• Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Neocartilage Formed by Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Alginate Hydrogels 

      Magnus Østgård, Olderøy; Lilledahl, Magnus Borstad; Beckwith, Marianne; Melvik, Jan Egil; Reinholt, Finn P.; Sikorski, Pawel; Brinchmann, Jan E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      A popular approach to make neocartilage in vitro is to immobilize cells with chondrogenic potential in hydrogels. However, functional cartilage cannot be obtained by control of cells only, as function of cartilage is largely ...
    • Biocomposite Coatings Doped with Magnesium and Zinc Ions in Chitosan Matrix for Antimicrobial Applications 

      Predoi, Daniela; Ciobanu, Carmen Steluta; Iconaru, Simona Liliana; Raaen, Steinar; Rokosz, Krzysztof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Hydroxyapatite doped with magnesium and zinc in chitosan matrix biocomposites have great potential for applications in space technology, aerospace, as well as in the biomedical field, as a result of coatings with multifunctional ...
    • Biocomposites prepared by alkaline phosphatase mediated mineralization of alginate microbeads 

      Xie, Minli; Magnus Østgård, Olderøy; Zhang, Zhibing; Andreassen, Jens-Petter; Strand, Berit Løkensgard; Sikorski, Pawel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This study set out to develop a biomimetic scaffold by incorporating osteoinductive hydroxyapatite (HA) particles into a porous alginate gel matrix via a cell-friendly pathway. Two types of alginate/calcium phosphate ...
    • Biodistribution of Poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) Nanoparticles in Mice and Effect on Tumor Infiltration of Macrophages into a Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Xenograft 

      Pandya, Abhilash D.; Iversen, Tore Geir; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Grinde, Maria Tunset; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Snipstad, Sofie; Åslund, Andreas; Øy, Geir Frode; Kildal, Wanja; Engebråten, Olav; Sandvig, Kirsten; Skotland, Tore; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We have investigated the biodistribution and tumor macrophage infiltration after intravenous injection of the poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles (NPs): PEBCA (poly(2-ethyl-butyl cyanoacrylate), PBCA (poly(n-butyl ...
    • Biological and Physico-Chemical Properties of Composite Layers Based on Magnesium-Doped Hydroxyapatite in Chitosan Matrix 

      Iconaru, Simona Liliana; Ciobanu, Carmen Steluta; Predoi, Gabriel; Rokosz, Krzysztof; Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen; Bleotu, Coralia; Stanciu, George; Hristu, Radu; Raaen, Steinar; Raita, Stefania; Ghegoiu, Liliana; Badea, Monica Luminita; Predoi, Daniela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In the present study, we report the development and characterization of composite layers (by spin coating) based on magnesium-doped hydroxyapatite in a chitosan matrix, (Ca10−xMgx(PO4)6(OH)2; xMg = 0, 0.08 and 0.3; HApCh, ...
    • Biological lipid nanotubes and their potential role in evolution 

      Gözen, Irep; Dommersnes, Paul Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The membrane of cells and organelles are highly deformable fluid interfaces, and can take on a multitude of shapes. One distinctive and particularly interesting property of biological membranes is their ability to from ...
    • Biological lipid nanotubes and their potential role in evolution 

      Gözen, Irep; Dommersnes, Paul Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The membrane of cells and organelles are highly deformable fluid interfaces, and can take on a multitude of shapes. One distinctive and particularly interesting property of biological membranes is their ability to from ...
    • Biological lipid nanotubes and their potential role in evolution 

      Gözen, Irep; Dommersnes, Paul Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The membrane of cells and organelles are highly deformable fluid interfaces, and can take on a multitude of shapes. One distinctive and particularly interesting property of biological membranes is their ability to from ...
    • Biophysical Studies of Light Sensitive Chromophores in Rat Glioma and Chinese Hamster Ovary Cancer Cells 

      Siksjø, Monica Kløvstad (Master thesis, 2015)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the biophysical properties of four light sensitive chromophores as a fluorescence dye for bioimaging applications, or photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Characterization ...
    • Bitemporal Electromagnetism and the Antiphoton 

      Makaris, Ivan (Master thesis, 2023)
      Til tross for dens tentative unøyaktigheter og noe uklare teoretiske grunnlag, viser Tore Wessel-Bergs teori om bitemporal elektromagnetisme, en tilsynelatende klassisk teori, en overraskende evne til å predikere kvantefenomener ...
    • Bladder Cancer Cells Interaction with Lectin-Coated Surfaces under Static and Flow Conditions 

      Szydlak, Renata; Øvreeide, Ingrid Haga; Luty, Marcin; Zieliński, Tomasz; Prot, Victorien Emile; Zemła, Joanna; Stokke, Bjørn Torger; Lekka, Małgorzata (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aberrant expression of glycans, i.e., oligosaccharide moiety covalently attached to proteins or lipids, is characteristic of various cancers, including urothelial ones. The binding of lectins to glycans is classified as ...
    • Bose–Einstein condensation of nonequilibrium magnons in confined systems 

      Mohseni, Morteza; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Serga, Alexander; Brataas, Arne; Hillebrands, Burkard; Pirro, Philipp (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We study the formation of a room temperature magnon Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) in nanoscopic systems and demonstrate that its lifetime is influenced by the spatial confinement. We predict how dipolar interactions and ...
    • Bosons and Fermions in Curved Spacetime 

      Sjøstrøm, Dag-Morten (Master thesis, 2013)
      The Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations are formulated for a classical curved background.The equations are then expressed in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe.Further the equations are solved in R×S3 spacetime. We present ...
    • Bottom-Up Fabrication of Oxygen Reduction Electrodes with Atomic Layer Deposition for High-Power-Density PEMFCs 

      Dull, Sam; Xu, Shicheng; Goh, Timothy; Lee, Dong Un; Higgins, Drew; Orazov, Marat; Koshy, David; Vullum, Per Erik; Kirsch, Sebastian; Huebner, Gerold; Torgersen, Jan; Jaramillo, Thomas F; Prinz, Friedrich (Journal article, 2021)
      As the platinum (Pt) loading in proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes is driven down to reduce costs, catalyst utilization becomes increasingly important. Here, we report an atomic layer deposition-facilitated electrode ...
    • Boundary artifact analysis in diffusion modelling with stochastic differential equations 

      Yip, Mauhing (Master thesis, 2019)
      In many research areas, it is common to model advection-diffusion problems with Lagrangian particle methods. This is the same as solving a stochastic differential equation, with drift and diffusion coefficients derived ...
    • Bright, noniridescent structural coloration from clay mineral nanosheet suspensions 

      Michels Brito, Paulo Henrique; Dudko, Volodymyr; Wagner, Daniel; Markus, Paul; Papastavrou, Georg; Michels Brito Miranda, Leander Edward; Breu, Josef; Fossum, Jon Otto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Brittle to Quasi-Brittle Transitions in the Soft Clamp Fiber Bundle Model 

      Stormo, Arne (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:307, Doctoral thesis, 2013)
      In this thesis I describe a soft clamped quasi static fiber bundle model for two dimensional interfacial fracture. The soft clamps distribute the stress amongst the fibers through elastic forces. The model display three ...
    • Broad-band GVD Measurement of Specialty Fibers in mid-IR 

      Klimentov, Dmitry; Dvoyrin, Vladislav; Tolstik, Nikolai; Sorokina, Irina T (Chapter, 2012)
      We demonstrate a novel interferometeric setup for broad-band (>300nm) GVD measurements in short-length optical fibers in the mid-IR wavelength range using a superluminescent fiber source and investigate specialty fibers ...
    • Broadband Dispersion Measurement of ZBLAN, Germanate and Silica Fibers in MidIR 

      Klimentov, Dmitry; Tolstik, Nikolai; Dvoyrin, Vladislav; Kalashnikov, Valdimir L; Sorokina, Irina T (Journal article, 2012)
      We report the first ultra-broad band dispersion measurements in short-length ZBLAN, germanate and silica-based optical fibers in the near- and midIR wavelength ranges between 1.7 and 2.0 μm and from 2.3 to 2.45 μm, using ...
    • Broadband infrared and THz transmitting silicon core optical fiber 

      Sørgård, Trygve; Song, Seunghan; Vullum, Per Erik; Kores, Cristine; Mølster, Kjell Martin; Laurell, Fredrik; Hawkins, Thomas A.; Ballato, John; Österberg, Ulf Lennart; Gibson, Ursula (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Silicon waveguide structures are a viable alternative for the transmission of signals over a wide range of frequencies, and new fabrication methods are key to increased applications. In this work, THz transparency of ...