• SBA-Pr-Is-TAP Functionalized Nanostructured Silica as a Highly Selective Fluorescent Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Cr2O72− Ions in Aqueous Media 

  Ziarani, Ghodsi Mohammadi; Akhgar, Maryam; Mohajer, Fatemeh; Badiei, Alireza; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2021)

  SBA-Pr-Is-TAP was synthesized via functionalization of SBA-15. The synthesized hybrid nanomaterial was characterized by various techniques including FT-IR, TGA, XRD, SEM, and BET. SBA-Pr-Is-TAP could precisely bind Fe3+ ...

• A Comparative Study of Cerium- and Ytterbium-Based GO/g-C3N4/Fe2O3 Composites for Electrochemical and Photocatalytic Applications 

  Farooq, Nosheen; Luque, Rafael; Hessien, Mahmoud M.; Qureshi, Ashfaq Mahmood; Sahiba, Farzana; Nazir, Muhammad Altaf; Rehman, Aziz ur (MDPI, 2021)

  The design of sustainable and efficient materials for efficient energy storage and degradation of environmental pollutants (specifically organic dyes) is a matter of major interest these days. For this purpose, cerium- and ...

• Whey as an Alternative Nutrient Medium for Growth of Sporosarcina pasteurii and Its Effect on CaCO3 Polymorphism and Fly Ash Bioconsolidation 

  Chaparro, Sandra; Rojas, Hugo; Caicedo, Gerardo; Romanelli, Gustavo P.; Pineda, Antonio; Luque, Rafael; Martínez, José J. (MDPI, 2021)

  Whey in large quantities can cause environmental problems when discarded, because it reduces dissolved oxygen and aquatic life. Nonetheless, it could be used as an easily available and economical alternative to reduce ...

• Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nickel-Modified Metal–Organic Frameworks for Reduction Reactions 

  Gómez-López, Paulette; Murat, Martyna; Hidalgo-Herrador, José M.; Carrillo-Carrión, Carolina; Balu, Alina M.; Luque, Rafael; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily (MDPI, 2021)

  In this work, we report the incorporation of nickel oxide nanoparticles into a metal–organic framework (MOF) structure by a solvent-free mechanochemical strategy. In particular, the zirconium-based MOF UiO-66 was modified ...

• Mechanochemical Preparation of Magnetically Separable Fe and Cu-Based Bimetallic Nanocatalysts for Vanillin Production 

  Gómez-López, Paulette; Espro, Claudia; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily; Balu, Alina M.; Ivars-Barceló, Francisco; Irrazábal Moreda, Olvido; Alvarado-Beltrán, Clemente G.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2021)

  A highly sustainable method for the preparation of supported iron oxide and copper nanoparticles (NPs) on a biomass-derived carbon by solvent-free mechanochemical process is reported. In-situ mechanochemically obtained ...

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