the surface-enhanced raman scattering (sers) spectra of maleic (cis; 2-butaneoic acid) and fumaric (trans; 2-butaneoic acid) acids adsorbed on aqueous silver sol particles are reported. these two acids form two groups of isomers which differ only in the relative positions of the two carboxylate groups. the photochemistry of maleic and fumaric acids adsorbed on the surface of silver colloids is ...

Because of microbial resistance to conventional antibiotics, there is increasing interest in silver, including silver nanoparticles (nano-Ag), in antimicrobial applications. However, questions remain regarding the relative roles of nano-Ag particles, versus Ag(+) ions released from nano-Ag dissolution, in imparting bacterial toxicity. Here, we developed a novel nano-Ag that, based on its cystei...

While X-ray microscopes provide images of biological specimens for which the contrast is mainly due to the difference in the absorption of carbon and oxygen when X-rays transmitted through the specimen are detected, signals other than absorption can also be used to form images. Using the Stony Brook scanning transmission X-ray microscope at the National Synchrotron Light Source, high-angle dark...

UNLABELLED Background and aims. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is widely used for the fabrication of removable prostheses. Silver nano-particles (AgNps) have been added to PMMA because of their antimicrobial properties, but their effect on the mechanical properties of PMMA is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of AgNps on the tensile strength of PMMA. Materials and me...

according to the increased probability of the presence of nanomaterials in the aquatic ecosystems, the present study examined the toxicity of three engineered silver nanoparticles (agnps) as well as silver ions in the pontogammarus maeoticus, a brackish water benthic organism living in the littoral zone of the caspian sea. the animals were acutely exposed to different concentrations of two comm...

according to the unique properties and many applications of nano silver powder, it was prepared from acid leaching tail solution. the low value residual gold and silver ions were occurred with fellow heavy metals as pollutants (fe2+, cu 2+ and zn2+) in acid leaching tail solution in mouteh gold mine in iran. preparation of nano silver particles was achieved in two steps: first, by addition of a...

As innovations continue to be made in the fields of microfluidics and the colloidal assembly, new strategies for moving particles and fluids may be needed. Heterogeneous catalysis provides means of locally converting the stored chemical energy of fuels to mechanical energy. We report an ambient temperature stationary "pump" that generates a proton concentration gradient through the bipolar elec...

NTRODUCTION Silver is well known as an antiseptic agent (silver nitrate and silver sulphadiazine) for ages. However, the delivery system in the form of a salt has been a limiting factor for its successful and widespread biological use. The development of nanochemistry has produced micro fine particles which increase silver's solubility and releases silver ions in concentration of 70-100 ppm. Na...

Generalized Janus nematic colloids based on various morphologies of particle surface patches imposing homeotropic and planar surface anchoring are demonstrated. By using mesoscopic numerical modeling, multiple types of Janus particles are explored, demonstrating a variety of novel complex colloidal structures. We also show binding of Janus particles to a fixed Janus post in the nematic cell, wh...