Fabrication of TiO2 Nanofilm Photoelectrodes on Ti Foil by Ti Ion Implantation and Subsequent Annealing by Yichao Liu, Feng Ren, Guangxu Cai, Mengqing Hong, Wenqing Li, Xiangheng Xiao, Wei Wu, Changzhong Jiang

“…The TiO2 photoelectrodes fabricated on the substrate of Ti foils by Ti ions implantation and subsequent annealing at different temperatures were applied for water splitting. The size of TiO2 nanoparticles increased with annealing temperatures, and the GIXRD patterns and Raman spectra demonstrate that the phase of TiO2 turns to rutile at high temperature. …”
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Use of Silica Tubes as Nanocontainers for Corrosion Inhibitor Storage by Cesia Ávila-Gonzalez, Rodolfo Cruz-Silva, Carmina Menchaca, Selene Sepulveda-Guzman, Jorge Uruchurtu

“…A new alkyd paint anticorrosion smart coating was developed by using silica nanoparticles as corrosion inhibitor nanocontainers. …”
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Mesoporous SnO2 Nanowires: Synthesis and Ethanol Sensing Properties by Shan-Hong Li, Fang-Fang Meng, Zhong Chu, Tao Luo, Fu-Min Peng, Zhen Jin

“…The mesoporous SnO2 nanowires composed of nanoparticles and nanopores have been successfully synthesized within the nanochannels of anodic alumina oxide templates by a facile sol-gel method. …”
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Compliant immune response of silk-based biomaterials broadens application in wound treatment by Zhiqiang Tian, Hong Chen, Ping Zhao

“…The immune response directly influences wound healing cycle, and the extensive immunomodulatory functions of silk-based nanoparticles and hydrogels have attracted wide attention. …”
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cellular Responses to Entry of Virions: One Kind of Natural Nanobiomaterial by Zheng Liu, Shuyu Liu, Jinming Cui, Yurong Tan, Jian He, Jingqiang Zhang

“…The infection is an intrinsic property of the virions, and the biological process provides a good model for studying how these nanoparticles enter into cells. During the infection, the viruses employ different strategies to which the cells have developed respective responses. …”
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CTAB-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Bi2Sn2O7 Photocatalyst and Its Highly Efficient Degradation of Organic Dye under Visible-Light Irradiation by Weicheng Xu, Zhang Liu, Jianzhang Fang, Guangyin Zhou, Xiaoting Hong, Shuxing Wu, Ximiao Zhu, YunFang Chen, Chaoping Cen

“…Pyrochlore-type Bi2Sn2O7 (BSO) nanoparticles have been prepared by a hydrothermal method assisted with a cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). …”
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Multicomponent Nanocomposites for Complex Anticancer Therapy: Effect of Aggregation Processes on Their Efficacy by Nataliya Kutsevol, Yuliia Kuziv, Tetiana Bezugla, Vasyl Chumachenko, Vasyl Chekhun

“…The three-component nanocomposites with incorporated gold nanoparticles and photosensitizer and the four-component ones additionally loaded by Doxorubicin into polymer nanoplatform were studied at 25 and 37°C by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. …”
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Analysis of the spatial distribution of metabolites in Aloe vera leaves by mass spectrometry imaging and UHPLC-UHRMS by Sumi Krupa, Tomasz Ruman, Wiktoria Szuberla, Joanna Nizioł

“…The composition was studied using two mass spectrometry imaging techniques: silver-109 nanoparticles assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (109AgNPs-LDI-MSI) and laser ablation-remote atmospheric pressure photoionization/chemical ionization mass spectrometry imaging (LARAPPI/CI-MSI) and the identification was aided by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-UHRMS) analysis. …”
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Graphene/Gold Nanocomposites-Based Thin Films as an Enhanced Sensing Platform for Voltammetric Detection of Cr(VI) Ions by Chella Santhosh, Murugan Saranya, Rajendran Ramachandran, Sathiyanathan Felix, Venugopal Velmurugan, Andrews Nirmala Grace

“…The sensing film was developed by homogenously distributing Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) onto the two-dimensional (2D) graphene nanosheet matrix by electrochemical method. …”
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Facile Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Nanospheres by Using Microwave Radiation by Jiareng Chen, Jiaqi Lin, Bin Cui, Yang Liu

“…Polypyrrole-coated silica core-shell nanoparticles (SiO2@PPy NPs) were firstly prepared and subsequently processed by microwave radiation and aqueous alkaline solution to obtain the hollow carbon nanospheres. …”
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Structural and Electrical Properties of Graphene Oxide-Doped PVA/PVP Blend Nanocomposite Polymer Films by S. K. Shahenoor Basha, K. Vijay Kumar, G. Sunita Sundari, M. C. Rao

“…Graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles were incorporated in PVA/PVP blend polymers for the preparation of nanocomposite polymer films by the solution cast technique. …”
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Novel Directional Nanoantennas for Single-Emitter Sources and Wireless Nano-Links by Maciej Klemm

“…The first optical nanoantennas were in a form of simple spherical nanoparticles. Recently more complex Yagi-Uda nanoantenna structures were demonstrated. …”
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The hybrid lipoplex induces cytoskeletal rearrangement via autophagy/RhoA signaling pathway for enhanced anticancer gene therapy by Xueyi Hu, Yichun Wang, Ruohan Wang, Yiyao Pu, Rongrong Jin, Yu Nie, Xintao Shuai

“…Herein, we present a virus-mimicking hybrid lipoplex, composed of an arginine-rich cationic lipid, hyaluronic acid derivatives coated gold nanoparticles, and pDNA. This system induces cytoskeletal rearrangements through “outside-in” mechanical and “inside-out” biochemical signaling, overcoming intra- and intercellular barriers to enhance pDNA delivery. …”
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Anti-melanoma activity of green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex by Nadezhda Antonova Ivanova

“…This study follows the in vitro anti-melanoma activity of silver nanoparticles (Sn) obtained by “green” reduction with catechins from Camellia sinensis and superficially charged with chlorhexidine diacetate (Cx+). …”
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Study on the Cotton Fabrics with Photoinduced Reversibly Switchable Wettability by Caining Zhang, Xuman Wang

“…Superhydrophobic cotton fabric with photoinduced reversibly switchable wettability was prepared by a coating of the hydrophobic copolymer and α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. The surface morphology of the fabric was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). …”
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High-Performance Hydrogen Sensing at Room Temperature via Nb-Doped Titanium Oxide Thin Films Fabricated by Micro-Arc Oxidation by Chilou Zhou, Zhiqiu Ye, Yue Tan, Zhenghua Wu, Xinyi Guo, Yinglin Bai, Xuying Xie, Zilong Wu, Ji’an Feng, Yao Xu, Bo Deng, Hao Wu

“…This study investigates Nb-doped TiO₂ (NTO) thin films prepared via a one-step micro-arc oxidation (MAO) with the addition of Nb₂O₅ nanoparticles into the electrolyte for room-temperature hydrogen sensing. …”
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Evolution of phase composition and luminescent characteristics of the La1-x-ySmxCayVO4-δ nanocrystalline phosphor by S.G. Nedilko, O. Chukova, A. Dorofieieva, S.A. Nedilko, V. Shcherbatskyi, T. Voitenko, M. Etter, H.S. Rahimi Mosafer, W. Paszkowicz, Y. Zhydachevskyy, A. Suchocki

“…The PL spectra of the La1-x-ySmxCayVO4-δ nanoparticles contain four groups of lines (I – IV) resulting from the 4G5/2 → 6H5/2, 6H7/2, 6H9/2, and 6H11/2 transitions, respectively, in the inner f shell of the Sm3+ ions. …”
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The effect of cigarette smoking and heated tobacco products on different denture materials; an in vitro study by Sara F. El Shafei, Ayman H. Amin, Eman G. Abdelghaffar, Sara Moataz, Fatma Makkeyah, Mohamed Shamel, Mahmoud Al Ankily

“…Materials and methods A total of one hundred and twenty disc-shaped samples made of four different denture base materials were prepared to represent different denture bases to assess the surface roughness and biofilm formation; group (CA): conventional heat-cured acrylic resin (Acrostone, Egypt), group (FA): flexible acrylic resin (Valplast International Corp, USA), group (TA): heat-cured acrylic resin reinforced with titanium nanoparticles (TA nanoparticles, Nanogate, Egypt), and group (PA): 3D printed acrylic resin (Nexdent, The Netherlands). …”
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BINARY HARD-SPHERE COLLOID-DROPLET MIXTURES WITH THE PYRITE-TYPE STRUCTURE by Minh Tu Vu, Tran Thanh Nam Nguyen, Phan Thuy Linh Tran, Van Dien Pham, Thi Hien Doan, Manh Cuong Tran, Van Hai Pham

“…Notably, while the NaCl structure type is a commonly known structure of hard-sphere colloids and nanoparticles, the formation of the FeS2 structure type from colloidal dispersion has not been explored. …”
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Constraints on the Role of Laplace Pressure in Multiphase Reactions and Viscosity of Organic Aerosols by Sarah S. Petters

“…Results suggest that internal pressure is an important consideration in studies of the physics and chemical evolution of nanoparticles.…”
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