Advanced materials

 

Advanced materials

Synthesis Properties and Neutron Attenuation of New Geopolymers Containing Si, O, Na and Al: Role of Pb Addition
01/11/2024 - Lead (II) oxide (PbO) has shown high prospect in modifying mechanical, physical, neutron and charge particle interaction properties of geopolymer due to high bonding matrix. In this study, the...
Nanostructured Mn@NiO composite for addressing multi-pollutant challenges in petroleum-contaminated water
28/06/2024 - Efficient catalysts play a pivotal role in advancing eco-friendly water treatment strategies, particularly in the removal of diverse organic contaminants found in water-petroleum sources. This...
Heavy?Metal?Free Colloidal Quantum Dots: Progress and Opportunities in Solar Technologies
23/06/2024 - Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) hold great promise as building blocks in solar technologies owing to their remarkable photostability and adjustable properties through the rationale involving size,...
Synthesis and Application of Robust Spiro [Fluorene?9] CAAC Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes for the „One?Pot“ Conversion of Allyl Acetate to Butane?1,4?diol
12/06/2024 - A series of a novel CAAC ligands featuring a spiro?fluorene group have been synthesized and complexed with ruthenium alkylidenes, yielding the corresponding Hoveyda?type derivatives as a new family...
Synthesis of fenugreek gum-based metal–organic framework (FG/Zr-AIPA MOF) composite beads for sequestration of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution
24/04/2024 - Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a prominent class of materials due to their large surface area and customized structures. This gives them specificity and high adsorption capacity while they...
Fabrication of MAX Phase Composites by Novel Combustion Synthesis and Spontaneous Metal Melt Infiltration: Structure and Tribological Behaviors
04/02/2024 - This work developed and experimentally tested a new scheme for fabricating family of MAX?metal composites. This scheme combined the combustion synthesis process to obtain a porous MAX phase skeleton...
Nitrogen-Riched Functional Cellulose Enhanced the Removal of Pb(II) from Water
- Since lead is a non-biodegradable and neurotoxic heavy metal, efficient removal of Pb(II) from water is of great significance. Herein, a new type of functional cellulose with enriched thiourea groups...
Phase?Pure ??FAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells via Activating Lead–Iodine Frameworks
24/12/2023 - The development of phase?pure ??FAPbI3 without MA+, Cs+, Rb+, and Br? has lagged because of the high difficulty of preparation. A facile synthesis pathway of high?quality phase?pure ??FAPbI3 by a new...
Efficient removal of aqueous Pb(II) ions by magnetic alginate composite microcapsules containing canola straw?derived biochar as the reinforcing fillers
21/12/2023 - With the rapid development of industry, water pollution caused by lead has caused great harm to human health. In this study, alginate is used as a base and blended with biochar to form calcium...
Synthesis of a Stable and High-Concentration BaHfxTi1−xO3 Sol–Gel for High Electromechanical Performance of Bulk Ceramics
30/11/2023 - Lead-based materials are widely used in piezoceramics due to their high electromechanical properties. However, due to environmental protection and sustainable development, the use of the toxic...
Ni(II) and Pb(II) Removal Using Bacterial Cellulose Membranes
07/09/2023 - Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a highly crystalline nanosized material with a high number of active groups. This study focuses on the synthesis of BC membranes through fermentation, their...
Synthesis and Characterization of Homoleptic Zintl Anions [(Pn7)M(Pn7)]4? (M/Pn = Pb/As, Zn/Bi)
01/09/2023 - The formation and follow?up chemistry of P73– has been intensely studied in the recent decades. In contrast, corresponding investigations of its heavier polycyclic polypnictide congeners Pn73–...
A Review on Multiple I-III-VI Quantum Dots: Preparation and Enhanced Luminescence Properties
17/07/2023 - I-III-VI type QDs have unique optoelectronic properties such as low toxicity, tunable bandgaps, large Stokes shifts and a long photoluminescence lifetime, and their emission range can be continuously...
One and Two?dimensional 1,4?xylylenediammonium (pXDA) Lead Halides: Powders and Thin Films
29/05/2023 - The discovery of new 3D perovskites and their 2D and 1D analogues continues to attract the interest of the scientific community and therefore the understanding of their structural, optical, and...
Ionothermal Synthesis of Novel Layered Magnesium Phosphate and its Tribological Properties as Grease additives
25/04/2023 - A novel layered magnesium phosphate was synthesised via an ionothermal approach, and the crystal structure reveals the formation of an intramolecular bearing with good lubrication behaviour.A novel...
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Lead?Free Perovskite?Like MA3Bi2I9 for Photo?Catalytic Hydrogen Production
23/03/2023 - Perovskite?like: A new MA3Bi2I9 photo?catalyst for the production of hydrogen using photo?catalysis is described. The MA3Bi2I9 photo?catalyst is eco?friendly and cost?effective for the production of...
The Role of Polymers in Halide Perovskite Resistive Switching Devices
21/02/2023 - Currently, halide perovskites (HPs) are gaining traction in multiple applications, such as photovoltaics and resistive switching (RS) devices. In RS devices, the high electrical conductivity, tunable...
Thiophosphinoyl?Tethered Ylide?Substituted Heavier Carbenes: Synthesis, Structures and Stabilities
11/02/2023 - The synthesis and structure analysis of a series of mono and diylide?substituted tetrylenes of type YEX and Y2E (E = Ge, Sn, Pb; X = Cl or Br) using a thiophosphinoyl?tethered metallated ylide (Y =...
Synthesis and characterization of a novel double network hydrogel based on gellan?gum crosslinked by octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane for heavy metal removal
12/01/2023 - In this study, we demonstrated a new design technique for producing DNNH based on gellan?gum crosslinked by octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. Incorporating OV?POSS nanoparticles as...
Adsorption of lead ions (Pb2+) from wastewater using effective nanocomposite GO/CMC/FeNPs: Kinetic, isotherm, and desorption studies
- In this paper, we propose a new, effective, and easy-to-implement technology for hydrothermal synthesis of an adsorption material based on carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and graphene oxide (GO)...
Development of a New Eco-Friendly Copolymer Based on Chitosan for Enhanced Removal of Pb and Cd from Water
07/09/2022 - Worldwide, concerns about heavy metal contamination from manmade and natural sources have increased in recent decades. Metals released into the environment threaten human health, mostly due to their...