Taking the importance and significance of wastewater treatment into consideration, mono-dispersed Mn2O3 powders with sphere-like morphology and mesopore features has been firstly synthesized from the thermal decomposition of MnCO3 which is prepared via a modified carbonization method using CO2 g...

A novel multi-sensor infrared non-dispersive was developed and used to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from river sediments. The infrared filters were developed considering the bandwidth (BW) and central wavelength (CWL) of the infrared spectra of gases. Experiments were performed...

In this paper, TiO2 photocatalyst sensitized with commercial organic pigment, C.I. Pigment Yellow 154 (PY) or C.I. Pigment Red 254 (PR) was prepared by solvothermal method, respectively. Photocatalytic activities of the as- prepared pigment/TiO2 composites was evaluated by the degradation of the...

The mechanistic of photocatalytic decolorization and mineralization of methyl orange (MO) dye have been successfully studied using immobilized titanium dioxide/chitosan-montmorillonite (TiO2/CS-MT), a combination of TiO2 as the top layer and CS-MT as the sub-layer on a glass plate. The immobiliz...

In the present work, the effect of using neat orange oil, optimum orange oil–diesel blend and the optimum flow rate of DEE with orange oil are evaluated for the performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of a single cylinder, diesel engine. The experimental results show that carbon m...

A novel approach has been established for accessing structurally diverse azo disperse dyes with improved fastness properties by employing an Ugi four-component reaction (Ugi-4CR). The process includes three steps: (1) Ugi-4CR of aniline, cyclohexyl isocyanide, formic acid, and an aromatic aldehy...

The use of azo dyes by different industries can cause direct and/or indirect effects on human and environmental health due to the discharge of industrial effluents that contain these toxic compounds. Several studies have demonstrated the genotoxic effects of various azo dyes, but information on ...

An analytic absorption function was derived to investigate the dynamics of photoisomerization in a poly(methyl methacrylate) thin film doped with disperse orange 3 (DO3). The temporal absorption measured using the pump-probe method was well-behaved, following an analytic function with a single e...

The crystal structure of CI Disperse Orange 44 has been solved using direct methods and refined by least squares to R = 0·095. The structure consists of planar azobenzene molecules stacked in columns up the b-axis. The asymmetric unit consists of two molecules which differ in the conformation o...

A disposable pencil graphite electrode modified with dsDNA was used in combination with square wave voltammetry in order to evaluate the interaction of DNA with the textile dyes Disperse Orange 1 (DO1) and Disperse Red 1 (DR1), and with the products of their electrolysis. Significant changes in ...

Two types of organoclays including dioctadecyl tetrahydroxyethyl dibromopropane diammonium (DTDD) and octadecylmethyldihydroxyethyl ammonium bromide (OMDAB) modified montmorillonites (DMt and OMt) were fabricated by microwave synthesis for the first time, of which structure, morphology and surfa...

The incorporation of antimicrobial compounds into natural polymers can promote increased shelf life and ensure food safety. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity, morphological, optical, mechanical, and barrier properties of corn starch films containing orange (Citrus ...

The orange peel based-activated carbons were prepared via hydrolysis and chemical activation, in which KOH, H3PO4 and ZnCl2 were used as activators, respectively. Textural characterization (XRD, SEM and N2 adsorption-desorption) and electrochemical tests (CV, GCD, EIS and the cycle life) were ca...

The nonlinear responses of an azo dye, Disperse Orange 25 (DO25), are investigated under two irradiation of continuous Lasers at 532 and 632 nm wavelengths and the third order refractive index is measured by use of Z-scan technique. At 632 nm wavelength (far from the absorption peak), the close ...

The thermogenic activities of brown and beige adipocytes can be exploited to reduce energy surplus and counteract obesity. Recent RNA sequencing studies have uncovered a number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) uniquely expressed in white and brown adipose tissues (WAT and BAT), but whether and h...

Direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells (DC-SOFCs) are promising, all-solid-state, highly efficient and environment-friendly power generating devices fueled by solid carbons. In addition, utilization of real-world coal as fuel for DC-SOFC is an attractive topic, however, they still yield poor perfo...

This study investigates the promotional effects of implementing a co-catalytic system for hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil (VGO) that includes both dispersed and supported solid catalysts. A novel nickel-based p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene (Ni-TBC[4]) was employed as a dispersed catalyst in addition ...

The effects of different processing methods were investigated, including on the fluidity, solubility, nutrient composition, digestibility, color and aroma constituent of instant brown rice powder. It showed that, except for flavonoids, different processing methods significantly influenced the in...

Magnetically separable mesoporous activated carbon was prepared from brown coal in the presence of Fe3O4 as a bi-functional additive. Magnetic activated carbon (MAC) was characterized by low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TE...

Browns Ferry nuclear power plant (abbreviated BF NPP - three reactors) is located in Northwest Alabama within the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) of the North American intraplate fault system. It has the same plan as Fukushima-Daiichi NPP in Japan, meaning it has the same design errors which led ...