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Metal Nanoparticles and Their Application in Cancer
Nanotechnology has revolutionized medical research with new and improved materials for biomedical applications, with a particular focus on therapy and diagnostics. In cancer research, the application of metal nanoparticles as substitute chemotherapy drugs is growing. Metals exhibit inherent or surface-induced anticancer properties, making metallic nanoparticles extremely useful.
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03 Aug 2023
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Metal Nanoparticles against Viruses
This study is an actual review about of recent studies using metal nanocomposites as antivirals against coronavirus and structurally similar viruses. We wrote this review in a new perspective, within the scope of nanomaterials, the purpose of the review is to demonstrate the potential of nanoparticles in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
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28 Jan 2022
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Metal Nanoclusters Synthesized in Alkaline Ethylene Glycol
The “unprotected” metal and alloy nanoclusters (UMCs) prepared by the alkaline ethylene glycol method, which are stabilized with simple ions and solvent molecules, have the advantages of a small particle size, a narrow size distribution, good stability, highly efficient preparation, easy separation, surface modification and transfer between different phases. They can be composited with diverse materials to prepare catalytic systems with controllable structures, providing an effective means of studying the different factors’ effects on the catalytic properties separately. UMCs have been widely used in the development of high-performance catalysts for a variety of functional systems.
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13 Feb 2023
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Metal Nanoclusters
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), comprising only a few to roughly hundreds of metal atoms, have a metal core-protective agent shell structure. Owing to the size of metal NCs approaching the Fermi wavelength of electrons, the spatial confinement of free electrons in metal NCs generates discrete electronic transitions, thereby exhibiting intriguing molecular-like properties. Therefore, metal NCs are deemed to bridge the gap between molecules and nanoparticles.
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01 Dec 2020
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Metal Ions and Bioactive Glasses
Bioactive glasses (BGs) are of great interest in the field of medical implants due to their osteoinductive, osteoproductive, osteoconductive, and antimicrobial properties. Metal ions with bactericidal action can be incorporated into the glass structure in order to improve the antibiofilm activity of the BGs.
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30 Sep 2022
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Metal Ion Detection by Glutathione
Low cost, sensitive, selective, and rapid methods for heavy metal ion (HMI) detection are of growing demand, and HMI biosensors have great potential in meeting this need due to their timeliness, cost-effectiveness and convenience in operation. The most widely reported peptide probe for HMI detection is glutathione (GSH), especially in case of lead ion (Pb2+) detection. GSH is highly stable, cost-effective, and easy to immobilize on a sensor.
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10 Jun 2021
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Metal Hydrides and Graphene Supports
Energy production, distribution, and storage remain paramount to a variety of applications that reflect on our daily lives, from renewable energy systems, to electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Hydrogen is the sole element promising high energy, emission-free, and sustainable energy, and metal hydrides in particular have been investigated as promising materials for this purpose. While offering the highest gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen storage capacity of all known materials, metal hydrides are plagued by some serious deficiencies, such as poor kinetics, high activation energies that lead to high operating temperatures, poor recyclability, and/or stability, while environmental considerations related to the treatment of end-of-life fuel disposal are also of concern. Graphene is a 2D material with very appealing properties, highlighting its potential use as support for various reactive species, including metals and metal hydrides. By embedding hydride species into graphene supports, valuable nanocomposites can be obtained with direct use for energy storage applications.
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01 Jun 2023
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Metal Halide Perovskites as Photocatalysts
The possible use of MHPs as effective photocatalysts has become clear to the scientific community in the last few years. Bulk and nanocrystalline metal halide perovskites have been shown to be excellent semiconductors with suitable energy levels to run most of the key solar-driven reactions of current interest for solar fuels production. This review summarized the current status of the application of MHPs in photocatalyzed organic syntheses/transformation which to date have shown, in most of the cases, significant advantages with respect to traditional photocatalysts.
658
02 Aug 2021
Topic Review
Metal Doped PVA Films
Polyvinyl alcohol is unique among polymers. Apart from its preparation, it is not built up in polymerization reactions from monomers, unlike most vinyl-polymers, and it is biodegradable in the presence of suitably acclimated microorganisms.
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22 Jul 2021
Topic Review
Metal Current Collector for LMBs
Lithium Metal Anode (LMA) has been considered as the promising candidate, owing to their high theoretical gravimetric capacity, low electrochemical potential, and low density, to replace the conventional carbon based anode materials of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Unfortunately, the inherent hyperactive and volume expansion issues of Lithium (Li) leads to the formation of notorious Li dendrite growth and unstable solid-electrolyte-interphase (SEI), eventually hindering the practical application of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). To resolve this issue, one of the effective approach is to engineer three dimensional (3D) porous metal based Li host owing to their chemical and mechanical stability, high electronic conductivity and low cost. In this review, the challenges and strategies to suppress the Li dendrite growth are presented. Then the design principles and effectiveness of different kinds of metal based Li host to accommodate and buffer the volume expansion of Li for guiding the uniform Li deposition are summarized. Then the special attention is paid to the lithiophilic coating or decoration which can further control the initial Li deposition and lowers the nucleation and voltage overpotential in 3D porous metal framework during Li plating/stripping cycles. Finally, the conclusion and perspective are given on the current status, challenges and future research pathway toward advancement of LMA for dendrite-free and improved battery performance.
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28 Oct 2020
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