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Nanoparticles: Concept, Types and Applications in Engineering Technology (Water Treatment, Energy Production and Biomedical Technology)


Muhammad Shahzaib1, Muhammad Usman1, Muneeb Ur Rahman1, Muhammad Adnan Sami Khan1, Muhammad Nuaman Zulfiqar1 and Iqra Yaseen2

1Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomass Energy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002; 2Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Abstract

Nanoparticles are particles that differ from other particles due to their size and stability. Their size is in the range 1-100 nm, depending on the particular type of nanoparticle. Nanoparticles are particularly designed on the basis of certain characteristics, such as mobility and compact surfaces. There are different types of nanoparticles depending on the size, property, and delivery. Carbon-based nanoparticles are highly specific at an industrial level for the preparation of tubes and pipes using the nanoparticles. Lipid-based nanoparticles have been used as a carrier in technological processes and biomedical applications where the specific layer of lipids could be designed in order to deliver the nanoparticles comprising the lipid layer to perform their function as the specific level. Gold nanoparticles are designed due to their chemical as well as optical characteristics. These nanoparticles have applications in the identification of proteins using optical specificity as well as light-based detection of molecules in which light scattering, reflection mechanisms are involved. Nanotechnology has important applications in the fields of medical and biomedical engineering. Nanotechnology is one of the diverse fields in engineering and technology for the production of fuels from different materials as raw sources of petroleum, to improve the catalysis. Carbon nanotubes have gained much attention for their use as a wastewater and water filter.

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