Glemarie C Hermosa, Chien-Shiun Liao, Sea-Fue Wang, Aidan An-Cheng Sun
{"title":"Methyl Orange Adsorption onto Magnetic Fe₃O₄/Carbon (AC, GO, PGO) Nanocomposites.","authors":"Glemarie C Hermosa, Chien-Shiun Liao, Sea-Fue Wang, Aidan An-Cheng Sun","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, carbonaceous nanomaterials (Activated Carbon (AC), Graphene Oxide (GO) and Porous Graphene Oxide (PGO)) were synthesized and attached to Fe₃O₄ magnetic powder for the effective removal of synthetic Methyl Orange (MO). AC and GO were successfully conjugated with Fe₃O₄ whilst PGO was not due to its surface functional groups. The morphology and chemical structure of the Fe₃O₄/Carbon nanocomposites were characterized by the N₂ adsorption, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Batch adsorption experiments were performed and showed significant removal efficiency of 90% at the first ten minutes for Fe₃O₄/AC nanocomposite. Analysis of adsorption equilibrium revealed that AC/Fe₃O₄ is well fitted with Langmuir model, a homogeneous adsorption having an adsorption capacity of 270 mg/g. The GO/Fe₃O₄ can fit with both Langmuir and Freundlich models indicating multilayer adsorption on the surface of the adsorbent with an adsorption capacity of 81.9 mg/g. In the case of adsorption kinetics, both adsorbents follow the pseudo second order kinetics model showing high F?² values. Both adsorbents demonstrated advantageous superparamagnetic properties for their easy recovery from aqueous solutions and prospective applications to toxic removal in water and wastewater.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5756-5764"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38973735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thu Trang Hoang, Van Dai Pham, Thanh Son Pham, Khai Q Le, Quang Minh Ngo
{"title":"Sensitive Near-Infrared Refractive Index Sensors Based on D-Shaped Photonic Crystal Fibers.","authors":"Thu Trang Hoang, Van Dai Pham, Thanh Son Pham, Khai Q Le, Quang Minh Ngo","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19469","url":null,"abstract":"We report a numerical study of D-shaped photonic crystal fiber based plasmonic refractive index sensor with high resolution and sensitivity in the near-infrared region. D-shaped photonic crystal fiber is formed by side polishing one part of photonic crystal fiber. It has a polishing surface where plasmonic gold layer is coated to modulate the resonant wavelength and enhance the refractive index sensitivity. Several D-shaped photonic crystal fiber plasmonic sensors with various distances from the photonic crystal fiber's core to the polishing surface and gold thicknesses are designed and their characteristics are analyzed by the finite element method. The simulation results indicate that distance from the photonic crystal fiber's core to the polishing surface causes modifications in the loss intensity, the resonant wavelength, and the refractive index sensitivity of D-shaped photonic crystal fiber plasmonic sensor. Mass production of refractive index sensors were achieved using a simple fabrication process, whereby the D-shaped photonic crystal fiber is grinded where distance from the photonic crystal fiber's core to the polishing surface is less than one layer thickness and then coated with the gold layer. For the refractive index sensing applications, the maxima theoretical resolution and sensitivity of D-shaped photonic crystal fiber plasmonic sensor reach 2.98 × 10 6refractive index unit and 6,140 nm/refractive index unit in range of 1.30-1.37, respectively. We also report an initial fabrication of the D-shaped photonic crystal fiber following the standard stack-and- draw method to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed device by using our in-house equipments. The proposed D-shaped photonic crystal fiber plasmonic sensor design in this work would be useful for the development of cheap refractive index sensors with high sensitivity and resolution.","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5535-5541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38974942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molten Salt Synthesized MgNiO₂ Micro/Nano-Particles for High Energy Density Supercapacitor and Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium.","authors":"S Maitra, R Mitra, T K Nath","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, solid solutions have shown promising results as functional materials for different applications. These materials have tunable physiochemical properties and electronic properties, and are being intensively studied for next generation electrochemical charge storage as well as noble metal free low cost electrocatalyts. In the present work, Magnesium Nickel Oxide (MgNiO₂) solid solution is prepared by molten salt synthesis. MgNiO₂ particles having octahedron shaped morphology with size of 550 nm with an agglomerative behavior was observed through morphological studies. Raman studies revealed presence of three two-phonon modes as well as two one-phonon modes, which confirm the phase purity of MgNiO₂ sample. MgNiO₂ particles behaved as a promising supercapacitor candidate by exhibiting a large specific capacitance of 76 F/g. It also revealed electrochemical stability over an expansive potential range under the presence of 0.5 mol L<sup>-1</sup>Sodium Sulfate (Na₂SO₄) electrolyte, having a high energy density of nearly 51 Wh/kg with a power density of nearly 825 w/kg. Further, MgNiO₂ particle showed improved electrocatalytic potential towards Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) in 1 mol L<sup>-1</sup> Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) alkaline medium, by demonstrating an overpotential of 0.636 V with a Tafel slope of 0.22205 v/dec. Based on these observed promising results, it can be conclusively inferred that MgNiO₂ solid solution is a potential candidate for environmental friendly high voltage supercapacitor and HER electrocatalyst applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5556-5568"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38974944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernando Martínez-Esquivias, Juan Manuel Guzmán-Flores, Alejandro Pérez-Larios, Napoleón González Silva, Julieta Saraí Becerra-Ruiz
{"title":"A Review of the Antimicrobial Activity of Selenium Nanoparticles.","authors":"Fernando Martínez-Esquivias, Juan Manuel Guzmán-Flores, Alejandro Pérez-Larios, Napoleón González Silva, Julieta Saraí Becerra-Ruiz","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antimicrobial resistance has become a severe problem for health systems worldwide, and counteractions are challenging because of the lack of interest of pharmaceutical companies in generating new and effective antimicrobial drugs. Selenium nanoparticles have attracted considerable interest in treating bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses of clinical importance due to their high therapeutic efficacy and almost zero generation of adverse effects. Some studies have revealed that the antimicrobial activity of these nanoparticles is due to the generation of reactive oxygen species, but more studies are needed to clarify their antimicrobial mechanisms. Other studies show that their antimicrobial activity is increased when the surface of the nanoparticles is functionalized with some biomolecules or when their surface carries a specific drug. This review addresses the existing background on the antimicrobial potential offered by selenium nanoparticles against viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites of clinical importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5383-5398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38985940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Simple and Low-Cost Method for Fabrication of Polydimethylsiloxane Microfludic Chips.","authors":"Linlin Sun, Likang Zhang, Xue Yang, Biyao Zhang, Zhifu Yin","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conventional fabrication methods for enrichment microfluidic devices require cleanroom, which are costly and time-consuming. Developing a facile and low-cost method to fabricate microfluidic chips could stimulate the progress of the applications of those chips. Here, we present an easy method for fabrication of a complete PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) microfluidic chip used for ion and protein enrichment. The method consists of three main fabrication steps: PDMS microchannels ablation by co₂ laser, nation membrane deposition, and oxygen plasma assist bonding under pressure. To fabricate a desired microchannel, the laser ablation parameters, containing laser power and ablation speed, were analyzed. The parameters for oxygen plasma assist bonding were also investigated to improve the bonding quality of the chips (low dimension loss and high bonding strength). The following Rhodamine B enrichment tests demonstrate that the presented method allows fabrication of microfluidic chips with precise dimensions and leakage free.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5635-5641"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38893157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Structural Deficiencies on Bi-Ferroic Behaviors of Lead-Free Bi<sub>0.5</sub> Na<sub>0.40</sub>K<sub>0.10</sub>TiO₃ Films.","authors":"Ngo Due Quan, Nguyen Due Minh, Hoang Viet Hung","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lead-free Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.4</sub>K<sub>0.1</sub>TiO₃ (BNKT) ferroelectric films on Pt/TI/SIO₂/Si substrates were prepared via a sol-gel spin coating routine. The microstructures and multiferroic behaviors of the films were examined intimately as a function of the annealing time. A rise of annealing time enhanced the crystallization of the films via the perovskite structure. The multiferroic behavior, including simultaneously the magnetic and ferroelectric orders, was observed altogether the films. When the annealing time rose, ferroelectric and magnetic properties were found significantly increased. The remnant polarization (P<sub>r</sub>), also as maximum polarization (P<sub>m</sub>) respectively increased to the very best values of 11.5 µC/cm² and 40.0 µC/cm² under an applied electric field of 500 kV/cm. The saturated magnetization (<i>M<sub>s</sub></i>) of films increased to 2.3 emu/cm³ for the annealing time of 60 minutes. Oxygen vacancies, originating from the evaporation of metal ions during annealing at high temperatures are attributed to the explanation for ferromagnetism within the BNKT films.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5653-5658"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38893160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A F R Rodriguez, R F Lacerda, L E Maggi, Hory Mohammadpour, Mohammad Niyaifar, Shahrokh Niyaifar, Judes G Santos, M A Morales
{"title":"Initial Dynamic Susceptibility of Maghemite Nanoparticles Dispersed in Surface-Treated Polymeric Template.","authors":"A F R Rodriguez, R F Lacerda, L E Maggi, Hory Mohammadpour, Mohammad Niyaifar, Shahrokh Niyaifar, Judes G Santos, M A Morales","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19484","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic nanocomposites based on maghemite nanoparticles supported (ex situ route) on styrene- divinilbenzene (Sty-DVB) copolymer templates were produced and characterized for their structure and morphology. The as-produced nanocomposites were further chemically-treated with different oxidant agents and surface-coated with stearic acid. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy data show that the incorporated nanoparticles are preserved despite the aggressive chemical treatments employed. From the dynamical susceptibility measurements performed on the nanocomposites, the values of the saturation magnetization (76 emu/g) and the effective magnetic anisotropy (1.7 × 10⁴ J/m³) were obtained, in excellent agreement with the values reported in the literature for maghemite. This finding strongly supports the preservation of the magnetic properties of the supported nanosized maghemite throughout the entire samples' processing.","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5694-5697"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38905202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chien-Chung Hsia, Po-Jung Chen, Mao-Chien Weng, Mei-Hui Wang
{"title":"Characteristics of Thermosensitive and Targeted F127-Triethoxysilane/Gold Nanorod Combined with Photothermal Therapy in Tumor Model Mice.","authors":"Chien-Chung Hsia, Po-Jung Chen, Mao-Chien Weng, Mei-Hui Wang","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Even with all the recent technological improvements, cancer remains to be the disease with the highest impact on global health. Due to obviously disadvantages or limitations on traditional therapy, researchers are engaged to search for safely and effective methods in cancers' therapy. Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been employed in treating cancers and several of other diseases. In this study, novel thermosensitive and targeting nanoparticle, C225-silane-F127/gold nanorod (C-SFGR) combined with PTT was investigated in EGFR-overexpressing xenografts mice model. For better light to heat transformation exposed with 808 nm near-infrared (NIR) laser, the diameter of thermosensitive C-SFGR was designed at about 120 nm. To address the biocompatibility, the viability of A549 cell line was greater than 80% under high concentrations of C-SFGR (1,000 μg/mL), indicating its low cytotoxicity. After intravenous injection of C-SFGR and combined with NIR treatment for 2 min in A549 bearing mice, tumors were almost completely shriveled after 2 weeks. For developing as theranostic agent, C-SFGR was then labeled with 67Ga, with radiochemical purity over 98%. These present results suggest that C-SFGR could be also applied as a SPECT-imaging agent and as an effective antitumor agent.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5688-5693"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38905203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huan Dong Xiang, Peng Liu, Miao Deng, Dong Ge Tong
{"title":"Separation of Rare-Earth Ions from Mine Wastewater Using B<sub>12</sub>S Nanoflakes as a Capacitive Deionization Electrode Material.","authors":"Huan Dong Xiang, Peng Liu, Miao Deng, Dong Ge Tong","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, nanoflakes of B<sub>12</sub>S were fabricated by plasma-assisted reaction of sulfur dichloride in an ionic liquid at room temperature using europium boride as a hard template. The nanoflakes had an average width and thickness of about 3 <sub>1</sub>urn and 9.6 nm, respectively, and a large specific surface area of 1197.2 m² g <sup>1</sup>. They behaved like typical electric double-layer capacitors with a capacitance of 201.2 F g <sup>1</sup> at 0.2 mA cm ² During capacitive deionization to recover rare-earth ions, the nanoflakes had higher adsorption selectivity for Sm<sup>3+</sup> than for other competing ions present in real mine waste water. This is due to the strong interaction of the electron-concentered S-groups (S''') of the nanoflakes with S m<sup>3+</sup>. This provides an alternative to construct efficient systems to specifically remove Sm<sup>3+</sup> from aqueous solution using B<sub>12</sub>S nanoflakes. This process demonstrates that other boron sulfide compounds can be used to recover valuable ions by capacitive deionization.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5459-5476"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38975548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Copper Modified Titania Nanocomposites with a High Photocatalytic Inactivation of <i>Escherichia coli</i>.","authors":"Huang Zhou, Feng-Jiao He","doi":"10.1166/jnn.2021.19463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2021.19463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As everyone knows, bacterial infectious diseases are serious hazards to human health in the world. Despite performing many methods towards the bacterial pollution, containing many detection and sterilization techniques, there is still a lack of effective means. Herein, a novel copper modified titanium (Cu@TiO₂) nanocomposites were resoundingly synthesized via the well-known sol-gel process, which revealed a significant antibacterial activity under the illumination of sunlight. The XRD, Raman spectroscopy and TEM images showed that the Cu@TiO₂ nanocomposites with a globular shape are anatase phase, Moreover, low temperature physical adsorption test and UV- visible spectrum indicate Cu<sub>0.01</sub> @TiO₂ owns a supernal specific area (80 m²/g) and the high visible light absorbing ability. Furthermore, the novel Cu@TiO₂ nanocomposites showed an unprecedented photocatalytic capacity towards <i>Escherichia Coli (E. coli)</i> bacteria. <i>In vitro,</i> Cu@TiO₂ nanocomposites can kill almost 98.7% <i>E. coli</i> under 60 min simulated solar light irradiation than that of TiO ₂(31.3 %). This study suggests that the Cu@TiO₂ will be as a potential material for ameliorating antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":16417,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology","volume":"21 11","pages":"5486-5492"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38975550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}