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Victor Felix Swamidoss Kugarajah Vaidhegi Bangaru Mohan Ranjan Shivendu Dharmalingam Sangeetha 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(28):37520-37533
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) blended with varying concentrations of titanium nanotubes (TNT) was electrospun to result in a nanocomposite filter... 相似文献
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Thangavel Gurunathan Jin Suk Chung Sanjay K. Nayak 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2016,24(4):287-297
Polylactide (PLA) is a major biodegradable polymer, which has received extensive interests over the past decades and holds great potential to replace several petroleum-based polymeric materials. Nevertheless, the inherent brittleness and low impact strength have restricted its invasion to niche markets. In this paper, the authors demonstrate that the entirely bio-sourced blends, namely PLA and castor oil-based polyurethane prepolymer (COPUP), were first melt-compounded in an effort to prepare novel biodegradable materials with an excellent balance of properties. NCO-terminated COPUP was successfully synthesized and subsequently mixed with variable concentration of PLA matrix using melt-compounded by twin-screw extrusion technique. The miscibility, phase morphology, mechanical properties, and thermal resistance of the blends were investigated. During FTIR analysis, it suggests that the interfacial compatibilization between COPUP and PLA phase occurred by the reaction of –NCO group of MDI with terminal hydroxyl group of PLA. DMA analysis showed that COPUP and PLA showed some limited miscibility with shifted glass transition temperature. The morphologies of fracture surface showed a brittle-to-ductile transition owing by the addition of COPUP. The crystallization behavior was studied by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The strain at break and notched impact strength of PLA/COPUP blends were increased more than 112–15.4 times elegant of neat PLA; the increase is superior to previous toughening effect by using petroleum-based tougheners. Furthermore, the thermal resistances and melt flow properties of the materials were also examined by analysis of the melt flow index and heat deflection temperature use in the work. With enhanced toughness, the PLA/COPUP blends could be used as replacements for some traditional petroleum-based polymeric materials. 相似文献
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T. K. M. Prashantha Kumar Trivene R. Mandlimath P. Sangeetha S. K. Revathi S. K. Ashok Kumar 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2018,16(2):389-400
Excessive nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) release into run-off waters from human activities is a major cause of eutrophication. Several techniques are available to remove N and P-containing pollutants, such as chemical precipitation, biological treatment, membrane processes, electrolytic treatment, ion-exchange and adsorption. In order to remove low concentration levels of nitrate and phosphate, adsorption is a cost-effective solution. In this review, we present a list of nanoscale adsorbents such as zero-valent metal, metal oxides/metal hydroxides, and carbon-based materials. We discuss their adsorption capacities, isotherms, kinetics and mechanisms. 相似文献
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V. H. Sangeetha Ravi Babu Valapa S. K. Nayak T. O. Varghese 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(1):1-14
Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has gained considerable attention nowadays as a biocompatible polymer owing to its advantage of being prepared from renewable resources. PLA exhibits excellent tensile strength, fabricability, thermal plasticity and biocompatibility properties comparable to many petroleum based plastics. However, low heat distortion temperature, brittleness and slow crystallization rate limit the practical applications of PLA. In order to address these limitations, an attempt has been made in the current work to prepare binary blends of PLA with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) at different compositions via melt mixing technique. Systematic investigation on the mechanical properties, thermal degradation and crystallization behavior for PLA-EVA blends was carried out. The impact strength of binary blends of PLA–EVA was found to increase significantly by 176% for 15 wt% of EVA compared to virgin PLA. This is due to the strong interfacial adhesion among PLA and EVA resulting in brittle to ductile transition. Scanning electron microscopy analysis for impact fractured surfaces of binary blends of PLA implied the toughening effect of PLA by EVA. Thermogravimetry analysis results revealed that the activation energy of PLA–EVA blends decreased with increase in EVA content in the PLA matrix. While, differential scanning calorimetry results obtained for PLA–EVA blends revealed the improvement in crystallinity when compared with neat PLA. The effect of EVA on non-isothermal melt crystallization kinetics of PLA was also examined via DSC at various heating rates. Decreasing trend in the t1/2 values indicated the faster rate of crystallization mechanism after addition of EVA in the PLA matrix. 相似文献
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Naser A. Anjum Pallavi Sharma Sarvajeet S. Gill Mirza Hasanuzzaman Ekhlaque A. Khan Kiran Kachhap Amal A. Mohamed Palaniswamy Thangavel Gurumayum Devmanjuri Devi Palanisamy Vasudhevan Adriano Sofo Nafees A. Khan Amarendra Narayan Misra Alexander S. Lukatkin Harminder Pal Singh Eduarda Pereira Narendra Tuteja 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2016,23(19):19002-19029
Plants have to counteract unavoidable stress-caused anomalies such as oxidative stress to sustain their lives and serve heterotrophic organisms including humans. Among major enzymatic antioxidants, catalase (CAT; EC 1.11.1.6) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC 1.11.1.11) are representative heme enzymes meant for metabolizing stress-provoked reactive oxygen species (ROS; such as H2O2) and controlling their potential impacts on cellular metabolism and functions. CAT mainly occurs in peroxisomes and catalyzes the dismutation reaction without requiring any reductant; whereas, APX has a higher affinity for H2O2 and utilizes ascorbate (AsA) as specific electron donor for the reduction of H2O2 into H2O in organelles including chloroplasts, cytosol, mitochondria, and peroxisomes. Literature is extensive on the glutathione-associated H2O2-metabolizing systems in plants. However, discussion is meager or scattered in the literature available on the biochemical and genomic characterization as well as techniques for the assays of CAT and APX and their modulation in plants under abiotic stresses. This paper aims (a) to introduce oxidative stress-causative factors and highlights their relationship with abiotic stresses in plants; (b) to overview structure, occurrence, and significance of CAT and APX in plants; (c) to summarize the principles of current technologies used to assay CAT and APX in plants; (d) to appraise available literature on the modulation of CAT and APX in plants under major abiotic stresses; and finally, (e) to consider a brief cross-talk on the CAT and APX, and this also highlights the aspects unexplored so far. 相似文献
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Mohanan Parayanthala Valappil Sangeetha Vijayan Sabareeswaran Arumugham Muraleedharan Vayalappil Jithin Krishnan Vandana Unnikrishnan Varsha Sheela Bhasi 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(47):66602-66612
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a reactive chemical used in a wide range of applications. Most importantly, it is used for sterilization process in health... 相似文献
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The adsorption of thiocyanate onto ZnCl2 activated carbon developed from coir pith was investigated to assess the possible use of this adsorbent. The influence of various parameters such as agitation time, thiocyanate concentration, adsorbent dose, pH and temperature has been studied. Adsorption followed second-order rate kinetics. Two theoretical adsorption isotherms, namely, Langmuir and Freundlich were used to describe the experimental results. The Langmuir adsorption capacity (Q0) was found to be 16.2 mg g−1 of the adsorbent. The per cent adsorption was maximum in the pH range 3.0–7.0. pH effect and desorption studies showed that ion exchange and chemisorption mechanism are involved in the adsorption process. Thermodynamic parameters such as ΔG0, ΔH0 and ΔS0 for the adsorption were evaluated. The negative values of ΔH0 confirm the exothermic nature of adsorption. Effects of foreign ions on the adsorption of thiocyanate have been investigated. Removal of thiocyanate from ground water was also tested. 相似文献
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Saikat Sinha Ray Shiao-Shing Chen Dhanaraj Sangeetha Hau-Ming Chang Cao Ngoc Dan Thanh Quang Huy Le Hong-Ming Ku 《Environmental Chemistry Letters》2018,16(4):1247-1265
Membrane technology has become a common separation technology over the past decennia. Membranes are used more and more for the production of drinkable water from groundwater, surface water and wastewater. Membranes are now competitive versus conventional techniques. Desalination is predominantly used to eradicate the problem of water scarcity. The sustainability of all desalination processes depends mainly on the reduction of energy costs (production cost) and the increase in water recovery. Forward osmosis and membrane distillation are emerging technologies for sustainable desalination. Here we review membrane processes of forward osmosis and membrane distillation and the advancements in membrane material and modules. We also discuss the capability of membrane distillation in treating highly concentrated aqueous solutions derived from other desalination processes. Furthermore, the advancements in fabrication of high-performance membrane is reviewed and the performance of different membranes and optimization of membrane distillation process are summarized. 相似文献