Nonisothermal Kinetic Analysis and AC Conductivity for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanocomposite by Huda AlFannakh

“…The behavior of polyvinyl chlorine (PVC)/zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles was investigated. To improve the dispersion and distribution of zinc nanoparticles within the host polymer (PVC), they were treated with water before being added to the polymer. …”
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Studies on the Photoinduced Interaction between Zn(II) Porphyrin and Colloidal TiO2 by Heyong Huang, Jiahong Zhou, Yan Zhou, Yanhuai Zhou, Yuying Feng

“…These data indicate that there is an interaction between ZnPP and colloidal TiO2 nanoparticle surface. The quenching mechanism is discussed on the basis of the quenching rate constant as well as the reduction potential of the colloidal TiO2. …”
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Couple Stress Sodium Alginate-Based Casson Nanofluid Analysis through Fick’s and Fourier’s Laws with Inclined Microchannel by Dolat Khan, Musawa Yahya Almusawa, Waleed Hamali, M. Ali Akbar

“…Casson nanofluid plays a vital role in food industries with sodium alginate nanoparticles. That is why many researchers used Casson nanofluid in their study. …”
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Numerical analysis of the effect of opposite baffles on the heat transfer enhancement of non-newtonian Nano fluid through a backward facing step by Kourosh Javaherdeh, Mehdi Moslemi, Motahare Mahmoodnezhad

“…Besides, the impact of geometric parameters such as horizontal distance between baffles to the edge of the stairs and its numbers, like Reynolds number, nanoparticle volume fraction, and the non-Newtonian fluid behavior on the flow field and heat transfer have been examined. …”
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Synthesis of Nickel and Nickel Hydroxide Nanopowders by Simplified Chemical Reduction by Jeerapan Tientong, Stephanie Garcia, Casey R. Thurber, Teresa D. Golden

“…Sonication of the solutions created a temperature of 54–65°C to activate the reduction reaction of nickel nanoparticles. The solution pH affected the composition of the resulting nanoparticles. …”
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Nanostructures for Enhanced Light Absorption in Solar Energy Devices by Gustav Edman Jonsson, Hans Fredriksson, Raja Sellappan, Dinko Chakarov

“…These include enhanced optical absorption of composite photocatalytically active TiO2/graphitic carbon films, systems with enhanced surface plasmon resonance, field-enhanced absorption in nanofabricated carbon structures with geometrical optical resonances and excitation of waveguiding modes in supported nanoparticle assembles. The case of Ag particles plasmon-mediated chemistry of NO on graphite surface is highlighted to illustrate the principle of plasmon-electron coupling in adsorbate systems.…”
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Heat and Mass Transfer Enhancement of MHD Hybrid Nanofluid Flow in the Presence of Activation Energy by M. Shanmugapriya, R. Sundareswaran, P. Senthil Kumar

“…In this study, water is apprehended as conventional fluid with the suspension of two types of hybrid nanoparticles, namely, single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) and multiwalled CNTs (MWCNTs). …”
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Design and Fabrication of a PDMS-Based Manual Micro-Valve System for Microfluidic Applications by Tu N. Le, Van-Anh Nguyen, Giang L. Bach, Lam D. Tran, Ha H. Cao

“…In this study, a manual micro-valve system (dimension: w × h: 1000 × 50 μm with 8-integrated channel valves was designed for controlling up to 8 different flows of agents (including magnetic nanoparticle flow) injected into the mixture zone of the microfluidics. …”
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Study of Heat Transfer in Magnesium Zinc Zirconium MgZn6Zr Alloy Suspended in Engine Oil by Saima Noor, Safyan Mukhtar

“…In this paper, alloy nanoparticle MgZn6Zr will be analyzed for the first time in the flow of ferromagnetic nanofluid. …”
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An Overview of Lithium-Ion Battery Safety: Existing Problems and Potential Solutions by Fu Wenduo, Sun Shiqi, Wang Bo

“…Through doping, coating, nanoparticle design, and metal atom replacement, electrode materials can be improved to increase cathode safety, LiF coatings on NCM811 cathodes are one prominent example. …”
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Anticorrosion Nanocrystalline Beta Zeolite Thin Film for Advanced Applications by Maha Saud M. Al-subaie, Aisha Mahmood A. Al-Turkustani, Rosilda Selvin, Saedah Rwede Al-Mhayawi

“…The anticorrosion behavior of the synthesized nanoparticle coatings on steel alloys was investigated by electrochemical measurements (DC polarization) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in NaCl and acid and alkaline media under identical experimental conditions. …”
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Probing Functional Thin Films with Grazing Incidence X-Ray Scattering: The Power of Indexing by Detlef-M. Smilgies

“…Grazing incidence small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS, GIWAXS) has been widely applied for the study of functional thin films, be it for the characterization of nanostructured morphologies in block copolymers, nanocomposites, and nanoparticle assemblies, or for the packing and orientation of aromatic molecules or conjugated polymers. …”
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Significance of Marangoni convection in ethylene glycol base hybrid nanofluid flow with viscous dissipation through a porous medium by Ali Rehman, Ilyas Khan, Sultan Alshehery, Muhammad Sabaoon Khan

“…The effects of various parameters, including nanoparticle volume fraction, porosity parameter, Marangoni convection, and Eckert number, on energy and momentum profiles are analyzed, with the results illustrated using graphs. …”
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Free Convection Heat Transfer in Composite Enclosures with Porous and Nanofluid Layers by Abeer Alhashash

“…Key parameters studied include the porous thickness (0.0≤S≤1.0), the nanoparticle volume fraction (0.0≤ϕ≤0.05), the thermal conductivity ratio (0.5≤Rk≤10), and the Darcy number (10−5≤Da≤10−2). …”
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Dibenzo[b,f][1,5]Diazocines/ZnO Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photoanodes for Efficient Photo Electrochemical Water Splitting by Sissembayeva Yana, Soo Kyung Cho, Yoon-Hwae Hwang

“…The electrode consisting of inorganic ZnO nanorod (ZnO NR) array structures and organic diazocine derivative film with or without platinum nanoparticle (Pt NP) cocatalyst was examined. The morphology characterization was performed by FESEM. …”
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Anion effect on obtaining nano-sized metal particules by reduction reaction by Sebati İlhan, Melda Bolat, Kadir Erol, Dursun Ali Köse

“…Depending on the radius ratios and solubility values of metal cations and anions, the nanoparticle obtained from Cu(CH3COO)2 salt has the smallest radius. …”
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Mie Plasmons: Modes Volumes, Quality Factors, and Coupling Strengths (Purcell Factor) to a Dipolar Emitter by G. Colas des Francs, S. Derom, R. Vincent, A. Bouhelier, A. Dereux

“…Using either quasistatic approximation or exact Mie expansion, we characterize the localized surface plasmons supported by a metallic spherical nanoparticle. We estimate the quality factor Qn and define the effective volume Vn of the nth mode in such a way that coupling strength with a neighbouring dipolar emitter is proportional to the ratio Qn/Vn (Purcell factor). …”
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Electrical Transport Properties of (Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O10)/Ag Tapes with Different Nanosized MgO by Nabil A. A. Yahya, R. Abd-Shukor

“…The increase in Jc can be explained as the increase of the flux pinning strength by nanosized MgO. The nanoparticle with size closer to the coherence length was more effective in enhancing Jc.…”
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A tunable multi-resonance 2D V-groove metasurface by Zhengqing Qi, Yipin Chen, Tianjing Zhao, Peng Chen, Huizhen Yang

“…Theoretically, the EF of SERS can reach up to 5.12 × 1011, surpassing that of traditional nanoparticle antennas. The proposed 2D plasmonic substrate serves as an exceptional platform for multi-resonance SERS applications.…”
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Coupling Metallic Nanostructures to Thermally Responsive Polymers Allows the Development of Intelligent Responsive Membranes by J. Rubén Morones-Ramírez

“…The nanoparticles coupled to the polymer grafts serve as the optothermal energy converters to achieve optical switching of the pores. …”
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