Background: Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) exhibit very unique physiochemical and optical properties, which now are extensively studied in a range of medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. AuNPs can be used for cancer clinical treatment with minimal invasion. On the other hand, curcumin is a polyphenol derived from turmeric which is used for medical purposes due to its anti...

In this study, we report formation of weblike fibrous nanostructure and nanoparticles of magnetic neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) via femtosecond laser radiation at MHz pulse repetition frequency in air at atmospheric pressure. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed that the nanostructure is formed due to aggregation of polycrystalline nanoparticles of the respective constituent mate...

Batch experiments were conducted in order to investigate the competitive interaction of arsenite (As(III)) and arsenate (As(V)) onto ferrihydrite as a function of initial pH, adsorbent dosage, concentration of coexisting ligands, and order of addition. The pH generally had a great impact on adsorption under both single ion and competitive conditions. However, the amount of As(V) in solution was...

The purification and concentration of enzymes by adsorption on charcoal, tannin, aluminum hydroxide, ion exchange resins, and so forth, has been an established practice in the laboratory. Some years before this work was done in 1949, alkali-cooked lignin was used as an adsorbent for mold and malt amylase (Wallerstein et al., 1945). In this paper is described our study of the adsorption of the a...

Distinct electromagnetic properties can emerge from the three-dimensional (3D) configuration of a plasmonic nanostructure. Furthermore, the reconfiguration of a dynamic plasmonic nanostructure, driven by physical or chemical stimuli, may generate a tailored plasmonic response. In this work, we constructed a 3D reconfigurable plasmonic nanostructure with controllable, reversible conformational t...

Dendrite-like Co(3)O(4) nanostructure, made up of many nanorods with diameters of 15-20 nm and lengths of 2-3 μm, has been successfully prepared by calcining the corresponding nanostructured Co-8-hydroxyquinoline coordination precursor in air. The Co(3)O(4) nanostructure was evaluated as an electrochemical sensor for H(2)O(2) detection and the results reveal that it has good linear dependence a...

conserving water resources and protecting them from pollution are of high account in the natural cycle of our life. this study has tried to determine the refining potential and capacity of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) in order to remove the cadmium from water, studying the influence of factors such as initial concentration of cadmium, contact time, absorbent mass, and ph. results have ...

The carbon nanostructure composed of an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a planar graphite layer (PGL) located at the top of the array has been obtained by the injection chemical vapor deposition method, realized using high temperature catalytic pyrolysis of xylene-ferrocene mixture. The carbon nature of the planar layer was identified using Auger electron spectroscopy. S...

A modified hydrothermal method was developed to synthesize ZnO-CuO composite nanostructures. A free-standing film made of ZnO-CuO nanostructures was assembled on the surface of the hydrothermal solution with a smooth surface on one side and a spherical surface on the other side. The structure, growth mechanism and the optical properties of the composite nanostructures were studied. Structural c...

We have developed a simple solid–vapor approach for controlled growth of the tetraleg ZnO nanostructure at high yield. The length of the tetraleg is 2–3 mm and the edge size of its centering nucleus is 70–200 nm. Our electron microscopy study gives the first direct evidence about the existence of the octahedral multiple twin nucleus, which is confirmed to be responsible for the formation of the...