Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…Metal nanoparticles (NPs) have received significant attention in last decade because of their unique properties. …”
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Enhanced Supercapacitance of Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide/Mesocarbon Microbeads Composites toward Electrochemical Capacitors by Changzhou Yuan, Linrui Hou, Diankai Li, Long Yang, Jiaoyang Li

“…Further physical characterizations revealed that RuO2⋅nH2O nanoparticles (NPs) were well dispersed upon the surfaces of the MCMB pretreated in 6 M KOH solution. …”
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Hierarchical CuO/ZnO Membranes for Environmental Applications under the Irradiation of Visible Light by Zhaoyang Liu, Hongwei Bai, Darren Delai Sun

“…Characterized by FESEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, and so forth, this CuO/ZnO naomaterial shows a special hierarchical nanostructure with CuO nanoparticles grown on ZnO nanorods. By assembling the hierarchical CuO/ZnO nanomaterials on a piece of commercial glassfiber membrane, a novel hierarchical CuO/ZnO membrane was fabricated. …”
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Development of a Stable TiO2 Nanocomposite Self-Cleaning Coating for Outdoor Applications by F. Madidi, G. Momen, M. Farzaneh

“…A convenient and low-cost approach for the elaboration of a stable superhydrophobic coating is reported, involving the use of TiO2 nanoparticles via the spray coating method. This method can be used for preparing self-cleaning superhydrophobic coatings on large areas for different kinds of substrates. …”
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Exploring Mosquito Excreta as an Alternative Sample Type for Improving Arbovirus Surveillance in Australia by Tess R. Malcolm, Melissa J. Klein, Karolina Petkovic, Ina Smith, Kim R. Blasdell

“…Detectability was improved by pooling up to 20 DENV2-infected mosquitoes and collecting excreta into liquid substrate, followed by virus concentration using magnetic nanoparticles. Virus concentration improves quantification accuracy in comparison to unconcentrated samples and increases the amount of material available for detection, expanding detection capabilities to techniques with higher limits of detection. …”
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Synthesis ZnO/RGO nanocomposite: Structural characteristics and antifungal/antibacterial properties by Mahshid Chireh, Mahmoud Naseri, Maryam Rahimi, Ali Reza Solymani

“…The research presented herein involves the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) via a simple thermal treatment approach, utilizing a solution comprising Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as capping reagent and Zn nitrate as the metal source. …”
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Advanced surface-enhanced raman scattering nanoprobes for precise detection of Nitroreductase in Hypoxic tumor cells: Improving Cancer diagnosis by Xiaoyue Zhao, Ying Zhang, Chunyan Zhu, Zhihui Yang, Xiaoyuan Chu

“…This research introduces an innovative Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) probe, created by attaching p-nitrothiophenol (p-NTP) to gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). This probe leverages the specific enzymatic reaction of NTR in hypoxic status, utilizing decreased NADH. …”
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Biphasic Equilibrium Dialysis of Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Nanogels Synthesized at Decreased Temperatures for Targeted Delivery of Thermosensitive Bioactives by Witold Musial, Jiri Michálek, Janusz Pluta, Anna Jaromin, Magdalena Pietka-Ottlik, Martin Pradny

“…Hydrogel nanoparticles, referred to also as nanogels, are of special interest for medical and pharmaceutical applications. …”
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Synthesis and Adsorbent Performance of Modified Biochar with Ag/MgO Nanocomposites for Heat Storage Application by R. Venkatesh, N. Karthi, N. Kawin, T. Prakash, C. Ramesh Kannan, M. Karthigairajan, Ketema Bobe

“…According to several analytical measurements, the Ag/MgO nanoparticles in biochar are uniformly dispersed across the carbon interface. …”
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Implications of entropy generation in bioconvective flow on Maxwell nanofluid past a Riga plate with Cattaneo--Christov model by K. Loganathan, Prasun Choudhary, S. Eswaramoorthi, K. Senthilvadivu, N. Thamaraikannan, Reema Jain

“…The fluid contains nanoparticles and gyrostatic microorganisms. It examines how these components influence the flow's thermal and mass transfer properties. …”
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Concentration of viruses and electron microscopy by I. D. Petrova, B. N. Zaitsev, O. S. Taranov

“…Our review suggests that the method to concentrate viruses and other nanoparticles should be chosen with regard to objectives of the study and the equipment status of the laboratory.…”
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MHD Williamson Nanofluid Flow over a Stretching Sheet through a Porous Medium under Effects of Joule Heating, Nonlinear Thermal Radiation, Heat Generation/Absorption, and Chemical... by J. Bouslimi, M. Omri, R. A. Mohamed, K. H. Mahmoud, S. M. Abo-Dahab, M. S. Soliman

“…Moreover, the effect of the resulting physical parameters on the distributions of velocity, temperature, and concentration of nanoparticles has been studied by using graphical forms with an interest in providing physical meanings to each parameter. …”
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Enhancing tribological and corrosion characteristics of AA2099/GNP metal matrix nanocomposites through parametric optimization using Taguchi Technique by Ch Polayya, C S P Rao, Veeresh Kumar G B

“…The synergy between AA2099 alloys and Graphene Nanoparticles (GNP) harnesses the potential of ultrasonic-assisted stir casting to create metal matrix composites (MMCs). …”
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Groundbreaking Technologies and the Biocontrol of Fungal Vascular Plant Pathogens by Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás, Jesús Mercado-Blanco

“…Nanotechnology has also advanced significantly, providing methods for the targeted delivery of biological control agents (BCAs) or compounds derived from them through different nanoparticles (NPs), including bacteriogenic, mycogenic, phytogenic, phycogenic, and debris-derived ones acting as carriers. …”
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Novel cisplatin-magnetoliposome complex shows enhanced antitumor activity via Hyperthermia by M. Carmen Jiménez-López, Ana Carolina Moreno-Maldonado, Natividad Martín-Morales, Francisco O’Valle, M. Ricardo Ibarra, Gerardo F. Goya, Ignacio J. Molina

“…We have developed a new, magnetically responsive nanocarrier, consisting of liposomes loaded with magnetic nanoparticles and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP), commonly known as Cisplatin. …”
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Environmentally Friendly Mesoporous Nanocomposite Prepared from Al-Dross Waste with Remarkable Adsorption Ability for Toxic Anionic Dye by Inas A. Ahmed, Najlaa S. Al-Radadi, H. S. Hussein, Ahmed H. Ragab

“…In this work, a mesoporous nanocomposite composed of nanogibbsite (α-Al(OH)3) and nanosilica was prepared. Gibbsite nanoparticles (GNPs) with a crystal size of ≈38 nm were prepared from Al-dross industrial waste products in an acidic environment at 100°C. …”
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Production of clusters and thin films of nitrides, oxides and carbides by pulsed laser ablation and deposition by S. Orlando, A. Paladini, A. Santagata, V. Marotta, G. P. Parisi, M. Satta, D. Scuderi, D. Catone, A. Giardini, A. Mele

“…Experiments by mass spectrometry of formation of clusters, precursors of thin films and nanoparticles of oxides, nitrides and carbides by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) are reported. …”
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ATO/Polyaniline/PbS Nanocomposite as Highly Efficient Photoelectrode for Hydrogen Production from Wastewater with Theoretical Study for the Water Splitting by Mohammed A. H. Khalafalla, N. M. A. Hadia, Asmaa M. Elsayed, Mansoor Alruqi, Wassim El Malti, Mohamed Shaban, Mohamed Rabia

“…The XRD characterization showed the shifts in the PANI peaks after the composite formation with the appearance of a new additional peak related to PbS nanoparticles. The optical analyses were massively enhanced after the composite formation with more broadening in the Vis region at 630 nm, in which there was more enhancement in the bandgap that reached 1.5 eV. …”
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Facile Controlling of the Physical Properties of Zinc Oxide and Its Application to Enhanced Photocatalysis by Tuan Vu Anh, Thi Anh Tuyet Pham, Van Hung Mac, Thanh Hung Nguyen

“…As-prepared ZnO samples had different morphologies such as carnation flower-like ZnO (CF-ZnO), rose-flower-like ZnO (RF-ZnO), rod-like ZnO (R-ZnO), and nanoparticle ZnO (N-ZnO) and were characterized by SEM, XRD, N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms, FT-IR, and DR/UV-vis. …”
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Metal-oxide phase transition of platinum nanocatalyst below fuel cell open-circuit voltage by Carlos A. Campos-Roldán, Amir Gasmi, Meryem Ennaji, Morgane Stodel, Isaac Martens, Jean-Sébastien Filhol, Pierre-Yves Blanchard, Sara Cavaliere, Deborah Jones, Jakub Drnec, Raphaël Chattot

“…The onset potential for phase transition of the nanoparticles surface from metallic to amorphous electrochemical oxide is observed far below previously reported values, and most importantly, below the open-circuit potential of PEMFC cathode. …”
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