Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microrheology of End-Functionalised Triblock Copolymer Solutions by Ren Liu, Alessio Caciagli, Jiaming Yu, Xiaoying Tang, Rini Ghosh, Erika Eiser

“…Here we consider tri-block-copolymer-based, self-assembling DNA-coated nanoparticles. The copolymers are chemically linked to the DNA strands via azide (N<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) groups. …”
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Ag₃PO₄-Deposited TiO₂@Ti₃C₂ Petals for Highly Efficient Photodecomposition of Various Organic Dyes under Solar Light by Ngoc Tuyet Anh Nguyen, Hansang Kim

“…The significant enhancement of photocatalysis by solar light irradiation was attributed to the efficient deposition of Ag₃PO₄ nanoparticles on flower-like TiO₂@Ti₃C₂ with the efficient separation of photogenerated e-/h+ pairs, high surface area, and extended visible-light absorption. …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Heterostructured g-C₃N₄/Ag–TiO₂ Nanocomposites for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants by Agidew Sewnet, Esayas Alemayehu, Mulualem Abebe, Dhakshnamoorthy Mani, Sabu Thomas, Bernd Lennartz

“…The improved photocatalytic performance of the g-C₃N₄/Ag–TiO₂ nanocomposite can be attributed to the formation of an excellent heterostructure between TiO₂ and g-C₃N₄ as well as the incorporation of Ag nanoparticles, which promoted efficient charge carrier separation and transfer and suppressed the rate of recombination. …”
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Ecofriendly Synthesis of Magnetic Composites Loaded on Rice Husks for Acid Blue 25 Decontamination: Adsorption Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Isotherms by Fozia Batool, Samia Kanwal, Hafsa Kanwal, Sobia Noreen, Mohamed S. Hodhod, Muhammad Mustaqeem, Gulnaz Sharif, Hafiza Komal Naeem, Javeria Zahid, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar

“…The adsorption potential of Acid Blue 25 is analyzed using raw rice husks and Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles in the literature, but their enhanced removal capacity by means of Fe₂O₃@RH composites is reported for the first time in this study. …”
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Structural, thermal and optical characteristics of Fe 1−X Zr X alloy by using mechanical milling approach: influence of Zr4+ ion by V M Illayaraja Muthaiyaa, T Parameshwaranpillai, A Krishnamoorthy, V M Suntharavel Muthaiah

“…Zr was added to Fe _1-x -Zr _x alloy nanoparticles, resulting in 514 nm and 775 nm emission wavelengths. …”
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Entropy Generation and Natural Convection Flow of Hybrid Nanofluids in a Partially Divided Wavy Cavity Including Solid Blocks by Ammar I. Alsabery, Ishak Hashim, Ahmad Hajjar, Mohammad Ghalambaz, Sohail Nadeem, Mohsen Saffari Pour

“…Outcomes were investigated for Cu-water, Al<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msub> <mrow></mrow> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>O<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msub> <mrow></mrow> <mn>3</mn> </msub> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>-water, and Cu-Al<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msub> <mrow></mrow> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>O<inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <msub> <mrow></mrow> <mn>3</mn> </msub> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>-water nanofluids to address the effect of using composite nanoparticles toward the flow and temperature patterns and entropy generation. …”
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Construction of F-doped Co3O4/Co3O3.69F0.31 nanocomposite for boosting photocatalytic removal of organics from industrial waste H2O under visible-light by Afroza Akter, S.M. Abdur Razzaque, Md. Ahsanul Haque, Sumon Ganguli, Juliya Khanam, Alam S.M. Nur, Md. Abdus Sabur, Ashok Kumar Chakraborty

“…The Co3O4/Co3O4-xFx composite with several atom % of F demonstrated better photocatalytic activity compare to Co3O4 and TiO2 nanoparticles towards the decomposition of methyl blue (MB) and phenol in aqueous medium under visible light irradiation. …”
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Effective Perturbations on the Amplitude and Hysteresis of Erg-Mediated Potassium Current Caused by 1-Octylnonyl 8-[(2-hydroxyethyl)[6-oxo-6(undecyloxy)hexyl]amino]-octanoate (SM-1... by Hsin-Yen Cho, Tzu-Hsien Chuang, Sheng-Nan Wu

“…SM-102 (1-octylnonyl 8-[(2-hydroxyethyl)[6-oxo-6-(undecyloxy)hexyl]amino]-octanoate) is an amino cationic lipid that has been tailored for the formation of lipid nanoparticles and it is one of the essential ingredients present in the Moderna^TM COVID-19 vaccine. …”
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How Bacteria Change after Exposure to Silver Nanoformulations: Analysis of the Genome and Outer Membrane Proteome by Anna Kędziora, Mateusz Speruda, Maciej Wernecki, Bartłomiej Dudek, Katarzyna Kapczynska, Eva Krzyżewska, Jacek Rybka, Gabriela Bugla-Płoskońska

“…Silver, as the metal with promising antibacterial properties, is currently widely used in medicine and the biomedical industry, in both ionic and nanoparticles forms. Silver nanoformulations are usually considered as one type of antibacterial agent, but their physical and chemical properties determine the way of interactions with the bacterial cell, the mode of action, and the bacterial cell response to silver. …”
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Design and Performance of a New Zn_0.5Mg_0.5FeMnO₄ Porous Spinel as Anode Material for Li-Ion Batteries by Zakaria Chchiyai, Oumayema El Ghali, Abdelilah Lahmar, Jones Alami, Bouchaib Manoun

“…However, the Zn_0.5Mg_0.5FeMnO₄ spinel oxide exhibited a porous morphology formed by interconnected 3D nanoparticles. The porous Zn_0.5Mg_0.5FeMnO₄ anode showed good cycling stability in its capacity during the initial 40 cycles with a retention capacity of 484.1 mAh g⁻¹ after 40 cycles at a current density of 150 mA g⁻¹, followed by a gradual decrease in the range of 40–80 cycles, which led to reaching a specific capacity close to 300.0 mAh g⁻¹ after 80 cycles. …”
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Perfusion of MC3T3E1 Preosteoblast Spheroids within Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogel Scaffolds: An Experimental and Numerical Study at the Bioreactor Scale by Jérôme Grenier, Bertrand David, Clément Journé, Iwona Cicha, Didier Letourneur, Hervé Duval

“…The spatial distribution of the cells labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles was visualized by MRI. Confocal microscopy was used to assess cell numbers, their distribution inside the scaffolds, cell viability, and proliferation. …”
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Anti-Microbial Effect of AgBr-NP@CTMAB on Streptococcus Mutans and Assessment of Surface Roughness Hardness and Flexural Strength of PMMA by Huang JJ, Jia L, Zhang QJ, Li HH, Zheng DL, Zheng M

“…Jing-Jing Huang,1,&ast; Lin Jia,2,3,&ast; Qiao-Jun Zhang,4 Hao-Hong Li,5 Da-Li Zheng,2 Ming Zheng3 1Second Department of Dental Implant, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, People’s Republic of China; 2Fujian Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Fujian Biological Materials Engineering and Technology Center of Stomatology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350004, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Prosthodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, People’s Republic of China; 4Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361000, People’s Republic of China; 5College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ming Zheng, Department of Prosthodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, 246 Yangqiao Middle Road, Fuzhou, 350001, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-591-83736431, Email zmdentist@163.com Da-Li Zheng, Fujian Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Fujian Medical University, 88 Jiaotong Road, Fuzhou, 350004, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-591-83720599, Email dalizheng@fjmu.edu.cnPurpose: To investigate the inhibition of Streptococcus mutans (S.mutans) and its biofilm by AgBr-nanoparticles (NP) @CTMAB (cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide) and evaluate the changes in Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)’s surface roughness (Ra), microhardness, and flexural strength during prolonged immersion in AgBr-NP@CTMAB for application in the denture cleaning industry.Patients and Methods: The antibacterial activity of AgBr-NP@CTMAB against S.mutans was measured colony formation assay, OD600 and laser confocal microscopy. …”
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Exosome-Based Multivalent Vaccine: Achieving Potent Immunization, Broadened Reactivity, and Strong T-Cell Responses with Nanograms of Proteins by Mafalda Cacciottolo, Justin B Nice, Yujia Li, Michael J. LeClaire, Ryan Twaddle, Ciana L. Mora, Stephanie Y. Adachi, Esther R. Chin, Meredith Young, Jenna Angeles, Kristi Elliott, Minghao Sun

“…The first vaccines were developed rapidly using spike mRNA delivered by lipid nanoparticles but required ultralow-temperature storage and have had limited immunity against variations in spike. …”
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Density Functional Theory Study of Metal and Metal-Oxide Nucleation and Growth on the Anatase TiO₂(101) Surface by Leila Kalantari, Fabien Tran, Peter Blaha

“…Experimental studies have shown the possible production of hydrogen through photocatalytic water splitting using metal oxide (MO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mi>y</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) nanoparticles attached to an anatase TiO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> surface. …”
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The Development and Optimization of Lipid-Based Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery Systems for the Intravenous Delivery of Propofol by Mohsin Kazi, Athba Alqahtani, Majed Alharbi, Ajaz Ahmad, Muhammad Delwar Hussain, Hani Alothaid, Mohammed S. Aldughaim

“…TEM analysis showed the formation of spherical and homogeneous nanoparticles of less than 50 nm. The dissolution rate of the representative SNEDDS was faster than raw propofol and able to maintain 99% propofol in aqueous solution for around 24 h. …”
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A Statistical Study on the Development of Metronidazole-Chitosan-Alginate Nanocomposite Formulation Using the Full Factorial Design by Hazem Abdul Kader Sabbagh, Samer Hasan Hussein-Al-Ali, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Zead Abudayeh, Rami Ayoub, Suha Mujahed Abudoleh

“…The goal of this study was to develop and statistically optimize the metronidazole (MET), chitosan (CS) and alginate (Alg) nanoparticles (NP) nanocomposites (MET-CS-AlgNPs) using a (2¹ × 3¹ × 2¹) × 3 = 36 full factorial design (FFD) to investigate the effect of chitosan and alginate polymer concentrations and calcium chloride (CaCl₂) concentration ondrug loading efficiency(LE), particle size and zeta potential. …”
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Controlled siRNA Release of Nanopolyplex for Effective Targeted Anticancer Therapy in Animal Model by Jia J, Yang J, Qian L, Zhou B, Tang X, Liu S, Wu L, Chen J, Kuang Y

“…The cationic amphiphilic polymer cRGD-PEG-PAsp(EDONB)-PPHE can assemble with hydrophobic upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) to form a cationic micelle designated as T-UCNP, which subsequently complexes with siRNA to create the final nanopolyplex T-si/UCNP. siRNA-PLK1 was employed to prepare T-PLK1/UCNP nanopolyplex for anti-tumor therapy.Results: T-PLK1/UCNP not only exhibited outstanding tumor cell targeting through cRGD modification but also achieved 980 nm NIR-controlled PLK1 gene silencing. …”
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Construction of an mRNA vaccine encoding hemagglutinin of influenza A H1N1 virus and investigation on booster immunization strategy by SHEN Haiqian, YU Kangying, CHEN Yingying, JI Ping, WANG Ying

“…Objective·To construct an mRNA vaccine encoding hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza A H1N1 virus, and explore the protective effects of different booster vaccination strategies.Methods·Firefly luciferase (Fluc) was used as the reporter gene to construct Fluc mRNA vaccine enveloped in lipid nanoparticles (LNP). The in vivo expression of Fluc mRNA-LNP after intramuscular injection was determined by live imaging assay in mice. …”
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Preparation of Porous Ti/RuO₂-IrO₂@Pt, Ti/RuO₂-TiO₂@Pt and Ti/Y₂O₃-RuO₂-TiO₂@Pt Anodes for E... by Yunqing Zhu, Bingqing Li, Yongming Wang, Tian Wang

“…The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that RuO₂-IrO₂@Pt, RuO₂-TiO₂@Pt, and Y₂O₃-RuO₂-TiO₂@Pt nanoparticles were coated on the inner surface of the as-prepared anodes to form the active layer. …”
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Precision USPIO-PEG-SLex Nanotheranostic Agent Targeted Photothermal Therapy for Enhanced Anti-PD-L1 Immunotherapy to Treat Immunotherapy Resistance by Li T, Guo L, Li J, Mu X, Liu L, Song S, Luo N, Zhang Q, Zheng B, Jin G

“…However, the effect of aPD-L1 inhibitors limited by the tumor microenvironment makes most patients exhibit immunotherapy resistance.Methods: We conjugated the Sialyl Lewis X with a polyethylene glycol-coated ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO-PEG) to form UPS nanoparticles (USPIO-PEG-SLex, termed UPS). The physicochemical properties of UPS were tested and characterized. …”
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