Recent advances on composite hydrogels designed for the remediation of dye-contaminated water and wastewater: A review

AGB Pereira, FHA Rodrigues, AT Paulino… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dye-contamination in water supplies, industrial effluents, and rivers is one of the major water
pollution issues. It has put at risk the drinking-water supplies around the globe. Various …

Nanocatalytic assemblies for catalytic reduction of nitrophenols: a critical review

MI Din, R Khalid, Z Hussain, T Hussain… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Nitrophenol is common carcinogenic pollutant known for its adverse effects on human
beings and aquatic life. During the last few decades, the chemical reduction of nitrophenol …

Cooperative catalytic performance of bimetallic Ni-Au nanocatalyst for highly efficient hydrogenation of nitroaromatics and corresponding mechanism insight

L Qin, Z Zeng, G Zeng, C Lai, A Duan, R Xiao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
HNO 3-modified carbon black supported Ni-Au bimetallic nanocatalysts (HCB-Ni-Au) with
different Ni/Au molar ratio were synthesized for hydrogenation of nitroaromatics. The …

Metallogels: availability, applicability, and advanceability

H Wu, J Zheng, AL Kjøniksen, W Wang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introducing metal components into gel matrices provides an effective strategy to develop soft
materials with advantageous properties such as: optical activity, conductivity, magnetic …

Applications of UV/Vis spectroscopy in characterization and catalytic activity of noble metal nanoparticles fabricated in responsive polymer microgels: a review

R Begum, ZH Farooqi, K Naseem, F Ali… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Noble metal nanoparticles loaded smart polymer microgels have gained much attention due
to fascinating combination of their properties in a single system. These hybrid systems have …

Catalytic reduction of nitroarenes by palladium nanoparticles decorated silica@ poly (chitosan-N-isopropylacrylamide-methacrylic acid) hybrid microgels

M Arif, A Rauf, H Raza, SB Moussa, SM Haroon… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conversion of toxic nitroarenes into less toxic aryl amines, which are the most suitable
precursors for different types of compounds, is done with various materials which are costly …

Reduced graphene oxide-zinc sulfide nanocomposite decorated with silver nanoparticles for wastewater treatment by adsorption, photocatalysis and antimicrobial …

H Naeem, HM Tofil, M Soliman, A Hai, SHH Zaidi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with ZnS and ZnS-Ag nanoparticles are
successfully prepared via a facile one-step chemical approach consisting of reducing the …

Poly (lactic acid) based hydrogels: Formation, characteristics and biomedical applications

SA Munim, ZA Raza - Journal of Porous Materials, 2019 - Springer
Hydrogels are cross-linked polymeric networks that absorb or release water in response to
some stimuli and are susceptible to cellular attachment and can be remodeled into complex …

Classification, synthesis, characterization, and applications of metal nanoparticle-containing hybrid microgels: a comprehensive review

M Arif, H Raza, T Akhter - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last ten years, there has been significant interest in the integration of metal
nanoparticles (MNPs) in smart microgels (SMGs). These combined structures of metal …

Preparation of tris-tetrazole-based metallogels and stabilization of silver nanoparticles: studies on reduction catalysis and self-healing property

R Kyarikwal, N Malviya, A Chakraborty… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
An ionic multifunctional gelator molecule triethylammonium 5-(3, 5-bis ((1 H-tetrazol-5-yl)
carbamoyl) benzamido) tetrazol-1-ide G7 is synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic …