Competitive adsorption of two-component solutions containing fibronectin (Fn) and albumin (Ab) on hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanocrystals was analyzed in situ using the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) technique. Adsorption of the one-component protein (Fn or Ab) and the two-component proteins adjusted to different molar ratios of Fn to Ab at a fixed Fn concentration was investiga...

A microporous H-type activated carbon was shown to be effective for removing anionic reactive dyes from single and binary component solutions. The extent of the dye adsorption from a single-solute solution was high (0.25– 0.42 mmol/g). From the binary dye solutions, the experimental data indicated a high degree of competition for active sites and the obtained adsorption capacities were reduced ...

Long-term intake of high arsenic groundwater has caused serious endemic disease on people in Datong Basin, northern China. The high arsenic groundwater has medium to high alkalinity with a mean pH value of 8.1; the water generally belongs to HCO(3)-Na type water and contains HPO(4)(2-) in most samples. In this study, batch experiments and geochemical modeling were conducted to reveal the geoche...

In this paper, we present a study on the adsorption of calcium (Ca2+) onto polyacrylic acid-functionalized iron-oxide magnetic nanoparticles (PAA-MNPs) to gain an insight into the adsorption behavior of alkaline earth elements at conditions typical of produced water from hydraulic fracturing. An aqueous co-precipitation method was employed to fabricate iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles, whose s...

Adsorption onto carbon nanotube bundles may find use in various applications such as gas pre-concentration and separation, and as a result it is of great interest to study the adsorption properties of such bundles. The adsorption of linear alkanes, with their systematic variation through chain length, is particularly useful to explore the effects of molecular length on adsorption characteristic...

An analytical approach for the interpretation of multicomponent heterogeneous adsorption or complexation isotherms in terms of multidimensional affinity spectra is presented. Fourier transform, applied to analyze the corresponding integral equation, leads to an inversion formula which allows the computation of the multicomponent affinity spectrum underlying a given competitive isotherm. Althoug...

Adsorption onto carbon nanotube bundles may find use in various applications such as gas preconcentration and separation, and as a result, it is of great interest to study the adsorption properties of such bundles. The adsorption of linear alkanes, with their systematic variation through chain length, is particularly useful to explore the effects of molecular length on adsorption characteristic...

The adsorption of chloro-aromatic acids to monomolecular layers of oat squashes is reported in earlier papers but it was not possible by the technique used, to measure unambiguously the adsorption of unsubstituted and 2,6-dichloro-aromatic acids. This has now been achieved by a modification of the earlier method and involves assessments of competitive adsorption between the unknown acid and a s...

Carbon nanotubes have shown great potential as effective adsorbents for hydrophobic organic contaminants in water treatment. The present study investigated the influence of aqueous solution chemistry on the adsorption of tetracycline to carbon nanotubes. Specifically, the effects of ionic strength (NaCl and CaCl(2) ) and presence of Cu(2+) ion (7.5 mg/L) or dissolved soil or coal humic acids (5...