Publications

Najla Mahbouli Rhouma, Ahlem Dadi, Francesco Mezzadri, Abdallah Abiza, Said ben Hamed, Rim Ben Arfi, Kamel Khirouni, Achraf Ghorbal, Crystal Structure, DFT-Guided Design, and Selective Antibacterial Activity of a Calcium-Based Hybrid for Spray Coating Applications, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2026, 348, 131534.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131534 

Wafa Tiaiba, Abdelbaki Reffas, Wiem Hamza, Achraf Ghorbal, Rim Ben Arfi, Optimized removal of cationic dye by using chemically activated and pyrolyzed carbon from date palm fiber, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2025.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-025-06742-y 

Y. Nezili, , I. El Aboudi, D. He, A. Mdarhri, C. Brosseau, M. Zaghrioui, T. Chartier, A. Ghorbal, R. Ben Arfi, and J. Bai, Mechanical and Physical Properties of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Filled with Waste Tire Material Recycles, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2024, 1–13.

https://doi.org/10.1002/app.56282 

Abdallah Abiza, Abdelbaki Reffas, Hana Boubaker, Rim Ben Arfi, Dorra Ghorbel, Muhammad Rafique, Guene Lougou Bachirou, and Achraf Ghorbal, Comparative Analysis of EBT Dye Removal Using Spartium Junceum and Derived Activated Carbon: Experimental and DFT Insights, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 2024.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2024.2391953 

Hana Boubaker, Rim Ben Arfi, Karine Mougin, and Achraf Ghorbal, Surface Functionalization of Reed Beads with Pentaethylenehexamine for Improved Dual Contaminant Removal, Emergent Materials 2024. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-024-00726-w 

Rim Ben Arfi & Achraf Ghorbal, Advancements in utilizing almond-shell-based materials for the adsorptive removal of hazardous pollutants from water: a 10-year review, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 2024.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-023-00453-4 

Ahlem Dadi, Najla Mahbouli Rhouma, Alessia Bacchi, Paolo Pio Mazzeo, Kamel Khirouni, Rim Ben Arfi, Mohamed Loukil, Achraf Ghorbal, Synthesis, crystal structure study, thermal, hirshfeld surface, optical and photoluminescence properties of new organic-inorganic hybrid material:(C6H5CH2N (C2H5) 3)[Cd3Cl7]. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1295 (1), 136640.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136640 

Rim Ben Arfi, Sarra Karoui, Karine Mougin, Cyril Vaulot, Ludovic Josien, Gautier Schrodj, Laure Michelin, Achraf Ghorbal, Enhanced Malachite Green uptake using chemically-modified reed-based powder: equilibrium, kinetics, mechanism, and reusability, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 102(18), 7255.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2020.1828389

Hana Boubaker, Rim Ben Arfi, Karine Mougin, Cyril Vaulot, Samar Hajjar, Philippe Kunneman, Gautier Schrodj, Achraf Ghorbal, New optimization approach for successive cationic and anionic dyes uptake using reed-based beads, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 307, 127218.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127218

Sarra Karoui, Rim Ben Arfi, Achraf Ghorbal, Abdeltif Amrane, Aymen Amine Assadi, Innovative sequential combination of fixed bed adsorption/desorption and photocatalysis cost-effective process to remove antibiotics in solution, Progress in Organic Coatings, 2021, 151, 106014.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.106014

Khawla Guiza, Rim Ben Arfi, Karine Mougin, Cyril Vaulot, Laure Michelin, Ludovic Josien, Gautier Schrodj, Achraf Ghorbal, Development of novel and ecological keratin/cellulose-based composites for absorption of oils and organic solvents, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28, 46655.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11260-7

Sarra Karoui, Rim Ben Arfi, María J. Fernández-Sanjurjo, Avelino Nuñez-Delgado, Achraf Ghorbal and Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez, Optimization of synergistic biosorption of oxytetracycline and cadmium from binary mixtures on reed-based beads: modeling study using Brouers-Sotolongo models, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28, 46431.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09493-7

Sarra Karoui, Rim Ben Arfi, Karine Mougin, Achraf Ghorbal, Aymen Amine Assadi, Abdeltif Amrane, Synthesis of novel biocomposite powder for simultaneous removal of hazardous ciprofloxacin and methylene blue: Central composite design, kinetic and isotherm studies using Brouers-Sotolongo family models, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 387, 121675.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121675

Marwa Lahouioui, Rim Ben Arfi, Magali Fois, Laurent Ibos, Achraf Ghorbal, Investigation of Fiber Surface Treatment Effect on Thermal, Mechanical and Acoustical Properties of Date Palm Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2020, 11, 4441 – 4455.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00745-3

Rim Ben Arfi, Sarra Karoui, Karine Mougin, Achraf Ghorbal, Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-treated Phragmites australis powder as novel polymeric adsorbent for hazardous Eriochrome Black T removal from aqueous solutions, Polymer Bulletin, 2019, 76, 5077 – 5102.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2648-8

Rim Ben Arfi, Sarra Karoui, Karine Mougin, Achraf Ghorbal, Adsorptive removal of cationic and anionic dyes from aqueous solution by utilizing almond shell as bioadsorbent, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 2017, 2:20.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-017-0032-y

Najeh Maaloul, Rim Ben Arfi, Manuel Rendueles, Achraf Ghorbal, Mario Diaz, Dialysis-free extraction and characterization of cellulose crystals from almond (Prunus dulcis) shells, Journal of Materials and Environmental Science, 2017, 8 (11), 4171.

http://www.jmaterenvironsci.com/Document/vol8/vol8_N11/438-JMES-2556-Maaloul.pdf

Achraf Ghorbal, Rim Ben Arfi, Sophie Bistac, Maurice Brogly, Polystyrene chains orientation: A rubbed and non-rubbed polymer comparative study, Chemical Physics Letters, 2007, 443 (4–6), 352.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2007.06.110

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