A team of horticulturists from Nankai University in China has discovered a surprising solution: zinc oxide nanoparticles. They say that spraying a zinc oxide nanoparticle solution on rice plants ...

In a recent article published in Scientific Reports, researchers explored the green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using the extract of Padina pavonica, a brown algae. They ...

Metal oxide nanoparticles, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and cerium oxide (CeO2), are widely used as catalysts for various chemical reactions, including photocatalysis, water ...

Photocatalytic nanoparticles, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO), are used for the degradation of organic pollutants and the disinfection of water through the generation of reactive ...

Titania nanoparticles damage enveloped viruses by directly binding with membrane phospholipids – a previously unknown mode of antiviral action ...

and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. They also developed a prediction model. “In this investigation, Al2 O3 and ZnO are incorporated in different concentrations with PCM to enhance its thermal ...

A zinc oxide nanoparticle has a diameter of 32 nm. The diameter of a zinc atom is 0.28 nm. Estimate how many times larger the nanoparticle is compared to a zinc atom. A cube-shaped nanoparticle ...

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a safety evaluation technology for nanoparticles* ...

A recent project conducted by in-house researchers at the UK’s national synchrotron facility on its Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline, looked at how microplastics waste may interact with zinc oxide ...