Arsenic adsorption and exchange with phosphorus on indium phosphide ~001! have been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The surface phase diagram as a function of temperature has been obtained. At 285 °C, arsenic adsorbs on the InP s(234) surface (P coverage50.25 ML), forming a disordered (134) with double layers of ar...

Morocco harbors the largest reserves of rock phosphate worldwide. The natural rock phosphate may constitute a valuable alternative source of phosphorus fertilizer, when a biotechnological process could be applied to promote its solubilization and make phosphorus available to the plants (Hamdali et al., 2008a; Chang and Yang, 2009; Park et al., 2011). Bioinoculums are most promising fertilizers ...

The abilityof Cochlodinium polykrikoides to use various nitrogen, phosphorus, and selenium compounds as a nutrient source was examined in batch culture experiments to obtain biological information on the mechanism of C. polykrikoides bloom formation. C. polykrikoides grew using a variety of organic or inorganic nitrogen sources except for L-proline. Maximum yields of C. polykrikoides were obtai...

Improved photosensitizers for use in photomedicine must possess good water-solubility and optimal photophysical properties. Phosphorus(V) porphyrins fulfill these criteria and are a class of porphyrins with significant potential applications in phototherapy. Five phosphorus(V) porphyrins bearing alkyl substituents have been synthesized. Reasonable to good yields were obtained for all P(V) inser...

Phosphaalkenes (RP=CR 2) and diphosphenes (RP=PR) are main group analogues of alkenes (R2C=CR 2). Molecules featuring such multiply bonded phosphorus functionalities often display structural features and chemical reactivities that mimic their purely organic counterparts, lending credence to the claim that these compounds are “carbon copies”. We have been expanding this analogy to include oligom...

The production of corn or soybeans for bio-based fuels and materials requires significant inputs of nitrogen (FN) and phosphorus fertilizer (FP) to increase grain yields. Approximately 50% of these nutrients are integrated into plant biomass. The remaining 50% is volatilized, leached into surface and groundwater, or transformed into gaseous species such as N2, NO, or N2O. Recent efforts to comp...

The heteronuclear oxo-cluster [VPO4](•+) is generated via electrospray ionization and investigated with respect to both its electronic structure as well as its gas-phase reactivity toward small hydrocarbons, thus permitting a comparison to the well-known vanadium-oxide cation [V2O4](•+). As described in previous studies, the latter oxide exhibits no or just minor reactivity toward small hydroca...

Harkness, Donald R. (University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Fla.). Bacterial growth on aminoalkylphosphonic acids. J. Bacteriol. 92:623-627. 1966.-Of 10 bacterial strains tested, 9 were found to be able to utilize the phosphorus of at least one of eight different aminoalkylphosphonic acids for growth, indicating that the ability to catabolize the carbon-phosphorus (C-P) bond is widespre...