Radiolabeled nanomaterials for biomedical applications: radiopharmacy in the era of nanotechnology

MSO Pijeira, H Viltres, J Kozempel, M Sakmár… - EJNMMI …, 2022 - Springer
Background Recent advances in nanotechnology have offered new hope for cancer
detection, prevention, and treatment. Nanomedicine, a term for the application of …

On the colloidal and chemical stability of solar nanofluids: From nanoscale interactions to recent advances

OZ Sharaf, RA Taylor, E Abu-Nada - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The outdoor deployment of solar nanofluids in practical solar photothermal conversion
devices for prolonged periods of time has been an ongoing challenge. This is due to their …

Dynamic magnetic field alignment and polarized emission of semiconductor nanoplatelets in a liquid crystal polymer

D Kim, D Ndaya, R Bosire, FK Masese, W Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reconfigurable arrays of 2D nanomaterials are essential for the realization of switchable
and intelligent material systems. Using liquid crystals (LCs) as a medium represents a …

Depletion stabilization of emulsions based on bacterial cellulose/carboxymethyl chitosan complexes

Y Zhang, S Yang, H Tang, S Wan, W Qin, Q Zeng… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The regulation of the magnitude of the depletion effect is necessary for accurately predicting
and explaining the emulsion stabilization mechanism. Herein, the bacterial cellulose …

Competing Effects of Temperature and Polymer Concentration on Evolution of Re-entrant Interactions in the Nanoparticle-Block Copolymer System

S Kumar, J Kohlbrecher, VK Aswal - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
An interesting evolution of the re-entrant interaction has been observed in an anionic silica
nanoparticle (NP)-block copolymer (P85) dispersion due to mutually competing effects of …

Pluronic Induced Interparticle Attraction and Re-entrant Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in Charged Silica Nanoparticle Suspensions

S Kumar, R Ganguly, S Nath, VK Aswal - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tuning surface properties of nanoparticles by introducing charge, surface functionalization,
or polymer grafting is central to their stability and applications. Here, we show that …

Desorption of a flexible polymer with activity from a homogeneous attractive surface

G Feng, W Tian - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interfacial behavior of a flexible polymer with activity, which is named active Brownian
polymer (ABPO), is studied by Langevin dynamics simulations. On the dependence of the …

Dynamic and phase transition studies of ionic surfactant-stabilized oil/water microemulsion: Effects of volume fraction, polymer grafting, and temperature

M Khatouri, R Ahfir, L Talha, M Lemaalem… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we study the dynamic/phase transition relationship of a system composed of
spherical particles of oil/water microemulsion, stabilised by an ionic surfactant based on …

Turning Recycled Cardboard Container-Derived Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibrils into a Robust Gas Barrier UV-Shielding Film

I Hasan, J Wang, D Bousfield… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-standing cellulose nanofibril (CNF) films are regarded as one of the promising
alternatives to current petroleum-based packaging materials mostly due to their ability to …

Gelation and re-entrance in mixtures of soft colloids and linear polymers of equal size

D Parisi, D Truzzolillo, AH Slim… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid mixtures composed of colloidal particles and much smaller non-adsorbing linear
homopolymers can undergo a gelation transition due to polymer-mediated depletion forces …