An overview of the oil palm industry: Challenges and some emerging opportunities for nanotechnology development

FN Maluin, MZ Hussein, AS Idris - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increase in the world's oil demand due to the rise of the global population urges more
research into the production of sustainable vegetable oilseeds, among which palm oil is the …

Recent progress of wastes derived nano-silica: synthesis, properties, and applications

SS Hossain, CJ Bae, PK Roy - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, nano-silica (NS) particles with their tailorable property had gained
widespread attention due to their broad and emerging application areas, which included …

Application of statistical physical, DFT computation and molecular dynamics simulation for enhanced removal of crystal violet and basic fuchsin dyes utilizing …

N Elboughdiri, I Lakikza, A Boublia, SI Aouni… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the use of watermelon seeds (Citrullus lanatus), a plentiful and cost-
effective biosorbent, for the removal of basic fuchsin (BF) and crystal violet (CV) dyes from …

Effective removal of methylene blue from water using phosphoric acid based geopolymers: synthesis, characterizations and adsorption studies

MI Khan, TK Min, K Azizli, S Sufian, H Ullah, Z Man - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Phosphoric acid based geopolymers (PAGPs) are a class of geopolymers that are produced
by phosphoric acid activation of metakaolin. In this work, two different PAGPs have been …

Adsorption of acid green and procion red on a magnetic geopolymer based adsorbent: Experiments, characterization and theoretical treatment

P Hua, L Sellaoui, D Franco, MS Netto, GL Dotto… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
A magnetic geopolymer (MG) was used as an effective adsorbent for water decolorization, in
particular, for the removal of acid green (AG) and procion red (PR) from aqueous solutions …

The pyrolysis kinetics of the conversion of Malaysian kaolin to metakaolin

MI Khan, HU Khan, K Azizli, S Sufian, Z Man… - Applied Clay …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the pyrolysis kinetics of the thermal transformation of kaolin
to metakaolin with the aid of models and model free isoconversional methods. Thermal …

Kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of ionic liquid pretreated rubber wood biomass

AS Khan, Z Man, MA Bustam, CF Kait, Z Ullah… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of ionic liquids (ILs) namely 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMim][Cl])
and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([BMIM][OAc]) on rubber wood pyrolysis kinetic and …

Palm oil fuel ash application in cold mix dense-graded bituminous mixture

KR Usman, MR Hainin, MKIM Satar, MNM Warid… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of cold mix cold-laid emulsified asphalt mixtures is often improved by
additives like rice husk ash, fly ash, fibres, and lime for varying applications. High void …

Removal of dyes from water using Citrullus lanatus seed powder in continuous and discontinuous systems

P Grassi, J Georgin, D SP Franco, ÍMGL Sá… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study is to develop a low-cost biosorbent using residual seeds of the
Citrullus lanatus fruit for the removal of cationic dyes. Physicochemical parameters such as …

Extraction of valuable chemicals from sustainable rice husk waste using ultrasonic assisted ionic liquids technology

Z Ullah, Z Man, AS Khan, N Muhammad… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice husk is one of the most abundant waste lignocellulosic materials. Prob sonication
assisted ionic liquid treatment being time effective and environmental benign was utilized for …