Solution equilibrium studies on Cu(2+)-L(1)-L(2) ternary systems have been performed by pH-potentiometry, UV-Vis spectrophotometry and EPR methods {where L(1) corresponds to a polyamine such as ethylenediamine (en), diethylenetriamine (dien), N,N,N',N',N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (Me(5)dien)} and L(2) denotes 2-aminoethylphosphonic acid (β-alaninephosphonic acid)}. The results suggest the ...

Motor neurone disease is caused by mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) in 15-20% of familial cases, due to a toxic gain of function by the mutant enzyme. However, the underlying mechanism of SOD1-mediated neurodegeneration remains uncertain. By investigating alterations in gene expression in the presence of mutant Cu/Zn SOD, we aimed to identify pathways that contribute to motor neur...

With the intention of screening for heavy metal tolerance, a number of bacteria were isolated and characterized from a pristine soil. Two Gram positive isolates were identified as Paenibacillus sp. and Bacillus thuringeinsis. Tolerance of Cd, Cu and Zn by these bacteria was studied and found that both bacteria were highly sensitive to Cu compared to other two metals. Both bacteria showed the sa...

We evaluate copper tolerance and accumulation in Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris in populations from a copper contaminated site and an uncontaminated site, and in the grapevine rootstock "41B", investigating the effects of copper (0-23 mM) on growth, photosynthetic performance and mineral nutrient content. The highest Cu treatment induced nutrient imbalances and inhibited photosynthetic function...

We study the process of graphene growth on Cu and Ni substrates subjected to rapid heating (approximately 8 °C/s) and cooling cycles (approximately 10 °C/s) in a modified atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition furnace. Electron microscopy followed by Raman spectroscopy demonstrated successful synthesis of large-area few-layer graphene (FLG) films on both Cu and Ni substrates. The overal...

The addition of cobalt was experimentally observed to increase the strength and impact toughness of Cu precipitation hardened steel. In order to understand the mechanism of this strengthening, we studied the effect of cobalt in the bulks and surfaces of bcc Fe and bcc Cu, as well as at the Fe/Cu interface by ab initio density-functional approach. We investigated the cobalt distribution between ...

Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Moradabad Institute of Technology, Ram Ganga Vihar Phase – 2, Moradabad-244001 Abstract The removal of two heavy metals Cu and Zn from their aqueous solution, using steel industry slag as an adsorbent was studied as slag consist of calcium oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide etc. The research is a bench scale experimental type and analysis have pe...

the aim of this work was to develop a new and simple coacervative extraction method for the preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination of cu(ii) in water samples. dithizone was used as the chelating agent while an anionic surfactant, namely sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds), was used as extracting agent at room temperature. central composite design (ccd) based on response surface methodol...