BACKGROUND Interactions between inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are central to a wide
spectrum of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena. An understanding of these …

Food commodities are packaged and hygienically transported to protect and preserve them
from any un-acceptable alteration in quality, before reaching the end-consumer. Food …

The gas synthesis of nanoparticles has gained major interest by different industries and
research groups for the development of new materials and their subsequent implementation …

Manufacturing of nanostructured materials and functional devices offers many exciting
opportunities for substantial contribution in renewable energy utilization, environmental …

The surface energy, particularly for nanoparticles, is one of the most important quantities in
understanding the thermodynamics of particles. Therefore, it is astonishing that there is still …

Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

1. INTRODUCTION Titania (TiO2) is one of the most chemically stable, environmentally
compatible, and functionally versatile oxide materials. Due to its modified material properties …

We report on the synthesis of phase-pure TiO 2 nanoparticles in anatase, rutile and brookite
structures, using amorphous titania as a common starting material. Phase formation was …

High quality brookite TiO2 nanorods have been obtained by the thermal hydrolysis of
commercially available aqueous solutions of titanium bis (ammonium lactate) dihydroxide in …

The use of fluorescent nanoparticles as probes for bioanalytical applications is a highly
promising technique because fluorescence-based techniques are very sensitive. Quantum …