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Nanomaterials, Volume 11, Issue 2

February 2021 - 303 articles

Cover Story: Vanadium dioxide (VO2) undergoes a first-order metal-insulator phase transition (MIT) from a low-temperature monoclinic insulating phase to a high-temperature rutile metallic phase. The phase transition of VO2 is accompanied by huge changes in conductance and optical transmittance. Driven by the rapid development of material fabrication technology, various VO2 nanostructures, e.g., thin films and low-dimensional structures (LDSs) of nanowires (NWs), nanodots (NDs), nanoparticles (NPs), nanorods (NRs), nanosheets (NSs), etc. have been successfully fabricated. The excellent MIT performances and rapid development in VO2 preparation and performance modulation technologies have greatly promoted the application of VO2 in electric and optical devices, sensors, actuators, etc. View this paper.
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Articles (303)

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,794 Views
22 Pages

23 February 2021

Pedagogical tools are needed that link multidisciplinary nanoscience and technology (NST) to multiple state-of-the-art applications, including those requiring new fabrication routes relying on green synthesis. These can both educate and motivate the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,428 Views
14 Pages

23 February 2021

Despite their many advantages, issues remain unresolved over the variability in catalytic activities in supported gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based catalysts, which requires precise characterization to unravel the presence of any fine features. Herein,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,983 Views
16 Pages

Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy and Synergy Effects in Epoxy/MWCNT/Ni@C Composites

  • Darya Meisak,
  • Jan Macutkevic,
  • Algirdas Selskis,
  • Polina Kuzhir and
  • Juras Banys

23 February 2021

The dielectric/electric properties of the Ni@C (carbon-coated Ni)/epoxy composites and Ni@C/MWCNTs (multi-walled carbon nanotubes)/epoxy composites loaded with fixed MWCNTs amount just below the percolation threshold (0.09 vol.%) and Ni@C at differen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,081 Views
10 Pages

23 February 2021

Attenuation of the unwanted heating of normal tissues due to eddy currents presents a major challenge in magnetic particle hyperthermia for cancer treatment. Eddy currents are a direct consequence of the applied alternating magnetic field, which is u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,589 Views
14 Pages

The Effect of Selenium Nanoparticles on the Osteogenic Differentiation of MC3T3-E1 Cells

  • Sang-Cheol Lee,
  • Na-Hyun Lee,
  • Kapil D. Patel,
  • Tae-Su Jang,
  • Jonathan Campbell Knowles,
  • Hae-Won Kim,
  • Hae-Hyoung Lee and
  • Jung-Hwan Lee

23 February 2021

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate various functions of cells, including cell death, viability, and differentiation, and nanoparticles influence ROS depending on their size and shape. Selenium is known to regulate various physiological functions,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
15,060 Views
21 Pages

Nanomaterials for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections

  • Maimoona Qindeel,
  • Mahmood Barani,
  • Abbas Rahdar,
  • Rabia Arshad and
  • Magali Cucchiarini

22 February 2021

The diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain challenging due to the lack of convenient assessment techniques and to the resistance to conventional antimicrobial therapy, showing the need for novel approaches to address such p...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,278 Views
16 Pages

Graphene and Reproduction: A Love-Hate Relationship

  • Marina Ramal-Sanchez,
  • Antonella Fontana,
  • Luca Valbonetti,
  • Alessandra Ordinelli,
  • Nicola Bernabò and
  • Barbara Barboni

22 February 2021

Since its discovery, graphene and its multiple derivatives have been extensively used in many fields and with different applications, even in biomedicine. Numerous efforts have been made to elucidate the potential toxicity derived from their use, giv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,649 Views
13 Pages

22 February 2021

LiNbO3-coated LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel was fabricated by two methods: using hydrogen-peroxide as activating agent and sol-gel method. The structure of the obtained cathode materials was investigated using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,511 Views
10 Pages

22 February 2021

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) as antibacterial agents are of considerable interest owing to their simplicity, high surface area to volume ratio, and efficient oligodynamic properties. Hence, we investigated the synthesis of silica-supported Ag NPs (S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,043 Views
14 Pages

22 February 2021

In this paper, we study the correlation between the dielectric behavior of polypropylene/multi-walled carbon nanotube (PP/MWCNT) nanocomposites and the morphology with regard to the crystalline structure, nanofiller dispersion and injection molding c...

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