Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2845: Effect of Carotenoids from Phaeodactylum tricornutum on Palmitate-Treated HepG2 Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122845 Authors: Claire Mayer Martine Côme Vincent Blanckaert Graziella Chini Zittelli Cecilia Faraloni Hassan Nazih Khadija Ouguerram Virginie Mimouni Benoît Chénais Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease represents the most common liver disease and is characterized by an excess of lipid accumulation in hepatocytes,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2843: Strategy for Designing Selective Lysosomal Acid α-Glucosidase Inhibitors: Binding Orientation and Influence on Selectivity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122843 Authors: Atsushi Kato Izumi Nakagome Mizuki Hata Robert J. Nash George W. J. Fleet Yoshihiro Natori Yuichi Yoshimura Isao Adachi Shuichi Hirono Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) is the archetypal iminosugar, in which the configuration of the hydroxyl groups in the piperidine ring...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2846: Unusual Complexes of P(CH)3 with FH, ClH, and ClF Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122846 Authors: Del Bene Alkorta Elguero Ab initio MP2/aug’-cc-pVTZ calculations have been performed to determine the structures and binding energies of complexes formed by phosphatetrahedrane, P(CH)3, and HF, HCl, and ClF. Four types of complexes exist on the potential energy surfaces. Isomers A form at the P atom near the end of a P-C bond, B at a C-C...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2848: Understanding Surface Interaction and Inclusion Complexes between Piroxicam and Native or Crosslinked β-Cyclodextrins: The Role of Drug Concentration Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122848 Authors: Giuseppina Raffaini Fabio Ganazzoli Drug concentration plays an important role in the interaction with drug carriers affecting the kinetics of release process and toxicology effects. Cyclodextrins (CDs) can solubilize hydrophobic drugs in water enhancing...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2847: Response of Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata in Free and Alginate Immobilized Cells to Heavy Metals Toxicity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122847 Authors: Al-Hasawi Abdel-Hamid Almutairi Touliabah Effects of 12 heavy metals on growth of free and alginate-immobilized cells of the alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata were investigated. The tested metals ions include Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Se, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn. Toxicity values (EC50)...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2842: Preparative Separation of Procyanidins from Cocoa Polyphenolic Extract: Comparative Study of Different Fractionation Techniques Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122842 Authors: Said Toro-Uribe Miguel Herrero Eric A. Decker Luis Javier López-Giraldo Elena Ibáñez To provide further insight into the antioxidant potential of procyanidins (PCs) from cocoa beans, PC extract was fractionated by several methodologies, including solid phase extraction,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2844: Optimization of Oyster (Crassostrea talienwhanensis) Protein Hydrolysates Using Response Surface Methodology Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122844 Authors: Xueqin Wang Huahua Yu Ronge Xing Song Liu Xiaolin Chen Pengcheng Li Oyster (Crassostrea talienwhanensis) protein was hydrolyzed by trypsin to produce peptides with different response values, and response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to optimize the hydrolysis conditions. The...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2849: Antifungal and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Photochemically Synthesized Heparin-Coated Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122849 Authors: María del Pilar Rodriguez-Torres Luis Armando Díaz-Torres Blanca E. Millán-Chiu René García-Contreras Genoveva Hernández-Padrón Laura Susana Acosta-Torres Heparin-based silver nanoparticles (AgHep-NPs) and gold nanoparticles (AuHep-NPs) were produced by a photochemical method using...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2840: Costunolide Plays an Anti-Neuroinflammation Role in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced BV2 Microglial Activation by Targeting Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122840 Authors: Yan-Chen Liu Na Feng Wei-Wei Li Peng-Fei Tu Jian-Ping Chen Jing-Yan Han Ke-Wu Zeng Hyperactivation of microglia in the brain is closely related to neuroinflammation and leads to neuronal dysfunction. Costunolide (CTL) is a natural sesquiterpene...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2836: All-Cellulose Composites: A Review of Recent Studies on Structure, Properties and Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122836 Authors: Behnaz Baghaei Mikael Skrifvars Nowadays, there is greater demand for greener materials in societies due to environmental consciousness, depleting fossil fuels and growing ecological concerns. Within the foreseeable future, industries and suppliers will be required to be more aware of challenges faced due to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2839: Biodiesel Processing Using Sodium and Potassium Geopolymer Powders as Heterogeneous Catalysts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122839 Authors: Renata Botti Murilo Innocentini Thais Faleiros Murilo Mello Danilo Flumignan Leticia Santos Giorgia Franchin Paolo Colombo This work investigates the catalytic activity of geopolymers produced using two different alkali components (sodium or potassium) and four treatment temperatures (110 to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2841: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Analysis of Piperine- and Piperlongumine-Inspired Natural Product Scaffolds and Their Molecular Docking with IL-1β and NF-κB Proteins Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122841 Authors: Gabriel Zazeri Ana Povinelli Cécile Duff Bridget Tang Marinonio Cornelio Alan Jones Inspired by the remarkable bioactivities exhibited by the natural products, piperine and piperlongumine, we synthesised eight natural product-inspired...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2837: Hairy Garlic (Allium subhirsutum) from Sicily (Italy): LC-DAD-MSn Analysis of Secondary Metabolites and In Vitro Biological Properties Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122837 Authors: Stefania Sut Filippo Maggi Sara Bruno Natale Badalamenti Luana Quassinti Massimo Bramucci Daniela Beghelli Giulio Lupidi Stefano Dall’Acqua Allium subhirsutum, known as hairy garlic, is a bulbous plant widespread in the Mediterranean area and locally...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2835: Selectins—The Two Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Faces of Adhesion Molecules—A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122835 Authors: Igor Tvaroška Chandrabose Selvaraj Jaroslav Koča Selectins belong to a group of adhesion molecules that fulfill an essential role in immune and inflammatory responses and tissue healing. Selectins are glycoproteins that decode the information carried by glycan structures, and non-covalent interactions of selectins with...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2838: Enzymatic Modification of Porphyra dioica-Derived Proteins to Improve their Antioxidant Potential Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122838 Authors: Filipa B. Pimentel Maria Cermeño Thanyaporn Kleekayai Pádraigín A. Harnedy-Rothwell Eduarda Fernandes Rita C. Alves M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira Richard J. FitzGerald Enzymatic hydrolysis has been employed to modify protein functional properties and discover new sources of antioxidants. In...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2833: Alterations in Herbage Yield, Antioxidant Activities, Phytochemical Contents, and Bioactive Compounds of Sabah Snake Grass (Clinacanthus Nutans L.) with Regards to Harvesting Age and Harvesting Frequency Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122833 Authors: Abd Samat Ahmad Awang Bakar Hakiman Sabah snake grass or Clinacanthus nutans has drawn public interest having significant economic benefits attributable to the presence of phytochemicals...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2834: Cultivation of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria: Effect of Operating Conditions on Growth and Biomass Composition Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122834 Authors: Alejandra Sánchez-Bayo Victoria Morales Rosalía Rodríguez Gemma Vicente Luis Fernando Bautista The purpose of this work is to define optimal growth conditions to maximise biomass for batch culture of the cyanobacterium Arthrospira maxima and the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris, Isochrysis...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2832: Herbicidal Activity of Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. Essential Oil Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122832 Authors: Mercedes Verdeguer Natalia Torres-Pagan Marta Muñoz Amira Jouini Susana García-Plasencia Pablo Chinchilla Mónica Berbegal Adele Salamone Santo Agnello Alessandra Carrubba Luz Cabeiras-Freijanes Lois Regueira-Marcos Adela M. Sánchez-Moreiras María Amparo Blázquez The bioherbicidal potential of Thymbra capitata...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2831: Plasma-Based Proteomics Profiling of Patients with Hyperthyroidism after Antithyroid Treatment Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122831 Authors: Afshan Masood Hicham Benabdelkamel Aishah A. Ekhzaimy Assim A. Alfadda Thyroid hormones critically modulate body homeostasis and haemostasis by regulating energy and metabolism. Previous studies have focused on individual pathways or proteins that are affected by increases in thyroid hormone levels, while...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2829: Esters of Glucose-2-Phosphate: Occurrence and Chemistry Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122829 Authors: Qiang Zhang Si-Zhe Li Mohammed Ahmar Laurent Soulère Yves Queneau Phosphodiesters of glucose-2-phosphate (G2P) are found only in few natural compounds such as agrocinopine D and agrocin 84. Agrocinopine D is a G2P phosphodiester produced by plants infected by Agrobacterium fabrum C58 and recognized by the bacterial periplasmic binding protein...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2830: Drying Induced Impact on Composition and Oil Quality of Rosemary Herb, Rosmarinus Officinalis Linn. Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122830 Authors: Mohammed Al-Omar Mohammed Aly Alsuqub Khan The natural drying of Rosmarinus officinalis Linn. herbs severely affects its volatile oil quality and yields, which is reported here for the first time. The oils obtained through hydrodistillation from fresh, one, two, and three-weeks dried...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2826: High-CO2 Modified Atmosphere Packaging with Superchilling (−1.3 °C) Inhibit Biochemical and Flavor Changes in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) during Storage Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122826 Authors: Jun Mei Feng Liu Shiyuan Fang Weiqing Lan Jing Xie The effects of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) in combination with superchilling (−1.3 °C) on the physicochemical properties, flavor retention, and organoleptic evaluation...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2825: Lignans, Amides, and Saponins from Haplophyllum tuberculatum and Their Antiprotozoal Activity Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25122825 Authors: Abdelhalim Babiker Mahmoud Ombeline Danton Marcel Kaiser Sohee Han Aitor Moreno Shereen Abd Algaffar Sami Khalid Won Keun Oh Matthias Hamburger Pascal Mäser A screening of Sudanese medicinal plants for antiprotozoal activities revealed that the chloroform and water fractions of the ethanolic...
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 30: Semantic Unsupervised Automatic Keyphrases Extraction by Integrating Word Embedding with Clustering Methods Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4020030 Authors: Isabella Gagliardi Maria Teresa Artese Increasingly, the web produces massive volumes of texts, alone or associated with images, videos, photographs, together with some metadata, indispensable for their finding and retrieval. Keywords/keyphrases that characterize the semantic content...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1211: Integrin-Targeting Dye-Doped PEG-Shell/Silica-Core Nanoparticles Mimicking the Proapoptotic Smac/DIABLO Protein Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061211 Authors: Rossella De Marco Enrico Rampazzo Junwei Zhao Luca Prodi Mayra Paolillo Pierre Picchetti Francesca Gallo Natalia Calonghi Luca Gentilucci Cancer cells demonstrate elevated expression levels of the inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), contributing to tumor cell survival,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1210: Chemical and Morphological Transition of Poly(acrylonitrile)/Poly(vinylidene Fluoride) Blend Nanofibers during Oxidative Stabilization and Incipient Carbonization Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061210 Authors: Martin Wortmann Natalie Frese Al Mamun Marah Trabelsi Waldemar Keil Björn Büker Ali Javed Michael Tiemann Elmar Moritzer Andrea Ehrmann Andreas Hütten Claudia Schmidt Armin Gölzhäuser Bruno Hüsgen Lilia Sabantina...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1209: Turning Spent Coffee Grounds into Sustainable Precursors for the Fabrication of Carbon Dots Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061209 Authors: Diana M. A. Crista Abderrahim El Mragui Manuel Algarra Joaquim C. G. Esteves da Silva Rafael Luque Luís Pinto da Silva Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) are known for containing many organic compounds of interest, including carbohydrates, lipids, phenolic compounds and proteins. Therefore, we investigated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1208: Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Conjugated to Quantum Dot®s is Biologically Functional Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061208 Authors: Daniel Halloran Vrathasha Vrathasha Hilary W. Durbano Anja Nohe Quantum Dot®s (QDot®s) are novel, semi-conductive nanostructures that emit a certain fluorescence when excited by specific wavelengths. QDot®s are more photostable, brighter, and photobleach less than other fluorescent dyes....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1207: Size-Dependent Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061207 Authors: Truong Thi Tuong Vi Selvaraj Rajesh Kumar Yu-Tzu Huang Dave W. Chen Yu-Kuo Liu Shingjiang Jessie Lue A series of graphene oxide (GO) suspensions with different particle sizes (<100 nm, ~100 nm, ~1 µm and >1 µm) were successfully fabricated after 0, 30, 60 and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1205: Preparation of Monolayer Photonic Crystals from Ag Nanobulge-Deposited SiO2 Particles as Substrates for Reproducible SERS Assay of Trace Thiol Pesticide Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061205 Authors: Changbo Zhang Jiying Xu Yi Chen Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) greatly increases the detection sensitivity of Raman scattering. However, its real applications are often degraded due to the unrepeatable preparation of SERS substrates....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1206: Enhanced Supercapacitive Performance of Higher-Ordered 3D-Hierarchical Structures of Hydrothermally Obtained ZnCo2O4 for Energy Storage Devices Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061206 Authors: Rajasekhara Reddy Kumar Deva Prasad Raju Shanmugam Al-Ghurabi Asif The demand for eco-friendly renewable energy resources as energy storage and management devices is increased due to their high-power density and fast charge/discharge capacity....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1204: Recovery of Neodymium (III) from Aqueous Phase by Chitosan-Manganese-Ferrite Magnetic Beads Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061204 Authors: Sergio Valverde Durán Byron Lapo Miguel Meneses Ana María Sastre Neodymium is a key rare-earth element applied to modern devices. The purpose of this study is the development of a hybrid biomaterial based on chitosan (CS) and manganese ferrite (MF) for the recovery of Nd(III) ions from the aqueous phase....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1202: The Role of Additives in Warm Mix Asphalt Technology: An Insight into Their Mechanisms of Improving an Emerging Technology Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061202 Authors: Caputo Abe Loise Porto Calandra Angelico Oliviero Rossi The asphalt industry’s incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has increased since the 1990s due to growing concerns on environmental issues such as global warming and carbon footprint....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1201: Nanofluid Development Using Silver Nanoparticles and Organic-Luminescent Molecules for Solar-Thermal and Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061201 Authors: James Walshe Pauraic Mc Carron Conor McLoughlin Sarah McCormack John Doran George Amarandei Exploiting solar energy using photo-thermal (PT) and/or hybridised photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) systems can represent a viable alternative to the growing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1203: Recent Advances in Applications of Carbon Nanotubes for Desalination: A Review Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061203 Authors: Wang Chen Wang Ying Gao Xie As a sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient method, membranes are becoming a progressively vital technique to solve the problem of the scarcity of freshwater resources. With these critical advantages, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have great potential for membrane desalination...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1200: Latest Novelties on Plasmonic and Non-Plasmonic Nanomaterials for SERS Sensing Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061200 Authors: Grégory Barbillon An explosion in the production of substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has occurred using novel designs of plasmonic nanostructures (e.g., nanoparticle self-assembly), new plasmonic materials such as bimetallic nanomaterials (e.g., Au/Ag) and hybrid nanomaterials (e.g., metal/semiconductor),...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1199: Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Nanofluids for Direct Thermal Solar Absorption Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061199 Authors: Nguyen Trong Tam Nguyen Viet Phuong Phan Hong Khoi Phan Ngoc Minh Masoud Afrand Pham Van Trinh Bui Hung Thang Gaweł Żyła Patrice Estellé Recently, many scientists have been making remarkable efforts to enhance the efficiency of direct solar thermal absorption collectors that depends on working fluids. There...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1198: Unconventional Applications of Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061198 Authors: Tomas Polakovic Whitney Armstrong Goran Karapetrov Zein-Eddine Meziani Valentine Novosad Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are becoming a dominant technology in quantum optics and quantum communication, primarily because of their low timing jitter and capability to detect individual low-energy photons...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1196: Preconcentration and Detection of Gefitinib Anti-Cancer Drug Traces from Water and Human Plasma Samples by Means of Magnetic Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061196 Authors: Hadeer Borg Dániel Zámbó Heba Elmansi Heba M. Hashem Jenny Jehan Nasr Mohammed I. Walash Nadja C. Bigall Fathalla Belal Along of widespread application of anti-cancer drug Gefitinib (GEF), it appears in human body fluids as well as clinical wastewater....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1197: Seeded Growth Synthesis of Zirconia@Gold Particles in Aqueous Solution Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061197 Authors: Gregor Thomas Dahl Jan-Dominik Krueger Sebastian Döring Horst Weller Tobias Vossmeyer Metal-ceramic composite particles are of increasing interest due to their potential applications in photonic metamaterials as well as next-generation catalysts. The zirconia-gold system has received little attention due to the lack of...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1195: Functional Nanostructures for Sensors, Optoelectronic Devices, and Drug Delivery Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061195 Authors: Maria Angela Castriciano Nanoparticles and nanostructured materials represent an active area of research for their impact in many application fields [...]
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