Pyrolysis is an applicable method that has been widely used to recover hydrocarbons from Used Lubricating Oil (ULO). However, large-scale application of this approach has been limited by its noticeably energy and time consuming nature. In the present research, it has been attempted to modify the energy and time requirements of ULO pyrolysis using the catalytic effects of metal oxide nanoparticl...

A Simple, rapid and sensitive method has been developed for determination of trances of tellurium (VI) (0.096-1.250 mg/mL) based on its catalytic effect on the reduction reaction of toluidine blue by sulfide ion at pH 4. The reaction is monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in absorbance of the dyestuff at 628 nm by the fixed time method. The detection...

We have coupled gold nanoparticles with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to assemble catalytic nanoconjugates (HRP-AuNPs) for glucose detection. We found that a proper mixing ratio of HRP/AuNPs can significantly improve catalytic activity for the cascade reaction, an effect arising from increased spatial coupling between enzymes. Such gold nanoparticle-based nanoconjugates are shown to be promising...

Ligated Pd(II) complexes have been studied for the catalytic oxidation of terminal olefins to their corresponding methyl ketones. The method uses aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the terminal oxidant; a sustainable and readily accessible oxidant. The choice of ligand, counterion and solvent all have a significant effect on catalytic performance and we were able to develop systems which perform well...

2.1.4. Effect of Bases and Other Additives 4628 2.1.5. Improved Catalytic Systems 4629 2.1.6. Applications in Synthesis 4630 2.1.7. Mechanistic Studies 4632 2.1.8. Related Matsuda−Heck Reactions 4633 2.2. Suzuki−Miyaura Reaction 4634 2.2.1. Early Studies 4634 2.2.2. Modification of the Boronic Counterpart 4635 2.2.3. Improved Catalytic Systems 4637 2.2.4. Superior Reactivity of N2 as the Nucleo...

A series of copper and cobalt substituted nanospinel ferrites have been synthesized by the hydrothermal method. These compounds were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, EDX, SEM and VSM techniques. All of the synthesized nanospinel ferrites were found to be highly efficient and magnetically recoverable in the solvent-free synthesis of substituted 2,6-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-phenols (trisphenols). A wide ran...