Recent Strategies in Preparation of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Cellulose Nanofibrils Derived from Raw Cellulose Materials by Hongxiang Xie, Haishun Du, Xianghao Yang, Chuanling Si

“…The recent strategies in preparation of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) were described. …”
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Chitin nanocrystal-reinforced chitin/collagen composite hydrogels for annulus fibrosus repair after discectomy by Mingzhi Liu, Zhiyong Cui, Derong Xu, Chenguang Liu, Chuanli Zhou

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Improving Passivation Process of Si Nanocrystals Embedded in SiO2 Using Metal Ion Implantation by Jhovani Bornacelli, Jorge Alejandro Reyes Esqueda, Luis Rodríguez Fernández, Alicia Oliver

“…We studied the photoluminescence (PL) of Si nanocrystals (Si-NCs) embedded in SiO2 obtained by ion implantation at MeV energy. …”
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Enhanced Bioactivity of Pomegranate Peel Extract following Controlled Release from CaCO3 Nanocrystals by Francesca Baldassarre, Viviana Vergaro, Federica De Castro, Francesca Biondo, Gian Paolo Suranna, Paride Papadia, Francesco P. Fanizzi, Domenico Rongai, Giuseppe Ciccarella

“…The aim of this work was to improve extract’ bioactivity through the adsorption on calcium carbonate nanocrystals. Nanocrystals revealed as efficient tools for extract adsorption reaching 50% of loading efficiency. …”
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Simulation of Electronic Structure of Aluminum Phosphide Nanocrystals Using Ab Initio Large Unit Cell Method by Hamad R. Jappor, Zeyad Adnan Saleh, Mudar A. Abdulsattar

“…The oxygenated (001)-(1×1) facet that expands with larger sizes of nanocrystals is investigated to determine the rule of the surface in nanocrystals electronic structure. …”
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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

“…The production and surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) from Agave tequilana Weber waste (ATW) and their effect on the melt rheology of PLA were investigated. …”
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Enhancing Hydrogen Diffusion in Silica Matrix by Using Metal Ion Implantation to Improve the Emission Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals by J. Bornacelli, J. A. Reyes-Esqueda, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. L. Ruvalcaba-Sil, F. J. Jaimes, A. Oliver

“…In this aspect silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) have become the main building block of silicon photonic (modulators, waveguide, source, and detectors). …”
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Tailoring Multiferroic Characteristics in LaFeO3 Nanocrystals via Rare-Earth Pr3+ Doping by Ramesh Kumar Raji, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, Fathalla Hamed, Srinivasa S

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Shape and Size Dependence of Electronic Properties of InSb Diamondoids and Nanocrystals: A Density Functional Theory Study by Mudar Ahmed Abdulsattar, Thamer R. Sultan, Ahmed M. Saeed

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Functional nanocrystal as effective contrast agents for dual-mode imaging: Live-cell sonoluminescence and contrast-enhanced echography by V. Vighetto, E. Pascucci, N.M. Percivalle, A. Troia, K.M. Meiburger, M.R.P. van den Broek, T. Segers, V. Cauda

“…In the context of molecular imaging, the present work explores an innovative platform made of lipid-coated nanocrystals as contrast-enhanced agent for both ultrasound imaging and sonoluminescence. …”
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Intense Red Upconversion Emission and Shape Controlled Synthesis of Gd2O3:Yb/Er Nanocrystals by Zhigao Yi, Boyun Wen, Chao Qian, Haibo Wang, Ling Rao, Hongrong Liu, Songjun Zeng

“…Yb/Er codoped Gd(OH)3 was synthesized firstly via a simple hydrothermal treatment of the corresponding nitrate in the presence of alkali by tuning the pH values. The Gd2O3:Yb/Er nanocrystals were obtained via sintering the corresponding hydroxides precursors. …”
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Influence of TiO2 Nanocrystals Fabricating Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell on the Absorption Spectra of N719 Sensitizer by Puhong Wen, Yinfeng Han, Weixing Zhao

“…And it produced a larger red-shift on the MLCT band after TiO2 nanocrystals with small size mixed with some long nanocrystals. …”
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A Study on the Mechanism of Cellulose Nanocrystals to Enhance the Stability of Hydrophobic Phthalocyanine Green in Water and the Functional Characteristics of Colour Pastes by Junliang Lu, Jun Xu, Ziyong Zhou, Zhaohui Zhang, Jun Li, Wei Zhang, Kefu Chen

Subjects: “…cellulose nanocrystals…”
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Comparative Performance Analysis of Gear Oil Enhanced With Biomass-Derived Cellulose Nanocrystals and Al2O3 Nanoparticles by Ahmed Nabhan, Hamouda M. Mousa, Husain Alfadhel, Mohamed R. El-Sharkawy, Hossa F. Al-Shareef, Fatimah A. M. Al-Zahrani, Mohamed Taha

“…This investigation conducts a side-by-side assessment of gear oil augmented with a unique hybrid nanoparticle variant: cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) sourced from biomass and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles (NPs). …”
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The use of nano-structured cellulose to improve plywood: A review by L.C. Lirya Silva, F.O. Lima, S.N. Monteiro, A.R.G. Azevedo, A.L. Christoforo, B.S. Ferreira, D. Goveia, C.I. de Campos

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Antimicrobial activity of chitosan /corn starch film incorporated with starch nanocrystals /nettle essential oil nanoemulsion for Eleutheronema tetradactylum fillet preservation by Hamed Ahari, Fatemeh Kalateh-Seifari, Shima Yousefi

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Quantum dots enhanced stability of in-situ fabricated perovskite nanocrystals based light-emitting diodes: Electrical field distribution effects by Xulan Xue, Menglin Li, Zhenjie Liu, Chenhui Wang, Jincheng Xu, Shuangpeng Wang, Hanzhuang Zhang, Haizheng Zhong, Wenyu Ji

Subjects: “…Perovskite nanocrystals…”
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Designing a glass nanoshell on barium titanium trioxide to suppress nanocrystal growth during sintering for fine-grain dielectric ceramics by Jia Yu, Qi Jiang, Qingchao Jia, Liangzhu Zhang, Wenchun Chiu, Huidan Zeng

“…Herein, we demonstrate a controllable preparation of fine-grain BaTiO3 ceramic by using sol-gel glass encapsulation strategy to suppress the growth of nanocrystal during sintering. It is found that the BaTiO3 nanocrystal with average lateral particle size of 70 nm and 200 nm (BT70 and BT200) can be coated with Bi2O3-B2O3-SiO2 (BBS) glass shell to form core-shell structures. …”
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Chemiluminescence of Mn-Doped ZnS Nanocrystals Induced by Direct Chemical Oxidation and Ionic Liquid-Sensitized Effect as an Efficient and Green Catalyst by Seyed Naser Azizi, Mohammad Javad Chaichi, Parmis Shakeri, Ahmadreza Bekhradnia, Mehdi Taghavi, Mousa Ghaemy

“…The CL properties of QDs not only will be helpful to study physical chemistry properties of semiconductor nanocrystals but also they are expected to find use in many fields such as luminescence devices, bioanalysis, and multicolor labeling probes.…”
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Multiferroic and Optical Properties of La0.05Li0.85NbO3 and LiNbO3 Nanocrystals by Carlos A. Díaz-Moreno, Jorge A. López, Yu Ding, A. Hurtado Macias, Chunqiang Li, Ryan B. Wicker

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