Lipid Antigens: Revealing the Hidden Players in Adaptive Immune Responses by Tamana Eskandari, Yasamin Eivazzadeh, Fatemeh Khaleghinia, Fatemeh Kashi, Valentyn Oksenych, Dariush Haghmorad

“…These advancements have paved the way for lipid-based vaccines and immunotherapies through the application of nanoparticles and synthetic lipid antigens designed to boost immune responses against cancers and infectious diseases. …”
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Improved Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Composite with Highly Exposed {001} Facets and Its Photoelectrochemical Response by Gregory S. H. Thien, Fatin Saiha Omar, Nur Ily Syuhada Ahmad Blya, Wee Siong Chiu, Hong Ngee Lim, Ramin Yousefi, Farid-Jamali Sheini, Nay Ming Huang

“…Field emission scanning electron microscope and high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging reveal that the structure consists of TiO2 nanoparticles covered with TiO2 nanosheets of exposed 001 facets on a RGO sheet. …”
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Morphology, structure, and electrochemical properties of the MnOx@CNTs composite: a study of SEM, EDX, XPS, and CVA methods by P. M. Korusenko, S. N. Nesov, K. E. Ivlev

“…With an increase in the potential scan rate, the specific capacitance of the nanocomposite significantly decreased relative to CNTs, which is due to a number of reasons: (i) insufficient porosity of the electrode surface; (ii) a decrease in the amount of MnOx nanoparticles in the electrode and their dissolution in the electrolyte during charge-discharge processes.…”
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Effect of chitosan–tungsten composite coating obtained by electrophoretic deposition on the corrosion resistance of Ni–Ti alloy in physiological medium by José Anderson Machado Oliveira, Thales Gomes Araujo, Josiane Dantas Costa, Arthur Filgueira de Almeida, Ana Regina Nascimento Campos, Renato Alexandre Costa de Santana

“…The results of surface morphology and chemical composition (SEM and EDX) confirmed the formation of the composite coating formed by a chitosan matrix impregnated with tungsten oxide nanoparticles. Corrosion resistance results proved the efficiency of the composite coating, acting as a protective barrier between the surface of the substrate (Ni–Ti) and the corrosive environment. …”
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COFcap2, a recyclable tandem catalysis reactor for nitrogen fixation and conversion to chiral amines by Qianqian Zhu, Peijie Dong, Jiangyue Yu, Zhifang Wang, Ting Wang, Shan Qiao, Jinjin Liu, Shubo Geng, Yunlong Zheng, Peng Cheng, Michael J. Zaworotko, Zhenjie Zhang, Yao Chen

“…Herein we report that co-immobilization of metal nanoparticles and a biocatalytic system within a synthetic covalent organic framework capsule, COFcap-2, functions like an artificial cell in that, whereas the catalysts are trapped within 300-400 nm cavities, substrates/products can ingress/egress through ca. 2 nm windows. …”
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Nanodrug‐Engineered Exosomes Achieve a Jointly Dual‐Pathway Inhibition on Cuproptosis by Hanxiao Sun, Yang Zou, Zhengtai Chen, Yan He, Kai Ye, Huan Liu, Lihong Qiu, Yufan Zhang, Yuexue Mai, Xinghong Chen, Zhengwei Mao, Wei Wang, Chenggang Yi

“…The strategy of engineered exosomes with functional nanoparticles (NPs) proposed in this study offers an efficient and scalable new approach for regulating cuproptosis.…”
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Optimization of Water Absorption and Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of Polylactic Acid/Chitosan/Titanium Carbide by S. Krishnamohan, Harishchander Anandaram, V. Rathinam, S. Kaliappan, S. Sekar, Pravin P Patil, Asheesh Kumar, Venkatesan Govindaraajan

“…The impacts of TiC NPs on PLA/CS properties are studied using FTIR and XRD and thermal (TGA) and mechanical investigations. Titanium carbide nanoparticles in the polylactic acid/chitosan matrix increase the mechanical characteristics of the materials. …”
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The Influence of Nanohydroxyapatite on the Thermal, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of Polyoxymethylene Nanocomposites by Kinga Pielichowska, Dariusz Bieliński, Michał Dworak, Ewelina Kilian, Beata Macherzyńska, Stanisław Błażewicz

“…Moreover, for POM/HAp nanocomposites with 5% of HAp, ultrasonic longitudinal wave velocity was almost constant even after 1000000 mechanical loading cycles, evidencing an enhancement of mechanical properties by HAp nanoparticles.…”
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Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…Metal nanoparticles (NPs) have received significant attention in last decade because of their unique properties. …”
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DEPENDENCE OF A GAS-PHASE DNA GLOBULE SIZE ON CHAIN LENGTH by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, A. S. Kozlov, V. M. Popik, N. A. Kolchanov, S. E. Peltek

“…We developed a method of mild nondestructive ablation with terahertz radiation for bringing DNA molecules to aerosol. DNA nanoparticles were measured in the gas phase with a diffusion aerosol spectrometer. …”
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Role of Dielectric Constant on Ion Transport: Reformulated Arrhenius Equation by Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…Further incorporation of alumina nanoparticles (6 to 10 wt.% Al2O3) results in crystallinity increase (large crystallite size). …”
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Optimization of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Method for Rapid Screening of 17β-Estradiol in Water by Fluorescence Quenching by Yu Yang, Edward P. C. Lai

“…Fluorescence emission from E2 nonspecifically bound onto the MIP particles was first quenched by large gold nanoparticles (43 ± 5 nm). The Stern-Volmer plot was linear, with dynamic quenching constants (Ksv) of 2.9 ×104 M-1. …”
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Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a 3D Nanostructured Electrode by Guo-Yang Chen, Ming-Way Lee, Gou-Jen Wang

“…The crystallinity and conductivity of the 3D ITO films were further enhanced by annealing. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were electrophoretically deposited on the 3D ITO film after which the proposed DSSC was formed by filling vacant spaces in the 3D nanostructured ITO electrode with dye. …”
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Microencapsulation Techniques in HIV Pediatric Formulations: Advances and Future Outlook by Nnamdi Ikemefuna Okafor

“…Microencapsulation techniques have explored in drug delivery for encapsulation and manufacture of different nanoparticles that have shown significant potential in mitigating and surmounting different constraints, such as taste masking, enhanced drug solubility and bioavailability, and production of micronized fine powders for treatment of varying diseases. …”
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Cobalt Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Hip Arthroplasty: An Increasingly Prevalent Problem by Russel Tilney, Melanie Roberta Burg, Mark Adrian Sammut

“…Cobalt exists as a bivalent and trivalent molecule in circulation and produces a cytotoxicity profile similar to nanoparticles, causing neurological, thyroid, and cardiological pathology. …”
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Melittin: A Natural Component of Honeybee Venom as a Potential Anti-Cancer Therapy by Niamh Donnellan, Anne M Friel

“…Optimisation techniques for melittin have been developed including the use of gene therapy, co-delivery and nanoparticles. Melittin’s biological functions, the potential methods of delivery and current trends in melittin development for therapy are presented and discussed in this review.…”
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In Vivo Optical Imaging of Neurogenesis: Watching New Neurons in the Intact Brain by Sebastien Couillard-Despres, Rudolf Finkl, Beate Winner, Sonja Ploetz, Dirk Wiedermann, Robert Aigner, Ulrich Bogdahn, Juergen Winkler, Mathias Hoehn, Ludwig Aigner

“…The present imaging approach offers several crucial advantages over methods currently available, such as bromodeoxyuridine incorporation or labeling using iron oxide nanoparticles. Hence, it allows longitudinal study of neurogenesis in intact animals without the requirement of cellular prelabeling. …”
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Synthesis and Electrochemical Capacitor Characterization of Novel Composite Materials with p-Type Conductive Polymer by Narges Ajami

“…In this research, nanoparticles of MnO2 are used after synthesis to prepare polymer nanocomposites in one-step. …”
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Evaluating the efficiency of environmentally friendly magnetic photocatalyst for the treatment of industrial effluents containing dye pollutants by Sedigheh Abbasi

“…For this purpose, titania semiconductor is synthesized as photocatalytic nanoparticles by hydrolysis method on the surface of graphene oxide. …”
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A mathematical model of mechanotransduction by Bradley J. Roth

“…Potential applications are discussed, such as predicting growth and remodeling in the diseased heart, analyzing stretch-induced arrhythmias, modeling shear forces in a vessel caused by blood flow, examining the role of mechanical forces in engineered sheets of tissue, studying differentiation in colonies of stem cells, and characterizing the response to localized forces applied to nanoparticles.…”
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