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Chavez-Esquivel G, García-Martínez JC, Cervantes-Cuevas H, Acosta D, Vera-Ramírez MA. Effect of thermo-alkali treatment on the morphological and electrochemical properties of biopolymer electrolytes based on corn starch–Al(OH)3. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03752-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parveen K, Rafique U, Javed Akhtar M, Ashokkumar M. Sonochemical synthesis of aluminium and aluminium hybrids for remediation of toxic metals. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2021; 70:105299. [PMID: 32781427 PMCID: PMC7786577 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Spherical shaped nano-size aluminium oxide and its hybrids with indole and indole derivatives have been synthesized using sol-gel and post grafting methods coupled with sonication (Branson Digital SonifierS-250D; 20 kHz; 40%) for the remediation of toxic metals (lead and mercury). Different spectroscopic techniques (FTIR, SEM, BET, XRD, and XPS) have been applied to assess the properties of synthesized aluminium oxide and its hybrids. FTIR spectra showed the absorption bands of aluminium oxide (Al-O-Al) and aluminium hybrids (Al-O-C) at 800-400 cm-1 and 1650-1100 cm-1 region, respectively. SEM showed spherical shaped clusters of aluminium oxide which changed into the net-shape structure after the hybrid synthesis. It is worth noting that sonication energy increases the total surface area of aluminium oxide when it gets hybridized with indole and its derivatives from 82 m2/g to 167 m2/g; it also improved the product yield from 68% to 78%. Simultaneously, FTIR, SEM and BET analysis of non-sonicated aluminium oxide and its hybrids were also recorded for comparison. While XRD and XPS analysis were only conducted for sonicated aluminium oxide and its hybrids to manifest the structural and compositional properties. XRD patterns indexed as the cubic crystal system with an average 41 nm crystallite size of sonicated aluminium oxide which remains unaffected after hybrid synthesis. A survey scan under XPS confirmed the presence of all expected elements (aluminium, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen) and deconvolution of each recorded peak showed binding of element with its neighboring elements. The performance of aluminium oxide and its hybrids synthesize with and without sonication are also evaluated using a time-dependent batch adsorption protocol optimize for one hour. The maximum adsorption of lead (37%) and mercury (40%) are found onto sonicated aluminium oxide. The sonicated aluminium hybrids showed 43-63% of lead and 55-67% of mercury at pH 7. The fitness of experimental data using adsorption kinetics and isotherms revealed that adsorption follows Pseudo-second-order kinetic, Langmuir, and Freundlich isotherms.
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- Kousar Parveen
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan
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Carstens S, Meyer R, Enke D. Towards Macroporous α-Al 2O 3-Routes, Possibilities and Limitations. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13071787. [PMID: 32290130 PMCID: PMC7179033 DOI: 10.3390/ma13071787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article combines a systematic literature review on the fabrication of macroporous α-Al2O3 with increased specific surface area with recent results from our group. Publications claiming the fabrication of α-Al2O3 with high specific surface areas (HSSA) are comprehensively assessed and critically reviewed. An account of all major routes towards HSSA α-Al2O3 is given, including hydrothermal methods, pore protection approaches, dopants, anodically oxidized alumina membranes, and sol-gel syntheses. Furthermore, limitations of these routes are disclosed, as thermodynamic calculations suggest that γ-Al2O3 may be the more stable alumina modification for ABET > 175 m2/g. In fact, the highest specific surface area unobjectionably reported to date for α-Al2O3 amounts to 16-24 m2/g and was attained via a sol-gel process. In a second part, we report on some of our own results, including a novel sol-gel synthesis, designated as mutual cross-hydrolysis. Besides, the Mn-assisted α-transition appears to be a promising approach for some alumina materials, whereas pore protection by carbon filling kinetically inhibits the formation of α-Al2O3 seeds. These experimental results are substantiated by attempts to theoretically calculate and predict the specific surface areas of both porous materials and nanopowders.
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- Simon Carstens
- Universität Leipzig, Institute of Chemical Technology, Linnéstr. 3, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-341-973-6309
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- Universität Osnabrück, Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, Barbarastr. 7, D-49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Universität Leipzig, Institute of Chemical Technology, Linnéstr. 3, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Baklanova IV, Krasil'nikov VN, Tyutyunnik AP, Enyashin AN, Baklanova YV, Gyrdasova OI, Samigullina RF, Vovkotrub EG. Synthesis, spectroscopic and luminescence properties of Ga-doped γ-Al 2O 3. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 227:117658. [PMID: 31734572 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gallium-doped aluminum oxide (Al1-xGax)2O3 with γ-Al2O3 (spinel) structure has been synthesized by the precursor method using the formate Al1-xGax(OH)(HCOO)2 as a precursor. The examination of Al1-xGax(OH)(HCOO)2 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) was carried out by X-ray powder diffraction, Infrared, Raman spectroscopy and differential-thermal methods. The solid solutions γ-(Al1-xGax)2O3 with х≤0.2 have been synthesized by thermolysis of precursors in helium atmosphere at 700 °C; they exhibit white-blue emission under UV excitation, whose intensity lowers with increasing dopant concentration. As an independent method, the DFT calculations confirmed thermodynamically the stability field of γ-(Al1-xGax)2O3 solid solutions and the NMR data on relative abundance of Al and Ga within the tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the metal sublattice. Furthermore, the structural and thermodynamic properties of carbon-containing impurities within these compounds were suggested theoretically as possible models of luminescence emission centers. The experimentally observed Ga-dependent quenching of luminescence was explained using the competition between C2p and Ga4p states within the band gap of γ-Al2O3.
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- I V Baklanova
- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Mhd Haniffa MAC, Ching YC, Chuah CH, Ching KY, Liou NS. Synergistic effect of (3-Aminopropyl)Trimethoxysilane treated ZnO and corundum nanoparticles under UV-irradiation on UV-cutoff and IR-absorption spectra of acrylic polyurethane based nanocomposite coating. Polym Degrad Stab 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Louis B, Gomes ES, Losch P, Lutzweiler G, Coelho T, Faro A, Pinto JF, Cardoso CS, Silva AV, Pereira MM. Biomass-assisted Zeolite Syntheses as a Tool for Designing New Acid Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Benoît Louis
- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177; University of Strasbourg; 1 rue Blaise Pascal F-67000 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177; University of Strasbourg; 1 rue Blaise Pascal F-67000 Strasbourg Cedex France
- LACES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia; Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos; 149, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177; University of Strasbourg; 1 rue Blaise Pascal F-67000 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177; University of Strasbourg; 1 rue Blaise Pascal F-67000 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute of Chemistry, UMR 7177; University of Strasbourg; 1 rue Blaise Pascal F-67000 Strasbourg Cedex France
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Química, LABCATH; Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, CT Bloco A, Cidade Universitária 21941-909 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Química, LABCATH; Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, CT Bloco A, Cidade Universitária 21941-909 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- LACES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia; Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos; 149, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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- LACES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia; Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos; 149, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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- LACES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia; Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos; 149, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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- LACES, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia; Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Avenida Athos da Silveira Ramos; 149, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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Liu LH, Shih YH, Liu WL, Lin CH, Huang HY. Enzyme Immobilized on Nanoporous Carbon Derived from Metal-Organic Framework: A New Support for Biodiesel Synthesis. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:1364-1369. [PMID: 28195433 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, nanoporous carbon (NPC) derived from metal-organic framework was used as support for the immobilization of Burkholderia cepacia lipase. The decorated aluminum oxide within the mesoporous NPC improved the enzyme loading efficiency as well as the catalytic ability for the transesterification of soybean oil, thus making it a promising green and sustainable catalytic system for industrial application.
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- Li-Hao Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City, 320, Taiwan
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Jurković DL, Pohar A, Dasireddy VDBC, Likozar B. Effect of Copper-based Catalyst Support on Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction (RWGS) Activity for CO2
Reduction. Chem Eng Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201600594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Damjan Lašič Jurković
- National Institute of Chemistry; Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering; Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry; Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering; Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry; Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering; Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry; Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering; Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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Park H, Grassian VH. Commercially manufactured engineered nanomaterials for environmental and health studies: important insights provided by independent characterization. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2010; 29:715-721. [PMID: 20821499 DOI: 10.1002/etc.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Environmental and health studies on nanomaterials are appearing in the literature at a rapid pace. These studies will address important issues related to the environmental health and safety (EHS) of nanomaterials. As noted in many recent workshop and agency reports, studies devoted toward the environmental fate and transport, nanomaterial-biological interactions, toxicity, and overall risk assessment of nanomaterials should have nanomaterial characterization as a central component of the study design. This aspect of the study design is necessary so that risks associated with nanomaterials can be fully understood and related to specific material properties. For studies that use commercially manufactured nanomaterials, the company often provides characterization data (e.g., chemical composition, phase, and size) of the purchased materials. One question is, how good are these data? Another is, what methods of analysis are used to characterize the properties of commercial nanomaterials? In the present study, some examples are presented that show marked differences between independent characterization of commercially manufactured nanomaterials and that provided by the company. Furthermore, information provided by the manufacturer may be incomplete and nonrepresentative of the entire sample and, in some cases, the information can, in fact, be wrong. Thus, the current study demonstrates an important need for independent characterization data in EHS studies of purchased materials.
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- Heaweon Park
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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