As part of the so-called interfacial separation techniques, selective particle agglomeration is one of the few options that are suitable for the separation of heterogeneous, multicomponent systems of particles smaller than 1 μm. In this regard, th...
The demand for rare earth elements (REEs) is continuously increasing due to the important roles they play in low-carbon and green energy technologies. Unfortunately, the global REE reserves are limited and concentrated in only a few countries, so the...
Homogeneous catalysts PtCl2[5,5′-bis-(n-ClCF2(CF2)3CH2OCH2)-2,2′-bpy] (2A) and PtCl2[5,5′-bis-(n-HCF2(CF2)3CH2OCH2)-2,2′-bpy] (2B), which contained short fluorous chains, were synthesized and used in catalysis of hydrosilylati...
Advanced processes, which are alternatives to ordinary distillation, are essential to dehydrate azeotropic alcoholic mixtures for biofuel production. In that regard, this work focuses on the analysis of heterogeneous azeotropic distillation for the s...
Heterogeneous membranes, otherwise known as Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs), which are used in gas separation processes, are the subject of growing interest. This is due to their potential to improve the process properties of membranes compared to thos...
The rapid separation and efficient recycling of catalysts after a catalytic reaction are considered important requirements along with the high catalytic performances. In this view, although heterogeneous catalysis is generally less efficient if compa...
The greatest advantage of heterogeneous catalysis is the ease of separation, while the disadvantages are often limited activity and selectivity. We report solvents that use tunable phase behavior to achieve homogeneous catalysis with ease of separat...
Enhancement of photoexcited charge separation in semiconductor photocatalysts is one of the important subjects to improve the efficiency of energy conversion for photocatalytic overall water splitting into H2 and O2. In this study, we report an effic...
Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are an important cell resource for stem cell-based therapy, which are generally isolated and enriched by the density-gradient method based on cell size and density after collection of tissue samples....
Semiconducting materials display unique features that enable their use in a variety of applications, including self-cleaning surfaces, water purification systems, hydrogen generation, solar energy conversion, etc. However, one of the major issues is...
Controlling the phase-separated structure of polymer alloys is a promising method for tailoring the properties of polymers. However, controlling the morphology of phase-separated structures is challenging. Recently, phase-separated structures have be...
Reducing energy consumption of mobile communication networks has gained significant attentions since it takes a major part of the total energy consumption of information and communication technology (ICT). In this paper, we consider 5G networks with...
A superparamagnetic graphene oxide/Fe3O4/l-proline nano hybrid that was obtained from the non-covalent immobilization of l-proline on graphene oxide/Fe3O4 nanocomposite was used as a new magnetically separable catalyst for the efficient synthesis of...
Phase unwrapping is an imperative step in interferometry processing that has a significant influence on the quality of subsequent products. Many existing phase unwrapping algorithms have been designed to solve for the unwrapped phase under the assump...
Differentiation of grassland/forage types and accurate estimates of their location and extent are important for understanding their ecological processes and for applying appropriate management practices. We are aiming to reveal the different spectral...
Oily wastewater is extensively generated during the petroleum extraction and refining processes, as crude oil production water and from the effluent systems in petrochemical enterprises. The discharge standards for such wastewater are stringent, with...
In September 2018, the First European Workshop on Metal Phosphonates Chemistry brought together some prominent researchers in the field of metal phosphonates and phosphinates with the aim of discussing past and current research efforts and identifyin...
Although liquid–liquid phase separation of cytoplasmic or nuclear components in cells has been a major focus in cell biology, it is only recently that the principle of phase separation has been a long-standing concept and extensively studied in biome...
The synthesis of magnetically separable quasi-homogeneous base catalyst and heterogeneous base catalyst is described. The quasi-homogeneous catalyst is achieved by supporting silane monomers functionalized with different amine groups directly on the...
Rapeseed oil transesterification reaction with ethanol under supercritical fluid conditions was performed either in the presence of catalysts or without them. The catalysts were Al2O3 and AlOOH, obtained after Al2O3 hydrothermal processing, and CaO/A...
This review is focused on the strategies and designs of magnetic nanostructured catalysts showing the enhanced and sustainable catalytic performances for the heterogeneous reduction of nitoaromatics. Magnetic catalysts have the benefits of easy recov...
Metal nanoparticles are increasingly gaining interest in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Here, we present a novel strategy for synthesizing sugar-coated platinum nanostructures (SC-Pt-NS) from the carbohydrates sucrose and D(-)-fructose. In the...
The present work shows a methodology for the preparation of membranes with a high affinity for nitrates. For this purpose, a polymeric mixture containing an anion exchange resin was extended on a recycled pressure filtration membrane used as mechanic...
Aerosol mixing state significantly affects concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), wet removal rates, thermodynamic properties, heterogeneous chemistry, and aerosol optical properties, with implications for human health and climate. Over t...
Extraction of hydrogen from hydrocarbons is a logical intermediate-term solution for the escalating worldwide demand for hydrogen. This work explores the possibility of using a single membrane to accomplish both the catalytic dehydrogenation and phys...
In the expansive world of porous hybrid materials, a category of materials that has been rather less explored than others and is gaining attention in development is the porous metal phosphonates. They offer promising features towards applications whi...
In this investigation, we explored the microrheological characteristics of dilute hydrogels composed exclusively of Poly(vinyl) alcohol (PVA), Phytagel (PHY), and a blend of the two in varying concentrations. Each of these polymers has established ap...
Obviously, the discussion of different factors that could have contributed to the origin of life and evolution is clear speculation, since there is no way of checking the validity of most of the related hypotheses in practice, as the corresponding ev...
Catalytic coacervates, or droplet reactors, represent a forefront research area in chemistry and materials science. Despite advancements in this field, challenges persist in achieving liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) droplet compartmentali...
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are extracellular vesicles secreted by Gram-negative bacteria with diameters of 20–250 nm. OMVs contain various biologically active substances from their parent bacteria, such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acid...
Heterogeneous metal catalysts rather than homogeneous ones are recommended for industrial applications after considering their performance in activity, separation, and recycling [1]. The recycling of metal catalysts is important from economic and env...
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The increasing amount of waste produced has been a challenge for human health and the environment, causing a call for effective waste management measures in which household waste separation is of great significance. Although an expanding body of lite...
Suction bucket foundation is a novel and cheaper foundation used in marine structures, such as offshore wind turbines, breakwater and oil platforms. Compared with a single bucket foundation, tetrapod bucket foundations can bear larger loads because o...
This article details the mathematical model of a microfluidic device aimed at separating any binary heterogeneous sample of microparticles into two homogeneous samples based on size with sub-micron resolution. The device consists of two sections, whe...
Based on their high clinical potential, the isolation and enrichment of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from peripheral blood cells has been widely investigated. There have been technical challenges with CTC separation methods using solely cancer...
The possibility of using various types of ion-exchange membranes in diffusion dialysis for the separation of sulfuric acid and nickel sulfate has been evaluated. The process of the dialysis separation of a real waste solution from an electroplating f...
By 2030, projected UAV operations may exceed one million concurrent flights in urban airspace, yet traditional fixed-distance separation methods fail to accommodate heterogeneous platforms. This paper introduces a three-tier hierarchical dynamic sepa...
In this study, two types of recycling scenarios are assessed for spent battery materials using froth flotation. The first is for a single cathode chemistry and would be considered as the most likely scenario for a large battery manufacturer, who take...
With the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), personalized driving systems are receiving more and more attention, and the development of advanced systems cannot be separated from the practical exploration of drivers’ hetero...
Over the past three decades, β-lactones have emerged as valuable intermediates for producing diverse industrial chemicals and biodegradable polymers. The ring-expansion carbonylation (REC) of epoxides has become an atom-economical and direct app...
Passive detection of a moving aerial target is critical for intelligent surveillance. Its implementation can use signals transmitted from satellites. Nowadays, various types of satellites co-exist which can be used for passive detection. As a result,...
Electrodialysis and electrodeionization are separation processes whose performance depends on the quality and properties of ion-exchange membranes. One of the features that largely affects these properties is heterogeneity of the membranes both on th...
Local chemical heterogeneity of highly-concentrated multicomponent alloys has drawn much attention as it can produce novel material behaviors and remarkable properties. In Au-Ag-Cu-based multicomponent alloys, phase separation and ordering have long...
The present review compiles the advances in the dendritic catalysis within the last two decades, in particular concerning heterogeneous dendrimer-based catalysts and their and application in various processes, such as hydrogenation, oxidation, cross-...
This paper presents a hierarchical dispatcher architecture designed to efficiently schedule the execution of multiple deep neural networks (DNNs) on edge devices with heterogeneous processing units (PUs). The proposed architecture is applicable to sy...
Heterogeneous catalysis has an advantage of easy separation of the catalyst after biodiesel is produced. CaO is known to be an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production. Taking into account that CaO is a key component of eggshells, th...
Glycerol is one of the most crucial by-products in the production of biodiesel, and owing to its oversaturation in the market, several synthetic strategies have been developed to transform it into other higher value-added products such as glycerol ca...
The fractures in brown coal influence fluid flow and deformation in these materials. These fractures display highly heterogeneous characteristics in the distributions of their apertures, separations and orientations. While discrete fracture models ha...
Biodiesel can be produced both in homogeneous and heterogeneous ways. Heterogeneous synthesis allows to easily separate catalyst from esters. In this work, eggshells as a heterogeneous catalyst were used for triglyceride transesterification with 1-bu...
Background: A recent study found that multifocal jejunoileal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) are genetically unrelated synchronous neoplasms. So far, it is unclear if this finding of synchronous independent neoplasms is mirrored by heterogeneity of k...
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