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query.py
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import requests
url = "https://api.ydc-index.io/search"
query = {"query":"Search for Scientific Research Articles on Nanomotors for Cleaning Polluted Water"}
headers = {"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, params=query)
print(response.text)
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{
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{
"description": "Self-propelled nanomotors hold considerable promise for developing innovative environmental applications.Self-propelled nanomotors hold considerable promise for developing innovative environmental applications. This review highlights the recent progress ...",
"snippets": [
"In addition, those nanoparticles cannot transport ions and pollutants from one place to another. Catalytically powered micro- and nanomotors have attracted a lot of attention over the last few years in multidisciplinary fields of chemistry and physics.5 Since the pioneering works a decade ago, synthetic nanomotors demonstrated the ability to efficiently convert chemical energy into motion like nature uses biochemistry to power biological motors.6,7 Fundamental research is being conducted in this field and a number of interesting applications are opening up in several different fields, such as",
"The surface modification of some types of nanomotors allows them to capture oil from contaminated waters. Research by Pumera and co-workers described a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-loaded polysulfone (PSf) capsule that was used to shepherd several oil droplets and to merge them, cleaning the surface of the water.36 The driving force of self-propulsion is based in the Marangoni effect.",
"These “self-powered remediation systems” could be seen as a new generation of “smart devices” for cleaning water in small pipes or cavities difficult to reach with traditional methods. With constant improvement and considering the key challenges, we expect that artificial nanomachines could play an important role in environmental applications in the near future. Pollution of water by contaminants and chemical threats is a prevalent topic in scientific, economic, political and, consequently, in the public media.",
"Researchers and engineers are devoting considerable effort to produce more efficient technological solutions for cleaning environmental pollutants."
],
"title": "Catalytic nanomotors for environmental monitoring and water remediation - PMC",
"url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080807/"
},
{
"description": "The most critical challenge of the twenty-first century is to provide sufficient clean, cheap water for all. This is made worse by population increase…",
"snippets": [
"The most critical challenge of the twenty-first century is to provide sufficient clean, cheap water for all. This is made worse by population increase, climate change, and declining water quality. Technology innovation, such as nanotechnology, is essential for enabling integrated water management to increase treatment effectiveness and expand water supplies using unconventional water sources.",
"Nanotechnology can improve access to clean, safe drinking water by providing innovative nanomaterials for treating surface water, groundwater, and wastewater contaminated by hazardous metal ions, inorganic and organic solutes, and microorganisms. As a result, the development of nanotechnology provided ground-breaking solutions to issues in engineering, physics, chemistry, and others.",
"Considering the essential need to examine and handle the developing hazardous wastes with lower costs, less energy, and more efficiency, this review shines a light on the current advancements in nanotechnology. Numerous industries, such as scientific research, the medical field, and the food industry, have paid close attention to the expanding significance of nanotechnology and the unique qualities of nanobubbles."
],
"title": "Smart and innovative nanotechnology applications for water purification - ScienceDirect",
"url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773207X23000271"
},
{
"description": "We describe the use of catalytically self-propelled microjets (dubbed micromotors) for degrading organic pollutants in water via the Fenton oxidation process. The tubular micromotors are composed of rolled-up functional nanomembranes consisting of Fe/Pt ...",
"snippets": [
"Great efforts have been made to efficiently propel and accurately control micro- and nanomotors by different mechanisms.29−37 Most self-propelled systems are based on the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical motion.38 Nonetheless, there are also other ways to produce self-motion at the micro- and nanoscale, for instance electromagnetic fields,22,39,40 local electrical fields,41 thermal gradients,42,43 photoinduced motion,44−46 or the Marangoni effect.28 This variety of propulsion mechanisms gave rise to a rich diversity of designs of nanomotors such as nanorods,47,48 spherical particles,34,49 microhelices,22,39,40 polymeric capsules,28,50 and tubular microjets.51−53",
"Paxton W. F.; Kistler K. C.; Olmeda C. C.; Sen A.; St Angelo S. K.; Cao Y. Y.; Mallouk T. E.; Lammert P. E.; Crespi V. H. Catalytic Nanomotors: Autonomous Movement of Striped Nanorods. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13424–13431.",
"Self-propelled microjets have been fabricated by roll-up nanotechnology of thin films51,52 and later produced in porous templates combined with electrodeposition methods.53 However, in the latter case, parameters such as shape, length, and diameter are limited by the commercially available templates, reducing the versatility in the design of those nanomotors.",
"Differently, roll-up nanotechnology of functional nanomembranes allows a reproducible mass production method54 of micro/nanomotors with custom-made dimensions, flexible in material composition and design."
],
"title": "Self-Propelled Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water - PMC",
"url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872448/"
},
{
"description": "Nano- and micromotors are machines designed to self-propel and—in the process of propelling themselves—perform specialized tasks like cleaning polluted waters. These motors offer distinct advantages over conventionally static decontamination methods, owing to their ability to move around ...",
"snippets": [
"Nano- and micromotors are machines designed to self-propel and—in the process of propelling themselves—perform specialized tasks like cleaning polluted waters. These motors offer distinct advantages over conventionally static decontamination methods, owing to their ability to move around and self-mix—which h Recent Review Articles",
"In the last decade, considerable research efforts have been expended on exploring various mechanisms by which these motors can self-propel and remove pollutants, proving that the removal of oil droplets, heavy metals, and organic compounds using these synthetic motors is possible.",
"A fundamental understanding of these removal mechanisms, with their attendant advantages and disadvantages, can help researchers fine-tune motor design in the future so that technical issues can be resolved before they are scaled-up for a wide variety of environmental applications."
],
"title": "Nano- and micromotors for cleaning polluted waters: focused review on pollutant removal mechanisms - Nanoscale (RSC Publishing)",
"url": "https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nr/c7nr05494g"
},
{
"description": "Sustainable nanotechnology has made substantial contributions in providing contaminant-free water to humanity. In this Review, we present the compelling need for providing access to clean water through nanotechnology-enabled solutions and the large disparities in ensuring their implementation.",
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"Topics discussed include: introduction; considerations for cellulose nanomaterial-based development for engineering applications (structures and nomenclature inconsistencies, comparisons to carbon nanotubes [CNT], cellulose nanomaterial manufg.); use of cellulose nanomaterials for water treatment technologies (nano-remediation strategies [as pollutant adsorbents, as scaffolds]); cellulose nanomaterials for water purifn.",
"A review is given. Arsenic groundwater pollution has been reported for the Red River delta of Northern Vietnam and the Mekong delta of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Although the health of ∼10 million people is at risk from the drinking tube well water, little information is available on the health effects of As exposure in the residents of these regions.",
"The countrywide survey on regional distribution of As pollution has not been conducted in these countries. As far as we know, symptoms of chronic As exposure have not yet been reported, probably due to the relative short-term usage of the tube wells in the regions.",
"However, oxidative DNA damage has been obsd. in the residents of Cambodia and so further continuous usage of the tube well might cause severe damage to the health of the residents. We review literature concerning As pollution of groundwater and its health effects on residents of Vietnam and Cambodia."
],
"title": "Clean Water through Nanotechnology: Needs, Gaps, and Fulfillment | ACS Nano",
"url": "https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b01730"
},
{
"description": "Surface water is extremely susceptible to pollution stemming from human activities, such as the expansion of urban and suburban areas, industries, cit…",
"snippets": [
"In fact, sources of surface water have become the most common discharge sites for wastewater, which may contain microorganisms, pharmaceutical waste, heavy metals, and harmful pollutants. As a reference standard for clean water, the water quality standards and index of Malaysia were used.",
"This prompts the use of nanotechnology applications to control surface water pollution and quality, as surface water is the main source of water consumption for humans, animals, and plants. This paper reviewed the application of nanotechnology for the detection and treatment of surface water pollution to ensure the sustainability of a green environment.",
"Nanotechnologies for the detection and treatment of surface water pollution."
],
"title": "A review of nanotechnological applications to detect and control surface water pollution - ScienceDirect",
"url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352186421006805"
},
{
"description": "PDF | Nano- and micromotors are machines designed to self-propel and—in the process of propelling themselves—perform specialized tasks like cleaning... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate",
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"While offering autonomous propulsion, conventional micro-/nanomachines usually rely on the decomposition of external chemical fuels (e.g., H2 O2 ), which greatly hinders their applications in biologically relevant media. Recent developments have resulted in various micro-/nanomotors that can be powered by biocompatible fuels.",
"Here, recent developments on fuel-free micro-/nanomotors (powered by various external stimuli such as light, magnetic, electric, or ultrasonic fields) are summarized, ranging from fabrication to propulsion mechanisms. The applications of these fuel-free micro-/nanomotors are also discussed, including nanopatterning, targeted drug/gene delivery, cell manipulation, and precision nanosurgery.",
"Fuel-free synthetic micro-/nanomotors, which can move without external chemical fuels, represent another attractive solution for practical applications owing to their biocompatibility and sustainability.",
"micromotor’s surface upon the nanomotor–oil interaction and"
],
"title": "(PDF) Nano- and Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Waters: Focused Review on Pollutant Removal Mechanisms",
"url": "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319642204_Nano-_and_Micromotors_for_Cleaning_Polluted_Waters_Focused_Review_on_Pollutant_Removal_Mechanisms"
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"description": "Important challenges in the global water situation, mainly resulting from worldwide population growth and climate change, require novel innovative water technologies in order to ensure a supply of drinking water and reduce global water pollution. Against ...",
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"The use of magnetic nanoparticles (magnetite Fe3O4) for separation of water pollutants has already been established in ground water remediation, in particular for the removal of arsenic.28 The conventionally applied “pump-and-treat” technology for groundwater treatment comprises pumping up the groundwater to the surface and further treatment, usually by activated carbon for final purification. The considerably extended operating hours and higher environmental clean-up costs can be reduced by applying in situ technologies.",
"Even industrialized countries like the USA, providing highly innovative technologies for saving and purifying water, show the difficulty of exhausted water reservoirs due to the fact that more water is extracted than refilled. In the People’s Republic of China, 550 of the 600 largest cities suffer from a water shortage, since the biggest rivers are immensely polluted and even their use for irrigation has to be omitted, not to mention treatment for potable water.",
"Photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process that is employed in the field of water and wastewater treatment, in particular for oxidative elimination of micropollutants and microbial pathogens.48,49 As reported in the literature,50–52 most organic pollutants can be degraded by heterogeneous photocatalysis.",
"Solids that are used to adsorb gases or dissolved substances are called adsorbents, and the adsorbed molecules are usually referred to collectively as the adsorbate.4 Due to their high specific surface area, nanoadsorbents show a considerably higher rate of adsorption for organic compounds compared with granular or powdered activated carbon. They have great potential for novel, more efficient, and faster decontamination processes aimed at removal of organic and inorganic pollutants like heavy metals and micropollutants."
],
"title": "Innovations in nanotechnology for water treatment - PMC",
"url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4294021/"
},
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"description": "Nowadays, global water scarcity is becoming a pressing issue, and the discharge of various pollutants leads to the biological pollution of water bodies, which further leads to the poisoning of living organisms. Consequently, traditional water treatment methods are proving inadequate in addressing ...",
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"Nowadays, global water scarcity is becoming a pressing issue, and the discharge of various pollutants leads to the biological pollution of water bodies, which further leads to the poisoning of living organisms. Consequently, traditional water treatment methods are proving inadequate in addressing the growing demands of various industries.",
"Effects of radius and length on the nanomotor rotors in aqueous solution driven by the rotating electric field. J. Phys. Chem. C 123 (50), 30649–30656. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07345 ... Fuller, R., Landrigan, P. J., Balakrishnan, K., Bathan, G., Bose-O'Reilly, S., Brauer, M., et al. (2022). Pollution and health: a progress update.",
"In recent years, micro/nanorobots and micro/nanomotor technologies have shown great advantages such as low cost, high efficiency and environmental friendliness in environmental remediation and water purification applications, which have gained widespread attention and have great potential for development and application.",
"Micro/nanorobots (MNRs) or micro/nanomotors (MNMs), usually refer to microscopic substances with actuation capability between 1 and 1 mm in size, which can be both organic or inorganic, even artificially edited and modified microorganisms from nature."
],
"title": "Frontiers | Micro/nanorobots for remediation of water resources and aquatic life",
"url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1312074/full"
},
{
"description": "Nano/micromotor technology is evolving as an effective method for water treatment applications in comparison to existing static mechanisms. The dynamic nature of the nano/micromotor particles enable faster mass transport and a uniform mixing ...",
"snippets": [
"Other applications include self-powered porous spore@Fe3O4 biohybrid micromotors20 for the removal of toxic lead ions; mesoporous CoNi@Pt nanomotors, T/Fe/Cr micromotors and Fe3O4 nanoparticles are utilized for degradation of organic pollutants26–28; SW-Fe2O3/MnO2 micromotors used for oxidation of anthraquinone dyes/chlorophenols29; and MnFe2O4/oleic acid micromotors and Mg/Ti/Ni/Au Janus micromotors for oil removal22,30.",
"On the other hand, the fabrication process of these nanomotors is complex and for driving requires a specific wavelength light source, a costly metal catalyst (Pt, Au), and hazardous media (i.e., hydrogen peroxide). They also have weak mechanical properties, such as limited reusability as an absorbent in aqueous media.",
"There are very few reusable nanomotors that have been reported in past years. For instance, V. Singh et al.59 employed reusable ZrNPs/graphene/Pt hybrid micromotors for the removal of organophosphate compounds; D. Vilela et al.60 reported GOx-microbot-based reusable micromotors for lead-ion decontamination (2-cycle reuse); J.",
"The extraction and recovery of toxic pollutants were successfully performed for ten cycles. In contrast to typical nanomotors, this design could be utilized to adjust the surface property of the TM nanorobots by changing the type of functional groups (e.g., -OH, -NH2, and -COOH) according to practical needs."
],
"title": "Pick up and dispose of pollutants from water via temperature-responsive micellar copolymers on magnetite nanorobots - PMC",
"url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8888651/"
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