Prospects of Nanobiomaterials for Biosensing by Ravindra P. Singh

“…This review paper summarizes recent progress in the development of biosensors by integrating functional biomolecules with different types of nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles, semiconductor nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, inorganic/organic hybrid, dendrimers, and carbon nanotubes/graphene.…”
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The interaction of nanostructured antimicrobials with biological systems: Cellular uptake, trafficking and potential toxicity by Adriano Brandelli

“…Keywords: Active packaging, Antimicrobial, Food safety, Nanobiotechnology, Nanoparticle toxicity…”
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Hybrid ZnO/TiO2 Loaded in Electrospun Polymeric Fibers as Photocatalyst by Evando S. Araújo, Juliano Libardi, Pedro M. Faia, Helinando P. de Oliveira

“…Hybrid ZnO/TiO2 nanoparticles were applied as potential photocatalyst agents incorporated into electrospun fibers of enteric block copolymers. …”
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Study of Photocatalytic Activity and Properties of Transition Metal Ions Doped Nanocrystalline TiO2 Prepared by Sol-Gel Method by K. S. Siddhapara, D. V. Shah

“…Transition metal (Mn, Fe, Co,) doped TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by the sol-gel method. …”
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Nanoporous Silica from the Spray Reaction of Metal Solution Microdroplets with Silicon Tetrachloride by H. Isobe, Y. Hattori, H. Kanoh, K. Yamamoto, K. Kaneko

“…Nanopore formation in silica, in which nanoparticles of metal compounds were embedded, was studied using analytical techniques such as SEM, XRD, XRF, XPS and nitrogen adsorption. …”
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Selective Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Methane on Ag‐Decorated Copper Microsphere by Rabin Dahal, Rohit Srivastava, Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti

“…The faradaic efficiency of silver nanoparticles decorated copper microsphere for methane was 70.94 %, almost twice that of a copper microsphere (44 %). …”
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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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Microstructural and mechanical responses of Sn58Bi/Cu composite solder joints with 0.1wt.% Ni and carbon fiber addition by Xiangxia Kong, Zuchen Liu, Ruipeng Ma, Junjun Zhai, Zhen Pan, Xuemei Li, Fenglian Sun

“…Solder joints containing 0.04wt.% Cf and 0.1 wt.% Ni nanoparticles showed the best performance in all samples. …”
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Performance analysis of a wavy fin-and-tube automobile radiator operating on ethylene glycol and water based ternary nanofluids by Ferdinard Dika, Mustafa Dagbasi, Michael Adedeji, Humphrey Adun

“…TNF 1 (ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2) is made up of all spherical-shaped nanoparticles; TNF 2 (Al2O3-TiO2-MWCNT) is made up of both spherical and cylindrical nanoparticles; TNF 3 (Fe-TiO2-Graphene) comprises spherical and platelet nanoparticles; and TNF 4 (Al2O3-MWCNT-Graphene) has dissimilar-shaped nanoparticles. …”
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