Nanochitin: chemistry, structure, assembly, and applications

L Bai, L Liu, M Esquivel, BL Tardy, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Freeze-drying of nanoparticles: How to overcome colloidal instability by formulation and process optimization

E Trenkenschuh, W Friess - European journal of pharmaceutics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lyophilization of nanoparticle (NP) suspensions is a promising technology to improve
stability, especially during long-term storage, and offers new routes of administration in solid …

Removal of anionic and cationic dyes using porous chitosan/carboxymethyl cellulose-PEG hydrogels: Optimization, adsorption kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamics …

H Zhu, S Chen, H Duan, J He, Y Luo - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Chitosan (CS)/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) porous hydrogels chemically
crosslinked by epichlorohydrin were synthesized using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a pore …

Enhanced dispersion stability of gold nanoparticles by the physisorption of cyclic poly (ethylene glycol)

Y Wang, JEQ Quinsaat, T Ono, M Maeki… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nano-sized metal particles are attracting much interest in industrial and biomedical
applications due to the recent progress and development of nanotechnology, and the …

Nanoparticles behaviors in porous media: Application to enhanced oil recovery

J Foroozesh, S Kumar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Stability of nanofluids along with their promising properties has led to wide applications of
nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. Nanofluids that are colloidal …

Advances in nanotechnology towards development of silver nanoparticle-based wound-healing agents

ZB Nqakala, NRS Sibuyi, AO Fadaka, M Meyer… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since antiquity, silver-based therapies have been used in wound healing, wound care and
management of infections to provide adequate healing. These therapies are associated with …

Simultaneous stabilization and functionalization of gold nanoparticles via biomolecule conjugation: Progress and perspectives

JW Lee, SR Choi, JH Heo - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in various biological applications because of their
small surface area-to-volume ratios, ease of synthesis and modification, low toxicity, and …

Gold nanoparticles as exquisite colorimetric transducers for water pollutant detection

HH Cho, DH Jung, JH Heo, CY Lee… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are useful nanomaterials as transducers for colorimetric
sensors because of their high extinction coefficient and ability to change color depending on …

A review of stability, thermophysical properties and impact of using nanofluids on the performance of refrigeration systems

G Yıldız, Ü Ağbulut, AE Gürel - International journal of refrigeration, 2021 - Elsevier
The popularity of the studies on improving the thermal properties of base fluids in thermal
engineering applications is considerably increasing day by day. Recently, many researchers …

Polymers at interfaces and the interactions in colloidal dispersions

A Vrij - Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1976 - degruyter.com
Solutions of different polymers in the same solvent are incompatible as a rule and show
phase separation when they are mixed. H incompatibility is also to be observed in systems …