The photo-catalytic degradation of a textile azo-dye as Methyl Orange was studied in an innovative unit constituted by channel over which layer titanium dioxide (TiO2) catalyst anatase form deposited and activated UVB irradiation. kinetics were followed after variation the chemical, physical, hydraulic/hydrodynamic parameters system. For this purpose, influence TiO2 dosage (g/cm3), dye concentr...

Abstract The present work reports the investigation performed by comparing adsorption abilities of modified/grafted polymethacrylic acid (PMAA) functionalized with dihydroxy benzene like catechol (CAT) and catechol-hydroquinone (CAT-HQ) an oxidative decarboxylation method using potassium dichromate as oxidant to absorb Malachite green (MG) dye from aqueous solution through batch experiments. pe...

A fluorescent dye, FEB, with high fluorescence quantum yield for tumour imaging is reported. FEB dyes can be efficiently synthesized in three steps and then easily modified with either PEG or PEG-iRGD to yield FEB-2000 or FEB-2000-iRGD, respectively. Both modified dyes showed negligible toxicity and were thus able to be adopted for in vivo tumour imaging. PEG modification endowed the dye FEB-20...

A quantum-chemical study on the consequences of geometric modification and chelation on the electronic structure and optical properties of a tetra(carboxylic acid)phenyleneethynylene dye, of interest for chemical sensing applications, is presented. Rotation within the central biphenylene and complexation with divalent metal ions--in particular Cu2+--lead to notable changes in the absorption and...

The time-dependent nature of the complexes of IR806 dye and other similar near-infrared cyanine dyes in human serum albumin (HSA) have been studied by employing absorption, emission and time-correlated single photon counting techniques. The complex formation of IR806 with HSA modifies the native structure of IR806, resulting in time-dependent changes in its optical properties. The modification ...

The electronic and molecular properties of three organic dye molecules with the general structure donor-linker-anchor have been investigated using core level photoelectron spectroscopy (PES). The molecules contain a diphenylaniline donor unit, a thiophene linker unit, and cyanoacrylic acid or rhodanine-3-acetic acid anchor units. They have been investigated both in the form of a multilayer and ...

Dye sensitized solar cells were fabricated with free standing TiO2 nanotube (TNT) array films, which were prepared by template assisted atomic layer deposition (ALD) with precise wall thickness control. Efforts to improve the photovoltaic performance were made by using Al2O3 barrier layer coating in conjunction with TiCl4 surface modification. An Al2O3 thin layer was deposited on the TNT electr...

The genetic modification 'ac2' is based on the insertion and expression of ac2 gene, originally found in seeds of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), into the genome of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). The purpose of the present study is to develop a PCR method for the detection of the mentioned genetically modified potatoes in various foodstuffs. The method was used to test twenty different potato-ba...

The effective chemical modification and self-assembly of diamond-based hierarchical composite materials are of key importance for a broad range of diamond applications. Herein, we report the preparation of novel core-shell diamond-based nanocomposites for dye adsorption toward wastewater treatment through a layer-by-layer (LbL) assembled strategy. The synthesis of the reported composites began ...

Holarrhena antidysenterica (Ha) and Citrullus colocynthis (Cc) biowaste from indigenous Pakistan resources was used to remove toxic brilliant green (BG) dye aqueous solutions in a batch mode. Tartaric acid chemical modification gave promising results than the nonmodified forms of biowaste. Surface characterization carried out by FT-IR SEM. The optimum conditions for elimination Ha-tartaric modi...