Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia - Volume 7, Issue 1, 2017

Nanomedicine is a new field of medicinal science in which nanotechnology has found its way into medicine. Nanoantibiotics should be the main focus due to the growing amount of ‘superbugs’ or multi-drug resistant bacteria as one of the major clinical problems all around the globe. Biological production of nanoparticles has found its greatest application towards medicine and mainly in drug delivery systems. These hi Read More

Nanotechnology plays a prominent role virtually in every field of science and technology, especially in the drug delivery systems. Nanoparticles (NPs) possess unique advantages over the existing strategies prevailed in biomedical applications but, they face certain challenges including its synthesis from expensive synthetic routes and use of toxic reagents. Till date, most of the approaches focused on the synthesis of NPs fr Read More

The aim of the present study is to develop and formulate a nanoparticulate carrier for sustained and ocular delivery of Fluconazole and to study its in-vitro release characters. Chitosan nanoparticles of Fluconazole were formulated by spontaneous emulsification and cross-linking method. The mean particle size, drug loading capacity, invitro release profile and release kinetics were studied. The antifungal efficacies of nanosphe Read More

In this paper, SnS2/gold nanoparticle (SnS2/GNs) hybrids were synthesized by a facile solvothermal route. A highly sensitive hydrogen peroxide sensing was then developed based on the SnS2/GNs hybrid nanomaterials. The obtained porous structure of the SnS2/GNs hybrid exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the reduction of H2O2. The fabricated biosensor exhibits good electrochemical activity for H2 Read More

Nano pesticides are the best way to conventional pesticides. Nano pesticides can provide better penetration and accelerate resistance of microbes through the plant and control different diseases. Nano formulation of pesticides certainly protects the premature degradation in the environment and delivers high impact on targeted species. In this communication, we reported a novel nano-acephate for plant disease control and it Read More

Recently human resistance to external pathogen has led to the development of anti-bacterial wound dress, accordingly, the development of anti-bacterial wound dress using nano-Zinc oxide matrix has been examined. ZnO in nanoparticles morphological structure was synthesized using hydrothermal technique and were directly immobilized into polymer blend matrix composed of alginate-PVA. The hybrid mixture was fa Read More

In this paper, we present an organic synthesis method used for the synthesis of high quality Cadmium Selenide (CdSe) and Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) semiconductor nanocrystals. The mixture of hexadecylamine (HDA)-tetradecylphosphonic acid (TDPA), trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO)-trioctylphosphine (TOP) has been used as stabilizing solvent for synthesis of high quality CdSe and ZnSe nanocrystals. These QDs have b Read More

The aim of the present study was to develop solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) of albendazole (ABZ) and evaluate its efficacy in mice model after oral administration. Various solid lipids were screened on the basis of solubility of the drug. SLN of ABZ were prepared by phase inversion temperature method using Compritol 888 ATO as a lipid with Cremophor EL and Tween 80 as surfactants. Effect of lipid concentration and drug con- c Read More

In this present study Aspirin loaded alginate nanoparticles were prepared by desolvation technique using acetone and ethanol as desolvating agents. Continuous and intermittent addition methods were adapted for the addition of desolvating agent to the aqueous solution. Two formulations were prepared by using each desolvating agent. F1 and F3 were prepared by continuous addition of acetone and ethanol as desolvating Read More

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was successfully developed by using Ephedra intermedia stem extract. The effect of silver precursor concentration, amount of stem extract, and reaction temperature on the bioreduction reaction was evaluated. Natural carbohydrates present in Ephedra intermedia were found to act as an effective reducing and capping agent during AgNPs biosynthesis. AgNPs were characterized Read More

The chemical method is one of the most promising routes for the production of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In this study, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were successfully synthesized by the modified Staudenmaier method. MWCNTs were synthesized using graphite powder at room temperature. This process does not utilize any metal catalyst. The prepared multi-walled carbon nanotubes were characterized fo Read More