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Surfaces, Volume 5, Issue 4

2022 December - 7 articles

Cover Story: Biopolymers (chitosan and alginate) can incorporate metal-ion species to yield ternary metal composites (TMCs) with enhanced adsorption properties. TMCs were prepared and characterized that contain Al3+, Cu2+, and Fe3+, respectively. The monolayer adsorption capacity (Qm) of the composites was evaluated with the anionic dye methyl orange (MO) and a cationic dye (methylene blue; MB). The Qm (MO) was 422 mg/g for the Al- and 467 mg/g for the Cu-TMC, compared with 42 mg/g for Fe-TMC. MB afforded insight into the role of the metal center and surface charge, where only the Fe-TMC shows appreciable MB uptake due to the prevalent (hydroxy) Fe species. This study provided novel insights into the coordination chemistry of the metal species and their role on the TMC adsorption properties. View this paper
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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,142 Views
17 Pages

10 December 2022

Slip and fall accidents are widespread in workplaces and on walkways. Slipping is generally initiated by a sudden change in the flooring properties or due to a low available traction at the shoe–floor interface. To measure shoe-floor traction,...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,356 Views
15 Pages

Traction Performance of Common Formal Footwear on Slippery Surfaces

  • Shubham Gupta,
  • Subhodip Chatterjee,
  • Ayush Malviya and
  • Arnab Chanda

17 November 2022

Traumatic injuries caused due to slipping and falling are prevalent in India and across the globe. These injuries not only hamper quality of life but are also responsible for huge economic and compensation burdens. Unintentional slips usually occur d...

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  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,230 Views
8 Pages

Green Composites from Thiophene Chalcones and Rice Husk Lignin: An Alternative of Powder for Latent Fingermark

  • Bruno Nunes da Rosa,
  • Marcelo Pereira da Rosa,
  • Tais Poletti,
  • Nathalia Pereira Koltz de Lima and ,
  • Guilherme Kurz Maron,
  • Bruno Vasconcellos Lopes,
  • Kristiane de Cássia Mariotti,
  • Paulo Henrique Beck,
  • Neftali Lenin Villarreal Carreno and
  • Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira
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16 November 2022

This study reports a route to obtaining a novel and cost-effective rice husk-derived lignin/thiophene chalcone green composite for application in forensic science as a fingermark developer through high energy milling. The material was properly charac...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,517 Views
25 Pages

A Review on the Fabrication and Characterization of Titania Nanotubes Obtained via Electrochemical Anodization

  • Syeda Ammara Batool,
  • Muhammad Salman Maqbool,
  • Muhammad Awais Javed,
  • Akbar Niaz and
  • Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman

9 November 2022

Recently, titania nanotubes (TNTs) have been extensively studied because both their functional properties and highly controllable morphology make them important building blocks for understanding nanoscale phenomena and realizing nanoscale devices. Co...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,112 Views
11 Pages

21 October 2022

The present paper describes the technological peculiarities relevant to the nucleation and further epitaxial growth of the metastable epsilon phase of iron oxide by means of pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The orthorhombic epsilon ferrite ε-Fe...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,440 Views
16 Pages

24 September 2022

Three ternary metal composites (TMCs) with iron nitrate, aluminum nitrate, and copper nitrate (Fe-TMC-N, Al-TMC-N, Cu-TMC-N) were synthesized and their physicochemical properties were investigated. Characterization of the TMCs was achieved by element...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,658 Views
16 Pages

22 September 2022

The removal of model hydrocarbon oil systems (4-nitrophenol (PNP) and naphthalene) from laboratory water was evaluated using a ferric sulfate and a lime-softening coagulant system. This study addresses the availability of a methodology that documents...

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