Copper is an important micronutrient, and it present in some protein structures, as well participate several biological processes. Due to its importance, ligands are used studied like carriers of copper the systems. This work has investigated affinity CuII by three interest: N,N,N,N’-tetrakis (2-pyridilmethyl) ethylenediamine (TPEN), triethylenetetramine (TRIEN), diethyldithiocarbamate (Et2DTC)...

Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) matches lung perfusion with ventilation. Controversy exists whether decreased or increased reactive oxygen species may elicit HPV and from which source such oxygen metabolites are derived. In rabbit lungs, we detected transcripts of a nonphagocytic NADPH oxidase subunit homologous to mitogenic oxidase-1 (Mox1) or NADPH oxidase homolog 1 (NOH-1L). In perf...

Polymer-supported pendant urea groups have been demonstrated to be very efficient in selective removal of mercuric ions from aqueous solutions. Methyl methacrylate (0.5 mol)–glycidyl methacrylate (0.4 mol)–divinylbenzene (0.1 mol) terpolymer beads have been prepared by suspension polymerisation. Urea functions have been incorporated into the bead polymer (210–420 mm) via a two-step modification...

(2014) Preparation of graphene oxide/epoxy nanocomposites with significantly improved mechanical properties. Notice: Changes introduced as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing and formatting may not be reflected in this document. For a definitive version of this work, please refer to the published source: The effect of graphene oxide (GO) on the mechanical properties and the cu...

A simple flow injection analysis (FIA) method is described for the sequential determination of iron and copper. The detection method for iron and copper is based on their catalytic activities in the oxidation reaction of N,N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPD) with hydrogen peroxide. The sequential determination of iron and copper can be carried out by injecting two sample plugs into the FIA syst...

Understanding interactions at the polymer / metal oxide interface is central to improving performance lifetime of corrosion resistant coatings, where network polymers commonly form via step growth mechanisms in presence pigments. Here we employ a holistic analytical approach encompassing ATR-FTIR, DSC and molecular dynamics simulations consider how crosslinker structure affects adsorption incor...

Platinum group metals (PGMs) play a key role in modern society as they find application clean technologies and other high-tech equipment. Spent catalytic converters secondary resource contain higher PGM concentrations the recovery of these via leaching is continuously being improved but efforts are also directed at purification individual metal ions. The study presents PGMs, namely, rhodium (Rh...