Preparation of TiO2 NPs. Colloidal solutions containing nanoparticulate TiO2 are prepared through hydrolysis of titanium tetraisopropoxide by following published procedures. For a 500 mg/L solution, 500 mg of Ti(OCH-(CH3)2)4 was dissolved in 20 mL of 2-propanol. A 2 mL aliquot of this solution was slowly injected (microsyringe) into 20 mL of water at pH = 1.5 (adjusted with HCl). The solution w...

Plasmonic photocatalytic nanocomposites of TiO2 and Au nanoparticles (NPs) have recently attracted the attention researchers, who aim to improve activity potential NPs. In this study, we report enhancement for a Au/TiO2 nanocomposite prepared by plasma–liquid interaction method using an atmospheric microplasma apparatus. The enhanced is demonstrated degradation methylene blue (MB) in water unde...

The study determined the effect of intravenous administration of acutely toxic or sub-lethal doses of Na-oleate-coated Fe3O4 (OC-Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs) on liver structure and function in Wistar rats, compared to titanium dioxide (TiO2) NPs and saline-injected controls. The acute study, using a modified OECD 425 progressive dosing procedure, found LD50 values of 59.22 and 36.42 mg/kg for TiO...

Besides cell death, nanoparticles (Nps) can induce other cellular responses such as inflammation. The potential immune response mediated by the exposure of human lymphoid cells to metal oxide Nps (moNps) was characterized using four different moNps (CeO2, TiO2, Al2O3, and ZnO) to study the three most relevant mitogen-activated protein kinase subfamilies and the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-...

     Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanorods and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures thin films were prepared onto glass substrates by the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The ZnO was structured as nanorods (NRs) while TiO2 was formed as nanoflowers plate as confirmed by Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) images. The ZnO/Fe3O4 and TiO2/Fe3O4 nanostructures thin films were prepared v...

Advances in the use of nanoparticles (NPs) has created promising progress biotechnology and consumer-care based industry. This an increasing need for testing their safety toxicity profiles. Hence, efforts to understand cellular responses towards nanomaterials are needed. However, current methods using animal cancer-derived cell lines raise questions on physiological relevance. In this aspect, s...

We studied the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO2)nanoparticles (NPs)on ion conductivity Na+ ion-conducting nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte (NCSPE) composed polymers poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), sodium metaperiodate (NaIO4)at concentration 10 wt%, with added TiO2NPs average size ∼ nm at from 1 wt% to 5 wt%. The electrical response thin films (150μm) PEO/PVP/...

TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a promising light harvesting technology that attracts tremendous research interest. The bulk of research however by far focuses on the light absorber and other components of the cell configuration through mostly experimental investigations [1,2]. The structure of DSSCs’ photosensitive component, the photoelectrode, is based on a randomly organiz...

Any assessment of plastic contamination in the marine environment requires knowledge of the polymer type and the additive content of microplastics. Sequential pyrolysis-gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (Pyr-GC/MS) was applied to simultaneously identify polymer types of microplastic particles and associated organic plastic additives (OPAs). In addition, a scanning electron microsc...