Nanoparticle-based toxicity in perishable vegetable crops: Molecular insights, impact on human health and mitigation strategies for sustainable cultivation

S Sharma, B Shree, A Sharma, M Irfan, P Kumar - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
With the advancement of nanotechnology, the use of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanomaterials
(NMs) in agriculture including perishable vegetable crops cultivation has been increased …

Influence of polyamines and related macromolecules on silicic acid polycondensation: relevance to “soluble silicon pools”?

K Spinde, K Pachis, I Antonakaki, S Paasch… - Chemistry of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The influence of a number of N-containing macromolecules on the polycondensation of
silicic acid to form amorphous silica is studied by the combined use of 29Si NMR …

Competitive adsorption

VM Gun'ko - Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, 2007 - Springer
A review is presented on the multicomponent competitive adsorption, static equilibrium
adsorption, and dynamic nonequilibrium adsorption from gaseous and liquid media onto the …

Laser-interferometric creep rate spectroscopy of polymers

VA Bershtein, PN Yakushev - Polymer Characterization: Rheology, Laser …, 2010 - Springer
Laser-interferometric creep rate meter (LICRM) and creep rate spectroscopy (CRS), as an
original high-resolution method for discrete relaxation spectrometry and thermal analysis …

Well-defined silica core–poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) shell nanoparticles: Interactions and multi-modal glass transition dynamics at interfaces

V Bershtein, V Gun'ko, L Egorova, N Guzenko… - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
Interfacial interactions/dynamics were studied in silica core–poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)(PVP)
shell nanoparticles with the shell thickness of 1–2 (monolayer), 2–5, 5–15, and 8–25nm …

New insights into silica scaling on RO-membranes

A Kempter, T Gaedt, V Boyko, S Nied… - Desalination and Water …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The polymerization of silica in hard water was investigated by using different supersaturation
levels of silica at pH 7 and 8. The results indicate a kinetically stable range up to∼ 400 ppm …

Polyurethane–poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) semi-IPN–nanooxide composites

VA Bershtein, VM Gun'Ko, LV Karabanova… - RSC …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Two sets of hybrid polyurethane–poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) semi-interpenetrating
polymer network–nanooxide composites with 0.25 or 3 wt% nanosilica or nanoalumina …

Relaxation phenomena in poly (vinyl alcohol)/fumed silica affected by interfacial water

VM Gun'ko, P Pissis, A Spanoudaki, VI Zarko… - Journal of colloid and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Interaction of poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) with fumed silica was investigated in the gas phase
and aqueous media using adsorption, broadband dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) …

Dissolution rate enhancement of the poorly water-soluble drug Tibolone using PVP, SiO2, and their nanocomposites as appropriate drug carriers

S Papadimitriou, D Bikiaris - Drug development and industrial …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Creation of immediate release formulations for the poorly water-soluble drug
Tibolone through the use of solid dispersions (SDs). Aim: SD systems of Tibolone (Tibo) with …

Structural, optical and chemical characterization of Rhodamine (B) doped poly (vinyl) alcohol films

J Tripathi, JM Keller, K Das, S Tripathi, A Fatima… - Applied surface …, 2012 - Elsevier
The results obtained on poly (vinyl) alcohol (PVA) films doped with a range of Rhodamine B
concentrations are reported here. While Fourier transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron …