Nanotechnology‐based wastewater treatment

Water contamination is a global challenge impacting both the environment and human health with significant economic and social costs. The growing scarcity of usable water resources requires effective treatment of wastewater. In this context, developing cheaper, safer and more efficient wastewater treatment technologies are the need of the hour. One promising approach that several studies have reported success has been the usage of nanomaterials in water and waste water management. The rapid progress of research in nanomaterial sciences has shown their growing potential; however, there has not been a great amount of information available on their implementation. This review focuses on developments in nanotechnology that hold strong potential for wastewater treatment. The review covers key techniques in nanomaterial‐based water treatments including adsorption, filtration and photocatalysis with recent examples showing how to improve their properties and efficiencies according to the need.     

Nano fibrillated cellulose-based foam by Pickering emulsion: Preparation,characterizations, and application as dye adsorbent

An ecofriendly and biodegradable porous structure was prepared from drying aqueous foams based on nano fibrillated cellulose (NFC), extracted from softwood pulp by subcritical water/CO₂ treatment (SC-NFC). The primary aim of this work was to use the modified SC-NFC as stabilizer for a water-based Pickering emulsion which upon drying, yielded porous cellulosic materials, a good dye adsorbent. In order to exploit the carboxymethylated SC-NFC (CMSC-NFC, with a degree of substitution of 0.35 and a charge density of 649 μeqv/g) as a stabilizer for water-based Pickering emulsion in subsequent step, an optimized quantity of octyl amine (30 mg/g of SC-NFC) was added to make them partially hydrophobic. A series of dry foam structures were prepared by varying the concentrations of treated CMSC-NFCs and 4 wt% was found to be the optimum concentration to yield foam with high porosity (99%) and low density (0.038 g/cc) along with high compression strength (0.24 MPa), superior to the conventionally extracted NFC. The foams were applied to capture as high as 98% of methylene blue dyes, making them a potential green candidate for treating industrial effluent. In addition, the dye adsorption kinetics and isotherms were found to be well suited with second order kinetics and Langmuir isotherm models.     

Multicellular Tumor Spheroids (MCTS) as a 3D In Vitro Evaluation Tool of Nanoparticles

Multicellular tumor spheroid models (MCTS) are often coined as 3D in vitro models that can mimic the microenvironment of tissues. MCTS have gained increasing interest in the nano‐biotechnology field as they can provide easily accessible information on the performance of nanoparticles without using animal models. Considering that many countries have put restrictions on animals testing, which will only tighten in the future as seen by the recent developments in the Netherlands, 3D models will become an even more valuable tool. Here, an overview on MCTS is provided, focusing on their use in cancer research as most nanoparticles are tested in MCTS for treatment of primary tumors. Thereafter, various types of nanoparticles—from self‐assembled block copolymers to inorganic nanoparticles, are discussed. A range of physicochemical parameters including the size, shape, surface chemistry, ligands attachment, stability, and stiffness are found to influence nanoparticles in MCTS. Some of these studies are complemented by animal studies confirming that lessons from MCTS can in part predict the behaviour in vivo. In summary, MCTS are suitable models to gain additional information on nanoparticles. While not being able to replace in vivo studies, they can bridge the gap between traditional 2D in vitro studies and in vivo models.     

玉米生产施用锰渣混配肥的肥效试验

电解金属锰渣含有丰富的矿物质营养元素,将其处理加工成锰渣混配肥,在农作物生产中应用能促进作物的生长和提高产量,是可以开发的新型肥料资源.     

云南磷肥工业副产氟资源综合利用途径初探

根据云南磷肥工业发展情况 ,提出对磷肥工业副产氟资源综合利用的设想 ,并介绍目前国内已有的一些氟资源综合利用的工艺技术     

无机复合微量元素肥料（FTE）的合成及其应用效果研究

重点研究了无机复合微肥（简称ＦＥＴ）的合成条件及生成规律，并详细探讨了组成、工艺对ＦＴＥ微肥的主要技术指标——枸溶性的影响。同时，介绍了粮、棉、果、菜等各类农作物施用ＦＴＥ后取得的显著效果，为ＦＥＴ在作物上大面积推广应用提供了理论和实践依据。     

氢电弧等离子体法制备的纳米镍铈粒子的催化特性

利用氢电弧等离子法制备具有储氢特性纳米镍铈粒子，并在气相苯加氢反应中研究了其催化特性，发现其催化活性与储氢特性及表面层中ＮｉＣｅ合金存在有关，且具有高的选择性和热稳定性，这与纳米粒子独特的结构及铈的加入有关。     

ZnGa2O4纳米晶的制备和结构表征

采用喷射共沉淀法制备了ZnGa2O4 纳米晶，XRD、SEM和TEM结构分析结果表明，喷射共沉淀法制备的ZnGa2O4的纳米晶颗粒细小均匀，形状完整，与化学共沉淀法相比，粒子尺寸明显减小，小于10nm，同时ZnO杂相峰消失，分析了喷射共沉淀法的机理，并对实验结果进行了解释。