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Nanotechnology and Agroecosystem

CHINNAMUTHU C.R, Murugesa Boopathi P. • Madras Agricultural Journal (2009)

Nanotechnology is working with the smallest possible particles which raise hopes for improving agricultural productivity through encountering problems unsolved conventionally. Improvement of crops in agriculture is a continuous process. Bre...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/maj.10.100436

Nanotechnology and the environment: A European perspective

D.G. Rickerby, Mark Morrison • Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (2006)

The potential positive and negative effects of nanotechnology on the environment are discussed. Advances in nanotechnology may be able to provide more sensitive detection systems for air and water quality monitoring, allowing the simultaneo...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stam.2006.10.002

Nanotechnology for Plant Disease Management

Elizabeth A. Worrall, Aflaq Hamid, Karishma T. Mody, Neena Mitter et al. • Agronomy (2018)

Each year, 20%–40% of crops are lost due to plant pests and pathogens. Existing plant disease management relies predominantly on toxic pesticides that are potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Nanotechnology can offer advantage...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8120285

siRNA Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) in Management of Diseases

Tutu Kalita, Saba Abbasi Dezfouli, Lalit M. Pandey, Hasan Uludag • Pharmaceutics (2022)

RNAi (RNA interference)-based technology is emerging as a versatile tool which has been widely utilized in the treatment of various diseases. siRNA can alter gene expression by binding to the target mRNA and thereby inhibiting its translati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112520

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

Synergistic heterojunction effects in Ag3PO4/SnO2 nanocomposites: a photocatalytic study on isoproturon degradation

Rishi Ram, Bhawna, Sanjeev Kumar, Akanksha Gupta et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2025)

IntroductionPesticides such as isoproturon are widely employed and represent a considerable environmental concern. The development of sustainable and efficient degrading techniques is crucial. Photocatalytic degradation employing semiconduc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1458965

A Strategic Approach for Carbon Neutrality by Solar CO2 Reduction Into Liquid Fuels

Amol U. Pawar, Ignasia H. Mahardika, Young S. Son, Ramesh P. Sivasankaran et al. • Carbon Energy (2025)

ABSTRACT Achieving carbon neutrality is urgent due to the critical issue of climate change. To reach this goal, the development of new, breakthrough technologies is necessary and urgent. One such technology involves efficient carbon capture...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/cey2.70100

Nanotechnology

Vincent W. Hoyt, Eileen Mason • ACS Chemical Health & Safety (2007)

Although research in nanotechnology continues apace, relatively little is known about the subsequent health effects of exposure to nanoparticles. Major research efforts are underway both in the US and abroad to characterize the risks of suc...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2007.07.015

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

Development of nanotechnologies

Ann P. Dowling • Materials Today (2004)

This article summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering Report on Nanotechnology1. The report is enthusiastic about the great potential benefits of nanotechnologies. Uncertainties assoc...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1369-7021(04)00628-5

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

Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia

Anne-Marie Bacon, Nicolas Bourgon, Elise Dufour, Fabrice Demeter et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Secure environmental contexts are crucial for hominin interpretation and comparison. The discovery of a Denisovan individual and associated fauna at Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra) Cave, Laos, dating back to 164–131 ka, allows for environmen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2

Amazonian Archaeology

Michael Heckenberger, Eduardo Góes Neves • Annual Review of Anthropology (2009)

Amazonian archaeology has made major advances in recent decades, particularly in understanding coupled human environmental systems. Like other tropical forest regions, prehistoric social formations were long portrayed as small-scale, disper...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164310

Archaeology of Ancient Australia

Peter Dixon Hiscock • Routledge eBooks (2007)

This book is an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century AD. It is the only up-to-date textbook on the subject and is designed for undergraduate courses, based on the author's considerabl...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203448359

Population Dynamics and Socio-ecological Trajectories Explain the Emergence of Farming in Late Neolithic Southeast Norway

Steinar Solheim • Journal of Neolithic Archaeology (2024)

This paper examines the emergence of farming in Late Neolithic Southeast Norway. A summed probability distribution of radiocarbon dates is used to infer population dynamics and together with a chronological model using dated samples from po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12766/jna.2024.6