Amazing conductivity, perfect honeycomb sp(2) arrangement and the high theoretical surface area make pristine graphene as one of the best materials suited for application as catalyst supports. Unfortunately, the low reactivity of the material makes the formation of nanocomposite with inorganic materials difficult. Here we report an easy approach to synthesize nanocomposites of pristine graphene...

A novel nanocomposite hydrogel with controllable multiple thermosensitivity has been synthesized by introducing poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) into clay/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) nanocomposite hydrogel, which exhibits double thermosensitive phase transition: a UCST and a LCST spontaneously.

Abstract Nanofiltration is one of the most widely used membrane processes for water purification with high practical value because a large number chemical species that are separated through this process. Usually, nanofiltration, energy–consuming operations involved including generation enough pressure rejection jumps and lower molecular weight chemicals at surface membrane. Recent developments ...

A cationic surfactant-selective electrode for sensitive analysis of cationic surfactant has been developed by using a plasticized poly (vinyl chloride) membrane based on nanocomposite cation exchanger polypyrrole zirconium titanium phosphate. The electrode is excellently selective for the cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) ion over inorganic ions and other cationic surfactants. The membran...

During interfacial polymerization (IP) reaction between m-phenylenediamine (MPDA) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC), a by-product, i.e. hydrochloric acid can produce. This produced acid diffuses back in aqueous phase and protonates MPDA and reduces its reactivity that results in lowering of polymer yield and performance of membrane. Further, for getting consistency in reverse...

In order to meet the growing demand for sustainable and renewable energy, significant processes have been achieved in energy harvesting field recent years. Due its strong polarity property superior mechanical characteristics, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) serves as most attractive material a liquid-solid triboelectric nanogenerator (LS-TENG). PVDF-based TENG has come long way thus far. Hence, ...

Water pollution from the fashion industries containing dyes has become a major source of water pollution. These anthropogenic contaminated waters directly enter irrigation and drinking systems, causing irreversible environmental damage to human health. Nanomembrane technology attracted extensive attention remove these toxic chemicals but new approaches are still required for improving removal e...