Current perspectives of metal-based nanomaterials as photocatalytic antimicrobial agents and their therapeutic modes of action: A review

CY Leong, RA Wahab, SL Lee, VK Ponnusamy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efforts to restrict the emergence and progression of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains
should heavily involve the scientific community, including government bodies, researchers …

Enhanced propanol gas sensing performance of p-type NiO gas sensor induced by exceptionally large surface area and crystallinity

TP Mokoena, HC Swart, KT Hillie, ZP Tshabalala… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Real-time detection of n-propanol vapour is important in human health protection. Thus, we
report on the influence of large surface area and crystallinity of p-type NiO nanostructures on …

NiO nanoparticles-decorated ZnO hierarchical structures for isopropanol gas sensing

SC Wang, XH Wang, GQ Qiao, XY Chen, XZ Wang… - Rare Metals, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical ZnO structure consisting of nanosheets
modified with ultrafine NiO particles was synthesized via a facile two-step chemical …

Engineering of rare-earth Eu3+ ions doping on p-type NiO for selective detection of toluene gas sensing and luminescence properties

TP Mokoena, HC Swart, KT Hillie… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present the engineering of various concentrations of rare-earth europium (Eu 3+) ions in
the range of 1–4 wt% doped in p-type NiO for selective detection of toluene prepared …

Vertically aligned mesoporous Ce doped NiO nanowalls with multilevel gas channels for high-performance acetone gas sensors

C Shi, L Yu, X He, Y Zhang, J Liu, S Li, C Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the potential use and development of acetone gas sensors in health
monitoring and self-diagnostic applications has attracted increasing attention. Thus …

Accelerating the Gas–Solid Interactions for Conductometric Gas Sensors: Impacting Factors and Improvement Strategies

H Zhao, Y Wang, Y Zhou - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Metal oxide-based conductometric gas sensors (CGS) have showcased a vast application
potential in the fields of environmental protection and medical diagnosis due to their unique …

Detection of n-Propanol Down to the Sub-ppm Level Using p-Type Delafossite AgCrO2 Nanoparticles

W Li, X Li, Y Zong, L Kong, W Zhu, M Xu, H Liu - ACS sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
As an important biomarker of lung cancer, n-propanol at the sub-ppm level is still
challenging to be detected for a simple and immediate early diagnosis. In this work, a new n …

[HTML][HTML] Insightful acetone gas sensing behaviour of Ce substituted MgFe2O4 spinel nano-ferrites

PS Mkwae, I Kortidis, RE Kroon, N Leshabane… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
MgCe x Fe 2-x O 4 (0≤ x≤ 0.2) nanoparticles have been produced by the glyco-thermal
technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron …

ZnO@ SiO2/rGO core/shell nanocomposite: A superior sensitive, selective and reproducible performance for 1-propanol gas sensor at room temperature

S Samadi, M Nouroozshad, SA Zakaria - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, the Staudenmaier method adopted to synthesize the reduced graphene
oxide to be used in the ZnO@ SiO 2/rGO nanocomposite preparation by sol-gel assisted …

Influence of exposure time and bias voltage on the response kinetics of toluene vapour on Ho3+-doped NiO chemiresistive sensors: Yellow-emitter nanophosphors

TP Mokoena, HC Swart, TA Nhlapo… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The incorporation of rare earths (REs) into semiconducting metal oxides is advantageous for
creating surface defects and manipulating electronic structures. Therefore, the hydrothermal …