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Effect of growth temperature on the structural, optical and luminescence properties of cadmium telluride nanoparticles
(Springer, 2018)
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) has been successfully prepared by a simple wet chemical process at different reaction temperatures. Temperature is one parameter that thermodynamically plays an important role in controlling the ...
Use of antibacterial nanoparticles in Endodontics
(South African Dental Association (SADA), 2017)
Several root canal irrigants and medicaments are available to combat endodontic pathogens. However, evidence
of complete elimination of these pathogens by the use of
these solutions is not recorded in the literature. ...
Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of electrosprayed chitosan nanoparticles against endodontic pathogens and Balb/c 3T3 fibroblast cells
(Nature Research, 2021-12)
The aims of this study were to synthesize highly positively charged chitosan nanoparticles (Ch-Np) using the electrospraying technique, and to test their antimicrobial activity against endodontic pathogens, and cytotoxicity ...
Permeation challenges of drugs for treatment of neurological tuberculosis and HIV and the application of magneto-electric nanoparticle drug delivery systems
(MDPI, 2021)
The anatomical structure of the brain at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) creates a limitation for the movement of drugs into the central nervous system (CNS). Drug delivery facilitated by magneto-electric nanoparticles (MENs) ...
Ion beam induced modification and nanostructures formation in thin SiC/Pd films on c-Si substrate
(Elsevier, 2021)
Ion beam induced modification of thin metallic films is an emerging approach to grow metallic nanoparticles controllably. Modification of thin solid films is helpful in fabricating arrays of nanoscale particles for electronic ...
The antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects of silver nanoparticles synthesised from cotyledon orbiculata aqueous extract
(MDPI, 2021)
Cotyledon orbiculata, commonly known as pig’s ear, is an important medicinal plant of South
Africa. It is used in traditional medicine to treat many ailments, including skin eruptions, abscesses,
inflammation, boils and ...
Synthesis of oxygen deficient tio2 for improved photocatalytic efficiency in solar radiation
(MDPI, 2021)
The photocatalytic activities of TiO2 have been limited mainly to absorbing in the ultraviolet
spectrum which accounts for only 5% of solar radiation. High energy band gap and electron
recombination in TiO2 nanoparticles ...
Metal hydride – Graphene composites for hydrogen based energy storage
(Elsevier, 2021)
The paper presents a review of the authors’ studies of advanced functional composites of graphene based
materials with metals, alloys, intermetallic compounds and their hydrides, and on the creation on their
basis of ...
Insights into innovative therapeutics for drug-resistant tuberculosis: Host-directed therapy and autophagy inducing modified nanoparticles
(Elsevier, 2022)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest communicable dis-
eases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) since its discovery in
the 1880s (Cambau and Drancourt, 2014; Singh et al., 2020). Over 1
billion mortalities ...
Radiosensitization effect of gold nanoparticles in proton therapy
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
The number of proton therapy facilities and the clinical usage of high energy proton beams for cancer treatment has substantially increased over the last decade. This is mainly due to the superior dose distribution of ...