A myriad of core/shell nanoparticles (NPs) have been developed and studied in the last decades aiming at the increase of functionality, stability, dispersibility, biocompatibility, and specific targeting, for instance.1 Shells can also interact synergetically with the core by changing lattice parameters, resulting in strain-engineered materials with tuned, improved, and new properties.2,3 This ...

In this study, a zinc plant purification cake (CINKUR Co. Turkey) was leached with sulphuric acid and an acidic leach solution containing Zn(II), Fe(II), Pb(II), Al(III), Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) ions was obtained. After purification, ammonium thiocyanate and water were added to the remaining leach solution containing Co(II) and Ni(II) ions to adjust the chemical media and ion concentration. T...

Recycling rare earth elements (REEs) contained in electronic waste is of utmost importance due to their ever-increasing use the high-tech sector. In this context, non-polluting techniques represents a real challenge for scientists. work, we demonstrated that clean and energy-efficient process, diffusion dialysis, has great potential recovery neodymium (Nd) praseodymium (Pr), Nd-Fe-B magnets end...

The introduction of impurity atoms into semiconducting materials is the primary method for controlling the properties of the semiconductor, such as band gap or electrical conductivity. This practice is routinely performed with bulk semiconductors and, more recently, has been extended to nanoscale semiconductors as well. In particular, II–VI and III–V semiconductors that have been doped with tra...

CO2 per year by 2030 [1]. Petroleum-based materials and chemical have been replaced by biological-based materials and chemicals with environmental advantages such as sustainability and biodegradability [2, 3]. One of these petroleum based-chemicals is the short chain carboxylic acids or volatile fatty acids (VFA). VFA are carboxylic acids with a carbon chain between 2 and 7 carbons [acetic (2),...

In the actual environmental and economic context, there is an increased interest in the microbial production at a large industrial scale of the bifunctional weak carboxylic acids, the 2-hydroxypropionic acid (lactic acid) and its isomer the 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) (1). Among their various applications, these compounds are primarily sought for their direct use as building blocks mainly fo...

Nanoscale magnetic materials are being intensively investigated because of both their unique properties and potential applicability in different fields, including spin-based electronics, recording media, magneto-optics, magneto-caloric refrigeration, biomedical imaging, etc. Chromium-based tellurides in the bulk are known to be ferromagnetic with variable Curie temperatures (TCs). Chromium tell...