groundwater makes up an important part of global freshwater resources, though it is often threatened by overuse of natural resources along with abundant production of wastes in modern society. this study aims to investigate the removal of three heavy metals including nickel, cadmium, and lead from groundwater via electrocoagulation, a suitable method for treatment of water-soluble compounds, de...

The strong advances in synthetic biology enable the engineering of novel functions and complex biological features in unprecedented ways, such as implementing synthetic autotrophic metabolism into heterotrophic hosts. A key challenge for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals entails the engineering of synthetic autotrophic organisms that can effectively and efficiently fix carbon di...

Layered hydroxides have shown superior catalytic activity for the electrocatalytic organic compound oxidation reaction. However, metal leaching can lead to uncontrollable structural phase transformation. Here, we report a Cr-Ni(OH) 2 electrocatalyst as model of pre-catalyst identification structure-performance relationship. The optimized delivered superb performances, i.e., low potential 1.38 V...

Hydrogen electro-oxidation kinetics at the Pt | CsH2PO4 interface have been evaluated. Thin films of nanocrystalline platinum 7.5–375 nm thick and 1–19 mm in diameter were sputtered atop polycrystalline discs of the proton-conducting electrolyte, CsH2PO4, by shadow-masking. The resulting Pt | CsH2PO4 | Pt symmetric cells were studied under uniform H2-H2O-Ar atmospheres at temperatures of 225–25...

this paper investigates the importance of considering biomass growth and decay for predicting a field scale microbial degradation of btex plume in an unconfined aquifer system in the pump station area of tehran oil refinery (tor), iran. a two-dimensional finite volume model has been presented to predict multi-species reactive transport incorporating physical, chemical and biological processes i...

Electro Mechanical Reshaping (EMR) with platinum needle electrodes has been recently developed to shape cartilage without conventional cut and suture surgery. This study investigates the relationship between the voltage applied, the electrical current measured during EMR with platinum needles, and the resulting shape. Monitoring the electrical current provides information to model the electro-c...