Current Nanoscience - Volume 13, Issue 5, 2017

Background: Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films were successfully deposited on the glass substrates at temperature 400 by aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition method. Zinc acetate dihydrate, aluminum nitrate nonahydrate, methanol were used as a starting material and solvent, respectively. The influences of carrier gas (N2) flow rate on the structural, optical and electrical properties of grown AZO films were full i Read More

Background: An innovative technique to improve the heat transfer involves dispersing the nanoscale particles in a base fluid, known as nanofluid. In earlier studies, to determine the nanofluid properties, especially the effective viscosity and thermal conductivity, basic models, namely the Brinkman model and Maxwell model have been employed. Yet these models do not take into account the dependency of the viscosity an Read More

Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) which has been approved by FDA is a noninvasive clinical method for the treatment of various cancer and non-cancer diseases. In this work, we herein develop a dual-modality chemo-photodynamic therapy in the G3-PHSNPs drug delivery system, in which rose bengal (RB), an anionic water soluble xanthene dye capable of photocatalytic conversion of oxygen molecule to 1O2 upon irr Read More

Background: To succeed in biomedical implant surgery, materials must be biocompatible. Willemite nanoparticles can be used in biomedical applications. MTT assay shows that willemite nanoparticles have non-toxic interaction between Hela (Cervical cancer) cell lines and the willemite found to be biocompatible for further applications in-vivo systems. In depth cell particle interaction was carried out, by using staining tec Read More

Background: There are enormous methods for modifying electrodes by Prussian blue analogues. We present here rather a very straight forward method of modification by noval nonelectrical deposition of PY nano thin film as a modifier ITO substrate. Methods: PY film was deposited on ITO substrate by simply dipping it in liquid mixture solution of Fe+3 and Fe(CN)6-3 in water at (30C0) the resultant film was washed dried and Read More

Background: Two-component gels are a class of gel system which have different functionalized chemical groups and nanoparticles. The aim of this paper is to introduce readers to the new two-component gels system composed of N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-L-glutamic acid diethyl ester with polyacrylic acid by the self-assembly in different solvents. The obtained morphological and spectral data demonstrate that the single or mixed solve Read More

Background: New generation hybrid solar cell has the promising potential in the energy industry due to the most economics energy device, abundant and flexible design for thin film photovoltaic device. The aim of the paper to increase the performance of DSSC by loading optimum amount of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to maximize the textural and electronic properties of photoanode Read More

Background: Gd2O3 in nano-size has been found efficient in electronic and optoelectronic devices. The main aim of the presented work is to exploit the as-prepared Gd2O3 nanorods as a dielectric material. Methods: Nanorods of Gd2O3 have been prepared by hydrothermal method, and next these nanorods are characterized by different techniques showing the absence of impurities. Furthermore, the as prepared nanorods ar Read More

Background: Novel photocatalytic materials with promising activity are always the most important research focus. The preparation of Sm2Ti2O7 by sol-gel method is hardly found in the literature. Modification of Sm2Ti2O7 by PEG template is interesting for the purpose of synthesizing porous Sm2Ti2O7 material. Methods: Sm2Ti2O7 photocatalyst was synthesized by sol-gel method using PEG4000 as a template. The samples w Read More

Background: Increasing demands in resource consumption cannot be sustained by a reliance on fossil fuels because of limited supply and catastrophic consequences to climate change. Cellulose is being deemed as the most valuable renewable resources and cellulosic biofuels have been regarded as the most promising candidates to substitute current fossil fuels. This review aims to depict the state-of-the-art develo Read More

Background: Photodynamic therapy is an approach in which a photosensitizer is activated by light for treatment of diseases such as skin cancer and psoriasis. Because photo irradiation is applied only in the disease area, photodynamic therapy offers the possibility of decreased side effects and good cosmetic results, with consequent better patient compliance with the treatment, thus enhancing the therapeutic outcome. For suc Read More

Background: In this part of review, a detailed discussion of plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) has been done specially for the growth of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Many scientific groups are working on this technique and modifying it day by day. This part of discussion generally reviews the emerging status and high modification of nanotechnology in the field of growth techniques specially for Read More