Bismuth oxide may be a promising battery material due to the high gravimetric (690 mAh g(-1)) and volumetric capacities (6280 mAh cm(-3)). However, this intrinsic merit has been compromised by insufficient Li-storage performance due to poor conductivity and structural integrity. Herein, we engineer a heterostructure composed of bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) and bismuth sulphide (Bi2S3) through sulfuriz...

objectives:biofilms are communities of bacteria attached to surfaces through an external polymeric substances matrix. in the meantime, acinetobacterbaumannii is the predominant species related to nosocomial infections. in the present study, the effect of silver nanoparticles alone and in combination with biocides and imipenem against planktonic and biofilms of a. baumannii was assessed.  materi...

The aim of the study was to determine if the increase in radiopacity provided by bismuth oxide is related to the color alteration of calcium silicate-based cement. Calcium silicate cement (CSC) was mixed with 0%, 15%, 20%, 30% and 50% of bismuth oxide (BO), determined by weight. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) was the control group. The radiopacity test was performed according to ISO 6876/2001...

Objective: This work is mainly focused to determine the antibacterial activity of green synthesized Bi2O3 nanoparticles against bacterial strains, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli using resazurin as indicator.
 Methods: Bismuth oxide were from precursor bismuth nitrate [Bi (NO3)3.5H20] by trachyspermum ammi (ajwain) seed extract. To carry out these works, NPs undergone characteri...

Quantum-confined Bi structures (quantum wells and quantum wires) are currently being studied for their varies novel properties. We now pursue the next level of quantum confinement in bismuth, quantum dots. In this work, we present a technique for the synthesis of bismuth nanoparticles using an inverse microemulsion method. To prevent air-oxidation in the characterization stage, poly(vinylpyrrol...

highly crystalline bi3+-doped cadmium oxide (cdo) sub-micron structures were synthesized by calcination the obtained precursor from a sol-gel reaction. the reaction was carried out with cadmium nitrate (cd(no3)2.4h2o), bismuth nitrate (bi(no3)3.5h2o) and ethylene glycol (c2h6o2) reactants without any additives at 80°c for 2h. resulting gel was calcined at 900 °c with increasing temperature rate...

in order to study the effect of vermicompost containing copper oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles on was beans, in an experiment factorial were done based on a randomized complete block design in three replications. the experiment treatment were as follows: nanoparticles in 4 levels (0, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2 g/kg weight of substrate), vermicompost in 3 levels (2.5, 5 and 7.5 g/kg-1 weight of substra...

BACKGROUND This study examined the effects of addition of 10% and 25% by weight calcium hydroxide on the physicochemical properties of Portland cement associated with 20% bismuth oxide in order to develop a new pulp capping material. MATERIAL AND METHODS The solubility, pH value, setting time, compressive strength, and push out bond strength of modified Portland were evaluated and compared to...

Bismuth&d platinum electrodes were investigated as pH indicating electrodes in strong KOH solutions (pH 14-16). The E-pH curve of freshly prepared bismuth electrodes is linear, but the E-pH slope altered with time. It is shown that the slope is constant if the bismuth electrode has been aged via immersion in a concentrated KOH solution. The value of the E-pH slope depends on the KOH concentrati...