High quality double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) were synthesized by decomposition of methane over cobalt (Co) nanoparticles supported on porous MgO nanoparticles. The growth was significantly influenced by catalyst concentration and MgO type. Catalysts with 2.5–5 wt% Co loaded MgO (pore size: 4 nm) efficiently grow DWNTs with diameters of 2–4 nm, high graphitization, clean surfaces, and cle...

Bimetallic (Pd-Cu, Pd-Sn) nanoparticles supported on structured fibrous carbons (activated carbon fibers and carbon nanofibers grown on sintered metal fibers) were tested in denitrification of natural polluted water by hydrogen (a batch and continuous mode). Dependence of the activity/selectivity on catalyst chemical composition, promoter nature and metal particle size was studied. Sn-modified ...

The search for a clean abundant energy source brought hydrogen gas into the limelight; however, explosive nature of brings up issues with its storage. A way to mitigate this danger is through storing in feedstock material, which contains large percentage weight as hydrogen. Sodium borohydride material that gained lot attention it readily reacts water release This study explored novel composite ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to develop a novel silymarin-loaded solid nanoparticle system with enhanced oral bioavailability and an ability to provide excellent hepatic protection for poorly water-soluble drugs using Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membrane emulsification and a spray-drying technique. METHODS A silymarin-loaded liquid nanoemulsion was formulated by applying the SPG me...

palladium (ii) coordination complexes catalyze the reaction of alcohols with ketones to yield ethers. during the catalytic cycle, the alcohol adds selectively to the β-carbon (anti-markovnikov). in this work, mechanism and kinetics for the reaction of methanol with methyl vinyl ketone (mvk), being catalyzed by pd, has been theoretically investigated in detail. using quantum mechanical approach,...

a sensitive and simple method for simultaneous preconcentration of trace heavy metal ions in some cerealand vegetable samples has been reported. the method is based on the adsorption of cu2+, fe3+, zn2+ and pb2+on 2-(2-nitro-phenylazo)-naphthalen-1-ol (npn) loaded on activated carbon (ac). the adsorbed metals onactivated carbon were eluted using 3 ml 4 mol l−1 nitric acid. the influences of the...

The performance of several palladium precatalysts, namely, palladium(II) acetate, palladium(0) nanoparticles encapsulated into poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers (Pd DENs), and palladium(II)-PAMAM complexes, in the Stille reaction between trichloro(phenyl)stannane and iodoarenes in water is compared. The reactivity of Pd DENs is similar or inferior to that of palladium(II) acetate, although th...

chlorination of natural water containing humic compounds, produce significant amount of disinfectant by - products. the most important of such compounds are thlvis and halo acetic acids, suspected to cause cancer in animals and human. studies showed that under usual processes of water treatment plants, thms can not be removed effectively. since chlorination is the final process of treatment, it...

Palladium/iron bimetallic nanoparticles were synthesized using microemulsion method in the water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion system, which was made up of iso-octane, cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB), butanol and water and characterized by measuring the conductivity of the solution. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) analysis showed that t...