A review and recent advances in solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion based on photocatalytic water splitting over doped-TiO2 nanoparticles

M Ismael - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light irradiation is an attractive and
appealing technology to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel to reduce CO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Microwave-assisted preparation of inorganic nanostructures in liquid phase

YJ Zhu, F Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The heating effect of microwaves was accidentally discovered in 1945 by Percy LeBaron
Spencer, an American engineer and inventor, at the Raytheon Co. While working on radar …

Nucleation and growth in solution synthesis of nanostructures–from fundamentals to advanced applications

KJ Wu, CM Edmund, C Shang, Z Guo - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Nucleation and growth are two important and entwined processes in materials synthesis and
engineering. While understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of the processes remain …

Fungal biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles: mechanism and scale up

M Kitching, M Ramani, E Marsili - Microbial biotechnology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a widespread research tool because of their oxidation
resistance, biocompatibility and stability. Chemical methods for AuNP synthesis often …

[HTML][HTML] Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using a cheap Sphaeranthus indicus extract: impact on plant cells and the aquatic crustacean Artemia nauplii

C Balalakshmi, K Gopinath, M Govindarajan… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The impact of green-fabricated gold nanoparticles on plant cells and non-target aquatic
species is scarcely studied. In this research, we reported an environment friendly technique …

Metal-core@ metal oxide-shell nanomaterials for gas-sensing applications: a review

A Mirzaei, K Janghorban, B Hashemi, G Neri - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2015 - Springer
With an ever-increasing number of applications in many advanced fields, gas sensors are
becoming indispensable devices in our daily life. Among different types of gas sensors …

Biogenic synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles synthesised from vegetable waste

R Mythili, T Selvankumar, P Srinivasan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we report the potential use of market vegetable waste for the synthesis of gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs). The AuNPs were synthesised using a green method without using …

Individual inorganic nanoparticles: preparation, functionalization and in vitro biomedical diagnostic applications

R Ladj, A Bitar, M Eissa, Y Mugnier… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic nanoparticles have become the focus of modern materials science due to their
potential technological importance, particularly in bionanotechnology, which stems from …

Rapid nanoparticle synthesis by magnetic and microwave heating

V Chikan, EJ McLaurin - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Traditional hot-injection (HI) syntheses of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) allows good
separation of the nucleation and growth stages of the reaction, a key limitation in obtaining …

Highly responsive PEG/gold nanoparticle thin-film humidity sensor via inkjet printing technology

CH Su, HL Chiu, YC Chen, M Yesilmen, F Schulz… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this study, a highly responsive humidity sensor is developed by printing gold
nanoparticles (GNPs) grafted with a hygroscopic polymer. These GNPs are inkjet-printed to …