In the last few years many new reaction routes and intermediates have been discovered in the mechanism of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction with the aid of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). These previous HPLC studies, however, were limited to the Ce(4+)-organic substrate (malonic or bromomalonic acid) systems only. Very recently some measurements were made on a cerium catalys...

In order to examine the short-, medium- and long-term effects of cerium dioxide particles of different sizes on the lung, 10-wk-old male Wistar rats were administered a physiological saline solution with a suspension of coarse or fine particles of cerium dioxide at 34 mg/kg body weight by a single intratracheal instillation. Lungs were examined with cellular and biochemical analyses of the bron...

Engineered nanoparticles are widely incorporated into a large number of consumer products due to their specific physico-chemical properties in comparison to bulk materials. Cerium dioxide nanoparticles (CeO2) are currently used in several applications: as a component of catalytic converters, as a UV blocking or polishing agent or as a diesel fuel additive. The fate of engineered nanoparticles i...

We review the solution-based synthesis routes to cerium oxide materials where one or more elements are included in place of a proportion cerium, i.e., substitution is performed. The focus on solvothermal method, reagents heated above boiling point solvent induce crystallisation directly from solution. This yields unusual compositions with crystal morphology often nanoscale. Chemical all parts p...

Nanoparticles (NPs) are reported to be a potential environmental health hazard. For organisms living in the aquatic environment, there is uncertainty on exposure because of a lack of understanding and data regarding the fate, behavior, and bioavailability of the nanomaterials in the water column. This paper reports on a series of integrative biological and physicochemical studies on the uptake ...

The rapidly increasing production of engineered nanoparticles has raised questions regarding their environmental impact and their mobility to overcome biological important barriers. Nanoparticles were found to cross different mammalian barriers, which is summarized under the term translocation. The present work investigates the uptake and translocation of cerium dioxide nanoparticles into maize...