This paper evaluates the performance of liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and solid phase extraction (SPE) in separating and concentrating aqueous fullerene (nC(60)) from wastewater and compares UV-vis spectroscopy and mass spectrometry for the quantification of C(60). LLE was suitable for multiple wastewater matrices, while SPE required filtration or reclaimed wastewater and secondary effluent of...

Reactive halogen species, released by sea-salt activation, offer a class of reactants of utmost importance for heterogeneous reactions with organic aerosols. To study the interaction of organic aerosols with these halogen species, secondary organic aerosol (SOA) was produced from α-pinene, catechol and guaiacol (Ofner et al., 2011) in a 700 L glass smog-chamber and in a 3500 L Teflon smog-chamb...

nowadays, green chemistry and its advantages are generating interest of researchers toward ecofriendly biosynthesis of the metallic nanoparticles. in this research, a rapid, simple and green method was developed for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of prangos ferulaceae leaves. the synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by uv-vis spectroscopy, scanning el...

Hollow polyhedra and cubes of nanostructured Cu(2)O particles have been synthesized by reduction of CuSO(4) with ascorbate acid in the solution phase. The nanostructures were obtained when the cetyltrimethylammonium (CTAB) concentration ranged from 0 to 0.03 M in the presence of NaOH. Structural characterizations, by means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for measuring Cu valence state...

All three atropisomers of photochromic diarylethenes were isolated for the first time and the stereospecific photochemical switching process studied by UV-vis and CD spectroscopy.

BACKGROUND PURPOSE Photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen evolution is a potential way to solve many energy and environmental issues. Developing visible-light-active photocatalysts to efficiently utilize sunlight and finding proper ways to improve photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution have always been hot topics for research. This study attempts to expand the use of sunlight and to enha...

Four rhenium(I) chromophores attached to a dirhodium(n) core form a new hexametallic light-harvesting assembly as characterised by X-ray crystallography, UV-vis spectroscopy and electrochemistry.

molecular sieves mcm-41 were synthesized from rice husk ash (rha) as alternative sources of silica. the material was synthesized by a room temperature method from a gel with the molar composition sio2: 1.6ea: 0.215hdtmabr: 325h2o with ph correction. the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (ctmabr) was used as a structure template. nanocomposite containing 5.0 and 10.0 wt.% of cu was synthesized unde...

new two nano- sized schiff base complexes [m(l)], where l= 2, 2'-((1e, 1e')-(1, 2 phenylen bis (azanylylidene)) bis (methanylylidene)) bis (4-bromo phenolato) and m=cu or zn, (a, b complexes) were synthesized by ultrasonic irradiation. these complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity, ft-ir, fluorescence emission, 1h nmr, field emission scanning electron sp...