Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles have been synthesized by hydrothermal method, and dispersed in varying amounts by weight, in Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) matrix. Subsequently, PVA/CdS nanocomposite films have been characterized and analyzed to estimate CdS nanoparticles effect on the properties ...

2,4,6-Trinitrophenol (TNP) is a common explosive and widely used in military, pharmaceutical, pesticide, printing and dyeing industries. TNP in the wastewater and waste residues will enter into the environment by various ways and lead to serious threat on the environment. It is urgent to develop...

Quantum dots are important fluorescent semiconductor nano-crystals with distinguished electrical and optical properties and have gained great interest in many fields. The chemical and physical synthetic methods are usually not favorable for biological application due to high energy-consumption p...

This study describes a facile spin-coating deposition technique for cadmium sulfide thin film. The structural analysis revealed the formation of a pure hexagonal cadmium sulfide phase. The lattice constant, the crystallite size, dislocation density and micro strain were calculated. Energy disper...

Efficient removal of organic pollutants from wastewater by using photocatalysis has become a hot research in recent days due to its ecological and environmental importance. Herein, cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanostructure with different morphologies i.e. nanoflowers and nanopetals were prepared by a ...

Two independent trials were conducted to examine the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in MT-mediated tolerance to Cd toxicity in wheat plants. Cadmium toxicity considerably led to a decrease in plant growth, total chlorophyll, PSII maximum efficiency (Fv/Fm), leaf water potential, potassium (K+)...

A green, efficient synthesis of cadmium oxide decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites (RGO/CdO) was prepared by one-step co-precipitation and hydrothermal method. Crystalline nature of the nanocomposites was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. To evaluate the structural morpholo...

Prepared by the precursor method, lithium-doped cadmium oxide samples were synthesized using mixed formates of Cd1-xLix(HCOO)2·2H2O (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.075) as a precursor. NMR spectra were obtained on the lithium nuclei incorporated in cadmium oxide; and it is demonstrated that there is only one type...

The floatation of niobite has been studied using different collectors at various reagent dosages and solution pHs. The collectors used in this study included octyl diphosphonic acid (ODA), benzyl arsenic acid (BAA), C7–9 alkyl hydroxamic acid (AHA), α-styrolphosphonic acid (SPA), and diisobuty...

The flotation of niobite, fersmite, and ilmenorutile was studied using 3 collectors with various concentration and pulp pH. The collecting property of different representative collectors was investigated. Experimental results show that diphosphonic acid is an effective collector for valuable nio...

A new process is proposed for refining niobite ore that is found in Jiangxi province of China. Niobite, also known as columbite or niobite–tantalite, is a mineral that contains tantalum and niobium. The separation process includes two-stage grinding, gravity concentration, magnetic separation, ...

Sputter deposition of the thin film memristor material, lithium niobite (LiNbO2) is performed by co-deposition from a lithium oxide (Li2O) and a niobium target. Crystalline films that are textured about the (101) orientation are produced under room temperature conditions. This material displays ...

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a bioactive and biocompatible material possessing osteoconductive properties used widely in the biomedical sector. In the present study, synthesis of hydroxyapatite (HAp) using a Klebsiella pneumoniae SM24 (phosphate solubilizing bacteria) isolated from the slaughterhouse...

Coating on prostheses and implantable devices is one of the ways to increase the osseointegration of these products. However, plasma spray techniques, that are normally used, present high complexity and high cost. In this work, a new methodology for coating with nanometric hydroxyapatite is pres...

A multilayered coating of pyrolytic carbon-SiC-fluoridated hydroxyapatite-hydroxyapatite (PSFH) was designed and synthesized on carbon fibers (CF) by a combined method composed of chemical vapor deposition and pulsed electrochemical deposition. The morphology, microstructure, chemical compositio...

ObjectiveThis study was designed to analyze the crystal growth of synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) particles in pH 7.0 supersaturated solutions with different fluoride concentrations by FE-SEM, FE-TEM, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and FTIR.

Fluorine substituted hydroxyapatite (FAp) with different degree of fluorine (F) substitution, has been synthesized using hydrothermal synthesis method. In the present work, as synthesized powders were consolidated by sintering at 1200 °C in air for 1 h. The sintered specimens were characterized...

Hydroxyapatite was successfully synthesized from eggshell waste. In addition, 10, 20, and 30 wt% hydroxyapatite/polycaprolactone (PCL) composites were prepared. The composites were prepared by dispersing hydroxyapatite particles in PCL. The structural properties of the composites were characteri...

Phenol is very abundant in the aquatic environment and therefore requires an effective treatment using porous and low-cost adsorbents. Alumina-hydroxyapatite composites were prepared from natural phosphate ore in the presence of Al3+ ions via a wet-chemical method. Porous composites were charact...

Lecithin-based hydroxyapatite (HAp-LE) precipitation allows synthesis of biocompatible nanosized particles. In our previous paper regarding this process, we concluded that the concentration of lecithin gives control over the size and morphology of such particles. In this paper, a special emphasi...