Nano - Science topic

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The canal waterways of China still play an important role in the logistics and transportation industry. Unmanned technology helps to reduce costs and improve the safety of navigation. Real-time environmental awareness is vital to making unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) come true. This paper proposes a new lightweight environmental awareness method...

The Green Revolution helped increase agricultural production to fulfill the food demand of the increasing global population in the present century. However, the indiscriminate use of synthetic gray chemicals during the Green Revolution badly impacted humans and other non-target organisms, leading to health hazards and resistance development among p...

This study investigated the effect of the nano particle's addition on the mechanical characteristics of the aluminum 6061 alloy. The reinforcement particles used are silicon carbide (SiC), titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles and a blend of them. The fabrication method was completed by means of stir casting method. Different samples were fabricate...

Pollinator insects are required to pollinate flowers in the production of some fruits and vegetables, and strawberries fall into this category. However, the function of pollinators has not been clarified by quantitative metrics such as the duration of pollinator visits needed by flowers. Due to the long activity time of pollinators (approximately 1...

Medical stents are vital for treating vascular complications and restoring blood flow in millions of patients. Despite its widespread effectiveness, restenosis, driven by the complex interplay of cellular responses, remains a concern. This study investigated the reactions of vascular cells to nano/microscale wrinkle (nano-W and micro-W) patterns cr...

In this study, we investigated the photoelectric properties of nanosized anatase (∼55 and ∼4 nm) under high pressure, utilizing in situ Raman spectroscopy, photocurrent measurements, and theoretical calculations up to 27.6(5) GPa. Our findings reveal that 55 nm anatase shows a significant photocurrent increase of 2.4 times compared to ambient condi...

This review gives an overview of using microfluidics in conjunction with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP), which covers two aspects: on the one hand, on‐chip synthesis of polymer and MIP particles on the nano and the micro scale. This comprises both approaches using two different immiscible solvents and homogeneous matrices to obtain the desire...

Micro/nano hierarchical structures could endow materials with various surface functions. However, the multilayer and multiscale characteristics of micro/nano hierarchical structures bring difficulties for their one step and controllable fabrication. Accordingly, based on tip-based fabrication techniques, this study proposed a micro-amplitude vibrat...

About 1 million of the 6.8 million deaths attributed to disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) each year are caused by neurodegenerative diseases, which include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, tumours, and ischaemic stroke. Because of the intricacy of the brain, CNS issues are a major concern. To address issues with toxicity, speci...

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), also known as glioblastoma is the most common form of brain tumor. Recent studies have reported that intranasally applied drugs can cross the blood brain barrier and reach the brain directly. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to prepare curcumin loaded intra nasal in situ gel-forming lipid nanoemu...

Drought stress poses a significant environmental challenge that substantially hinders plant growth and agricultural productivity on a global scale. This stress disrupts water uptake, moderates photosynthetic efficiency, and induces oxidative stress in plants, resulting in considerable yield reductions. Recent advancements in nanotechnology present...

Using low temperature solution combustion method, the magnesium-nickel doped cobalt nanoferrites of formula MgxNixCo1–2xFe2O4 (x values 0.0, 0.1, 0.2.) have been synthesized. The anticancer assessment was done on the nano ferrites using MTT assay on triple negative breast cancer MDAMB-231 cell line. The anti-inflammatory studies were to measure inh...

Engineering the active layer of pressure sensors with micro-nano structures is increasingly important in improving their sensing properties, such as sensitivity and detection range. However, existing structures based on template methods continue to face manufacturing challenges and uncontrolled structures, making it difficult to optimize sensing pe...

Small phytoplankton, consisting of pico and nano size fractions, are diverse in size and taxonomy. Yet, the differences in their productivity and taxonomic diversity are poorly described. Here, we measured the cell‐specific carbon fixation rates of picocyanobacteria Synechococcus, picoeukaryote, and nanoeukaryote populations, while unveiling their...

This investigation was undertaken to determine the role of carbon additives on the densification behavior and fracture toughness of TaC–HfC ceramic. The composition of TaC‐19 vol% HfC‐5 vol% VC with 10 vol% nano graphite/10 vol% nano carbon black was sintered by hot‐pressing (HP) method. Also, the sintering temperature varied from 1700°C to 2000°C....

Appropriate use of scientific terminology is a critical skill for upper class members in the reading and writing of research articles. The current study examines the scientific vocabulary of senior students, specifically their comprehension of terminology, by employing a corpus­based approach at a specialized university in Uzbekistan. A total of 15...

Nano zinc oxide particles (ZnO-NPs) have captured significant interest from researchers worldwide due to their exceptional biological activity. These nanoparticles are known for their low toxicity and biodegradability, which enhance the bioactivity of pharmacophores. In the realms of electronics and optoelectronics, ZnO-NPs are the most widely util...

The correlation between circulating microbes and sepsis as well as proinflammatory diseases is increasingly gaining recognition. However, the detection of microbes’ cell-free DNA (cfDNA), which exist at concentrations of a billion times lower than blood proteins, poses a significant challenge for early disease detection. Here, we present Nano mecha...

This study aimed to design robust liposomes with the incorporation of graphene oxide for the effective intestinal delivery of CoQ10. Generally, the phospholipid-based liposomes are unable to bear extreme gastrointestinal track environment; as a result, the bursting of liposomes releases most of the drug in the stomach. Herein, we report graphene ox...

The development of high-efficiency, durable electrocatalysts is paramount for advancing water-splitting technologies crucial to clean energy conversion. Current electrocatalytic materials often exhibit suboptimal performance, necessitating elevated overpotentials for effective water-splitting reactions. This study introduces a titanium-manganese al...

The overuse of synthetic fertilizers in agriculture has led to adverse effects on soil health, groundwater contamination, and the overall environmental sustainability of farming systems. Consequently, there is an urgent need for more innovative and environmentally friendly fertilizer approaches that can enhance agricultural productivity without com...

The present study investigated the structural, microstructural, and crystallographic changes associated with the addition of nano-TiO2 (NT) by intermixing and surface coating on freshly cast and hardened coatings on white Portland cement matrix samples at minimal dosages. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and VESTA were employed to analyze the mic...

Tartary buckwheat, a protein‐rich pseudocereal with anti‐diabetic effects, has not yet been fully explored as a source of dipeptidyl peptidase‐IV (DPP‐IV) inhibitory peptides. This study aims to discover novel DPP‐IV inhibitory peptides from tartary buckwheat protein (TBP). Five hydrolysis methods were employed, with simulated gastrointestinal dige...

Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another medium. In the existing plain fins type radiator are commonly used, which are usually set up in a cross flow arrangement made up of aluminum and copper alloy. Powerful fan and water pump is accompanied in this to greatly improve heat dissipation rate. For highe...

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has been an important surface processing technique of materials of important applications. In the present investigation aluminum oxide thin films are generated using ALD technique (ALD-Al2O3). The ALD-Al2O3 films are formed over SS304 substrates with thicknesses of 20, 75 and 100 nm and the corrosion investigations are...

Herein, the dependence of the performance of smart waterborne epoxy coating on the size and textural properties of intercalated nano/microcontainers is critically examined. Two routes were adopted to synthesize nano/microcontainers from similar starting materials resulting in nanocontainers and microcontainers with dissimilar textural properties. T...

Freshwater purification from wasted water and seawater is crucial in addressing the global problem of water scarcity. Porous fiber felt with a micro/nanostructure emerges as an efficient approach for water purification; however, its production usually relies on chemical postprocessing to create micro/nano structures on the fiber surface, which migh...

Despite significant advancements in wireless smart implants over the last two decades, current implantable devices still operate passively and require additional electronic modules for wireless transmission of the stored biological data. To address these challenges, we propose an innovative wireless force sensing paradigm for implantable systems th...

An uncontrolled fire poses severe threats to both humans and the environment, making firefighting a perilous and complex task. Traditional fire suppression methods are inefficient, costly, and without thorough testing, leading to delays in gaining control over fire outbreaks. This paper presents a novel firefighting drone aimed at mitigating risks...

High aspect ratio groove is attractive in varied applications, but is not easy to fabricated in practice. A dual -shape hybrid groove (DSHG), with a novel capillary wicking performance, was simply fabricated using laser etchsputtering method on aluminum sheet. Except for the high aspect ratio grooves, outer super -hydrophilic grooves covered with m...

Vehicle and pedestrian detection (VaPD) is one of the most critical tasks in an advanced driver assistance system which help the driver to drive safely and save the pedestrian life. VaPD is a typical object detection problem that requires a trade-off among accuracy, speed, and memory consumption. Most existing methods focus on improving detection a...

This study explores the role of nano catalysts in enhancing catalytic performance through their unique properties and applications in sustainable chemistry. Nano catalysts, defined as materials operating at the nanometer scale, typically between 1 and 100 nanometers, exhibit significantly increased surface area and altered electronic properties, le...

Energy efficiency of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) has become an important area of research, with various strategies being developed to minimize the power consumption of these models. Previous efforts, including techniques like model pruning, quantization, and hardware optimization, have made significant strides in this direction. However, t...

Recent advances have improved autonomous navigation and mapping under payload constraints, but current multi-robot inspection algorithms are unsuitable for nano-drones, due to their need for heavy sensors and high computational resources. To address these challenges, we introduce ExploreBug , a novel hybrid frontier range-bug algorithm designed t...

Due to the advantages of low cost and good stability, iron-chromium flow batteries (ICRFBs) have been widely used in energy storage development. However, issues such as poor Cr³⁺/Cr²⁺ activity still need to be addressed urgently. To improve the slow reaction kinetics of the Cr redox pairs, we propose a method of preparing nano bismuth catalyst modi...

A new nano azo ligand, [2-amino-6-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H-purin-8-yl)diazenyl)nitrobenzene (AH), and its Ag(I), Cu(II), and Zn(II) complexes were successfully synthesized and characterized using elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility, molar conductance, and spectroscopic techniques (FTIR, UV-vis, ¹H-NMR), along with thermal analysis. FTIR confirmed...

With the development of society, human beings are facing environmental problems and an energy crisis worldwide. In this context, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis represent promising technologies to help solving these issues. Up to now, most of the catalysts intended for these usages are prepared via time-consuming wet-chemical approaches, e.g. h...

The globe is currently experiencing a micronutrient shortage, which is being addressed with various chemical fertilizers that harm the environment and human health. Research is shifting toward nanotechnology to overcome this and using nano fertilizer has sparked scientists’ interest. In this study, we examined the effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles...

This study examined the structural, morphological, dielectric and AC conductivity properties of CoZnMg ferrite samples (Co0.6Zn0.4-xMgxFe2O4) with x = 0.00, 0.08, 0.16, 0.24, 0.32, 0.40. The sol-gel autocombustion method was used to synthesize the CoZnMg ferrite samples. The produced samples crystallize in the cubic spinel structure, according to a...

The current paper explores the possibility of producing alkali-activated fly ash-based lightweight blocks with adequate properties at lower curing temperatures to use in various construction applications. Sodium-based alkaline activators are utilized to activate the fly ash. Two different curing temperatures are employed, 60 °C and 85 °C. The prope...

The poultry industry is an important line of food production and is supported by artificial incubation. In this work, an incubator prototype is developed, using an Arduino Nano board, which allows temperature control, egg turning and real-time monitoring of relative humidity. Temperature control was performed using a proportional integral controlle...

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have recently received a lot of attention due to their unique physical properties, and their environmentally friendly features such as low toxicity and high biocompatibility. Supercritical fluids, which possess unusual properties such as high solubility, high diffusivity, low viscosity and zero surface tension, are now co...

Alkalinity is a significant environmental factor affecting crop production, which is exacerbated by the current climate change scenario. In alkaline soils, iron availability is severely reduced due to its low solubility at high pH levels and bicarbonate concentrations, which hinders plant iron absorption by rendering it inactive. In modern agricult...

Background Human exposure to micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNPs) is inevitable but human health risk assessment remains challenging for several reasons. MNPs are complex mixtures of particles derived from different polymer types, which may contain plenty of additives and/or contaminants. MNPs cover broad size distributions and often have irregu...

The paper describes the synthesis of conducting polyaniline-TiO2 (PANI-TiO2) nanocomposite by chemical oxidative polymerization method using aniline as a monomer. TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by sol gel method using TiCl4 and ethanol. Ultrasound synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles and nanocomposite were characterized by various spectroscopic tech...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to propose a new kind of Nano Ideal topological space called 𝔇𝔏-Nano topological space, explores several novel forms of open and closed sets in the context of 𝔇𝔏-Nano topological space, and generate 𝔑 𝑆 𝔇𝔏𝔑ℓ and 𝔑𝐐𝐒𝔇𝔏𝔑ℓ-spaces in 𝔇𝔏-Nano topological space. Methods: The 𝔇𝔏-lower, 𝔇𝔏-upper and 𝔇𝔏-boundary regi...

Background/Objectives: Drugs exhibiting poor aqueous solubility present a challenge to efficient delivery to the site of action. Spanlastics (a nano, surfactant-based drug delivery system) have emerged as a powerful tool to improve solubility, bioavailability, and delivery to the site of action. This study aimed to better understand factors affecti...

Micro-EDM is one of the most viable processes for micromachining hard and conductive materials. However, the slow machining rate, high tool wear rate, and poor surface quality caused by the inherent nature of the material removal mechanism continue to pose significant challenges. This study explores the impact of silicon carbide (SiC) nanopowder (2...

Rechargeable zinc‐air batteries (RZABs) are considered as one of the most promising clean energy device due to their abundant resources, low cost and environmental friendliness. However, their energy efficiency and cycle life are far from satisfactory due to the poor activity and stability of bi‐functional electrocatalyst in air cathode. In this wo...

In this study, AlSi10Mg powder mixed with 2.83 vol% of Yittria Stabilised nano ZrO2 (YSZ) was prepared using ball milling, and the composite parts were fabricated via Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The effects of YSZ on the microstructure, grain size, and mechanical properties of AlSi10Mg were systematically investigated to uncover the underlying...

Hard/soft Sr0.5Ba0.5HoxFe12−xO19/NiFe2O4 nanocomposites (H/S Ho-SBF/NFO (x ≤ 0.08) NCs) have been synthesized via a one-pot sol–gel combustion route. X-ray powder diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of both cubic and hexagonal structures and nano size of all samples. The chemical compositions of the products were followed via Energy Disper...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) exhibit significant cytotoxicity against MKN45 cells (IC50: 105.5 µg/mL). In vivo, AgNP at 150 mg/kg induces necrosis, reduces proliferation, and alters gene expression, presenting a promising gastric cancer treatment strategy. Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer worldwide. In this study, the...

Tribological printing is emerging as a promising technique for micro/nano manufacturing. A significant challenge is enhancing efficiency and minimizing the need for thousands of sliding cycles to create nano- or microstructures (2018 ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 10 335–47, 2019 Nanotechnology 30 302). This study presents a rapid approach for forming Cu...

Recent studies indicated that the dysregulation of mitochondria‐associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane (MAM) could be a significant hub in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, little has been known about how MAM altered in PD. This study was aimed to observe morphological changes and analyze proteomic profiles of MAM in 1‐methy...

Advancements in deep learning and infrared sensors have facilitated the integration of RGB-thermal (RGBT) tracking technology in computer vision. However, contemporary RGBT tracking methods handle complex image data, resulting in inference procedures with a large number of floating-point operations and parameters, which limits their performance on...

Multiple bit upsets due to radiation-induced soft errors are a major concern in Nano scale technology nodes. Once such errors occur in the configuration frames of an FPGA device, they permanently affect the functionality of the mapped design. Existing solutions exploit coding techniques with considerably high overhead to protect configuration frame...

Fingering instability, a pivotal phenomenon in multiphase flow within porous media, is thoroughly examined. It stems from the interplay of capillary and viscous forces, yielding distinctive finger-like patterns, and holds critical implications for oil recovery and environmental remediation. A comprehensive mathematical model, fortified by the Metho...

The simple oxides like titania, zirconia, and ZnO are famous with their antibacterial (or even antimicrobial) properties as well as their biocompatibility. They are broadly used for air and water filtering, in food packaging, in medicine (for implants, prostheses, and scaffolds), etc. However, these application fields can be broadened by switching...

A multipurpose technology, Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) can remediate wastewater and generate bioenergy. MFC produces electrical energy through oxidation-reduction reactions taking place on the surface of its electrodes. It is the performance of the anode and cathode materials in the MFC that determines the electrical energy produced. Coating nanopar...

Liver cancer, with 800 000 new cases annually, is driven by Wnt/β-catenin pathway mutations in over 80% of cases. This study aims to develop a novel strategy to target this pathway, inhibit cancer cell growth and downregulate oncogenic gene expression.

Significant restrictions have been found in the selection of piezoelectric materials and the direction of wave propagation in earlier studies on surface acoustic wave sensors. The primary goal of the current work is to investigate how wave propagation direction influences the performance of SAW macro- and nano-sensors in an effort to remove such ba...