Novel In Situ Fabrication of Fe-Doped Zinc Oxide/Tin Sulfide Heterostructures for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue by Govinda Dharmana, Thirumala Rao Gurugubelli, Balaga Viswanadham, Babu Bathula, Kisoo Yoo

“…This study demonstrated that an easy hydrothermal procedure, carried out at 220°C for 12 hours, may be used to create iron-doped ZnO/SnS nanocomposites. The tunable energy bandgap characteristics of heterogeneous semiconducting materials and the effective charge carrier separation were thought to be the causes of the increased photocatalytic activity. …”
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Effect of Nanofillers on the Polarization and Depolarization Current Characteristics of New LLDPE-NR Compound for High Voltage Application by N. A. M. Jamail, M. A. M. Piah, N. A. Muhamad, Z. Salam, N. F. Kasri, R. A. Zainir, Q. E. Kamarudin

“…Polymeric nanocomposites in which the nanosize fillers are evenly distributed in the polymer material attract attention as an insulating material due to their ability to enhance the materials performance properties of electrical and mechanical. …”
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Nanotechnology-Enhanced Controlled Release Systems in Topical Therapeutics by Yohannes Teklehaimanot

“…Various types of nanoparticles, including lipid nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, nanoemulgels, cubosome liposomes, poly-meric nanoparticles, solid-lipid nanoparticles, lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles, and nanostructured lipid carriers, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, and protein nanoparticles have been explored for their ability to encapsulate drugs, prolong drug release, and enhance skin permeation as well as improve therapeutic outcomes. …”
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Tribological Characterization of Epoxy Hybrid Composites Reinforced with Al2O3 Nanofiller by K. Dilip Kumar, M. Shantharaja, M. D. Kiran, M. Rajesh, Nithin Kumar, Haiter Lenin

“…The results revealed that the addition of nanofiller significantly reduces the wear loss of epoxy hybrid nanocomposites. The wear resistance of epoxy hybrid composites increased with increase in addition of nanofiller up to 1.0%, and it slightly decreased with the further addition of filler. …”
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Coupling Metallic Nanostructures to Thermally Responsive Polymers Allows the Development of Intelligent Responsive Membranes by J. Rubén Morones-Ramírez

“…The method followed involved the grafting of optothermally responsive polymer-metal nanoparticle nanocomposites to polycarbonate track-etched porous membranes (PCTEPMs). …”
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Feasibility of Carbonaceous Nanomaterial-Assisted Photocatalysts Calcined at Different Temperatures for Indoor Air Applications by Wan-Kuen Jo, Kun-Hwan Kim

“…This study examined the characteristics and photocatalytic activity of multiwall carbon nanotube-assisted TiO2 (MWNT-TiO2) nanocomposites calcined at different temperatures to assess their potential indoor air applications. …”
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3,4-Dihydropyrano [C] chromene Synthesis Using Fe3O4@SiO2-SO3H Magnetic Nanocatalyst by Masoumeh Zakarieie, Masoumeh Taherimehr

“…Notably, the saturation magnetization of Fe3O4@SiO2-SO3H nanocomposites is sufficient for magnetic separation using an external magnet. …”
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Eggshell Based Nano-Engineered Hydroxyapatite and Poly(lactic) Acid Electrospun Fibers as Potential Tissue Scaffold by Vitus A. Apalangya, Vijaya K. Rangari, Boniface J. Tiimob, Shaik Jeelani, Temesgen Samuel

“…Nanocomposite electrospun fibers were fabricated from poly(lactic) acid (PLA) and needle-like hydroxyapatite nanoparticles made from eggshells. …”
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Unsteady Radiative Maxwell Fluid Flow over an Expanding Sheet with Sodium Alginate Water-Based Copper-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Nanomaterial: An Application to Solar Aircraft by S. Chandrasekaran, M. Satyanarayana Gupta, Sanju Jangid, K. Loganathan, B. Deepa, Dinesh Kumar Chaudhary

“…The primary heat source from the sunlight is solar energy, which is used in photovoltaic panels, solar power plates, photovoltaic streetlights, and solar-based hybrid nanocomposites. A hybrid nanofluid is traversing an expanding sheet in this investigation. …”
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Numerical simulation of rotating flow of CNT nanofluids with thermal radiation, ohmic heating, and autocatalytic chemical reactions by S. Eswaramoorthi, Saleem Nasir, K. Loganathan, M. Satyanarayana Gupta, Abdallah Berrouk

“…Some of the applications are energy conversion, fluid stirring, aligned nanocomposites, heat exchangers, electronics cooling, etc. …”
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Creation of Structural Polymer Composite Materials for Functional Application Using Physicochemical Modification by Aleksandr E. Kolosov, Volodymyr I. Sivetskii, Elena P. Kolosova, Volodymyr V. Vanin, Aleksandr V. Gondlyakh, Dmytro E. Sidorov, Igor I. Ivitskiy

“…The various aspects of physicochemical modification of the components of structural materials of functional application based on classical composites and nanocomposites are analyzed. Potential applications of such materials are briefly described. …”
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In situ synthesis of ZnO/g-C3N4 based composites for photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light by S. Pourali, R. Amrollahi, S. Alamolhoda, S. M. Masoudpanah

“…Abstract In this study, in situ-synthesized ZnO/g-C3N4 based composites were used as photocatalysts for organic pollution removal. These nanocomposites were prepared through simple calcination of a mixture of melamine and ZnO nanoparticles and underwent comprehensive evaluation of their structural, morphological, optical, and photocatalytic properties, using various analytical techniques. …”
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Investigating Influences of Synthesizing Eco-Friendly Waste-Coir-Fiber Nanofiller-Based Ramie and Abaca Natural Fiber Composite Parameters on Mechanical Properties by T. Sathish, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Palanivel Velmurugan, R. Saravanan, T. Raja, M. Ravichandran, Wadi B. Alonazi, Shanmugam Sureshkumar, Atkilt Mulu Gebrekidan

“….% of nanofiller material is added to the preparation of natural nanocomposites (ramie and abaca fiber). Hybrid composites are fabricated with the influence of different process parameters, namely, fiber weight percentage (20 wt.%, 30 wt.%, 40 wt.%, and 50 wt.%), NaOH action % (4%, 6%, 8%, and 10%), compression pressure (9 MPa, 12 MPa, 15 MPa, and 18 MPa), and temperature (100°C, 120°C, 140°C, and 160°C). …”
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Fabrication of Zn and Ti-loaded Carbon-silica Composite Derived from Gelatin Template for the Photodegradation of Methylene Blue by Maria Ulfa, Ika Uswatun Hasanah, Ida Setiarini

“…Carbon-silica nanocomposites (CSNs) from gelatin as a carbon source and natural template and TEOS as a silica source have been successfully synthesized and impregnated into ZnO and TiO2 photocatalysts. …”
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Metal-organic frameworks-derived CaO/ZnO composites as stable catalysts for biodiesel production from soybean oil at room temperature by Maryam Sharifi, Shahram Tangestaninejad, Majid Moghadam, Afsaneh Marandi, Valiollah Mirkhani, Iraj Mohammadpoor-Baltork, Sahar Aghayani

“…This study introduces MOF-mediated synthesis (MOFMS) of heterogeneous catalysts, specifically CaO@ZnO and ZnO@CaO nanocomposites, from inexpensive and non-toxic metal salts and linkers in water. …”
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Production and Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals from Agave tequilana Weber Waste and Its Effect on the Melt Rheology of PLA by Soledad-Cecilia Pech-Cohuo, Gonzalo Canche-Escamilla, Alex Valadez-González, Victor Vladimir Amilcar Fernández-Escamilla, Jorge Uribe-Calderon

“…Both pristine and surface modified CNC were melt mixed with PLA to produce nanocomposites at different concentrations of CNC. Dynamic time sweep tests showed that the introduction of CNC and CNC/2-EHA decreased the complex viscosity of PLA due to polymer degradation during compounding.…”
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A Novel Signal-Amplified Immunoassay for the Detection of C-Reactive Protein Using HRP-Doped Magnetic Nanoparticles as Labels with the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance a... by Ning Gan, Ping Xiong, Ji Wang, Tianhua Li, Futao Hu, Yuting Cao, Lei Zheng

“…A novel horseradish peroxidase- (HPR-) doped magnetic core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2@Au nanocomposites (Fe-Au MNPs) were employed on immunoassay for the determination of C-reactive protein (CRP) based on a electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance detector (EQCM). …”
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Structural modification of defective WO3 by g-C3N4 for photocatalytic gold recovery from non-cyanide-based plating effluent by Pimchanok Longchin, Tesfaye Tadesse Gebremariam, Naphaphan Kunthakudee, Auttawit Thoumrungroj, Thanapol Sutthiphong, Mali Hunsom

“…The obtained results exhibited that all nCN/WO3 − x composites demonstrated a higher photocatalytic activity for gold recovery than their pristine components due to the formation of nanocomposites which paved a convenient pathway for charge transfer. …”
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Fabrication of metal organic framework/Polyoxometalate-TiO2 based DSCCs with enhanced electron lifetime and reduced recombination of charge carriers sensitized with cabbage/spinach... by William Moloto, Pontsho Mbule, Edward Nxumalo, Bulelwa Ntsendwana

“…The TiO2-FeBTC-BiPOM (6 %) nanocomposites doped with 400 ​μg/mL CQDs exhibited improved performance with lower charge transfer resistance. …”
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Impact on the  incorporation  of  metals  in  physicochemical  and antimicrobial  properties  in  films  based  on  arrowroot  starcha by Antonio Carlos Pereira de Menezes Filho, Matheus Vinicius Abadia Ventura, Carlos Frederico de Souza Castro, Rogério Favareto, Marconi Batista Teixeira, Frederico Antônio Loureiro Soares

“…Arrowroot starch has been recently used to produce high-quality biodegradable films capable of behaving well when incorporating oils, extracts, metal, and metal nanocomposites. The study aimed to verify the impact of incorporating metals in the sulfate and chloride forms in a biopolymeric matrix from arrowroot starch in terms of biodegradability, physicochemical and microbiological parameters. …”
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