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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"engineered nanomaterials"”.
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Engineered Nanomaterials for Targeted Imaging and Therapy
The early diagnosis of cancer can help direct the best treatment strategy and improve patients' survival. The unique and tunable properties of nanoparticles facilitate the development of diagnostic imaging tools for earlier diagnosis and disease staging, and they can provide fundamental information …
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Analysis of engineered nanomaterials in the environment
With increasing incorporation of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) into consumer products, there is concern that these materials will be released to the environment with unknown ecological effects. Methods for detection and characterization of these materials at environmentally relevant concentrations …
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Custom engineered nanomaterials for energetics and energy applications
… this work, preparation and characterization of nanomaterials used for several energetics and energy applications are addressed. The main challenge of this effort is to design and prepare nanomaterials which have significant improvements associated with combustion dynamics, reaction rates, …
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Toxicity evaluation of new engineered nanomaterials in model organisms
In accordo alla definizione adottata dalla Commissione Europea nel 2011 per nanomateriale s intende un materiale naturale, casuale o prodotto contenente particelle, in uno stato slegato o come aggregato o come agglomerato e dove, per il 50% o più delle particelle nella distribuzione delle …
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Development of a quality framework to monitor, evaluate and control broad-based engineered nanomaterials
Submitted om fulfillment of the requirements for Doctor of Philosophy in Management Sciences Quality Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2019.
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Airway Epithelium Organotypic Culture Models as a Platform for Adverse Outcome Pathway Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials
… toxicants. This is challenging and important for engineered nanomaterials (ENM), since their mode of action (MoA) have been shown to differ considerably but are still used in hundreds of consumer products. Prior to anticipating potential adverse organism responses arising from ENM toxicity, …
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Characterizing Engineered Nanomaterials: From Environmental, Health and Safety Research to the Development of Shaped Nanosphere Lithography for Metamaterials
… first is the comprehensive characterization of engineered nanomaterials prior to their examination in toxicology and environmental studies. The second is the development of a method to produce nanostructure arrays over large areas and for low cost. A major challenge when assessing nanomaterial’s …
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Nanotoxicity of oxide-derived engineered nanomaterials: impact on cell viability and function, with conventional assays and evaluation of novel eicosanoid profiling
… characteristics and toxicity between UFP and engineered nanomaterial (ENM), suggests that increased levels of ENM associated with the nanotechnology revolution could have a detrimental effect on human health. Although the link between respiratory disease and air pollution is well-established, …
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Molecular Design and Structural Optimization of Nanocellulose-Based Functional Films
… properties and more possibilities to construct nanomaterials with numerous features for advanced applications. Herein, the grafting of carbazole units on allyl-functionalized nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) enabled photoluminescence activity. Additionally, flexible, strong, and electrically …
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Intratracheal instillation of silver nanoparticles exacerbates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury in male sprague-dawley rats
The uses of engineered nanomaterials have expanded in biomedical technology and consumer manufacturing. Exposure to particulate matter has been demonstrated to negatively influence cardiovascular health and expand myocardial infarction. Furthermore, pulmonary exposure to various engineered …
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One-Step Synthesis of Kanamycin Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles With Potent Antibacterial Activity Against Resistant Bacterial Strains
… ineffective against common bacterial infections. Engineered nanomaterials, especially gold nanoparticles (GNPs) capped with antibacterial agents are proving to be an effective and novel strategy against multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. In this study, we report a one-step synthesis of …
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Antimicrobial Nanoparticles: A Green and Novel Approach for Enhancing Bactericidal Efficacy of Commercial Antibiotics
… proving ineffective against most “Superbugs”. Engineered nanomaterials, especially gold nanoparticles (GNPs) capped with antibacterial agents, are proving to be an effective and novel strategy against multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. In this study, we report a one-step synthesis of …
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An investigation into the mechanism of toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles.
… environmental health and safety assessment of engineered nanomaterials to ensure safer nanotechnology based products.
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Interfacing living plants with nanomaterials for in planta sensing and plant biotechnology applications
… and consuming power from the electrical grid. Nanomaterials are ideal candidates for interfacing with plants due to their unique physical and electronic properties, which can be rationally modified to complement and augment the biological properties of living plants. In addition, engineered …
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Differential Autophagic Responses to Nano-Sized Materials
… has led to a dramatic increase in the number of engineered nanomaterials currently being produced and introduced in the marketplace, raising concerns regarding the risk of human exposure to these specially designed, highly reactive materials. Engineered nanomaterials exert a diverse range of …
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THE MOBILITY OF ENGINEERED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES IN POROUS MEDIA
… chemical, and electronical properties of nanomaterials make them one of the most promising novel classes of materials with many potential applications. However, these materials will ultimately reach the subsurface environment possibly as reactants for insitu site remediation or as leachate …
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Development and Evaluation of Photocatalytic Linear Engineered Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials for the Removal of Disinfection Byproduct Precursors from Drinking Water
… A suite of titanium dioxide-based linear engineered nanomaterials (LENs) was synthesized and compared to standard commercial titanium dioxide nanoparticles in terms of filterability, settleability, surface characteristics, crystal phase structure, available surface area, photonic …
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