Publications by authors named "S I El-Hout"
Article Synopsis
- - The research explores a new use for sugarcane bagasse waste, turning it into zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) through a green synthesis method, which helps reduce environmental pollution while adding economic value.
- - The study reports a high yield (96%) in producing ZnO-NPs using an aqueous extract of sugarcane bagasse, which were further processed to achieve 99.7% purity through calcination, with various characterization techniques applied to understand their properties.
- - The resulting ZnO-NPs exhibited strong antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities, outperforming non-calcined ZnO-NPs, and showed promising interactions with specific viral targets, highlighting their potential for real-world applications in health and environmental solutions
The need for abundant photocatalyst in wastewater treatment is currently a must. A simple intercalation process was utilized to exfoliate Kaolinite clay mineral structure AlSiO(OH) into two-dimensional nanostructured separated layers operated in visible light range. The intercalating agents were hydrazine hydrate and urea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeather tanning operations create a large amount of solid and liquid waste from tanning, wherein Cr(III) compounds are used to produce wet blue leather. In this study, activated carbon (AC) generated from leather waste (LW) was evaluated for supercapacitor (SC) applications. AC was produced through carbonization at a temperature range of 700°C-900 °C, followed by chemical activation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transepithelial corneal cross-linking (CXL) with supplemental oxygen.
Methods: This was a prospective, non-comparative, pilot cohort study conducted at the National Reference Center for Keratoconus (Toulouse, France) on patients with progressive keratoconus. Transepithelial, pulsed, accelerated CXL was performed in an oxygen-rich atmosphere.