.
PMID: 17960250
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2007 Nov 14;9(42):5631-43. doi: 10.1039/b707306m. Epub 2007 Jul 06.

The interaction between gas bubbles and ultrasound in water leads to acoustic cavitation under specific experimental conditions. Acoustic cavitation has been used in a number of areas, these include therapeutic applications, contrast imaging, synthesis of nanomaterials, production of nanoemulsions,...

Ultrasonic nebulization in aqueous solutions and the role of interfacial adsorption dynamics in surfactant enrichment.

Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids

Jimmy B, Kentish S, Grieser F, Ashokkumar M.
PMID: 18712894
Langmuir. 2008 Sep 16;24(18):10133-7. doi: 10.1021/la801876s. Epub 2008 Aug 20.

High-density micron-sized aerosols from liquid surfaces were generated using an ultrasonic (frequency = 1056 kHz) nebulization technique in the absence and presence of a number of surfactants. The surfactants included cationic surfactants, cetylpyridinium chloride and dodecylpyridinium chloride, and anionic...

Bubble population phenomena in sonochemical reactor: I estimation of bubble size distribution and its number density with pulsed sonication - laser diffraction method.

Ultrasonics sonochemistry

Iida Y, Ashokkumar M, Tuziuti T, Kozuka T, Yasui K, Towata A, Lee J.
PMID: 19811943
Ultrason Sonochem. 2010 Feb;17(2):473-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2009.08.018. Epub 2009 Sep 06.

To characterize the bubble populations (size and its number distribution) in a sonochemical reactor, a simple but powerful technique based on the Fraunhofer laser diffraction (LD) has been proposed. In this method, the acoustic wave disturbance to the laser...

Cavitation activation by dual-frequency ultrasound and shock waves.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Brotchie A, Mettin R, Grieser F, Ashokkumar M.
PMID: 19865755
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2009 Nov 21;11(43):10029-34. doi: 10.1039/b912725a. Epub 2009 Sep 02.

High-speed photographic observations of cavitation occurring under a low-frequency (21 kHz) sonotrode tip in the presence of an additional, high-frequency (355 kHz) ultrasound source have been made in water and in dilute aqueous solute solutions. Acoustic emission spectra were...

The detection and control of stable and transient acoustic cavitation bubbles.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Ashokkumar M, Lee J, Iida Y, Yasui K, Kozuka T, Tuziuti T, Towata A.
PMID: 19865767
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2009 Nov 21;11(43):10118-21. doi: 10.1039/b915715h. Epub 2009 Sep 17.

Acoustic cavitation plays a significant role in many applications that include therapeutic medicine, sonochemsitry and materials processing. The type of cavitation bubbles generated, namely transient or stable (repetitive transient), is important for optimizing the efficiency of these applications. We...

Sonochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles: effects of ultrasound frequency.

The journal of physical chemistry. B

Okitsu K, Ashokkumar M, Grieser F.
PMID: 16853678
J Phys Chem B. 2005 Nov 10;109(44):20673-5. doi: 10.1021/jp0549374.

The rate of sonochemical reduction of Au(III) to produce Au nanoparticles in aqueous solutions containing 1-propanol has been found to be strongly dependent upon the ultrasound frequency. The size and distribution of the Au nanoparticles produced can also be...

On the generation of the hydrated electron during the sonolysis of aqueous solutions.

The journal of physical chemistry. A

Dharmarathne L, Ashokkumar M, Grieser F.
PMID: 23442025
J Phys Chem A. 2013 Mar 28;117(12):2409-14. doi: 10.1021/jp312389n. Epub 2013 Mar 15.

The formation of the hydrated electron through the secondary reaction, H + OH(–) → H(2)O + e(aq), has been examined in the sonolysis of argon-saturated aqueous solutions at an ultrasound frequency of 355 kHz. The detection of the hydrated...

Sonoluminescence quenching and cavitation bubble temperature measurements in an ionic liquid.

Ultrasonics sonochemistry

Kanthale PM, Brotchie A, Grieser F, Ashokkumar M.
PMID: 22717325
Ultrason Sonochem. 2013 Jan;20(1):47-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2012.05.011. Epub 2012 Jun 01.

A comparison between the temperatures within imploding acoustic cavitation bubbles and the extent of sonoluminescence (SL) quenching by C(1)-C(5) aliphatic alcohols in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate ([EMIM][EtSO(4)], a well known imidazolium based room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL)), has been made at...

The behavior of acoustic bubbles in aqueous solutions containing soluble polymers.

The journal of physical chemistry. B

Tronson R, Tchea MF, Ashokkumar M, Grieser F.
PMID: 23102046
J Phys Chem B. 2012 Nov 26;116(46):13806-11. doi: 10.1021/jp308897c. Epub 2012 Nov 09.

The effects of the water-soluble polymer polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) on the multibubble sonoluminescence (MBSL) intensity generated in aqueous solutions exposed to ultrasound at the two ultrasound frequencies of 20 and 363 kHz have been examined. In both cases, the presence...

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