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Incorporation of Ag NPs/palygorskite into chitosan/glycyrrhizic acid films as a potential antibacterial wound dressing

Results in Materials, 2023
Chitosan/glycyrrhizic acid (CG) film has poor mechanical properties and antibacterial activity, which limits its practical application in wound dressing.
Qian Zhang, Hong Zhang, Aiping Hui, Yushen Lu, Aiqin Wang   +4 more
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Green synthesis of selenium/attapulgite nanocomposites and antibacterial activities evaluation

Cleaner Materials, 2023
Se nanoparticles (NPs) with smaller size often exhibit higher antibacterial activity, thus size control of Se NPs is important to develop its application in the antibacterial field.
Yameng Song, Fangfang Yang, Bin Mu, Mengting Ma, Zhengjun Quan, Aiqin Wang   +5 more
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Facile fabrication of the porous adsorbent from natural plant Angelica Sinensis stabilized liquid foam for dye removal

Green Chemical Engineering, 2022
Porous materials as emerging high-efficiency adsorbents have attracted increasing attention in recent years, due to the high specific surface area, fast adsorption rate, favorable adsorption capacity to heavy metal, dyes, and other pollutants, etc. Among
Fangzhi Duan, Yongfeng Zhu, Hui Yu, Aiqin Wang   +3 more
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Fabrication of CMC-g-PAM Superporous Polymer Monoliths via Eco-Friendly Pickering-MIPEs for Superior Adsorption of Methyl Violet and Methylene Blue

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2017
A series of superporous carboxymethylcellulose-graft-poly(acrylamide)/palygorskite (CMC-g-PAM/Pal) polymer monoliths presenting interconnected pore structure and excellent adsorption properties were prepared by one-step free-radical grafting ...
Feng Wang, Feng Wang, Yongfeng Zhu, Wenbo Wang, Li Zong, Taotao Lu, Taotao Lu, Aiqin Wang   +7 more
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Optimal Synthesis of Environment-Friendly Iron Red Pigment from Natural Nanostructured Clay Minerals

Nanomaterials, 2018
A series of environment-friendly clay minerals—α-Fe2O3 iron-red hybrid pigments—were prepared by a simple one-step hydrothermal reaction process using natural nanostructured silicate clay minerals as starting materials.
Yushen Lu, Wenkai Dong, Wenbo Wang, Junjie Ding, Qin Wang, Aiping Hui, Aiqin Wang   +6 more
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Preparation of Carboxymethyl Cellulose-g- Poly(acrylamide)/Attapulgite Porous Monolith With an Eco-Friendly Pickering-MIPE Template for Ce(III) and Gd(III) Adsorption

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
Due to their high specific surface and metal-binding functional groups in their crosslinked polymeric networks, monolithic materials incorporating a porous structure have been considered one of the most efficient kinds of adsorbents for rare earth ...
Feng Wang, Feng Wang, Yongfeng Zhu, Aiqin Wang   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Influence of pH on the Release of Exchangeable Cations from a Mixed Clay Mineral Deposit for Replenishment of Soil Nutrients

Walisongo Journal of Chemistry, 2023
Soil nutrients consist of minerals such as Ca, Mg, K and Na ions among others which are essential to plant growth. Soils can become deficient in these nutrients on account of pollution, flooding and over cultivation. The soil condition can be ameliorated
Emmanuel Enoguan Ighodaro Irabor, Linda Esanukpe, Monday Idiaghe Imafidon, Osahon Kennedy Ogbeide, Iyobosa Gift Okunzuwa, Charles Akhadelor Unuigbe, Uwaila Omoruyi   +6 more
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Hydrothermal Fabrication of Spindle-Shaped ZnO/Palygorskite Nanocomposites Using Nonionic Surfactant for Enhancement of Antibacterial Activity

Nanomaterials, 2019
In order to improve the antibacterial performance of natural palygorskite, spindle-like ZnO/palygorskite (ZnO/PAL) nanocomposites with controllable growth of ZnO on the surface of PAL were prepared in the presence of non-ionic surfactants using an easy ...
Aiping Hui, Shuqing Dong, Yuru Kang, Yanmin Zhou, Aiqin Wang   +4 more
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Influence of thermal and acidic treatments on the morphology of a natural kaolinitic clay mineral

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023
In this work, a natural kaolinitic clay mineral from Kribi in Cameroon is modified by thermal and acidic treatments. The influence of these treatments on the physicochemical properties of the clays is studied using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform ...
Pierre Ngue Song, Julien G. Mahy, Cédric Calberg, Antoine Farcy, Joachim Caucheteux, Nathalie Fagel, Stéphanie D. Lambert   +6 more
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Formation and Coloring Mechanism of Typical Aluminosilicate Clay Minerals for CoAl2O4 Hybrid Pigment Preparation

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018
Different kinds of aluminosilicate minerals were employed to fabricate CoAl2O4 hybrid pigment for studying its formation and coloring mechanism. It revealed that the color of the obtained hybrid pigments was determined by the content of Al2O3 and ...
Anjie Zhang, Anjie Zhang, Anjie Zhang, Bin Mu, Xiaowen Wang, Xiaowen Wang, Lixin Wen, Aiqin Wang   +7 more
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