Personal & Home Care, Food & Agriculture – Page 15

Fabrication of nanostructured microworms for sensor applications

Yagüe J.L., Dubach J.M., Ozaydin-Ince G., Clark H.A., Gleason K.K., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

A novel method to create in vivo sensors for multiple types of ions and molecules is presented. Using initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD), a gentle process which preserves functional pendant groups and enables conformal coatings, [...]

Magnetically Induced Drop Movement on Nanorough Micropatterned Nanocomposites

Milionis A., Fragouli D., Anyfantis G.C., Bayer I., Cingolani R., Athanassiou A., Italian Institute of Technology, IT

Hybrid organic/inorganic surfaces are engineered by exploiting photo-lithographically tailored patterns of SU-8 polymer nanocomposites containing 2% wt colloidal nanoparticles of iron oxide. The role of the magnetic nanoparticles has two aspects. The first one is [...]

Controlling pH responsive polymersome assembly

Pearson R., Battaglia G., University of Sheffield, UK

Size is an important parameter in delivery systems. It plays a part in whether a particle avoids filtration, evades immune cell binding and by which internalisation pathways are available. However, it is hard to obtain [...]

Using liquid crystals to improve the performance of luminescent solar concentrator

Debije M., Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

The luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) has been proposed as a cost-effective solution to bring electricity generation from sunlight into the built environment. The basic LSC design consists of a plastic plate containing or topped by [...]

Polymer & Soft Nanotechnology

Control of the morphology of nanoparticles resulting from the dynamic optimization of a fed-batch emulsion copolymerization process

Benyahia B., Latifi A., Fonteix C., Pla F., University of Nancy, FR

This paper deals with the design and the control of the morphology of core-shell nanoparticles elaborated by emulsion copolymerization of styrene and butyl-acrylate in the presence of n-dodecyl mercaptan, as a chain transfer agent (CTA). [...]

Nanoemulsion Formation and characterization of Neutraceutical Components with the Sonication and Self-Assembly Methods

Choi A.J., Park C.B., Park C.G., Park C.B., Park C.G., Han S.H., Rural Development Administration, KR

In this research, we investigated the optimum condition for the preparation of O/W nanoemulsion containing surfactants, neutraceutical ingredients extracted from Angelica gigas Nakai and oil phase in ternary phase diagrams of systems, and characterized the [...]

Magnetoliposomes: Stability of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Suspension for drug delivery

Sen T., Sheppard S.J., Mercer T., Elhissi A., University of Central Lancashire, UK

A simple and rapid one pot method of synthesis of magneto-liposome has been reported. The nanoparticles exhibited exceptional stability in suspension. Magnetoliposomes were efficient for DNA binding/elution and drug loading.

Green Chemistry Derived Nanocomposite of Silver-modified Titania used for Disinfectant

Liu J., Ramirez I., Bashir S., Mernaugh R., Texas A&M University-Kingsville, US

A significant accomplishment of this study centers on developing nanocomposite (NC) materials via green synthesis (GS) techniques for inactivation of prokaryotes like Escherichia coli. The motivations are to: (1) implement fundamental research in nanochemistry for [...]

Amphiphilic Polymeric Core-Shell Particles: Novel Synthetic Strategy and Potential Applications of the Particles

Li P., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, CN

We have developed a novel and commericial viable route to a wide range of highly uniform, amphiphilic core-shell particles in nano- to micro-scaled sizes. Novel feature of this synthetic approach is that it combines graft [...]