Environmental and Wastewater Treatment Applications of Stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels by Anita Ioana Visan, Irina Negut

“…The incorporation of nanoparticles and bio-based polymers further improves their structural integrity and pollutant removal efficiency. …”
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An Experimental Study of Photocatalytic Degradation of Congo Red Using Polymer Nanocomposite Films by Mashael Nasser Alshabanat, Murefah M. AL-Anazy

“…Eco-friendly polymer nanocomposite films were synthesized using biodegradable polymers of chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol as polymeric matrices and carbon black nanoparticles as the reinforcement. These films were applied to study their applicability to industrial wastewater purification as a photocatalyst for degradation of Congo red as a target pollutant and to study the effect of the polymeric matrix types of the films on their performance as a semiconductor photocatalyst. …”
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Recent Advances in Chitosan-Based Metal Nanocomposites for Wound Healing Applications by Kai Wang, Su Pan, Zhiping Qi, Peng Xia, Haotian Xu, Weijian Kong, Hongru Li, Pan Xue, Xiaoyu Yang, Chuan Fu

“…Many researchers have adopted the use of nanotechnology, in particular metallic nanoparticles (MNPs), in order to improve the mechanical strength and specific antibacterial properties of chitosan composites, with promising results. …”
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Nanostructured food proteins as efficient systems for the encapsulation of bioactive compounds by Mehdi Mohammadian, Mostafa I. Waly, Maryam Moghadam, Zahra Emam-Djomeh, Maryam Salami, Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi

“…Food proteins extracted from animals and plants have the ability to form different nanostructures including nanoparticles, hollow particles, nanogels, nanofibrillar aggregates, electrospun nanofibers, nanotubular structures, and nanocomplexes. …”
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Synthesizing Iron Atom Doped Carbon Nanotubes by Elguja R Kutelia, Ayten S Bakhtiyarova, Sayavur I Bakhtiyarov

“…One of the main challenges in synthesizing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based iron cluster-doped carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites is achieving uniform doping without causing aggregation or phase separation of the iron clusters, which can adversely affect the material’s properties. Iron nanoparticles tend to agglomerate due to their strong magnetic interactions and high surface energy, resulting in inhomogeneous doping that diminishes the effectiveness of the composite in applications like electromagnetic shielding, catalysis, or energy storage. …”
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Morphological Evolvement of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Using Conducting Polymer Nanofibers by Yang Liu, John H. Xin, Xinyu Zhang, Chao Zhang

“…A new growth mode of the “liquifying cascade growth” was observed for the as-synthesized carbon nanotubes, as their growth was directed by a series of liquified iron nanoparticles with sequentially decreasing sizes, similar to the cascade of liquid droplets. …”
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Single component organic photosensitizer for tumor Photodynamic/Photothermal immunotherapy via apoptosis and pyroptosis by Miao-Yan Xu, Jie Zeng, Xin-Hao Han, Duo-Duo Wei, Bing Fan, Xin‑Hui Qu, Shaorong Huang, Xiao-Jian Han

“…However, how to trigger the pyroptosis of tumor cells is a great challenge. Herein, a JNC nanoparticles (NPs) synchronous shared fluorescence imaging (FLI), oxygen-dependent reduction type Ⅰ photodynamic therapy (PDT) and high-efficiency photothermal therapy (PTT) were prepared. …”
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ENHANCED PROPERTIES AND MULTIFACETED APPLICATIONS OF POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE (PMMA) IN MODERN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY by Alexandru Burcea, Andreea-Mariana Bănățeanu, Cristian-Viorel Poalelungi, Alexandru Burcea, Norina Forna, Cristian Niky Cumpătă

“…Innovations include the integration of nanoparticles to improve mechanical properties and reduce bacterial colonization, as well as the development of novel composites that exhibit increased durability and enhanced cellular interactions. …”
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MagNet: Automated Magnetic Mineral Grain Morphometry Using Convolutional Neural Network by Zhaowen Pei, Liao Chang, Pengfei Xue, Richard J. Harrison

“…This framework, based on a convolutional neural network, performs well in the recognition and classification of magnetofossil nanoparticles in transmission electron microscopy images after training and testing. …”
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Effect of Magnetite Nano Particles on p-n-Alkyl Benzoic Acid Mesogens by S. Sreehari Sastry, S. Salma Begum, T. Vindhya Kumari, V. R. K. Murthy, Sie Tiong Ha

“…The magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (0.5 wt%) of size less than 20 nm doped in p-n-alkyl benzoic acids where n varies from heptyl (7) to nonyl (9) are prepared and the presence of Fe+3 is confirmed through UV-Visible spectrophotometer. …”
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Photoinduced Synthesis of Hierarchical Flower-Like Ag/Bi2WO6 Microspheres as an Efficient Visible Light Photocatalyst by Shuisheng Wu, Nianyuan Tan, Donghui Lan, Bing Yi

“…The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the synergistic effect of increased light absorption range and the effective separation of photogenerated carriers caused by Ag nanoparticles.…”
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Enhanced Supercapacitance of Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide/Mesocarbon Microbeads Composites toward Electrochemical Capacitors by Changzhou Yuan, Linrui Hou, Diankai Li, Long Yang, Jiaoyang Li

“…Further physical characterizations revealed that RuO2⋅nH2O nanoparticles (NPs) were well dispersed upon the surfaces of the MCMB pretreated in 6 M KOH solution. …”
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Spectrochemical Technology in Nanomaterial Preparation and Art Appraisal Technology Research by Xiao Tang

“…In this paper, different morphologies of SiO2 nanomaterials, such as crystalline nanoparticles, amorphous nanowires, nanospheres, and nanonets, were prepared by a simple hot steaming method in the presence of argon. …”
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Polymer nanocomposites in diabetes management: advances in biosensors and drug delivery systems by Aniruddha Sen

“…Abstract This review focuses on the latest advancements in polymer nanocomposites and their important role in the treatment of diabetes, namely in the fields of biosensors and drug delivery systems. Integrating nanoparticles into polymers has resulted in the development of glucose biosensors that exhibit increased sensitivity and selectivity, hence improving the accuracy of blood glucose monitoring. …”
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Recent Advances in the Valorization of Biodiesel By-Product Glycerol to Solketal by Supongsenla Ao, Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum

“…Furthermore, magnetic nanoparticles-derived catalysts along with sulfonated functionalized catalyzed, zeolites, resins, enzymatic, etc. have proved their efficiency in solketal production. …”
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Structural Characterization of Ferrihydrite/Hematite Nanocomposites and Their Arsenic Adsorption Properties by Nicolaza Pariona, Karla I. Camacho-Aguilar, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Arturo I. Martinez, Martin Herrera-Trejo

“…Transmission electron microscopy observations showed that the NCs consist of clusters of strongly aggregated nanoparticles (NPs) similarly to a “plum pudding”, where hematite NPs “raisins” are surrounded by ferrihydrite “pudding”. …”
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Local System Matrix Compression for Efficient Reconstruction in Magnetic Particle Imaging by T. Knopp, A. Weber

“…Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a quantitative method for determining the spatial distribution of magnetic nanoparticles, which can be used as tracers for cardiovascular imaging. …”
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CaCO3–Polymer Nanocomposite Prepared with Supercritical CO2 by Hiroaki Wakayama

“…Laser Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that this process produced a nanocomposite containing highly dispersed CaCO3 (aragonite) nanoparticles. The flexural strength of the nanocomposite was larger than the flexural strengths of limestone and CaCO3 produced by hydrothermal hot pressing. …”
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Optimal Evaluation of the Rheological Parameters for STF Dampers in Semi-Rigid Joints of Steel Structures Using Response Surface Method by Ruby Freya, R. Senthil

“…The proposed damper consists of the shear thickening fluid (STF) with the combination of nano-silica and PEG (400) sonicated to achieve colloidal dispersion of nanoparticles. Series of cyclic loading were imposed on the frames equipped with STF dampers to assess their impacts on T-steel frames. …”
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Tricalcium phosphate-based capillary suspensions as inks for 3D printing of porous scaffolds by Souhaila Nider, Femke De Ceulaer, Berfu Göksel, Annabel Braem, Erin Koos

“…While sucrose-based inks exhibit better printability, the ink incorporating silica nanoparticles exhibit structures with the highest porosity.…”
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