Advanced Materials & Manufacturing – Page 114

A New Biocomposite Electrode Sensor for the Detection of Oxidative Reactions

Assan D., Gao X., Lai J.C.K., Leung S.W., Idaho State University, US

Hemoglobin has a very strong affinity with oxygen and thus is a good catalyst to carry oxygen for many oxidation reactions. Many researchers have explored this property of hemoglobin to develop sensors for the detection [...]

Magneto-optic Response of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Pulsed and AC Fields

Syed M., Foulkes T., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, US

Reliable methods for studying the magnetization dynamics of metal ferrite nanoparticles (NP) are needed, as these particles are attractive candidates for biomedical applications such as in targeted drug delivery, imaging, and magnetic hyperthermia. We investigate [...]

A New Separation Metric for the Optimization of AF4 Separations of Polydispersed Nanomaterials

Galyean A.A., Vreeland W.N., Filliben J.J., Holbrook R.D., Weinberg H.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US

The development of standardized and optimized methods to monitor the behavior of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in complex environments is considered a critical component in ENM risk assessment. Robust, rigorously optimized methods are currently lacking, in [...]

Fast and Facile Synthesis of Stable and Biocompatible Silver nanoparticles Stabilized by Polyethylene Glycol

Jain S., Singh S., Pillai S., Alabama State University, US

Silver nanoparticles show enhanced properties, when supported onto a substrate and incorporated into organic or inorganic matrix. Their remarkable properties are shape and size dependent. Ethylene glycol and its polymers are environment friendly or environmentally [...]

Nanoscale Materials

Differentiating electro-catalytic reaction of hydride with respect to a non-Pt catalyst morphology based on first-principles: extended surfaces versus nanoparticles

Sison Escaño M.C., Lacdao Arevalo R., Kasai H., University of Fukui, JP

One of the attractive hydride compounds is the borohydride which exhibits high hydrogen content in NaBH4 form (~10.6 wt%). Thus, significant number of experimental research have been devoted to investigate its applicability as a hydrogen [...]

Surface properties of amorphous nanoporous GeS2

Ori G., Celino M-, Massobrio C., Coasne B., UMI CNRS / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Amorphous nanoporous chalcogenides (chalcogels) represent a novel class of materials with promising properties for applications as catalysts, gas separation, and heavy metal environmental remediation. In the present work, first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations are first [...]

Flower-like TiO2 Nanostructures: Synthesis,Characterization and Photocatalytic Properties

Li Y., Liu E., Fan J., Fan X., Hu X., Liu E., Fan J., Fan X., Wu H., Ma Y., Tang C., Northwest University, CN

In this paper three-dimensional (3D) titania nanostructures assembled with rutile nanorods have been fabricated via a hydrothermal reaction route. The effects of preparation parameters including the reaction temperatures and the reactant concentrations, on the microstructure, [...]

High photocatalytic activity of hydrogen production from water over Fe doped and Ag deposited anatase TiO2 nanotube arrays

Fan J., Fan X., Fan J., Fan X., Hu X., Liu E., Kang L., Tang C., Wu H., Li Y., Liu E., Ma Y., Northwest University, CN

Recently, studies revealed that noble metal (Au, Ag, Pd) nanoparticles can improve the photoresponse property of TiO2 in the visible region based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect, and thus enhance the activity [...]

A hierarchical carbon nanofiber-In2S3 photocatalyst with well controlled nanostructures for highly efficient hydrogen production under visible light

Gao P., Li A., Liu Z., Tai M., Liu Z., Sun D.D., Nanyang Technological University, SG

Hydrogen as a renewable clean energy has attracted a lot attention because of its high heat conversion efficiency and zero carbon emission, while synthesizing highly efficient material for photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light remains [...]