Rare-earth (RE)-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) are deemed as the promising candidates of luminescent nanoprobe for biological imaging and labeling. A number of methods have been used for the fabrication of UCNCs, but their assembly into porous architectures with desired size, shape and crystallographic phase remains a long-term challenging task. Here we report a facile, anion-induced h...

In this paper, two types of material forming filter cakes with different compressibility and compactness, namely CaCO3 and Kaolin were examined in a new test cell. Our measurements in the new test cell showed that C–P test data could predict reasonably well the actual filtration process. Taking into account the effect of side-wall friction, there were about 2–15 and 1–16% differences in average...

Lime stabilization is one of the techniques that can be used for improving the engineering properties, particularly the strength, of soft clays. This paper aims to investigate the effect of hydrated lime on the strength and microstructure of lime treated clays. In order to illustrate such effect, a series of laboratory tests were conducted. Atterberg limits, compaction tests, unconfined compres...

In many cases, the hydrocyclone control is desirable for efficient separation especially in case of changing feed conditions. Control concept based on exact mathematical models is not satisfactory due to the complexity of the physical process. In this case, fuzzy control is a suitable solution. The data are primarily derived from an optical sensor that monitors the outside view of the free unde...

in this paper, indium tin oxide (ito) nanoparticles has been prepared by chemical methods under given conditions with solution of indium chloride (incl3·4h2o), tin chloride (sncl4·5h2o) in ammonia solution. the samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd) and scanning electron microscopy (sem) analyses after heat treatments. the sem results showed that, the size of the ito particles pr...

This paper considers the hydrothermal unit commitment problem of power systems with high proportion of hydraulic generation. In this sense, a large-scale mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem for the two day cost-optimal generation of system is developed. The model involves a large number of mixed-integer decision variables and constraints linking time periods and operation units. A Lagra...

Kaolin-SO3H as a new solid acid is prepared via reaction of kaolin and chlorosulfonic acid. This natural based catalyst is very inexpensive and easy available. Imidazoles are an important class of heterocycles being the core fragment of different natural products and biological systems such as anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antifungal, antimycotic, antibiotic, antiulcerative, anti...

A facile and efficient method for the preparation of 1,1-diacetates of aldehydes is improved. The acidified kaolin with sulfuric acid (2 % w/w) catalyzed 1,1-diacetates formation from aldehydes in solvent-free conditions. Both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes gave high yields (85-95 %) of the corresponding 1, 1-diacetates. Advantages of this method are the use of inexpensive and selective catal...

Field-grown grapevines are often exposed to multiple environmental stresses, which challenges wine-growers develop sustainable measures sustain vine growth, yield, and quality. Under field conditions this task is demanding, due differences in the magnitudes of stresses associated plant responses. In study we explored hypothesis that kaolin-particle film application improves grapevine photoprote...