A comprehensive review on adsorption, photocatalytic and chemical degradation of dyes and nitro-compounds over different kinds of porous and composite materials

A Haleem, A Shafiq, SQ Chen, M Nazar - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dye and nitro-compound pollution has become a significant issue worldwide. The
adsorption and degradation of dyes and nitro-compounds have recently become important …

A systematic review on new advancement and assessment of emerging polymeric cryogels for environmental sustainability and energy production

A Haleem, JM Pan, A Shah, H Hussain, W He - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review article, main focus was on the macro-porous cryogels synthetic routes and
their applications. Porosity of the material is the main factor of attention for different …

Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

P Makvandi, S Iftekhar, F Pizzetti, A Zarepour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of
applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to …

A critical review of palladium nanoparticles decorated in smart microgels

M Arif - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Palladium nanoparticles (Pd) combined with smart polymer microgels have attracted
significant interest in the past decade. These hybrid materials have unique properties that …

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 …

Application of composite cryogels in downstream processing-A review

S Hajizadeh - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for efficient separation and purification methods has inspired the development
of new techniques and materials for bioseparation. Conventional chromatographic columns …

Developments on the Smart Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery System for Oral Tumor Therapy

Y Zhao, B Ran, X Xie, W Gu, X Ye, J Liao - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
At present, an oral tumor is usually treated by surgery combined with preoperative or
postoperative radiotherapies and chemotherapies. However, traditional chemotherapies …

Highly porous cryogels loaded with bimetallic nanoparticles as an efficient antimicrobial agent and catalyst for rapid reduction of water-soluble organic contaminants

A Haleem, SQ Chen, M Ullah, M Siddiq… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of robust materials possessing simultaneously antibacterial and catalytic
activities for the reduction and removal of organic pollutants from wastewater with enhanced …

Facile Synthesis and Fabrication of NIPAM-Based Cryogels for Environmental Remediation

J Ambreen, A Haleem, AA Shah, F Mushtaq, M Siddiq… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Herein, polymeric cryogels containing poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) were synthesized by
cryo-polymerization at subzero temperature. The synthesized cryogels were loaded with …

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 …