Photoinduced absorption spectroscopy (PIAS) is used to probe the kinetics of oxidation 4-chlorophenol, 4CP, by P25 TiO2 with anodic bias or using a sacrificial electron acceptor and establishes first order for reaction h+ 4CP.

Tyrosinase (TYR) was covalently immobilized onto amino-functionalized carbon felt (CF) surface via glutaraldehyde (GA). Prior to the TYR-immobilization, primary amino group was introduced to the CF surface by treatment with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). The resulting TYR-immobilized CF was used as a working electrode unit of an electrochemical flow-through detector for monoand di-phenol...

Two methods, a capacity use-dilution test and another employing geometrical dilution, are used when comparing the bactericidal and fungicidal effects of a phenolic disinfectant containing 45% (w/w) o-phenylphenol in an aqueous soap solution of linseed oil (soap content 6.5% w/v) with the corresponding effects of the same phenolic compound in an aqueous soya oil soap solution (soap content 3.5% ...

Abbreviations: CPRG, chlorophenol red-β-D-galactopyranoside; CFP, Cyan Fluorescent Protein; CHO, Chinese Hamster Ovary cells; FRET, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; GFP, Green Fluorescent Protein; HEX, hexachloro-carboxyfluorescein; HUVEC, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells; RHD, Rel Homology Domain; TET, tetrachloro-carboxyfluorescein; β-TrCP, beta-transducin repeat-containing prote...

High levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in edible fish in the Baltic Sea have raised health concerns in the Baltic region and the rest of Europe. Thus, there are urgent needs to characterize sources in order to formulate effective mitigation strategies. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of past and present sour...

Abbreviations: CPRG, chlorophenol red-β-D-galactopyranoside; CFP, Cyan Fluorescent Protein; CHO, Chinese Hamster Ovary cells; FRET, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; GFP, Green Fluorescent Protein; HEX, hexachloro-carboxyfluorescein; HUVEC, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells; RHD, Rel Homology Domain; TET, tetrachloro-carboxyfluorescein; β-TrCP, beta-transducin repeat-containing prote...

A mutant strain of Azotobacter sp. GP1 converted 4-chlorophenol to 4-chlorocatechol under cometabolic conditions. Under the same conditions the wild-type strain accumulated a yellow compound, which by chemical and spectroscopic methods was identified as 5-chloro-2-hydroxy-6-oxohexadienoic acid (5-chloro-2-hydroxy-muconic semialdehyde). The structure of this compound indicates a meta-proximal cl...

In the present investigation, a ZnO nanostructure was synthesized by means of precipitation and sonochemical methods. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern indicated that the wurtzite structure of ZnO had a hexagonal symmetry and there was no impurity. The average ZnO particles crystallite size was calculated at about 41 nm. The SEM and TEM images revealed nanostructure ZnO particles with a cauli...