The ability to image the concentration of transition metals in living cells in real time is important for further understanding of transition metal homeostasis and its involvement in diseases. The goal of this study was to develop a genetically encoded FRET-based sensor for copper(I) based on the copper-induced dimerization of two copper binding domains involved in human copper homeostasis, Ato...

The aim of this work was to construct chemical models for selective hydrolysis of phosphate monoesters in order to elucidate the role of metal ions in the hydrolytic mechanisms and to develop artificial enzymes for practical applications. A dinuclear copper(II) complex of a cyclohexane-based polyamino polyalcohol provided a selective and by far the highest rate acceleration among the transition...

bioremediation of heavy metals remains a major challenge in environmental biotechnology. biosorption is a novel technique for decreasing metal ion content in the waste water. biosorption experiments for cu (ii) were investigated in this study using bacteria isolated from the industrial effluent. the results showed that the dead cells of pseudomonas sp. were an efficient adsorbent of cu (ii). fo...

In recent years, the demand for copper and nickel has risen world-wide due to their use in printed circuit boards, batteries, application in marine alloys (due to excellent resistance to corrosion by seawater), and a wide range applications in day-to-day life (Doebrich, 2009). Increasing demand for these metals is leading to rapid depletion of high-grade resources. Alternative sources, such as ...

The accumulation of redox-active metal ions, in particular copper, in amyloid plaques is considered to the cause of the intensive oxidation damage to the brain of patients with Alzheimers disease (AD). Drug candidates based on a bis(8-aminoquinoline) tetradentate ligand are able to efficiently extract Cu(2+) from copper-loaded amyloids (Cu-Aβ). Contrarily, in the presence of a bidentate hydroxy...

Copper is one of the most dangerous pollutants that require removal from wastewater effluents before being discharged. Here are reported on the adsorption performance of a novel environmental friendly material, calcium alginate gel beads as a non-conventional technique for the successful removal of copper ions from aqueous solution. Batch equilibrium studies were carried out to evaluate the ads...

The influence of co-ions on the adsorption properties two surfactants: ABS (dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid) and its sodium salt ABSNa50 in aqueous systems, has been studied discussed. On basis experimental measurements equilibrium dynamic surface tension, a series parameters were determined, such as critical micelle concentration (CMC), parameters, diffusion coefficients, micellar dissociation co...

The garden grass (GG) was firstly used to remove copper(II) from water as bioadsorbent. From the results of characterisation, the GG had the merits of high specific surface area, significant adsorption sites and functional groups. Copper-adsorption significantly depends on the initial copper concentrations, contact time, pH, adsorbent doses, particle sizes and temperature. The positive values o...

This work is devoted to a study of the structural changes in a single crystal of ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3, doped with copper(II) cations by electron paramagnetic resonance. Ammonium nitrate crystallizes at atmospheric pressure in several polymorphic forms, phase VII → V → IV → III → II → I → melt, with transition temperatures of 103 K, 255 K, 305 K, 357 K, 398 K, and 443 K, respectively. The ai...

14-membered hexaazamacrocyclic complexes were synthesized by the condensation reaction method of ethylenediamine, formaldehyde, and either butylamine or hexylamine using metal salt as Cu(II) and Ni(II) in a 2 : 4 : 2 : 1 mole ratio, respectively. The chemical formula of complexes was [CuL1](ClO4)2 (1), [NiL1](ClO4)2 (2), [CuL2](ClO4)2 (3), and [NiL2](ClO4)2 (4), where L1 = 3,10-dibutyl-1,3,5,8,...