Versatile odor sensors that can discriminate among huge numbers of environmental odorants are desired in many fields, including robotics, environmental monitoring, and food production. However, odor sensors comparable to an animal's nose have not yet been developed. An animal's olfactory system recognizes odor clusters with specific molecular properties and uses this combinatorial information i...

BACKGROUND Removal of mercury from aqueous environment has been highly regarded in recent years and different methods have been tested for this purpose. One of the most effective ways for mercury ions (Hg(+2)) removal is the use of modified nano porous compounds. Hence, in this work a new physical modification of mesoporous silica (SBA-15) with 1, 3, 5 (Trithiane) as modifier ligand and its app...

The importance of removal of heavy metals from drinking water has received significant attention of researchers and decision makers across the globe. Bio-adsorbents have emerged as potential remediation materials for the removal of heavy metals and metalloids from both groundwater and surface water. Plants, algae, fungi are some of the biomass derived adsorbents which are capable of removing he...

A multi-functional polystyrene based adsorbent (NKU-9) with a unique mesoporous and a high surface area was prepared by suspension polymerization for removal of therapeutic toxins in blood purification. The adsorbent produced had an almost equal amount of mesopore distribution in the range from 2 to 50 nm. The adsorption of serum toxins with different molecular weights were examined by in vitro...

In this paper, a detailed 3D modelling of flow and coupled heat and mass transport in a channel coated with adsorbing material is presented. A comparative study between a simplified 1D model and the detailed 3D model is carried out. Both 3D and 1D predictions are compared with experimental data available from literature as well. The time-dependent variation of temperature and heat flux distribu...

BACKGROUND Aflatoxins are serious hazard to poultry industry and human health. Broiler chickens fed on aflatoxin contaminated feed develop various abnormal signs and behavior including less attraction toward feed, abnormal faeces consistency, growth retardation, dirty and ruffled feather, abnormal organs size and weight and blood serum biochemistry. Therefore the study was aimed to detoxify afl...

Batch experiments were conducted in order to investigate the competitive interaction of arsenite (As(III)) and arsenate (As(V)) onto ferrihydrite as a function of initial pH, adsorbent dosage, concentration of coexisting ligands, and order of addition. The pH generally had a great impact on adsorption under both single ion and competitive conditions. However, the amount of As(V) in solution was...

The purification and concentration of enzymes by adsorption on charcoal, tannin, aluminum hydroxide, ion exchange resins, and so forth, has been an established practice in the laboratory. Some years before this work was done in 1949, alkali-cooked lignin was used as an adsorbent for mold and malt amylase (Wallerstein et al., 1945). In this paper is described our study of the adsorption of the a...

conserving water resources and protecting them from pollution are of high account in the natural cycle of our life. this study has tried to determine the refining potential and capacity of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) in order to remove the cadmium from water, studying the influence of factors such as initial concentration of cadmium, contact time, absorbent mass, and ph. results have ...

This article provides an overview of the role raw and burnt date pits as bio-waste for heavy metal removal. In recent years, many studies on adsorption properties various low-cost adsorbents, such agricultural waste activated carbons based waste, have been published. review summarizes research demonstrating utility modified biomass-based adsorbents in removal pollutants from wastewater. Additio...