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    • Nanodiagnostics for tuberculosis detection 

      El-Samadony, Hesham; Althani, Asma; Tageldin, Mohamed Awad; Azzazy, Hassan M.E. ( Taylor & Francis , 2017 , Article)
      Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer worldwide. End TB strategy aims at ending the TB epidemic by 2030. Early, accurate, and affordable diagnosis represents a cornerstone to achieve this goal. Innovative ...

    • Nanoengineered biomimetic hydrogels for guiding human stem cell osteogenesis in three dimensional microenvironments 

      Paul, Arghya; Manoharan, Vijayan; Krafft, Dorothee; Assmann, Alexander; Uquillas, Jorge Alfredo; ... more authors ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)
      The ability to modulate stem cell differentiation in a three dimensional (3D) microenvironment for bone tissue engineering in the absence of exogenous pharmaceutical agents such as bone morphogenic protein (BMP-2) remains ...

    • Nanoengineering of Core-Shell Magnetic Mesoporous Microspheres with Tunable Surface Roughness 

      Yue, Qin; Zhang, Yu; Jiang, Yongjian; L, Jialuo; Zhang, Hongwei; ... more authors ( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)
      Functional core-shell mesoporous microspheres with integrated functions, controlled structure, and surface properties and morphologies have received increasing attention due to their excellent physicochemical properties. ...

    • Nanofeatures of resorcinol-formaldehyde carbon microspheres 

      Awadallah-F, Ahmed; Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A. ( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)
      Resorcinol-formaldehyde activated carbon xerogels were synthesized at certain conditions, and their morphology was studied experimentally to examine their detailed nature on the nanoscale level, which has not been reported ...

    • Nanofibers of resorcinol–formaldehyde for effective adsorption of As (III) ions from mimicked effluents 

      Gore P.; Khraisheh M.; Kandasubramanian B. ( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)
      In the present study, the core–shell structured RF/PVA nanofibers have been developed and used for the adsorption of As3+ ions from the mimicked liquid effluents. Efficient-facile fabrication of the structured nanofibers ...

    • Nanofibrous alginate membrane coated with cellulose nanowhiskers for water purification 

      Mokhena, T.C.; Luyt, A.S.; Jacobs, N.V. ( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)
      The aim of this study was to develop a filtration membrane based on two-layered nanoscale alginate nanofibres reinforced with maize cellulose nanowhiskers (diameter between 3 and 12 nm). Reinforcing of the membrane with ...

    • Nanoflower-like Yttrium-doped ZnO Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye 

      Parangusan H.; Ponnamma D.; Al-Maadeed M.A.A.; Marimuthu A. ( Blackwell Publishing Inc. , 2018 , Article)
      Pure ZnO and Yttrium-doped (Y-doped) ZnO at various mol% with flower-like nanostructures are synthesized by a microwave-assisted sol�gel method, followed by investigating the morphologies, crystal structures, optical ...

    • Nanomaterial-based biosensors for detection of prostate specific antigen 

      Bertok, Tomas; Dosekova, Erika; Holazova, Alena; Lorencova, Lenka; Kasak, Peter; ... more authors ( Springer-Verlag Wien , 2017 , Article Review)
      Screening serum for the presence of prostate specific antigen (PSA) belongs to the most common approach for the detection of prostate cancer. This review (with 156 refs.) addresses recent developments in PSA detection based ...

    • Nanomaterials for biofuels production towards a sustainable environment 

      Vasseghian, Yasser; Almomani, Fares; Atabani, A.E. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Other)
      Nanomaterials have proven to be an ideal candidate for increasing the production efficiency of biofuels. The high surface area and unique active sites on the surface of nanomaterials facilitate various reactions and processes ...

    • Nanomechanical properties of plasma treated polylactic acid 

      Koumoulos E.P.; Valentin M.; Dragatogiannis D.; Charitidis C.A.; Krupa I.; ... more authors ( Maney Publishing , 2015 , Article)
      In this work, a radio frequency discharged plasma generated in air atmosphere by pressure has been used to modify polylactic acid (PLA) surface. The results were evaluated through nanoindentation testing. Contact angle ...

    • Nanomedicine as a Potential Tool against Monkeypox. 

      Mohamed, Nura Adam; Zupin, Luisa; Mazi, Sarah Ismail; Al-Khatib, Hebah A; Crovella, Sergio ( MDPI , 2023 , Article Review)
      Human monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis that was first identified in 1970; since then, this infectious disease has been marked as endemic in central and western Africa. The disease has always been considered rare and ...

    • Nanomedicine for Cancer. 

      Younis, Nour K; Yassine, Hadi M; Eid, Ali H ( Bentham Science Publishers , 2022 , Other)
      Over the past decades, oncology has occupied the lion’s share of all nanomedical applications [1-3]. In 2020, up to 65% of the clinical trials involving nanomaterials were attending to cancer therapeutics and diagnostics ...

    • Nanomedicine tactics in cancer treatment: Challenge and hope 

      Al-Zoubi, Mazhar Salim; Al-Zoubi, Raed M. ( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2022 , Article)
      Defeating cancer is the ultimate challenge and goal of oncologists, facing various obstacles along with finding effective anti-cancer therapies and understanding drug delivery mechanisms. Additionally, the translation of ...

    • Nanoparticle-based materials in anticancer drug delivery: Current and future prospects 

      Ajith, Saniha; Almomani, Fares; Elhissi, Abdelbary; Husseini, Ghaleb A. ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)
      The past decade has witnessed a breakthrough in novel strategies to treat cancer. One of the most common cancer treatment modalities is chemotherapy which involves administering anti-cancer drugs to the body. However, these ...

    • Nanoparticle-mediated targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment 

      Liyanage P.Y.; Hettiarachchi S.D.; Zhou Y.; Ouhtit A.; Seven E.S.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article Review)
      Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and one of the deadliest after lung cancer. Currently, standard methods for cancer therapy including BC are surgery followed by chemotherapy or radiotherapy. ...

    • Nanoparticles functionalized ceramic membranes: fabrication, surface modification, and performance 

      Ewis, Dina; Ismail, Norhan Ashraf; Hafiz, MhdAmmar; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Hawari, Alaa H. ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article Review)
      Membrane technologies are used intensively for desalination and wastewater treatment. Water filtration using ceramic membranes exhibited high performance compared with polymeric membranes due to various properties such as ...

    • Nanoparticles in reverse osmosis membranes for desalination: A state of the art review 

      Saleem, Haleema; Zaidi, Syed Javaid ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Other)
      The development of thin-film nanocomposite (TFNC) membranes utilizing nanoparticles present remarkable opportunity in the desalination industry. This review offers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of TFNC membranes ...

    • Nanoparticles in tissue engineering: Applications, challenges and prospects 

      Hasan, Anwarul; Morshed M.; Memic A.; Hassan S.; Webster T.J.; ... more authors ( Dove Medical Press Ltd. , 2018 , Article)
      Tissue engineering (TE) is an interdisciplinary field integrating engineering, material science and medical biology that aims to develop biological substitutes to repair, replace, retain, or enhance tissue and organ-level ...

    • Nanoparticles: Attractive tools to treat colorectal cancer 

      Nour K., Younis; Roumieh, Rami; Bassil, Emmanuel P.; Ghoubaira, Joseph A.; Kobeissy, Firas; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite the notable advances achieved over the last few decades, CRC remains a hard-to-treat deadly disease in many patients. This ...

    • Nanoparticles: The Plant Saviour under Abiotic Stresses 

      Khalid, Muhammad Fasih; Iqbal Khan, Rashid; Jawaid, Muhammad Zaid; Shafqat, Waqar; Hussain, Sajjad; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Climate change significantly affects plant growth and productivity by causing different biotic and abiotic stresses to plants. Among the different abiotic stresses, at the top of the list are salinity, drought, temperature ...