Stabilization and solidification of brine water containing selenium, chromium, copper, and mercury utilizing a microwave enabled sol–gel process

Abstract

To comply with the new regulations on coal-fired power plants, many treatment scenarios are inclining towards zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies. Therefore, there has been a dramatic shift in the treatment...

Long-term stabilization of DNA at room temperature using a one-step microwave assisted process

“…Several researchers have reported the use of silica sol-gels for biomolecule encapsulation [18][19][20][21]. The sol-gel matrix restricts sample mobility similarly to frozen storage and should provide theoretically similar stabilization.…”

Bio-CaRGOS: capture and release gels for optimized storage of hemoglobin

“…In the past, we have developed several sol gel routes and demonstrated their efficacy in biomolecule storage. [12][13][14][15] Specically, we had developed a novel CVD based sol gel route, where a solution containing any biomolecule of choice is simply exposed to vapors of silica precursor tetramethyl orthosilicate (TMOS) at room temperature for 1 to 12 h in a simple Petri dish at room temperature. During this process, TMOS evaporates and hydrolyzes at the interface of aqueous solution, then diffuses into the aqueous solution and results in encapsulation of the biomolecule.…”