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Visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of brilliant green dye based on cobalt tungstate (CoWO4) nanoparticles (2018)
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Taneja, P., Sharma, S., Umar, A., Mehta, S. K., Ibhadon, A. O., & Kansal, S. K. (2018). Visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of brilliant green dye based on cobalt tungstate (CoWO4) nanoparticles. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 211, 335-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.02.041

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Herein, we report the successful surfactant free synthesis, characterization and visible light driven photocatalytic application of highly crystalline cobalt tungstate (CoWO4) nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were cha... Read More about Visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation of brilliant green dye based on cobalt tungstate (CoWO4) nanoparticles.

Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation (2018)
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Michailos, S. (2021). Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation. Biofuels, 12(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2018.1461522

This study deals with the comprehensive design of a biomass fast pyrolysis bubbling fluidising bed (BFB) reactor. The solid lignocellulosic residue of sugarcane industries, bagasse, was considered as feedstock. A detailed kinetic model was developed... Read More about Kinetic modelling and dynamic sensitivity analysis of a fast pyrolysis fluidised bed reactor for bagasse exploitation.

Study of intercooling for rotating packed bed absorbers in intensified solvent-based CO2 capture process (2018)
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Oko, E., Ramshaw, C., & Wang, M. (2018). Study of intercooling for rotating packed bed absorbers in intensified solvent-based CO2 capture process. Applied energy, 223, 302-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.057

Rotating packed beds (RPBs) are a compact and potentially more cost-effective alternative to packed beds for application in solvent-based carbon capture process. However, with concentrated monoethanolamine (MEA) (up to 70–80 wt%) as the solvent, ther... Read More about Study of intercooling for rotating packed bed absorbers in intensified solvent-based CO2 capture process.

Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation (2018)
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Pandhal, J., Siswanto, A., Kuvshinov, D., Zimmerman, W. B., Lawton, L., & Edwards, C. (2018). Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00678

© 2018 Pandhal, Siswanto, Kuvshinov, Zimmerman, Lawton and Edwards. There has been a steady rise in the incidences of algal blooms globally, and worryingly, there is increasing evidence that changes in the global climate are leading to a shift toward... Read More about Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation.

The effects of cathode flow channel size and operating conditions on PEM fuel performance: A CFD modelling study and experimental demonstration (2018)
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Carcadea, E., Varlam, M., Ingham, D. B., Ismail, M. S., Patularu, L., Marinoiu, A., & Schitea, D. (2018). The effects of cathode flow channel size and operating conditions on PEM fuel performance: A CFD modelling study and experimental demonstration. International journal of energy research, 42(8), 2789-2804. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4068

A comprehensive 3D, multiphase, and nonisothermal model for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell has been developed in this study. The model has been used to investigate the effects of the size of the parallel-type cathode flow channel on the fuel ce... Read More about The effects of cathode flow channel size and operating conditions on PEM fuel performance: A CFD modelling study and experimental demonstration.

Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure (2018)
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Zhang, Y., Cai, J., Zhang, D., Ke, X., & Zhang, L. (2018). Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 54(30), 3775-3778. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc01289j

© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. A self-assembly technology allows metal-organic framework materials to constitute a honeycomb internal structure while being shaped into millimeter-scale spheres. The ZIF-8 load is up to 83 wt% through solidific... Read More about Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure.

Electrochemical measurement of antibody­‐antigen recognition biophysics: thermodynamics and kinetics of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) binding to redox-­tagged antibodies (2018)
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Partington, L. I., Atkin, S. L., Kilpatrick, E. S., Morris, S. H., Piper, M., Lawrence, N. S., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2018). Electrochemical measurement of antibody­‐antigen recognition biophysics: thermodynamics and kinetics of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) binding to redox-­tagged antibodies. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 819, 533-541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.02.062

The thermodynamics and kinetics of antigen binding under diffusive conditions to an electrode surface modified with ferrocene-tagged antibodies is studied within this work, and realised experimentally for the case of human chorionic gonadotropin (hGC... Read More about Electrochemical measurement of antibody­‐antigen recognition biophysics: thermodynamics and kinetics of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) binding to redox-­tagged antibodies.

Simultaneous removal of NO and Hg⁰ using Fe and Co co-doped Mn-Ce/TiO₂ catalysts (2018)
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Shen, B., Zhu, S., Zhang, X., Chi, G., Patel, D., Si, M., & Wu, C. (2018). Simultaneous removal of NO and Hg⁰ using Fe and Co co-doped Mn-Ce/TiO₂ catalysts. Fuel, 224, 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.03.080

Fe and Co co-doped Mn-Ce/TiO2 (MCT) catalysts were investigated for the simultaneous removal of nitric oxide (NO) and elemental mercury (Hg0) at reaction temperature lower than 200 °C. The catalysts were characterized by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET),... Read More about Simultaneous removal of NO and Hg⁰ using Fe and Co co-doped Mn-Ce/TiO₂ catalysts.

Solar light driven photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin using TiO2/carbon-dot nanocomposites (2018)
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Sharma, S., Umar, A., Mehta, S. K., Ibhadon, A. O., & Kansal, S. K. (2018). Solar light driven photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin using TiO2/carbon-dot nanocomposites. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 42(9), 7445-7456. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj05118b

This paper reports the synthesis of TiO2 quantum dots, carbon dots (C-dots), and TiO2/C-dots using facile sol-gel and hydrothermal methods. The synthesized quantum dots were further characterized in detail to understand their crystalline, structural,... Read More about Solar light driven photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin using TiO2/carbon-dot nanocomposites.

Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation (2018)
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Zhang, X., Yao, J., & Ke, X. (2018). Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation. Catalysis Letters, 148(4), 1124-1129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2320-9

Selectivity of cascade redox reactions: the reduction of nitrobenzene to azoxybenzene and then to azobenzene and the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and then to benzoic acid, is discovered to be tuneable via light irradiation over plasmon... Read More about Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation.

Synthesis and antimicrobial effects of highly dispersed, cellulose-stabilized silver/cellulose nanocomposites (2018)
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Alahmadi, N. S., Kelly, S. M., Betts, J. W., Heinze, T., Wadhawan, J. D., & Koschella, A. (2018). Synthesis and antimicrobial effects of highly dispersed, cellulose-stabilized silver/cellulose nanocomposites. RSC advances, 8(7), 3646-3656. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra12280b

Small, spherical silver nanoclusters were synthesised on the surface of paper as a model cellulosic fibre substrate by a standard chemical reduction method. The concentration of the silver nanoclusters on the substrate surface is roughly proportional... Read More about Synthesis and antimicrobial effects of highly dispersed, cellulose-stabilized silver/cellulose nanocomposites.

Simultaneous thermal and visual imaging of liquid water of the PEM fuel cell flow channels (2018)
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Aslam, R. M., Ingham, D. B., Ismail, M. S., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2019). Simultaneous thermal and visual imaging of liquid water of the PEM fuel cell flow channels. Journal of the Energy Institute, 92(2), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joei.2018.01.005

Water flooding and membrane dry-out are two major issues that could be very detrimental to the performance and/or durability of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The above two phenomena are well-related to the distributions of and the in... Read More about Simultaneous thermal and visual imaging of liquid water of the PEM fuel cell flow channels.