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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"carbon nanoparticles"”.
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RECYCLING OF WASTE BLOOD INTO FUNCTIONAL CARBON NANOPARTICLES
… converting expired blood into hemoglobin-derived carbon nanoparticles (Hemodots, HDs) with potential biomedical applications. The study addresses challenges in blood waste management and explores alternative anticoagulant therapies. Through a hydrothermal process, optimal conditions for HD …
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Label-free sensor for selective pathogen detection using carbon nanoparticles
… based on pH-sensitive fluorescent yttrium doped carbon nanoparticles (YCNPs) embedded in agarose that can rapidly and accurately detect and discriminate pathogens in real-time. The developed sensor matrix presented pH-triggered aggregation-induced emission quenching of YCNPs in a wide pH range. …
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Conjugation of Biological and Carbon Nanoparticles For Applications In Electronics and Cell Imaging
… cell targeting, imaging, and drug delivery. Carbon-based quantum dots, or Selah Dots, were conjugated with fluorescent dye molecules to improve their fluorescent signal, and cell targeting ligands were conjugated to improve the cell targeting specificity. Preliminary results of cancer cell …
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Incorporation of Carbon Nanoparticles in Polyaryletherketone Matrices for High Performance Liquid Chromatography Applications
… inertness. In this study, the effects of adding carbon nano particles at a 1% weight loading to 30% carbon fiber loaded PAEK plastics via a simple melt blending process were explored and compared to neat PAEK blends. Experimental blends were tested for their Young’s modulus, relaxation under …
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Improvement in Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Applications by Liquid Crystals and Carbon Nanoparticles
… of energy storage devices, asymmetric carbon nanohorns were proposed as an active material to fabricate flexible solid‐state carbon wire (CW)‐based electrochemical supercapacitors (ss‐CWECs) which exhibited high power density and ultra‐low cutoff frequency. Based on microscopy and …
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Surface chemistry of carbon nanoparticles functionally select their uptake in various stages of cancer cells
Embargo set by: Colleen Fallaw for item 102762 Lift date: 2019-08-10T21:27:21Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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Photo-Thermal Application of a Polydimethylsiloxane Foam Embedded with Carbon Nanoparticles for Interfacial Solar Water Evaporation
… composites of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and carbon-based materials have attracted intensive research interests over the past several decades owing to its stretchable, non-toxic features which can be applied in various fields such as flexible energy harvesting and storage devices. In this …
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Numerical study of nanofluid-based direct absorber solar collector systems with metallic/carbon nanoparticles, multiple geometries and multi-mode heat transfer
… are complex colloidal suspensions comprising nanoparticles (metallic or carbon based or both) suspended in a base fluid (e.g. water). The resulting suspension provides demonstrably greater thermal performance than base fluids on their own without the agglomeration or sedimentation effects …
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Plasmonic Nanostructures: Optical Nanocircuits, Tunable Charge Transfer Plasmons, and Properties of Fano Resonant Nanoclusters
Metallic Nanoparticles have attracted increasing interest due to their abilities to confine and manipulate light at the nanoscale via the excitation of surface plasmons, the collective oscillation of conduction band electrons. Surface plasmons can focus electromagnetic field into a subwavelength …
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Microspheres and Nanoparticles From Ultrasound
… along with them. Furthermore, synthesis of carbon nanoparticles and titanate nanotube species are possible utilizing these microspheres. Characterizations were done by SEM, (S)TEM, optical/confocal microscopy, XRD, XPS, EDS, SAED, zeta potential, and BET.
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Nanoparticles for Oil Dispersants and Nano Tracers
Nanoparticles are promising candidates to improve the efficiency of various activities in oil and gas industry such as reservoir characterization, enhanced oil recovery, and oil dispersion due to their large surface area, interfacial activity, and tunable chemical properties. In this dissertation, …
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To Study the Effect of Catalyst on the Physical Parameters of Carbon Spheres
… of fullerenes has opened up modern studies in carbon materials. Carbon nanoparticles have a large surface area and demonstrate good conductivity. Their unique properties has gained attention in many areas such as water filtration, hydrogen storage and battery electrodes. In this research, …
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Rapid on-demand polymerization for multifunctional materials
… nanocomposites are prepared by incorporating nanoparticles into DCPD and COD-DCPD resins prior to FROMP. Light-absorbing carbon nanoparticles, which efficiently convert energy from light into heat, are utilized for non-contact photothermal initiation of FROMP. The addition of 1 wt% carbon …
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A next generation theranostic nano-platform for sustained and enhanced inhibition of cancer stem cells
… (CB[6]) host-guest chemistry using luminescent carbon nanoparticles (Nano-Carbobitaceae) for sustained and enhanced delivery of niclosamide traceable with vibrational spectroscopic methods. Carbon nanoparticles (Hydrodynamic dynamic size=55±1 nm) were obtained via the environmentally benign …
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Application of Equilibrium-based PAH Adsorption to Modelling Graphene Synthesis in a Microwave-Assisted Plasma Reactor
… due to unconstrained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) adsorption. This study aims to integrate an equilibrium-based PAH adsorption model used in carbon nanoparticles modelling into the current graphene synthesis model to solve the unconstrained PAH adsorption issue. The equilibrium-based …
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Combinatorial therapy for triple negative breast cancer and the effect of nanoscale surfaces
… we demonstrate that phenotypically stratified carbon nanoparticle is highly effective in delivering a novel combinatorial triple drug formulation for synergistic regression of TNBC in vitro and in vivo. The combinatorial formulation is comprised of repurposed inhibitors of STAT3 (nifuroxazide), …
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Developing a Living Composite Ligament by Combining Prolotherapy and Nanoparticles as Treatment for Damaged Connective Tissue
… solutions. As a parallel consideration, nanoparticles are being investigated for use in drug delivery and heat shock treatment of cancerous tissue due to their unique structural and thermal properties. The phenomenal strength and stiffness of carbon nanoparticles have been used for …
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Micro- and nanostructured materials via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis
… will be discussed: the USP preparation of gold nanoparticles in porous carbon, and the USP preparation of porous metal oxide. Another example of using traditional synthetic method to produce fluorescent carbon nanoparticles will also be demonstrated. First, USP has been applied to produce gold …
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Aqueous Polysulfide Electrodes for Low-Cost Grid-Scale Energy Storage
… nano-network was introduced by suspending carbon nanoparticles in the polysulfide electrolyte. Such networks improve reaction kinetics by providing high surface area for reaction. Moreover, nickel sulfide, as an exemplary electrocatalyst, was introduced into the suspension electrode in the …
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