Nano-sized ZnO particles of specific morphology were synthesized using the plant leaf extracts of Aloe vera. The structures, morphology, optical properties, surface area and thermal behavior of these fabricated ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Ultravioletvisible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Photoluminescence (PL)/flourescence spectro...

We have designed a new hypercrosslinked supermicroporous polymer (HMP-1) with a BET surface area of 913 m(2) g(-1) by FeCl3 via a catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction between carbazole and α,α'-dibromo-p-xylene. Upon sulfonation HMP-1 yielded a very efficient solid acid catalyst for the production of biodiesels via esterification/transesterification of free fatty acids (FFA)/esters at r...

Two isostructural porphyrin Zr and Hf metal-organic frameworks (FJI-H6 and FJI-H7) are rationally synthesized, and are constructed from 2.5 nm cubic cages. Notably, they both possess high water and chemical stability and can undergo single-crystal to single-crystal transformations to embed Cu2+ ions into the open porphyrin rings. FJI-H6 has a high BET surface area of 5033 m2 g-1. Additionally, ...

ammonium carbonate and ammonium sulfate have been proposed and used as two new fuels for synthesizing gamma alumina nanoparticles. the prepared samples have been characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), 2 n  adsorption (bet) and transmission electron microscopy (tem). a comparison has been made between the properties of the nanoparticles synthesized by these two fuels and other conventional fu...

this study investigated the photocatalytic behaviors for the nanocomposite of tio2 p25 and semnan natural zeolite in the decomposition of tetracycline under visible light in an aqueous solution. the structural features of the composite were investigated by a series of complementary techniques that included x-ray diffractometer (xrd), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), scanning elec...

In this study, Eu-doped CdSe nanoparticles with variable Eu3+ content were synthesized by a simple sonochemical method. Eu3+ substitution into the structure of CdSe resulted in a material with new physical properties, composition and morphology. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscop...

Specific surface area is an important property of porous materials and a crucial index in multiple disciplines, which mainly measured using nitrogen isotherms the Brunauer–Emmett-Teller (BET) equation. The BET remarkably higher than geometric area, defined as crystal geometry structure. However, many studies directly use area. We proposed simple, general, accurate method that only needs adsorpt...

Changes in BET surface area and morphology of Ti02 (anatase) were studied as a function of temperature and level of chlorine contamination. The objective was to study the behavior of TiO2 supports under typical catalyst preparation and reaction conditions, using adsorption, wide angle X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Chlorinated samples had lower surface areas compared to bla...

Porous hydroxyapatite spheres were prepared by a modified gelcasting method producing a ceramic prosthesis with controled porosity. The spheres are approximately 2.2 cm in diameter with a relatively homogeneous pore size distribution from 10 to 40 microm in diameter. The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD) and Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) to identi...