Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Nanoparticle and nanostructure synthesis and controlled growth methods

V Harish, MM Ansari, D Tewari, M Gaur, AB Yadav… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials are materials with one or more nanoscale dimensions (internal or
external)(ie, 1 to 100 nm). The nanomaterial shape, size, porosity, surface chemistry, and …

Mineral scaling in membrane desalination: Mechanisms, mitigation strategies, and feasibility of scaling-resistant membranes

T Tong, AF Wallace, S Zhao, Z Wang - Journal of membrane science, 2019 - Elsevier
Mineral scaling is one of the primary factors that constrain the performance of membrane
desalination. However, compared to numerous studies on organic and biological fouling …

Reactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications

Z Dai, L Xu, T Xiao, B McPherson, X Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemical reaction simulations are considerably used to quantitatively assess the long-term
geologic carbon sequestration (GCS), such as CO 2 sequestration capacity estimations …

Coupled redox cycling of Fe and Mn in the environment: The complex interplay of solution species with Fe-and Mn-(oxyhydr) oxide crystallization and transformation

J Liu, Q Chen, Y Yang, H Wei, M Laipan, R Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The chemistry of Fe and Mn in natural geochemical systems are closely coupled, as Fe and
Mn always co-exist in various forms (eg, hydrated ions, soluble complexes, and particles) in …

High speed 4D printing of shape memory polymers with nanosilica

YYC Choong, S Maleksaeedi, H Eng, S Yu, J Wei… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel development to accelerate the printing speed of
photopolymerization-based process by improving resin curability with nanosilica fillers. The …

A review of heterogeneous nucleation of calcium carbonate and control strategies for scale formation in multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plants

J Zhao, M Wang, HMS Lababidi, H Al-Adwani… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
The formation of solid inorganic salts from solutions is of fundamental importance for
industrial, geological, and biological processes. Here, we review the literature on the …

The role of confined collagen geometry in decreasing nucleation energy barriers to intrafibrillar mineralization

D Kim, B Lee, S Thomopoulos, YS Jun - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Mineralization of collagen is critical for the mechanical functions of bones and teeth. Calcium
phosphate nucleation in collagenous structures follows distinctly different patterns in highly …

Natural nanoparticles, anthropogenic nanoparticles, where is the frontier?

G Lespes, S Faucher, VI Slaveykova - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nano-sized particles are important components of the Earth biogeochemical system.
However, in the Anthropocene, the human activities disturbed their natural cycle and …

Self-assembled ultrasmall mixed Co–W phosphide nanoparticles on pristine graphene with remarkable synergistic effects as highly efficient electrocatalysts for …

X Wang, JB Le, Y Fei, R Gao, M Jing… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In situ mixing of transition metal phosphides (TMPs), especially those with dissimilar metals,
in ultrasmall spaces and assembling them on nanoscale supports for remarkably enhanced …