Cutting-edge advances in tailoring size, shape, and functionality of nanoparticles and nanostructures: A review

V Harish, MM Ansari, D Tewari, AB Yadav… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: The versatility and immense potential of nanoparticles and nanostructures
have made them crucial building blocks for a wide range of applications. Achieving precise …

Biofuel production, hydrogen production and water remediation by photocatalysis, biocatalysis and electrocatalysis

AI Osman, AM Elgarahy, AS Eltaweil… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The energy crisis and environmental pollution have recently fostered research on efficient
methods such as environmental catalysis to produce biofuel and to clean water …

Generation of abundant defects in Mn-Co mixed oxides by a facile agar-gel method for highly efficient catalysis of total toluene oxidation

P Wang, J Wang, X An, J Shi, W Shangguan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
A facile agar-gel method was successfully applied to prepare a series of homogenous Mn-
Co mixed oxides with different Mn/Co molar ratios for highly efficient catalysis of total toluene …

“Traditional” sol-gel chemistry as a powerful tool for the preparation of supported metal and metal oxide catalysts

S Esposito - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The sol-gel method is an attractive synthetic approach in the design of advanced catalytic
formulations that are based on metal and metal oxide with high degree of structural and …

Recent Advances on Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Decomposition over Non-Noble-Metal Oxide Catalysts: Catalytic Performance, Mechanistic Considerations, and Surface …

M Konsolakis - ACS Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is the largest stratospheric-ozone-depleting substance, being
concomitantly the third most potent greenhouse gas. The direct catalytic decomposition of …

Connecting theory and simulation with experiment for the study of diffusion in nanoporous solids

BC Bukowski, FJ Keil, PI Ravikovitch, G Sastre… - Adsorption, 2021 - Springer
Nanoporous solids are ubiquitous in chemical, energy, and environmental processes, where
controlled transport of molecules through the pores plays a crucial role. They are used as …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials

D Fattakhova-Rohlfing, A Zaleska, T Bein - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The enormous interest in the synthesis, physical properties, and applications of the various
forms of titanium oxide materials is based on many factors. Being nontoxic, abundant, and …

Engineered nanomaterials in soil: Their impact on soil microbiome and plant health

ST Khan, SF Adil, MR Shaik, HZ Alkhathlan, M Khan… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
A staggering number of nanomaterials-based products are being engineered and produced
commercially. Many of these engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are finally disposed into the …

Encapsulation methods for control of catalyst deactivation: a review

HO Otor, JB Steiner, C Garcia-Sancho… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
One of the most significant challenges in the use of heterogeneous catalysts is the loss of
activity and/or selectivity with time on stream, and researchers have explored different …

Review of the progress in preparing nano TiO2: An important environmental engineering material

Y Wang, Y He, Q Lai, M Fan - Journal of environmental sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
TiO 2 nanomaterial is promising with its high potential and outstanding performance in
photocatalytic environmental applications, such as CO 2 conversion, water treatment, and …