Publications by authors named "Masoud Karimipour"

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  • Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal that poses health and environmental risks, increasing the need for efficient detection methods.
  • A new photochemical approach was developed to create thioglycolic acid-stabilized CdTe/ZnSe quantum dots that fluoresce green and are highly sensitive to Pb ions, enabling the creation of a simple on-site sensor.
  • This sensor can accurately detect Pb in various water samples with a detection limit of 31.8 nM, demonstrating effective performance in real-world conditions and potential for environmental monitoring.
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The commercial development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has been significantly delayed by the constraint of performing time-consuming degradation studies under real outdoor conditions. These are necessary steps to determine the device lifetime, an area where PSCs traditionally suffer. In this work, we demonstrate that the outdoor degradation behavior of PSCs can be predicted by employing accelerated indoor stability analyses.

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In this work CdTe/ZnSe core/shell quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized via a simple, rapid and room temperature photochemical approach. Optical properties of aqueous prepared CdTe/ZnSe QDs were studied systematically under gamma irradiation with dose range of 0 Gy to 20 kGy. The obtained results showed a regular red shift behavior versus gamma irradiation dose, in photoluminescence peak and absorption edge of the CdTe/ZnSe QDs.

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TiO(200)-rGO hybrid nanosheets were synthesized starting from TiO, rGO and NaOH solid powders via a scalable hydrothermal process. The weight ratio of TiO-GO was found to be crucial on the crystal growth and biosensor properties of the final hybrid nanosheets. They were characterized by means of SEM, FESEM-EDX, XRD, XPS, Raman and FTIR spectroscopies in order to verify the formation of very thin TiO anatase nanosheets with an orientation of the anatase crystal structure towards the (200) plane.

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Co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized via non hydrous complex-polymer sol-gel method. A series of Co(x):Ti1-x O2 samples with x = 0.01, 0.

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