IOCN 2022 - 29 articles
Online | 25 April–10 May 2022
Volume Editors:
Antonio Di Bartolomeo, University of Salerno, Italy
Andre G. Skirtach, Ghent University, Belgium
Guanying Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
The 3rd International Online-Conference (IOCN 2022) was held online from 25 April to 10 May 2022. The scope of IOCN 2022 on Nanomaterials was to cover the whole breadth of nanomaterials research and provide a forum for presenting and discussing new results. Topics of interest included but were not limited to the synthesis, characterization, and properties of nanomaterials; modeling and simulation of nanostructures and nanodevices; carbon nanomaterials; graphene and 2D materials; polymer nanomaterials; soft nanomaterials; nanocoatings/thin films and nanostructured surfaces; magnetism and magnetic nanomaterials; nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology; nanotechnology for catalysis; electrochemistry, energy, and environment and nanophysics; and nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, and nanosensing.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent a unique class of nanomaterials with remarkable properties with a wide variety of applications in diverse scientific and technical domains. However, one of the many challenges still requiring improvement is undoubted...
The optoelectronic properties of one-dimensional nanomaterials play an important role in electronic devices. In the present work, pristine and doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and WS2 nanotubes (WS2NT) are investigated by using absorption, Raman, and TH...
In this work, silver nanostars were synthesized using silver nitrate, ascorbic acid and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), where the concentration of PVP varied from 0.1 to 10 mM. The morphology was studied by scanning electron microscopy where it was obser...
Y-shaped polymer brushes contain two homopolymer branches attached at single grafting points. So far, monodisperse systems have mostly been studied in theory and through simulation. Introducing polydispersity can reveal new options to control the sur...
This study focuses on the design, production, and characterization of lipid-based nanosystems for the delivery of manganese-based compounds in diagnostic multimodal imaging techniques. Anionic liposomes, obtained by the direct hydration method and ex...
Peroxidase was produced by Aspergillus flavus KIGC on the 11th day of fermentation when grown on banana peel as the sole carbon source. It was purified 8.86-fold with a percentage of recovery of 49.72%. The purified peroxidase was immobilized on magn...
Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), with diameters less than 2 nanometers, have particular fluorescent properties. These nanoclusters can be prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis using BSA (bovine serum albumin) as a template [1]. During the synthesis, Au(...
We have performed full-stack research of Pd1−xFex and Pd1-xCox (x = 0.01–0.1) alloys. At the first stage, the occurrence of impurity ferromagnetism in the considered alloys was studied employing the density functional theory (DFT). At the...
The toxic effects of nickel nanoparticles (NiNPs) in their 92-day oral administration to male Wistar rats at doses of 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/kg body weight were evaluated. An increase in glycemia, triglyceride, LDL, total protein, and its globulin fraction...
In recent years, significant attention was given to the quantum or nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots coupled to plasmonic nanostructures. A phenomenon that was studied is the modification of the resonance fluorescence spectru...
The results of calculations by the DFT method with the exchange–correlation functional B3LYP 6–31 G** of the electronic and spatial structure of the 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene oligomer containing 12 units (E12) in the charge states 0, +1,...
It has recently been shown that the molybdenum disulfide (MoS
We study the spontaneous emission dynamics of a quantum emitter near a graphene nanodisk. We analyze the population dynamics of the excited state of the quantum emitter and also explore its dynamics as a non-Markovian open system. Specifically, we qu...
We theoretically study the effect of quantum exceptional points on the optical properties of a quantum dot placed inside an optical microcavity and interacting with a weak probe field. Using a quantum approach, we study the steady-state behavior of t...
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a calcium phosphate-based inorganic constitute in bones and teeth. The synthesis of nanostructured rods that mimic the natural bone apatite has attracted significant attention. Unfortunately, pristine HAp is unsuitable for cli...
Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are nanoscale structures consisting of a few to tens of gold atoms [...]
Chemically modified electrodes based on polymer nanocoatings as sensitive layers are some of the intensively developed areas in modern electroanalysis. Electropolymerization of compounds containing phenolic fragments is a promising approach for elect...
Recent studies in the literature have shown successful applications of the nanomaterial precursor ferrocene (Fc) as a catalyst in heterogeneous photo-Fenton; however, ferrocene has never been used for the treatment of winery wastewater (WW). Therefor...
Biosensors offer exciting opportunities for various clinical applications and constitute a rapidly growing research branch due to new generations of bioreceptors, transducers, and biomaterials with versatile characteristics, such as conductive polyme...
Beeswax is a bio-based organic phase change material. It undergoes solid to liquid phase transition at 61 °C with the phase transition enthalpy of 216 J/g. The high thermal energy storage enthalpy of beeswax is suitable for maintaining a constant...
The development of advanced compositions that combine a high stability and tunable activity is a forefront trend in modern interdisciplinary science. This important scientific problem is solved by the formation of plasmonic nanostructures (Au nanopar...
Thermal losses significantly affect the performance efficiency of solar devices, electronic circuits, building materials, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. Improving thermal buffering capacity is the remedy for this problem. It is achieved by inc...
Nervous tissue regeneration represents a huge challenge in tissue engineering and therefore, numerous strategies are being investigated for this purpose [...]
Background: Copper nanoparticles are of tremendous interest due to their strong antibacterial properties, thereby having the potential to enhance not only the physical and biochemical characteristics of hydrogels but also their antimicrobial activity...
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), such as single-walled (SWCNTs) carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and fullerene derivatives, are considered promising agents for the delivery of pharmacological drugs to target organs, including ant...
The full tensors nJKL (K,L = X,Y,Z), describing n-bond J-coupling of nuclear spins 13C in H-terminated diamond-like clusters C10H16 (adamantane) and C35H36, as well as in the cluster C33[NV−]H36 hosting the negatively charged NV−center, w...
The overall interest in natural products is ever increasing, which clearly explains the involvement of various essential oils in different aspects of the day-to-day lives of common people. These pharmacologically relevant agents are categorised as se...
Recent studies show the possibility of using iron oxide nanoparticles as a food additive with certain functional and technological properties. However, when developing technologies for food products, the interaction of these particles with the main c...
Research and development in the area of chitosan-based hydrogels is developing rapidly through the innovation and improvement of raw materials, chemical synthesis, methods of preparation, formulations, and fabrication processes, as well as applicatio...
