Surface functionalization of inorganic semiconductor substrates, particularly silicon, has focused attention toward many technologically important applications, involving photovoltaic energy, biosensing and catalysis. For such modification processes, oxide-free (H-terminated) silicon surfaces are highly required, and different chemical approaches have been described in the past decades. However...

In this article we describe the synthesis, characterization, and applications of dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs). These materials are synthesized using a template approach in which metal ions are extracted into the interior of dendrimers and then subsequently reduced chemically to yield nearly size-monodisperse particles having diameters in the 1–2 nm range. Monometallic, bimetallic...

The present study has been focused on the acid and base transesterification of animal fats (dairy cow and beef) to produce biodiesel by varying process parameters such as catalyst amount, catalyst nature, reaction time and temperature. The maximum biodiesel yield after acid catalysis was 94.1 ± 2.43 and 98.4 ± 2.3 percent for dairy cow and beef t...

nano-cufe2o4 catalysts with different cu/fe molar ratios (cunfemo(n+1.5m)) were prepared by hydrothermal method. the thermal decomposition performance of cunfemo(n+1.5m) on cuso4 were determined with tg-dsc method to evaluate its catalytic activity and the roasted product was characterized by xrd. the results showed that cunfemo(n+1.5m) had superior catalytic properties and efficiency to cuso4 ...

an efficient and convenient protocol for synthesis of 3-hydroxy-3-indolyl-2-oxindoles and 3,3-diindolyl-2-oxindoles is presented here. the syntheses were achieved selectively under catalysis of liclo4 whereby the products were obtained purely.

The thermal degradation of polyethylene (PE) was carried out in the absence and presence ofcatalystes X-Zeolite and Silica-Alumina at different temperatures. The optimum PE/Catalysisratio was 0.25:0.05 g/g, which produced highest degradation value. PE and PE/Catalysis werecharacterized by thermogravimetric analysis. The thermal degradation properties of polymerhave been studied by Infrared spec...

The formation of small 1 to 3 nm organic-ligand free metal-oxide nanocrystals (NCs) is essential utilization their attractive size-dependent properties in electronic devices and catalysis. We now report that hexaniobate cluster-anions, [Nb6O19]8−, can arrest the growth NCs stabilize them as water-soluble complexes. This exemplified by hexaniobate-complexed 2.4-nm monoclinic-phase CuO (1), whose...

the present study has been focused on the acid and base transesterification of animal fats (dairy cow and beef) to produce biodiesel by varying process parameters such as catalyst amount, catalyst nature, reaction time and temperature. the maximum biodiesel yield after acid catalysis was 94.1 ± 2.43 and 98.4 ± 2.3 percent for dairy cow and beef tallow, respectively. the quantity of biodiesel ob...

in this research, zeolite a was synthesized from waste porcelain and cds nano-particles were doped in zeolite framework by a precipitation after an ion exchanging process. all raw and modified samples were characterized by ft-ir, xrd and sem methods. primary experiments showed that the good efficiency of loaded nano cds onto the zeolite a for photodecomposition of dimethyldisulfide (dmds) under...