Scientific articles

Scientific articles

05/11/23

Scale formation in wet scrubbers and the current state of anti-scaling and softening methods for hard waters: A review

Flue-gas desulphurization (FGDs) systems were developed primarily to remove sulphur dioxide (SO2) from industrial gas streams. The main techniques adopted involve wet scrubbing, particularly lime/limestone scrubbing. These techniques are relatively simple, cost less, and have thus, become applicable…

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03/31/23

Development of Gold- Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Immunoassays for Rapid Detection of TB ESAT-6 and CFP-10

The current study reports on the development of a rapid and cost-effective TB-antigen diagnostic test for the detection of Mycobacterium biomarkers from non-sputum-based samples. Two gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in the form of lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) were developed…

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03/01/23

Residence Time Distribution Analysis of Drip-Irrigated Beds

The quantitative effect of particle shape, porosity, wettability, particle size, and solution viscosity on the residence time distribution (RTD) profiles of non-reactive, steady-state, drip-irrigated ore beds characteristic of heap leaching systems is presented. Results were obtained using step-up tracer…

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03/01/23

Co-Carbonisation of Discard Coal with Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate towards the Preparation of Metallurgical Coke

Waste plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (w-PET) and stockpiled discard coal (d-coal) pose a global environmental threat as they are disposed of in large quantities as solid waste into landfills and are particularly hazardous due to spontaneous combustion of d-coal that produces greenhouse gases…

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02/28/23

Quantum Dot Sensitised Estrogen Receptor Based Biosensor

17β-estradiol (E2) is an important natural female hormone that is also classified as an estrogenic endocrine-disrupting compound (e-EDC). It is, however, known to cause more damaging health effects compared to other e-EDCs. Environmental water systems are commonly contaminated with E2 that originates…

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01/31/23

Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Evaluation of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles and Their Application for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Detection in Blood Samples

Glutathione-capped copper sulfide (CuxSy) nanoparticles with two different average sizes were successfully achieved by using a simple reduction process that involves only changing the reaction temperature. Temperature-induced changes in the size of CuxSy nanoparticles resulted in particles with different…

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