Agriculture crops encounter several biotic and abiotic stresses, including pests, diseases,
nutritional deficits, and climate change, which necessitate the development of new …

Abstract Recently, nano-silica (NS) particles with their tailorable property had gained
widespread attention due to their broad and emerging application areas, which included …

Several documents are available in the literature concerning the various water treatment
technologies, including adsorption, filtration, photocatalysis, oxidation, ion exchange and …

Significant application of silica nanoparticle in scientific field had led to the numerous
researches in the development of silica synthesis methodologies from different kind of silica …

In this work, nano-sized silica xerogel particles were synthesized using sodium silicate
solution prepared from waste container glasses (of mix colors) as precursor. The as …

In this study, amorphous silica nanoparticle was extracted from South African coal fly ash
(SACFA), using a facile sol–gel synthesis method. Prepared amorphous silica nanoparticles …

The synthesis of silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) has emerged as an extensive area of research
in the last century. Owing to their instinctive properties like modifiable mesoporous structure …

Despite their exceptional application potential in various fields, porous silica materials,
including silica xerogels, have an energy-intensive fabrication process and costly or toxic …

Abstract Silica (SiO2), a component of the earth's crust, has been in use for many
nanotechnological applications. This review presents one of the newest methods for safer …

The recent rapid urban growth has resulted into high demand for virgin materials thus
causing more accumulation of solid wastes (urban mines). As a result, efforts are now …