-This paper presents the results obtained from oxidation with 03 and O3/H20,_ of a residual water coming from the production of dicofoi and tetradifon pesticides, where chlorobenzenes, DDTs and its metabolites and other organochloride compounds were found. The oxidation processes were carried out using ozone (03) in basic medium (pH 9.4) at low dosage (0--1.5 g O~ g-L initial TOC) and in the pr...

Two significant advances are reported for solvent-based self-healing of epoxy materials. First, an autonomic system yielding complete recovery of fracture toughness after crack propagation was achieved by embeddingmicrocapsules containing amixture of epoxy monomer and solvent into an epoxy matrix. Healing with epoxy-solvent microcapsules is superior to capsules that contain solvent alone, and m...

The sorption of 12 neutral organic compounds (NOCs) contained in mixtures to both hydrophilic mineral surfaces [uncoated, iron (hydr)oxide-coated, and aluminum (hydr)oxide-coated sands] and humic acid-mineral complexes with different fractions of organic carbon, f oc (1⁄4 0:051, 0.119, and 0.221%) was evaluated using batch equilibrium sorption tests. The 12 compounds included six nonpolar NOCs ...

Block of human ether-a-go-go related gene (HERG) K(+) channels by a variety of medications has been linked to acquired long QT syndrome, a disorder of cardiac repolarization that predisposes to lethal arrhythmias. The drug-binding site is composed of residues that face into the central cavity of the channel. Two aromatic residues located on the S6 domain (Tyr652 and Phe656) are particularly imp...

Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) were used to monitor the oxidation of phenol by a novel heterogeneous Fenton system based on a Fe(0)/Fe(3)O(4) composite and H(2)O(2). On-line ESI-MS(/MS) shows that this heterogeneous system promotes prompt oxidation of phenol to hydroquinone, which is subsequently oxidized to quinone, other cyclic poly-h...

In cells of Rhodococcus opacus GM-14, GM-29, and 1CP, the contents of branched (10-methyl) fatty acids increased from 3% to 15 to 34% of the total fatty acids when the cells were grown on benzene, phenol, 4-chlorophenol, chlorobenzene, or toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy, in comparison with cells grown on fructose. In addition, the content of trans-hexadecenoic acid increased fro...

A 4-chlorobenzene sulfonyl chloride (CBSC) passivated perovskite solar cell device shows a high-power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20.02% with improved long-term stability.