Algae biotechnology for industrial wastewater treatment, bioenergy production, and high-value bioproducts

A Ahmad, F Banat, H Alsafar, SW Hasan - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing world population is causing hazardous compounds to form at an increasingly
rapid rate, calling for ecological action. Wastewater management and treatment is an …

Microalgae: therapeutic potentials and applications

F Khavari, M Saidijam, M Taheri, F Nouri - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Recently, special attention has been paid to marine origin compounds such as
carbohydrates, peptides, lipids, and carotenoids, which are extracted from microalgae and …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan-based composite materials for prospective hemostatic applications

Z Hu, DY Zhang, ST Lu, PW Li, SD Li - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Effective hemostasis is vital to reduce the pain and mortality of patients, and the research
and development of hemostatic materials are prerequisite for effective hemostasis. Chitosan …

Micro/nanofabrication, assembly, and actuation based on microorganisms: Recent advances and perspectives

D Gong, L Sun, X Li, W Zhang, D Zhang… - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms become new sources for fabricating intricate micro/nano structures via
bottom‐up approaches. Produced from nature, microorganism biotemplates exhibit unique …

Diatoms with invaluable applications in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine: recent advances

N Rabiee, M Khatami, G Jamalipour Soufi… - ACS biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diatoms are unicellular microalga found in soil and almost every aquatic environment
(marine and fresh water). Biogenic silica and diatoms are attractive for biotechnological and …

A diatom-based biohybrid microrobot with a high drug-loading capacity and pH-sensitive drug release for target therapy

M Li, J Wu, D Lin, J Yang, N Jiao, Y Wang, L Liu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted delivery is a promising mean for various biomedical applications, and various
micro/nano robots have been created for drug delivery. Mesoporous silica has been shown …

Placing microalgae on the biofuels priority list: a review of the technological challenges

HC Greenwell, LML Laurens… - Journal of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Microalgae provide various potential advantages for biofuel production when compared with
'traditional'crops. Specifically, large-scale microalgal culture need not compete for arable …

Sol-gel silica nanoparticles in medicine: A natural choice. Design, synthesis and products

MC Gonçalves - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Silica is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust, and over time it has been
introduced first into human life and later into engineering. Silica is present in the food chain …

Porous silica and carbon derived materials from rice husk pyrolysis char

Y Shen, P Zhao, Q Shao - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Biomass pyrolysis is considered one of the most promising technologies for production of
sustainable fuels. Rice husk ash (RHA) contains over 60% silica, 10–40% carbon and minor …

Graphene-diatom silica aerogels for efficient removal of mercury ions from water

S Kabiri, DNH Tran, S Azari, D Losic - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A simple synthetic approach for the preparation of graphene-diatom silica composites in the
form of self-assembled aerogels with three-dimensional networks from natural graphite and …