Coliphages T1 and T7 of Escherichia coli were absorbed by kaolinite (K) and montmorillonite (M). Maximum adsorption of T7 (96%) to M was greater than that of T1 (84%), but the adsorption of both coliphages to K was the same (99%). Positively charged sites (i.e., anion exchange sites) on the clays appeared to be primarily responsible for the adsorption of T1 to K but only partially responsible f...

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 90 Copyright 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 0065-2113/06 $35.00 DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(06)90005-4 II. M echanistic Studies of Cell Wall Adsorption A . P artitioning Relationships Versus Surface Complexation Modeling B . C onstraints on Bacterial Cell Wall‐Protonation Reactions C . C onstraints on Mechanisms of Metal Adsorption onto Bacteria I II. C hallen...

The presence of water often gives rise to oxygen adsorption on catalyst surfaces through decomposition of water and the adsorbed oxygen or hydroxide species often occupy important surfaces sites, resulting in a decrease or a total hindrance of other chemical reactions taking place at that site. In this study, we present theoretical investigations of the influence of oxygen adsorption and reduct...

The alarming increase in pesticide residues poses a major threat to aquatic and natural habitats. Therefore, it has become essential design extremely operationally economically advantageous systems for the removal of carbofuran pesticides from wastewater. Here, an aluminum-based metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-53-NH2, its modified forms, MIL-53-NH-ph, MIL-53-NH-ph-Fe, MIL-53-NH-ph-Zn, MIL-53...

The adsorption of arsenic(V) was investigated using macroporous resin beads containing magnetite crystals. Arsenic(V) was favorably adsorbed at pH 2-9, where the distribution coefficients were larger than 10(3). The maximum capacity was 0.050 mmol/g. Metal cations including Ca(II), Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and La(III) did not give serious interference at 10(-4) M level. Diluted ar...

We provide a general thermodynamic framework for the understanding of guest-induced structural transitions in hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The method is based on the analysis of experimental adsorption isotherms. It allows the determination of the free energy differences between host structures involved in guest-induced transitions, especially hard to obtain experimentally. We discuss th...

As(V) adsorption onto a commercially available TiO2 (Degussa P25) in NaCl or NaClO4 at various concentrations (0.001-0.1 M) was investigated. The effect of natural organic matter (NOM) on As(V) removal through the adsorption by TiO2 was also examined. In either electrolyte, As(V) adsorption onto TiO2 increased with the increase of ionic strength under alkaline conditions (pH 7.0-11.0). Under ac...

The basic understanding of hydrogen molecular interaction with the solid surface is one of the important criterions to design the hydrogen storage materials. Such understanding at the molecular scale can only be achieved by employing appropriate electronic structure methods. Accordingly, the present article reports the theoretical work carried out in our laboratory for designing the hydrogen st...