A state-of-the-art review on soil reinforcement technology using natural plant fiber materials: Past findings, present trends and future directions

S Gowthaman, K Nakashima, S Kawasaki - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Incorporating sustainable materials into geotechnical applications increases day by day due
to the consideration of impacts on healthy geo-environment and future generations. The …

Recent advances in heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of alkyl levulinate biofuel additives from renewable levulinic acid: A comprehensive review

JN Appaturi, J Andas, YK Ma, BL Phoon… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkyl levulinates are one of the most desirable and promising compounds for biofuel
production, since they have been identified as one of the prospective fuel-blending …

Facile and fast determination of Si/Al ratio of zeolites using FTIR spectroscopy technique

YK Ma, S Rigolet, L Michelin, JL Paillaud… - Microporous and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A facile quantitative determination of the Si/Al ratio (SAR) in zeolite frameworks using IR
spectroscopy is reported. From the linear regression analysis, the SAR for the medium-to …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of La and Ce modified X zeolite from rice husk ash for carbon dioxide capture

Y Wang, H Jia, P Chen, X Fang, T Du - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The porous material adsorbent X zeolite was prepared by using agricultural waste rice hull
ash (RHA) and modified by ion-exchange into the rare earth metal zeolite of La and Ce. A …

Use of ZrO2 supported on bamboo leaf ash as a heterogeneous catalyst in microwave-assisted biodiesel conversion

I Fatimah, D Rubiyanto, A Taushiyah, FB Najah… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, bamboo leaf ash was utilized as ZrO 2 support for heterogeneous catalyst
application. The preparation of ZrO 2-supported bamboo leaf ash (ZrO 2/BLA) was …

Mitigation of silica-rich wastes: an alternative to the synthesis eco-friendly silica-based mesoporous materials

JAS Costa, CM Paranhos - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The synthesis of nano-architectured mesoporous materials is of great importance for the
sciences of multifunctional materials, since the textural and structural features of …

Agricultural waste biomass-assisted nanostructures: Synthesis and application

A Zamani, AP Marjani, Z Mousavi - Green Processing and Synthesis, 2019 - degruyter.com
Metal oxide nanoporous materials and nanoparticles have main potential uses in several
different fields such as nanoelectronics, biomedical science, renewable solar energy, drug …

Agricultural waste valorization towards (nano) catalysts for the production of chemicals and materials

J Lou, MR Babadi, M Otadi, M Tarahomi, Q Van Le… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous nations around the world have made agriculture their primary industrial sector as
it provides employment to millions of people and contributes a significant portion to their …

Simulation study of bamboo leaves valorization to small-scale electricity and bio-silica using ASPEN PLUS

Y Ramli, S Steven, E Restiawaty, Y Bindar - BioEnergy Research, 2022 - Springer
Electricity is essential in human life. It is generated from power plants fuelled by fossil
resources that have threatened the environment. Greener resources, such as biomass, are …

A mechanistic investigation of sustainable solvent-free, seed-directed synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolites in the absence of an organic structure-directing agent

GTM Kadja, NJ Azhari, RR Mukti, M Khalil - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
The solvent-free, seed-directed synthesis using natural precursors has emerged as a
sustainable route for the synthesis of zeolite. Albeit the significant progress in the synthesis …