Tashfeen Zehra, Ali Syari’ati, O. Ivashenko, Luca Bignardi, W. V. Van Dorp, Jeff T. M. De Hosson, Petra Rudolf
{"title":"Graphene growth from photo-polymerized bi-phenylthiol self-assembled monolayers","authors":"Tashfeen Zehra, Ali Syari’ati, O. Ivashenko, Luca Bignardi, W. V. Van Dorp, Jeff T. M. De Hosson, Petra Rudolf","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1366542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1366542","url":null,"abstract":"We present an enhanced methodology for the synthesis of graphene, from photo-polymerized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 1,1ʹ-biphenyl-4-thiol on both electropolished and oxidized copper substrates. The SAMs were subjected to a two-step process involving light-induced polymerization followed by annealing in a vacuum furnace to yield the two-dimensional solid. Comprehensive characterization using contact angle measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy, as well as scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy, provided conclusive evidence of growth of single-layer graphene. Notably, our findings revealed superior quality graphene on oxidized copper substrates compared to their electropolished counterparts, highlighting the impact of substrate choice on the quality of the resultant material.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140745468","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":"Amelioration in nanobiosensors for the control of plant diseases: current status and future challenges","authors":"Verinder Virk, Himani Deepak, Khushbu Taneja, Rishita Srivastava, Sadhana Giri","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1310165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1310165","url":null,"abstract":"The increase in global population has had a tremendous impact on sustainable agri-food practices. With the growth in world population, various modern technologies are being utilized that more often result in the opening of tremendous opportunities in the agriculture and food sectors. Nanotechnology is used in agri-food sectors for a variety of purposes, including enhancing flavor, pest/pathogen diagnosis, production, processing, storage, packaging, and transportation of agricultural products. Plant pathogenic microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and nematodes have a significant impact on the global economy. In particular, advances in nanotechnology, including nanobiosensors, have been used in the detection of plant diseases and pathogens, the evaluation and examination of infections caused by microorganisms, the management of diseases and, thus, the promotion of food security. Apart from the management of plant diseases, nanobiosensors offer better opportunities for sustainable agri-food production by controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes, thus improving food safety and the agricultural economy. This review outlines the application of nano-integrated nanobiosensors for better agricultural and food practices.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140377592","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":"It’s a matter of microbes: a perspective on the microbiological aspects of micro- and nanoplastics in human health","authors":"Melissa Stunnenberg, A. M. de Roda Husman","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1368437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1368437","url":null,"abstract":"Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere: in the air we breathe, in our food and in virtually every type of water. Currently, it is unknown whether, and to what extent, these MNPs are hazardous to human health. Identifying risks of physical and chemical aspects of MNPs has gained a lot of attention over the last few years, and efforts have been made to quantify these risks. In our opinion, the momentum delivered by these efforts should be used to highlight the relevance of including another important aspect of MNPs: their associated microbes. Although more and more studies describe MNP-associated microbes, the interplay between physical, chemical and microbiological aspects are lacking. Hazard identification parameters describing this interplay are crucial to risk assessment strategies, yet the majority of effort has been directed towards optimizing human exposure parameters. Here, we address the importance of including microbiological aspects of MNPs in the risk assessment of MNPs. Physical and chemical aspects of MNPs impact the diversity and abundance of microbes and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). In turn, environmental factors (e.g., UV radiation, antibiotics) may impact the microbial composition directly, or indirectly by impacting physical or chemical MNP aspects. Future efforts should be directed towards investigating this interplay in order to determine the effects of these dynamic outcomes on human health. We believe that elucidating these pieces of the puzzle is needed to ultimately perform a more holistic risk assessment of MNPs on human health.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140239339","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}
S. Rezaei, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati, Mehdi Mogharabi-Manzari, Masoud Salehipour
{"title":"Editorial: Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications of Nanomaterials: From Diagnosis to Treatment","authors":"S. Rezaei, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati, Mehdi Mogharabi-Manzari, Masoud Salehipour","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1386250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1386250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140252322","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":"Understanding piezocatalysis, pyrocatalysis and ferrocatalysis","authors":"Neus Domingo","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1320503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1320503","url":null,"abstract":"The last decade has witnessed the emergence of the application of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials for catalytic and photocatalytic applications that harness light, thermal and mechanical energy into chemical reactions. This article surveys the different concepts of pyro- and piezocatalysis and differences with respect to ferrocatalysis and switchable catalysis and delves into the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying piezocatalysis. The outlook for advancing in the surface science studies required for the design of new and better catalysts based on polar electromechanically active materials is discussed in the context of the state of the art experimental studies and potential future nanoscience developments.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140078402","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":"Insights into CO oxidation on Au/TiO2-HMor zeolite catalysts at low temperature","authors":"R. Camposeco, N. A. Sánchez-Flores, R. Zanella","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1359629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1359629","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of combining TiO2 and mordenite zeolite (HMOR), employed as support of gold nanoparticles, on the CO oxidation reaction at low temperature is studied. The amount of TiO2 encapsulated into HMOR was varied and the catalyst efficiency was investigated. The deposition-precipitation with urea (DPU) method was used to deposit gold nanoparticles; likewise, the synthesis of monometallic catalysts based on TiO2 and HMOR is reported. The synthesized materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The addition of TiO2 influenced the properties of the TiO2-HMOR composite, and its catalytic performance in the CO oxidation from 20°C. It was established that the 5Au/(28)TiO2-HMOR composite was the most active catalyst at lower temperatures, which was ascribed to the close contact among the components of the TiO2-HMOR composite, gold dispersion, gold and TiO2 loadings, and Au and Ti species present in the catalysts.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140411846","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":"DNA-based doping and fabrication of PN diodes","authors":"Ruobing Bai, Yihan Liu, Bomin Zhang, Beishan Chen, Feng Xiong, Haitao Liu","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1291328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1291328","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the fabrication of silicon PN diode by using DNA nanostructure as the etching template for SiO2 and also as the n-dopant of Si. DNA nanotubes were deposited onto p-type silicon wafer that has a thermal SiO2 layer. The DNA nanotubes catalyze the etching of SiO2 by HF vapor to expose the underlying Si. The phosphate groups in the DNA nanotube were used as the doping source to locally n-dope the Si wafer to form vertical P-N junctions. Prototype PN diodes were fabricated and exhibited expected blockage behavior with a knee voltage of ca. 0.7 V. Our work highlights the potential of DNA nanotechnology in future fabrication of nanoelectronics.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140442193","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}
Namita Singh, Annu Yadav, Sumistha Das, Nitai Debnath
{"title":"Recent advances in heavy metal/metalloid ion treatment from wastewater using nanocomposites and bionanocomposites","authors":"Namita Singh, Annu Yadav, Sumistha Das, Nitai Debnath","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1307353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1307353","url":null,"abstract":"Wastewater remediation is of paramount importance for the water-stressed modern civilization from the perspective of sustainable development and the management of limited freshwater resources. Contaminants such as heavy metal and metalloid ions, toxic dyes, and pathogenic microbes present in the aquatic ecosystem have adverse effects not only on the environment but also on human health. Traditional wastewater remediation processes are costly, energy-consuming, and have less efficiency in removing pollutants from wastewater. Multi-phasic nanomaterials or nanocomposites have enormous potential for removing contaminants from water bodies. These materials have an enormous tunable surface area for interacting with the target toxicants and are extremely stable in the aquatic system, but they readily agglomerate. Many research groups have exploited biosorption, bioleaching, and bioprecipitation capacities of fungal hyphae for wastewater remediation. Recently, researchers have attempted to explore the synergistic effect of the bionanocomposite of fungal hyphae and nanomaterials for removing pollutants from wastewater. This bionanocomposite has already shown promise as a superior material for wastewater treatment and can easily be separated from the polluted water for reuse over several cycles. The bionanocomposite-mediated decontamination of water can lead to a total paradigm shift in wastewater management strategies.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139958654","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}
Elda A. Flores-Contreras, Reyna Berenice González-González, José Juan Pablo Pizaña-Aranda, Lizeth Parra-Arroyo, Arath A Rodríguez-Aguayo, Maricarmen Íñiguez-Moreno, G. González-Meza, R. Araújo, Diana Ramírez-Gamboa, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Elda M. Melchor-Martínez
{"title":"Agricultural waste as a sustainable source for nanoparticle synthesis and their antimicrobial properties for food preservation","authors":"Elda A. Flores-Contreras, Reyna Berenice González-González, José Juan Pablo Pizaña-Aranda, Lizeth Parra-Arroyo, Arath A Rodríguez-Aguayo, Maricarmen Íñiguez-Moreno, G. González-Meza, R. Araújo, Diana Ramírez-Gamboa, Roberto Parra-Saldívar, Elda M. Melchor-Martínez","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1346069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1346069","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional agriculture from cropping to harvesting is contributing to climate change by increasing global greenhouse emissions. Circular economy approaches and biorefinery technologies based on the reuse, recycling, and remanufacturing might result in the valorization of wastes that consequently would avoid environmental pollution. Nanoparticles synthesis using bio-waste such as stems, leaves, seeds, pulp, stubble, and bagasse is considered a green approach with low energy consumption, and low-cost production. Characteristics of raw materials influence the final application of nanoparticles in edible coatings, and films. Therefore, the preparation of nanoparticles based on cellulose, pectin, metal (titanium oxide, silver, zinc oxide), or silica are considered organic, inorganic, or hybrid nanocomposites, are resulted in several benefits including shelf-life extension and broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties by its capacity to encapsulate active compounds that greatly improve food preservation. For considering agro-waste-based nanoparticles in food, challenges in homogenization and synthesis, yield, and toxicity are mainly described. Therefore, this review examines the employment of agro-industrial waste for the development of sustainable nanoparticles and their synthesis methods (top-down and bottom-up). Moreover, it discusses their incorporation and role in active edible coatings and films by highlighting their bioactive properties, mechanisms of action, and applications in food group preservation.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139961303","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":"Commercial roadmap of nanobiosensor development","authors":"Fulden Ulucan-Karnak, C. I. Kuru, S. Akgöl","doi":"10.3389/fnano.2024.1348308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2024.1348308","url":null,"abstract":"A nanobiosensor is a tool that converts a biological stimulus into an electrical output via nanosized transducer elements. Nanobiosensors are promising instruments, especially in biomedical applications in the literature and industry. To develop a nanobiosensor from idea to product, a life-cycle approach that comprises various processes ranging from conception through commercialization is required. Developers and potential investors should examine market requirements, design possibilities, feasibility, financial return, and risk assessments when developing a nanobiosensor development concept. It is critical to establish a well-defined regulatory pathway for bringing innovation to market at a low cost and in a short period. R&D should conduct thorough examinations of nanomaterial toxicity and health effects, involving marketing, advertising, and financial analysis. Stakeholders should discuss technology transfer office protocols for faster, healthier operations.","PeriodicalId":34432,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Nanotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139790242","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}