Colloidal Cu@CuAlO(2)-Al(2)O(3) bimetallic nanoparticles were prepared by a gamma irradiation method in an aqueous system in the presence of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and isopropanol respectively as a colloidal stabilizer and scavenger of hydrogen and hydroxyl radicals. The gamma irradiation was carried out in a (60)Co gamma source chamber with different doses up to 120 kGy. The formation of ...

The author contends that sex differentials in childhood mortality in Pakistan are a likely outcome of son preference behavior by parents. Consideration is given to the historical improvement in the female disadvantage in mortality, the neglect of female children, gender and class factors, and son preference and high fertility. Data are from the 1981 Pakistan census and other official surveys....

Correction for 'One step in situ synthesis of CeO2 nanoparticles grown on reduced graphene oxide as an excellent fluorescent and photocatalyst material under sunlight irradiation' by Animesh Kumar Ojha et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, DOI: .

Correction for 'Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au-Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles towards efficient photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in water' by Gitashree Darabdhara, et al., Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 8276-8287.

NiWO(4) nanoparticles have been facilely synthesized by a hydrothermal approach, and used as a catalyst for the hydrodesulfurization of thiophene and its derivative 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene, showing a significantly higher activity than commercial NiW/Al(2)O(3).

Beta-LiAlO2 microbricks and rectangular nanorods have been successfully synthesized from Al2O3 nanoparticles by a simple hydrothermal process without any surfactant or template, by simply changing the Li/Al molar ratio.

Au nanoparticles with small sizes (1-4 nm) were effectively formed on Mg-Al mixed oxides (Au/MAO), which showed superior catalytic performances and good recyclability in aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid.

Nanotechnology has dynamically developed as an important field of modern research with potential effects in electronic and medicine (Glomm 2005, Chan 2006, Boisselier and Astruc 2009). Nanotechnology can be defined as a research for the design, synthesis, and manipulation of structure of particles with dimension smaller than 100nm. A new branch of nanotechnology is nanobiotechnology. Nanobiotec...

We have developed gadolinium-based theranostic nanoparticles for co-delivery of drug and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent using Zn/Al-layered double hydroxide as the nanocarrier platform, a naturally occurring phenolic compound, gallic acid (GA) as therapeutic agent, and Gd(NO₃)₃ as diagnostic agent. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were grown on the system to support the contrast for ...