Two probes ( and ) bearing two dansyl fluorophores were synthesized and applied to the detection of mercury(ii) ions in aqueous solution. These probes exhibited a selective response to Hg(2+) in a buffered solution, with high sensitivity and a unique fluorescence response signal which displayed a blue-shift effect in the fluorescence emission peak. The Hg(2+) recognition mechanisms of the probe...

In the title mercury complex, catena-poly[[di-chlorido-mercury(II)]-μ-2,2'-(2-bromo-5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole)-κ2N3:N3'], [HgCl2(C26H25BrN4)] n , the HgII atom is coordinated by two Cl atoms and by two N atoms from two 2,2'-(2-bromo-5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole) ligands. The metal cation adopts a distorted tetrahedral coordination g...

Oxidized mercury (Hg(II)) is chemically produced in the atmosphere by oxidation of elemental mercury and is directly emitted by anthropogenic activities. We use the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model, with gaseous oxidation driven by Br atoms, to quantify how surface deposition of Hg(II) is influenced by Hg(II) production at different atmospheric heights. We tag Hg(II) chemically produce...

Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) in recent years has found application in the analysis of various metals, either singly (1) or in tandem function with mass spectrometry (2), and presently is gaining wide acceptance in the analysis of organomercury(II) compounds. Since increasing use of GLC in mercury analysis may be anticipated for both research and monitoring purposes, it is of value at this po...

The unique potentiometric response of mercury sensors was investigated in aqueous Cl(-)-rich media, which are often encountered in natural, especially biological samples. The conventional neutral-carrier-based Hg(II)-ISEs are not practically useful because the Cl(-) concentrations in natural aqueous samples are normally too high for mercury to be present in the form of Hg(2+). Negative potentio...

Technology has improved human quality of life but it caused several impacts also, due to the various contaminants released in the environment. Among these contaminants, mercury is a major concern because of its high toxicity and ubiquity in the biosphere, being classified as a global pollutant. It can occur in different forms (i.e. soluble, gaseous or solid) and chemical species (e.g. Methylmer...

OBJECTIVES The mercury sphygmomanometer has been the gold standard used for obtaining blood pressure (BP) for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1960 to the present. However, due to environmental concerns and an increased use of automated oscillometric BP devices, NHANES has been exploring an alternative to using the standard mercury sphygmomanometer (mercury) to...

Two previously uncharacterized potential broad-spectrum mercury (Hg) resistance operons (mer) are present on the chromosome of the soil Alphaproteobacteria Xanthobacter autotrophicus Py2. These operons, mer1 and mer2, contain two features which are commonly found in mer operons in the genomes of soil and marine Alphaproteobacteria, but are not present in previously characterized mer operons: a ...