Sustainable Materials – Page 31

Interaction between Volatile Organic Compounds and Functional Monomers in Molecularly Imprinted Materials

Luga C., Ortíz E., Noreña L., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MX

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have been playing an increasingly important role in volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing for air quality control. The unique feature of these materials is their biomimetic molecular recognition functionality. Theoretical chemistry [...]

Comparative Analysis for Pseudoboehmite Obtainded by Sol Gel Using Green Chemistry Expert System Sofware

Serna Saiz J., Camargo G., Moreno J.C., Suarez A.F., Universidad Libre, CO

Monohidróxide aluminum, known as pseudoboehmite (AlOOH) was obtained by the sol-gel method by the reaction between aluminum and isopropyl alcohol to produce aluminum isopropoxide using mercuric iodide and Iodine sublimed as catalyst. This work looks [...]

Polymer Coated Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles for High-gradient Magnetic Separation

Alvarez R., Trad T.M., Martirosyan K.S., University of Texas at Brownsville, US

Magnetic separation is a complex physical process in which magnetically susceptible composites is extracted from a liquid mixture using magnetic properties of the substances. Several separation procedures are developed based on magnetic susceptibility, magnetohydrostatic, magnetohydrodynamic [...]

STARBONS®: Preparation, applications and transition from laboratory curiosity to scalable product

Shuttleworth P.S., Budarin V.L., Breeden S.W., Luque R.L., White R., Clark J.H., University of York, UK

Starbons® are a novel family of mesoporous materials derived from polysaccharides, which have surface tunable functionalities ranging from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. This novel Starbon® technology utilizes the natural ability for polysaccharides to retain their organized [...]

Electrochemical activities of hybrid nanocomposite membrane

Thanganathan U., Okayama University, JP

Organic-inorganic hybrid proton-conducting materials are expected to be the next generation, of high-performance membranes in a variety of fields as they have both the functionality of organic compounds and the stability of inorganic substances. The [...]

Industrial symbiosis and green chemistry: one’s waste is another’s resource!

Hunt A.J., Dodson J.R., Parker H.L., Budarin V.L., Matharu A.S., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Industrial symbiosis, the sharing of industrial by-products to add value, reduce costs and improve the environment, will become increasingly important for the sustainable future of our planet. By employing this philosophy alongside green chemical technologies [...]

Green Chemistry, Waste, Emissions, Remediation

Near-field infrared nanoscopy of phonon resonant silica and silica-coated goldnoparticles

Abate Y., California State University Long Beach, US

Single silica capped and uncapped gold nanoparticles are imaged using apertureless near-field optical microscopy (ANSOM) in the visible (λ=632 nm) and infrared frequencies (λ=10.7 µm). Identification of capped and uncapped particles with nanoscale spatial resolution [...]

ALD for sustainable future – building a cleaner world from sub-nanometer level

Toivola M., Pilvi T., Picosun Oy, FI

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) offers a superior way to coat highly conformal, uniform, pinhole and defect free thin films on even the most challenging nanoscale architectures. The technique is already widely in use in e.g. [...]

Boehmite nanometric with high surface area synthesized from a microwaves hydrothermal method

Quirino M.R., Oliveira M.J.C., Keyson D., Gama L., Bosco J., Federal University of Paraíba, BR

As the crystallization kinetics is enhanced by the introduction of the microwave hydrothermal method, the arm of this work was to produce and characterize boehmite by microwave-assisted hydrothermal. Boehmite nanostructure were synthesized by a hydrothermal [...]