For many years, Halik’s research team has been investigating environmentally friendly ways to remove pollutants from water. The base materials they use are iron oxide nanoparticles in a superparamagnetic form, which means they are drawn to magnets, but not to each other, so the particles don’t...
t see it -- even with a light microscope. That world is the field of nanotechnology, the realm of atoms and nanostructures. Nanotechnology is so new, no one is really sure what will come of it. Even so, predictions range from the ability to reproduce things like diamonds and food to ...
Particle size effects on (bio)chemical properties of metal (hydr)oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are of fundamental scientific and technological interest. We present results of the first multi-pronged study of the effect of nanoparticle size and crystallinity on acid-base and adsorption properties of hemati...
Stability of CeO2 nanoparticles from paints and stains: insights under controlled and environmental scenarios. Environ Sci Nano. 2022;9(9):3361–71. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EN00210H. Article CAS Google Scholar Kassambara A, Mundt F. Factoextra: extract and visualize the results of ...
A chemistry professor has devised a system to remove arsenic from drinking water using chopped up beverage bottles like these. Hans-Peter Merten/The Image Bank/Getty Images If you've seen the 1940s cinematic black comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," in which a couple of well-meaning spinsters...
1. Invest In A Good Water Filter As I mentioned earlier, if you live in the US, your tap water likely contains more microplastics than a dozen other countries tested by scientists. Fortunately, there are water filters that can remove them. My top recommendation is aClearly Filtered Under Sin...
Chemical precipitation, also known as a chemical phosphorus removal or primary phosphorus removal, can remove inorganic phosphates from water by adding a coagulant into the wastewater. During chemical precipitation, aluminum, calcium, or iron can be used as multivalent metal ions to form a phosphorous...
nanoparticlesLow-salinitynanofluidMicromodelEnhancedoilrecoveryNanofluids and low-salinity water(LSW)flooding are two novel techniques for enhanced oil recovery.Despite some efforts on investigating benefits of each method,the pros and cons of their combined application need to be evaluated.This work sheds ...
7. Nanotechnology and nanoparticles Several nanoparticle systems have been used to aid in the formulation, encapsulation and release of active compounds extracted or derived from natural resources. The main types of these particles are liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, inorganic nanoparticles, micro-em...
In some of this planet's driest regions, where rainfall is rare or even nonexistent, a few specialized plants and insects have devised ingenious strategies to provide themselves with the water necessary for life: They pull it right out of the air, from f