Nowadays the importance of nano-particles and their uses in different industries have attracted many researches. The materials in nano-scale show different characteristics in comparison with their bulk state. Nano-materials have potential applications in optoelectronics, catalysis, and membranes. In this paper Nano-size porous γ-alumina was successfully synthesized by precipitation method under ultrasonic vibration mixing. Sonochemistry help the nano particles to synthesis regular form. The synthesized catalyst was characterized by SEM, XRD, BET, and TPD techniques. The effect of two most important operating conditions (i.e. Temperature and WHSV) on performance of this catalyst was investigated for dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME). The optimum operating condition was at temperature of 320 º C and WHSV of 15 h -1 . . Currently his main efforts are taken to synthesis of γ-Al2O3/CNTs catalyst for dehydration of methanol and other acidic catalysts.

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Aims: In order to improve survival in gastrointestinal conditions, probiotic bacteria, i.e. we developed a new encapsulation method of probiotics based on zeolite and by calcium-alginate zeolite-starch as an effective method for safer delivery of probiotics. Material and Methods: Lactobacillus casei (ATCC 39392) and Lactobacillus plantarum (ATCC 29521) were used as probiotics. After microorganism’s immobilization on zeolite base, encapsulation was done by calcium-alginate zeolite-starch with the extrusion method. Afterwards, they were incubated in the simulated gastric and intestinal condition. Viability of these bacteria was calculated on the basis of time required to reduce the logarithmic base in the microbial population. SEM techniques were used to study the appearance of the capsules. Results: after incubation for 120 min under simulated gastric condition and 180 min in intestinal juice conditions (pH=8.2), the count of alive L. casei and L. plantarum cells were 6.3 log cfu/ml and 7.3 log cfu/ml. However, for controlling the cells, this value was zero and 2.1 log cfu/ml respectively. Conclusion: According to the results, we had an increase of the survival rate of L. casei and L. plantarum in gastroesophageal-intestine simulated condition. These results indicated good efficacy and high performance of zeolite for immobilization and microencapsulation of probiotics.

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