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Adhesion characteristics of solution treated environmental dust
( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)Environmental dust is modified towards self-cleaning applications under the gravitational influence. Dust particles are collected in the local area of Dammam in Saudi Arabia and they are treated with a dilute hydrofluoric ... -
Adsorption and recovery of lithium ions from groundwater using date pits impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals and ionic liquid
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The study aims to prepare a novel low-cost and environmentally friendly adsorbent by using date pits (DP) impregnated with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and ionic liquid (IL), named IL-CNC@DP. The batch adsorption of lithium ... -
Adsorption characteristics of pristine and magnetic olive stones biochar with respect to clofazimine
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)Olive stone biochars (OSBC), both pristine and following magnetization (MAG–OSBC), were utilized as eco‐friendly and cost‐effective sorbents for the antituberculosis, clofazimine (CLOF). Morphologies, textures, surface ... -
Adsorption of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid onto date seeds activated carbon: Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
(2012 , Article)Adsorption isotherm and kinetics of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) herbicide on activated carbon prepared from Barhi date seeds were determined from batch tests. The effects of contact time, initial herbicide ... -
Adsorption of textile dye onto modified immobilized activated alumina
( Elsevier Science B.V. , 2016 , Article)The study describes the synthesis of modified immobilized activated alumina (MIAA) and its application for the removal of textile dye from aqueous media. Immobilization was carried out by using the sol–gel method while ... -
Advances in smart materials and applications
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AEO7 Surfactant as an Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibitor for Carbon Steel in HCl solution
( Nature Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)The impact of AEO7 surfactant on the corrosion inhibition of carbon steel (C-steel) in 0.5 M HCl solution at temperatures between 20 °C and 50 °C was elucidated using weight loss and different electrochemical techniques. ... -
Aldehyde dehydrogenase expression in Metaphire posthuma as a bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in soil
( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background Soil contamination and associated pollution plays a detrimental role in soil flora and fauna. Soil is processed and remodeled by subterranean earthworms, accordingly are referred to as soil chemical engineers. ... -
Alpha-glucosidase and carbonic anhydrase inhibition studies of Pd(II)-hydrazide complexes
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)This study focused on the synthesis and characterization of hydrazide ligands and their respective Pd(II) complexes and used high throughput screening to determine their α-glucosidase and carbonic anhydrase II enzyme ... -
The amino acid composition of some Common marine algae from Qatar (Arabian Gulf)
( Qatar University , 1993 , Article)The most dominant twenty algal species representing the main three groups of benthic macroalgae, Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae were collected from the coastal zones of the Qatar peninsula. The algae were ... -
Amphetamine Selective Electrodes Based on Dibenzo-18-crown-6 and Dibenzo-24-crown-8 Liquid Membranes
( American Chemical Society , 1989 , Article)Two novel membrane electrodes highly sensitive and selective for amphetaminium cation are developed and electrochemically evaluated according to IUPAC recommendations. These electrodes Incorporate amphetamine-dibenzo-18-crown-6 ... -
Amplitude modulation in infrared metamaterial absorbers based on electro-optically tunable conducting oxides
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)A class of electro-optically tunable metamaterial absorbers is designed and theoretically investigated in the infrared regime towards realizing free-space amplitude modulators. The spacer between a subwavelength metallic ... -
An efficient eco advanced oxidation process for phenol mineralization using a 2D/3D nanocomposite photocatalyst and visible light irradiations
( Nature Publishing Group , 2017 , Article)Nanocomposites (CNTi) with different mass ratios of carbon nitride (C3N4) and TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared hydrothermally. Different characterization techniques were used including X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis diffuse ... -
An Innovative Platform Merging Elemental Analysis and Ftir Imaging for Breast Tissue Analysis
( Nature Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)Histopathology and immunohistology remain the gold standard for breast cancer diagnostic. Yet, these approaches do not usually provide a sufficiently detailed characterization of the pathology. The purpose of this work is ... -
Analysis of aerosol absorption properties and transport over North Africa and the Middle East using AERONET data
( Copernicus GmbH , 2016 , Article)In this paper particle categorization and absorption properties were discussed to understand transport mechanisms at different geographic locations and possible radiative impacts on climate. The long-term Aerosol Robotic ... -
Analytical methods for mercury speciation, detection, and measurement in water, oil, and gas
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article Review)Mercury related compounds are released in massive and alarming amounts due to increased human activities such as the processing of hydrocarbons in the petroleum industry. The contamination due to mercury compounds is ... -
Antimicrobial Modification of LDPE Using Non-thermal Plasma
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) represents polymer having good chemical and physical characteristics for which it is widely used in many applications, such as biomedical and food packaging industry. This polymer excels by ... -
Antimicrobial modification of PLA scaffolds with ascorbic and fumaric acids via plasma treatment
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)An optimal medical scaffold should be biocompatible and biodegradable and should have adequate mechanical properties and scaffold architecture porosity, a precise three-dimensional shape, and a reasonable manufacturing ... -
Application of a definitive screening design for the synthesis of a charge-transfer complex of sparfloxacin with tetracyanoethylene: Spectroscopic, thermodynamic, kinetics, and DFT computational studies
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)Herein, a spectrochemical approach was adopted to study the charge-transfer (CT) complexation of sparfloxacin (SFX) with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE). In this study, a three-level design of experiments (DOE) involving a ... -
Application of fractional factorial design for green synthesis of cyano-modified silica nanoparticles: Chemometrics and multifarious response optimization
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Cyano-functionalized spherical silica nanoparticles (SNPs) were synthesized via St?ber method. A 2 k-p IV fractional factorial design (2k-p IV-FFD) was used to smartly prepare monodispersed evenly distributed SNPs. Six ...