Molecular imprinting is a new and rapidly evolving technique used to create synthetic receptors and it possesses great potential in a number of applications in the life sciences. Keeping in mind the therapeutic importance of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and the technological significance of molecular imprinting polymers, the present study is an attempt to synthesize 2-hydroxyethylmetacrylate- and acry...

Bius, Janet Horton, Developing a Method for Determining the Mass Balance of Selenium and Tellurium Bioprocessed by a Selenium-Resistant Bacterium Grown in the Presence of Selenite or Tellurite, Master of Science (Chemistry), December, 2001. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 68 pp. Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to determine: (1) the mass balance of selenium or tell...

Photocatalytic materials for photocatalysis is recently proposed as a promising strategy to address environmental remediation. Metal-free graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), an emerging photocatalyst in sulfate radical based advanced oxidation processes. The solar-driven electronic excitations g-C3N4 are capable of peroxo (O?O) bond dissociation peroxymonosulfate/peroxydisulfate (PMS/PDS) and ox...

Phenol and its derivatives are one of the most common contaminants in the aquatic ecosystem. Because of high toxicity of 2,4-DCP for aquatic life, resistance to biodegradation and potential for biological accumulation it is known as a priority contaminant in the aquatic environment. Advanced Oxidation Processes were successfully used for degradation of non-biodegradable contaminants that are re...

This work demonstrates the successful immobilization of MIL-88A(Fe) MOF on cotton fibers to fabricate MIL-88A(Fe)/cotton (MC) by an eco-friendly method. The prepared MC is used activate peroxydisulfate for eliminating multiple tetracycline antibiotics, such as oxytetracycline (OTC), (TTC), and chlortetracycline (CTC) in simulated wastewater under UV-light irradiation. photoactivated sulfate rad...

The optimization of process conditions for the degradation of Acid Blue 193 by UV/peroxydisulfate was investigated using response surface methodology (RSM). The effects of four parameters namely initial K2S2O8 concentration, UV irradiation, temperature, and initial dye concentration on two process responses, color removal and the rate constants of the first-order kinetic equations, were investi...

Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) widely present in urban wastewater effluents pose a threat to ecosystems the receiving aquatic environment. In this work, efficiency of granular activated carbon (GAC) - based catalytic processes, namely wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO), peroxymonosulfate (PMS/GAC) and peroxydisulfate (PDS/GAC) at ambient temperature pressure were studied for removal 22 Ph...