Reusable and Flexible Heterogeneous Catalyst for Reduction of TNT by Pd Nanocube Decorated ZnO Nanolayers onto Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers

Reusable and Flexible Heterogeneous Catalyst for Reduction of TNT by Pd Nanocube Decorated ZnO Nanolayers onto Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers

Surface-decorated ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO nanocoating on electrospun polymeric nanofibers by atomic layer deposition for flexible photocatalytic nanofibrous membranes3

Water pollution is a growing environmental issue which severely threatens human health. Consequently, development of novel materials for water purification and waste treatment is an important research topic. Functional nanomaterials exhibiting photocatalytic properties, along with a very high surface area, have been widely investigated, since these nanostructures are quite effective in the degr...

Pd nanocube decoration onto flexible nanofibrous mats of coreshell polymerZnO nanofibers for visible light photocatalysis

Plasmonic enhancement for electron–hole separation efficiency and visible light photocatalysis was achieved by Pd nanocube decoration on a ZnO nanolayer coated onto electrospun polymeric (polyacrylonitrile (PAN)) nanofibers. Since exciton formation and sustainable electron–hole separation have a vital importance for realizing better solar energy in photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices, we ac...

Electrospun polymeric nanofibers for transdermal drug delivery

Conventional transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS) have been designed for drug delivery through the skin. These systems use the permeability property of stratum corneum, the outermost surface layer of the skin. Applying polymeric micro and nanofibers in drug delivery has recently attracted great attention and the electrospinning technique is the preferred method for polymeric micro-nanofiber...

Fluorescent Si QD decoration onto a flexible polymeric electrospun nanofibrous mat for the colorimetric sensing of TNT

UV range light was used for the facile, effective and large-scale synthesis of visible light emitting, surface-protected silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) starting from an amine-functionalized alkoxy silane precursor. Within mild and easy hydrolysis/condensation environments, the use of an amine-functionalized precursor together with a reducing agent resulted in a bright visible green light that co...