Nano-Al₂O₃ has been widely used in various industries; unfortunately, it can be released into the aquatic environment. Although nano-Al₂O₃ is believed to be of low toxicity, it can interact with other pollutants in water, such as heavy metals. However, the interactions between nano-Al₂O₃ and heavy metals as well as the effect of nano-Al₂O₃ on the toxicity of the metals have been rarely investig...

the aims of the study were to investigate the effect of poly(ε -caprolactone) (pcl) and nano- sio2 within the thermoplastic starch (tps) blends on the rate and extent of starch enzymatic hydrolysis using enzymes α-amylase and amyloglucosidase. the results of this study have revealed that blends with nano-sio2 content at 6 wt% exhibited a significantly reduced rate and extent of starch hydrolysi...

in this research, the mechanical properties of seven types of nanofilm with differing amounts of silver and silver-clay particles were studied. the elasticity of modulus, tensile strength, toughness, elongation at break, tear strength and color of nanofilms were compared with those of ordinary ldpe film. results showed that the inclusion of nano particles increased the modulus of elasticity, te...

G. Ouyang Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology, Vestfold University College, N-3103 Tonsberg, Norway M. N. Akram Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology, Vestfold University College, N-3103 Tonsberg, Norway K. Wang Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology, Vestfold University College, N-3103 Tonsberg, Norway Z. Tong Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology, Vest...

Spherical silver nanoparticles (nano-Ag) were synthesized and their antifungal effects on fungal pathogens of the skin were investigated. Nano-Ag showed potent activity against clinical isolates and ATCC strains of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Candida species (IC80, 1-7 microg/ml). The activity of nano-Ag was comparable to that of amphotericin B, but superior to that of fluconazole (amphoter...

Nanoscale titanium dioxide (nano-TiO2) has been widely used in industry and medicine. However, the safety of nano-TiO2 exposure remains unclear. In this study, we evaluated the liver, brain, and embryo toxicity and the underlying mechanism of nano-TiO2 using mice models. The results showed that titanium was distributed to and accumulated in the heart, brain, spleen, lung, and kidney of mice aft...

A small peptide mimetic molecule can form diverse nanostructures such as nano-vesicles, nano-tubes and nano-ribbons/fibrils by self-assembly, in response to various physical and chemical stimulations.

The feasibility of using gold nano-rings as plasmonic nano-optical tweezers is investigated. We found that at a resonant wavelength of λ=785 nm, the nano-ring produces a maximum trapping potential of ~32k(B)T on gold nanoparticles. The existence of multiple potential wells results in a very large active volume of ~10(6) nm(3) for trapping the target particles. The report nano-ring design provid...

Nowadays, nanodevices like small fluidic channels, semiconductor lasers, nano contacts for solar cells, nano magnets or nano antennas for infrared detection (THz) are of great interest. The applications for these devices extend the fields of e.g. energy, computational or medical sciences. For example, by arranging nano dots consisting of a magnetic material, logical circuits can be designed whi...

Nano MgO has been synthesized by hydration and dehydration method by modifies the commercial MgO. The prepared MgO had been investigated as a heterogeneous base catalyst for transesterification process for biodiesel production using palm oil. TGA, FT-IR and XRD results obtained from this study lie each other and proved in the formation of nano MgO from decomposition of Mg(OH)2. This study prove...