Ag@ZnO porous nanoparticle wrapped by rGO for the effective CO2 electrochemical reduction

Zeolitic imidazolate framework-derived composites with SnO2 and ZnO phase components for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

“…S6†). 36 In the high-resolution images (Fig. 2), the lattice fringes with a lattice spacing of 0.34 nm and 0.26 nm match the (110) plane of SnO 2 and the (002) plane of ZnO, respectively.…”

Dual Stimuli-Responsive Multifunctional Silicon Nanocarriers for Specifically Targeting Mitochondria in Human Cancer Cells

“…Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 858 2 of 19 Several potential mitochondrial delivery systems have been developed using specific biochemical agents such as triphenylphosphonium (TPP), mitochondria penetrating peptides (MPPs), and mitochondria targeting signal peptides (MTS) [7]. Mitochondria-targeting nanoparticles (NPs) should be developed to deliver the therapeutic agents to mitochondria without significant drug resistance.…”

“…Among current materials such as silica [8,9], metal organic frameworks [10][11][12][13][14][15], composites [16][17][18][19], and metal compounds [20][21][22], mesoporous silicon NPs have received considerable attention in the field of biomedical drug delivery due to their outstanding properties such as in vitro biocompatibility, in vivo biodegradability, and high photothermal activity [23,24]. A complete magnesiothermic reduction of mesoporous silica NPs (MSN) has provided a platform for the rational design of multifunctional silicon nanostructures for controlled and targeted delivery of therapeutic agents [25,26].…”

“…The smart drug delivery systems (DDS) should possess cancer cell organelle-targeting specificity, bio-imaging, and therapeutic activity to achieve excellent anticancer effects on the apoptotic death of cancer cells [33]. As one of the smart DDS materials, graphene oxide (GO) has multiple hydrophilic groups that can facilitate drug adsorption on its surface and edges via electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, and π-π stacking interactions [19,34,35]. The hydrophilic groups (e.g., COOH and OH) of GO improve the solubility in the aqueous phase and π conjugations contribute to the strong NIR absorption of GO [36][37][38].…”

Efficient photoreduction of hexavalent uranium over defective ZnO nanoparticles by oxygen defect engineering

“…34 Lei and co-workers designed an efficient semiconductor photocatalyst, WO 2.78 , through oxygen vacancy engineering, which improved the efficiency of removal/reduction of U(VI) and the degradation of organic matter in wastewater. 35 As a harmless, non-toxic, and reusable green environmentally friendly material, ZnO is widely used in photocatalytic water decomposition [36][37][38][39][40][41] and water pollution treatment. [42][43][44] In fact, the conduction band position of pure ZnO is at −0.31 eV, 45 which is more negative than the reduction potentials of UO 2 2+ /U 4+ (0.32 eV vs. NHE) and UO 2 2+ / UO 2 (0.41 eV vs. NHE).…”