Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, with their unique mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, and wettability properties, are very effective fillers for many types of composites. Recently, a number of studies have shown that CNTs and graphene may be integrated into wood-plastic composites (WPCs) and natural-fibre-reinforced polymer composites (...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Oily wastewater pollution has always been part of the most serious worldwide environmental disaster. Thus, the treatment of oily wastewater is notably crucial. In this work, nitrile butadiene rubber/graphene oxide (NBR/GO) membranes were fabricated by latex compounding and curing method which is comparatively brand-new technique to produce membrane...
Published in Journal of Polymer Research
The composite nanofiber of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polydiacetylene (PDA) is one of the chromic and piezoelectric sensors. In this research, we investigated the effect of adding graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticle to this composite on chromic and piezoelectric properties of the PVDF/PDA/GO. We have also examined the mechanical properties of the ...
Published in Data in Brief
Chitosan (CS) is well-known for its biological properties, especially its ability to induce tissue cicatrization. However, considerable research proved that CS presents a high inflammatory response and poor mechanical properties. For these reasons, we decided to use chitosan (CS) functionalized GO by a covalent bond (CS-GO). Due to the resistant st...
Published in Journal of Chemical Sciences
We report nonlinear optical (NLO) investigations of few pyrazines with terminal donor groups and the influence of graphene oxide (GO) on their nonlinear absorption (NLA) under the nanosecond (ns) pulse excitation. We have used Z-scan and Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing (DFWM) techniques for the NLO investigations and a Q switched Nd:YAG laser (532 nm, ...
This thesis presents a comprehensive study of the design, fabrication and characterisation of a variety of waveguide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs) derived from the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. Modelling and design optimisation of various PIC components, including grating couplers and tapered waveguide sections and microring reso...
Published in Chemical record (New York, N.Y.)
Textile wastewater heavy metal pollution has become a severe environmental problem worldwide. Metal ion inclusion in a dye molecule exhibits a bathochromic shift producing deeper but duller shades, which provides excellent colouration. The ejection of a massive volume of wastewater containing heavy metal ions such as Cr (VI), Pb (II), Cd (II) and Z...
Phosphotungstic acid (HPW)-filled composite proton exchange membranes possess high proton conductivity under low relative humidity (RH). However, the leaching of HPW limits their wide application. Herein, we propose a novel approach for anchoring water soluble phosphotungstic acid (HPW) by polydopamine (PDA) coated graphene oxide and halloysite nan...
Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate is a preferred material in building heat applications with a moderate temperature (89 degrees C), suitable latent heat (130 similar to 150 kJ.kg(-1)), and low cost (1000 similar to 2000 CNY/Ton). However, as the low heat source temperature in the engineering application (usually less than 150 degrees C), the temperatur...
The intervertebral disc (IVD) is a pad of fibrocartilage, composed by an avascular gelatinous core, the nucleus pulposus (NP) surrounded by the lamellar annulus fibrosus (AF). Its role is to act as shock absorber for the spine. Due to an alteration of the NP's cellular microenvironment, the NP undergoes a catabolic and pro-inflammatory cascade that...
