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Zahoor H. Farooqi
Researcher at University of the Punjab
Publications - 143
Citations - 3559
Zahoor H. Farooqi is an academic researcher from University of the Punjab. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Silver nanoparticle. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 112 publications receiving 2208 citations. Previous affiliations of Zahoor H. Farooqi include University of Liverpool & Quaid-i-Azam University.
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Removal of Congo red dye from aqueous medium by its catalytic reduction using sodium borohydride in the presence of various inorganic nano-catalysts: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, a review article focusing on recent research of designing of various metal nanoparticles catalysts reported for catalytic reduction of Congo red by sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is presented.
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Catalytic reduction of 4‐nitrophenol using silver nanoparticles‐engineered poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide‐co‐acrylamide) hybrid microgels
Robina Begum,Zahoor H. Farooqi,Ejaz Ahmed,Khalida Naseem,Sania Ashraf,Ahsan Sharif,Rida Rehan +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, nearly monodisperse poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acryamide) microgels were synthesized using precipitation polymerization in aqueous medium and used as microreactors to fabricate silver nanoparticles by chemical reduction of silver ions inside the polymer network.
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Catalytic reduction of 2-nitroaniline: a review.
TL;DR: The critical review of the recent research progress for development of novel catalysts used for the reduction of 2-nitroaniline has been provided and different catalytic systems reported for reduction under various reaction conditions have been discussed.
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Applications of UV/Vis Spectroscopy in Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Fabricated in Responsive Polymer Microgels: A Review.
Robina Begum,Zahoor H. Farooqi,Khalida Naseem,Faisal Ali,Madeeha Batool,Jianliang Xiao,Ahmad Irfan +6 more
TL;DR: This tutorial review describes the uses of UV/Vis spectroscopy in characterization and catalytic applications of responsive hybrid microgels with respect to recent research progress in this area.
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Adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions using polystyrene-poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid) core/shell gel particles: Adsorption isotherms and kinetic study
Khalida Naseem,Robina Begum,Weitai Wu,Muhammad Usman,Ahmad Irfan,Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi,Zahoor H. Farooqi +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a two-step precipitation polymerization method and used as adsorbent for removal of heavy metal ions such as Pb(II, Cu(II), Cd(II) and Cr(III) from aqueous medium.