Sustainable Ultrasound Assisted Extractions and Valorization of Coffee Silver Skin (CS)

Continuous and pulsed ultrasound-assisted extractions of antioxidants from pomegranate peel.

There is a great demand for developing efficient extraction methods in order to reduce extraction time and increase the yield and activity of functional antioxidants. The yields, activities, and extraction kinetics of antioxidants from the dry peel of pomegranate marc were studied using ultrasound-assisted extraction in continuous and pulsed modes and the results were compared with conventional...

Supercritical Fluids and Ultrasound Assisted Extractions Applied to Spruce Bark Conversion

Supercritical fluid and ultrasound assisted extractions were applied as a first step in a complex processing of spruce bark in order to recover polyphenols compounds. The aim of the study was to compare the efficiency of these "green" processes with a conventional extraction technique (ethanolic extraction). Supercritical fluid extraction was carried out in two steps: (i) static extraction for ...

Ultrasound-Assisted Pd Activation Process for Electroless Silver Plating

An ultrasound-assisted activation method for electroless silver plating is presented in this study. When the ultrasound was applied during the activation step, the amount of the Pd species adsorbed on substrate surfaces was higher than that of sample pretreated with a conventional activation process without ultrasound irradiation. With this activation method, it was also shown that the adsorbed...

Sustainable Coffee Trade: The Role of Coffee Contracts

Ultrasound Assisted Green Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene Oxide

   Graphene oxide (GO) was prepared by an improved green chemical method using graphite flakes, KMnO4, a mixture of H2SO4/H3PO4, H2O2 and HCl. In several stages, ultrasound was used to separate the oxidized layers of GO. The use of ultrasound optimizes the effect of the reacting agents, decreasing the required amou...