A randomized complete block (RCBD) study was designed to investigate the effects of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) on the growth, bioaccumulation of the two heavy metals, metabolite content and antibacterial activities in Gyanura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. Nine treatments including (1) control (no Cd and Cu); (2) Cd 2 = cadmium 2 mg/L; (3) Cd 4 = cadmium 4 mg/L; (4) Cu 70 = copper 70 mg/L; (5) Cu 1...

Hollow polyhedra and cubes of nanostructured Cu(2)O particles have been synthesized by reduction of CuSO(4) with ascorbate acid in the solution phase. The nanostructures were obtained when the cetyltrimethylammonium (CTAB) concentration ranged from 0 to 0.03 M in the presence of NaOH. Structural characterizations, by means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for measuring Cu valence state...

The title compound, [Cu(C(2)O(4))(C(5)H(8)N(2))(2)](n), is composed of one-dimensional linear chains running parallel to the a axis. In the chain, trans-[Cu(imidazole)(2)](2+) units are sequentially bridged by bis-bidentate oxalate ligands, resulting in an octa-hedral CuO(4)N(2) donor set. The Cu⋯Cu separation through the oxalate bridge is 5.620 (5) Å. Both the Cu atoms and the C-C bond of the ...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(6)H(2)O(5))(H(2)O)(3)](n), an infinite chain is formed along [001] by linking of the Cu(OH(2))(3)O(4) cluster with one carboxyl-ate group of the furan-2,5-dicarboxyl-ate ligand. Adjacent chains are linked by O(water)-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions. The Cu(OH(2))(3)O(4) cluster displays a penta-gonal bipyrimadal geometry with two weak coordinations [Cu-O(furan) =...

Extraction of organic materials from 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) red water by lignite activated carbon (LAC) impregnated with Cu(2+), Ba(2+), Sn(2+), Fe(3+), Ca(2+) and Ag(+) was investigated. The affinity to organic materials in red water was found to follow the order: Cu/LAC>Sn/LAC>Ag/LAC>Ba/LAC>Fe/LAC>Ca/LAC, which was explained by the hard and soft acid base (HSAB) theory. Cu(2+) showed the...

The title Cu(I) coordination polymer, [Cu(2)Cl(2)(C(30)H(28)N(6))](n), was obtained by reaction of CuCl(2)·2H(2)O and 1,4-bis-[1-(3-pyridyl-meth-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]butane. Each Cu(I) cation is three-coordinated by a ClN(2) donor set. The anion acts as a tetra-dentate ligand, linking Cu(I) centres into a polymeric chain.

Reduction of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N(2)O) occurs in soil environments by the action of denitrifying bacteria possessing nitrous oxide reductase (N(2)OR), a dimeric copper (Cu)-dependent enzyme producing environmentally benign dinitrogen (N(2)). We examined the effects of increasing Cu concentrations on the transcription and activity of nitrite reductase (NIR), nitric oxide re...