Article
Environmental Sciences
Shizhong Zhang, Kunda Umuhoza Ange, Nisar Ali, Yong Yang, Adnan Khan, Farman Ali, Muhammad Sajid, Chen Tian Tian, Muhammad Bilal
Summary: The synthesis and application of magnetic nanosorbents for removing emerging pollutants have been proven to be an effective and sustainable option for environmental remediation. Incorporating magnetism shortens treatment time and allows for quick recovery with multiple cycles. Magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) using materials of different shapes and sizes has been extensively studied and proven to be a valuable tool in the preparation of analytical samples.
Review
Polymer Science
Ashoka Gamage, Punniamoorthy Thiviya, Sudhagar Mani, Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy, Asanga Manamperi, Philippe Evon, Othmane Merah, Terrence Madhujith
Summary: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in novel polymer materials that are derived from natural resources and are both biodegradable and eco-friendly. Starch-based bionanocomposites, with various additives such as nanocellulose and chitin nanoparticles, have shown improved properties and have found applications in several fields including agriculture, packaging, and biomedical.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zouhair Elkhlifi, Jerosha Iftikhar, Mohammad Sarraf, Baber Ali, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Irshad Ibranshahib, Mozart Daltro Bispo, Lucas Meili, Sezai Ercisli, Ehlinaz Torun Kayabasi, Naser Alemzadeh Ansari, Alzbeta Hegedusova, Zhuqi Chen
Summary: The properties of biochar and their effects on agricultural soil health and environmental ecosystems depend on the feedstock, residence time, and pyrolysis conditions. Biochar can remove organic and inorganic contaminants from the soil as an adsorbent and improve soil quality, microbial activities, and carbon content. One of the great impacts of biochar is its ability to capture soil nutrients and sequester carbon.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
N. Sarfraz, M. Ashraf, S. Ali, I. Khan
Summary: Magnetic iron oxide nanocomposites (MIO-NCs) have significant potential in scientific research and technological applications, particularly in the fields of energy and environment. The properties of MIO-NCs are influenced by their synthesis methods, which in turn affect their size and morphology.
MATERIALS TODAY SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Hongtian Luo, Yuzhong Fu, Jian Shi, Songguang Xie, Yufeng Yang
Summary: Initiatives to mitigate climate change and the role of natural carbon sinks in coastal ecosystems have attracted considerable attention. This study focuses on seaweed mariculture in China's coastal areas over the past 20 years and quantifies the carbon storage in cultivated seaweed biomass. The results show a rising trend in the carbon sink potential of cultivated seaweeds. The total benefit of carbon sequestration and environmental benefits were also evaluated. These findings highlight the ecological value of large-scale cultivated seaweeds in increasing marine carbon sequestration and resolving offshore environmental issues, emphasizing the need for further development of the seaweed cultivation industry worldwide.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Mohammed Ahmaruzzaman
Summary: Magnetic nano-adsorbents show great potential in removing arsenic from water, with advantages such as easy adsorption and magnetic separation. Researchers believe that further development of magnetic nanocomposites for treating arsenic-contaminated water and wastewater is possible in the future.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ecaterina Matei, Andra Mihaela Predescu, Maria Rapa, Anca Andreea Turcanu, Ileana Mates, Nicolae Constantin, Cristian Predescu
Summary: This review explores the applications of natural polymers in environmental remediation, focusing on their performance in water treatment, soil decontamination, and reduction of atmospheric particulate matter. The potential of nanocomposite polymers as sustainable materials for integrated products is also discussed. Natural polymers, derived from renewable resources, offer high surface area, porosity, and adsorption properties, but future considerations include scaling up production, nanoparticle toxicity, and competition with food production.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kannapan Panchamoorthy Gopinath, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Dhakshinamoorthy Gnana Prakash, Antonysamy Adithya Joseph, Samynaathan Viswanathan, Jayaseelan Arun
Summary: Carbon-based materials such as biochar, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphene play a crucial role in environmental pollution control. They demonstrate high adsorption and removal efficiency for toxic gases and pollutants in air and water, while also significantly impacting biogas production and ammonia emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Swapneel Vijay Thakkar, Luca Malfatti
Summary: With the rise of industrialization, there is an urgent need for developing technologies to detect and remove toxic pollutants from water bodies. Adsorption is considered as one of the preferred techniques for its fast and efficient removal of contaminants, while novel materials have shown strong potential in pollutant detection.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tushar Kanti Das, Marcin Jesionek, Yasemin Celik, Albert Poater
Summary: The removal of harmful chemicals and species from water, soil, and air is a major challenge in environmental remediation. Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs), which combine the benefits of nanoparticles with polymers, may offer new possibilities to overcome this difficulty. Understanding these PNCs materials and using them in practical environmental applications is still in the early stages of development.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ioan Valentin Tudose, Kyriakos Mouratis, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Oana Tutunaru-Brincoveanu, Mirela Petruta Suchea, Emmanouel Koudoumas
Summary: This study fabricates graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-polypropylene (PP) composite materials for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding applications. The obtained composite materials are not simple physical mixtures of these components but new materials with particular properties, with the filler concentration and nature affecting the nanomaterials' structure and their conductivity. The characteristics of GNPs have a significant effect on their functionality, leading to composites with lower conductivity and less effective EMI shielding. The CNTs-PP composite panels exhibit excellent EMI attenuation when the CNTs concentration is at 10%.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yaoheng Liang, Xuejun Xu, Fangzheng Yuan, Yinlei Lin, Yisheng Xu, Yuyuan Zhang, Dongchu Chen, Wenyi Wang, Huawen Hu, Jian Zhen Ou
Summary: In this study, graphene oxide was used as an additive to transform the microporous structure of biochar into mesopores, enhancing its adsorption capacity and wastewater treatment ability. The incorporation of graphene oxide not only improved the pore structure of biochar, but also increased its interaction with pollutants, leading to improved adsorption performance.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wenqian Li, Sarmad Ahmad Qamar, Mahpara Qamar, Aneela Basharat, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal
Summary: Rapid industrialization and population growth have led to increased release of hazardous contaminants into the environment, disturbing the natural balance and polluting the ecosystem. Nanotechnology has opened new horizons in biochemical engineering by integrating nanoscale science with biotechnology to construct higher quality materials for target uptake of pollutants. The development of eco-friendly, biodegradable, cost-efficient, and biopolymer-based nanohybrid constructs is gaining attention for the removal of hazardous environmental pollutants.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
T. Khan, M. S. Irfan, M. Ali, Y. Dong, S. Ramakrishna, R. Umer
Summary: Electrically conductive polypropylene nanocomposites containing carbon-based nanofillers are widely used in various applications. Achieving low percolation threshold is crucial for mechanical properties, optical transparency, and cost-effectiveness. Different parameters and post-processing techniques influence electrical conductivity and percolation threshold.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chun-Hao Yu, Uwase Marie Betrehem, Nisar Ali, Adnan Khan, Farman Ali, Shahid Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid, Yong Yang, Tiantian Chen, Muhammad Bilal
Summary: Functionalized composites of inorganic nanoparticles and organic polymers have promising applications in environmental remediation, drug delivery, and imaging. These composites, with their high strength and synergistic properties, offer improved attributes compared to single inorganic and polymeric materials.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mengying Lian, Jiaxin Sun, Dawei Jiang, Miaojun Xu, Zijian Wu, Ben Bin Xu, Hassan Algadi, Mina Huang, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: In this work, a self-powered system based on a triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid pipeline energy harvesting module is demonstrated. Rabbit fur and PTFE are used as triboelectric electrodes to fabricate disk-type soft-contact TENGs to collect the mechanical energy of water flow and convert it into electrical energy. The hybridization of electromagnetic generator module and TENGs module to form TEHNG can improve the electrical output performance, especially the current output, and enable simultaneous energy harvesting and data monitoring in harsh environments.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dedong Wang, Jie Jin, Yan Guo, Hu Liu, Zhanhu Guo, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
Summary: This study successfully prepared a waterproof magnetic carbon foam with high-efficient electromagnetic wave absorption performance. By tuning the pyrolysis temperature, the foam achieved high efficient EMW absorption capacity along with high conductivity, hydrophobicity, and special 3D porous structure, demonstrating its promising potential as a multifunctional material.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Weicong Wang, Junming Shi, Keqi Qu, Xinrui Zhang, Wenjing Jiang, Zhanhua Huang, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: In this study, composite films with adjustable layers and controlled slow-release time were prepared using sodium alginate, chitosan, and activated charcoal as raw materials to improve the soil amendment performance. The prepared multilayer films showed a wide pH response range and excellent slow-release time. After 700 hours of slow-release, the cumulative release of humic acid increased from 19.87% to 66.72% with the increase in pH from 4.0 to 10.0. In addition, after 50 days of remediation in different types of soils, the nutrient contents were increased and sustained crop growth promotion effect was observed. This study demonstrates the promising application of multilayer films in soil remediation and agricultural production.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rui Wang, Zihan Meng, Xuemin Yan, Tian Tian, Ming Lei, Rami Adel Pashameah, Hala M. Abo-Dief, Hassan Algadi, Nina Huang, Zhanhu Guo, Haolin Tang
Summary: This study prepared a sulfurized iron and nitrogen codoped carbon material by using Te nanowires as an in-situ intervening agent. The bonding of Te with Fe increased the N content and the proportion of pyridinic N on the material surface, thereby improving the catalytic performance for oxygen reduction reaction. The assembled Zn-air battery exhibited a maximum power density of 250 mW/cm 2 and excellent rate capability, outperforming Pt/C.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jing Lin, Jialin Li, Shichang Feng, Caiqin Gu, Huajian Li, Hanqing Lu, Fei Hu, Duo Pan, Ben Bin Xu, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: An active bacterial anti-adhesion strategy based on directional transportation of bacterial droplets driven by a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is proposed in this study. The system can actively remove harmful bacterial droplets from material surfaces using TENG, offering a promising application and a new approach to bacterial anti-adhesion.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Dan Ping, Feng Yi, Guiwei Zhang, Shide Wu, Shaoming Fang, Kailong Hu, Ben Bin Xu, Junna Ren, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: A novel ammonium chloride (NH4Cl)-assisted pyrolysis method was used to create single-atomic nickel (Ni)-based sheet-like electrocatalysts with abundant Ni-N4 active sites. Electron microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure analysis confirmed the atomically dispersed Ni species anchored by N in Ni-N4 structure. The addition of NH4Cl optimized the mesopore size and concentrations of pyridinic N and Ni-N4 species, leading to outstanding CO2 reduction performance.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mrinal Kanti Dash, Amul Jain, Leena Dhruw, Santanab Giri, Zhanhu Guo, Gourisankar Roymahapatra
Summary: Pyridine-M2+ [M = Mg, Ca] hosts have been identified as potent H2 storage material. The study explores the adsorption of H2 molecules on pyridine-Mg2+ and pyridine-Ca2+ building blocks, and finds that the aromaticity remains after adsorption. The stability of the hosts is validated through chemical hardness, aromaticity, and molecular dynamic simulations. The adsorption of H2 molecules is mainly of quasi-molecular type, with a stable adsorption energy range.
JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tong Li, Zhenzong Xu, Ben Bin Xu, Zhanhu Guo, Yunhong Jiang, Xuehua Zhang, Maryam Bayati, Terence Xiaoteng Liu, Yan-Hua Liu
Summary: Piezoresistive composite elastomers have great potential in wearable and flexible electronic applications due to their high sensitivity, excellent frequency response, and easy signal detection. A composition membrane sensor with an interlocked structure has been developed, showing outstanding pressure sensitivity, fast response time, and low temperature drift features. The sensor exhibits significantly improved pressure sensitivity, fast reaction speed, and excellent cycle life compared to a flexible MXene-based flat sensor.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shuai Yang, Cai Shi, Keqi Qu, Zhe Sun, Handong Li, Benbin Xu, Zhanhua Huang, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: In this study, CNF/MXene/Ni chain (CMN) aerogels were synthesized and showed a favorable evaporation rate of 1.85 kg m(-2) h(-1) in pure water and 1.81 kg m(-2) h(-1) in seawater. The superior evaporation activity was attributed to the synergy of Ni chain and MXene, as well as the 3D structure frame of CNF. The CMN aerogel also exhibited excellent rejection rates for various ions, heavy metals, and organic pollutants in seawater, ensuring water purity after treatment.
Article
Polymer Science
Shiqi Chen, Luhan Bai, Xuanlun Wang, Handong Li, Ben Bin Xu, Hassan Algadi, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: This study investigates the effect of the content of nano-SiO2/beta-nucleating agent on the crystallization and mechanical behaviors of PP-R. It is found that an appropriate content of nano-SiO2 and beta-nucleating agent can enhance the mechanical properties of the composite. Furthermore, nano-SiO2/beta-nucleating agent significantly accelerates the nucleation and growth of crystallites.
POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Fushan Li, Nannan Wu, Hideo Kimura, Yuan Wang, Ben Bin Xu, Ding Wang, Yifan Li, Hassan Algadi, Zhanhu Guo, Wei Du, Chuanxin Hou
Summary: A unique NiCo2O4@C core-shell microcubes with hollow structures was fabricated, showing superior electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption capability and ultrabroad effective absorption bandwidth. The concentration of oxygen vacancies and morphologies of the structure were effectively optimized by adjusting the calcination temperature, resulting in enhanced absorption ability.
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Haoran Ye, Yang Shi, Ben Bin Xu, Zhanhu Guo, Wei Fan, Zhongfeng Zhang, Daniel M. Mulvihill, Xuehua Zhang, Pengju Shi, Ximin He, Shengbo Ge
Summary: BC-CaCl2, an innovative and environmentally friendly wood-based material, developed from natural pinewood, with high-density cross-linking structure and excellent properties, represents a viable alternative to petrochemical-based materials.
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Zhongtai Lin, Xue Li, Hao Zhang, Ben Bin Xu, Priyanka Wasnik, Handong Li, Man Vir Singh, Yong Ma, Tingxi Li, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: This study summarizes the fabrication methods of MXenes and LDHs, as well as the recent progress of MXene/LDH composites in the field of supercapacitors in recent years. Moreover, the corresponding study direction on supercapacitors has been prospected. This study aims to illustrate the application of MXene/LDH composites for supercapacitors and hopes to offer guidance for further research on the basis of these promising materials.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dong Liu, Chenxi Huyan, Zibi Wang, Zhanhu Guo, Xuehua Zhang, Hamdi Torun, Daniel Mulvihill, Ben Bin Xu, Fei Chen
Summary: Hydrogels with biomimetic features and tunable properties are gaining attention for use in wearable electronics. Conductive polymer-based hydrogels (CPHs) have emerged as a promising candidate for wearable sensor designs, with the ability to achieve desired features through different tuning strategies. However, there are challenges to overcome, such as limited strain sensing range and signal instability. This review explores recent advancements in CPH-based wearable sensor technology.
MATERIALS HORIZONS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Junhua Li, Lingshu Gao, Junmao Hong, Xiaofeng Shi, Sifang Kong, Jingyu Wang, Hassan Algadi, Benbin Xu, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: Terephthalic acid reformed Al/Zn metal organic nanoflake functionalized with trie-thylamine (T-AlZn) exhibits remarkable performance in removing trace lead (II) ions (Pb2+), with an adsorption equilibrium reached within 35 min and a removal rate ≥ 97%. After four regenerations, the decline in removal rates of T-AlZn for Pb2+ is only 16.73%. The adsorption of T-AlZn for Pb2+ follows the Langmuir isotherms model and pseudo-second-order dynamics model, with the utmost adsorption competence of 215.27 mg g-1. T-AlZn adsorbent shows a bright prospect in the adsorption for Pb2+ and is a considerable candidate in the disposal of industrial sewage.
