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Effective removal of cesium ions by using PAN/PANI blend nanofibers prepared by electrospinning method
In this study, polyacrylonitrile/polyaniline (PAN/PANI) blend nanofibers were prepared by the electrospinning method, and their performance was evaluated as an effective cesium ions adsorbent. The adsorption b...
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The present study introduces a novel nanocomposite based on reduced graphene oxide, nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots, and palladium and silver nanoparticles (rGO/NGQD/AgPd) as an electrocatalyst toward nit...
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A voltammetric genosensor has been developed for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 by determination of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) sequence as a specific target of novel coronavirus. The severe acute res...
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The first dual-modality highly intensive fluorescent and colorimetric nanoprobe for Fe3+ ions and histidine is reported. The carbon dots doped by nitrogen and sulfur (N,S-CDs) prepared by the one-pot hydrothermal...
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Efficient Utilization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Both Reactant and Reaction Medium for Synthetic Applications
Carbon dioxide is an attractive C1 building block in organic synthesis. However, due to the inert nature of CO2, its activation and incorporation into organic substrates still remain a significant synthetic chall...
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Efficient Utilization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Both Reactant and Reaction Medium for Synthetic Applications
Carbon dioxide is an attractive C1 building block in organic synthesis. However, due to the inert nature of CO2, its activation and incorporation into organic substrates still remain a significant synthetic chall...
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The effects of varying operating conditions on metals removal from aqueous solution using a novel platinum nanopartcles/Zeolite-4A adsorbent are reported in this paper. Characterization of the adsorbent showed...
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We have been studying the development of new asymmetric two-center catalysis using rare earth alkoxides and bifunctional sugar and related ligands. In The Fourth International Conference on Multi-Component Rea...
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