Persistence and photochemical decay of springtime total ozone anomalies in the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model S. Tegtmeier and T. G. Shepherd Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Received: 19 January 2006 – Accepted: 10 February 2006 – Published: 28 April 2006 Correspondence to: S. Tegtm...

Toxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) was investigated on Chlorella vulgaris cells exposed during 72 hours to Fe3O4 (SPION-1), Co0.2Zn0.8Fe2O4 (SPION-2), or Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 (SPION-3) to a range of concentrations from 12.5 to 400 μg mL(-1). Under these treatments, toxicity impact was indicated by the deterioration of photochemical activities of photosynthesis, the induct...

The unimolecular photochemistry of aldehydes has been extensively studied, both experimentally and computationally. However, less is known about the role of cross-molecular photochemical processes in the condensed-phase photolysis of aldehydes. The triplet-state photochemistry of pentanal in its pentameric (n = 5) cluster was investigated as a model for photochemical reactions of aliphatic alde...

Spontaneous electrical signals in the retina's photoreceptors impose a limit on visual sensitivity. Their origin is attributed to a thermal, rather than photochemical, activation of the transduction cascade. Although the mechanism of such a process is under debate, the observation of a relationship between the maximum absorption wavelength (λ(max)) and the thermal activation kinetic constant (k...

Photochemical reactions contribute in a significant way to the existing repertoire of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions by allowing access to exceptional molecular structures that cannot be obtained by conventional means. In this Review, the most important photochemical transformations that have been employed in natural product synthesis are presented. Selected total syntheses are discussed ...

Seoul is one of the most severe smoggy cities in the world. During summer afternoons, the fine particles formed by photochemical reactions could contribute visibility reduction. The formation and growth of secondary ambient aerosols might be affected by primary air pollutants and by meteorological factors. In this work, the photochemical reaction of Seoul ambient air was investigated in indoor ...