Physicochemical Study of Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Supported Palygorskite Clay Mineral by Lahcen Bouna, Benaissa Rhouta, Francis Maury

“…This study deals with the influence of physicochemical parameters, namely, the photocatalyst loading, dye concentration, and pH of polluted solutions, on the degradation efficiency of Orange G (OG) solutions containing TiO2 nanoparticles supported on palygorskite clay mineral (TiO2-Pal). …”
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One-Step Formation of Chondrocytes through Direct Reprogramming via Polysaccharide-Based Gene Delivery by Qingtong Yu, Yan Wang, Xia Cao, Wenwen Deng, Michael Adu Frimpong, Jiangnan Yu, Ximing Xu

“…The expression level of collagen II was finally evaluated through western blot. The pSox9/pmPPY nanoparticles (1:50) showed lower cytotoxicity as well as greater gene transfection efficiency than Lipofectamine 2000 and polyetherimide (PEI) (p<0.05). …”
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Lipid Horizons: Recent Advances and Future Prospects in LBDDS for Oral Administration of Antihypertensive Agents by null Preeti, Sharda Sambhakar, Rohit Malik, Saurabh Bhatia, Ahmed Al Harrasi, Renu Saharan, Geeta Aggarwal, Suresh Kumar, Renu Sehrawat, Chanchal Rani

“…Various LBDDSs verified to be an efficacious mechanism for monitoring hypertension systems are SEDDS (self-nano emulsifying drug delivery), nanoemulsion, microemulsions, vesicular systems (transferosomes and liposomes), and solid lipid nanoparticles. LBDDSs overcome the shortcomings that are associated with antihypertensive agents because around fifty percent of the antihypertensive agents experience a few drawbacks including short half-life because of hepatic first-pass metabolism, poor aqueous solubility, low permeation rate, and undesirable side effects. …”
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In situ synthesis of ZnO/g-C3N4 based composites for photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light by S. Pourali, R. Amrollahi, S. Alamolhoda, S. M. Masoudpanah

“…These nanocomposites were prepared through simple calcination of a mixture of melamine and ZnO nanoparticles and underwent comprehensive evaluation of their structural, morphological, optical, and photocatalytic properties, using various analytical techniques. …”
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Mechanochemical Synthesis of Visible Light Sensitive Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst by Jan Šubrt, Jose M. Criado, Lórant Szatmáry, Maria J. Diánez-Millán, Nataliya Murafa, Luis A. Pérez-Maqueda, Vlasta Brezová

“…Phase transition of anatase nanoparticles into the phases TiO2-II and rutile under grinding was studied. …”
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Thermodynamic and Thermoeconomic Analysis of a Multigeneration System Based on Solar Energy Using Nanofluid for Power, Fresh Water, Hydrogen, Heating and Cooling Production by A. Hussein Obaid Ajam, I. Mirzaee, S. Jafarmadar, M. Abbasalizadeh

“…The effects of different parameters as well as the effects of nanoparticles on the performance of the proposed system were investigated. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of super‐paramagnetic responsive PLGA–gelatine–magnetite scaffolds with the unidirectional porous structure: a physicochemical, mechanical, and in... by Farnaz Ghorbani, Ali Zamanian, Alireza Shams, Atefeh Shamoosi, Amir Aidun

“…Herein, synthesised iron oxide (magnetite) nanoparticles (MNPs) by co‐precipitation technique were evenly distributed in polylactic‐co‐glycolic acid (PLGA)–gelatine Scaffolds. …”
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Influence of dual stratification on the magnetohydrodynamic flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over an exponentially stretching permeable sheet with viscous dissipation and Joule heating by M. Siva Sankari, M. Eswara Rao, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail, O. D. Makinde, Waris Khan

“…Nanoparticles show superior potential for enhancing thermal properties compared to conventional particle–liquid suspensions. …”
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Ultra-small curcumin-ruthenium coordination polymer nanodots prevent renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and the progression to chronic kidney disease by Xian Liu, Qin Yu, Hai-Bo Mao, Jing-Bo Hu, Wei-Hua Liu

“…To enhance the dispersibility of these nanoparticles in water, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was used as a growth aid, resulting in highly stable nanodots with sizes smaller than 10 nm. …”
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Cyclic di AMP phosphodiesterase nanovaccine elicits protective immunity against Burkholderia cenocepacia infection in mice by Wesam E. Gawad, Yosra I. Nagy, Tamer M. Samir, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Mansour, Omneya M. Helmy

“…We aimed to identify vaccine candidates using reverse vaccinology and evaluate their efficacy as protein-loaded chitosan: pectin nanoparticles (C:P NPs) in a vaccine model. Applying strict subtractive channels, three proteins were shortlisted: WP_006481710.1 (LY), WP_012493605.1 (KT), and WP_006492970.1 (BD). …”
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Recycling e-waste into gold-loaded covalent organic framework catalysts for terminal alkyne carboxylation by Amin Zadehnazari, Florian Auras, Ataf Ali Altaf, Amin Zarei, Ahmadreza Khosropour, Saeed Amirjalayer, Alireza Abbaspourrad

“…Here we present the synthesis of two tetrazine-based vinyl-linked covalent organic frameworks: TTF-COF and TPE-COF that adsorb gold ions and nanoparticles and catalyze the carboxylation of terminal alkynes. …”
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Plasma-polymerized fluorocarbon Ag–Cu nanocomposites: Nanostructure optimization for superior SERS sensitivity by Joonhyuk Lee, Sung Hyun Kim, Seok-Kyun Son, Sang-Jin Lee

“…This paper proposes a method to finely control the distribution of Ag and Cu nanoparticles within a plasma–polymer–fluorocarbon (PPFC) thin film by adjusting the sputtering power density to improve SERS performance. …”
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Utilization of Macadamia Nutshell Residue for the Synthesis of Magnetic Activated Carbon toward Zinc (II) Ion Removal by Minh-Trung Dao, Thi-Phuong-Linh Tran, Duc-Thuong Vo, Van-Kieu Nguyen, Le-Thuy-Thuy-Trang Hoang

“…The characterization results revealed that the composite comprised Fe3O4 nanoparticles attached to the carbon matrix. The saturation magnetization (Ms) of the composite was found to be 38.2 emu g−1, indicating a convenient separation of the solid adsorbent from aqueous media using an external magnetic field. …”
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A bird’s-eye view of the biological mechanism and machine learning prediction approaches for cell-penetrating peptides by Maduravani Ramasundaram, Honglae Sohn, Thirumurthy Madhavan

“…Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are highly effective at passing through eukaryotic membranes with various cargo molecules, like drugs, proteins, nucleic acids, and nanoparticles, without causing significant harm. Creating drug delivery systems with CPP is associated with cancer, genetic disorders, and diabetes due to their unique chemical properties. …”
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Exploring the twin potential of nanostructured TiO2:SeO2 as a promising visible light photocatalyst and selective fluorosensing platform by Aarti Sharma, Nidhi Sharotri, Pankaj Kandwal, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Dhiraj Sud, Ritu Rai, Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan

“…The obtained nanostructure consists of uniform globular nanoparticles having approximate size of 170 nm and possess an optical band gap of 2.33 eV with absorption maxima at 473 nm. …”
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Preparation of Graphene Nanosilver Composites for 3D Printing Technology by Xiujuan Liang, Haixu Ji

“…Due to its special two-dimensional structure, it has a large specific surface area, good biocompatibility, and stable physical and chemical properties, making it an excellent nanoparticle carrier. The graphene-supported silver nanoparticles can effectively prevent the aggregation and stacking between particles, improve the electrochemical performance of the composite material, and expand its application range. …”
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Opportunities and Future Perspective of Nanofertilizers and Controlled Release Nanofertilizers in Agriculture by Tahereh Raiesi Ardali, Leila Soleimanpour, Leila Mamani, Mostafa Chorom

“…Although the use of nanoparticles has many advantages, entering the global market requires more studies to investigate their comprehensive effects on the environment.…”
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Microstructural Study of Neodmium Nickelate Doped with Strontium Synthesized by Gelatin Method by R. M. P. B. Oliveira, P. M. Pimentel, J. H. Araújo, D. M. A. Melo, M. A. F. Melo, A. E. Martinelli

“…In this work nickelate nanoparticles were synthesized using a simple and fast new route, which makes use of gelatin as an organic precursor in order to evaluate the performance of the synthesis method to obtain materials and the influence of the strontium replacement on the structural parameters of the powders. …”
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Facile colorimetric detection of As(V) in Rice with immobilized acid phosphatase on hollow metal-organic frameworks hybrid with peroxidase-like activity by Zhiyang Qin, Zhuolan Xu, Yixin Liu, Xinguang Qin, Gang Liu, Xinlin Wei, Haizhi Zhang

“…Metalloporphyrin and gold nanoparticles modified hollow zeolite imidazole framework-8 [Au/HZIF-8@TCPP(Fe)], named AuHT, was chosen here as ACP immobilizing carrier with peroxidase-like activity. …”
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Effects of Surface Modification of Nanodiamond Particles for Nucleation Enhancement during Its Film Growth by Microwave Plasma Jet Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique by Chii-Ruey Lin, Da-Hua Wei, Minh-Khoa BenDao, Hong-Ming Chang, Wei-En Chen, Jen-Ai Lee

“…The results of both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering measurements demonstrated that plasma treated diamond nanoparticles possessed polar surface functional groups and attained high dispersion in methanol. …”
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