Seasonal and spatial variations in metal concentrations and pH were found in a stream at a restored copper mine site located near a massive sulfide deposit in the Foothill copper-zinc belt of the Sierra Nevada, California. At the mouth of the stream, copper concentrations increased and pH decreased with increased streamflow after the onset of winter rain and, unexpectedly, reached extreme value...

A facile one-pot solvothermal route using the reaction of sputtered copper film and sulfur powder in ethanol solution at a low temperature of 90 °C for 12 hours has been implemented to in situ synthesize 2D hexagonal copper sulfide (CuS) nanoflakes. Their field electron emission (FE) characteristics were investigated and were found to have a close relationship with the copper film's thickness. ...

The feasibility of processing low-grade copper-nickel ores by heap bioleaching was investigated. It found that an iron-oxidizing strain acidophilic microorganisms, Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, is effective in the leaching sulfide from deposits Russia’s Murmansk region. Sulfide mineralization studied mineral feeds described using methods X-ray phase analysis and optical microscopy. In process ...

Copper indium gallium sulfide, CuIn1-xGaxS2 (CIGS2) solar cells prepared with chemical bath deposited heterojunction partner zinc-cadmium sulfide (ZnxCd1-xS) layer has exhibited better blue photon response and in turn, higher currents. This can be attributed to its higher bandgap than that of CdS. The open circuit voltages for CIGS2/ZnxCd1-xS were also higher than those of the CIGS2/CdS devices...

We have performed a rigorous investigation of the structure and composition of individual grains in copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) films realized by sulfurization of a sputtered metal stack. Although on average close to the ideal CZTS stoichiometry, elemental analysis shows significant grain-to-grain variations in composition. High-resolution Raman spectroscopy indicates that this is accompanie...

Klebsiella pneumoniae overcomes cadmium toxicity through the 'biotrans-formation' of cadmium ions into photoactive, nanometre-sized CdS particles deposited on the cell surface. The kinetics of particle formation during batch culture growth was monitored by electron microscopy (EM), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis and electronic absorption spectroscopy (EAS). During the deceleration phase of ba...