BACKGROUND Carcinogenicity of nickel compounds has been well documented. However, the carcinogenic effect of metallic nickel is still unclear. The present study investigates metallic nickel nano- and fine particle-induced apoptosis and the signal pathways involved in this process in JB6 cells. The data obtained from this study will be of benefit for elucidating the pathological and carcinogenic...

We consider two-dimensional three-component photonic crystals wherein one component is modeled as an electron gas. The problem is treated within the plane wave formalism. For the case of an incident electromagnetic wave with electric field vector parallel to the axis of the cylinders it is shown that the presence of dielectric shells covering the metallic cylinders leads to a closing of the str...

Nickel based nano particles are metallic Ni and NiO. These materials find wide utility in various fields in view of their high surface potentials, surface area, semi conducting nature, reduction and complexing tendencies. The present review is mainly aimed at the investigations made in using these nano nickel particles as adsorbents in purifying water. The synthesis of nano particles of Ni/ NiO...

There has been a significant interest on plasmonics in a metallic structure with very narrow gaps for studies of nanophotonics. However, little attention has been paid to the behavior of surface plasmons (SPs) in quasi-continuous metallic structures. This study observes and analyzes intermediate characteristics between propagating SPs (PSPs) and localized SPs (LSPs) in a quasi-continuous metall...

We exploit theoretically a magneto-controlled nonlinear optical material which contains ferromagnetic nanoparticles with a non-magnetic metallic nonlinear shell in a host fluid. Such an optical material can have anisotropic linear and nonlinear optical properties and a giant enhancement of nonlinearity, as well as an attractive figure of merit. Electronic address: [email protected] 1 Fi...

In this paper, we analyzed the influence of changing the material of electrodes on the transport properties of single junction comprising GNR (Graphene Nano Ribbon) stringed to two semi-infinite electrodes using semi empirical model. The investigation of electron transport through GNR was accomplished by linking it to different metallic electrodes (Pt, Au and Ag) under different bias voltages w...

Recently, a subcategory of nanotechnology—nano-, and microcontainers—has developed rapidly, with unexpected results. By nano- microcontainers, we mean hollow spherical structures whose shells can be organic or inorganic. These containers filled substances released when given an excitation, fulfill their missions corrosion healing, cancer therapy, cement antifouling, etc. This review summarizes ...

nowdays,  iron  nanoparticles  due  to  their  unique  characteristics  are used  in  all  of  sciences  and  technology.  these  nano  particles  due  to their  electrical, magnetic,  optical  and  catalytic  properties  and  having high  area  and  activity  that  is  promped  by  their  small  size  and most importantly  many  scientists  from  the  entire  world  are  interested  in their  ...

Nano-particles consisting of a core surrounded by multiple outer shells (multishell particles) are used as novel functional materials as well as stiffeners/toughners in conventional composites and nanocomposites. In these heterogeneous particles, the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficients and lattice constants between neighboring shells induces stress/strain fields in the core and shells, w...