SrTiO3 is a well-known photocatalyst with various applications, such as antibacterial agents, self-cleaning surfaces, and water air conditioning. With the increased environmental pollution, one of most studied perovskite photocatalysts, exhibiting pronounced photocatalytic activity for removing chemical pollutants splitting. In present work, pure Strontium titanate (ST) nanoparticles were succe...

Wastewater from many sectors that contains hazardous organic pollutants exacerbates environmental contamination. Consequently, outstanding photocatalytic substances can successfully degrade are needed to provide pollution-free water. From this perspective, zinc oxide/g-C3N4-based composites desirable due their low cost, strong reactivity, and friendliness. So, in the current investigation, sequ...

Experiments are carried out on the detection of free radicals in the plasma induced by a pulsed electrohydrodynamic discharge using electron spin resonance (ESR) measurement. In addition, decolorization of reactive dye (C. I. Reactive RED 106) solution is investigated as a related topic. The plasma reactor is a barrier-type and consists of a stainless needle electrode inside the solution and qu...

The most troublesome obstacle to the quantitative determination of the very minute quantities of iodine which are normally present in biological materials has been the destruction, without loss of iodine, of the relatively large amounts of organic matter present. The procedures which have been used to destroy the organic matter include fusion with alkali, combustion in a closed system, and dige...

Metal oxide and quantum dot (QD) heterostructures have attracted considerable recent attention as materials for developing efficient solar cells, photocatalysts, and display devices, thus nanoscale imaging of trapped electrons in these heterostructures provides important insight for developing efficient devices. In the present study, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) of CdS quantum dot (QD)-...

Background: Application of membrane technology to wastewater treatment has expanded over the last decades due to increasingly stringent legislation, greater opportunities for water reuse/recycling processes and continuing advancement in membrane technology. Objectives: In the present study, a bench-scale submerged microfiltration membrane bioreactor (MBR) was used to assess the treatment of tex...

The degradation of azo dye C.I. Acid Red 14 (AR14) was investigated using cast iron in the absence and presence of low frequency ultrasound (59 kHz). The effects of pH, amount of cast iron ([Fe](0)) and initial concentration of AR14 ([dye](0)) on the degradation of AR14 by cast iron combined with low frequency ultrasound had been assessed. The degradation followed the first-order kinetics model...

This thesis presents applications of the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique in fabrication of thin films with a primary focus on design and development of electrochromic devices. The optical properties of electrochromic materials change as they alter between redox states. The morphology and properties of LbL-assembled thin films can be modified by varying several processing factors such as...