Terpyridine thiol functionalized FePt and Au NPs were self-assembled and cross-linked at the liquid-liquid interfaces using Fe(II) metal ion. Complexation of terpyridine with Fe(II) metal ion leads to NP network and affords stable membranes and colloidal shells at the liquid-liquid interfaces.

We review the room temperature optical and electronic properties of single semiconductor nanocrystals, which are made by chemical synthesis. Confocal luminescence spectroscopy of single nanocrystals reveals a blinking behavior apparently due to an intermittent photoionization. To investigate this further, the dielectric constant and electrostatic charge of single CdSe nanocrystals was measured....

Background The aim of this study was to prepare and evaluate the impact of polymers on fabricating stable dexibuprofen (Dexi) nanocrystals with enhanced therapeutic potential, using a low energy, anti-solvent precipitation method coupled with molecular modelling approach. Methods Dexi nanocrystals were prepared using antisolvent precipitation with syringe pump. Crystallinity of the processed ...

We systematically explore the shape-dependent catalytic activities of Au nanocrystals toward glucose oxidation in alkaline electrolytes, which is strongly dependent on the shape of the Au nanocrystals. The {100}-bounded cubic Au nanocrystals are significantly more active than the {110}-bounded rhombic dodecahedral and {111}-bounded octahedral Au nanocrystals.

Systemic toxicity and poor solubility of existing chemotherapeutic drugs piqued an interest in the use of nanocrystals for chemotherapy. To increase cytotoxicity, surface coating of nanocrystals is of interest to enhance tumor targeting and reduce treatment toxicity. As such, we tested in this project various coated paclitaxel nanocrystals on cancer cells for determining the efficacy of surface...

a facile co-precipitation method for the synthesis of well-dispersed ndfeo3 nanocrystals is developed in the presence of octanoic acid as surfactant. co-precipitation can produce fine, high-purity, stoichiometric particles of single and multicomponent metal oxides. the product is characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microsc...

clarithromycin (cla), a broad-spectrum macrolide, is a poorly soluble drug with dissolution rate limited absorption. the aim of this investigation was to prepare cla nanoparticles from a ternary ground mixture in the presence of sodium lauryl sulfate (sls) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (pvp) as co-grinding water-soluble compounds, in order to improve the drug dissolution rate. different weight rati...

the study describes the synthesis and characterization of zinc(ii) minoxidil nanocomposite (1). the reaction between zinc(ii) acetate, minoxidil, {c9h15n5o=minoxidil=(2,4-diamino-6-piperidine-1-yl) pyrimidine n-oxide)} as a ligand and ki as bridging agent, in methanol at 60°c leads to the formation of nano-sized zn(ii) minoxidil nanocomposite, 1. characterization of (1) was carried out by eleme...

This work illustrates the improvement in ultra-trace Hg(II) determination water based on a novel flexible extraction and preconcentration technique (FEPT). method focuses covalent functionalisation of carbon fibre (CF) (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane. The CF is carried out two steps: functionalising surface using acid treatment to obtain hydroxy carboxyl groups surface, followed by condensat...

Upconversion nanocrystals with small size and strong fluorescent signals own great potential in applications such as biomolecule-labeling, in vivo tracking and molecular imaging. Herein we reported that NaYbF4: 25%Gd, 2%Tm upconversion nanocrystals with small size and strong fluorescent signals were controllably synthesized by oleic acid (OA)/ ionic liquid (IL) two-phase system for targeted flu...