We studied B adsorption on amorphous aluminum and iron hydroxides, allophane, and kaolinite as a function of pH and initial B concentration. Boron adsorption lowered the point of zero charge of all four adsorbents, implying specific adsorption (inner-sphere complexation) of B. We provided novel information on the coordination of B adsorbed at mineral-water interfaces by attenuated total reflect...

Changes occurring in the degree of crystallinity and lamellar thickness distribution of poly(viny1 alcohol) (PVA) samples during dissolution in water were investigated. PVA samples of three different molecular weights were crystallized by annealing a t 90,110, and 120°C. The initial degrees of crystallinity measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and by attenuated total reflection F...

The anti-cancer Nano drugs Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Nedaplatin, Oxaliplatin, Heptaplatin and Lobaplatin were characterized by 1HNMR, 13CNMR, 31PNMR, Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR), FT-Raman, HR Mass and UV-Vis spectroscopies and also by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Differential Thermal Analysis-Thermal Gravim Anal...

We used a combination of in situ attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATRFTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy to conduct molecular scale studies on Pb(II)-sulfate interactions at the solid-water interface of goethite at pH 4.5, 5.0, and 6.0. Both the ATR-FTIR studies (probing sorbed SO4 in a flow cell setup as a function of the Pb concen...

this study proposes a method employing thermogravimetric analysis (tg) to predict pollutionlevels by heavy metals (cr, cu, ni, zn, pb, cd and hg) in port sediments close to urban and industrial sitesfrom bay of cádiz. for this purpose, the thermogravimetric results of 14 sediment samples were recorded andshowed two characteristic ranges of temperatures (w1 as weight loss, %: 200-650°c) vs. (w2 ...

Memory devices play an important role in electronics market leading to a growing research interest in the next generation of non-volatile memory cells. Numerous groups [1,2] work on top-down memory cells based on fullerenes C60 that are generally embedded in insulating polymers where they act as storage sites. Beside these studies, a reaction path between amines and fullerenes [3] may be used t...

Use of water treatment plant residuals (WTR), as a soil amendment is a promising alternative to landfill disposal. Unfortunately, WTR has a propensity to bind with phosphate, which is an important plant nutrient. Phosphate may be added to WTR prior to soil application. This type of pretreatment may convert WTR from a phosphate consumer to a phosphate supplier. The binding of phosphate to WTR is...