Infections due to enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (Escherichia coli) have a low incidence but can have severe and sometimes fatal health consequences, and thus represent some of the most serious diseases due to the contamination of water and food. New, fast and simple devices that monitor these pathogens are necessary to improve the safety of our food supply chain. In this work we report on mesoporo...

Silver nanoparticles were deposited onto polycarbonate (PC) films by employing sequential surface modification methods. In the first step, PC films were etched either by exposure to ultra-violet radiation or by etching with sodium hydroxide at 70 uC, which resulted in the formation of a mixture of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups on the surface of the films. Next, the PC films were silanized with 3...

In this study, different structural of organic hollow porous silica were prepared based on differential selective etching functional groups strategy, using ammonia as catalyst, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) pore-forming agent and emulsifier, cyano (CN-SiO 2 ) or vinyl (V-SiO formed by hydrolysis condensation 2-cyanoethyl triethoxysilane (CTES) (VTES) used cores, NH-SiO2 3-aminopropyl (A...

In the context of removal biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) from food and beverages production wastewaters, this paper reports capabilities SBA-15 modified with (3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane (S-APTES) N-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl]aniline (S-Aniline) in glucose, fructose sucrose at very high concentrations (350,000 mg/L for 350,000 170,000 sucrose), i.e. sugars most widely used as sweeteners be...

The central theme of this article is how to explore a novel route to fabricate graphene– ZnO@SiO2 hybrid by a covalent process. The synthesis procedure consists of three-steps: (1) synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles, (2) ZnO nanoparticles modification by tetraethyl orthosilicate and (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane after introduction of amino groups on its surface, (3) the covalent attach...

Tyrosinase (TYR) was covalently immobilized onto amino-functionalized carbon felt (CF) surface via glutaraldehyde (GA). Prior to the TYR-immobilization, primary amino group was introduced to the CF surface by treatment with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). The resulting TYR-immobilized CF was used as a working electrode unit of an electrochemical flow-through detector for monoand di-phenol...

In this work, we demonstrate the multiplexed detection platform to sense lead (Pb2+) and Escherichia coli in water using zinc oxide (ZnO) thin-film transistors (TFTs). Low-voltage ZnO TFTs fabricated by physical vapor deposition were functionalized with (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES)–glutaraldehyde (GLU) molecules. such surfaces showed good sensitivity high specificity targets a limit o...

Polyacrylonitril (PAN)-supported chitosan (CS) nanocomposite membranes were prepared by cross-linking the CS with 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (APTEOS) via sol-gel method. Pervaporative performances of the CS-SiO2/PAN membrane for dehydration of aqueous alcohol solutions were investigated. From SEM cross-sectional images of the membrane, the spongy pores and the finger-like pores we...

In recent years, natural fibers reinforced composites have received much attention because of their lightweight, recyclable, nontoxic, low cost and biodegradable properties. However, compatibility between hydrophilic fiber hydrophobic polymer is low. One way to increase the fiber/matrix treat surface, using hydroxyl groups present on upper layer high tenacity viscose. are not always accessible ...