Toxicity and decontamination strategies of Congo red dye

PO Oladoye, MO Bamigboye, OD Ogunbiyi… - Groundwater for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Congo red (CR) dye is an organic pollutant of environmental concern. It is applied in textile,
printing, dyeing and rubber industries as colorant. The carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and …

Removal of Congo red dye from aqueous medium by its catalytic reduction using sodium borohydride in the presence of various inorganic nano-catalysts: a review

K Naseem, ZH Farooqi, R Begum, A Irfan - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Congo red is highly toxic and carcinogenic anionic dye. Its removal from aqueous medium
by chemical reduction method using sodium borohydride as reducing agent in the presence …

Applications of UV/Vis spectroscopy in characterization and catalytic activity of noble metal nanoparticles fabricated in responsive polymer microgels: a review

R Begum, ZH Farooqi, K Naseem, F Ali… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Noble metal nanoparticles loaded smart polymer microgels have gained much attention due
to fascinating combination of their properties in a single system. These hybrid systems have …

Catalytic reduction of toxic dyes in the presence of silver nanoparticles impregnated core-shell composite microgels

K Naseem, R Begum, W Wu, A Irfan… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Novel polystyrene-poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid)[PSTY-PNIPMA-ACC] core-
shell micro particles were prepared by seed induced emulsion polymerization. Nano-Ag …

Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles in a crosslinked polymeric system by in situ reduction method for catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline

ZH Farooqi, R Khalid, R Begum, U Farooq… - Environmental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by
free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and …

Self-assembled low-molecular-weight gelator injectable microgel beads for delivery of bioactive agents

CC Piras, AG Kay, PG Genever, DK Smith - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the preparation of hybrid self-assembled microgel beads by combining the low
molecular weight gelator (LMWG) DBS-CONHNH2 and the natural polysaccharide calcium …

Inorganic nanoparticles fabricated alginate based nanocomposites for the treatment of brilliant blue dye

K Naseem, A Rehman, S Haider, MS Akhtar - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present research work addresses the importance and preparation of polyurethane-
sodium alginate (PU-NaAL) composite and silver nanoparticles fabricated PU-NaAL (Ag …

Poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid) microgels as adsorbent for removal of toxic dyes from aqueous medium

K Naseem, ZH Farooqi, R Begum, M Ghufran… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid)[pniM-Ac] microgel particles were synthesized
by surfactant free radical precipitation polymerization method. Microgel particles were used …

Silver nanoparticles engineered polystyrene‐poly (n‐isopropylmethacrylamide‐acrylic acid) core shell hybrid polymer microgels for catalytic reduction of Congo red

K Naseem, ZH Farooqi, R Begum, W Wu… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Polystyrene‐poly (N‐isopropylmethacrylamide‐acrylic acid)[pSty‐p (NIpmam‐AC)]
core shell microgels loaded with silver nanoparticles (NPs) as a recyclable catalyst for rapid …

Synthesis and characterization of poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid) smart polymer microgels for adsorptive extraction of copper (II) and cobalt (II) from …

K Naseem, ZH Farooqi, R Begum… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Extraction of toxic heavy metal ions from aqueous medium using poly (N-
isopropylmethacrylamide-acrylic acid)(P (NiPmA-Ac)) microgels as adsorbent has been …