Gallic acid (GA) is the main phenolic antioxidant which has been subjected of many studies because of its important biological properties including anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities as well as free radicals scavenger and cardiovascular diseases protector. Hereupon, fabricating a selective and sensitive sensor for GA detection and measurement is an important issue. In th...

In this work the effects of four different multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), including long carboxylated (L-COOH), short carboxylated (S-COOH), long aminated (L-NH(2)) and short aminated (S-NH(2)) ones, on the integrity of red blood cells, coagulation kinetics and activation of platelets were investigated with human whole blood. We found that the four MWCNTs induced different degrees of re...

Catechin (Cat) is one of the primary functional components tea, and its accurate detection significant for understanding health benefits tea. In this study, cyclodextrin nanosponges (CDNS) were prepared employed to combine with graphene quantum dots (GQDs) carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-COOH) form a CDNS/GQDs/MWCNTs-COOH composite. Scanning electron microscope X-ray diffract...

Potentially, the toxicity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can be reduced in a safe-by-design strategy. We investigated if genotoxicity and pulmonary inflammation MWCNTs from same batch were lowered by a) reducing length b) introducing COOH-groups into structure. Mice administered: 1) long pristine MWCNT (CNT-long) (3.9 μm); 2) short CNT (CNT-short) (1 3) modified with high ratio (CNT-C...

The study investigated the photochemical transformation of carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (COOH-MWCNTs), an important environmental process affecting their physicochemical characteristics and hence fate and transport. UVA irradiation removed carboxyl groups from COOH-MWCNT surface while creating other oxygen-containing functional groups with an overall decrease in total surface oxyge...

Introduction: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown enormous potential in neuroscience. Nerve growth factor (NGF)-CNTs complex promotes the neuronal growth, however, the underlying mechanism(s) have remained elusive. Based on the interplay between NGF and the endocannabinoid system, involvement of the neuroprotective endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG), was investigated in the mechanis...

The addition of surface functional groups to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) expands their application in engineering, materials, and life science. In the study, we explored the antifungal activities of MWCNTs with different surface groups against an important plant pathogenic fungi Fusarium graminearum. All of the OH-, COOH-, and NH₂-modified MWCNTs showed enhanced inhibition in spore e...

In this study, the thermal properties of operating fluid by replacing with better and lower water loss in a cross-flow cooling tower (CFWCT) investigated. For purpose, MWCNTs/H2O, MWCNTs-COOH/H2O, MWCNTs-OH/H2O nanofluids were used instead water, results compared. The visual method dynamic light scattering (DLS) to guarantee stability determine size distribution nanoparticles nanofluid. influen...

The hole transport properties of poly(2-methoxy, 5-(2'-ethyl-hexoxy)-p-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) blended with acid oxidized multiwall carbon nanotubes (COOH-MWCNTs) were investigated in a diode configuration using the time-of-flight (TOF) photocurrent method. While the room temperature hole mobility in pure MEH-PPV films was non-dispersive with positive field dependent mobility, MEH-PPV:COO...