The applications of thermal ink-jet printing technology as deposition technique of functional materials such as metal nanoparticles and microporous nickel-oxalate metal organic framework were studied. Highly sensitive ...

Vibrational spectroscopy: infrared and Raman, was applied to the study of two amino acids and ten bacterial strains with the purpose of developing rapid methods of identification and discrimination. Use of spectroscopic ...

The preparation of copper colloidal suspensions was conducted by three different methods. These methods used wet chemical synthesis, in which a metal salt solution was mixed with a solution containing the reducing agent. ...

The synthesis of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles has received widespread attention by the scientific community due to the large number of technological applications they find in nanoscaled systems. The mechanism of ...

The Pair Distribution Function (PDF) is a total scattering method used to study the local structure of a material and yields a function in real space with peaks that represent the interatomic distances. In this work, we ...

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful spectroscopic technique that can be used for detecting analytes at very low concentrations. In SERS, the intensity of vibrational signatures can be enhanced by factors ...

The production, use, and disposal of products containing nanoparticles may lead to their appearance in air, water, and soil, and subsequently in the human body. Because there is no existing regulation, large amounts of ...

There are presently many applications using nanofluids in thermal engineering. Some examples include the use of nanoparticles in conventional coolants to enhance heat transfer rate by increasing its thermal conductivity. ...

We report the observation of enhanced Raman scattering as a result of the coupling between the localized surface plasmon (LSP) of metal nanoparticles (NP) and the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) associated with a thin metal ...

Herbicides are the most widely used method for weed control. However, the agricultural industry worldwide is facing several challenges including the environmental pollution problems (soils and water) caused by the unsuitable ...