Chemical and biophysical signatures of the protein corona in nanomedicine

J Ren, N Andrikopoulos, K Velonia… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An inconvenient hurdle in the practice of nanomedicine is the protein corona, a spontaneous
collection of biomolecular species by nanoparticles in living systems. The protein corona is …

Role of nanomaterials as adsorbents in heavy metal ion removal from waste water: A review

S Wadhawan, A Jain, J Nayyar, SK Mehta - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review presents a holistic analysis of the synthesis and efficacy of nanosorbents
towards the waste water purification by the removal of selected heavy metal ions, with …

Hazardous heavy metals contamination of vegetables and food chain: Role of sustainable remediation approaches-A review

S Kumar, S Prasad, KK Yadav, M Shrivastava… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …

Strong surface hydration and salt resistant mechanism of a new nonfouling zwitterionic polymer based on protein stabilizer TMAO

H Huang, C Zhang, R Crisci, T Lu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Zwitterionic polymers exhibit excellent nonfouling performance due to their strong surface
hydrations. However, salt molecules may severely reduce the surface hydrations of typical …

Nanoparticle decoration with surfactants: Molecular interactions, assembly, and applications

H Heinz, C Pramanik, O Heinz, Y Ding, RK Mishra… - Surface Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanostructures of diverse chemical nature are used as biomarkers, therapeutics, catalysts,
and structural reinforcements. The decoration with surfactants has a long history and is …

Thermodynamically consistent force fields for the assembly of inorganic, organic, and biological nanostructures: the INTERFACE force field

H Heinz, TJ Lin, R Kishore Mishra, FS Emami - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
The complexity of the molecular recognition and assembly of biotic–abiotic interfaces on a
scale of 1 to 1000 nm can be understood more effectively using simulation tools along with …

Interactions between metal oxides and biomolecules: from fundamental understanding to applications

MJ Limo, A Sola-Rabada, E Boix, V Thota… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

Function of nanomaterials in removing heavy metals for water and wastewater remediation: A review

S Ethaib, S Al-Qutaifia, N Al-Ansari, SL Zubaidi - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although heavy metals are typically found in trace levels in natural waterways, most of them
are hazardous to human health and the environment, even at extremely low concentrations …

Silica surface features and their role in the adsorption of biomolecules: computational modeling and experiments

A Rimola, D Costa, M Sodupe, JF Lambert… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
There are many reasons to report on silica interacting with biomolecules. The most obvious
one is that on the Earth's crust, oxygen and silicon are the most abundant atomic species …

Force field and a surface model database for silica to simulate interfacial properties in atomic resolution

FS Emami, V Puddu, RJ Berry, V Varshney… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Silica nanostructures find applications in drug delivery, catalysis, and composites, however,
understanding of the surface chemistry, aqueous interfaces, and biomolecule recognition …