Brownian motion of a colloid suspended in a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (LCLC's) leads to the description of the transport properties of the medium through a unification of theories where the confinement effect is ...

The continuous emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), are generating concerns over the negative effects they are having on the planet. The main goal of this project is to understand the adsorption ...

We studied the synthesis, the characterization and the solvent effect on the catalytic performance of materials with Brønsted or Lewis acidity on the hexose conversion towards value-added molecules such as 5-(hydroxymeth ...

Since the presence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in different water sources was revealed, the development of more efficient technologies for their removal has been a constant challenge for the scientific ...

Ionic domains were incorporate into sulfonated poly(styrene–isobutylene–styrene) (SO3H SIBS) in an effort to improve the transport properties of the functionalized aromatic block copolymer. The resulting polymer nanocomposite ...

Metal-modified zeolites have proven to be effective catalysts for various important reactions involving the transformation of biomass-derived molecules and the conversion of greenhouse gases, such as CO2 and CH4. In this ...

The fractionation of sugarcane bagasse, plantain peel and brewer’s spent grains to glucose, xylose and lignin was studied using 0.50 and 0.05 wt% H2SO4 as catalyst in a mixture of 80:20 wt% γ-valerolactone:water. We ...

Porous coordination pillared-layer structured polymers are a particular category of 3D uniform crystal materials constituted by well-defined two-dimensional layers (specially formed by a combination of metal ion or metal ...

The combination of Brønsted acidity with metallic functionality in a mesoporous catalyst offers a potential pathway for the conversion of cellulose into sugar alcohols that may be used as a sustainable source of renewable ...

This study describes the synthesis and characterization of sulfonated poly(styreneisobutylene- styrene) (SIBS) polymer nanocomposite membranes, which show antibacterial properties useful for the inactivation of Enterococci ...