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Huang M, Zhang C, Hou F, Yang H, Ding N. Stabilization and strengthening effects of filamentous nanocellulose in the foam forming of quartz paper. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 263:130251. [PMID: 38368991 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Compared with traditional papermaking, foam forming is a new papermaking technology that uses foam instead of water to disperse fibres, which can effectively solve the problem of poor evenness of ceramic paper, but the instability of foam itself affects the application of foam forming technology. Herein, a highly stable foaming agent for foam forming technology was prepared via physical reaction of lauryl dimethyl amine oxide (OB-2) with filamentous nanocellulose (cellulose nanofiber (CNF-C) and bacterial cellulose (BC)). Then, the quartz paper was prepared by foam forming technology. Firstly, hydrogen bond interactions between hydroxyl groups of the filamentous nanocellulose and hydrophilic moieties on OB-2 enabled the formation of a 3D nanonetwork layer on the surface of the bubble, which extended the half-life of the bubble and effectively prevented the bubble from bursting or coalescing. Then, the foam was extruded and cracked, and the filamentous nanocellulose was retained on the quartz fibres to prepare filamentous nanocellulose/quartz fibre paper by foam forming technology. The quartz paper exhibited excellent evenness and mechanical properties. In conclusion, the research of foam forming technology is of great significance to the application and development of special paper.
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- Mengle Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Hassanpour A, Jalali A, Raisee M, Naghavi MR. Development and modeling of a novel type of photoreactors with exterior ultraviolet (UV) reflector for water treatment applications. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7696. [PMID: 37169908 PMCID: PMC10175273 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34799-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection method has emerged as an alternative to chemical methods of disinfection. In typical UV photoreactors for water treatment, water flows in the space between the lamp's sleeve and outer shell. The contact of water and sleeve causes fouling, which reduces the effectiveness of UV. To clean the photoreactor, the quartz sleeve must be replaced; this may lead to quartz or lamp breakage and mercury leakage into water during cleaning. In this study, a novel type of multi-lamp UV photoreactors is proposed, in which the UV lamps are placed out of the water channel and their UV irradiation is redirected into the channel using an outer cylindrical reflector. This allows for the installment of a self-cleaning mechanism for the water channel. A well-validated three-dimensional CFD model is utilized to model the performance of this photoreactor for microbial inactivation. The impacts of several geometrical and optical parameters are investigated on the inactivation of microorganisms. The results revealed that the difference in log reduction values (LRV) between fully specular and fully diffuse reflector ranges from 10 to 47% as the lamp-to-channel distance increases. For the volumetric flow rate of 25 GPM, the LRV of a photoreactor with fully diffuse reflector can be 46% higher than a fully specular one. In addition, the performance of the proposed photoreactor is compared against a classic L-shaped annular photoreactor. The results show that the new design can provide equal or better microbial performance compared to the classic photoreactor, but it removes many of their common issues such as quartz fouling, lamp overheating at low flow rates, and sleeve breakage during lamp replacement.
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- Amirhossein Hassanpour
- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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In situ facile green synthesis of Ag-ZnO nanocomposites using Tetradenia riperia leaf extract and its antimicrobial efficacy on water disinfection. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15359. [PMID: 36100625 PMCID: PMC9470730 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19403-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In this work, Ag–ZnO nanocomposites were prepared by a green synthesis route using aqueous leaf extract of Tetradenia riperia and investigated for antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. To optimize the synthesis of the Ag–ZnO, the effects of precursor concentrations, pH, and temperatures were studied. The Ag–ZnO nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, ATR-FTIR, FESEM, and TEM. Results show that the concentration of 8% Ag, the temperature of 80 °C, and a pH of 7–8 were optimal for the synthesis of Ag–ZnO nanocomposites. The XRD analysis showed the decrease in particle size of Ag–ZnO from 23.6 to 14.8 nm with an increase in Ag concentrations, which was further supported by FESEM analysis. TEM image of 8% Ag provides more information on the coexistence of Ag on ZnO where an average particle size of 14.8 nm was determined. The ATR-FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of phenolic compounds, which work as reducing and stabilizing agents. The antimicrobial activity results show that Ag–ZnO nanocomposite demonstrated a higher antimicrobial potency on E. coli than on S. aureus. Therefore, Tetradenia riperia leaf extract is a viable route for the synthesis of Ag–ZnO nanocomposites to be used for various applications, including water disinfection.
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Sultan M, Nagieb ZA, El-Masry HM, Taha GM. Physically-crosslinked hydroxyethyl cellulose-g-poly (acrylic acid-co-acrylamide)-Fe 3+/silver nanoparticles for water disinfection and enhanced adsorption of basic methylene blue dye. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 196:180-193. [PMID: 34813782 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this study, we report the development of physically cross-linked hydroxyethyl cellulose grafted polyacrylic acid-co-polyacrylamide/silver nanocomposite [Ag@HEC-g-P(AA-co-AM)-Fe3+] possesses excellent antimicrobial and enhanced MB adsorption. A green in-situ reduction process was used to prepare silver nanoparticles. UV-Vis spectroscopy, TEM, ATR-IR, XRD, SEM-EDS were used to analyze the green produced silver nanoparticles and Ag@HEC-g-P(AA-co-AM)-Fe3+. The swelling ratio of Ag@HEC-g-P(AA-co-AM)-Fe3+ is dependent on AgNPs content and pH. The swelling kinetics fitted with Pseudo-second order. The cumulative release#% of AgNPs was 29.63 ± 1.7%, respectively up to 10 h and its kinetics obey Korsmeyer-Peppas model. The grafting to HEC and incorporation of AgNPs into HEC-g-P(AA-co-AM)-Fe3+ enhances the thermal stabilities and increases total activation energies from 19,122.2 to 66,287.1 KJ mol. Ag@HEC-g-P(AA-co-AM)-Fe3+ has powerful antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus leutus, Staphyllococus aureus. The maximum adsorption capacity of MB was 133.38 ± 1.25 mg/g at nanocomposite concentration (300 mg/L), pH (9.0), and MB concentration (5 mg/L). To anticipate the adsorption mechanism, Pseudo-first and second-order models, as well as three isotherm models (Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin) were used to model adsorption kinetics. The nonlinear Langmuir models and second-order kinetics were the most appropriate.
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- Maha Sultan
- Packaging Materials Department, Chemical Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Cellulose and Paper Department, Chemical Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pre-treatment, and Finishing of Cellulose-based Textiles Department, 33 El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt.
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Younas A, Rashid HN, Hussain D, Naqvi STR, Khan MA, Fatima B, Majeed S. Chlorfenapyr containing anions uptake from industrial wastewater by ethylene glycol functionalized benzyl dimethyl tetradecyl ammonium bromide membrane. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 284:112017. [PMID: 33516981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The preservation of water and wastewater treatment has become a global challenge. The concentration of anions such as chlorides, fluorides, cyanides, and perchlorates above the permitted levels in water is harmful to human and aquatic life. Chlorfenapyr is an insecticide that contains the aforesaid anions and is abundantly present in industrial wastewater. This research is focused on the removal of these anions from wastewater by ethylene glycol functionalized benzyl dimethyl tetradecyl ammonium bromide immobilized on soluble polymer anion exchange membrane. The real wastewater samples rich in chlorfenapyr from two different sources (industrial and pond) were analyzed. Membrane efficiency was more than 50 ppm for each anion in a single fold. The double folds of membrane showed enhanced uptake and separation efficiency for chloride, fluoride, and cyanide from wastewater samples between 0.01 and 0.02 ppm down to lethal concenetrations values (LD 50). The membrane shows maximum separation efficiency between the pH ranges of 6-7. The interference effect on membrane separation efficiency showed that the replacement ability of sample anions was in the order of fluoride > chloride > perchlorate > cyanide. This high replacement efficiency of fluoride and chloride is attributed to the more chemical interactions of these anions with membrane.
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- Asma Younas
- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
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Joshi AS, Singh P, Mijakovic I. Interactions of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles with Bacterial Biofilms: Molecular Interactions behind Inhibition and Resistance. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E7658. [PMID: 33081366 PMCID: PMC7589962 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many bacteria have the capability to form a three-dimensional, strongly adherent network called 'biofilm'. Biofilms provide adherence, resourcing nutrients and offer protection to bacterial cells. They are involved in pathogenesis, disease progression and resistance to almost all classical antibiotics. The need for new antimicrobial therapies has led to exploring applications of gold and silver nanoparticles against bacterial biofilms. These nanoparticles and their respective ions exert antimicrobial action by damaging the biofilm structure, biofilm components and hampering bacterial metabolism via various mechanisms. While exerting the antimicrobial activity, these nanoparticles approach the biofilm, penetrate it, migrate internally and interact with key components of biofilm such as polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids via electrostatic, hydrophobic, hydrogen-bonding, Van der Waals and ionic interactions. Few bacterial biofilms also show resistance to these nanoparticles through similar interactions. The nature of these interactions and overall antimicrobial effect depend on the physicochemical properties of biofilm and nanoparticles. Hence, study of these interactions and participating molecular players is of prime importance, with which one can modulate properties of nanoparticles to get maximal antibacterial effects against a wide spectrum of bacterial pathogens. This article provides a comprehensive review of research specifically directed to understand the molecular interactions of gold and silver nanoparticles with various bacterial biofilms.
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- Abhayraj S. Joshi
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; (A.S.J.); (P.S.)
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; (A.S.J.); (P.S.)
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; (A.S.J.); (P.S.)
- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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