Aspects of Nanotechnology

Original Article   |   10.36959/758/545 Volume 5 Issue 1

Development and Characterization of Electrospun Piper Betle - Azadirachta indica Leaf Extract Incorporated Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibrous Composite Mats

Authors: Nadim Mahmud, Md. Humayon Kabir, Md. Arif Rabbani, Shamsuzzaman Sheikh and Ayub Ali

Innumerable infectious diseases threat human health safety that result in numerous deaths each year despite significant progress in medical science. Owing to medicinal properties, natural plant extrac... Read more

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Original Article   |   10.36959/758/544 Volume 4 Issue 1

Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Strategies for Reversing Tumor Drug Resistance

Authors: Ma Jinqian and Lu Rong

Cancer poses a great threat and challenge to human health. However, the most widely used chemotherapy drugs show resistance due to various reasons, such as cellular efflux, poor targeting, obvious sid... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/543 Volume 3 Issue 1

Synthesis of a Silver Nanowire Array on Cu-BTC MOF Micropillars

Authors: Zhen Qiao, Arben Kojtari, Jacob Babinec, Hai-Feng Ji

Silver (Ag) nanowires have been used to build a variety of nanoelectronics and optoelectronic devices. Most of those applications are due to the high electrical and thermal conductivity of the silver ... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/542 Volume 3 Issue 1

Are AKAP4 and proAKAP4 Found in Canine Semen? Preliminary Results

Authors: D Le Couazer and D Bencharif

Canine sperm evaluation is routinely assessed by optic microscopy, spectrophotometer, computer assisted semen analysis and sometimes flow cytometry. These methods can be time-consuming and are not alw... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/541 Volume 2 Issue 1

Silver Nanoparticles Plasmonic Response in the Proximity of an Interface

Authors: Gursoy B Akguc

There is no unique plasmonic response of nanoparticles, on the contrary, a plethora of ways to manipulate them. When there is no inhomogeneity in the system, the shapes and sizes of nanoparticles a... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/540 Volume 1 Issue 1

Polymorphism, Crystallinity and Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetyl Alcohol as Raw Materials for Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN)

Authors: Flavia Diniz, Conrado Marques, Thallysson Carvalho Barbosa, Daniele Martins, Luciana Nalone, Salvana Costa, Marco V Chaud, Classius F da Silva, Eliana B Souto, Raquel de Melo Barbosa and Patrícia Severino

The use of SLN as carriers for drugs for topical administration has been highlighted due to advantages over chemical degradation protection of the formulation of the active, hydration (occlusion of th... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/539 Volume 1 Issue 1

A New Approach for Utilization of Modified Epicoccum Nigrum Biomass by Ferric Chloride Nanoparticles for Biosorption of Thorium

Authors: Shimaa S Hussien, Osman A Desouky and Mohamed Elkattan

Biosorption of thorium by Epicoccum nigrum biomass was determined at varying experimental conditions using a batch technique. High biosorption efficiency was observed for dead biomass 500 mg/50 mL of ... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/538 Volume 1 Issue 1

Targeting Ability of c(RGDyK)-Functionalized Nanoparticles is Inhibited by Protein Coronas

Authors: Shanshan Zhu, Yang Liu, Changhui Wang, Kai Ye, Ping Wang, Gang Huang and Dannong He

Nanoparticles functionalized with targeting ligands have been proposed as effective carriers for the selective delivery of diagnostic or therapeutic reagents to desired locations in the body. However ... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/758/537 Volume 1 Issue 1

Surface Density of Charged Functional Groups on Quantum Dots Determines Their Intracellular Compartmentalization and Biocompatibility

Authors: Yvonne Williams, Alyona Sukhanova, Jennifer Conroy, Bashir Mohamed, Vladimir Oleinikov, Mikhail Artemyev, Ciaran M Maguire, Igor Nabiev and Yuri Volkov

Quantum Dots (QD) have a broad potential in the development of imaging, diagnostic and drug-delivery tools. Due to the homeostatic composition of biological systems, any charge on the surface of QD ma... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/758/536 Volume 1 Issue 1

Evaluation of the Potential Genotoxicity of Quantum Dots. A Review

Authors: Esref Demir and Vincent Castranova

The Quantum Dots (QDs) are widely used in different biological and biomedical applications due to their unique optical, electronic, physicochemical properties. Different QDs recently have been used fo... Read more

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