A highly optimized and sensitive bowtie shape-based SPR biosensor for different analyte detection.

With advancements in photonic technologies, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have become crucial components in developing highly sensitive and efficient biosensors. This paper presents an optimized bowtie-shaped PCF biosensor that leverages surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomena for enhanced refractive index (RI) sensing. The proposed design uses an external sensing mechanism to effectively characterize performance across an RI range of 1.

Sclareolide as Antifungal Strategy Against : Unveiling Its Mechanisms of Action.

Cryptococcal infection commonly begins as an opportunistic infection in humans, however, this can escalate to a systemic or life-threatening form in immunocompromised individuals. Here, we aim to identify novel antifungal molecules from plants resources. Sclareolide, a phytochemical classified as a sesquiterpene lactone, was assessed against H99.

Biocompatible triboelectric energy generators (BT-TENGs) for energy harvesting and healthcare applications.

Electronic waste (e-waste) has become a significant environmental and societal challenge, necessitating the development of sustainable alternatives. Biocompatible and biodegradable electronic devices offer a promising solution to mitigate e-waste and provide viable alternatives for various applications, including triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in biocompatible, biodegradable, and implantable TENGs, emphasizing their potential as energy scavengers for healthcare devices.

Imaging of Volatile Organic Compounds Using a Single Nanowire-Based Electronic Nose for Future Biomedical Applications.

This study introduces an array of semiconductor oxide single nanowires fabricated using advanced semiconductor processing techniques, including electron beam lithography and thin-film deposition, which is well-suited for large-scale nanowire integration. A four-channel nanowire array consisting of tin oxide (SnO), indium oxide (InO), ferric oxide (FeO), and titanium oxide (TiO) was developed. As a proof of concept, we converted the response curves of the sensor array to heat maps, enabling comprehensive feature representation.

Eco-friendly synthesis of N- cholyl mercapto histidine capped silver nanoparticles and its sensing of mercury (II) ions and photo catalytic degradation of methyl orange.

In this report, we have developed highly water soluble and stable silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) utilizing N-Cholyl Mercapto Histidine (NCMH) as a reducing and stabilizing agent with near the primary critical micellar concentration (CMC) under ambient sunlight irradiation. Moreover, The NCMH was firstly synthesized by demonstrating the reaction between cholic acid and 2- Mercapto Histidine through a simple acid amine coupling approach. The primary and secondary CMC of NCMH surfactant was measured by pyrene (1 × 10 M) as a fluorescent probe, and values were found to be 3.

Current Perspectives of Antifungal Therapy: A Special Focus on .

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Constant force grinding controller for robots based on SAC optimal parameter finding algorithm.

Since conventional PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) controllers hardly control the robot to stabilize for constant force grinding under changing environmental conditions, it is necessary to add a compensation term to conventional PID controllers. An optimal parameter finding algorithm based on SAC (Soft-Actor-Critic) is proposed to solve the problem that the compensation term parameters are difficult to obtain, including training state action and normalization preprocessing, reward function design, and targeted deep neural network design. The algorithm is used to find the optimal controller compensation term parameters and applied to the PID controller to complete the compensation through the inverse kinematics of the robot to achieve constant force grinding control.

Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Carbon Nitride: Antifungal Activity on and Toxicity toward Animal Cells.

The development of engineered nanomaterials has been considered a promising strategy to control oral infections. In this study, silver-embedded carbon nitrides (Ag@g-CN) were synthesized and tested against , investigating their antifungal action and biocompatibility in animal cells. Ag@g-CN was synthesized by a simple one-pot thermal polymerization technique and characterized by various analytical techniques.

Unlocking a Type-II CoO@BiVO Heterostructure for Wastewater Purification.

Developing a semiconductor-based heterostructure photoanode is crucial in improving the photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) efficiency for degrading refractory organic pollutants. Nevertheless, the PEC performance of the photoanodes is usually restricted by electron/hole pair recombination, oxygen evolution, and slow electron transfer. Herein, a novel CoO@BiVO nanowire array film (Ti/CoO@BiVO) with n-type semiconductor characteristics was prepared via a straightforward hydrothermal method.

Correction: Structural, electronic, optical, elastic, thermodynamic and thermal transport properties of CsAgInCl and CsAgSbCl double perovskite semiconductors using a first-principles study.

Correction for 'Structural, electronic, optical, elastic, thermodynamic and thermal transport properties of CsAgInCl and CsAgSbCl double perovskite semiconductors using a first-principles study' by Keqing Zhang , , 2023, 25, 31848-31868, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp03795a.

Structural, electronic, optical, elastic, thermodynamic and thermal transport properties of CsAgInCl and CsAgSbCl double perovskite semiconductors using a first-principles study.

In this study, we employ the framework of first-principles density functional theory (DFT) computations to investigate the physical, electrical, bandgap and thermal conductivity of CsAgInCl-CAIC (type I) and CsAgSbCl-CASC (type II) using the GGA-PBE method. CAIC possesses a direct band gap energy of 1.812 eV, while CASC demonstrates an indirect band gap energy of 0.

Designing advanced S-scheme CdS QDs/La-BiWO photocatalysts for efficient degradation of RhB.

Finding effective strategies to design efficient photocatalysts and decompose refractory organic compounds in wastewater is a challenging problem. Herein, by coupling element doping and constructing heterostructures, S-scheme CdS QDs/La-BiWO (CS/LBWO) photocatalysts are designed and synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. As a result, the RhB degradation efficiency of the optimized 5% CS/LBWO reached 99% within 70 min of illumination with excellent stability and recyclability.

Intimate coupling of gCN/CdS semiconductor on eco-friendly biocarrier loofah sponge for enhanced detoxification of ciprofloxacin.

Ciprofloxacin is one of the antibiotics predominantly used to treat bacterial infections, however excess usage, and release of antibiotic from various sources to the environment can cause severe risks to human health since it was considered as emerging pollutant. This study deals with the intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) of ciprofloxacin using gCN/CdS photocatalytic semiconductor and eco-friendly renewable loofah sponge as biocarrier in the ICPB. The photocatalyst gCN/CdS was prepared and their synergistic photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin were assessed and the results shows that gCN/CdS (20%) exhibit 79% degradation efficiency in 36 h.

Sunlight-driven intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation (SDICPB): A sustainable approach for enhanced detoxification of triclosan.

Triclosan is considered as recalcitrant contaminant difficult to degrade from the contaminated wastewater. Thus, promising, and sustainable treatment method is necessary to remove triclosan from the wastewater. Intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) is an emerging, low-cost, efficient, and eco-friendly method for the removal of recalcitrant pollutants.

Cost-effective dye-sensitized solar cells based on rutile-phase three-dimensional TiO hierarchical nanostructures.

Specifically engineered three-dimensional (3D) and 1D morphologies are expected to play significant roles in the development of next-generation dye-sensitized solar cells. In this study, using a hydrothermal approach without a surfactant or template, we attempted to synthesize a 3D hierarchical rutile titanium dioxide (TiO ) architecture by varying the growth temperature and time. X-ray diffraction patterns of the synthesized TiO correlated well with rutile TiO .

Identification of Dynamic Active Sites Among Cu Species Derived from MOFs@CuPc for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Reaction to Ammonia.

Direct electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NITRR) is a promising strategy to alleviate the unbalanced nitrogen cycle while achieving the electrosynthesis of ammonia. However, the restructuration of the high-activity Cu-based electrocatalysts in the NITRR process has hindered the identification of dynamical active sites and in-depth investigation of the catalytic mechanism. Herein, Cu species (single-atom, clusters, and nanoparticles) with tunable loading supported on N-doped TiO/C are successfully manufactured with MOFs@CuPc precursors via the pre-anchor and post-pyrolysis strategy.

Unveiling Hierarchical Dendritic CoO-SnO Heterostructure for Efficient Water Purification.

The construction of a desirable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective nanoheterostructure photoanode to treat refractory organics is critical and challenging. Herein, we unveiled a hierarchical dendritic CoO-SnO heterostructure via a sequential hydrothermal process. The time of the secondary hydrothermal process can control the size of the ultrathin SnO nanosheets on the basis of the Ostwald solidification mass conservation principle.

Chemically sprayed CdO: Cr thin films for formaldehyde gas detection and optoelectronic applications.

Chromium (Cr) doped CdO films are chemically sprayed and are characterized by their optical, electrical, structural, and microstructural characteristics. The thickness of the films is determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The cubic crystal structure with a superior growth along (111) plane of the spray-deposited films is confirmed from the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis.

Investigate the suitability of g-CN nanosheets ornamented with BiOI nanoflowers for photocatalytic dye degradation and PEC water splitting.

The two-step thermal polymerization and solvothermal approach is used to construct nano heterostructures of FCN and BiOI (bismuth oxeye iodide), both of which are Nobel metal-free materials. This work reports the effect nano-heterostructure on the micro-structural, light absorption capability, PEC properties and pollutant degradation efficiency of the synthesised heterostructures. The addition to that formation of FCN/BiOI nano-heterostructure enhances the solar light absorption.

Synthesizing AgO(3 wt%)-loaded ZnFeO photocatalysts for efficiently saving polluted aquatic ecosystems.

Herein, we report an AgO (3 wt%)-loaded ZnFeO photocatalysts synthesized by co-precipitation and incipient wet impregnation approach for acetamiprid degradation, antibacterial, antioxidant, and toxicity assay. Initially, bare ZnFeO nanostructures were made through a simple co-precipitation method. In the second step, 3 wt% of various transition metal oxides (CuO, ZrO, and AgO) were embedded on the surface of ZnFeO photocatalysts via a wet impregnation method.

Constructing Z-scheme g-CN/TiO heterostructure for promoting degradation of the hazardous dye pollutants.

The use of dyes and segments has increased widely in recent years, but it poses a serious health risk to ecosystems. In this work, TiO and two-dimensional g-CN nanosheets (g-CN) were fabricated through co-precipitation and thermal polymerization technique, respectively. The g-CN-TiO photocatalyst (1: 3, 2: 2, 3: 1) in various weight percentages was prepared using a simple impregnation process.

Enhanced anti-biofilm and biocompatibility of Zn and Mg substituted β-tricalcium phosphate/functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube composites towards A. baumannii and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and MG-63 cells.

In this work, Zn and Mg substituted β-tricalcium phosphate/functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (f-MWCNT) nanocomposites were prepared by the co-precipitation method. The structural, vibrational, morphological and biological properties of the prepared nanocomposites were studied. The structural study revealed that the increase of Zn concentration shifts the β-tricalcium phosphate planes towards higher angle.