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Nanocellulose-based sensing platforms for heavy metal ions detection: A comprehensive review.
(Pergamon-Elsevier, 2022-05-04)Increase in industrial activities has been arising a severe concern about water pollution caused by heavy metal ions (HMIs), such us lead (Pb2+), cadmium (Cd2+) or mercury (Hg2+). The presence of substantial amounts of ... -
Nanocellulose-based sensors in medical/clinical applications: The state-of-the-art review
(Elsevier, 2023-03)In recent years, the considerable importance of healthcare and the indispensable appeal of curative issues, particularly the diagnosis of diseases, have propelled the invention of sensing platforms. With the development ... -
Nanoclay-reinforced HA/alginate scaffolds as cell carriers and SDF-1 delivery-platforms for bone tissue engineering
(Elsevier, 2022-07-25)Bone tissue engineering has come on the scene to overcome the difficulties of the current treatment strategies. By combining biomaterials, active agents and growth factors, cells and nanomaterials, tissue engineering makes ... -
Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Monitoring of Drug Diffusion in Three-Dimensional Cell Environments by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
(American Chemical Society, 2021-10-27)[EN]Monitoring dynamic processes in complex cellular environments requires the integration of uniformly distributed detectors within such three-dimensional (3D) networks, to an extent that the sensor could provide real-time ... -
Nanocomposites based on nanostructured PI-b-PMMA copolymer and selectively placed PMMA-modified magnetic nanoparticles: Morphological and magnetic characterization
(Elsevier, 2016-02)Hybrid organic/inorganic nanocomposites with magnetic properties have been prepared, based on nanostructured PI-b-PMMA block copolymer and selectively placed magnetic Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles have been ... -
Nanodiamond Integration into Niosomes as an Emerging and Efficient Gene Therapy Nanoplatform for Central Nervous System Diseases
(American Chemical Society, 2022-03-15)[EN] Nanodiamonds (NDs) are promising materials for gene delivery because of their unique physicochemical and biological features, along with their possibility of combination with other nonviral systems. Our aim was to ... -
Nanofibrillated Cellulose-Based Aerogels Functionalized with Tajuva (Maclura tinctoria) Heartwood Extract
(MDPI, 2021-03-16)Aerogels are 3-D nanostructures of non-fluid colloidal interconnected porous networks consisting of loosely packed bonded particles that are expanded throughout their volume by gas and exhibit ultra-low density and high ... -
Nanoflowers versus magnetosomes: comparison between two promising candidates for magnetic hyperthermia therapy
(IEEE Access, 2021-07-12)[EN] Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia mediated by iron oxide nanoparticles is one of the most promising therapies for cancer treatment. Among the different candidates, magnetite and maghemite nanoparticles have revealed to ... -
Nanofocusing of acoustic graphene plasmon polaritons for enhancing mid-infrared molecular fingerprints
(De Gruyter, 2020)Mid-infrared (mid-IR) optical spectroscopy of molecules is of large interest in physics, chemistry, and biology. However, probing nanometric volumes of molecules is challenging because of the strong mismatch of their ... -
Nanomedicine for autophagy modulation in cancer therapy: a clinical perspective
(BMC, 2023-03)In recent years, progress in nanotechnology provided new tools to treat cancer more effectively. Advances in biomaterials tailored for drug delivery have the potential to overcome the limited selectivity and side effects ... -
Nanomedicines to Deliver mRNA: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
(MDPI, 2020-02-20)The use of messenger RNA (mRNA) in gene therapy is increasing in recent years, due to its unique features compared to plasmid DNA: Transient expression, no need to enter into the nucleus and no risk of insertional mutagenesis. ... -
Nanometer-Scale Lateral p–n Junctions in Graphene/α-RuCl3 Heterostructures
(American Chemical Society, 2022)[EN] The ability to create nanometer-scale lateral p-n junctions is essential for the next generation of two-dimensional (2D) devices. Using the charge-transfer heterostructure graphene/alpha-RuCl3, we realize nanoscale ... -
Nanoparticle-Doped Hybrid Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules with Controlled Photoluminescence for Potential Bioimaging Applications
(MDPI, 2021-11-24)Fluorescent imaging is widely used in the diagnosis and tracking of the distribution, interaction, and transformation processes at molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. To be detectable, delivery systems should exhibit ... -
Nanoscale shear cohesion between cement hydrates: The role of water diffusivity under structural and electrostatic confinement
(Elsevier, 2022-04)[EN] The calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) controls most of the final properties of the cement paste, including its mechanical performance. It is agreed that the nanometer-sized building blocks that compose the C-S-H are ... -
Nanostructural Organization of Thin Films Prepared by Sequential Dip-Coating Deposition of Poly(Butylene Succinate), Poly(ε-Caprolactone) and Their Copolyesters (PBS-ran-PCL)
(Elsevier, 2021-06-04)In this work, we prepare and characterize multiphasic thin films containing poly(epsilon-caprolactone), PCL, poly (butylene succinate), PBS, and a poly (butylene succinate-ran-epsilon-caprolactone) (PBS-ran-PCL) random ... -
Nanostructuration of self-assembled poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene) block copolymer thin films in a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite substrate
(Elsevier, 2011-01-03)Highly oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) is a useful substrate to visualize epitaxial formation due to its crystallographic structure. The morphology of a poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene) block copolymer thin film on a ... -
Nanostructured giant magneto-impedance multilayers deposited onto flexible substrates for low pressure sensing
(Springer, 2012-04)Nanostructured FeNi-based multilayers are very suitable for use as magnetic sensors using the giant magneto-impedance effect. New fields of application can be opened with these materials deposited onto flexible substrates. ... -
Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics: A Review
(MDPI, 2020-03-23)The efficacy of current standard chemotherapy is suboptimal due to the poor solubility and short half-lives of chemotherapeutic agents, as well as their high toxicity and lack of specificity which may result in severe side ... -
Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Made of Ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: In Vitro Evaluation of Emerging Nanocarriers to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
(MDPI, 2020-09-29)Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) are one of the main problems of public health systems in the 21st century. The rise of nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems (DDS) has become in an emerging approach to target and treat ... -
Nanostructured Manganese Dioxide for Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes
(MDPI, 2022-11-30)Hybrid supercapacitors, as emerging energy storage devices, have gained much attention in recent years due to their high energy density, fast charge/discharge and long cyclabilities. Among the wide range of systems covered ...