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Synthesis and characterisation of an iron oxide mesoporous silica nano-composite and its application in removal of methylene blue dye (2024)
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Saod, W. M., Oliver, I. W., Contini, A., & Zholobenko, V. (in press). Synthesis and characterisation of an iron oxide mesoporous silica nano-composite and its application in removal of methylene blue dye. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1319, Article 139390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.139390

Globally, effluents from textile industries and other waste streams have the potential to release vast amounts of chemical dyes and related substances into the environment. Treatment of water and waste-water to remove such pollutan... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of an iron oxide mesoporous silica nano-composite and its application in removal of methylene blue dye.

Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal (2023)
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Saod, W. M., Oliver, I. W., Thompson, D. F., Contini, A., & Zholobenko, V. (in press). Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2023.2246016

Applications of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment and in environmental clean-up operations depend on the adsorption capacity of the materials for contaminants such as potentially toxic elements (PTEs). However, on their own nanoparticle... Read More about Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal.

Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula (2022)
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Jeffery, A. J., Rogers, S. L., Pringle, J. K., Zholobenko, V. L., Jeffery, K. L., Wisniewski, K. D., …Emley, D. W. (2022). Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula. Journal of Chemical Education, 2277-2290. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01067

Access to laboratory facilities and associated instrumentation represents a major barrier to learning in physical science education, due to constraints introduced by limited time and financial resources, cost 20 of acquisition, and health and safety... Read More about Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula.

Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science (2022)
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Hobson, L., Stimpson, I., Wisniewski, K., Pringle, J., Heaton, V., Zholobenko, V., …Rogers, S. (2022). Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science. Science and Justice, 62(6), 696-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2022.04.004

Online virtual learning resources have been available for learning and teaching in forensic science for some years now, but the recent global COVID-19 related periods of irregular lockdown have necessitated the rapid development of these for teaching... Read More about Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science.

External surface phenomena in dealumination and desilication of large single crystals of ZSM-5 zeolite synthesized from a sustainable source (2019)
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Zholobenko, V., de Melo, J., Peron, D., Khodakov, A., Capron, M., Nuns, N., …Ordomsky, V. (2019). External surface phenomena in dealumination and desilication of large single crystals of ZSM-5 zeolite synthesized from a sustainable source. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.05.033

Zeolite dealumination and desilication are common methods, which improve accessibility of the active sites located inside the zeolite crystallites and tune the zeolite acidity. The exact mechanism of these post-synthesis zeolite treatments remains un... Read More about External surface phenomena in dealumination and desilication of large single crystals of ZSM-5 zeolite synthesized from a sustainable source.

Structural features and stability of Spanish sepiolite as a potential catalyst (2018)
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Al-Ani, . A., Gertisser, R., & Zholobenko, V. (2018). Structural features and stability of Spanish sepiolite as a potential catalyst. Applied Clay Science, 297 -304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2018.06.021

Abstract Sepiolite-based catalysts loaded with potassium hydroxide were prepared via the wet impregnation and ion-exchange methods and evaluated as catalysts in base-assisted reactions, such as transesterification of renewable oils. The structural fe... Read More about Structural features and stability of Spanish sepiolite as a potential catalyst.

Formation of Copper Nanoparticles in LTL Nanosized Zeolite: Kinetics Study (2016)
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Kharchenko, A., Zholobenko, V., Lebedev, O., de Waele, V., & Mintova, S. (2016). Formation of Copper Nanoparticles in LTL Nanosized Zeolite: Kinetics Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 26300-26308. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08045

The kinetics of formation of copper nanoparticles in LTL type nanosized zeolite (Cu0-LTL) was investigated. The water suspensions containing copper ion exchanged zeolite crystals (Cu2+-LTL) were treated with three reducing agents (hydrazine monohydra... Read More about Formation of Copper Nanoparticles in LTL Nanosized Zeolite: Kinetics Study.

On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study (2016)
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Mendes, A., Zholobenko, V., Thibault-Starzyk, F., Da Costa, P., & Henriques, C. (2016). On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study. Journal of Catalysis, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.004

The effect of palladium and cerium species on the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx using methane as reductant (NOx CH4-SCR) has been investigated using Pd-HMOR and PdCe-HMOR system. The catalysts have been characterised by H2-TPR, DRS UV–Vi... Read More about On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study.

The role of steric effects and acidity in direct synthesis of iso-paraffins from syngas on cobalt zeolite catalysts (2015)
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Zholobenko. (2015). The role of steric effects and acidity in direct synthesis of iso-paraffins from syngas on cobalt zeolite catalysts. ChemCatChem, 380-389. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500777

This study focuses on the effects of the localization of Co species, zeolite structure, and acidity on the performance of Co bifunctional catalysts promoted with Pt for the direct synthesis of iso-paraffins from syngas. ZSM-5, MOR, and BEA were chose... Read More about The role of steric effects and acidity in direct synthesis of iso-paraffins from syngas on cobalt zeolite catalysts.