Hussain Ahmed

Nano-Engineering UV Protective Agents to Enhance Properties

A recent study published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials tackles this issue by fabricating novel zinc oxide/titanium dioxide (ZnO/TiO2) multi-core shell nanoparticles with remarkable acid resistance and UV protection properties.

What Threat Do Nanoplastics Pose to Terrestrial Plants?

A recent study published in the journal ACS Nano tackles this problem by doing a meta-analysis to determine the overall severity of nanoplastic effects on terrestrial plants.

Opening up the Potential of Carbon Dots in Tumor Therapy

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications addresses this problem by describing novel NIR-emitting sonosensitizers for sonodynamic tumor therapy using NIR phosphorescent carbon dots (CDs) with a narrow bandgap and long-lived activated triplet modes.

Lightweight hBN Nanoporous Paint with Excellent Cooling Abilities

A recent study published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science addresses this issue by fabricating a lightweight and ultrawhite nanoporous paint using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) for daytime radiative cooling applications.

Easy Method to Make Mesoporous Graphene for Energy Storage Systems

A recent study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces proposes a simple strategy for the fabrication of mesoporous graphene with applications in high-performance energy storage systems such as electric double-layer supercapacitors (EDLCs).

Buckling Instability of High-Strength Au Nanowires Applied to Electrochemical Probing

A pre-proof paper from the journal iScience focuses on utilizing the buckling instability of high-strength Au nanowires for an important engineering application called electrochemical probing.

Study Highlights Impacts of Contaminants on Two-Dimensional Materials

Rapid Synthesis of Sodium Nanocomposite for Supercapacitors and Batteries

Sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors could be used in many portable and large-scale energy storage applications as alternatives to lithium-ion batteries because of their low cost and non-toxicity.

Nanotoxicology of Graphene Oxide Requires Further Research Interest

A recent study published in the journal ACS Omega provides an overview of the various graphene oxide production methods, characterization methodologies, and applications.

Feedback-Assisted Tuning of Low-Cost Electromechanical Resonators Using ZnO Nanowires

A recent study published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials tackles this issue by establishing a technique for feedback-assisted tuning of low-cost electromechanical resonators using ZnO nanowire.