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Nanotechnology: an introduction

• Choice Reviews Online (2012)

This book provides an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and structured around a robust anatomy of the subject. The newcomer to nanotechnology, who may well have a strong back...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.49-6246

Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Nanomodified Cement-Based Materials

Spyridoula G. Farmaki, Dimitrios A. Exarchos, Vasileios Dracopoulos, Anastasios Gkotzamanis et al. • Applied Mechanics (2026)

Recent advances in nanotechnology have highlighted the transformative potential of carbon-based nanomaterials, such as carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, in cementitious systems. These materials have shown a remarkable abili...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/applmech7010013

Multilevel Pulse Position Modulation With Level Trimming for Electromagnetic Nanocommunications in the Terahertz Band

Pankaj Singh, Sung-Yoon Jung • IEEE Access (2022)

Nanomachines are submicrometer-scale devices led by nanotechnology that can perform simple sensing, local actuation, limited data processing, storage, and communication tasks in the terahertz (THz) band, that is, from $\mathrm {0.1~}$ - $...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204044

Proteoliposomes – a system to study membrane proteins under buffer gradients by cryo-EM

Sejwal Kushal, Chami Mohamed, Baumgartner Paul, Kowal Julia et al. • Nanotechnology Reviews (2017)

Membrane proteins are vital to life and major therapeutic targets. Yet, understanding how they function is limited by a lack of structural information. In biological cells, membrane proteins reside in lipidic membranes and typically experie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2016-0081

Light Absorption and Emission by Defects in Doped Nickel Oxide

Robert Karsthof, Ymir Kalmann Frodason, Augustinas Galeckas, Philip Michael Weiser et al. • Advanced Photonics Research (2022)

Nickel oxide is a versatile p‐type semiconducting oxide with many applications in optoelectronic devices, but high doping concentrations are often required to achieve necessary electrical conductivity. In contrast to many other transparent ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202200138

Non-polymeric solvents as membrane additives for tailoring membrane structure and performance

N. Phillip, A. A. Muleja, M. M. Motsa, B. B. Mamba et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (2026)

Membranes are widely applied in water and wastewater treatment in the removal of a wide range of organic, inorganic, and biological pollutants. Despite their application, polyethersulfone (PES)‐based membranes are limited due to their hydro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvc.2026.1949697

Wearable armband with a floating mobile exploratory electrode at fingertip for on-demand touch-and-measure multilead electrocardiography

Saygun Guler, Emre Aslanger, Murat Kaya Yapici • Wearable Technologies (2025)

Spurred by the global pandemic, research in health monitoring has pivoted towards the development of smart garments, enabling long-term tracking of individuals’ cardiovascular health by continuously monitoring the electrocardiogram (ECG) an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/wtc.2025.11

Comparative Study of Field-Effect Transistors Based on Graphene Oxide and CVD Graphene in Highly Sensitive NT-proBNP Aptasensors

Anastasiia Kudriavtseva, Stefan Jarić, Nikita Nekrasov, Alexey V. Orlov et al. • Biosensors (2024)

Graphene-based materials are actively being investigated as sensing elements for the detection of different analytes. Both graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and graphene oxide (GO) produced by the modified Hummers’ method ar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bios14050215

High-speed nonlinear focus-induced photoresponse in amorphous silicon photodetectors for ultrasensitive 3D imaging applications

Andreas Bablich, Maurice Müller, Paul Kienitz, Rainer Bornemann et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract A large and growing number of applications benefit from simple, fast and highly sensitive 3D imaging sensors. The Focus-Induced Photoresponse (FIP) can achieve 3D sensing functionalities by simply evaluating the irradiance dependen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14330-7

Nanotechnology in Textiles

Ali K. Yetisen, Hang Qu, Amir Manbachi, Haider Butt et al. • ACS Nano (2016)

Increasing customer demand for durable and functional apparel manufactured in a sustainable manner has created an opportunity for nanomaterials to be integrated into textile substrates. Nanomoieties can induce stain repellence, wrinkle-free...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b08176

Innovations in nanotechnology for water treatment

Ilka Gehrke, Andreas Geiser, Annette Somborn • Nanotechnology Science and Applications (2015)

Important challenges in the global water situation, mainly resulting from worldwide population growth and climate change, require novel innovative water technologies in order to ensure a supply of drinking water and reduce global water poll...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.2147/nsa.s43773 PMC: 4294021

Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology: National Nanotechnology Initiative Funding, 2000−2004

Katherine Guzmán, Margaret Taylor, Jillian F. Banfield • Environmental Science & Technology (2006)

By considering risk in the early stages of a technology, costs of identifying important health and environmental impacts after a technology has widely diffused can be avoided. Nanotechnology, involving materials and objects less than 100 nm...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es0515708

Excess protein enabled dog domestication during severe Ice Age winters

Maria Lahtinen, David Clinnick, Kristiina Mannermaa, J. Sakari Salonen et al. • Scientific Reports (2021)

Abstract Dogs (Canis familiaris) are the first animals to be domesticated by humans and the only ones domesticated by mobile hunter-gatherers. Wolves and humans were both persistent, pack hunters of large prey. They were species competing o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78214-4

Characterization of Ancient Tripitaka

Y. X. Gong, L. Geng, D. C. Gong • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2015)

Tripitaka is the world’s most comprehensive version of Buddhist sutra. There are limited numbers of Tripitaka currently preserved, most of them present various patterns of degradation. As little is known about the materials and crafts used...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W7-159-2015

The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis

Barbara L. Voss • University of California Press eBooks (2008)

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Ethnogenesis and the Archaeology of Identity I. HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS 2. Spanish-Colonial San Francisco 3. From Casta to Californio, I: Who Lived at El Pr...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520931954

A Multi-Technique Study of 49 Gold <i>Solidi</i> from the Late Antique Period (Late 4th–Mid 6th Century AD)

Giovanna Marussi, Matteo Crosera, Stefano Fornasaro, Elena Pavoni et al. • Heritage (2026)

This study investigates 49 gold solidi issued between the 4th and 5th century AD to determine their chemical composition. The coins were first catalogued by recording mass, diameter, and thickness. All specimens underwent non-destructive µ-...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/heritage9010038