Interactions between metal oxides and biomolecules: from fundamental understanding to applications

MJ Limo, A Sola-Rabada, E Boix, V Thota… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

Strategies, challenges and opportunities of enzyme immobilization on porous silicon for biosensing applications

R Fopase, S Paramasivam, P Kale… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of porous silicon (PS) for biosensing applications is now emerging as it offers
desired properties such as better surface-volume ratio, tunable pore size, ease of …

Green synthesis of silica nanoparticles from leaf biomass and its application to remove heavy metals from synthetic wastewater: A comparative analysis

D Sachan, A Ramesh, G Das - Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effective removal of pollutants generated from various industries containing heavy metal
ions has become an unprecedented global issue. Given the serious implications of heavy …

Platinum nanoparticle-assembled porous biogenic silica 3D hybrid structures with outstanding 4-nitrophenol degradation performance

NKR Bogireddy, P Sahare, U Pal, SFO Méndez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pt/biogenic SiO 2 hybrid structures were fabricated by assembling Pt nanoparticles over
biogenic porous silica particles from three different sources. Apart from analyzing their …

Biogenic amorphous silica as main driver for plant available water in soils

J Schaller, A Cramer, A Carminati… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
More frequent and longer drought periods are predicted threatening agricultural yield. The
capacity of soils to hold water is a highly important factor controlling drought stress intensity …

Green synthesis of silica and silicon nanoparticles and their biomedical and catalytic applications

N Shafiei, M Nasrollahzadeh… - Comments on Inorganic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Silica and silicon nanomaterials have diverse applications in the field of drug/gene delivery,
lightweight aggregates, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, cancer …

[HTML][HTML] The relative importance of cell wall and lumen phytoliths in carbon sequestration in soil: a hypothesis

MJ Hodson - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There has been much interest in the possibility that phytoliths might sequester substantial
amounts of carbon and might continue to do so in soils and sediments after the death of the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and product options of magnesiothermic reduction of silica to silicon for lithium-ion battery applications

Y Tan, T Jiang, GZ Chen - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been one of the most predominant rechargeable power
sources due to their high energy/power density and long cycle life. As one of the most …

Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activity of the Ethanolic Extract of Equisetum myriochaetum and Molecular Docking of Its Main Metabolites (Apigenin, Kaempferol …

F Olazarán-Santibañez, G Rivera, V Vanoye-Eligio… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Equisetum myriochaetum is a semi-aquatic plant found on riverbanks that is commonly used
in traditional medicine as a diuretic agent. Additionally, the genus Equisetum stands out for …

The Immobilization of Candida antarctica lipase B by ZIF-8 encapsulation and macroporous resin adsorption: preparation and characterizations

X Cai, M Zhang, W Wei, Y Zhang, Z Wang… - Biotechnology Letters, 2020 - Springer
A novel enzyme immobilization method employing metal–organic framework (MOF)
encapsulation and macroporous resin adsorption was developed in this study. Candida …