In this research, the metal-organic framework of HKUST-1 (Hong Koung University of Science and Technology) was synthesized for use in modern drug delivery systems by the thermal solvent method. It was activated in two conditions: under vacuum pressure and by a freeze-drying method. The synthesized HKUST-1 Metal-Organic Framework was analyzed by IR, XRD, BET, and SEM. In order to examine and com...

Groundwater and surface water were collected using trace metal clean techniques from the upper glacial aquifer of West Neck Bay (Shelter Island) in eastern Long Island, NY, during the late spring and summer of 1999. The collection sites on Shelter Island are located in an area that is primarily residential and believed to have uncontaminated groundwater. Ultrafiltration was used to size-fractio...

Surface water contains a large number of pollutants, particularly human pathogens, organic toxicants and heavy metals. Due to the toxic nature of heavy metals towards marine organisms, its removal from the environment has been a growing issue. The biosorption of heavy metal ions from surface water using fish scales has emerged as an environmentally friendly technique. This study assessed the de...

Catalytically active MnOx species have been reported to form in situ from various Mn-complexes during electrocatalytic and solution-based water oxidation when employing cerium(IV) ammonium ammonium nitrate (CAN) oxidant as a sacrificial reagent. The full structural characterization of these oxides may be complicated by the presence of support material and lack of a pure bulk phase. For the firs...

ÐSurface coatings (bio®lms and associated minerals) were collected on glass slides in the oxic surface waters of Cayuga Lake (New York State, U.S.A.) and were used to evaluate the relative contributions of Fe, Mn and Al oxides and organic material to total observed Pb and Cd adsorption by the surface coating materials. Several alternative selective extraction techniques were evaluated with resp...

Surface water contains a large number of pollutants, particularly human pathogens, organic toxicants and heavy metals. Due to the toxic nature of heavy metals towards marine organisms, its removal from the environment has been a growing issue. The biosorption of heavy metal ions from surface water using fish scales has emerged as an environmentally friendly technique. This study assessed the de...

A series of 2D layered isostructural coordination complexes {[M3(L)2(H2O)6]·H2O}n (M = Mn (1), Mn0.7Co0.3 (2), Mn0.5Co0.5 (3), Mn0.3Co0.7 (4), and Co (5), respectively, H3L = 1-aminobenzene-3,4,5-tricarboxylic acid) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions, and applied to catalyze the reaction of degenerating organic dyes under visible light irradiation. The photocatalytic results in...

A suite of 36 surface sediment samples, taken between 10 and 100 m water depth in Mejillones Bay (Northern Chile), were analyzed for mineralogy, grain size, total organic carbon, Al, and heavy metal content (Cd, Zn, Ni, Mn, V, Mo). Quartz and feldspars were the main lithogenic minerals and carbonate the predominant biogenic mineral. Sediments were fine sands in the shallow zone and organic silt...