In Sandford et al. (1), we reported that organics found in samples returned by the Stardust spacecraft to Earth from Comet 81P/Wild 2 show a heterogeneous and unequilibrated distribution in both abundance and composition. Portions of the organics show similarities to those in meteorites and interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), but the entire suite of returned organics is more diverse and varie...

This review concentrates on the description of various phytoremediation technologies, paying special attention to removal of organics and the application of in vitro systems for basic research in the role of plants for the remediation of contaminated sites or flows, and in the improvement of their effectiveness. Various aspects of xenobiotic metabolism in plant cells, the role of enzymes involv...

These SOAP project Pacific Ocean measurements reveal that phytoplankton blooms with sunny conditions make possible secondary organic contribution to ultrafine particles size and composition, and thus on cloud formation ability, and finally on climate. This is in agreement with other biologically active region observations about the presence of secondary organics even the exact fraction is also ...

Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) has been intensively used to enhance the photocatalytic activity of catalysts, which is adopted as an electron acceptor inhibit recombination electrons and holes. However, effect holes generated by visible light (VL) on PMS activation always overlooked. Herein, VL/Bi2WO6/PMS process was constructed for efficient removal organics, in degradation rate carbamazepine (CBZ) i...

The present research project aims at developing novel photocatalysts for the destruction of chemical warfare agents to innocuous products in gas and liquid phases. The project focuses on understanding the chemistry involved during photodegradation of selected simulants, which can effectively represent chemical warfare agents such as HD, G-type (GA, GB, GD) and VX. Studies addressing the destruc...

Arvia®, a spin-out company o Manchester, UK is commercialising a water treatm the removal of low concentrations of organics technology is based on the adsorption of organics o adsorbents coupled with their electrochemical simple electrochemical cell. In this paper, the poten to adsorb microorganisms and electrochemicall present in water has been demonstrated. Bench have indicated that the proce...

A significant technology challenge in planetary missions is the in situ detection of organics at the sub-part-per-million (ppm) level in soils. This article reports the organic compound detection in Mars-like soils at the sub-ppm level using an ultra-sensitive spectral sensing technique based on fluorescence-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which has a significantly improved sensi...

We present a review of quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductors. These systems exhibit many interesting phenomena, including reduced dimensionality, strong electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions and the proximity of antiferromagnetism, insulator states and superconductivity. Moreover, it has been possible to measure the electronic bands of many of the organics in great detail, ...

Nickel oxide nanoparticles and nanoflowers have been synthesized by a soft reaction of nickel powder and water without organics at 100 C. The mechanism for the formation of nanostructures is briefly described in accordance with decomposition of metal with water giving out hydrogen. The structure, morphology, and the crystalline phase of resulting nanostructures have been characterized by variou...