Applications of ultrasound-assisted agglomeration

The synthesis of novel materials (particularly multicomponent materials) with unusual properties for uses as catalytic converters is gaining interest [72]. Thus, nanoporous structures of materials obtained by high-US agglomeration of monodispersed nanoparticles exhibit excellent properties and do not require the thermal post-treatment usually needed for the crystallization of amorphous materials or removal of surfactants [73]. 

Bentonite has been used to study the behaviour of US-fields [71], so its results can be used by analytical chemists for new inorganic applications. 

This is the only analytical field where high-US agglomeration has been tested and its potential as an efficient separation method — which some authors deem filtration or filterless US-assisted filtration mode — exploited [75]. 

The identification of proteins by MALDI-MS following in-gel digestion in a low-salt, nonvolatile buffer of the proteins was simplified by collecting the resulting peptides in a small volume under sonication for 5 min this facilitated automation of the overall process [77]. 

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