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Role of RGO support and irradiation source on the photocatalytic activity of CdS–ZnO semiconductor nanostructures

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Rahul Sharma,
  • Vipul Sharma,
  • Gurunarayanan Harith,
  • Vaidyanathan Sivakumar and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1684–1697, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.161

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  • degradation of MO under irradiation from natural sun light. Comparison of photocatalytic activities of CdS–ZnO–RGO based nanocomposites for degradation of pollutants, including methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (Rh B) and MO. Acknowledgements We are thankful to Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC), IIT
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Published 11 Nov 2016

Silica micro/nanospheres for theranostics: from bimodal MRI and fluorescent imaging probes to cancer therapy

  • Shanka Walia and
  • Amitabha Acharya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 546–558, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.57

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  • Lanthanide complex as magnetic and organic dyes as fluorescent probe Organic dyes are the most common fluorophores and have been studied for long time. The most common fluorophores include fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and rhodamine B (RhB). Kačenka et al. [17] reported the synthesis of hybrid NPs
  • magnetically active silica-encapsulated manganese oxide nanoparticles. In addition, rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RBITC) and folic acid (FA) were conjugated on the NP surface. These NPs showed absorption peaks at ca. 570 and 280 nm, which correspond to RBITC and FA, respectively. The MRI studies suggested that
  • silica-encapsulated hydrophobic Mn3O4 NPs in which the silica surface was further modified by fluorescent rhodamine B and aptamer (AS411) as a targeting ligand. The in vitro confocal imaging and in vivo MRI studies showed that NPs specifically targeted the cancer cells. The histopathological and
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Published 24 Feb 2015

Multifunctional layered magnetic composites

  • Maria Siglreitmeier,
  • Baohu Wu,
  • Tina Kollmann,
  • Martin Neubauer,
  • Gergely Nagy,
  • Dietmar Schwahn,
  • Vitaliy Pipich,
  • Damien Faivre,
  • Dirk Zahn,
  • Andreas Fery and
  • Helmut Cölfen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 134–148, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.13

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  • of the insoluble proteins with Coomassie blue, whereas the space in between the layers does not show any significant stain. The same observation can be made by fluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy (Figure 3b) for which the thin cuts have been stained with rhodamine B ITC. Also in these
  • % Coomassie blue G-250 (Sigma-Aldrich) at room temperature for 2 h. After washing with acetic acid the cuts were carefully washed three times with destaining solution (30% ethanol/60% water/10% acetic acid). Rhodamine B ITC staining Microtome cuts of embedded demineralized nacre matrix were incubated at 60 °C
  • with 0.1 wt % rhodamine B ITC (Sigma-Aldrich) in water for 3 h. After washing with water the cuts were accurately washed with acidified ethanol for three times. In situ synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles In situ mineralization of magnetite nanoparticles inside the gelatin hydrogel chitin composite
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Published 12 Jan 2015

Characterization and photocatalytic study of tantalum oxide nanoparticles prepared by the hydrolysis of tantalum oxo-ethoxide Ta83-O)2(μ-O)8(μ-OEt)6(OEt)14

  • Subia Ambreen,
  • N D Pandey,
  • Peter Mayer and
  • Ashutosh Pandey

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1082–1090, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.121

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  • the organic dye rhodamine B. Keywords: bandgap; tantalum-oxo-ethoxide; Tauc plot; tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5); Introduction Metal alkoxides, being excellent precursors in the sol–gel process for preparation of metal oxides have attained huge attention of researchers. Several attempts have been made
  • (1) was isolated. When 1 was subjected to further hydrolysis it yielded nanoparticles of tantalum oxide after calcination at 750 °C for four hours. The photocatalytic activity of Ta2O5 nanoparticles was studied over the degradation of organic dye rhodamine B (RhB). Results and Discussion Tantalum
  • volume of pores with diameter less than 32 Å at P/P0 = 0.400214547 was estimated to be 0.022 cm³/g (Figure 9 and Figure 10). Photocatalytic experiments The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under UV radiation for different amounts of Ta2O5. In each experiment
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Published 18 Jul 2014

Nanostructure sensitization of transition metal oxides for visible-light photocatalysis

  • Hongjun Chen and
  • Lianzhou Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 696–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.82

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  • as photosensitizers for transition metal oxides. Note that various organic dyes such as rhodamine B, porphyrins, and phthalocyanines have been employed as photosensitizers [11][12][13][14] and these dyes also play an important role in the photosensitization of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [15
  • benzene and methanol under visible light at room temperature [128]. The photocatalytic activities of ZnO/carbon nanodots are also reported to degrade aqueous solutions of rhodamine B under visible light irradiation [129]. Similarly, other carbon nanodots based wide-bandgap transition metal oxides, such as
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Published 23 May 2014

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Ag–ZnO hybrid plasmonic nanostructures prepared by a facile wet chemical method

  • Sini Kuriakose,
  • Vandana Choudhary,
  • Biswarup Satpati and
  • Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 639–650, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.75

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  • photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) and showed that the degradation of RhB over pure Ag nanowires was negligible as compared to ZnO, the degradation efficiency of which further was increased due to the decoration with Ag nanoparticles. Deng et al. [19] fabricated Ag nanoparticles decorated ZnO
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Published 15 May 2014

Mesoporous cerium oxide nanospheres for the visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of dyes

  • Subas K. Muduli,
  • Songling Wang,
  • Shi Chen,
  • Chin Fan Ng,
  • Cheng Hon Alfred Huan,
  • Tze Chien Sum and
  • Han Sen Soo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 517–523, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.60

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  • nanospheres, which is a mixed phase of Ce7O12 and CeO2, and can absorb visible light to photocatalytically degrade dyes such as rhodamine B (RhB). The materials characterization of the cerium oxide nanospheres and some mechanistic insights into the photocatalytic process are presented. Findings
  • the cerium oxide sample has been probed by the photodegradation of the suspected carcinogenic dye rhodamine B (RhB). A colloidal mixture of cerium oxide and RhB has been stirred and irradiated with AM 1.5 solar intensity light after equilibration in the dark for 30 min. A standard glass filter has
  • the course of the 6 h irradiation (see Supporting Information File 1). These included N-hydroxylated desethyl rhodamine B, phthalic acid, and even ring-opened products [6]. The composition of the degradation products alludes to oxidative decomposition by reactive oxygen species, such as hydroxyl
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Published 24 Apr 2014

Continuous parallel ESI-MS analysis of reactions carried out in a bespoke 3D printed device

  • Jennifer S. Mathieson,
  • Mali H. Rosnes,
  • Victor Sans,
  • Philip J. Kitson and
  • Leroy Cronin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 285–291, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.31

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  • glassware/millifluidic techniques. On the left is a schematic presentation of the STL file, whilst on the right is the device with screw fittings and connected with 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) tubing. Methylene blue and rhodamine B are being pumped through the device, which allows the inner-tube path to be rendered
  • visible. A section consisting of only methylene blue can be seen at the front, followed by a stronger purple band, which is obtained from the successful mixing of rhodamine B and methylene blue. Top: A schematic overview of the device setup. The three inlets were each connected to a syringe pump, which
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Mesoporous MgTa2O6 thin films with enhanced photocatalytic activity: On the interplay between crystallinity and mesostructure

  • Jin-Ming Wu,
  • Igor Djerdj,
  • Till von Graberg and
  • Bernd M. Smarsly

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 123–133, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.13

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  • of the mesoporous films to assist the photodegradation of rhodamine B in water was studied. As a result, two maxima in the photocatalytic activity were identified in the calcination temperature range of 550–850 °C, peaking at 700 °C and 790 °C, and the origin of this was investigated by using
  • uptake of nitrogen, and no reasonable isotherm was obtained. Photocatalytic activity evaluation In the absence of the oxide film, the UV irradiation induced no remarkable degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) in water. When the MgTa2O6 film was exposed to radiation, RhB underwent gradual decomposition
  • enhanced ability to assist photodegradation of rhodamine B in water under UV irradiation. The optimal photocatalytic activity, when evaluated in terms of turnover frequency, was about four times that of previously reported anatase films with ordered mesopores [15] and even exceeded the photocatalytic
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Published 13 Feb 2012

Surface functionalization of aluminosilicate nanotubes with organic molecules

  • Wei Ma,
  • Weng On Yah,
  • Hideyuki Otsuka and
  • Atsushi Takahara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 82–100, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.10

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  • can still be observed. This result is consistent with the explanation for the SFM observation. Terthiophene/imogolite hybrid Grafting of functionalized molecules (porphyrins, phtalocyanines, viologens, rhodamine B, etc.) onto metal-oxide surfaces of SiO2, TiO2, ITO, WO3, and ZrO2 can induce the
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