Promising Natural Products in Crop Protection and Food Preservation: Basis, Advances, and Future Prospects by Temitope A. Ogunnupebi, Abimbola P. Oluyori, Adewumi O. Dada, Oluwole S. Oladeji, Adejumoke A. Inyinbor, Godshelp O. Egharevba

“…Different plant extracts have also served as feed for the synthesis of nanoparticle, which is increasingly applicable in crop protection and food preservation.…”
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Machining effects and multi-objective optimization in Inconel 718 turning with unitary and hybrid nanofluids under MQL by Paresh Kulkarni, Satish Chinchanikar

“…The study indicates that hybrid nanofluids outperform unitary nanofluids, which could be attributed to the better lubricating and cooling capabilities of MWCNT and the higher surface tension and thermal conductivity of Al2O3 nanoparticles. The cutting parameters were optimized by combining the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and genetic algorithm. …”
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Nanoencapsulation of 4-Propylguaiacol in β-Cyclodextrin, Ethyl Cellulose, and Polyvinylpyrrolidone by Margaret W. Kariuki, Ahmed Hassanali, Margaret M. Ng’ang’a

“…Encapsulation technology may offer a long-term solution to the existing problems by dispensing the repellent at a controlled rate. 4-Propylguaiacol was encapsulated in various nanoparticles, which included β-cyclodextrin, ethyl cellulose, and polyvinylpyrrolidone. …”
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The science of printing and polishing 3D printed dentures [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Vaishnavi M Nayak, Kavishma Sulaya, Swapna B V

“…The methods employed to achieve this range, similar to conventional and chairside polishing, are to use advanced coating materials such as light cured glazes to nanoparticles. Conclusion 3D printing is being used in day-to-day practice and the prosthesis must be aesthetic looking to satisfy the patients’ expectations. …”
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Nano-Pr2O3 Doped PVA + Na3C6H5O7 Polymer Electrolyte Films for Electrochemical Cell Applications by J. Ramesh Babu, K. Ravindhranath, K. Vijaya Kumar

“…The film with 3.0% of nano-Pr2O3 content is more homogenous and possesses more amorphous region that facilitate the deeper penetration of nanoparticles into the film causing more interactions between the functional groups of the polymeric film and nano-Pr2O3 particles and thereby turning the film more friendlily to the proton conductivity. …”
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In Situ Raman Spectroscopy for Early Corrosion Detection in Coated AA2024-T3 by Adrienne K. Delluva, Ronald L. Cook, Matt Peppel, Sami Diaz, Rhia M. Martin, Vinh T. Nguyen, Jeannine E. Elliott, Joshua R. Biller

“…A pH-sensitive molecule, 4-mercaptopyridin (4-MP), is attached to a gold nanoparticle to allow surface-enhanced Raman-scattering (SERS) for signal amplification. …”
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Measurement Stand, Method and Results of Composite Electrotechnical Pressboard-Mineral Oil Electrical Measurements by P. Rogalski

“…This allowed to reduce the step of measurement temperature change and thus to increase the accuracy of determining the activation energy of the measured parameters.The article also contains basic information on the analysis of the direct and alternating current electrical parameters of the composite electrotechnical pressboard-mineral oil-water nanoparticles. The results of several direct and alternating current parameters measurements of a transformer oil impregnated pressboard sample with a moisture content of (5.2 ± 0.1) % by weight obtained by the use of a measuring stand are presented as examples.…”
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Fresh and Mechanical Characteristics of Eco-efficient GPC Incorporating Nano-silica: An Overview by Hiwa Hamid Sharif

“…Recently efforts have been made to incorporate nanoparticles in construction materials to enhance properties and produce concrete with improved performance. progress in the improvement of geopolymer concrete is fast becoming a feasible alternative to conventional cement-based totally concrete because geopolymer concrete is measured as an eco-efficient green concrete that consumes a large quantity of commercial and agro byproduct substances consisting of fly ash, floor granulated blast furnace slag, rice husk ash. …”
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Efficient Particle Manipulation Using Contraction–Expansion Microchannels Embedded with Hook-Shaped Arrays by Di Huang, Yan Zhao, Chao Cao, Jiyun Zhao

“…Inertial microfluidics, as an efficient method for the manipulation of micro-/nanoparticles, has garnered significant attention due to its advantages of high throughput, structural simplicity, no need for external fields, and sheathless operation. …”
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Polythiophene-Chitosan Magnetic Nanocomposite as a Highly Efficient Medium for Isolation of Fluoxetine from Aqueous and Biological Samples by Alireza Feizbakhsh, Amir Hossein Mohsen Sarrafi, Shokooh Ehteshami

“…Polythiophene/chitosan magnetic nanocomposite as an adsorbent of magnetic solid phase extraction was proposed for the isolation of fluoxetine in aqueous and biological samples prior to fluorescence detection at 246 nm. The synthesized nanoparticles, chitosan and polythiophene magnetic nanocomposite, were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, FT-IR, TGA, and EDAX. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3O4-Bentonite Nanocomposite Adsorbent for Cr(VI) Removal from Water Solution by Ngusey Adisu, Subramanian Balakrishnan, Haimanot Tibebe

“…The intercalation of magnetite nanoparticles onto the bentonite clay increased its specific surface area from 142 to 177 m2/g as per BET analysis. …”
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Recent Advances in DNA Systems for In Situ Telomerase Activity Detection and Imaging by Shiyi Zhang, Wenjing Xiong, Shuyue Xu, Ruocan Qian

“…This review explores recent developments in intracellular telomerase imaging, highlighting innovative approaches such as DNA-functionalized nanoparticles and multi-channel logic systems, which offer non-invasive, real-time detection of telomerase activity in complex cellular environments.…”
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DEPENDENCE OF A GAS-PHASE DNA GLOBULE SIZE ON CHAIN LENGTH by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, A. S. Kozlov, V. M. Popik, N. A. Kolchanov, S. E. Peltek

“…We developed a method of mild nondestructive ablation with terahertz radiation for bringing DNA molecules to aerosol. DNA nanoparticles were measured in the gas phase with a diffusion aerosol spectrometer. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD TO EVALUATE THE EFFICIENCY OF NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON (NZVI) TO DEGRADE POLLUTANTS by Giovana Arrighi Ferrari, Felipe Santana de Oliveira Cruz, Renata Pereira Lopes Moreira, Gustavo Alves Puiatti, Luiza Dumont de Miranda Moraes, André Fernando Oliveira

“…Iron nanoparticles (nZVI) stand out in environmental remediation due to their high reactivity. …”
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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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Micro and nanoparticulate PP/CaCO3 composites mechanical, thermal and transport properties - DOE by Juliano Martins Barbosa, Caroline Valadão Pacheco, Gisele Szilágyi, Patrícia Candioto de Oliveira, Renato Meneghetti Peres, Hélio Ribeiro

“…Abstract Composite based on PP/CaCO3 contained micro and nanoparticles were investigated in relation its activation volume, mechanical, thermal and transport properties. …”
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Preparation of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Palladium Catalysts for Biofuel Upgrade by Ling Fei, Harvind Kumar Reddy, Joshua Hill, Qianglu Lin, Bin Yuan, Yun Xu, Peter Dailey, Shuguang Deng, Hongmei Luo

“…The analysis shows that the palladium nanoparticles have been incorporated onto mesoporous silica in Pd/CoMoO4/silica or on the CNTs surface in Pd/CNTs/CoMoO4/silica catalysts. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide Thin Films Spray-Deposited onto Indium-Doped Tin Oxide for Solar Conversion Scopes by Muhammad Awais, Denis P. Dowling, Franco Decker, Danilo Dini

“…Spray deposition of a suspension of NiOx nanoparticles in alcoholic medium allowed the preparation of uniform NiOx coatings. …”
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A Photocatalytic Active Adsorbent for Gas Cleaning in a Fixed Bed Reactor by Peter Pucher, Rabah Azouani, Andrei Kanaev, Gernot Krammer

“…A novel sol-gel process with rapid micro mixing is used to coat a porous silica substrate with TiO2-based nanoparticles. The resulting material posses a high adsorption capacity and a photocatalytic activity under UV-A illumination (PCAA = photocatalytic active adsorbent). …”
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Bright and stable anti-counterfeiting devices with independent stochastic processes covering multiple length scales by Junfang Zhang, Adam Creamer, Kai Xie, Jiaqing Tang, Luke Salter, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Molly M. Stevens

“…Here we present stochastic PUF devices with features across multiple length scales, which incorporate semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) as fluorescent taggants. The SPNs exhibit high brightness, photostability and size tunability when compared to the current state-of-the-art taggants. …”
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