A review of microwave synthesis of zinc oxide nanomaterials: Reactants, process parameters and morphologies

J Wojnarowicz, T Chudoba, W Lojkowski - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a multifunctional material due to its exceptional physicochemical
properties and broad usefulness. The special properties resulting from the reduction of the …

Recent advances of chitosan-based nanoparticles for biomedical and biotechnological applications

Y Gao, Y Wu - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural alkaline polysaccharide, which widely exists in marine crustaceans
such as shrimp and crab, has been shown to have various biological activities. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Biological agents for synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications

C Pandit, A Roy, S Ghotekar, A Khusro… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
In terms of cost-efficiency, biocompatibility, environmental friendliness, and scalability, green
nanoparticle (NP) synthesis is a novel field of nanotechnology that outperforms both …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) as a phytomedicine: A two-facet role in plant growth, nano-toxicity and anti-phyto-microbial activity

R Bhattacharjee, L Kumar, N Mukerjee, U Anand… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) has recently emerged as an area of high interest owing to
the rapid surge of AMR phenotypes. Metal oxide NPs (MeONPs) have been identified as …

Cefotaxime incorporated bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles: promising antimicrobial synergism, antibiofilm activity, and bacterial membrane leakage reaction …

AA Elakraa, SS Salem, GS El-Sayyad, MS Attia - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this research, we reported for the first time the simple incorporation of antibiotic cefotaxime
(CFM) with the synthesized Ag NPs, Se NPs, and bimetallic Ag–Se NPs by gamma rays, as …

Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

P Makvandi, S Iftekhar, F Pizzetti, A Zarepour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of
applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to …

Cutting edge development on graphene derivatives modified by liquid crystal and CdS/TiO2 hybrid matrix: optoelectronics and biotechnological aspects

K Pal, A Si, GS El-Sayyad, MA Elkodous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Two dimensional (2D) graphene and its derivatives modification with nanomaterials for
formation of hybrid/nanocomposites undergo stimulus-induced optical and electrical …

Nanoliposomes in cancer therapy: marketed products and current clinical trials

R Taléns-Visconti, O Díez-Sales… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The drugs used for cancer treatment have many drawbacks, as they damage both tumor and
healthy cells and, in addition, they tend to be poorly soluble drugs. Their transport in …

Graphene oxide and its nanocomposites with EDTA or chitosan induce apoptosis in MCF-7 human breast cancer

AS Doghish, GS El-Sayyad, AAM Sallam, WF Khalil… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To achieve the advanced anticancer activity of nanocomposites fabricated with graphene
oxide (GO), a novel procedure was used during the fabrication of chitosan (CS) or ethylene …

Promising antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of reduced graphene oxide-metal oxide (RGO-NiO, RGO-AgO, and RGO-ZnO) nanocomposites

S Elbasuney, GS El-Sayyad, H Tantawy, AH Hashem - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial infections are considered one of the most dangerous infections in humans due to
their resistance to most antimicrobial agents. In this study, nanocomposites based on …