Gas-phase synthesis characterizes a class of bottom-up methods for producing
multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) from individual atoms or molecules. This review aims to …

Highlights•Nanotechnology has great potential in the food industry.•Uncertainty surrounds
the migration of nanoparticles from packaging into food.•Non-metal nanoparticles may be a …

In recent years, due to its inherent flexibility, magnetron-sputtering has been widely used to
synthesise bi-metallic nanoparticles (NPs) via subsequent inert-gas cooling and gas-phase …

Heterogeneous gas-phase condensation is a promising method of producing hybrid
multifunctional nanoparticles with tailored composition and microstructure but also …

Nanoparticles constitute fundamental building blocks required in several fields of application
with current global importance. To fully exploit nanoparticle properties specifically …

A novel catalyst Ag/Triton X-705/SiNPs is synthesized by a modified sol–gel method without
the use of an acid or a base as a catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4 …

The design of advanced materials with superb anti-bacterial efficiency by engineering
appropriate surface properties has now become a consolidated strategy to improve the …

Magnetron sputtering is a well-known technique that is commonly used for the deposition of
thin compact films. However, as was shown in the 1990s, when sputtering is performed at …

The application of low-temperature plasma-based methods for the synthesis of functional
nanomaterials has been growing for several decades and nanoparticles (NPs) play an …

We report on conductometric gas sensors based on single CuO nanowires and compare the
carbon monoxide (CO) sensing properties of pristine as well as Pd nanoparticle decorated …