Cerium nanopowders doped by a small amount of silver exhibit interesting catalytic properties towards the low temperature oxidation of CO. It is generally believed that a metal support interaction plays an important role in a catalytic process. Therefore in our study we examined electronic and adsorption properties of cerium deposited onto a polycrystalline silver substrate. Layers of approxima...

The dispersion of small amounts of Ce(4+) ions in the bulk of ZrO2 leads to a photoactive material sensitive to visible light. This is shown by monitoring with EPR the formation and the reactivity of photogenerated (λ > 420 nm) charge carriers. The effect, as confirmed by DFT calculations, is due to the presence in the solid of empty 4f Ce states at the mid gap, which act as intermediate levels...

The doping of mesoporous ceria with copper significantly enhances activity for naphthalene total oxidation, the enhanced performance is controlled by the increased concentration of surface oxygen defects.

Cerium, neodymium and gadolinium contain double beta active isotopes. The most interesting are Nd and Gd (promising for 02 search), Ce (2 candidate with one of the highest Q2). The main problem of compounds containing lanthanide elements is their high radioactive contamination by uranium, radium, actinium and thorium. The new generation 2 experiments require development of methods for a de...

Radiation protection and cytotoxicity effects of different concentrations cerium oxide nanoparticles in aqueous solution combined with sodium dodecyl sulphate Vero cells irradiated 18 MV beams

Experimental and theoretical investigations were performed to investigate the effect of water on optical properties of nanoceria as a function of Ce(3+) concentration. Theoretical studies based on density functional plane-wave calculations reveal that the indirect optical transitions in bare ceria nanoparticles are red-shifted with an increase in the concentration of Ce(3+). However, ceria nano...

Polishing can be more uniform if the polishing path provides uniform coverage of the surface. It is known that Peano paths can provide uniform coverage of planar surfaces. Peano paths also contain short path segments and turns: (1) all path segments have the same length, (2) path segments are mutually orthogonal at the turns, and (3) path segments and turns are uniformity distributed over the d...

this experiment was done to evaluate the effect of nano iron oxide on some morphophysiological traits  of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) at  shahr-e qods region  in years of 2013 and 2014. experimental design, was factorial in a randomized complete block with four replications. treatments included, treatment of date of nano iron sparaying in milky  and pasty stage and another treatment was, conce...