Showing papers in "Colloid and Interface Science Communications in 2021"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors systematically review the use of ZnO nanostructures for removing poisonous heavy metal ions from water and compare their maximum adsorption capacity for different heavy metal ion (Cd2+, Hg2+, As3+, Pb2+, Cr6+, Ni2+, Co2+, and Cu2+) in a tabular form.

TL;DR: The polysaccharide-based advanced drug delivery system owing to their biocompatibility, ability to encapsulate the drug molecules in their interspaces, and ability to achieve a controlled release of the cargo drug molecules result in improved drug pharmacokinetics and proved highly beneficial for the NSAIDs that otherwise manifest ulcerogenic effect in the gastrointestinal tract.

TL;DR: In this article, the validity of the Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) equation has been evaluated to determine whether there is chemical or physical adsorption on solid surfaces from water.

TL;DR: This review provides a complete insight into how biomaterials become resistant to biofouling-mediated corrosion.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the progress made in the field of photo-catalysis using PANI with different metal oxides nanoparticles and their nanocomposites in the last three decades is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the preparation method of polymer microspheres (MCs) by phase-inversion is addressed and discussed in detail and an interesting advantage of MCs prepared by the PI method is tailor-made morphology that is a critical factor in separation/adsorption/transport systems.

TL;DR: P pH-responsive prodrug micelles were prepared by conjugation of chlorin e6 to polyethylene glycol-b-poly(2-(hexamethyleneimino) ethyl methacrylate-co-aminoethyl methACrylate) for improving the antimicrobial activity of photodynamic Therapy and showed great potential in the photodynamic therapy of stubborn bacterial infections.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed the F (fluorine doped carbon nitride) coupled NiFe2O4 (NFO) heterojunction for photo Fenton-like commercial paracetamol (PAM) drug degradation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the enhanced photocatalytic and antimicrobial activity of CoS/Ag2WO4 nanocomposites (NCs), which have been synthesized successfully by facile chemical precipitation method under normal pressure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the pulse electrochemical method was used to oxidize and polymerize pyrrole into polypyrrole (PPy) in situ, and PPy was used as the regulator of HA nanoparticles (HA-NPs) and metal particles to construct uniform PPy@HA/ZnO-Ag composite coating.

TL;DR: In this article, an adsorption process based on tetra-n-butyl-ammonium-bromide was utilized to remove nickel ion, an environmental pollutant, from water.

TL;DR: In this paper, a visible active CuFe2O4/MoS2 magnetic nanocomposite was successfully synthesized via hydrothermal technique and the synthesized photocatalysts were perused by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscope, XPS, UV-vis diffuse reflectance/absorbance spectrograms and Vibrational sample magnetometer measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a poly-chloromethyl styrene chelating resin (CPS-DI) containing heterofluorenone side groups with 4, 5-diazafluoren-9-one was used as a carrier.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the preparation materials, physical and chemical properties, preparation methods of 3D printing hydrogel and its applications in the medical field are summarized systematically.

TL;DR: In this article, a super-hydrophobic texture with predominant mechanical and chemical robustness has been prepared by a simple and fluorine-free dip-coating method using TiO2 and 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate.

TL;DR: In this article, the enhancement of CeO2 activity as photocatalyst and antimicrobial agent by loading Al2O3 for heterojunction formation was reported, and the NCs possessed high stability and resistant to photo-corrosion.

TL;DR: Guar gum/nickel tungstate (GG/NiWO4) nanocomposite is prepared using simple and cost-effective sol-gel technique, while NiWO 4 nanoparticles are formed by co-precipitation method as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The use of sugarcane bagasse (SCBAS) in water treatment has received an increasing amount of attention because of its characteristics and low cost as mentioned in this paper, and bagasse was used as the matrix in this study.

TL;DR: The fully matured cobalt nano-sponges (Co3O4 NS), engraved with pores and holes reinforce the biocompatible surface area with multiple interacting sites as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple sol-gel combustion method was used as a catalyst for ciprofloxacin (CIP) degradation in the sonophotocatalytic degradation process.

TL;DR: In this article, inspired chemodynamic therapy (CDT) induced by a novel iron oxychloride nanosheets (FeOCl NSs) catalyst with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and photothermal therapy (PTT) mediated by coating inorganic carbon dots (CDs) and organic polyethylene glycol (PEG) with near-infrared (NIR) emission.

TL;DR: In this paper, a fully coupled pore scale model was developed with the aim of exploring the effects of ionic strength and zeta potential on colloids transport under favorable and unfavourable conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and profitable sol-gel technique was used to synthesize CeO2/TiO2 heterostructures, which exhibited a visibly enhanced photodegradation performance using phenol(38ppm) as the model of organic pollutants.

TL;DR: In this article, a new modeling approach by Box Behnken Design in Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was proposed for the optimization of chalcones yield based to the elaborated nanomaterials.

TL;DR: In this article, the physicochemical properties of BiOI nanosheets with different exposed surfaces were analyzed through characterization and experiments, and it was found that the exposed main (001) facets showed better photogenerated electron scattering separation and transfer efficiency and better photocatalytic oxidation activity.

TL;DR: An active formaldehyde modified ragi husk (FMRh), a bio adsorbent, was prepared and effectively adopted for the adsorption of Orange-G from aqueous phase.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photo-degradation efficiencies of RhB dye over the g-C3N4 and ZnO/Cu2O photocatalysts (PCs) were 36.4, 53% and 66%, and 91.4% in 100min under visible-light.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a simple and effective method of generating a stable TA-rich coating by spraying layer-by-layer technology, which was stabilized basing on the complexation of TA and ferric (Fe3+) ions and poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI).

TL;DR: This review undertook a comprehensive outlook concerning the potential function of Au/NPs in different biological mechanisms of antibacterial, in vitro, and in vivo cytotoxicity as well as biomedical application in the drug delivery system with the special focus on cancer therapy.