Evaluation of the effects of additives on the properties of starch-based bioplastic film

OO Oluwasina, BP Akinyele, SJ Olusegun… - SN Applied …, 2021 - Springer
The adverse environmental effects of petroleum-based packaging plastics have
necessitated the need for eco-friendly bioplastics. Most bioplastics are starch-based and are …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and application of rice husk silica nanoparticles for chemical enhanced oil recovery

A Agi, R Junin, MZ Jaafar, R Mohsin, A Arsad… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silica (SiO 2) nanoparticles were synthesized from rice husk (RH) via wet milling method
and evaluated for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications. Physical properties of RH-SiO …

Upcycling contaminated biomass into metal-supported heterogeneous catalyst for electro-Fenton degradation of thiamethoxam: Preparation, mechanisms, and …

Y Chai, M Bai, A Chen, X Xu, Z Tong, J Yuan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The safe disposal and resource utilization of heavy metal contaminated biomass has long
posed a huge challenge. The direct preparation of heavy metal-contaminated straw into a …

Lignin from Brewers' Spent Grain: Structural and Thermal Evaluations

OP Gbenebor, OA Olanrewaju, MA Usman… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulose is a renewable ubiquitous material that comprises cellulose, hemicellulose,
and lignin. Lignin has been isolated from different lignocellulosic biomass via chemical …

Environmentally friendly mesoporous SiO2 with mixed fiber/particle morphology and large surface area for enhanced dye adsorption

A Samy, AM Ismail, H Ali - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Rice straw is made up of hemicelluloses (19–27%), celluloses (32–47%), lignin (5–24%),
and ash (13–20%), which are all agricultural waste. Rice straw ash is considered a …

High-performance and flexible lithium-ion battery anodes using modified buckypaper

H Kim, V Ri, J Koo, C Kim, H Shin - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional electrodes for lithium ion batteries, represented as the electrode films casted
on the metal foil, are struggling to fulfill the requirements for the flexible electronics due to …

Application of frass from black soldier fly larvae treatment of cattle dung in pulp and papermaking

HC Sun, YH Lai, JG Shyu, YS Perng - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Cattle dung treatments in Taiwan have developed a process called Black soldier fly larvae
(BSFL) treatment, which can digest cow dung and generate the frass (larvae drops), the …

Detection of Silica in Rice Husks Using Laser-Induced Plasma and Studying the Effect of Laser Energy on the Parameters of the Produced Plasma

NK Abdalameer, NA Yasoob… - International Journal of …, 2024 - World Scientific
This study aims to analyze the spectral properties of plasma produced from rice husk (Rh)
using the laser breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) method. The plasma generation process …

Hydrothermally synthesized hydroxyapatite-silica composites with enhanced mechanical properties for bone graft applications

AR Noviyanti, J Juliandri, EE Ernawati, H Haryono… - Chemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
The demand for synthetic bone grafts has increased in recent years. Hydroxyapatite (HA) is
one of the highly suitable candidates as a bone graft material due to its excellent …

Reusable Porous SiO2 for Methylene Blue Removal: A Study on Adsorption and Regeneration Cycles

SJ Cisneros-Trejo, F Paraguay-Delgado… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2024 - Springer
In response to the water contamination problem, this study presents a novel method to
remove methylene blue (MB), a typical water pollutant, using synthesized porous silicon …