Current Nanoscience - Volume 19, Issue 6, 2023

Background: Dihydropyrimidinones are an essential component of heterocycles due to their useful attributes, such as calcium channel blockers, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-neoplastic agents, anti-bacterial agents, anti-hypertensives, , and, anti-virals. Objective: Synthesis of Fe3O4@SiPr@vanillin@TGA MNPs and their structure and morphology determination by FT-IR, VSM, EDX, XRD, TEM, FE-SEM, Zeta poten Read More

Photoelectric catalytic water splitting for hydrogen production is considered a promising method for hydrogen production, which can convert clean and renewable solar energy into sustainable and pollution-free hydrogen energy. An in-depth understanding of the relationship between the properties and functions of photocatalytic materials can help design and prepare efficient photodegradable water systems. Among the Read More

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the rate and amount of pollutant discharge into the environment. This is extremely worrisome to the human population, especially as it is envisaged to reach 10 billion in the next 40 years. The traditional methods applied for pollutant abatement and recycling exhibit inefficiency and environmental unfriendliness because they cannot effectively transform these pollutants into non- Read More

COVID-19 spread rapidly around the world in 18 months, with various forms of variants caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). This has put pressure on the world community and created an urgent need for understanding its early occurrence through rapid, simple, cheap, and yet highly accurate diagnosis. The most widely adopted method as of today is the real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain Read More

The management of infectious diseases is one of the major public health challenges of the 21st century. Mutation of the microbes, biofilm formation, and other structural-morphological behaviors have resulted in pathogens acquiring multi-drug resistance. The development of advanced materials that can provide long-lasting and effective protection against harmful microbes is becoming a need of the hour. Biocompatibili Read More

Nanomaterials are a promising and popular research topic for many scientists. Nanodiamond is a branch of nanotechnology in nanoscience. Nanodiamond is a newly emerging type of nanoparticle because of its small size, i.e., 3-4 nm size and shape, and a wide variety of applications such as bioimaging, gene therapy, and new targeted drug delivery for various drugs. Bio applications must meet a number of requireme Read More

Nanocomposites have become a promising approach for drug delivery in the pharmaceutical field due to several benefits and current research development. Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) are blends of nanomaterials and polymers with at least one-dimensional structure and one component in the sub-100 nm range. By incorporating nanoparticles into the polymer matrix, it is feasible to create a new class of given Read More

Background: Wound healing remains a challenge that has not yet been solved. Researchers are more interested in gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) than other nanoparticles because of their size-related chemical, electrical, and magnetic properties that may be useful in biological applications. Due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial qualities, and their capacity to destroy free radicals, AuNPs are also advantageous in l Read More

Background: Nanobiotechnology is a cutting-edge field that is revolutionizing the way we produce and utilize nanoparticles. With bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to traditional antibiotics, researchers are exploring new ways to synthesize antimicrobials. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the biosynthesis of different forms of silver nanoparticles using different biological methods from Microcystis sp. to be Read More

Background: The coalescence of Au nanoparticles embedded in the silica gel matrix was observed by E-beam irradiation in a transmission electron microscope. Methods: It was examined that interparticle spacing between nanoparticles was reduced after incorporation into the matrix and particles came close to each other. TEM studies have shown that during E-beam irradiation ~13 nm Au nanoparticles contacted with eac Read More