A highly sensitive and selective Hg probe 4 based on rhodamine-b was developed and characterized. In consideration of environmental and biological application, we connected a water soluble receptor group (sulfonated β-naphtol) and rhodamine-b together through hydrazine hydrate in high yield. The result turns out that this compound not only exhibits excellent sensitivity and selectivity toward H...

The formation of nonluminescent aggregates of aluminium sulfonated phthalocyanine in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots causes a decrease of the intracomplex energy transfer efficiency with increasing phthalocyanine concentration. This was confirmed by steady-state absorption and photoluminescent spectroscopy. A corresponding physical model was developed that describes well the experimental d...

Re-polymerization reactions are a commonly reported issue on the way to higher recovery of monomers from lignin. The reactivity obtained lignin depolymerization and their contribution re-polymerization in supercritical water (SCW) was investigated. Sulfonated Kraft (SKL) used along with four monomers: vanillin, vanillic acid, vanillyl alcohol acetovanillone. Indulin also employed as reference u...

In this study, ion exchange nanocomposite membranes was prepared by addition of Mg(OH)2 nanoparticles to a blend containing sulfonated polyphenylene oxide and sulfonated polyvinylchloride via a simple casting method. Magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles were synthesized via a facile sono-chemical reaction and were selected as filler additive in fabrication of ion exchange nanocomposite membranes. ...

Nanoporous Materials In article number 2300697, Li Sheng, Hong Xu, Cheng Wang, Xiangming He, and co-workers provide a method (i.e. electrospinning) to convert sulfonated polymers into high-performance lithium battery separators. The nanofibrous Nafion separator swelled in liquid electrolytes has situ generated nanochannels, efficiently accelerating ion transport.

A facile and scalable preparation of aqueous solutions of isolated, sparingly sulfonated graphene is reported. (13)C NMR and FTIR spectra indicate that the bulk of the oxygen-containing functional groups was removed from graphene oxide. The electrical conductivity of thin evaporated films of graphene (1250 S/m) relative to similarly prepared graphite (6120 S/m) implies that an extended conjugat...

Many polyelectrolytes, ranging from sulfonated polystyrene to DNA, exhibit a strong sensitivity of their phase behavior to salt concentration, especially to higher valence salts, which often lead to phase separation. We show that the stiff polyelectrolyte aggrecan exhibits a qualitatively different behavior. Specifically, the scattering properties of aggrecan solutions are exceptionally insensi...

sulfonated polystyrene/montmorillonite nanocomposite (ommt/ps-so3h) was prepared and used as a novel, efficient and inexpensive heterogeneous acid catalyst in the one-pot reaction three-component mannich reaction of ketones, aromatic aldehydes and amines under solvent-free conditions. the catalyst was characterized by xrd, sem, tg, bet and ft-ir techniques. this method has advantages of high yi...

A bacterial strain (strain S5) which grows aerobically with the sulfonated azo compound 4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene as the sole source of carbon and energy was isolated. This strain was obtained by continuous adaptation of "Hydrogenophaga palleronii" S1, which has the ability to grow aerobically with 4-aminobenzenesulfonate. Strain S5 probably cleaves 4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene reductively u...

New type of humidity sensor based on Carbon thin film active nano layers, modified with sodium salt of sulfonated Nickel phthalocyanine is presented. The sensor shows high sensitivity due to the high surface area of Carbon nanoparticles, good long-time stability and sensitivity in the range from 20 to 85 % relative humidity (RH). The response is linear in semilogarithmic plot – logarithm of imp...