ZnO nanorods grown on Cu wire mesh provide a high sensitivity non-enzymatic absorbance glucose sensor.

A highly sensitive non-enzymatic absorption-based glucose sensor is introduced that combines ZnO nanorods with the ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange (FOX) assay. ZnO nanorods were successfully synthesized on the surface of a copper wire mesh, exhibiting high crystallinity, purity, and a large surface area. The glucose sensor displays a high sensitivity of 0.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Silver Diamine Fluoride among Dentists in Vietnam.

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a topical solution used for managing dental caries. The mixed-methods study consists of a quantitative study (questionnaire survey) and a qualitative study (in-depth interview) to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards SDF among dentists in Vietnam. A descriptive approach and a thematic approach were performed to analyze data, respectively.

Flexible, affordable and environmentally sustainable solar vapor generation based on ferric tannate/bacterial cellulose composite for efficient desalination solutions.

Desalination by solar steam generation (SSG) system is a green technology to produce pure water, which can address the issue of water scarcity. A novel photothermal material for the SSG system was fabricated by immersing bacterial cellulose (BC) sequentially into tannic acid (TA) and iron(iii) (Fe) solutions. Surface analysis of the resulting BC-TA-Fe (BTF) material showed that coordination nanocomplexes between Fe and hydroxyl groups of TA were formed on the surface of cellulose nanofibers.