TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bulat, Tanja
AU  - Zmejkoski, Danica
AU  - Marković, Zoran
AU  - Satzinger, Melissa
AU  - Kovač, Janez
AU  - Strobl, Birgit
AU  - Milivojević, Dušan
AU  - Todorović Marković, Biljana
PY  - 2024
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/11831
AB  - Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are well known as a promising therapeutic agent due to their excellent pro-oxidant, antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer properties under visible light irradiation. This material is easy to produce by several bottom-up or top-down methods. In this study, we used citric acid as starting precursor to synthesize aqueous carbon quantum dots dispersion by pyrolysis at 210 ◦C. Atomic force microscopy and XPS analyses revealed that CQDs synthesized are quasi-spherical with typical diameter of 9 nm and lots of C–O and C––O functional groups distributed over the basal plane and edges of the dots. Here, we investigated the antiviral properties of CQDs against cytomegalovirus (CMV). The pre-treatment with CQDs upregulates interferonstimulated genes (ISG), resulting in better virus control. Cellular defence against cytomegalovirus of CQDs pre-treated cells is increased in a dose-dependent manner. Our results reveal high biocompatibility and potent in vitro antiviral properties of CQDs.
T2  - Materials Chemistry and Physics
T1  - Employing carbon quantum dots to combat cytomegalovirus
VL  - 311
SP  - 128495
DO  - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128495
ER  - 

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author = "Bulat, Tanja and Zmejkoski, Danica and Marković, Zoran and Satzinger, Melissa and Kovač, Janez and Strobl, Birgit and Milivojević, Dušan and Todorović Marković, Biljana",
year = "2024",
abstract = "Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are well known as a promising therapeutic agent due to their excellent pro-oxidant, antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer properties under visible light irradiation. This material is easy to produce by several bottom-up or top-down methods. In this study, we used citric acid as starting precursor to synthesize aqueous carbon quantum dots dispersion by pyrolysis at 210 ◦C. Atomic force microscopy and XPS analyses revealed that CQDs synthesized are quasi-spherical with typical diameter of 9 nm and lots of C–O and C––O functional groups distributed over the basal plane and edges of the dots. Here, we investigated the antiviral properties of CQDs against cytomegalovirus (CMV). The pre-treatment with CQDs upregulates interferonstimulated genes (ISG), resulting in better virus control. Cellular defence against cytomegalovirus of CQDs pre-treated cells is increased in a dose-dependent manner. Our results reveal high biocompatibility and potent in vitro antiviral properties of CQDs.",
journal = "Materials Chemistry and Physics",
title = "Employing carbon quantum dots to combat cytomegalovirus",
volume = "311",
pages = "128495",
doi = "10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128495"
}

Bulat, T., Zmejkoski, D., Marković, Z., Satzinger, M., Kovač, J., Strobl, B., Milivojević, D.,& Todorović Marković, B.. (2024). Employing carbon quantum dots to combat cytomegalovirus. in Materials Chemistry and Physics, 311, 128495.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128495

Bulat T, Zmejkoski D, Marković Z, Satzinger M, Kovač J, Strobl B, Milivojević D, Todorović Marković B. Employing carbon quantum dots to combat cytomegalovirus. in Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2024;311:128495.
doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128495 .

Bulat, Tanja, Zmejkoski, Danica, Marković, Zoran, Satzinger, Melissa, Kovač, Janez, Strobl, Birgit, Milivojević, Dušan, Todorović Marković, Biljana, "Employing carbon quantum dots to combat cytomegalovirus" in Materials Chemistry and Physics, 311 (2024):128495,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128495 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Petković, Darija
AU  - Chia-Ho, Hsin
AU  - Trstenjak, Urška
AU  - Kovač, Janez
AU  - Vengust, Damjan
AU  - Spreitzer, Matjaž
AU  - Jovanović, Zoran
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/12327
AB  - Epitaxy represents a process of crystal growth or material deposition in which the new created layers have a high degree of crystallographic alignment with the substrate lattice. In this research 10 nm-thick thin films of strontium titanate (STO) were grown using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method on Si(001) whose surface was either deoxidized with strontium oxide (SrO) or buffered by reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in combination with SrO deoxidation. In addition to differently prepared Si(001) surface, the effect of deposition temperature on the crystalline structure of the STO thin films was also examined. Reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) methods were used to examine the properties of the grown films. It was concluded that the STO thin film grown on the rGO-coated Si substrate at 515 °C shows the highest crystallinity with a smooth surface, while the film deposited on the bare silicon has amorphous structure. The STO films grown at 700 °C show textured or polycrystalline structure. Good crystallinity, epitaxial alignment, and clean interface are the major requirements for STO/Si and the STO/rGO/Si heterostructure for making an efficient and stable Si photocathode for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Our future work will be directed toward understanding how the obtained interfaces and crystalline structure of STO films are influencing the PEC process.
PB  - Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA
C3  - 21st Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering : program and the book of abstracts
T1  - PLD growth of strontium titanate thin films on SrO-deoxidized and rGO-buffered Si(001) substrate
SP  - 60
EP  - 60
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12327
ER  - 

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author = "Petković, Darija and Chia-Ho, Hsin and Trstenjak, Urška and Kovač, Janez and Vengust, Damjan and Spreitzer, Matjaž and Jovanović, Zoran",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Epitaxy represents a process of crystal growth or material deposition in which the new created layers have a high degree of crystallographic alignment with the substrate lattice. In this research 10 nm-thick thin films of strontium titanate (STO) were grown using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method on Si(001) whose surface was either deoxidized with strontium oxide (SrO) or buffered by reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in combination with SrO deoxidation. In addition to differently prepared Si(001) surface, the effect of deposition temperature on the crystalline structure of the STO thin films was also examined. Reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) methods were used to examine the properties of the grown films. It was concluded that the STO thin film grown on the rGO-coated Si substrate at 515 °C shows the highest crystallinity with a smooth surface, while the film deposited on the bare silicon has amorphous structure. The STO films grown at 700 °C show textured or polycrystalline structure. Good crystallinity, epitaxial alignment, and clean interface are the major requirements for STO/Si and the STO/rGO/Si heterostructure for making an efficient and stable Si photocathode for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Our future work will be directed toward understanding how the obtained interfaces and crystalline structure of STO films are influencing the PEC process.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA",
journal = "21st Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering : program and the book of abstracts",
title = "PLD growth of strontium titanate thin films on SrO-deoxidized and rGO-buffered Si(001) substrate",
pages = "60-60",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12327"
}

Petković, D., Chia-Ho, H., Trstenjak, U., Kovač, J., Vengust, D., Spreitzer, M.,& Jovanović, Z.. (2023). PLD growth of strontium titanate thin films on SrO-deoxidized and rGO-buffered Si(001) substrate. in 21st Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering : program and the book of abstracts
Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA., 60-60.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12327

Petković D, Chia-Ho H, Trstenjak U, Kovač J, Vengust D, Spreitzer M, Jovanović Z. PLD growth of strontium titanate thin films on SrO-deoxidized and rGO-buffered Si(001) substrate. in 21st Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering : program and the book of abstracts. 2023;:60-60.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12327 .

Petković, Darija, Chia-Ho, Hsin, Trstenjak, Urška, Kovač, Janez, Vengust, Damjan, Spreitzer, Matjaž, Jovanović, Zoran, "PLD growth of strontium titanate thin films on SrO-deoxidized and rGO-buffered Si(001) substrate" in 21st Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering : program and the book of abstracts (2023):60-60,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12327 .