Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Fabrication, functionalization, and application of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composite: An overview

N Mohd Nurazzi, MRM Asyraf, A Khalina, N Abdullah… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
A novel class of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nanomaterials has been surging since 1991
due to their noticeable mechanical and electrical properties, as well as their good electron …

Carbon nanotubes: Functionalisation and their application in chemical sensors

MN Norizan, MH Moklis, SZN Demon, NA Halim… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been recognised as a promising material in a wide range of
applications, from safety to energy-related devices. However, poor solubility in aqueous and …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanotubes and graphene-based materials for adsorptive removal of metal ions–a review on surface functionalization and related adsorption …

RH Krishna, MN Chandraprabha, K Samrat… - Applied Surface Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhanced use of heavy metals for commercial and non-commercial applications has
resulted in industrial and domestic discharge loaded with toxic metal ions creating increased …

Recent advances in carbon-based polymer nanocomposites for electromagnetic interference shielding

H Abbasi, M Antunes, JI Velasco - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-based nanoparticles have recently generated a great attention, as they could create
polymer nanocomposites with enhanced transport properties, overcoming some limitations …

Oxygen engineering enables N-doped porous carbon nanofibers as oxygen reduction/evolution reaction electrocatalysts for flexible zinc–air batteries

F Qiang, J Feng, H Wang, J Yu, J Shi, M Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Controllable designing of heteroatom-doped carbon catalysts provides an insightful strategy
for boosting the performance and kinetics of the oxygen reduction/evolution reaction …

Tuning oxygenated functional groups on biochar for water pollution control: A critical review

L Dai, Q Lu, H Zhou, F Shen, Z Liu, W Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has attracted increasing attention in water pollution control, attributed to its various
merits, eg, tunable physico-chemical properties. The oxygenated functional groups (OFGs) …

Design, synthesis, and performance of adsorbents for heavy metal removal from wastewater: a review

Y Fei, YH Hu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Heavy metal contamination has caused serious impacts on the environment and risks
towards human health, promoting intensive R&D efforts for the removal of heavy metals from …

Recent advances in graphene-based nano-membranes for desalination

I Ali, SZ Hasan, H Garcia, MK Danquah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for desalination is steadily rising due to dwindling fresh water sources and the
abundant saline water in our oceans. Among the various techniques available, membrane …

Functionalization as a way to enhance dispersion of carbon nanotubes in matrices: A review

L Lavagna, R Nisticò, S Musso, M Pavese - Materials today chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The past 3 decades of thorough scientific scrutiny of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) revealed
that, in spite of their remarkable properties, some technological applications are adversely …