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Designing Flexible and Porous Fibrous Membranes for Oil Water Separation-A Review of Recent Developments
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Bellwether Publishing, Ltd.
, 2020 , Article Review)
Oil sorbent membranes are highly effective materials in combating oil spills. Recent technological advancements in membrane preparations permit higher oil-sorption efficiency and easier oil recoverability. This review ...
Mechanical properties of gamma irradiated TiO2NPs/MWCNTs/LDPE hybrid nanocomposites
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
This work investigates the impact of ϒ-irradiation on the mechanical properties of titanium oxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) hybrid low-density polyethylene (LDPE) nanocomposites. Hybrid ...
White graphene-cobalt oxide hybrid filler reinforced polystyrene nanofibers for selective oil absorption
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
In this work, stable hydrophobic nanocomposites are made from electrospun fibers of polystyrene (PS) containing a hybrid filler combination of (i) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and (ii) cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanomaterials. ...
Gas Sensing and Power Harvesting Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanocomposites Containing Hybrid Nanotubes
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
Gas sensing properties at room temperature and energy harvesting performances are realized for the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposites containing titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes grown in the presence of carbon ...
Core-shell nanofibers of polyvinylidene fluoride-based nanocomposites as piezoelectric nanogenerators
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
Flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENG) are widely applied to harvest sustainable energy from multiple energy sources. The rational and simple design of PENG have great potential in soft electronics. Here we design a ...
Mesoporous silica filled smart super oleophilic fibers of triblock copolymer nanocomposites for oil absorption applications
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
Super oleophilic fibers of styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) block copolymer/mesoporous silica (MS) nanocomposites are fabricated by electrospinning, and their oil absorption efficiency is monitored by following two different ...
Piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide/iron oxide filled polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposite fibers
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENG) with flexible and simple design have pronounced significance in fabricating sustainable devices for self-powering electronics. This study demonstrates the fabrication of electrospun ...
Fabrication of zno-fe-mxene based nanocomposites for efficient co2 reduction
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
A ZnO-Fe-MXene nanocomposite was fabricated and examined with diverse spectroscopic techniques. The hexagonal structure of ZnO, MXene, and ZnO-Fe-MXene nanocomposites were validated through XRD. FTIR showed the characteristic ...
Improved self-healing performance of polymeric nanocomposites reinforced with talc nanoparticles (TNPs) and urea-formaldehyde microcapsules (UFMCs)
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
The present work reports the self-healing performance of the epoxy based polymeric nanocomposite coatings containing different concentrations (1 and 3 wt%) of talc nanoparticles (TNPs) modified with sodium nitrate (NaNO3), ...
Improving mechanical, thermal and damping properties of niti (Nitinol) reinforced aluminum nanocomposites
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
In the present study, Ni50Ti50 (NiTi) particle reinforced aluminum nanocomposites were fabricated using microwave sintering and subsequently hot extrusion. The effect of NiTi (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 vol %) content on the ...