Laser synthesis and processing of colloids: fundamentals and applications

D Zhang, B Gokce, S Barcikowski - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Driven by functionality and purity demand for applications of inorganic nanoparticle colloids
in optics, biology, and energy, their surface chemistry has become a topic of intensive …

Zinc oxide based photocatalysis: tailoring surface-bulk structure and related interfacial charge carrier dynamics for better environmental applications

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alternative to the gold standard TiO2 photocatalyst, the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) as a
robust candidate for wastewater treatment is widespread due to its similarity in charge …

Laser ablation in liquids for nanomaterial synthesis: diversities of targets and liquids

D Zhang, Z Li, K Sugioka - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The demand is growing for new nanoscience-based technologies with unique properties
that are different from traditional wet-chemical techniques. In recent years, laser ablation in …

Sorption of pollutants by porous carbon, carbon nanotubes and fullerene-an overview

VK Gupta, TA Saleh - Environmental science and pollution research, 2013 - Springer
The quality of water is continuously deteriorating due to its increasing toxic threat to humans
and the environment. It is imperative to perform treatment of wastewater in order to remove …

Processing methods, characteristics and adsorption behavior of tire derived carbons: a review

TA Saleh, VK Gupta - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2014 - Elsevier
The remarkable increase in the number of vehicles worldwide; and the lack of both technical
and economical mechanisms of disposal make waste tires to be a serious source of …

Carbon nanotube–metal oxide nanocomposites: Fabrication, properties and applications

S Mallakpour, E Khadem - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a carbonaceous material, depend on morphology, size and
diameter have highly unique properties in mechanical strength, thermal stability electrical …

Improving the photocatalytic activity and anti-photocorrosion of semiconductor ZnO by coupling with versatile carbon

C Han, MQ Yang, B Weng, YJ Xu - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Coupling ZnO with carbon materials using a suitable integration method to form ZnO–carbon
composites has been established as a promising strategy to ameliorate the photocatalytic …

Efficient removal of Cr (VI) and Cu (II) ions from aqueous media by use of polypyrrole/maghemite and polyaniline/maghemite magnetic nanocomposites

AE Chávez-Guajardo, JC Medina-Llamas… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
We examined the use of polypyrrole/maghemite (PPY/γ-Fe 2 O 3) and
polyaniline/maghemite (PANI/γ-Fe 2 O 3) magnetic nanocomposites (MNCs) as active …

Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution with self-assembled cylindrical graphene–carbon nanotube hybrid

L Ai, J Jiang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, we report the efficient removal of organic dye from aqueous solution with a self-
assembled cylindrical graphene–carbon nanotube (G–CNT) hybrid which can be directly …

Ultrasound assisted preparation of rGO/TiO2 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under sunlight

SP Deshmukh, DP Kale, S Kar, SR Shirsath… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, well known Hummers–Offeman method was employed for production of
graphene oxide (GO) and in-situ deposition of TiO 2 nanoparticles on prepared GO in …