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RSC Advances 10th Anniversary collections: Removal of chromium from aqueous solutions

Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10th Anniversary collections!

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Highlighted articles

Magnetically recoverable ZrO2/Fe3O4/chitosan nanomaterials for enhanced sunlight driven photoreduction of carcinogenic Cr(VI) and dechlorination & mineralization of 4-chlorophenol from simulated waste water
Amit Kumar, Changsheng Guo, Gaurav Sharma, Deepak Pathania, Mu Naushad, Susheel Kalia and Pooja Dhiman
Article, 2016

 

Effective removal of Cr(VI) using β-cyclodextrin–chitosan modified biochars with adsorption/reduction bifuctional roles
Xixian Huang, Yunguo Liu, Shaobo Liu, Xiaofei Tan, Yang Ding, Guangming Zeng, Yaoyu Zhou, Mingming Zhang, Shufan Wang and Bohong Zheng
Article, 2016



Insight into the synergistic effect on adsorption for Cr(VI) by a polypyrrole-based composite
Wanhong Sun, Wenbo Zhang, Hailing Li, Qiong Su, Ping Zhang and Lihua Chen
Article, 2020

 

Recent advances in hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions by adsorptive methods
Vusumzi E. Pakade, Nikita T. Tavengwa and Lawrence M. Madikizela
Review, 2019

 

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RSC Advances 10th Anniversary collections: Adsorption and degradation of pollutants

Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10th Anniversary collections!

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Highlighted articles

Removal of basic dye Auramine-O by ZnS:Cu nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon: optimization of parameters using response surface methodology with central composite design
Arash Asfaram, Mehrorang Ghaedi, Shilpi Agarwal, Inderjeet Tyagi and Vinod Kumar Gupta
Article, 2015

In situ TEMPO surface functionalization of nanocellulose membranes for enhanced adsorption of metal ions from aqueous medium
Zoheb Karim, Minna Hakalahti, Tekla Tammelin and Aji P. Mathew
Article, 2017

Metal (Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb) removal from environmentally relevant waters using polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated magnetite nanoparticles
Jie Hong, Junyu Xie, Seyyedali Mirshahghassemi and Jamie Lead
Article, 2020

Principles and mechanisms of photocatalytic dye degradation on TiO2 based photocatalysts: a comparative overview
Anila Ajmal, Imran Majeed, Riffat Naseem Malik, Hicham Idriss and Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem
Review, 2014

 

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RSC Advances 10th Anniversary collections: Water treatment

 

Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

 

Highlighted articles

A facile preparation method for new two-component supramolecular hydrogels and their performances in adsorption, catalysis, and stimuli-response
Junlin Zhu, Ran Wang, Rui Geng, Xuan Zhang, Fan Wang, Tifeng Jiao, Jingyue Yang, Zhenhua Bai and Qiuming Peng
Article, 2019

 

Principles and mechanisms of photocatalytic dye degradation on TiO2 based photocatalysts: a comparative overview
Anila Ajmal, Imran Majeed, Riffat Naseem Malik, Hicham Idriss and Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem
Article, 2014



Synthesis and application of pillared clay heterogeneous catalysts for wastewater treatment: a review
Jeffrey Baloyi, Thabang Ntho and John Moma
Review, 2018

 

Chemical treatment technologies for waste-water recycling-an overview
Vinod Kumar Gupta, Imran Ali, Tawfik A. Saleh, Arunima Nayak and Shilpi Agarwal
Review, 2012

 

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RSC Advances 10th Anniversary: Highly cited articles

In 2011 the Royal Society of Chemistry published the first issue of RSC Advances, and to celebrate our 10th anniversary we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in the journal throughout the years.

In this blog collection some of the most highly cited papers published in RSC Advances are showcased, demonstrating the consistency over time and our commitment to publishing quality research across the breadth of the chemical sciences.

Find out more about the history of RSC Advances and how we got to where we are today in the Editorial: RSC Advances: celebrating 10 years of publication.

We will continue to celebrate RSC Advances 10th Anniversary over the next few months and we look forward to sharing more articles and activities with you – follow us on Twitter or sign up for RSC Advances news for updates on our anniversary celebrations.

We hope you enjoy our 10th Anniversary collections!

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2011

Hierarchical nickel sulfide hollow spheres for high performance supercapacitors
By Ting Zhu, Zhiyu Wang, Shujiang Ding, Jun Song Chen and Xiong Wen (David) Lou

 

Well-crystallized square-like 2D BiOCl nanoplates: mannitol-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and improved visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance
Jinyan Xiong, Gang Cheng, Guangfang Li, Fan Qin and Rong Chen

 

Magnetite/graphene nanosheet composites: interfacial interaction and its impact on the durable high-rate performance in lithium-ion batteries
Jisheng Zhou, Huaihe Song, Lulu Ma and Xiaohong Chen

 

2012

Nitrogen-doped graphene with high nitrogen level via a one-step hydrothermal reaction of graphene oxide with urea for superior capacitive energy storage
Li Sun, Lei Wang, Chungui Tian, Taixing Tan, Ying Xie, Keying Shi, Meitong Li and Honggang Fu

 

A thermodynamic analysis of methanation reactions of carbon oxides for the production of synthetic natural gas
Jiajian Gao, Yingli Wang, Yuan Ping, Dacheng Hu, Guangwen Xu, Fangna Gu and Fabing Su

 

Freestanding Co3O4 nanowire array for high performance supercapacitors
Xin-hui Xia, Jiang-ping Tu, Yong-qi Zhang, Yong-jin Mai, Xiu-li Wang, Chang-dong Gu and Xin-bing Zhao

 

2013

A green and facile approach for the synthesis of water soluble fluorescent carbon dots from banana juice
Bibekananda De and Niranjan Karak

 

Understanding the local reactivity in polar organic reactions through electrophilic and nucleophilic Parr functions
Luis R. Domingo, Patricia Pérez and José A. Sáez

 

Using a two-step deposition technique to prepare perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) for thin film solar cells based on ZrO2 and TiO2 mesostructures
Dongqin Bi, Soo-Jin Moon, Leif Häggman, Gerrit Boschloo, Lei Yang, Erik M. J. Johansson, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel and Anders Hagfeldt

 

2014

Size-controlled silver nanoparticles synthesized over the range 5-100 nm using the same protocol and their antibacterial efficacy
Shekhar Agnihotri, Soumyo Mukherji and Suparna Mukherji

 

Principles and mechanisms of photocatalytic dye degradation on TiO2 based photocatalysts: a comparative overview
Anila Ajmal, Imran Majeed, Riffat Naseem Malik, Hicham Idriss and Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem

 

Recent developments in palladium catalysed carbonylation reactions
Sandip T. Gadge and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage

 

2015

Free radicals, natural antioxidants, and their reaction mechanisms
Satish Balasaheb Nimse and Dilipkumar Pal

 

Removal of basic dye Auramine-O by ZnS:Cu nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon: optimization of parameters using response surface methodology with central composite design
Arash Asfaram, Mehrorang Ghaedi, Shilpi Agarwal, Inderjeet Tyagi and Vinod Kumar Gupta

 

ZnO/Ag/Mn2O3 nanocomposite for visible light-induced industrial textile effluent degradation, uric acid and ascorbic acid sensing and antimicrobial activity
R. Saravanan, Mohammad Mansoob Khan, Vinod Kumar Gupta, E. Mosquera, F. Gracia, V. Narayanan and A. Stephen

 

2016

Enhancing mechanical performance of epoxy thermosets via designing a block copolymer to self-organize into “core-shell” nanostructure
Zhengguang Heng, Zhong Zeng, Bin Zhang, Yinfu Luo, Jiemin Luo, Yang Chen, Huawei Zou and Mei Liang

 

Introducing DDEC6 atomic population analysis: part 1. Charge partitioning theory and methodology
Thomas A. Manz and Nidia Gabaldon Limas

 

A mechanically synthesized SiO2-Fe metal matrix composite for effective dechlorination of aqueous 2-chlorophenol: the optimum of the preparation conditions
Yunfei Zhang, Bo Yang, Jinhong Fan and Luming Ma

 

2017

A critical analysis of the alpha, beta and gamma phases in poly(vinylidene fluoride) using FTIR
Xiaomei Cai, Tingping Lei, Daoheng Sun and Liwei Lin

 

Synthesis and characterization of sulfophenyl-functionalized reduced graphene oxide sheets
Benjamin Diby Ossonon and Daniel Bélanger

 

Surface characteristics influencing bacterial adhesion to polymeric substrates
Yue Yuan, Michael P. Hays, Philip R. Hardwidge and Jooyoun Kim

 

2018

Photoluminescence properties of a ScBO3:Cr3+ phosphor and its applications for broadband near-infrared LEDs
Qiyue Shao, Hao Ding, Leqi Yao, Junfeng Xu, Chao Liang and Jianqing Jiang

 

Frequency and temperature-dependence of dielectric permittivity and electric modulus studies of the solid solution Ca0.85Er0.1Ti1-xCo4x/3O3 (0 <= x <= 0.1)
Ch. Rayssi, S. El.Kossi, J. Dhahri and K. Khirouni

 

Sulfonated graphene oxide/Nafion composite membranes for high temperature and low humidity proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Mohanraj Vinothkannan, Ae Rhan Kim, G. Gnana kumar and Dong Jin Yoo

 

2019

Enhanced luminescence and tunable magnetic properties of lanthanide coordination polymers based on fluorine substitution and phenanthroline ligand
Xun Feng, Yapei Shang, Heng Zhang, Rongfang Li, Weizhou Wang, Daoming Zhang, Liya Wang and Zhongjun Li

 

A facile preparation method for new two-component supramolecular hydrogels and their performances in adsorption, catalysis, and stimuli-response
Junlin Zhu, Ran Wang, Rui Geng, Xuan Zhang, Fan Wang, Tifeng Jiao, Jingyue Yang, Zhenhua Bai and Qiuming Peng

 

Numerical simulation of oscillatory oblique stagnation point flow of a magneto micropolar nanofluid
Muhammad Adil Sadiq, Arif Ullah Khan, S. Saleem and S. Nadeem

 

2020

Fabrication of CS/GA/RGO/Pd composite hydrogels for highly efficient catalytic reduction of organic pollutants
Lei Ge, Meng Zhang, Ran Wang, Na Li, Lexin Zhang, Shufeng Liu and Tifeng Jiao

 

Synthesis of a hierarchical carbon fiber@cobalt ferrite@manganese dioxide composite and its application as a microwave absorber
Ailing Feng, Tianqi Hou, Zirui Jia and Guanglei Wu

 

Anti-HIV drug repurposing against SARS-CoV-2
Peng Sang, Shu-Hui Tian, Zhao-Hui Meng and Li-Quan Yang

 

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