Hydrophilic magnetic chitosan/gelatin hydrogel with enhanced fuel dehydration characteristics: Modeling, kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic study.

In this research, a nanocomposite of FeO/chitosan/gelatin was prepared and used as a magnetic recyclable dewatering agent to improve the quality of fuel. Prepared materials were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, VSM, BET and FESEM techniques. Effective factors on water uptake i.

Effective remediation of mercury (II) from aqueous solutions using CS-MnFeO-CoS-MWCNTs: Box-Behnken design optimization and adsorption isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics evaluation.

Mercury (Hg) is a hazardous heavy metal, non-biodegradable and toxic, posing a serious threat to aquatic life and human health. Therefore, the removal of Hg ions from contaminated water using effective and eco-friendly adsorbents is necessary. In the present study, three magnetic chitosan-based organic-inorganic nanocomposites, such as CS-MnFeO, CS-MnFeO-CoS, and CS-MnFeO-CoS-MWCNTs, were designed and constructed to investigate their capacity for adsorbing Hg ions from aqueous solutions.

Toxic cadmium selective sequestration from food samples using melamine anchored magnetic cellulose by surface imprinting route.

Cadmium is very toxic for living organisms hence selective and efficient control capturing of it is necessary. To reach this goal a novel imprinted polymer was developed using melamine anchored MnFeO - cellulose. Magnetic cellulose was synthesized through an ultrasound-assisted precipitation route.

SR;NI Atom Transfer Radical Random Copolymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate:Incorporation of Diatomite Platelets.

Mesoporous diatomite platelets were employed to prepare various random poly (styrene-co-methyl methacrylate)/diatomite composites by in situ simultaneous reverse and normal initiation technique for atom transfer radical random copolymerization (SR&NI ATRP) technique. Nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm, SEM and TEM were employed for evaluating some inherent properties of the pristine diatomite platelets. Conversion and molecular weight determinations were carried out using GC and SEC respectively.

Effective aqueous arsenic removal using zero valent iron doped MWCNT synthesized by in situ CVD method using natural α-FeO as a precursor.

This research presents an efficient system for removing aqua's arsenic based on in situ zero valent iron doping onto multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) through MWCNT growth onto the natural α-FeO surface in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor. The as-synthesized magnetic nanohybrid was characterized by XRD, VSM, FE-SEM and TEM techniques. The result of XRD analysis revealed that MWCNT has been successfully generated on the surface of zero valent iron.