in this work we report synthesis and magnetic characterization of cobalt doped zno nanoparticles (with different percent of doped cobalt oxide). synthesis of the materials was carried out at room temperature by polyacrylamide-gel method, using zink sulfate and cobalt nitrate as source materials, acrylamide as monomer and n,n-methylene bisacrylamide as a lattice reagent. characterization of the ...

This study provided a picture of the spatial and temporal distributions of Cr, Co, Ni Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb in bottom sediments of Tolo Harbour. The concentrations of the eight heavy metals differed significantly between sites due to the poor tidal flushing in Tolo Harbour. The levels of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb were generally enriched in sediments from inner Tolo Harbour, while sediments from outer T...

We have presented a detailed theoretical (density functional theory and ONIOM) study on the structure and M-PrP (prion protein) interaction on various prion models, M(PrP) systems (where PrP = HGG, HGGGW x 3H(2)O, and PrP(61-84), and M = Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn). It was shown that the geometry of the complex [Mn(HGGGW)(H(2)O)] x 2H(2)O is quite different for M = Mn(III) and Mn(II), and partial u...

Suboptimal intake of Zn is one of the most common nutritional problems worldwide. Previously, we have shown that Zn deficiency (ZD) produces oxidative and nitrosative stress in the lung of rats. We analyse the effect of moderate ZD on the expression of several intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton, as well as the effect of restoring Zn during the refeeding period. Adult male rats were divi...

The ability of commercially-available citric, oxalic and gluconic acids to bind Co#+ and Zn#+ was investigated and compared with culture filtrates from Aspergillus niger, a fungus capable of citric, gluconic and oxalic acid production, grown in the presence and absence of cobalt or zinc phosphate. This work demonstrated that citric and oxalic acid and the A. niger culture filtrates can bind Co#...

An equimolar mixture of 3-formylsalicylic acid and furoic acid hydrazide, refluxed in MeOH, forms the Schiff base (I). The latter upon reacting with mercaptoacetic acid in dry benzene, undergoes cyclization and forms N-(2carbamoylfuranyl)-C-(3'-carboxy-2'-hydroxyphenyl)thiazolidin-4-one, LH3 (II). A MeOH solution of II reacts with Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Fe(III) and MoO2(VI) ions and forms the ...

Stress and toxicity of four biologically important transition metals (Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) on phytoplankton in Godavari River (a tropical freshwater system) were studied to understand the fate of phytoplankton of freshwater if it receives metal contaminated water imposed by these four metals. Shift in community structure of phytoplankton and their different tolerance levels for different metals w...

Experimental chemistry and atomic modelling studies were performed here to investigate a novel ionic co-substitution in hydroxyapatite (HA). Zinc, silicate co-substituted HA (ZnSiHA) remained phase pure after heating to 1100 °C with Zn and Si amounts of 0.6 wt% and 1.2 wt%, respectively. Unique lattice expansions in ZnSiHA, silicate Fourier transform infrared peaks and changes to the hydroxyl I...