A mesostructured cellular foam (MCF) silica was applied to support gold (Au) – platinum (Pt) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) for benzyl alcohol partial oxidation. catalytic synergy on bimetallic (Au)-platinum nanoparticle (NP) catalyst, referring that introducing Au Pt leading a higher performance has been observed. However, the essence of this synergistic effect is still under debate. In work, serie...

PURPOSE To identify which physical properties of nanoparticles are correlated with the survival fraction of cells exposed in vitro to low-energy protons in combination with nanoparticles. METHODS The Geant4 simulation toolkit (version 10.3) was used to model nanoparticles of different sizes (5-50 nm) and materials (Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Au, Pt), with or without an organic capping ensuring biocompat...

Understanding and improving durability of fuel cell catalysts are currently one of the major goals in fuel cell research. Here, we present a comparative stability study of multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and conventional carbon supported platinum nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the mechanisms controllin...

The genomic revolution has identified therapeutic targets for a plethora of diseases, creating a need to develop robust technologies for combination drug therapy. In the present work, we describe a self-assembled polymeric nanoparticle (NP) platform to target and control precisely the codelivery of drugs with varying physicochemical properties to cancer cells. As proof of concept, we codelivere...

Stable platinum nanoparticles were prepared by the self assembly of acetylene derivatives (1-alkynes, 4-ethylphenylacetylene, and 4-tert-butylphenylacetylene) onto bare Pt colloid surfaces. Transmission electron microscopic measurements showed that the nanoparticles exhibited an average core size of 2.85 ± 0.62 nm. FTIR study showed that with the acetylene ligands adsorbed onto the Pt nanoparti...

High-Z nano materials have been previously shown to increase the amount of dose deposition within the tumour due to an increase in secondary electrons. This study evaluates the effects of high-Z nano materials in combination with protons, and the impact of proton energy, nanoparticle material and concentration. These effects were studied in silico through Monte Carlo simulation and experimental...

Abstract In this work, the titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticle films were prepared from commercial Degussa P25-TiO nanoparticles by air-compressed spray. The properties of characterized X-ray diffraction, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscope, respectively. addition, TiO film on a metal substrate (stainless steel, SS304) was used to fabricate electrode electrochemical su...

RuNPs stabilised by amino-decorated imidazolium-based polymer immobilized ionic liquids catalyse the dimethylamine borane mediated reduction of quinolines to 1,2-dihydroquinoline (DHQ) and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (THQ). Partial 3-substituted corresponding was achieved with 100% selectivity in toluene under mild conditions. This is first report selective partial 1,2-dihydroquinolines a heter...