Plant-derived silica nanoparticles and composites for biosensors, bioimaging, drug delivery and supercapacitors: a review

S Prabha, D Durgalakshmi, S Rajendran… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Silica nanoparticles have rapidly found applications in medicine, supercapacitors, batteries,
optical fibers and concrete materials, because silica nanoparticles have tunable physical …

Biomass as a sustainable resource for value‐added modern materials: a review

G Sharma, M Kaur, S Punj… - Biofuels, Bioproducts and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past century, the world's population has increased greatly. The growth in the
population has increased the global food demand, so the food sector has increased its …

Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using wheat bran ash as a sustainable biomass

A Gouran, B Aghel, F Nasirmanesh - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the transesterification of waste cooking oil using methanol and
modified wheat bran ash and CaO as the catalyst. Under a simple solid-state reaction …

An overview of current and prognostic trends on synthesis, characterization, and applications of biobased silica

B Tessema, G Gonfa… - … in Materials Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Silica has shown numerous applications in different fields such as environmental,
biomedical, agriculture, and even in chemical processing. However, due to high energy …

Valorization of biomass into amine-functionalized bio graphene for efficient ciprofloxacin adsorption in water-modeling and optimization study

SK Ghadiri, H Alidadi, N Tavakkoli Nezhad, A Javid… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
A green synthesis approach was conducted to prepare amine-functionalized bio-graphene
(AFBG) as an efficient and low cost adsorbent that can be obtained from agricultural wastes …

Impact of biocompatible nanosilica on green stabilization of subgrade soil

F Buazar - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This study reports the synthesis and potential application of biocompatible silica
nanoparticles for subgrade soil stabilization. Nanosilica preparation as a major component …

Modified wheat straw–derived graphene for the removal of Eriochrome Black T: characterization, isotherm, and kinetic studies

S Sadeghi, HR Zakeri, MH Saghi, SK Ghadiri… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
A cost-effective and environment-benign adsorbent was prepared from an abundant agro-
waste material. Wheat straw was reduced to graphene and then modified by crosslinking to …

Green route synthesis of amorphous silica from oil palm decanter cake: from literature review to experiments

NA Rahim, NY Harun, AAH Saeed… - Indonesian Journal of …, 2023 - ejournal.kjpupi.id
Numerous agricultural wastes are well-defined as low-cost sources and rich in silica content.
The residue of oil palm wastes combustion seems a promising silica source and can be …

Aminated graphitic carbon derived from corn stover biomass as adsorbent against antibiotic tetracycline: optimizing the physicochemical parameters

GA Haghighat, MH Saghi, I Anastopoulos… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is an urgent demand to abate contamination of the water resources and wastewaters
from antibiotics, released predominately from the municipal and healthcare effluents. Herein …

Continuous fixed-bed adsorption of heavy metals using biodegradable adsorbent: modeling and experimental study

Renu, M Agarwal, K Singh, R Gupta… - Journal of …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, a continuous fixed-bed column was investigated for heavy metal removal using
modified wheat bran as adsorbent. Clay and chitosan were used as binders with the …