Polymerization of benzylthiocyanate on silver nanoparticles produces organic shell covered nanoparticles with controllable thickness in a one-pot process. Gram scale quantities of core–shell materials have been synthesized by this method. The methodology involves the addition of the precursor into Ag–citrate solution and the shell nucleates over a period of three weeks with complete precipitati...

The AgO nanoparticles were utilized for a CO2 separation membrane. The AgO nanoparticles were successfully generated in ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF4) by favorable interaction between the surface of particles and the counteranion of BMIMBF4. The generated AgO nanoparticles were confirmed by TEM, and the average size was 20 nm. Coordinative interactions of ...

The compound (bpy) 2Mn (III)(mu-O) 2Mn (IV)(bpy) 2, a structural model relevant for the photosynthetic water oxidation complex, was coupled to single Cr (VI) charge-transfer chromophores in the channels of the nanoporous oxide AlMCM-41. Mn K-edge EXAFS spectroscopy confirmed that the di-mu-oxo dinuclear Mn core of the complex is unaffected when loaded into the nanoscale pores. Observation of th...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the molecular and morphological changes on dentin elements after Er:YAG laser irradiation. BACKGROUND DATA Spectroscopy studies reporting the effects of Er:YAG laser irradiation as an alternative to acid etching are needed to better understand the laser's effects. METHODS The occlusal one-third of the crown of six human third molars was removed. The dentin sur...

A new indole ring-terminated thiol, ω-mercaptooctyltryptamide (MOTA), has been synthesized and the structure of self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on Ag electrode was characterized by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The frequency of conformational marker W3 band has been found to increase by 3 cm–1 in surface spectrum as compared with the FT-Raman spectrum of solid MOTA compound, indica...

Cr2O3 nanoparticles were prepared using Cr(NO3)3.9H2O as starting material, triethanolamine (TEA) as template and water as green solvent under microwave irradiation. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), photoluminescence (PL) and Raman spectroscopy. The size distribution of individual particles we...