Showing papers in "Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects in 2021"

TL;DR: In this article, a series of Pd nanoparticles (PdNPs) doped chitosan (CS)-based composite hydrogels were successfully prepared by adding graphene oxide (GO), carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and layered double hydrotalcites (LDHs) to CS hydrogel with glutaraldehyde as a cross-linking agent and in situ growing PdNs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the binary S-scheme Bi2S3/g-C3N4 heterostructure was synthesized by a simple one-step solvothermal method, in which 1D Bi 2S3 nanorods uniformly growing on the 2D g-C 3N4 nanosheets.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile fabrication of novel g-C3N4/Mn-ZnO nanocomposites via chemical co-precipitation approach and used, for the first time, to disinfect the polluted water and for methylene blue (MB) degradation.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of nanofluid stabilization techniques (hybrid stabilization approach, i.e., a combination of different mechanical and chemical methods) on the stability and thermal conductivity of CeO2+MWCNT (80:20)/water based hybrid nanoflid has been investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of three absorption related parameters (absorption rate, drop size and residence time) on the measured contact angle is comprehensively captured by the relative absorbed drop volume, i.e., the percentage of the drop volume penetrated into the substrate.

TL;DR: In this paper, the development of dyes degradation using currently developed molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based materials is mainly introduced, and the results show that MoS2-based materials have a broad application prospect in photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of covalent complexation between (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and soy protein isolate (SPI) on structural and emulsifying properties of the protein as well as the effect of chitosan (CS) on the stability of emulsions formed by the conjugates.

TL;DR: In this article, an efficient photocatalytic composite Ni/ZnO/g-C3N4 (NiZG) was successfully synthesized by coupling graphitic carbon nitride with nickel doped zinc oxide nanoparticles via a cost-effective chemical co-precipitation method.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel eco-friendly, water soluble and effective corrosion inhibitor N, S-CDs was synthesized by hydrothermal method, which exhibited 98.64% of inhibition efficiency at 200mg /L concentration and 303 K temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile design of ternary nanocomposites of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with ZnO nanorods (GO-ZnO NRs) was reported.

TL;DR: In this article, the enhanced heat transfer performance and thermophysical property distribution of hybrid nanofluids as coolant in automobile engine cooling system were experimentally studied and the maximum convective heat transfer coefficient of SiC-MWCNTs was 26 % higher than that of pure EG under the same conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nanosized Pickering emulsion (PE) was used to prepare gelatin/agar-based functional films with improved physical and functional properties for active food packaging applications.

TL;DR: Artemia cyst shells are calcined at high temperature to form an organic porous skeleton after pretreated, and the structure is then loaded with ZnO nanoparticles to synthesize the target product through a hydrothermal reaction.

TL;DR: In this article, an Activated Carbon (AC) was synthesized using inexpensive rice husk and was subsequently loaded with Ni-Co-S (NCS) nanoparticle by a simple and efficient method with very high adsorption capacity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pore size on the adsorption kinetics of methylene blue (MB) was investigated and the authors employed a novel methodology where empirical findings across studies were summarised, analyzed juxtaposed to derive observations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a graphene oxide/TiO2/curcumin integrated cellulose acetate (CA) nanofiber was used for wound dressing applications, which was characterized by swelling, degradation, tensile strength, and in-vitro wound healing properties.

TL;DR: Amino-functionalized MXenes were constructed with the feature of strong adsorption but also reduction ability for Cr(VI) ions in aqueous solution, via in situ polymerization of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) onto the surface of multilayer Ti3C2Tx.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Humic acid-iron-columnar bentonite (HA-Fe-PILC) for the removal of heavy metal from aqueous solution and mining wastewater through intermittent experiments.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pencil graphite electrode was used for electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole in an aqueous solution, and the obtained polymer was analyzed by applying cyclic voltammetry and fast Fourier transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (FFT-EIS).

TL;DR: In this paper, an aqueous extract of Brassica oleracea L (BOLE) was employed to retard Q235 steel corrosion in two harsh acid environments (05 M H2SO4 and 1 M HCl) for the first time.

TL;DR: In this paper, a dual-MOF-based preconditioned NiFe2O4/NiCo2O 4/GO composites has been successfully prepared by dual MOF as a precursor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of three different inhibitor molecules, namely, 2-(2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)phenol (Inh-1), 2-hydroxyphenylimino)methyl)-4-methoxyphenol (INh-2) and Inh-3, were analyzed on mild steel sample in the presence of 1 M HCl medium.

TL;DR: In this article, the viscoelastic and mechanical behavior of hybrid polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) hydrogel aggregated with sodium chloride (NaCl) salt was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the leaves extract of the Cannabis sativaplant was used for the corrosion resistance of low carbon steel (LCS) in the acidic medium (0.5 M sulfuric acid) utilizing the weight-loss method, Tafel and EIS.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel adsorbent (HA-O/Fe3O4) was synthesized through chemical modification and examined its adsorption of Pb, Cu, Cd, Ni, and Ni (II) ions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of nanobbles in electrolyte solutions under different ion valence values was studied using deionized water, NaCl, Na2SO4, Na3PO4, CaCl2, and FeCl3.

TL;DR: In this article, leaves extract of Arbutus unedo L. plant was used as a green corrosion inhibitor of mild steel in hydrochloric acid, and the results showed that the addition of extract plant even at low concentration increases significantly the inhibition efficiency with a maximum of 91.72% at 298 K for 0.5 g/L of leaves extract.

TL;DR: In this article, a magnetically recoverable hybrid, MnFe2O4/δ-MnO2, was synthesized by a two-step hydrothermal method and used as a heterogeneous catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for sulfadiazine (SDZ) degradation.

TL;DR: In this paper, pristine (CFS) and ball-milled (BCFS) crayfish shell biochar pyrolyzed at 400, 600, 800 °C were fabricated for TC removal.

TL;DR: In this article, the amount of decorated ZnO nanoparticles was controlled by optimizing the laser ablation time to decorate carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for catalytic degradation against methylene blue dye.