Godfrey Michael Shayo , Elianaso Elimbinzi , Christina Fabian , Talam E. Kibona , Godlisten N. Shao
{"title":"Enhancing water quality at the point of use through fabrication of silver nanoparticles impregnated ceramic water filters","authors":"Godfrey Michael Shayo , Elianaso Elimbinzi , Christina Fabian , Talam E. Kibona , Godlisten N. Shao","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we present the successful synthesis of ceramic filtration systems impregnated with silver nanoparticles, designed specifically for effective water purification. The materials obtained underwent extensive characterization through X-ray diffraction (XRD, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Ultra Violet-Spectroscopy (UV–Vis), Scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses. XRD analysis detected the crystallite size of the materials ranged from 16 to 22 nm. Furthermore, XRF analysis revealed that the predominant component in the materials was SiO<sub>2</sub> (94 %), which originated from the high silica content found in sand and rice husks. SEM analyses demonstrated the formation of spherical aggregates as the primary structure of the materials. The UV–Vis analysis confirmed the presence of optical plasmon oscillation of Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs), observed around 420 nm. Moreover, SEM-EDX analysis showed a uniform distribution of Si, O, and Ag<sup>0</sup> within the systems, while TEM images revealed smooth patterns and arrangements of Ag<sup>0</sup> in the materials. Out of the different ratios tested, the sample treated with a mixture of sand, rice husk ashes, and wheat flour in a 60:40:7.5 ratio displayed the highest performance, achieving a remarkable >99 % removal of <em>E. coli</em> and other water contaminants including heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn, and Pb), BOD, turbidity, and total dissolved solids. These results underscore the potential of the systems in effectively removing a variety of pollutants, with a particular emphasis on <em>E. coli</em>, making them highly promising for water treatment and purification applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101882"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gehad G. Mohamed , Hesham Soliman , Sherif F. Hammad , Maysa R. Mostafa
{"title":"Assessing the Appearance of specific metals in select food samples via flame atomic absorption spectroscopy using multi-acidic solutions digestion (MASD)","authors":"Gehad G. Mohamed , Hesham Soliman , Sherif F. Hammad , Maysa R. Mostafa","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Different life style make people depends on definite type of food without a balanced dietary sources which may cause many diseases. So, it is necessary to determine the concentration of these metals in its real samples as food source for different life style to can connect between type of food intake (life style) and the concentration of its metal in it which can predict the diseases which each category of life style will be suffer from. Six heavy metals ions (Fe(III), Cd(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Cr(III)) were detected in some real samples as plant, fish and animal samples. All were digested via acidic digestion (MASD) method to identify using flame atomic absorption spectroscopy due to it is highly accurate, sensitive and capable of detecting metallic components in minute concentrations. The greatest concentrations of iron ranged from 15.750 to 0.255ppm in lung tissues, whereas lead concentrations varied from 0.689 to 0.073 ppm in eye tissue. The concentration of chromium ranged from 0.024 to 0.700 ppm in oral tissues, while copper was from 0.109 to 0.021 ppm, with the maximum quantity deposited in lung tissue. In addition to amount of nickel was from 0.284 to 0.198 ppm in brain tissue. Finally, cadmium level ranged between 0.038 and 1.094 ppm. The highest concentration was found in meat tissues. No presence for lead in rice and nigella sativa. A polluted environment may result in the buildup of most metals in bovine lung tissues. Many statistical analyses were conducted using ANOVA Single Factor with mean, standard deviations, p-value. Some statistical parameters were discussed as recommended daily allowances (RDA) and others.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101884"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing hydrogen storage properties: MXene (MX)-VCl3 assisted kinetics in Magnesium/Magnesium hydride for sustainable energy","authors":"Madhu Yadav , S.N. Dolia , Chhagan Lal","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogen storage in Mg/MgH<sub>2</sub> materials is a key study for the energy storage applications. Hydrogen storage is one of the most critical issues in developing a viable solution to the depletion of energy resources. Magnesium hydride is characterized by its kinetic equilibrium, lightweight, and cost-effectiveness, which leads to increased hydrogen densities. MgH<sub>2</sub> has an overall hydrogen storage of 7.6 wt%, yet only in certain circumstances is full-capacity release/storage possible. V-containing compounds are fascinating catalysts owing to their attraction for electrons due to empty <em>d</em> orbitals. 2D material: MXene (MX) has a large surface area, allowing for simple functionalization with numerous chemical groups, making them a choice for energy storage. In this work, a mixture of Mg-5wt% (MX + VCl<sub>3</sub>) was produced by ball milling and tested for hydrogen storage. The hydrogen storage of Mg-5wt% (MX + VCl<sub>3</sub>) is 2.32 wt% at 320 °C. The thermogravimetric plot shows that 200 °C is the onset temperature, 326 °C is the thermal decomposition temperature, and 397 °C is the endpoint. The weight loss for Mg-5wt% (MX + VCl<sub>3</sub>) shows intermediate reactions and complex thermal behavior that are driven by the additives. XRD, FESEM with EDS, XPS and TEM are used to characterize the structural, morphology, chemical oxidation state and crystallinity of the samples. The activation energy for the dehydriding reaction is 126.53 kJ/mol.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101878"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingpeng Hu , Xinggang Liu , Zheng Wang , Shiwei Gao , Yannan Jia , Shujun Yang , Zhiwei Wang , Binbin Wu , Yuanxiang Shan , Wanting Feng , Longfeng Li , Yang Li
{"title":"Regeneration of saturated activated carbon with thermally activated persulfate by static and dynamic methods","authors":"Lingpeng Hu , Xinggang Liu , Zheng Wang , Shiwei Gao , Yannan Jia , Shujun Yang , Zhiwei Wang , Binbin Wu , Yuanxiang Shan , Wanting Feng , Longfeng Li , Yang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Currently, the traditional post-regeneration methods for activated carbon include thermal regeneration, biological regeneration, electrochemical regeneration, and so on. In this study, the regeneration of ofloxacin-saturated activated carbon using thermally activated persulfate oxidation by both static (i.e., water bath) and dynamic (i.e., flow) methods were investigated. For static regeneration, the experimental variables were potassium persulfate (KPS) concentration, H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> concentration, the pH of the regeneration solution, regeneration temperature, and regeneration time. Our results showed the optimal conditions to be 10 mmol/L, 25 %, 7, 60 °C, and 2 h, respectively, providing a regeneration rate of 56.19 %. For dynamic regeneration, which was performed by pumping a KPS solution through a fixed bed of ofloxacin-saturated activated carbon, the experimental variables were KPS concentration, regeneration temperature, carbon-layer height, flowrate, and regeneration time, and the optimal values were found to be 100 mM, 85 °C, 5 cm, 10 mL/min, and 1.5 h, respectively, providing a regeneration rate of 52.5 %. Thus, our study presents low-cost, environmentally benign methods for the regeneration of spent activated carbon used in water-treatment facilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101883"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darius Ching Lin Kon , Soh-Fong Lim , David Sing Ngie Chua , Bee Huah Lim
{"title":"Synthesis of coconut husk-derived partially oxidised graphene oxide for methylene blue dye removal","authors":"Darius Ching Lin Kon , Soh-Fong Lim , David Sing Ngie Chua , Bee Huah Lim","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, partially oxidised graphene oxide derived from coconut husk was synthesized and evaluated for its adsorption performance toward methylene blue dye. The synthesized partially oxidised graphene oxide was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), confirming the successful formation of the material. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted to optimize process parameters, with the optimal conditions determined as 24-h equilibrium time, 0.1 g adsorbent dosage, and 15 mg/L initial methylene blue dye concentration. Under these conditions, the maximum adsorption capacity of the partially oxidised graphene oxide was 14.73 mg/g at 298 K. Isotherm analysis revealed that the Langmuir model (<em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> = 0.96) provided the best fit, indicating monolayer adsorption. Kinetic studies showed that the pseudo-second-order model (<em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> = 0.99) accurately described the adsorption process, suggesting chemisorption. The thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that the adsorption was endothermic (<em>ΔH°</em> = 13.87 kJ/mol) and spontaneous, with negative Gibbs free energy values (<em>ΔG°</em> ranging from −15.98 to −22.28 kJ/mol). These findings highlight the potential of the partially oxidised graphene oxide synthesized from coconut husk as an effective and sustainable adsorbent for dye removal from aqueous solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 9","pages":"Article 101880"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144631459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Sultan , Lubna Tabassam , Muhammad Waseem , Saira Arif , Muhammad Rizwan
{"title":"Synergistic catalytic degradation of crystal violet dye using silicon and titanium oxide/graphene nanocomposites","authors":"Muhammad Sultan , Lubna Tabassam , Muhammad Waseem , Saira Arif , Muhammad Rizwan","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101888","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101888","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study highlights the synthesis of Titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>), Silicon dioxide (SiO<sub>2</sub>), and their composites with graphene oxide (GO) through sol-gel method. The photocatalytic activities of these materials were evaluated by measuring the adsorption and degradation of methyl violet dye under various experimental conditions like adsorbate concentration, pH, and contact time. Characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-rays (SEM-EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and zeta potential were employed to examine structural and surface properties of the synthesized materials. The catalytic process was modelled using pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and Elovich kinetic models. The results demonstrated that SiO<sub>2</sub>/GO composite exhibited highest degradation efficiency, followed closely by TiO<sub>2</sub>/GO. This research underscores the potential of graphene composites in improving the photocatalytic degradation of hazardous dyes, offering a promising approach for environmental cleanup.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101888"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RM. Gnanamuthu , M. Sriramkumar , G. Saravanan , K. Venkatesh , A. Kavitha , S.K. Jesudoss , M. Thamaraiselvi , B. Rajeswari , D. Srinivasan , P. Rajkumar , K. Jothivenkatachalam , Chang Woo Lee
{"title":"High performing nano-crystalline ternary Sn–Ni–Ag alloy electroplated material for development of high-power density supercapacitor","authors":"RM. Gnanamuthu , M. Sriramkumar , G. Saravanan , K. Venkatesh , A. Kavitha , S.K. Jesudoss , M. Thamaraiselvi , B. Rajeswari , D. Srinivasan , P. Rajkumar , K. Jothivenkatachalam , Chang Woo Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101893","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101893","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In present work, synthesis and development of ternary Sn–Ni–Ag nanostructured alloy material, deposited on a Cu foil current collector as an electrode using direct current (DC) electrochemical deposition, for application in supercapacitor. In this regards, stoichiometric composition of ternary alloy is better performing than that of binary materials like Sn–Ni alloys. Indeed, Tin (Sn) is utilized for its excellent electrical conductivity, which significantly enhances capacitance, but poor reversibility behavior, nickel (Ni) contributes to mechanical strength, while silver (Ag) imparts superior conductivity, and improved energy storage and conversion capabilities mainly Sn particle. Therefore, this work focuses on Sn–Ni–Ag alloy electrode materials have been prepared and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), respectively. The Sn–Ni–Ag deposition thickness of 17 μm, featuring densely packed, and particles are uniformly distributed with a well-crystallized structure. The deposition between Cu and active Sn–Ni–Ag material is a strong adhesion with a particle size of approximately 100 nm. Electrochemical performance was evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), both of which confirmed robust capacitor behavior, indicating suitability for energy storage applications. The maximum specific capacitance of electrodeposited Sn–Ni–Ag alloy electrode delivered to be approximately 694 F g<sup>−1</sup> at a scan rate of 1 mV s<sup>−1</sup>, over 5000 cycles demonstrating an excellent utilization of active materials, it's highlighting a good and potential candidate in the advanced energy storage technologies especially for supercapacitor application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101893"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of new Schiff base/Amine-functionalized polysiloxane: An efficient sorbent for the removal of Cr(VI)","authors":"Purva Kachhi, Rajendrasinh N. Jadeja","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101890","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Traditional Schiff base reactions are used in many domains, such as adsorbent synthesis, metal chelation, liquid crystals, dyes, and catalysis. Given its numerous potential uses, we prepared a Schiff base combining amino antipyrine and vanillin and discussed its crystal structure. Then, using an economical one-pot sol-gel approach, the created Schiff base co-operated into a polysiloxane framework. The constituent AAV-Sc-m underwent extensive scrutiny, adopting all required characterization techniques and revealed the 98.9% Cr(VI) removal from the water-based media. Optimization of the initial ppm of the Cr(VI) solution, the amount of AAV-Sc-m, pH, and reaction time permitted the well-establishment of the Cr(VI) removal using AAV-Sc-m. To gain insight into the steps in the mechanism, experimental data from studies with varying initial Cr(VI) concentrations are used to fit the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin models. The Langmuir model best suits the experimental results, with an R<sup>2</sup> of 0.99, revealing the single-layer chemisorption operation. The time study data was also fitted to the PFO, intra-particle diffusion and PSO models; the PSO model emerged as the finest fit. A thermal assessment indicates that the Cr(VI) elimination process is endothermic and spontaneous. Regarding the industrial approach, AAV-Sc-m is reasonable and suitable for continuous adsorption-desorption cycles based on the recycling study.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101890"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144579840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of biocompatible chitosan-graphene oxide aerogel in the retro-aza-Henry-type conversion","authors":"Hossein Tavakol, Hamidreza Tarkesh","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101875","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101875","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, graphene oxide-chitosan aerogel (GO-CS) with honeycomb structure was prepared using sol-gel and freeze-drying methods. The physicochemical properties of nanocatalyst were investigated by FTIR, TGA, BET, XRD, RAMAN, FESEM-EDS, and elemental mapping to support that cross-linking occurs between the –COOH groups of GO and amine groups of CS and examine the surface properties and porosity of the prepared material. The prepared aerogel material showed appropriate thermal stability, interesting honeycomb-like structure, high porosity, surface functional group versatility, and high surface area, which all of them are the desired properties for catalytic purposes. In continuation, the catalytic activity of the prepared GO-CS has been evaluated in the reaction between β-nitrostyrene derivatives and hydrazine hydrate (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>.H<sub>2</sub>O) in the ethanol as a solvent. Using only 0.3 w% of this aerogel material as a catalyst, the reactions for all 20 derivatives of β-nitrostyrenes were completed in 3 h at 50 °C in almost quantitative yields (98–100 %). The employed catalyst showed high reusability experiments and after six consecutive runs, the reaction remained quantitative.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101875"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144523943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uniformly porous polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane induced by PEG-200 as additive for dye removal","authors":"Ketan S. Vachkal , Rahul V. Pinjari","doi":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jics.2025.101891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Asymmetric, uniform, and porous polysulfone (PSf) flat-sheet membranes were fabricated via the phase inversion method using dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent and water as coagulant at room temperature. A PSf ultrafiltration membrane was fabricated in literature primarily using polyethene glycol PEG-400 or even higher molecular weight PEG, however, the low molecular weight PEG-200 is less explored. Thus, the effect of the PEG molecular weight (200–20,000 Da), PEG 200 concentration (0–5 wt%), and PSf concentration (14–24 wt%) in the casting solution on membrane properties are systematically investigated in this paper. Membrane morphology, porosity, bubble point, pure water flux (PWF), moisture content, and contact angle were analyzed. SEM analysis confirmed the formation of uniform nanoporous structures, particularly at 3 wt% PEG-200. The increasing PEG-200 concentration in the PSf membrane casting solution leads to enhanced PWF from 103 to 123 L m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> and increased membrane hydrophobicity, as indicated by a rise in contact angle from 40.58° to 69.63°. Thus, the PSf membrane synthesized using the PEG-200 as a pore former shows the higher water flux compared to membrane prepared using PEG-400 or higher molecular weight PEG. With increasing PSf content (from 14 to 24 wt%) in the casting solution, (a) the solute rejection for PEG-100 K improved significantly, from 40.9 % to 81.5 % and (b) the dye rejection was also improved. These membranes with nanopores will thus be useful for the removal of low molecular weight compounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Indian Chemical Society","volume":"102 8","pages":"Article 101891"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}