Make it clean, make it safe: A review on virus elimination via adsorption

L Sellaoui, M Badawi, A Monari, T Tatarchuk… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the potential dangers of viral infection transmission through water and air have
become the focus of worldwide attention, via the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The …

The challenge of tungsten skarn processing by froth flotation: A review

Y Foucaud, L Filippov, I Filippova, M Badawi - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recently, tungsten has drawn worldwide attention considering its high supply risk and
economic importance in the modern society. Skarns represent one of the most important …

Molecular insights on the adsorption of some pharmaceutical residues from wastewater on kaolinite surfaces

JW Hounfodji, WG Kanhounnon, G Kpotin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-negligible concentrations of chemicals products are often contained in worldwide
wastewaters. Although they can be eco-toxic, they are generally poorly removed in water …

Trapping of Ag+, Cu2+, and Co2+ by faujasite zeolite Y: New interpretations of the adsorption mechanism via DFT and statistical modeling investigation

L Sellaoui, EP Hessou, M Badawi, MS Netto… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the potential of a synthesized faujasite-type zeolite Y as an adsorbent
for the removal of relevant heavy metals such as silver (Ag+), copper (Cu 2+), and cobalt (Co …

Understanding the adsorption mechanism of Ag+ and Hg2+ on functionalized layered double hydroxide via statistical physics modeling

L Sellaoui, J Ali, M Badawi, A Bonilla-Petriciolet… - Applied Clay …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling analysis based on a statistical physics theory was used to explain the adsorption
of Ag+ and Hg 2+ on layered double hydroxides (LDH) functionalized with anions CO 3 2 …

Recycling nitrogen from liquid digestate via novel reactive struvite and zeolite minerals to mitigate agricultural pollution

G Galamini, G Ferretti, C Rosinger, S Huber, V Medoro… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Recycling nutrients is of paramount importance. For this reason, struvite and nitrogen
enriched zeolite fertilizers produced from wastewater treatments are receiving growing …

Computational Exploration of a Metal(II) Catecholate-Functionalized UiO-66 Nanoporous Metal–Organic Framework for Effective NOx Capture

K Gopalsamy, M Wahiduzzaman, A Daouli… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted much attention for the effective capture of
contaminants from air. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculations and grand …

Computing RPA adsorption enthalpies by machine learning thermodynamic perturbation theory

B Chehaibou, M Badawi, T Bucko… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Correlated quantum-chemical methods for condensed matter systems, such as the random
phase approximation (RPA), hold the promise of reaching a level of accuracy much higher …

Biofuel purification: Coupling experimental and theoretical investigations for efficient separation of phenol from aromatics by zeolites

I Khalil, H Jabraoui, S Lebègue, WJ Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purification of second-generation biofuels is becoming an urgent issue due to the
toxicity of the combustion products of residual phenol in these biofuels. The use of solid …

DFT calculations for adsorption of H2S and other natural gas compounds on (Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn)–Y zeolite clusters

MUC Braga, GH Perin, LH de Oliveira… - … and Mesoporous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The acid compounds removal from natural gas by adsorption on zeolites is an
environmentally friendly alternative technology for its purification and commercialization …