the present study was carried out to evaluate the effects of dietary nano-structured zeolite (nz) levels on reduction of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) in the diet of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) for 56 days. for this purpose, 270 fish (23 ± 3.7 g) were randomly distributed into 6 groups including c (control), nz0.5 (basic ration + 0.5 % nano-structure zeolite), nz1 (basic ration + 1 % nano-structu...

Hierarchical zeolite monoliths with multimodal porosity are of paramount importance as they open up new horizons for advanced applications. So far, hierarchical zeolites based on nanotube scaffolds have never been reported. Inspired by the organization of biominerals, we have developed a novel precursor scaffolding-solid phase crystallization strategy for hierarchical zeolites with a unique nan...

Proton-energy differences, ammonia adsorption, and D/H-exchange barriers for methane at selected isolated Brønsted sites in zeolites FAU, MFI, BEA, ERI, and CHA are studied by combined quantum-chemicalclassical (QM/MM) calculations in an attempt to understand the factors that determine the reactivity at these Brønsted sites. The barrier of the D/H-exchange reaction for methane was found to corr...

The self- and collective-diffusion behaviors of adsorbed methane, helium, and isobutane in zeolite frameworks LTA, MFI, AFI, and SAS were examined at various concentrations using a range of molecular simulation techniques including Molecular Dynamics (MD), Monte Carlo (MC), Bennett-Chandler (BC), and kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC). This paper has three main results. (1) A novel model for the process...

Nanosized zeolite crystals (nanozeolites) with narrow particlesize distributions and sizes less than 100 nm have received much attention because of their great potential applications in catalysis and adsorption. The decrease in the crystal sizes results in high external surface areas, reduced diffusion path lengths, and more exposed active sites. For example, small Y-type zeolite crystals have ...

Commercial zeolites with CHA, MFI, and LTL framework topology are subjected to acid treatment chromic (H2CrO4) solutions concentrations ranging between 0.1 10 w/%. As forms polymeric species as a function of concentration, specific effects obtained these three zeolites, differing by their topology, pore size, Si/Al ratios crystal size. The etched characterized X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, N2 ph...

Gas separation efficiencies of three zeolite membranes (Faujasite, MFI, and Chabazite) have been examined using the method of molecular dynamics. Our investigation has allowed us to study the effects of pore size and structure, state conditions, and compositions on the permeation of two binary gas mixtures, O(2)N(2) and CO(2)N(2). We have found that for the mixture components with similar sizes...

Applications of zeolite membranes in separation, chemical sensors, and catalytic membrane reactors have led to extensive studies on their fabrication. To date, mainly silicatebased zeolite membranes of the structure types MFI, DDR, LTA, and FAU have been synthesized on different substrates and evaluated for singleor multiple-gas permeation. Routes for the synthesis of zeolite membranes can be b...

Fig. 1: Silicalite-1 crystal, top: building scheme with 90° rotated subunits, bottom: picture of the x-z-plane in normal optical mode (transmission). 1. Introduction Adsorption of aromatic hydrocarbons in MFI zeolites has been intensively studied due to the importance of ZSM-5 and the aluminium-deficient analogue, Silicalite-1, in catalysis and separation. Applying different macroscopic techniq...