Nanotechnology is an evolving interdisciplinary field of research interspersing material science and nanobiotechnology. Nanoparticles are studied extensively for their specific catalytic, magnetic, electronic, optical, antimicrobial, theranostic, diagnosis, wound healing, anti-inflammatory properties. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) have many applications owing to unique characteristics, which include ...

With the development of internet-of-things for applications such as wearables and packaging, a new class electronics is emerging, characterized by sheer number forecast units their short service-life. Projected to reach 27 billion in 2021, connected devices are generating an exponentially increasing amount electronic waste (e-waste). Fueled growing e-waste problem, field sustainable attracting ...

Three-dimensional topological insulators have been studied for approximately fifteen years, but those made from group-IV elements, especially Ge and Sn, seem particularly attractive owing to their nontoxicity, sizable intrinsic spin-orbit coupling (SOC) strength natural compatibility with the current semiconductor industry. However, elemental TIs rarely reported, except low temperature phase of...

The concept of mimetics can be defined in terms “learning from others” or “inspired by others”, and indeed its essence is “universal”. A well-known marvelous example designing materials inspired nature human flight. Essentially, everything mimicked somehow this huge world. In sense, the characteristics polysaccharides, including chitosan, shed light on new product development. Owing to interest...

Recently, membrane-modified mammalian exosomes have been considered strong candidates for targeted drug delivery carriers because of their biocompatibility, biodistribution, and low immune response. However, the widespread utilization still requires overcoming several challenging issues, including stability, high production cost, mass productivity. Therefore, artificial extracellular vesicles (...

Due to their availability, low cost, nontoxicity, and tunability, polymeric carbon nitrides (CNx) represent one of the most attractive materials classes for development fully sustainable photo(electro)catalytic systems solar-driven water splitting. However, CNx-based photoanodes visible light-driven oxidation dioxygen is rather challenging, particularly due issues related photoelectrode stabili...

Light hydrocarbon gases, such as methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, and propene, are commonly used in manufacturing processes raw material or energy fuel. Traditionally, these gases mainly separated by cryogenic distillation, which requires massive amounts of because high-pressure low-temperature operating conditions. Many studies have shown that metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) potential mater...

Lead-based halide perovskite materials are being developed as efficient light-absorbing for use in solar cells (PSCs). PSCs have shown remarkable progress power conversion efficiency, increasing from 3.80% to more than 25% within a decade, showcasing their potential promising renewable energy technology. Although many benefits, including high light absorption coefficient, the ability tune band ...

Biodiesel is an attractive alternative fuel because of its nontoxicity and biodegradability properties. Biodiesel is produced through transesterification of vegetable oils’ triglyceride. It is obtained from vegetable oils or fats either by chemical or enzyme-catalyzed transesterification with methanol or ethanol. By using whole-cell biocatalyst immobilized within biomass support particles (BSPs...

In this work, α-Fe2O3 (hematite) nanoparticles were synthesized using Arabic gum (AG) as a biotemplate source by the sol-gel method. This method has many advantages such as low-cost, nontoxicity, simple work-up, high efficiency, compounds uniformity, and high efficiency. The α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR...