Sunlight-driven activation of peroxymonosulfate by microwave synthesized ternary MoO/BiO/g-CN heterostructures for boosting tetracycline hydrochloride degradation.

Design of direct Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst is considered as an effective strategy to fully use the high redox potential photogenerated charge carriers. This work reports a novel method for investigating the photosynergistic performance of the Z-scheme MoO/BiO/g-CN (MBG) photocatalyst with peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the solar degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH), a model of organic pollutants in wastewater. The results showed a better strategy to activate PMS via accelerating the redox cycle (Mo/Mo), which ultimately induces the successive generation of highly reactive oxygen species.

Strategies to Enhance ZnO Photocatalyst's Performance for Water Treatment: A Comprehensive Review.

Despite the photocatalytic organic pollutant degradation using ZnO started in 1910-1911, many challenges are still ahead, and several critical issues have to be addressed. Large band gap, and short life-time of photogenerated electrons and holes are critical issues negatively affect the photocatalytic activity of ZnO. Various approaches have been introduced to overcome these issues including intrinsic doping, extrinsic doping, and heterostructure.

Sonochemical synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride-manganese oxide interfaces for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride.

The present study focuses on the sonochemical synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride-manganese oxide (GCN/MnO) nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of an environmentally hazardous pharmaceutical compound, tetracycline hydrochloride (TcH). The sonochemical synthesis aided in tailoring the morphology of GCN/MnO. The characterization results of SEM/FESEM, XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis spectra, EIS, CV, etc.

Direct -Scheme CsO-BiO-ZnO Heterostructures as Efficient Sunlight-Driven Photocatalysts.

Limited light absorption, inefficient electron-hole separation, and unsuitable positions of conduction band bottom and/or valence band top are three major critical issues associated with high-efficiency photocatalytic water treatment. An attempt has been carried out here to address these issues through the synthesis of direct -scheme CsO-BiO-ZnO heterostructures via a facile, fast, and economic method: solution combustions synthesis. The photocatalytic performances are examined by the 4-chlorophenol degradation test under simulated sunlight irradiation.

Novel Green Biomimetic Approach for Synthesis of ZnO-Ag Nanocomposite; Antimicrobial Activity against Food-borne Pathogen, Biocompatibility and Solar Photocatalysis.

A simple, eco-friendly, and biomimetic approach using Thymus vulgaris (T. vulgaris) leaf extract was developed for the formation of ZnO-Ag nanocomposites (NCs) without employing any stabilizer and a chemical surfactant. T.

Effects of Thermal Variables of Solidification on the Microstructure, Hardness, and Microhardness of Cu-Al-Ni-Fe Alloys.

Aluminum bronze is a complex group of copper-based alloys that may include up to 14% aluminum, but lower amounts of nickel and iron are also added, as they differently affect alloy characteristics such as strength, ductility, and corrosion resistance. The phase transformations of nickel aluminum-bronze alloys have been the subject of many studies due to the formations of intermetallics promoted by slow cooling. In the present investigation, quaternary systems of aluminum bronze alloys, specifically Cu-10wt%Al-5wt%Ni-5wt%Fe (hypoeutectoid bronze) and Cu-14wt%Al-5wt%Ni-5wi%Fe (hypereutectoid bronze), were directionally solidified upward under transient heat flow conditions.

The Effect of Plasma Nitriding on the Fatigue Behavior of the Ti-6Al-4V Alloy.

The Ti-6Al-4V alloy is widely used in the manufacture of components that must have low density and high corrosion resistance and fatigue strength. The fatigue strength can be improved by surface modification. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of plasma nitriding on the fatigue behavior of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy with a lamellar microstructure (Widmanstätten type).

Keratin: dissolution, extraction and biomedical application.

Keratinous materials such as wool, feathers and hooves are tough unique biological co-products that usually have high sulfur and protein contents. A high cystine content (7-13%) differentiates keratins from other structural proteins, such as collagen and elastin. Dissolution and extraction of keratin is a difficult process compared to other natural polymers, such as chitosan, starch, collagen, and a large-scale use of keratin depends on employing a relatively fast, cost-effective and time efficient extraction method.

A facile and green strategy for the synthesis of Au, Ag and Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles using aerial parts of R. hypocrateriformis extract and their biological evaluation.

A facile and green strategy is reported here to synthesize gold (Au), silver (Ag) and gold-silver (Au-Ag) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) through bio-reduction reactions of aqueous corresponding metal precursors mediated by extracts of aerial parts of R. hypocrateriformis, which act as both reducing and stabilizing agents, under microwave irradiation. UV-vis spectrophotometer, XRD, FT-IR, FESEM/TEM, TGA and EDAX analysis were used to characterize the obtained NPs.

On the infusion of a therapeutic agent into a solid tumor modeled as a poroelastic medium.

The direct infusion of an agent into a solid tumor, modeled as a spherical poroelastic material with anisotropic dependence of the tumor hydraulic conductivity upon the tissue deformation, is treated both by solving the coupled fluid/elastic equations, and by expressing the solution as an asymptotic expansion in terms of a small parameter, ratio between the driving pressure force in the fluid system, and the elastic properties of the solid. Results at order one match almost perfectly the solutions of the full system over a large range of infusion pressures. Comparison with experimental results is acceptable after the hydraulic conductivity of the medium is properly calibrated.

Lipid bilayer discs and banded tubules: photoinduced lipid sorting in ternary mixtures.

The self-assembly of biological amphiphiles has proved a fascinating topic in recent years, the hollow cylindrical lipid tubule morphology being of particular interest due to its potential applications in "soft" microtechnologies. Lateral coexistence of liquid-ordered (lo) and liquid-disordered (ld) phases, which may resemble raft formation in cell membranes, was investigated in lipid tubules, prepared from 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, egg-sphingomyelin, and cholesterol. Fluorescence microscopy shows that the appearance of micrometer-scale lo domains in the lipid tubule is not an intrinsic phase behavior of the system but a consequence of photoinduced lipid peroxidation.