Rabia Khatoon, Syed Sibt-e-Hassan, Faiza Anwar, Bilal Jan, Riaz Uddin, Muhammad Abbas Bhutto, Parwaiz Ahmed Baloch
{"title":"Polyethylene glycol (PEG) stabilized silver nanoparticles as colorimetric nano-sensor for diazinon detection in water","authors":"Rabia Khatoon, Syed Sibt-e-Hassan, Faiza Anwar, Bilal Jan, Riaz Uddin, Muhammad Abbas Bhutto, Parwaiz Ahmed Baloch","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02903-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02903-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, Polyethylene glycol (PEG<sub>400</sub>) stabilized silver nanoparticles (PEG-AgNPs) were used as a colorimetric nanosensor to detect diazinon selectively. Highly stable PEG-AgNPs were synthesized through the one-pot two-phase procedure. The characterization of nano-sensor was performed via UV–vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS). After adding the analyte to the PEG-AgNPs solution, the color of the PEG-AgNPs changed from yellow to pinkish-red, followed by a redshift of the Localized Surface Plasmon (LSPR) absorption band in the UV–Vis range. This behavior was only seen with diazinon molecules due to the presence of π-conjugated pyrimidine nitrogen and sulfur moieties, and the unique orientation of diazinon molecules facilitated non-covalent interactions with PEG-AgNPs. Synthesized nanosensor was able to detect and quantify diazinon in a linear range of (5–90 µM) 0.001–0.03 gL<sup>−1</sup> with a lower limit of detection of 0.006 gL<sup>−1</sup>. The prepared nanosensor successfully identified diazinon in the presence of various interfering pesticides and displayed great potential for detection in water.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5467 - 5476"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4901049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlation study of hemoglobin and hematocrit levels with BMI, age, and gender and determination of the risk of anaemia in adult residents of Iraq","authors":"Hanan Shihab Ahmad, Saja Jamal Noman","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02878-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02878-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The goal of this study, which was conducted with the patients' prior informed consent, was to determine the levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit in adult patients treated at Salah Aldin Teaching Hospital (SUTH)City, Iraq, from December 2021 to February 2022. There were 61 blood samples collected from the finger pad, and they were all used. Haematocrit and hemoglobin's biochemical composition were determined using the cyanmethemoglobin method and centrifugation. According to the findings, women accounted for 83.6% of the total number of patients, while men made up the remaining patients. Only 11.5% of all patients have low hemoglobin levels, while 83.6% have normal hemoglobin levels. As a result, it is also specified that 90.2% of all patients have normal hematocrit values, while 1.6% of all patients have lower-than-normal hematocrit values. Furthermore, it was discovered that 3.3% of people are overweight. The <i>χ</i><sup>2</sup> statistical test was used to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the variables BMI, age, and gender. The test results revealed no significant relationship between these variables (<i>p</i> > 0.05). It can be concluded that age, gender, and BMI have no effect on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5357 - 5364"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4827519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular detection of caspase 3, 8, 9 genes and ADIPOR1 (rs2275738) polymorphism in colorectal cancer","authors":"Zainab Nizar Jawad","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02879-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02879-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The main type of cancer-related world casualties is colorectal cancer (CRC). Colorectal cancer occurs due to many important factors, including genes. These genes are programmed death genes such as caspase 3, 8, 9 and variants in receptor of adiponectin 1 (ADIPOR1) that are related to ‘CRC’ risk. A study was conducted on the high and low gene expression of caspase 3, 8, and 9 genes and their association with the risk of rectal cancer, as well as the association of genotypes in adiponectin receptor 1 (ADIPOR1) to indicate the extent to which these genotypes are related to colorectal cancer compared with the control group. This study was conducted from 2021 to 2022 on 100 patients with colorectal cancer after being medically diagnosed and compared them with 100 healthy individuals. Overall mRNA for all blood samples were taken out and cDNA was produced, use of SYBR Green mix of PCR master and actual gene expression method, quantifying the transcript level of target genes. The polymorphism of the genotypes of ADIPOR1 (rs2275738) was studied using the PCR–RFLP method. Experiments revealed the mRNA expressions of caspases 9 and 3 in patients with lower CRC compared to healthy control patients and controls. Nonetheless, ADIPOR1 (rs2275738) “CC + CT” genotype in comparison to the “TT” genotype was more repeatedly found in CRC cases than in controls. Smoking, body mass index, and family history of colorectal cancer were higher in the CRC group when compared with the control group.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5365 - 5368"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4396122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priyanka Thawany, Poonam, Nitin K. Singhal, Umesh K. Tiwari, Akash Deep
{"title":"Detection of circulating tumor cells using D-optical fiber SPR sensor","authors":"Priyanka Thawany, Poonam, Nitin K. Singhal, Umesh K. Tiwari, Akash Deep","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02875-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02875-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of biosensors for the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is crucial to design advanced diagnostic tools for cancer biomarkers. The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based biosensors are particularly attractive because of their high sensitivity, label-free nature, and accurate detections. In the present work, a 400-micron multimode optical fiber has been etched in a controlled manner to obtain a D-shaped optical fiber probe. This probe is then coated with a thin layer of gold to obtain plasmonic response. The gold-coated D-shaped optical fiber is subsequently covalently immobilized with the anti-EpCAM antibodies (EpCAM = Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule) to prepare a biosensor for the detection of human liver cancer cell lines, i.e., Hep2G cells. The biosensor has facilitated the detection of 10–150 Hep2G cells/mL with specificity and reproducibility features.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5459 - 5465"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4695438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed I. Jameel, Mokhtar J. Al-Imam, Ismael H. Mohammed
{"title":"Finding the effect of missense-SNPs on protein structures and functions of HPRT1 using different tools","authors":"Mohammed I. Jameel, Mokhtar J. Al-Imam, Ismael H. Mohammed","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02868-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02868-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The hypoxanthine–guanine/phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) enzyme is pivotal for purine-nucleotide (IMP) because it catalyzes the transmutation of 6-oxopurinebases to their constituent nucleotides [hypoxanthine to inosine-monophosphate]. In humans, the HPRT1 gene codes for the HGPRT enzyme. LeschNyhan syndrome is an inherited condition induced by a lack of the enzyme-hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT). Furthermore, distinguishing harmful nsSNPs with possible disease susceptibility from tolerated mutations is difficult. Various tools and databases are used to anticipate the outcome of mutant genes, then forecast protein stabilization change by one-point mutation, as well as solvent accessibility, secondary-structure, and surface of protein sequence. The 3D structure of a protein is critical for understanding the molecular pathways that cause diseases. The valuation of 3D/structure of the mutant-protein was done by using HOPE in this report. We record the symmetry of 12 possibly deleterious ns-SNPs (L41, S110L, V130D, S104R, G70E, G71R, H204D, D177Y, M143K, G140D, L65F and R48H) in the coding-region of HPRT1 gene.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5379 - 5387"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13204-023-02868-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4698151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vinayaka B. Shet, P. Senthil Kumar, Ramesh Vinayagam, Raja Selvaraj, C. Vibha, Shravya Rao, S. M. Pawan, G. Poorvika, Valentina Marmolejo Quintero, P. Ujwal, K. S. Rajesh, Akhilesh Dubey, Silvia Yumnam
{"title":"Cocoa pod shell mediated silver nanoparticles synthesis, characterization, and their application as nanocatalyst and antifungal agent","authors":"Vinayaka B. Shet, P. Senthil Kumar, Ramesh Vinayagam, Raja Selvaraj, C. Vibha, Shravya Rao, S. M. Pawan, G. Poorvika, Valentina Marmolejo Quintero, P. Ujwal, K. S. Rajesh, Akhilesh Dubey, Silvia Yumnam","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02873-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02873-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cocoa pod shells are the byproducts of the cocoa industry. These pod shells were explored for the biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized, and studies were carried out to assess the catalytic and antifungal activities. UV–Vis spectral analysis recorded the surface plasmon resonance at 438 nm. Spherical-shaped particles with a diameter ranging from 48.83 to 55.24 nm were determined by scanning electron microscope. The presence of silver was confirmed through Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis. FTIR analysis was carried out to determine the functional groups capped on the surface of the nanoparticles. XRD patterns substantiated the crystalline nature with the sharp peak of 33.16° indicating (101) fcc plane and crystallite size were calculated to be 59.65 nm. Amylase activity was found to be sevenfold higher with a significant amount of 16.05 mg/ml/min in the presence of silver nanoparticles as compared to the control. Methylene blue dye degradation in the presence of silver nanoparticles followed a pseudo-first-order reaction with a degradation constant of 0.1889 min<sup>−1</sup> and R<sup>2</sup> of 0.9869. In addition, an inhibition activity of 34% against <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp<i>. cubense</i> fungi was exhibited by the synthesized silver nanoparticles. The outcome of the investigation has revealed the potential scope of silver nanoparticles as nanocatalysts in starch hydrolysis, dye degradation as well as the antifungal potential.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 6","pages":"4235 - 4245"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4737345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microwave assisted cisplatin-loaded CeO2/GO/c-MWCNT hybrid as drug delivery system in cervical cancer therapy","authors":"J. Saranya, B. S. Sreeja, P. Senthil Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02856-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02856-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, we prepared a spherical CeO<sub>2</sub>/GO/c-MWCNT (Cerium oxide/Graphene oxide/Multiwalled Carbon nanotube) nanocomposite whose surface morphology looks porous and fibrous. The stacked layer of GO and c-MWCNT was stuffed with porous aminatedCeO<sub>2</sub>nanoparticles (NPs). Their physio-chemico aspects were probed using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. In addition, proposed porous CeO<sub>2</sub>/GO/c-MWCNT hybrid nanosystem, cisplatin-loaded CeO<sub>2</sub>/GO/c-MWCNT hybrid system (CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT) and cisplatin (CDDP) was subjected to HeLa cells to examine % cell inhibition under a suitable in-vitro microenvironment. % Cell Inhibition at 1000 µg/mL of CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT system was found to be of 91.82% and for 7.8 µg/mL concentration, it was found to be 61.41% on HeLa cell lines. CeO<sub>2</sub>/GO/c-MWCNT system has achieved 99.96% encapsulation efficiency with cisplatin drug. Hence, Cytotoxicity results are more significant for CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT when compared to CeO<sub>2</sub>/GO/c-MWCNT system. Further, the developed CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT hybrid nanosystem was taken up for Acridine Orange/Ethidium Bromide (AO/EB) dual fluorescence staining study to record the morphology assisted variations in both live and dead cells using fluorescence spectroscopy. Later, a flow cytometry study was performed to monitor the cell cycle at which the maximum cells were dead. In the current work, at the first stage (R1) the CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT system was able to kill 3,76,659 cells in a cell culture medium that has a total volume of 4,91,748 HeLa cells at a lower concentration of 15.6 µg/mL. Based on the observations from the present in-vitro investigations, the developed CeO<sub>2</sub>/CDDP-GO/c-MWCNT hybrid nanosystem can be used as therapeutic platform for cervical cancer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 6","pages":"4219 - 4233"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13204-023-02856-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4180363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nor Hafiza Ismail, Wan Norharyati Wan Salleh, Hasrinah Hasbullah, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
{"title":"Effect of hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) functional groups on oily wastewater treatment","authors":"Nor Hafiza Ismail, Wan Norharyati Wan Salleh, Hasrinah Hasbullah, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02852-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02852-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The innovative exploitation of diverse inorganic materials in environmental applications has received great scientific attention as a result of the rapid growth of nanotechnology and the expanding variety of nanomaterials currently being produced and developed. The idea of developing multifunctional nanocomposite membranes that can do more than just separate things has been made possible using inorganic nanoparticles as fillers in polymeric matrix. In this work, the nanocomposite was utilized to separate an oil/water emulsion. With the intention of enhancing the capabilities of PVDF-based membrane for oil/water emulsion filtration, synthesized hydrous manganese oxide (HMO) nanoparticles were mixed with poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) polymer to form mixed matrix membrane (MMM). With the addition of HMO nanoparticles, the MMM showed that the membrane wetting properties, hydrophilicity and oleophobicity, were greatly improved owing to the high amount of –OH functional groups. Subsequently, the improved surface hydrophilicity leads to greater water flux of PVDF/HMO MMM (402.0 ± 11.75 L/m<sup>2</sup> h; oil rejection efficiency = 93.8%) in comparison to pristine PVDF membrane (42.4 ± 3.73 L/m<sup>2</sup> h; oil rejection efficiency = 96.2%). Furthermore, compared to pristine PVDF membrane, the flux recovery rate (FRR) and reversible fouling (<i>R</i><sub>r</sub>) of the MMM were increased by two–three times, while the irreversible fouling (<i>R</i><sub>ir</sub>) was reduced by half. This demonstrates that the HMO nanoparticles in the nanocomposite improved the water affinity and reduced low possibility of fouling problem. Hence, the modified nanocomposite membrane can be applied in oily wastewater treatment and competed with the current technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 6","pages":"4207 - 4218"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4180470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polyoxometalate-based materials for the effluent treatment of removing heavy metals in the water pollutants: mini review","authors":"J. E. Madhusree, Sib Sankar Mal","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02860-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02860-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>\u0000Water contamination is a big concern nowadays due to increased human activity and the quick expansion of modern industry and agriculture. In our current environment, heavy metal pollution has become a primary concern. Treatment of heavy metals is especially significant, because these metals absorb into biological cells and can lead to severe illness and disorders. Several studies have been conducted over the last several years to remove heavy metals from wastewater using various strategies and materials. Among those strategies, complexation's reaction and the electrochemical sensor are attractive because of their excellent metal selectivity, cost-effectiveness, short analytical time, and high removal efficiency. Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a group of metal–oxygen cluster compounds with extremely electronegative and oxo-enriched surfaces and variable structure and size. POMs have drawn much interest in removing toxins from wastewater due to their electrical and physical characteristics. The removal of heavy metals from wastewater is covered in this review using POM and POM-based MOF nanocomposites in various treatment methods like complexation and electrochemical sensor, which have the advantages of high removal efficiency, excellent metal selectivity, in-expansive, and rapid analytical times.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 8","pages":"5449 - 5457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13204-023-02860-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4180482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal, electrical, morphological and hydrophobic properties of bio-silica reinforced bio-benzoxazine nanocomposites","authors":"Chandramohan Ayyavu, Parthiban Rangasamy, Ponnusamy Senthil Kumar, Sathishkumar Kannaiyan, Alagar Muthukaruppan, Dinakaran Kannaiyan","doi":"10.1007/s13204-023-02840-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13204-023-02840-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we have developed bio-based nanocomposites of polybenzoxazine from bio-benzoxazine resins (C-Fu-BZ and E-Fu-BZ) that are armored with varying weight percentages (1, 3, 5, and 7 wt%) of functionalized silica from cow manure (FCMS). These materials are intended for applications that call for high performance materials. Fourier-transform infrared was used to determine the molecular structure of benzoxazines (FTIR). Eugenol-based matrices and composites had superior heat stability than bio-benzoxazines (C-Fu-PBZ and E-Fu-PBZ) and bio-benzoxazine composites in terms of morphology and water contact angle. 1 weight percent of bio-silica-loaded C-Fu-PBZ at 1 MHz was 3.34 for the composite. The 3, 5, and 7 weight percents of FCMS embedded C-Fu-PBZ composites are also discovered to be 2.86, 2.27, and 1.62, respectively. The dielectric constant values for E-Fu-PBZ and 1, 3, and 5 weight percent of FCMS-loaded E-Fu PBZ composites are 4.73, 4.05, 3.57, 2.82, and 2.16 respectively. The contact angle for C-Fu-PBZ reinforced with 1 wt% FCMS is 96°, whereas the contact angles for C-Fu-PBZ reinforced with 3, 5, and 7 wt% bio-silica were found to be 103°, 114°, and 126°, respectively. The E-Fu-PBZ biocomposites values are similarly 86°, 91°, 99°, and 108°. The cardanol-based polybenzoxazine bio-composites have greater values of water contact angle than the eugenol-based polybenzoxazines among the C-Fu-PBZ and E-Fu-PBZ matrices and FCMS-loaded composites. The FCMS distributions and uniform dispersion in the C-Fu-PBZ and E-Fu-PBZ polybenzoxazine matrices were seen in the TEM pictures. Data obtained from different studies for bio-based benzoxazines (C-Fu-BZ and E-Fu-BZ) indicate that the polybenzoxazine matrices and their composites have excellent thermal stability and good hydrophobic behavior suitable to employ them for coatings materials for different industrial products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":471,"journal":{"name":"Applied Nanoscience","volume":"13 6","pages":"4193 - 4205"},"PeriodicalIF":3.674,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13204-023-02840-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4669930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}