Magnetic particles may be used to selectively attach and manipulate or transport targeted species to a desired location under the influence of an external magnetic field. By virtue of their size, magnetic nanoparticles are superparamagnetic, offering great potential in a variety of applications in their bare form or through coating with a surface coating and functional group chosen for a specif...

We have developed a simple method for the preparation of nearly mono-dispersed stable gold colloids with a fairly high concentration using a two step procedure. First we synthesize citrate capped gold nanoparticles and then exchange the citrate ions with triethyleneglycolmono-11-mercaptoundecylether (EGMUDE). This leads to the immediate precipitation and formation of composite assemblies. The g...

In this paper we provide a mathematical framework for localized plasmon resonance of nanoparticles. Using layer potential techniques associated with the full Maxwell equations, we derive small-volume expansions for the electromagnetic fields, which are uniformly valid with respect to the nanoparticle’s bulk electron relaxation rate. Then, we discuss the scattering and absorption enhancements by...

Alkyl-terminated silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) were prepared through reactive high-energy ball milling with contamination of iron from the steel milling materials. Iron impurities in the form of iron nanoparticles cause a decrease of photoluminescence intensity and an increase of the UV absorption. The iron impurities were removed either by gel permeation chromatography separation or by treatme...

The present study investigates the effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on stability Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)-produced stable emulsion. chemical precipitation method is used to synthesize nanoparticles, and their properties were determined using various analytical characterization techniques such as X-ray Diffraction (XRD), High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Field Emission Sca...

Extensively investigated and mutagenized Cow Pea Mosaic Virus (CPMV) has been demonstrated in a variety of nanoassemblies. Iron Oxide (IO) has the potential to surpass limits of detection in bioimaging applications. Particularly g-Fe2O3 (maghemite) is considered as one of the most desirable materials for technological and biomedical applications due to its inherent biocompatible nature. Additio...

The problem of steady Marangoni boundary layer flow and heat transfer in a nanofluid when the wall is permeable, namely there is a suction or injection effect, is studied using different types of nanoparticles. The mathematical problem reduces to a pair of coupled ordinary differential equations by similarity transformation, which is then solved numerically using the shooting method. Three diff...

Exact calculation of the van der Waals interaction between closely spaced plasmonic nanoparticles is challenging due to the strong concentration of the electromagnetic fields that takes place at the nanometric gap between them. The technique of transformation optics, capable of mapping a small volume into any desired length scale, enables us to shed physical insight into the intricate behavior ...

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The aim of the present study was to develop nanoparticles of tamoxifen citrate, a non-steroidal antiestrogenic drug used for the treatment of breast cancer. Biodegradable poly (D, L- lactide-co-glycolide)-85:15 (PLGA) was used to develop nanoparticles of tamoxifen citrate by multiple emulsification (w/o/w) and solvent evaporation technique. Drug-polymer ratio, polyvinyl alcohol concentrations, ...