Researchers have discovered that a technique designed to coat nickel nanoparticles with silica shells actually fragments the material -- creating a small core of oxidized nickel surrounded by ...

Challenges of Conventional Nanoparticle Synthesis. Nanoparticles have become a significant component of advancing industries from technology to medicine and the environment. However, the synthesis of ...

Nickel nanoparticles may contribute to lung cancer Date: August 23, 2011 Source: Brown University Summary: Lab experiments find that nickel particles with diameters billionths of a meter wide can ...

Nanoparticles have made invaluable contribution to the field of pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, electronics and optics. This article will deal with the properties and applications of nickel zinc iron ...

(a) (b) Figure 1. Progress of: (a) conversion and (b) particle size distribution as a function of time for nickel nanoparticle synthesis. ([NaBH 4] / [Ni 2+] = 0.125). Fabrication of Nickel Thick ...

Metal oxide nanoparticles are a class of nanomaterials composed of metal cations bonded to oxygen anions, with particle sizes ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers.These nanoparticles exhibit unique ...

Nanoparticles synthesized by nanoprecipitation can be used as contrast agents for various imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and fluorescence ...