Three types of Co3O4 nanoparticles are synthesized and characterized as a catalyst for the air electrode of a Li/air battery. The shape and size of the nanoparticles are observed using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analyses. The formation of the Co3O4 phase is confirmed by X-ray diffraction. The electrochemical property of the air electrodes containing Co3O4 ...

Nanomaterials offer new opportunities for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Multifunctional nanoparticles harboring various functions including targeting, imaging, therapy, and etc have been intensively studied aiming to overcome limitations associated with conventional cancer diagnosis and therapy. Of various nanoparticles, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with superparamagnetic property have s...

Carbon nanoparticles with large surface areas were produced by the reduction of carbon disulfide with metallic lithium at 500 °C. The carbon nanoparticles account for about 80% of the carbon product. The carbon nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microsc...

Polypyrrole nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical polymerization method using ammonium persulphate as an oxidant. The synthesized polypyrrole nanoparticles were characterized by FT-IR, UV-Visible, FESEM and CV. The structure of polypyrrole nanoparticles were confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. The UV-Vis spectra of polypyrrole nanoparticles show π-π* and n-π* transitions. The morphological pr...

We report here a simple wet chemical process to synthesize ZnO nanoparticles. The morphology of the nanoparticles was observed in field emission scanning electron microscope. The nanoparticles have average diameter ~ 100 nm. The optical property of the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles was investigated using UVvisible absorption spectra. The synthesized nanoparticles exhibit strong absorption at ~ ...

plants or natural resources have been found to be a good alternative method for nanoparticles synthesis. in this study, polyaniline coated silver nanoparticles (agnps) synthesized from piper betle leaves extract were investigated for their antibacterial activity. silver nanoparticles were prepared from the reduction of silver nitrate and nabh4 was used as reducing agent. silver nanoparticles an...

in MCF-7 human cancer cell line using magneic PLGA nanoparticles, dextran coated particles and empty PLGA nanoparticles.. Figure 1: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of nanoparticles with TEM inset showing distribution of magnetite cores. A) PLGA nanoparticles; B) PLGA microparticles; C) Cellulose nanoparticles. Particles are uniform in size, spherical and have high amounts of encapsulated mag...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanoparticles with different surface charges on the cellular uptake behavior and in vitro cell viability and proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cell lines (osteoblast). The nanoparticles' surface charge was varied by surface modification with two carboxylic acids: 12-aminododecanoic acid (positive) and dodecanedioic acid (nega...

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in this paper we report an eco-friendly route for the synthesis of sliver nanoparticles using agaricus bisporus (white button mushroom) extract. the synthesized silver nanoparticles were confirmed and characterized by uv-visible spectrum of the aqueous solution containing silver ions showed a peak at 420 nm corresponding to the surface plasmon absorbance of silver nanoparticles. transmission el...