3D-structured supports create complete data sets for electron crystallography.

3D electron crystallography has recently attracted much attention due to its complementarity to X-ray crystallography in determining the structure of compounds from submicrometre sized crystals. A big obstacle lies in obtaining complete data, required for accurate structure determination. Many crystals have a preferred orientation on conventional, flat sample supports.

Airborne Nanoparticle Release and Toxicological Risk from Metal-Oxide-Coated Textiles: Toward a Multiscale Safe-by-Design Approach.

Nano metal oxides have been proposed as alternatives to silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) for antibacterial coatings. Here, cotton and polyester-cotton fabrics were sonochemically coated with zinc oxide (ZnO) and copper oxide (CuO) NPs. By varying the reaction solvent (water or ethanol), NPs with different sizes and shapes were synthesized.

Organic dye removal by MnO and Ag micromotors under various ambient conditions: The comparison between two abatement mechanisms.

MnO- and Ag- based micromotors were developed recently as new types of micromotors with the advantage of low costs and have been utilized to treat environmental pollutants. However, knowledge about the effects of ambient conditions on the performance of them is still lacking. In this article, the influences of pH, electrolytes and surfactant on the treatment of organic dye (with methylene blue as the representative) by the commercial MnO and Ag micromotors with HO as the fuel were studied.

Agglomeration potential of TiO in synthetic leachates made from the fly ash of different incinerated wastes.

Material flow studies have shown that a large fraction of the engineered nanoparticles used in products end up in municipal waste. In many countries, this municipal waste is incinerated before landfilling. However, the behavior of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the leachates of incinerated wastes has not been investigated so far.