This study investigated the effect of reaction time (minutes to months) on the surface coordination environment of Ni sorbed onto pyrophyllite using XAFS. The data suggest the appearance of multinuclear Ni complexes after a reaction time of minutes. As reaction time !>rogresses, these multinuclear Ni complexes increased in size «NNi-Ni 1.4-4.5). Ni-Ni bond distances (2.99-3.03 A) were similar t...

Layered hydroxides (LHs) have recently fascinated researchers due to their wide application in various fields. These inorganic nanoparticles, with excellent features as nanocarriers in drug delivery systems, have the potential to play an important role in healthcare. Owing to their outstanding ion-exchange capacity, many organic pharmaceutical drugs have been intercalated into the interlayer ga...

Combination of two-dimensional layered materials and intercalation technique offers a new area for developing nanohybrids with desired functionality. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are mineral and synthetic materials with positively charged brucite type layers of mixed metal hydroxides. Exchangeable anions located in interlayer spaces compensate for positive charge of brucite type layer. Sinc...

The oxi-hydroxides, present at trace level in uranium mill tailings, are responsible of about 70% of the 226 radium sorption, half being fixed on crystallized forms. This radionuclide (half time = 1622y), present at high level (50 to 100kBq.kg), can be released in groundwater, involving a possible contamination of the food chain (actual concentration limit = 0.37Bq.l). So, it is very important ...

The potential feasibility of layered double hydroxides for removal of sunset yellow dye FCF from aqueous solution was investigated. The effects of various experimental parameters such as contact time, solution pH, dye concentrations and adsorbent dosage were investigated. The extent of sunset yellow FCF dye removal increased with the increased in contact time and amount of layered double hydrox...

The possibility of obtaining of new polymeric salts on the basis of guanidinium and phosphonium polysulfones was investigated. Guanidinium and phosphonium polysulfones were synthesized by free radical copolymerization technique. Polysulfonylpyrrolidinium and polysulfonylpyrrolidinylphosphonium hydroxides were obtained by ion chromatography. Chemical modification of hydroxides results in new opt...

Absorption and elimination of fluconazole after oral administration of a 100-mg capsule were unaffected by concomitant administration of an antacid containing aluminum and magnesium hydroxides.

St. Kevin Gulch, a headwater stream of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, receives acid mine drainage that maintains low pH, high concentrations of heavy metals, and high rates of metal hydroxide deposition. An acidtolerant alga, Ulothrix sp., is present below the source of mine drainage in St. Kevin Gulch, but its biomass is limited by the deposition rates of iron hydroxides, which are especiall...