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Nanomaterials

Updated July 22, 2021 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

This collection showcases a range of published articles from the breadth of the PLOS journals on nanomaterials, featuring the fabrication and application of nanosized materials and structures. As the selection shows, this field is very broad, spanning inorganic, organic, soft, bio and composite materials with topics which touch upon large scale production, physical and mechanical properties, vaccines, living cells and more.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0246256 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Cell behavior on silica-hydroxyapatite coaxial composite
May 11, 2021 Jesús Alberto Garibay-Alvarado, Ericka Berenice Herrera-Ríos, Claudia Lucía Vargas-Requena, Álvaro de Jesús Ruíz-Baltazar, Simón Yobanny Reyes-López

Progress in the manufacture of scaffolds in tissue engineering lies in the successful combination of materials such as bioceramics having…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0242547 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Asymmetry of nanoparticle inheritance upon cell division: Effect on the coefficient of variation
November 17, 2020 Tim Lijster, Christoffer Åberg

Several previous studies have shown that when a cell that has taken up nanoparticles divides, the nanoparticles are inherited by the two…
PLOS ONE Detection of large extracellular silver nanoparticle rings observed during mitosis using darkfield microscopy
December 1, 2020 Robert M. Zucker, Jayna Ortenzio, Laura L. Degn, William K. Boyes

During studies on the absorption and interactions between silver nanoparticles and mammalian cells grown in vitro it was observed that…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0236599 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Suspended multiwalled, acid-functionalized carbon nanotubes promote aggregation of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
July 28, 2020 Kristin Kovach, Indu Venu Sabaraya, Parth Patel, Mary Jo Kirisits, Navid B. Saleh, Vernita D. Gordon

The increasing prevalence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as components of new functional materials has the unintended consequence of causing…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0241829 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Mechanical and structural properties of major ampullate silk from spiders fed carbon nanomaterials
November 9, 2020 Sean P. Kelly, Kun-Ping Huang, Chen-Pan Liao, Riza Ariyani Nur Khasanah, Forest Shih-Sen Chien, Jwu-Sheng Hu, Chung-Lin Wu, I-Min Tso

The dragline silk of spiders is of particular interest to science due to its unique properties that make it an exceptional biomaterial…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0240510 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE ZnO and TiO₂ nanoparticles alter the ability of Bacillus subtilis to fight against a stress
October 12, 2020 Elise Eymard-Vernain, Sylvie Luche, Thierry Rabilloud, Cécile Lelong

Due to the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles, the use of nanomaterials increases over time in industrial and medical processes.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0217483 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Impact of particle size, oxidation state and capping agent of different cerium dioxide nanoparticles on the phosphate-induced transformations at different pH and concentration
June 7, 2019 Isabella Römer, Sophie Marie Briffa, Yadira Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, Dimitri Hapiuk, Vanessa Trouillet, Richard E. Palmer, Eugenia Valsami-Jones

The potential hazard posed by nanomaterials can be significantly influenced by transformations which these materials undergo during their…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0213852 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Nano-mediated delivery of double-stranded RNA for gene therapy of glioblastoma multiforme
March 19, 2019 Małgorzata Grabowska, Bartosz F. Grześkowiak, Kosma Szutkowski, Dariusz Wawrzyniak, Paweł Głodowicz, Jan Barciszewski, Stefan Jurga, Katarzyna Rolle, Radosław Mrówczyński

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of malignant gliomas, characterized by genetic instability, intratumoral…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0200918 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Printable nanocomposites of polymers and silver nanoparticles for antibacterial devices produced by DoD technology
July 19, 2018 Nicole Barrera, Lizeth Guerrero, Alexis Debut, Petrus Santa-Cruz

Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) are known for their efficient bactericidal activity and are widely used in industry. This study aims to…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0195859 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Linear self-assembly and grafting of gold nanorods into arrayed micrometer-long nanowires on a silicon wafer via a combined top-down/bottom-up approach
April 17, 2018 Elena Lestini, Codrin Andrei, Dominic Zerulla

Macroscopically long wire-like arrangements of gold nanoparticles were obtained by controlled evaporation and partial coalescence of an…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0180636 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Green and facile approach for enhancing the inherent magnetic properties of carbon nanotubes for water treatment applications
July 14, 2017 Mohamed Ateia, Christian Koch, Stanislav Jelavić, Ann Hirt, Jonathan Quinson, Chihiro Yoshimura, Matthew Johnson

Current methods for preparing magnetic composites with carbon nanotubes (MCNT) commonly include extensive use of treatment with strong…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0178437 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Metabolomic and proteomic investigations of impacts of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on Escherichia coli
June 1, 2017 Mariane Planchon, Thibaut Léger, Olivier Spalla, Gaspard Huber, Roselyne Ferrari

In a previous study, it was demonstrated that the toxic impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on Escherichia coli starts at 10 ppm and…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0188352 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Enhanced cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation in electrospun PLGA/hydroxyapatite nanofibre scaffolds incorporated with graphene oxide
November 29, 2017 Chuan Fu, Haotian Bai, Jiaqi Zhu, Zhihao Niu, Yu Wang, Jianan Li, Xiaoyu Yang, Yunshen Bai

One of the goals of bone tissue engineering is to mimic native ECM in architecture and function, creating scaffolds with excellent…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0199438 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Exosome purification based on PEG-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles
June 22, 2018 Ming Chang, Yaw-Jen Chang, Pei Yu Chao, Qing Yu

Cancer cells secrete many exosomes, which facilitate metastasis and the later growth of cancer. For early cancer diagnosis, the detection…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0202274 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Effects of carbon-based nanomaterials on seed germination, biomass accumulation and salt stress response of bioenergy crops
August 28, 2018 Kamal Pandey, Mohamed H. Lahiani, Victoria K. Hicks, M. Keith Hudson, Micah J. Green, Mariya Khodakovskaya

Bioenergy crops are an attractive option for use in energy production. A good plant candidate for bioenergy applications should produce a…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0217072 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Multifunctional graphene oxide/iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic targeted drug delivery dual magnetic resonance/fluorescence imaging and cancer sensing
June 6, 2019 Roberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Elizabeth Campbell, Anton Naumov

Graphene Oxide (GO) has recently attracted substantial attention in biomedical field as an effective platform for biological sensing,…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0190214 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Novel magnetic multicore nanoparticles designed for MPI and other biomedical applications: From synthesis to first in vivo studies
January 4, 2018 Harald Kratz, Matthias Taupitz, Angela Ariza de Schellenberger, Olaf Kosch, Dietmar Eberbeck, Susanne Wagner, Lutz Trahms, Bernd Hamm, Jörg Schnorr

Synthesis of novel magnetic multicore particles (MCP) in the nano range, involves alkaline precipitation of iron(II) chloride in the…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0183487 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Nanofibrillar cellulose-alginate hydrogel coated surgical sutures as cell-carrier systems
August 22, 2017 Patrick Laurén, Petter Somersalo, Irina Pitkänen, Yan-Ru Lou, Arto Urtti, Jouni Partanen, Jukka Seppälä, Mari Madetoja, Timo Laaksonen, Antti Mäkitie, Marjo Yliperttula

Hydrogel nanomaterials, especially those that are of non-human and non-animal origins, have great potential in biomedical and…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0185324 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Antibacterial effects of carbon dots in combination with other antimicrobial reagents
September 21, 2017 Xiuli Dong, Mohamad Al Awak, Nicholas Tomlinson, Yongan Tang, Ya-Ping Sun, Liju Yang

This study was designed to investigate the antimicrobial effects of CDots in combination with other antimicrobial reagents, including…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0183705 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE 2D Ti₃C₂T_x (MXene)-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties
August 30, 2017 Patrik Sobolčiak, Adnan Ali, Mohammad K. Hassan, Mohamed I. Helal, Aisha Tanvir, Anton Popelka, Mariam A. Al-Maadeed, Igor Krupa, Khaled A. Mahmoud

Novel 2D Ti3C2Tx (MXene)-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers have been successfully fabricated by an electrospinning technique.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0224904 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Enhancement of antibiotics antimicrobial activity due to the silver nanoparticles impact on the cell membrane
November 8, 2019 R. Vazquez-Muñoz, A. Meza-Villezcas, P. G. J. Fournier, E. Soria-Castro, K. Juarez-Moreno, A. L. Gallego-Hernández, N. Bogdanchikova, R. Vazquez-Duhalt, A. Huerta-Saquero

The ability of microorganisms to generate resistance outcompetes with the generation of new and efficient antibiotics; therefore, it is…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0181735 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Difficulties and flaws in performing accurate determinations of zeta potentials of metal nanoparticles in complex solutions—Four case studies
July 27, 2017 Sara Skoglund, Jonas Hedberg, Elena Yunda, Anna Godymchuk, Eva Blomberg, Inger Odnevall Wallinder

The zeta potential (ZP) is a parameter commonly used to characterize metal nanoparticles (NPs) in solution. Such determinations are for…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0210817 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Open-source automated chemical vapor deposition system for the production of two- dimensional nanomaterials
January 16, 2019 Lizandra Williams- Godwin, Dale Brown, Richard Livingston, Tyler Webb, Lynn Karriem, Elton Graugnard, David Estrada

The study of two- dimensional (2D) materials is a rapidly growing area within nanomaterials research. However, the high equipment costs,…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0178202 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Synthesis of a novel glucose capped gold nanoparticle as a better theranostic candidate
June 5, 2017 Saritha Suvarna, Ujjal Das, Sunil KC, Snehasis Mishra, Mathummal Sudarshan, Krishna Das Saha, Sanjit Dey, Anindita Chakraborty, Y. Narayana

Gold nanoparticles are predominantly used in diagnostics, therapeutics and biomedical applications. The present study has been designed to…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0192093 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE A comparison of methods to assess the antimicrobial activity of nanoparticle combinations on bacterial cells
February 1, 2018 Claire Bankier, Yuen Cheong, Suntharavathanan Mahalingam, Mohan Edirisinghe, Guogang Ren, Elaine Cloutman-Green, Lena Ciric

Background: Bacterial cell quantification after exposure to antimicrobial compounds varies widely throughout industry and healthcare.…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0233844 CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE Adaptive methodology to determine hydrophobicity of nanomaterials in situ
June 3, 2020 Lauren E. Crandon, Kylie M. Boenisch, Bryan J. Harper, Stacey L. Harper

The hydrophobicity of nanoparticles (NPs) is a key property determining environmental fate, biological partitioning and toxicity. However,…
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PLOS ONE Automated Defect and Correlation Length Analysis of Block Copolymer Thin Film Nanopatterns
July 24, 2015 Jeffrey N. Murphy, Kenneth D. Harris, Jillian M. Buriak
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10.1371/journal.pone.0127532

PLOS ONE New Perspective in the Formulation and Characterization of Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide (DMAB) Stabilized Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) (PLGA) Nanoparticles
July 6, 2015 Rebecca Gossmann, Klaus Langer, Dennis Mulac
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10.1371/journal.pone.0151439

PLOS ONE Facile Preparation of Nanostructured, Superhydrophobic Filter Paper for Efficient Water/Oil Separation
March 16, 2016 Jianhua Wang, Jessica X. H. Wong, Honoria Kwok, Xiaochun Li, Hua-Zhong Yu
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10.1371/journal.pone.0155718

PLOS ONE The Power of Heterogeneity: Parameter Relationships from Distributions
May 16, 2016 Magnus Röding, Siobhan J. Bradley, Nathan H. Williamson, Melissa R. Dewi, Thomas Nann, Magnus Nydén
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005029

PLOS Computational Biology A Monte Carlo Study of Knots in Long Double-Stranded DNA Chains
September 15, 2016 Florian C. Rieger, Peter Virnau
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10.1371/journal.pone.0135632

PLOS ONE Fabrication of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Nanostructures with Anodic Alumina Oxide Templates, Characterization and Biofilm Development Test for Staphylococcus epidermidis
August 18, 2015 Camille Desrousseaux, Régis Cueff, Claire Aumeran, Ghislain Garrait, Bénédicte Mailhot-Jensen, Ousmane Traoré, Valérie Sautou
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Precisely Molded Nanoparticle Displaying DENV-E Proteins Induces Robust Serotype-Specific Neutralizing Antibody Responses
October 20, 2016 Stefan W. Metz, Shaomin Tian, Gabriel Hoekstra, Xianwen Yi, Michelle Stone, Katie Horvath, Michael J. Miley, Joseph DeSimone, Chris J. Luft, Aravinda M. de Silva
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10.1371/journal.pone.0166816

PLOS ONE Detection of Endotoxin Contamination of Graphene Based Materials Using the TNF-α Expression Test and Guidelines for Endotoxin-Free Graphene Oxide Production
November 23, 2016 Sourav P. Mukherjee, Neus Lozano, Melanie Kucki, Antonio E. Del Rio-Castillo, Leon Newman, Ester Vázquez, Kostas Kostarelos, Peter Wick, Bengt Fadeel
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10.1371/journal.pone.0154686

PLOS ONE Large-Scale Production of Nanographite by Tube-Shear Exfoliation in Water
April 29, 2016 Nicklas Blomquist, Ann-Christine Engström, Magnus Hummelgård, Britta Andres, Sven Forsberg, Håkan Olin
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10.1371/journal.pone.0138330

PLOS ONE Graphite Carbon-Supported Mo₂C Nanocomposites by a Single-Step Solid State Reaction for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction
September 18, 2015 K. Huang, K. Bi, C. Liang, S. Lin, W. J. Wang, T. Z. Yang, J. Liu, R. Zhang, D. Y. Fan, Y. G. Wang, M. Lei
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10.1371/journal.pone.0136293

PLOS ONE Experimental Investigation of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Silica Nanoparticle-Reinforced Poly(acrylamide) Nanocomposite Hydrogels
August 24, 2015 Josergio Zaragoza, Nasim Babhadiashar, Victor O’Brien, Andrew Chang, Matthew Blanco, Aitor Zabalegui, Hohyun Lee, Prashanth Asuri
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10.1371/journal.pone.0143727

PLOS ONE Double-Layer Magnetic Nanoparticle-Embedded Silica Particles for Efficient Bio-Separation
November 24, 2015 San Kyeong, Cheolhwan Jeong, Homan Kang, Hong-Jun Cho, Sung-Jun Park, Jin-Kyoung Yang, Sehoon Kim, Hyung-Mo Kim, Bong-Hyun Jun, Yoon-Sik Lee
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2002214

PLOS Biology The in vivo structure of biological membranes and evidence for lipid domains
May 23, 2017 Jonathan D. Nickels, Sneha Chatterjee, Christopher B. Stanley, Shuo Qian, Xiaolin Cheng, Dean A. A. Myles, Robert F. Standaert, James G. Elkins, John Katsaras
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004729

PLOS Computational Biology Fluctuating Nonlinear Spring Model of Mechanical Deformation of Biological Particles
January 28, 2016 Olga Kononova, Joost Snijder, Yaroslav Kholodov, Kenneth A. Marx, Gijs J. L. Wuite, Wouter H. Roos, Valeri Barsegov

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