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Nanomaterials, Volume 8, Issue 4

April 2018 - 90 articles

Cover Story: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an important biomarker of infection and inflammation. Highly sensitive, fast, and reproducible assays for CRP detection are needed. This article analyses the most recent advances made in the development of bioanalytical assays based on gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) for the in vitro detection and quantification of CRP from biological samples. Current methods for Au-NPs synthesis and the strategies for surface modification aiming at selectivity towards CRP are highlighted. View this paper
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Articles (90)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,093 Views
12 Pages

23 April 2018

Here we report a low-cost synthetic approach for the direct fabrication of large-area Au nanourchin arrays on indium tin oxide (ITO) via a facile galvanic-cell-reaction-driven deposition in an aqueous solution of chloroauric acid and poly(vinyl pyrro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,565 Views
15 Pages

Electrodes Based on Carbon Aerogels Partially Graphitized by Doping with Transition Metals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  • Abdalla Abdelwahab,
  • Jesica Castelo-Quibén,
  • José F. Vivo-Vilches,
  • María Pérez-Cadenas,
  • Francisco J. Maldonado-Hódar,
  • Francisco Carrasco-Marín and
  • Agustín F. Pérez-Cadenas

23 April 2018

A series of carbon aerogels doped with iron, cobalt and nickel have been prepared. Metal nanoparticles very well dispersed into the carbon matrix catalyze the formation of graphitic clusters around them. Samples with different Ni content are obtained...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,322 Views
13 Pages

Non-Canonical Activation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by Carbon Nanoparticles

  • Daniel Stöckmann,
  • Tim Spannbrucker,
  • Niloofar Ale-Agha,
  • Philipp Jakobs,
  • Christine Goy,
  • Nadine Dyballa-Rukes,
  • Tamara Hornstein,
  • Alexander Kümper,
  • Annette Kraegeloh and
  • Judith Haendeler
  • + 1 author

23 April 2018

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an abundant membrane protein, which is essential for regulating many cellular processes including cell proliferation. In our earlier studies, we observed an activation of the EGFR and subsequent signalin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
220 Citations
18,870 Views
27 Pages

ZnO Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Theranostic Applications

  • Marina Martínez-Carmona,
  • Yurii Gun’ko and
  • María Vallet-Regí

23 April 2018

In the last two decades, zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor Quantum dots (QDs) have been shown to have fantastic luminescent properties, which together with their low-cost, low-toxicity and biocompatibility have turned these nanomaterials into one of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,816 Views
25 Pages

23 April 2018

In this study, sol-immobilization was used to prepare gold nanoparticle (Au NP)-decorated titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysts at different Au weight % (wt. %) loading (Aux/TiO2, where x is the Au wt. %) and Au–M NP-decorated TiO2 photocataly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,168 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Organic Substrates on the Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI) by Porous Hollow Ga2O3 Nanoparticles

  • Jin Liu,
  • Huihui Gan,
  • Hongzhang Wu,
  • Xinlei Zhang,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Lili Li and
  • Zhenling Wang

22 April 2018

Porous hollow Ga2O3 nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a hydrolysis method followed by calcination. The prepared samples were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, thermogravimetry...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
6,882 Views
18 Pages

22 April 2018

In this paper, the electrical and thermal conductivity and morphological behavior of low density polyethylene (LDPE)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) + graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) hybrid nanocomposites (HNCs) have been studied. The distributi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,067 Views
21 Pages

21 April 2018

Bi4Ti3O12−x nanosheet photocatalysts with abundant oxygen vacancies are fabricated by a facile solid-state chemical reduction method for the first time. This method is simple in operation, has short reaction time, and can be conducted at mild t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,403 Views
16 Pages

Thermocatalytic Behavior of Manganese (IV) Oxide as Nanoporous Material on the Dissociation of a Gas Mixture Containing Hydrogen Peroxide

  • Zaid B. Jildeh,
  • Jan Oberländer,
  • Patrick Kirchner,
  • Patrick H. Wagner and
  • Michael J. Schöning

21 April 2018

In this article, we present an overview on the thermocatalytic reaction of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) gas on a manganese (IV) oxide (MnO 2 ) catalytic structure. The principle of operation and manufacturing techniques are intro...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,662 Views
27 Pages

20 April 2018

The oxides of transition, post-transition and rare-earth metals have a long history of robust and fast responsive recognition elements for electronic, optical, and gravimetric devices. A wide range of applications successfully utilized pristine or do...

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