Recent progress in fabrication and application of BN nanostructures and BN-based nanohybrids

DV Shtansky, AT Matveev, ES Permyakova, DV Leybo… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to its unique physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, such as a low specific
density, large specific surface area, excellent thermal stability, oxidation resistance, low …

Boron nitride nanocomposites for microwave absorption: a review

F Wang, C Bai, L Chen, Y Yu - Materials Today Nano, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decades, great progress in electromagnetic microwave absorption (MA) materials
in both civil and military fields have been made due to the high demand for the elimination of …

Photocatalytic and bactericidal properties and molecular docking analysis of TiO 2 nanoparticles conjugated with Zr for environmental remediation

M Ikram, J Hassan, A Raza, A Haider, S Naz… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite implementing several methodologies including a combination of physical, chemical
and biological techniques, aquatic and microbial pollution remains a challenge to this day …

Dye degradation performance, bactericidal behavior and molecular docking analysis of Cu-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles

M Ikram, E Umar, A Raza, A Haider, S Naz… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper-doped TiO2 was prepared with a sol–gel chemical method. Various concentrations
(3, 6, and 9 wt%) of Cu dopant were employed. Several techniques were implemented to …

Metal–Organic Framework-Derived Fe-Doped Ni3Se4/NiSe2 Heterostructure-Embedded Mesoporous Tubes for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction

K Srinivas, F Ma, Y Liu, Z Zhang, Y Wu… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is crucial but challenging to promote sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
for water splitting via finely tuning the hierarchical nanoarchitecture and electronic structure …

Promising performance of chemically exfoliated Zr-doped MoS 2 nanosheets for catalytic and antibacterial applications

M Ikram, R Tabassum, U Qumar, S Ali, A Ul-Hamid… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured materials incorporated with biological reducing agents have shown
significant potential for use in bactericidal applications. Such materials have also …

Nano additives-enhanced PEG/AlN composites with high cycle stability to improve thermal and heat storage properties

L Qiu, K Yan, Y Feng, X Liu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The low thermal conductivity and easy leakage of phase change materials are the
shortcomings that hinder their further application for thermal energy storage. It is crucial how …

Outstanding performance of silver-decorated MoS2 nanopetals used as nanocatalyst for synthetic dye degradation

M Ikram, MI Khan, A Raza, M Imran, A Ul-Hamid… - Physica E: Low …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Silver (Ag) decorated MoS 2 nanopetals were synthesized by adopting
hydrothermal approach. MoS 2 nanopetals were doped with various concentrations (2.5, 5 …

Nanoarchitectonics of sulfonated boron nitride for catalytic synthesis of aromatic nitriles under mild conditions

P Choudhary, SS Chauhan, D Sharma, S Kumar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable protocols for synthesis of aromatic nitriles from
corresponding alcohols using metal-free heterogenous catalysts is a challenging task. In this …

2D chemically exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanosheets doped with Ni: synthesis, properties and catalytic application for the treatment of industrial …

M Ikram, J Hassan, M Imran, J Haider, A Ul-Hamid… - Applied …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, boron nitride nanosheets (BN–NS) were prepared through exfoliation of bulk
BN powder and efficacious incorporation of Ni (dopant material) was achieved using …