The environmental and financial benefits of recovering plastics From residual municipal waste before energy recovery [PDF]
, 2016 A life cycle assessment was carried out to investigate the environmental benefits of removing dense plastics from household waste before burning the waste in an energy from waste (EfW) facility.
Burnley, Stephen, Coleman, Terry
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A human microfluidic blood‐brain barrier (mBBB) model enables spatially resolved comparison of nanoparticle trafficking. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), liposomes, and nanoplastics exhibit distinct transport and disruption behaviors, revealing that membrane composition and uptake pathways govern BBB interaction.
Bryan B. Nguyen +9 more
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Development of biomass waste-based carbon quantum dots and their potential application as non-toxic bioimaging agents. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2023 Abu N +11 more
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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang +7 more
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Waste management in hand surgery: a quantitative and qualitative analysis
Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery**Introduction:** The healthcare sector accounts for 5–10 per cent of global carbon emissions with a significant contribution from operating theatres. This study aims to comprehend the carbon footprint of waste generated in hand surgery.
Anna J Neriamparambil, Joyce Antony
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Solvatochromism as a Novel Tool to Enumerate the Optical and Luminescence Properties of Plastic Waste Derived Carbon Nanodots and Their Activated Counterparts. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel), 2023 Chaudhary S +6 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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Case Studies in Construction MaterialsSolid waste concrete is a “dual-carbon” material and has an important role to play in achieving the “dual-carbon goal”. Solid waste concrete, which is prepared by replacing traditional cement and aggregates with industrial solid waste, has significant ...
Kaifan ZHANG +7 more
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Conversion of Plastic Waste to Carbon-Based Compounds and Application in Energy Storage Devices. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2022 Yaqoob L, Noor T, Iqbal N.
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Emulsifaction of waste cooking oils and fatty acid distillates as diesel engine fuel [PDF]
, 2015 The scope of this paper is to analyze the possibilities and feasibilities, as well as the main experimental results reported about the emulsification method applied to waste cooking oils and fatty acid distillates as diesel engine fuels, compared with ...
Goyos-Pérez, Leonardo +3 more
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