Current Nanoscience - Volume 19, Issue 3, 2023

This review focuses on nerve degeneration a major health problem of nowadays, caused due to different nerve diseases or injuries. The low regenerative capacity of the nerve leads to primary brain injury. Clinical therapies available were only able to stabilize lesion progression. Reversal of the degeneration process and functional regeneration promotion were brought about by the implementation of nanotechnology in bi Read More

Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the progressive, irreversible deterioration of functions of the central nervous system, especially neurons, that lead to cognitive, motor, and intellectual impairment. Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most prevalent forms of neurodegenerative disorders and are predicted to be leading causes of mortality. Although conventional formulations are avail Read More

As a precious sterile body fluid, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination plays an important role in the diagnosis of many clinical diseases. Early diagnosis can significantly improve these diseases' survival rate. Raman spectroscopy is a scattering spectrum that has been used for the research and analysis of molecular structures. It has been widely used in many fields, such as protein detection, tumor genes, microbiological pat Read More

Central nervous system disorders, particularly neurodegenerative disorders, are a serious public health concern that researchers must address to protect the persons against them. The prevalence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which segregates the blood from cerebral parenchyma and hence limits the brain uptake of most of the therapeutic agents, makes developing drug delivery systems for brain delivery one of the m Read More

The current review is focused on many carrier systems and technologies that have recently been explored for achieving controlled drug release, promoting therapeutic potential, and selectivity. Among various carrier systems, the vesicular drug delivery system is the highly effective method of delivering medication to the infection site resulting in minimal drug toxicity and adverse effects. Various research studies have been con Read More

The molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) technology, which has been around since the 1970s, has grown in popularity in recent decades. MIPs have shown to be a useful approach for determining target molecules in complicated matrices containing other structurally similar and related chemicals. Despite MIPs having intrinsic polymer features such as stability, robustness, and low-cost production, traditional MIPs have a Read More

Background: The NOX (e.g. NO2) is harmful to human health and environmental quality. It is of great interest to monitor the hazardous NOX with a simple, reliable, and sensitive sensor. Currently, the commonly used detection methods have disadvantages of complex operation, unstable cycling performance and low sensitivity. Objective: In this paper, rGO coated Ni foam supported MnO2 is synthesized to develop a more advanc Read More

Background: Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) can be considered the main cause of traveler’s diarrhea, which is affecting children in developing countries. The bacterium has several virulence factors, including colonization factors (CFs), heat-labile (LT), and heat-stable (ST) toxins. The World Health Organization has designated the development of an ETEC vaccine one of its top goals due to the disease's rising antibiotic resista Read More

Background: With the continuous development of computer science, data-driven computing methods have shown their advantages in various fields. In the field of photonics, deep learning (DL) can be used to inversely design the structure of optical devices. Objective: The two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PCs) with adjustable structural parameters and a large complete photonic band gap (CPBG) are inversely designe Read More

Aims: This work uses the MACE method to synthesize SiNWs- NiNPs/NiONPs to degrade organic pollutants by photocatalysis. Background: Photocatalytic degradation has been applied as an attractive solution to remove several organic pollutants. Heterostructured nanomaterials have become an interesting platform for investigation. Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) stands out as a promising technique because i Read More

Introduction: Taking the typical human telomeric G-quadruplex (G4) sequence as a reference, we designed four photoresponsive DNA sequences by inserting azobenzene moieties into a planar interlayer and the end surfaces of the G4 structure. Methods: The photo-responsive G4 molecules were investigated by melting curve, FRET, CD, and gel electrophoresis. Results and Discussion: The measurements showed that the photo-res Read More

Background: The efficient removal of the environmental organic pollutants using the photocatalytic technology catalyzed by semiconductors has attracted great research interest in recent years. La2O3/SrSn(OH)6 nanorods show enhanced photocatalytic activity towards crystal violet (CV). Objective: The aim of this study is to obtain La2O3/SrSn(OH)6 nanorods by a simple hydrothermal route using lanthanum acetate and Sr Read More