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This study describes the use of bentonite in suspension for the caffeine adsorption (pollutant of emerging concern) by taking different conditions of the pH, adsorbent mass, adsorbent calcination temperature and interferents into account. The results were compared with those obtained using bentonite immobilized in alginate beads. The acid medium has a greater efficiency for the caffeine adsorption and the adsorbent calcination temperature exerts, due to structural changes. Caffeine removal higher than 90% was obtained at optimized conditions. The Langmuir model indicated a better fit of the data and the adsorption capacity of caffeine onto bentonite. The bentonite immobilized led to a slower adsorption process in relation to the suspended.

In this paper, we investigate the mechanism of atomic force microscopy in tapping mode (AFM-TM) under the Casimir and van der Waals (VdW) forces. The dynamic behavior of the system is analyzed through a nonlinear dimensionless mathematical model. Numerical tools as Poincaré maps, Lyapunov exponents, and bifurcation diagrams are accounted for the analysis of the system. With that, the regions in which the system presents chaotic and periodic behaviors are obtained and investigated. Moreover, the fractional calculus is introduced into the mathematical model, employing the Riemann-Liouville kernel discretization in the viscoelastic term of the system. The 0-1 test is implemented to analyze the new dynamics of the system, allowing the identification of the chaotic and periodic regimes of the AFM system. The dynamic results of the conventional (integer derivative) and fractional models reveal the need for the application of control techniques such as Optimum Linear Feedback Control (OLFC), State-Dependent Riccati Equations (SDRE) by using feedback control, and the Time-Delayed Feedback Control. The results of the control techniques are efficient with and without the fractional-order derivative.

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