Evidence and implications of direct charge excitation as the dominant mechanism in plasmon-mediated photocatalysis

C Boerigter, R Campana, M Morabito, S Linic - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles enhance chemical reactions on their surface when
illuminated with light of particular frequencies. It has been shown that these processes are …

Mechanism of charge transfer from plasmonic nanostructures to chemically attached materials

C Boerigter, U Aslam, S Linic - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles can efficiently convert the energy of visible photons into the
energy of hot charge carriers within the nanoparticles. These energetic charge carriers can …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonically assisted hydrothermal synthesis of activated carbon–HKUST-1-MOF hybrid for efficient simultaneous ultrasound-assisted removal of ternary …

FN Azad, M Ghaedi, K Dashtian, S Hajati… - Ultrasonics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) composite with HKUST-1 metal organic framework (AC–HKUST-1
MOF) was prepared by ultrasonically assisted hydrothermal method and characterized by …

Modeling of quaternary dyes adsorption onto ZnO–NR–AC artificial neural network: analysis by derivative spectrophotometry

EA Dil, M Ghaedi, AM Ghaedi, A Asfaram… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The novel adsorbent ie ZnO–NR–AC was synthesized and used for the rapid removal of the
quaternary dyes from the aqueous solution. The ANN model was used for the optimization …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of magnetic γ-Fe2O3-based nanomaterial for ultrasonic assisted dyes adsorption: modeling and optimization

A Asfaram, M Ghaedi, S Hajati, A Goudarzi - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles were synthesized and loaded on activated carbon. The
prepared nanomaterial was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy …

Statistical experimental design, least squares-support vector machine (LS-SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN) methods for modeling the facilitated adsorption of …

A Asfaram, M Ghaedi, MHA Azqhandi, A Goudarzi… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study is based on the usage of a composite of zinc sulfide nanoparticles with activated
carbon (ZnS-NPs-AC) for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions …

Ultrasonic enhancement of the simultaneous removal of quaternary toxic organic dyes by CuO nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon: central composite design …

S Dashamiri, M Ghaedi, K Dashtian, MR Rahimi… - Ultrasonics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Copper oxide nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (CuO-NPs-AC) were prepared and
fully analyzed and characterized with FE-SEM, XRD and FT-IR. Subsequently, this novel …

Synthesis, characterization of magnetic chitosan/active charcoal composite and using at the adsorption of methylene blue and reactive blue4

H Karaer, I Kaya - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a chitosan/activated charcoal (or carbon)(CTN/AC-Fe 3 O 4) composite was
obtained in one step, characterized several techniques such as by Fourier transform infrared …

Performance of CuS nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon in the adsorption of methylene blue and bromophenol blue dyes in binary aqueous solutions: using …

H Mazaheri, M Ghaedi, A Asfaram, S Hajati - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research, simultaneous adsorption of bromophenol blue (BPB) and methylene blue
(MB) dyes in binary mixture onto activated carbon modified with CuS nanoparticle was …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental design and modeling of ultrasound assisted simultaneous adsorption of cationic dyes onto ZnS: Mn-NPs-AC from binary mixture

A Asfaram, M Ghaedi, F Yousefi, M Dastkhoon - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The manganese impregnated zinc sulfide nanoparticles deposited on activated carbon
(ZnS: Mn-NPs-AC) which fully was synthesized and characterized successfully applied for …