Computational and experimental assessment of pH and specific ions on the solute solvent interactions of clay-biochar composites towards tetracycline adsorption: Implications on wastewater treatment.

Experimental and computational investigations have been conducted in this study to assess the influence of municipal waste pyrolyzed biochar impregnated clay composites on antibiotic removal as a material for wastewater treatment and simultaneous value-addition for waste. The surface potential (zeta potential) of the pristine biochar and composite samples are found to be within the range ~10 to ~ -40 mV in the pH range 2-10. The presence of different inorganic salt solutions influences the electrophoretic mobility of the dispersed phase in a suspension, as well as its zeta potential.

Hydrothermal assisted decoration of NiS and CoS nanoparticles on the reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for sunlight driven photocatalytic degradation of azo dye: Effect of background electrolyte and surface charge.

The semiconductor NiS nanoparticles with an average size of 10 ± 0.317 nm were successfully deposited on the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets by simple hydrothermal method. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized by various instrumental techniques like XRD, FTIR, FESEM, EDX, HRTEM, fluorescence spectrophotometer analysis.

Correction: Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au-Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles towards efficient photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in water.

Correction for 'Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au-Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles towards efficient photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in water' by Gitashree Darabdhara, et al., Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 8276-8287.

Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au-Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles towards efficient photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in water.

Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au-Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticles are successfully prepared via a chemical approach consisting of reducing the metal precursors using ascorbic acid as reductant at an elevated temperature. The prepared nanocomposite is employed as a photocatalyst for the degradation of organic contaminants such as phenol, 2-chlorophenol (2-CP), and 2-nitrophenol (2-NP). The complete degradation of phenol is achieved after 300 min under natural sunlight irradiation whereas the degradation of 2-CP and 2-NP is completed after 180 min.