Universal Journal of Carbon Research, Volume 1 Issue 1 (2023)



Open Access Article

Graphene Oxide/Nanocrystalline Cellulose Composite: A Facile Phase Modulator

by Moses A. Ollengo

ABSTRACT: In the past few years, graphene and graphene-based materials have received enormous interest from the scientific community due to their extraordinary mechanical, electronic, optical and...

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Heavy Metals Adsorption on Cyanex-272 Modified Activated Carbon: Efficacy and Selectivity

by Zeinab Ezzeddine, Layla Abdallah, Hussein Hamad

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the potential use of activated carbon functionalized with Cyanex272 (AC-Cyanex 272), in the removal of lead, copper and zinc cations from aqueous solutions. The modified...

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Novel Ultrahard C6 with Mixed sp3-sp2 Hybridizations and Semiconducting Behavior: Crystal Chemistry and First Principles Investigations

by Samir Matar

ABSTRACT: Novel tetragonal carbon allotrope C 6 made of allene-like C(sp 2 ) tricarbon unit >C=C=C< embedded in diamond-like C(sp 3 ) lattice is proposed from crystal chemistry backed with first...

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CO2/Brine/Rock Interactions in the Cedar Keys-Lawson Formation

by Yee Soong, Bret Howard, Igor Haljasmaa, Dustin Crandall, Robert Dilmore, Laura Dalton, Zhang Wu, Ping Wang, McMahan Gray, Fan Shi

ABSTRACT: It has been reported that among the various geologic storage options, deep saline aquifers have the largest estimated capacity for CO 2 storage.  Obtaining knowledge of possible artificially...

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Synthesis, Characterization and Bioapplications of Pristine Graphene: A Review

by Sakib Ishraq, Yuxin Liu

ABSTRACT: Graphene, ostensibly the strongest material to date, has been a topic of interest for engineers, scientists and researchers since its first isolation through mechanical exfoliation through forming...