MRI has been used extensively to noninvasively track the location of cells labeled with superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) in vivo. Typically, SPIOs are employed as a negative contrast agent which makes it difficult to differentiate labeled cells from extraneous sources of inhomogeneity and actual voids in the image. As a result, several novel approaches have been put forth to o...

Highly flexible, robust, and sensitive infrared nanosensors were fabricated based on carbon nanoparticles that were synthesized through a simple and low-cost flame method. The infrared nanosensor devices showed sharp infrared photoresponse with a response time of ∼68 ms and a maximum photocurrent change of ∼52.9%. The devices showed a superhydrophobic property with a contact angle larger than 1...

Red single crystals of AgTl3(Cr2O7)2 were prepared via high oxygen pressure synthesis as well as by hydrothermal autoclave techniques. Initially, AgTl3(Cr2O7)2 was obtained from a reaction of stoichiometric mixtures of Ag2O, Cr and TlNO3 under elevated oxygen pressures. Following an optimized approach, the title compound can be synthesized at mild hydrothermal conditions, starting from AgNO3, T...

UV–VIS spectroscopy is applied to study the structural and especially morphological particularities of silver nanoclusters-phosphate glass composites from the dispersed phase perspective. The electronic absorption measurements performed on several types of phosphate glasses with different Ag2O content indicate the existence of both silver nanoparticles of various dimensions and shapes, and Ag i...

A green chemistry-based highly regioselective synthesis of ethyl (9-anthryl)glyoxylate was achieved by solvent-free Friedel-Crafts reaction at r. t. Several derivatives of ethyl (9-anthryl)glyoxylate were also synthesized. Ethyl (9-anthryl)hydroxyacetate was obtained almost quantitatively by reduction of ethyl (9-anthryl)glyoxylate with NaBH4, and (9-anthryl)methoxyacetic acid was prepared by m...

Solving the inverse problem of nanoparticle characterization has the potential to advance science and benefit society. While considerable progress has been made within a framework based on the scattering of surface plasmon-polaritons, an aspect not heretofore considered is the quantification of uncertainty in the estimation of a nanoparticle characteristic. Therefore, the present article offers...

Purpose. The study reports evaluation of different purification processes for removing surplus surfactant and formulating stable nanoparticle dispersions. Methods. Nanoparticle formulations prepared from poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were purified by a diafiltration centrifugal device (DCD), using 300K and 100K molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) membranes and a tangent...

Biodistribution of nanoparticles is dependent on their physicochemical properties (such as size, surface charge, and surface hydrophilicity). Clear and systematic understanding of nanoparticle properties' effects on their in vivo performance is of fundamental significance in nanoparticle design, development and optimization for medical applications, and toxicity evaluation. In the present study...

The formation of complexes between nanoparticles and polyelectrolytes is a key process for the control of the reactivity of manufactured nanoparticles and rational design of core shell nanostructures. In this work, we investigate the influence of the nanoparticle dielectric constant on the adsorption of a linear charged polymer (polyelectrolyte) at the surface of a neutral nanoparticle. The pol...

The primary goal of this study is to investigate the effect different exchange-correlation functionals on optoelectronic and elastic properties Ag2O chalcogenide compound. For electronic structures optical spectra, Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson approach combined with GGA GGA+U (mBJ-GGA-PBEsol mBJ-GGA-PBEsol+U, respectively) was used. available theoretical experimental data for bandgap energ...