The considerable morbidity associated with hospitalized patients and clinics in developed countries due to biofilm formation on biomedical implants and surgical instruments is a heavy economic burden. An alternative to chemically treated surfaces for bactericidal activity started emerging from micro/nanoscale topographical cues in the last decade. Here, we demonstrate a putative antibacterial s...

Calcium phosphate (single-phase HA, single-phase TCP, and biphasic HA-TCP) nanowhiskers were synthesized using a novel microwave-assisted “combustion synthesis (auto ignition) /molten salt synthesis” hybrid route. This work is an example of our “Synergistic Processing” philosophy combining the aforementioned three technologies while utilizing their useful aspects. An important part of this work...

The cashew nut wastes (CNW), more released in the environment by transforming units, are underused based on bioenergy. This study aimed at evaluating biogas production anaerobic codigestion of CNW with various organic feedstocks. Physicochemical parameters and lower heating value (LHV) hull (CH) almond skin (CS) were determined. Batch cultures each waste, supplemented to pig manure (PM), cow du...

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) or nanowhiskers produced from sulfuric acid hydrolysis of ramie fibers were used as substrates for surface chemical functionalization with thermoresponsive macromolecules. The CNCs were grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushes via surface-initiated single-electron transfer living radical polymerization (SI-SET-LRP) under various conditions at room temperatu...

We have investigated anharmonic behavior of Pd by applying systematic nanoscale tensile testing to near defect-free nanowhiskers offering a large range of elastic strain. We measured size-dependent deviations from bulk elastic behavior in nanowhiskers with diameters as small as ∼30 nm. In addition to size-dependent variations in Young's modulus in the small strain limit, we measured nonlinear e...

The formation of C60 nanowhiskers via the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation technique presents a low-cost means of fabricating nanostructured fibres for use as active or passive elements in a number of possible applications. Recent measurements [9] have reported encouraging electrical characteristics that indicate the possibility of using C60 nanowhiskers to realise electronic devices wit...