Showing papers in "Materials Today Chemistry in 2020"

TL;DR: A good overview of existing additive manufacturing techniques can be found in this paper, with more focus on the extrusion-based technologies (fused deposition modeling and direct ink writing) due to their scalability, cost efficiency and wider range of material processability.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of methylene blue (MB) dye removal from industrial waste via adsorption pathway has been widely investigated that promised high efficiency of MB removal, with focus given on the synthesis and modification of carbon-based materials, and the structural properties influencing the performance of MB adaption.

TL;DR: Personalized health care management related analytical tools which provide access to better health for everyone, overall to manage healthy tomorrow timely are described.

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to focus on the advances obtained in the field of hydrogel-based sensors in the last ten years.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of clinoptilolite, molybdenum sulphide (MoS2), and MoS2-clinoptilolate composite in lead (Pb) removal from aqueous medium and industrial mining wastewater was explored.

TL;DR: The potential of graphene and GRMs for healthcare applications and how they may contribute to fighting against COVID-19 are discussed.

TL;DR: A facile and economic hydrothermal process for multifunctionally engineered copper oxide/zinc oxide-tetrapods (CuO/ZnO-T) nanocomposite for wastewater treatment was reported in this article.

TL;DR: In this article, a review comprehensively considered the recent advanced materials water treatment methods which involve to magnetic, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene (G), graphene oxide (GO), (Graphene) quantum dots, Carbon nanorods, carbon nano-onions, and reduced graphene oxide(RGO), zeolite, silica and clay-based nanomaterials.

TL;DR: Overall, this paper attempts to identify key areas where manufacturing can be employed to address societal challenges such as COVID-19.

TL;DR: Basalt fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer composites (BFRP) are sustainable materials that can be positioned between GFRP and CFRP in terms of performance and cost-effectiveness as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a critical review of gold-nanoparticles was conducted against antimicrobial strains and degradation of gold nanoparticles products well explored-from selection precursors evolved from natural extracts, as well as eventually disintegration into bio-degradable yet potentially recyclable byproducts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the latest researches performed in the field of functionalization reactions of polysulfone membranes, focusing on ion exchange membranes, biomedical or catalyst applications and key factors or analysis related to the main properties of functionalized membranes.

TL;DR: Different methods used for the synthesis of nanoparticles are reviewed, specially focusing on the green synthesis methods owing to its non-toxic nature towards the environment, which highlights their antibacterial application mainly in the food sector in the form of food-nanosensors, food-packaging, and food-additives.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the photocatalytic activity of spinel oxides for the removal of organic pollutants is presented, which comprises the structure, process of synthesis of spinels, properties and reaction mechanism of degradation.

TL;DR: In this article, a facile solid-state reaction method was used to prepare an efficient lead-free all-inorganic halide material with 0D structure, Cs3Cu2I5, with photoluminescence quantum yield up to 80%.

TL;DR: A review of the development of the green synthesis of hierarchically porous zeolite can be found in this article, where a number of green routes for the synthesis of hierarchical zeolites are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, mild reducing agents, NaBH4 and 9-BBN (9-borabicyclo(3.3.1)nonane), were used.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive background of MOF synthesis for the beginners in this area by providing a comprehensive review of typical procedures to prepare MOFs and essential modifications and reliable activation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the outline of the literature results of recent years, incorporating the work on the anti-infective profile of hydrazone analogues, which may also act as an excellent basis for the development of new derivatives of Hydrazone as potential antiinfective mediators.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the first synthesis of MXene-derived coexisting magnetic phases using co-precipitation method, which indicated the coexistence of ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic phases.

TL;DR: In this article, the conversion of zinc hydroxide nitrate nanosheets into HZIF-8 nanocomposite with graphene oxide (GO) and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is reported.

TL;DR: This review critically underlines various degradative polymers and their subtypes, potential applications, types of degradation, and their possible effects in the biological system.

TL;DR: In this article, different synthesis strategies such as interfacial polymerization, microwave assisted polymerization and sonochemical polymerization among others have been summarized, and their various industrial, as well as biomedical applications in supercapacitors, batteries, gas vapor sensors, printable electronics, electrochromics, actuators, electrostatic dissipation, electromagnetic interference shielding, corrosion protection, filtration membranes, microbial fuel cell, biosensors, tissue engineering, and drug delivery systems, have been discussed in detail.

TL;DR: This critical survey provides an in-depth understanding of blood purification membranes zwitterionization for paving the way for the optimum enhancement of hemodialysis membrane hemocompatibility.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of carbon nanomaterials in fabricating salivary-based detectors applied clinically for diagnostics and therapeutics is discussed, with up-to-date instances.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent developments in the optoelectronic applications of DPP derivatives specifically engineered to form supramolecular polymers is presented, focusing on the use of the Ferrari Pigment.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature on the use of copper catalysts in the purification of exhaust gases is presented, showing that the reduced species of copper (Cu0, Cu+) are essential for better CO oxidation but smaller Cu particles could be less active than the higher ones.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the key opportunities for achieving significant advances in sunlight-to-fuel photoconversion efficiencies, leading to translation of the technology from laboratory to industrial-scale application.

TL;DR: In this article, pristine BiVO4, TiO2 and BiVO 4/TiO2 core-shell heterostructured nanoparticles are prepared by hydrothermal methods and studied for structural, morphological, optical, photoelectrochemical water splitting and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue as an organic pollutant.

TL;DR: In this article, a needleless approach was used for solution electrospinning fabrication of nanofiber mesh structures to promote application scalability, which led to the improved morphological structure for electrospun nanofibers.