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Nanomaterials, Volume 7, Issue 10

October 2017 - 63 articles

Cover Story: The most efficient removal of organic pollutants is achieved with enzymatic reagents grafted on nanocarriers. However, enzymes are easily deactivated in the presence of heavy metal cations. In this work, the inactivation of urease was avoided using magnetic particles provided with additional DTPA complexonate functions. Improved stability of the enzymatic function ensured unchanged activity in at least 18 cycles of urea decomposition preserved together with high adsorption capacity towards heavy metals. View the paper here.
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Articles (63)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,515 Views
11 Pages

24 October 2017

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated with closed- or open-ended freestanding TiO2 nanotube arrays as photoelectrodes that were decorated with carbon materials and large TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) to enhance energy conversion efficiency. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,058 Views
10 Pages

23 October 2017

Effects of binary mixtures of six metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs; 54 combinations) on the activities of seed germination and bacterial bioluminescence were investigated using the theory of probability. The observed toxicities of various NPs combinati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,581 Views
12 Pages

Ti-Based Biomedical Material Modified with TiOx/TiNx Duplex Bioactivity Film via Micro-Arc Oxidation and Nitrogen Ion Implantation

  • Peng Zhang,
  • Xiaojian Wang,
  • Zhidan Lin,
  • Huaijun Lin,
  • Zhiguo Zhang,
  • Wei Li,
  • Xianfeng Yang and
  • Jie Cui

23 October 2017

Titanium (Ti) and Ti-based alloy are widely used in the biomedical field owing to their excellent mechanical compatibility and biocompatibility. However, the bioinert bioactivity and biotribological properties of titanium limit its clinical applicati...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,558 Views
11 Pages

Flotation Assembly of Large-Area Ultrathin MWCNT Nanofilms for Construction of Bioelectrodes

  • Andrew J. Gross,
  • Jules L. Hammond,
  • Michael Holzinger and
  • Serge Cosnier

21 October 2017

We report a simple, versatile, and rapid method for the fabrication of optically-transparent large-area carbon nanotube (CNT) films via flotation assembly. After solvent-induced assembly, floating films were transferred to a flat supporting substrate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,151 Views
12 Pages

21 October 2017

This paper demonstrates the application of a broadband luminescent downshifting (LDS) layer with multiple species of europium (Eu)-doped silicate phosphors using spin-on film technique to enhance the photovoltaic efficiency of crystalline silicon sol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,214 Views
15 Pages

21 October 2017

This paper reports our findings on how to prepare a graphene oxide-based gas sensor for sensing fast pulses of volatile organic compounds with a better signal-to-noise ratio. We use rapid acetone pulses of varying concentrations to test the sensors....

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
111 Citations
8,189 Views
20 Pages

Advances in Single-Chain Nanoparticles for Catalysis Applications

  • Jon Rubio-Cervilla,
  • Edurne González and
  • José A. Pomposo

21 October 2017

Enzymes are the most efficient catalysts known for working in an aqueous environment near room temperature. The folding of individual polymer chains to functional single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) offers many opportunities for the development of art...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,258 Views
9 Pages

Study of the Photodynamic Activity of N-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles Conjugated with Aluminum Phthalocyanine

  • Xiaobo Pan,
  • Xinyue Liang,
  • Longfang Yao,
  • Xinyi Wang,
  • Yueyue Jing,
  • Jiong Ma,
  • Yiyan Fei,
  • Li Chen and
  • Lan Mi

20 October 2017

TiO2 nanoparticles modified with phthalocyanines (Pc) have been proven to be a potential photosensitizer in the application of photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by TiO2 nanoparticles modified with Pc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,636 Views
12 Pages

Raman Enhancement and Photo-Bleaching of Organic Dyes in the Presence of Chemical Vapor Deposition-Grown Graphene

  • Jiaxin Weng,
  • Shichao Zhao,
  • Zhiting Li,
  • Karen B. Ricardo,
  • Feng Zhou,
  • Hyojeong Kim and
  • Haitao Liu

19 October 2017

Fluorescent organic dyes photobleach under intense light. Graphene has been shown to improve the photo-stability of organic dyes. In this paper, we investigated the Raman spectroscopy and photo-bleaching kinetics of dyes in the absence/presence of ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,872 Views
12 Pages

19 October 2017

Placing nanowires at the predetermined locations on a substrate represents one of the significant hurdles to be tackled for realization of heterogeneous nanowire systems. Here, we demonstrate spatially-controlled assembly of a single nanowire at the...

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