Enhancing Photocatalytic Performance through Tuning the Interfacial Process between -Assembled and Pt-Loaded Microspheres by Jun Zhang, Liping Li, Guangshe Li

“…The interfacial process between microspheres and Pt nanoparticles was further tuned through adjusting the loading Pt content of metal Pt. …”
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Fabrication of Heterogeneous TiO2-CdS Nanotubular Arrays on Transparent Conductive Substrate and Their Photoelectrochemical Properties by Jing Liu, Chenhui Meng, Zhaoyue Liu

“…This improvement in photoelectrochem‐ ical properties can be ascribed to the reduced charge recombination on the interface between the TiO2 nanotubes and the CdS nanoparticles under front-side illumination. Our strategy for nanotubular transfer on transparent substrate may extend the applications of TiO2 nanotubular arrays into other fields, such as dye-sensitized solar cells, photochromism and photocatalysis.…”
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Aqueous Nanofluid as a Two-Phase Coolant for PWR by Pavel N. Alekseev, Yury M. Semchenkov, Alexander L. Shimkevich

“…These additives can enhance a heat transfer of water as a two-phase coolant for PWR due to natural forming of nanoparticles with a thermal conductivity higher than water. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2-Water Nanofluids by Raviteja Surakasi, Srujana Sripathi, Sarada Purnima Nadimpalli, Sibtain Afzal, Bharat Singh, Manoj Tripathi, Rahel Alemu Hafa

“…XRD analysis and SEM and TEM analysis are carried out for TiO2 nanofluids. Nanoparticles were analyzed using EDAX analysis to identify their composition. …”
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In-vitro antifungal potential of myco versus bacteria synthesized ZnO NPs against chickpea and apricot pathogen by Junaid Ahmed, Farhana, Ghulam Ali Manzoor, Abdul Rasheed Kaleri, Bilal Zulfiqar, Abdul Waheed, Rashid Iqbal, Mehdi Rahimi

“…Surface changes, size, and concentration of nanoparticles were main determinants of antifungal activity. …”
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Precise HER2 Protein Degradation via Peptide‐Conjugated Photodynamic Therapy for Enhanced Breast Cancer Immunotherapy by Changyong Guo, Fei Gao, Guoyuan Wu, Jinqiu Li, Chunquan Sheng, Shipeng He, Honggang Hu

“…This study introduces an innovative strategy combining HER2‐targeting peptides with the photosensitizer (PSs) pyropheophorbide‐a (Pha) via a gelatinase‐cleavable linker, forming self‐assembling nanoparticles. These nanoparticles actively target breast cancer cells and generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) under near‐infrared light, effectively degrading HER2 proteins. …”
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Application of DTM to heat source/sink in squeezing flow of iron oxide polymer nanofluid between electromagnetic surfaces by Reshu Gupta, A.B. Albidah, NFM Noor, Ilyas Khan

“…The nanofluid used in the study consists of iron oxide nanoparticles suspended in a polymer-based fluid. The nanoparticles addition to the base fluid increases the heat transfer rates significantly. …”
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Effects of Homogenization Scheme of TiO2 Screen-Printing Paste for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Seigo Ito, Kaoru Takahashi, Shin-ich Yusa, Takahiro Imamura, Kenji Tanimoto

“…The TiO2 ball-milling (TiO2-BM) route gave monodisperse TiO2 nanoparticles, resulting in high photocurrent density (14.2 mA cm−2) and high photoconversion efficiency (8.27%). …”
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A Perspective Review on Thermal Conductivity of Hybrid Nanofluids and Their Application in Automobile Radiator Cooling by Wisdom Etabiese Ukueje, Fidelis Ibiang Abam, Anthony Obi

“…Hybrid nanofluids developed with the fusion or suspension of two or more different nanoparticles in a mixture as a novel heat transfer fluid are currently of interest to researchers due to their proven better measured thermal conductivities. …”
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Enhanced Transformation of Atrazine by High Efficient Visible Light-Driven N, S-Codoped TiO2 Nanowires Photocatalysts by Yanlin Zhang, Honghai Wu, Peihong Liu

“…The N, S-codoped TiO2 nanowires at the calcination of 600°C obtained by a facile hydrothermal method revealed the best photocatalytic performance for the degradation of atrazine under visible light irradiation compared to N, S-codoped TiO2 nanoparticles and S-doped TiO2 nanowires. TOC removal experiment also exhibited the similar result and achieved 63% of atrazine mineralization within 6 h. …”
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Comparison of Superparamagnetic and Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Cell Labeling for Tracking Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Marker with Negative and Positive Contrast Mag... by Zhuoli Zhang, Rohan Dharmakumar, Nicole Mascheri, Zhaoyang Fan, Shengyong Wu, Debiao Li

“…The objectives of this study were to investigate the feasibility of imaging green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing cells labeled with iron oxide nanoparticles with the fast low-angle positive contrast steady-state free precession (FLAPS) method and to compare them with the traditional negative contrast technique. …”
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Modified Silica Incorporating into PDMS Polymeric Membranes for Bioethanol Selection by Ping Peng, Yongqiang Lan, Juxiang Luo

“…The pervaporation results showed that the addition of the two types of modified silica nanoparticles dramatically enhanced both the permeability and selectivity of hybrid membranes. …”
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Analytic Simulation for Magnetohydrodynamic Unsteady Buongiorno Model Hybrid Nanofluid Flow over Stretching by Muhammad Jawad, Salah Boulaaras, Niaz Ali Shah, Rashid Jan, Sulima Ahmed Zubair

“…For increasing values of Lewis number, the concentration of hybrid nanoparticles is considerably lowered. Moreover, we observed an increase in the concentration of hybrid nanoparticles through a destructive chemical reaction, whereas a generative chemical reaction has the reverse effect. …”
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Anchoring spinel cobalt and zinc ferrites on zeolite for highly synergic photocatalytic reduction of chromium (VI) by Moin Mehrbakhsh, Moones Honarmand, Ahmad Aryafar

“…The CZZ photocatalyst exhibited a significant Cr (VI) reduction rate of 0.1535 min−1, which was 9.27, 5.37 and 3.58 times higher than those of single ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles (0.0166 min−1), CoFe2O4 nanoparticles (0.0286 min−1), and CoFe2O4–ZnFe2O4 (0.0428 min−1) respectively. …”
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Fabrication, Properties, and Performance of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites for Organic Dye Removal from Aqueous Media by Yao Mawuena Tsekpo, Augustine Nana Sekyi Appiah, Lucas Nana Wiredu Damoah, Daniel Amusah, Ebenezer Annan

“…The results show that the presence of magnetite nanoparticles improved MB dye removal significantly.…”
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Guanidine‐Derived Polymeric Nanoinhibitors Target the Lysosomal V‐ATPase and Activate AMPK Pathway to Ameliorate Liver Lipid Accumulation by Yunfei Zhao, Ke Hu, Fangliang Wang, Lulu Zhao, Yu Su, Jun Chen, Gang Zou, Liming Yang, Li Wei, Mengjiao Deng, Yunyu He, Ping Wang, Xiong Z Ruan, Yaxi Chen, Chao Yu

“…These results imply that polymer‐formed nanoparticles can serve as targeted inhibitors, offering a novel approach for therapeutic applications.…”
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Shedding Light on the Active Species in a Cobalt‐Based Covalent Organic Framework for the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Pouya Hosseini, Andrés Rodríguez‐Camargo, Yiqun Jiang, Siyuan Zhang, Christina Scheu, Liang Yao, Bettina V. Lotsch, Kristina Tschulik

“…These results suggest that cobalt oxide‐based nanoparticles are formed in TpBpy‐Co from Co(II) ions coordinated to the COF backbone when exposing TpBpy‐Co to alkaline media, and these newly formed nanoparticles serve as the primary active species for oxygen evolution. …”
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Development of Solid Nanosystem for Delivery of Chlorhexidine with Increased Antimicrobial Activity and Decreased Cytotoxicity: Characterization and In Vitro and In Ovo Toxicologic... by Alexandra-Ioana Dănilă, Mihai Romînu, Krisztina Munteanu, Elena-Alina Moacă, Andreea Geamantan-Sîrbu, Iustin Olariu, Diana Marian, Teodora Olariu, Ioana-Cristina Talpoş-Niculescu, Raluca Mioara Cosoroabă, Ramona Popovici, Ştefania Dinu

“…The evaluation of chlorhexidine-carrier nanosystems based on iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (IOMNPs), has gained significant attention in recent years due to the unique properties of the magnetic nanoparticles (NPSs). …”
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Determination of Partition Coefficients of Selected Model Migrants between Polyethylene and Polypropylene and Nanocomposite Polypropylene by Pablo Otero-Pazos, David A. Pereira de Abreu, Raquel Sendon, Ana Rodriguez Bernaldo de Quiros, Inmaculada Angulo, Jose M. Cruz, Perfecto Paseiro-Losada

“…Studies on nanoparticles have focused the attention of the researchers because they can produce nanocomposites that exhibit unexpected hybrid properties. …”
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Facile synthesis of nanoporous Mg crystalline structure by organic solvent-based reduction for solid-state hydrogen storage by Hyesun Kim, HyeonJi Kim, Wonsik Kim, Choah Kwon, Si-Won Jin, Taejun Ha, Jae-Hyeok Shim, Soohyung Park, Aqil Jamal, Sangtae Kim, Eun Seon Cho

“…The synthesized nanoporous Mg also demonstrates enhanced hydrogen sorption kinetics and reveals unique kinetic features compared to Mg nanoparticles. The well-crystallized Mg nanoporous structure exhibits crystalline facet-dependent hydrogen sorption characteristics, featuring gradually improved hydrogen storage capacity up to 6 wt.% upon cycling. …”
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