The introduction of a strong acoustic field to an aqueous solution results in the generation of cavitation microbubbles. The growth and collapse of these microbubbles focuses and transfers energy from the macro-scale (acoustic wave) to the micro-scale (vapor inside the bubbles) producing extremely high localized pressures and temperatures. This unique energy focussing process generates highly r...

A novel sonochemical approach was developed for the synthesis of different core/shell structures of Fe3O4/SiO2/Ag nanocubes and SiO2/Ag nanospheres. The total reaction time of the three sonochemical steps for the synthesis of Fe3O4/SiO2/Ag nanocubes is shorter than that of the previously reported methods. A proposed reaction mechanism for the sonochemical functionalization of the silica and the...

Cyanide is a species of high toxicity that found mostly in industrial effluents such as electroplating, metal mining, metallurgy and metal cleaning processes. Entrance of it to existence environment contains very health hazardous. Objective of this study was the determination of efficiency of sonochemical technology for cyanide removal from aqueous solutions. In this study, it has been used fro...

The efficacy of sonochemical reactors in chemical processing applications has been well established in the laboratory scale of operation though at a given set of operating parameters and no efforts have been directed in terms of maximizing the free radical production. In the present work, the effect of different operating parameters viz. pH, power dissipation into the system, effect of additive...

We present sonogenerated magnesium-hydrogen sponges for effective reactive hard templating. Formation of differently organized nanomaterials is possible by variation of sonochemical parameters and solution composition: Fe2O3 nanorods or composite dendritic Fe2O3/Fe3O4 nanostructures.

We have developed a robust synthesis methodology for quantum dots (QDs) nanoparticles with magnetic properties designed biomodal imaging. These nanocrsytlas consists of semiconductor dot core engineered fluorescence, which is located in paramagnetic iron oxide shell that acts as resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent. Yolk-shell CdSe/ZnS@Fe2O3 (NPs) are synthesized via sonochemical decompositio...

two new nano-sized lead(ii) and mercury(ii) coordination polymers, [pb(2-bpdh)(no3)2(h2o)]n(1); (2-bpdh = 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-3,4-diaza-2,4-hexadiene)} and [hg(4-bpdb)(scn)2]n (2); (4-bpdb= 1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)-3,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene) were synthesized by a sonochemical method. the structure of 1 may be considered coordination polymer of lead(ii) and single crystal x–ray analysis of compound 2reve...

Numerical methods for the calculation of the acoustic field inside sonoreactors have rapidly emerged in the last 15 years. This paper summarizes some of the most important works on this topic presented in the past, along with the diverse numerical works that have been published since then, reviewing the state of the art from a qualitative point of view. In this sense, we illustrate and discuss ...

The sonochemical decolorization and degradation of azo dye Methyl violet using Fenton’s reagent in the presence of a high-frequency acoustic field has been investigated. Dyeing and textile effluents are the major sources of azo dyes, and are most troublesome among industrial wastewaters, causing imbalance in the eco-system. The effect of various operating conditions (initial concentration of dy...

The influence of surface vibrations on the intensity of sonochemiluminescence (SCL) produced by pulsed ultrasound with a frequency of 151 kHz is investigated through optical measurement of the vibration amplitude. Pulsed ultrasound inhibits the generation of large degassing bubbles that restrict the efficient spatial region for sonochemical reaction. The vibration amplitude of the liquid surfac...