Facile Synthesis of Magnetic Copolymer Microspheres Based on Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-N-isopropylacrylamide)/Fe3O4 by Suspension Photopolymerization by Siti Zulaikha Mazlan, Faszly Rahim, Sharina Abu Hanifah

“…Morphology study revealed that magnetic copolymer exhibited uniform spheres and smoother appearance when entrapped with Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The lowest percentage of Fe3O4 nanoparticles leached from the copolymer microspheres was obtained at pH 7. …”
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Experimental Study of the Wickless Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger by Using Nano Fluid by Osamah Raad Skheel, Nabil J. Yasin, Audai Hussain Al-abbas, Sumair Ahmed Soomro

“…The concentrations of the nanoparticles in water range between 1.3 and 7 % wt. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Doped Titanium Dioxide (Fe: TiO2) Nanoprecipitate at Different pH Values for Applications of Self-Cleaning Materials by Tizazu Abza, Abel Saka, Jule Leta Tesfaye, Lamessa Gudata, N. Nagaprasad, Ramaswamy Krishnaraj

“…The crystal size of prepared iron doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles was greater than before as pH value rises from 2 to 6 while FWHM and scrap sizes declined. …”
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Thermal performance and MHD peristaltic flow of hybrid nanofluid (Au-Ta/Blood) in an asymmetric conduit with electro-osmosis and shape factor effects by K. Thirunavukarasan, G. Sucharitha

“…Laminar-shaped nanoparticles exhibit an 8.595 % enhancement in heat transfer relative to spherical-shaped nanoparticles at the right wall of the microchannel. …”
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Solvothermal Synthesis of Zn2SnO4 Nanocrystals and Their Photocatalytic Properties by Guang Sun, Saisai Zhang, Yanwei Li

“…Crystalline Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via a simple solvothermal route by using Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O and SnCl4·5H2O as source materials, NaOH as mineralizing agent, and water and ethanol as mixed solvents. …”
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Effect of Titania Nano-additives on Fine and Ultrafine Carbonaceous Emissions during Flame Combustion of Diesel by Akshat Jain, Anirudha Ambekar, Thaseem Thajudeen

“…A detailed experimental study also revealed the significance of the size and stability of the dispersed nanoparticles in the overall emissions. Ball milling (BM) was used for the size reduction of dispersed nanoparticles to enhance the dispersibility of the nano-additives. …”
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Piperine: Chemical, biological and nanotechnological applications by Quijia Christian Rafael, Araujo Victor Hugo, Chorilli Marlus

“…This review also includes advances in the development of nanosystems containing PIP, including liposomes, micelles, metal nanoparticles, nanofibers, polymeric nanoparticles, and solid-lipid nanoparticles. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation and Hydrogen Production of TiO2/Carbon Fiber Composite Using Bast as a Carbon Fiber Source by Guomei Tang, Asim Abas, Shanpeng Wang

“…TiO2/carbon fiber composite is achieved by loading TiO2 nanoparticles on biomass carbon fiber, which originates from the carbonized natural bast. …”
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On Topological Analysis of Niobium (II) Oxide Network via Curve Fitting and Entropy Measures by Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Sana Javed, Sadia Khalid, Mazhar Hussain, Muhammad Shahbaz, Samuel Asefa Fufa

“…The remarkable optical features of metallic nanoparticles have extensively developed the interest of scientists and researchers. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Kaolin-Bentonite Composites for Enhanced Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water by Ebenezer Annan, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Stephen Kofi Armah, George Nkrumah-Buandoh, Joanna Aba Modupeh Hodasi, Michael Oteng-Peprah

“…The results clearly show that the impregnation of clays with magnetite nanoparticles has significant effect in the removal of fluoride, and the implication of the results has been discussed to show the impact of clay-magnetite nanoparticles composites in the removal of fluoride from contaminated water.…”
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Computational investigation of thermal behaviors of the automotive radiator operated with water/anti-freezing agent nanofluid based coolant by Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Daniel Ejike Ewim, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu, Adekunle Omolade Adelaja, Olayinka Omowunmi Adewumi

“… In this study, a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study was conducted in ANSYS (FLUENT) to examine the thermal performance of an automotive radiator using conventional and hybrid coolant with a Al2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) . A hybrid mixture of pure water H2Oand ethylene glycol (EG) in the volumetric proportion of , was coupled with Al2O3 nanoparticles with volume fraction of 1% - 4% at different inlet temperatures. …”
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Characterization of Local Nano-Heat Transfer Fluids for Solar Thermal Collection by Kawira Millien

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of use of copper nanoparticles in some base local heat transfer fluids (HTFs). …”
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Production of Platinum Atom Nanoclusters at One End of Helical Plant Viruses by Yuri Drygin, Olga Kondakova, Joseph Atabekov

“…Platinum atom clusters (Pt nanoparticles, Pt-NPs) were produced selectively at one end of helical plant viruses, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and potato virus X (PVX), when platinum coordinate compounds were reduced chemically by borohydrides. …”
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Mixed Convection in a Double Lid-Driven Wavy Shaped Cavity Filled with Nanofluid Subject to Magnetic Field and Internal Heat Source by Kakali Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Alim

“…A numerical investigation is carried out to analyze the impacts of internal heat source size, solid concentration of nanoparticles, magnetic field, and Richardson number on flow characteristics in an oppositely directed lid-driven wavy-shaped enclosure. …”
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Preparation of Nickel Nanocatalysts and Application to the Hydrodechlorination of 3-Chlorophenol under Liquid Phase by Thanh Thien Co, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Thi Huong Ly Doan, Thi Duyen Diep

“…Nickel nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via the reduction of nickel salt using ethylene glycol (EG) and sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as reducing agents. …”
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Optimization of Antibacterial, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Alginate-ZrO2 Bionanocomposite by the Taguchi Method by Mohsen Safaei, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Nima Fallahnia

“…Using zirconia nanoparticles in an alginate polymer matrix in the form of nanocomposite can increase the stability of nanoparticles. …”
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Luminescent Probe Based on Terbium-Carbon Quantum Dots for the Quantification of Imidacloprid in Caneberries by Eulogio J. Llorent-Martínez, Julia Jiménez-López, Antonio Ruiz-Medina

“…We propose a modification of terbium-sensitized luminescence (TSL) by means of the introduction of nanoparticles to improve the sensitivity and selectivity of the analytical methods. …”
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Removal of Formaldehyde Using Highly Active Pt/TiO2 Catalysts without Irradiation by Haibao Huang, Huiling Huang, Peng Hu, Xinguo Ye, Dennis Y. C. Leung

“…Metallic Pt rather than cationic Pt nanoparticles provide the active sites for HCHO oxidation. …”
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Sonication Enhanced Removal of Nickel and Cobalt Ions from Polluted Water Using an Iron Based Sorbent by Zari Hooshyar, Ghasem Rezanejade Bardajee, Yousef Ghayeb

“…The effect of sonication time on removal efficiency of Ni2+ and Co2+ from wastewater in the presence of zero valence iron (ZVI) nanoparticles is described. The results showed that the presence of cobalt ions in the solution enhances the removal efficiency of nickel by ZVI nanoparticles to about 64% which is one of the advantages of this protocol.…”
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The Centrifugal Differential Mobility Analyser – concept and initial validation of a new device for measuring 2D property distributions by T. N. Rüther, D. B. Rasche, D. B. Rasche, H.-J. Schmid

“…<p>Usually for the characterization of nanoparticles, an equivalent property is measured, e.g. the mobility-equivalent diameter. …”
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