University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Beyond the Binary: A Critical Synthesis of Colorism, Racism, and Health Disparities in Puerto Rico

Although Puerto Rican society has long been shaped by the heritage of Spanish and United States (U.S.) colonization, current research has started to examine how racism and colorism interact to create and maintain health inequalities throughout the archipelago. However, this body...

Improving the Hydrophilicity of the Drugs Paclitaxel, Violacein, and Tetrandrine Using Carbon-Based Quantum Dots

Carbon-based quantum dots and their nitrogen- and sulfur-doped derivatives were used as platforms to improve the aqueous solubility for Paclitaxel, Violacein and Tetrandrine, drugs with known high partition coefficients (Log P). Paclitaxel, Violacein and Tetrandrine showed a sign...

Effect of Substrate Miscut on the Epitaxial Growth of MoS2 on Sapphire

Abstract The combined effects of substrate miscut angle and growth temperature on the epitaxial growth and properties of MoS2 monolayers synthesized by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on c-plane sapphire substrates were investigated. Increasing the miscut angle tow...