The conversion or photo conversion of asphaltenes to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) promoted by a laser source is analyzed using both experimental and theoretical methods. We propose that during measurements performed at an intermediate laser power, fragmentation to afford PAH’s and ring fusion to yield fused PAH’s (FPAH’s) may occur either within molecular clusters (resin case) or wi...

The concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by gas chromatography equipped with a mass spectrometry detector in 105 topsoil samples from an industrial area around Bohai Bay, Tianjin in the North of China. Results demonstrated that concentrations of PAHs in 104 soil samples from this area ranged from 68.7 to 5,590 ng g(-1) dry weight with a mean of summation ...

Time-resolved X-ray solution scattering is an increasingly popular method to measure conformational changes in proteins. Extracting structural information from the resulting difference X-ray scattering data is a daunting task. We present a method in which the limited but precious information encoded in such scattering curves is combined with the chemical knowledge of molecular force fields. The...

Oil extraction and transport activities in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), along with major marine oil spills riverine inputs, are exerting environmental pressure on this system by increasing concentration oil-related pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To fully identify these changes related to activities, current PAH levels should be established. Here, we present low molecul...

Acetaldehyde is a typical toxic substance of the petrochemical industry. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays an important role in wastewater treatment. Therefore, molecular weight, hydrophilicity, and chemical composition DOC acetaldehyde were evaluated. First, weight (MW) distribution was investigated; results showed that mainly composed components with MW less than 1 kDa, possessed higher pr...

For the first time, in May 2007, the distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were studied in the soft tissues (STs) (mantle, gills, foot, gonad, muscle, byssus, and remaining soft tissues) of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis, collected from eight geographic locations along the coastal waters of peninsular Malaysia. The STs of the mussels collected from the eastern part of ...

Saturn’s largest moon Titan [1] is one of the easiest places in the solar system for aerodynamic or buoyant flight: it has a thick, cold atmosphere with high molecular weight, and it has a low surface gravity. Titan has a varied landscape featuring lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons, mountains, river channels, vast seas of organic sand dunes, craters, cryovolcanos and other features. It is a...