Green synthesis of silica and silicon from agricultural residue sugarcane bagasse ash–a mini review

LA September, N Kheswa, NS Seroka, L Khotseng - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon dioxide (SiO2), also known as silica, has received attention in recent years due to
wide range of capable applications including biomedical/pharmaceutical, energy, food, and …

Facile synthesis of a porous sorbent derived from the rice husk biomass: A new and highly efficient material for water remediation

M Hussain, M Aadil, EW Cochran, S Zulfiqar… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study describes a novel semi-synthetic sorbent for the sorption of cadmium
nanoparticles (Cd-NPs) made from rice husks functionalized with nitric acid (NT-RH) …

Recent advances on porous siliceous materials derived from waste

D Montini, C Cara, M D'Arienzo, B Di Credico… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, significant efforts have been made in view of a transition from a linear to a
circular economy, where the value of products, materials, resources, and waste is …

Optimization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles through statistical design of experiment and the application for the anticancer drug

MK Kim, DH Ki, YG Na, HS Lee, JS Baek, JY Lee… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The synthesis process or composition of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) affects the
physicochemical properties. Using these properties, MSNs were synthesized through the …

Bio-based nitrogen doped carbon-silica composites from low value sugarcane by-products for the selective adsorption of Au (III) from aqueous systems

S Duengsuwan, S Sangon, P Noppawan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the development of carbon-silica composite (CSC) adsorbents with
tuneable surface properties for gold adsorption from silica and molasses. Nitrogen …

Targeted Delivery of Antibiotic Therapy to Inhibit Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using Lipid-Coated Mesoporous Silica Core–Shell Nanoassembly

K Rathnayake, U Patel, C Pham, A McAlpin… - ACS applied bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an opportunistic pathogen, which causes serious lung
infections in immunocompromised patients. Traditional oral intake of large quantities of …

A novel BMSN (biologically synthesized mesoporous silica nanoparticles) material: synthesis using a bacteria-mediated biosurfactant and characterization

RK Sharma, SC Wang, JP Maity, P Banerjee, G Dey… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous materials (MMs) have recently been applied as advanced nanomaterials in
different fields (separation, catalysis, adsorption etc.). Synthesis of MMs by chemical …

Microwave-assisted sol-gel synthesis of silica nanoparticles using rice husk as a precursor for corrosion protection application

V Mahalingam, M Sivaraju - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Silica nanoparticles are received significant interest for novel applications owing to inherent
characteristics such as porous, resistance to most corrosive conditions, non-toxicity, and …

Facile Fabrication of SiO2/Zr Assisted with EDTA Complexed-Impregnation and Templated Methods for Crude Palm Oil to Biofuels Conversion via Catalytic …

H Hasanudin, WR Asri, Z Fanani, SJ Adisti, F Hadiah… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zr-containing SiO2 and their parent catalysts were fabricated with different methods using
EDTA chelation and template-assist. The activity of the catalysts was explored in crude palm …

Synthesis of Low Density and High Purity Silica Xerogels from South African Sugarcane Leaves without the Usage of a Surfactant

NN Maseko, D Enke, SA Iwarere, OS Oluwafemi… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sugarcane leaves were used to produce high-purity and low-density silica xerogels through
a sol–gel method. The biogenic silica produced through a thermochemical method was …