Noble metallic nanostructures, such as silver, play an important role in fluorescent enhancement. In this paper, a serial of silver nanoprisms were fabricated by using seed-mediated growth method, and their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak could be controlled from 500 nm to 900 nm through ad...

As Au content causes passivation during silver electrorefining process, a kinetic study and modelling of AuAg alloy in synthetic silver electrolyte is presented. In this research, the possibility to process high gold Doré efficiently through the simple adjustment of electrolyte conditions and t...

Because of their biocide properties, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are present in numerous consumer products. The biocidal properties of AgNPs are due to both the interactions between AgNP and cell membranes and the release of dissolved silver (Ag+). Recent studies emphasized the role of differen...

In the isotopic measurement of strontium (Sr) of geological samples with high rubidium (Rb)/Sr ratios, it is difficult to completely remove the isobaric interference of Rb on Sr isotopic analysis by a single separation and purification using traditional strong acid cation exchange resin. Actuall...

The present study reports the synthesis of a biocompatible, eco-friendly, anisotropic cation doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (nHAp) for strontium removal from aqueous environment. The nHAp was modified by cation doping, characterized using suitable techniques like Fourier transform infrared s...

Novel glass-ceramics of the nominal molar compositions 20Fe2O3·20B2O3·(60-x)V2O5· (xNa2O or xSrO) (where x = 0 or 10) were prepared by traditional melt technique. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) was implemented to study the thermal behavior of the prepared glasses. Vanadium pentoxide (V2O...

Strontium (Sr) is a natural element, ubiquitous in the environment and known to occur in water, food, air, and soils. Strontium is present in media as a salt or an ionized divalent cation. The Sr ion (dissociated) is toxicokinetically important because it is easily absorbed into systemic circula...

This work determines the capacity of uranophane, one of the long-term uranyl secondary solid phases formed on the spent nuclear fuel (SNF), to retain radionuclides (cesium and strontium) released during the dissolution of the SNF. Sorption was fast in both cases, and uranophane had a high sorpti...

A bottom-up approach coupled with national and regional statistical data was used to evaluate the environmental impacts of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate fertilizer production in China. The total environmental burden caused by both types of phosphate fertilizer production in Chi...

The interfacial interaction between tin-fluoride-phosphate glass (TFP-glass) and polar polymers is enhanced with increasing temperature, however, the mechanism is still unclear. In this work, the evolution of the network structure in TFP-glass with increasing temperature is investigated to explo...

This research investigates tin-fluoride phosphate glasses as liquid-phase fillers in polyamide 11. Optimizing the tin-fluoride content was shown to reduce the glass-transition temperature of the glass down to 106 °C and enable both constituents of the composite to be fluid during processing. Du...

FTIR and Raman spectroscopy indicate the glass structure during synthesis of tin fluoride phosphate glass was pyrophosphate, mainly built up from Q1 end groups with a low concentration of Q2 polymeric chains. However, sub-optimal melting produced significantly higher concentrations of orthophosp...

The bismuth ammonium potassium citrate water solutions was investigated by small-angle x-ray scattering of synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and by ablation with using powerful terahertz radiation. It was found the existence of a resistant agglomerate of the bismuth ammonium potassium citr...

In this paper, K2FeO4 cathodes were coated with tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) to improve their stability. Analyses involving a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) indicated that the K2FeO4 cathodes were succ...

In this study, a new ternary AgBiO3/GO/NCDs composite (GO = graphene oxide, NCDs = nitrogen-doped carbon dots) has been successfully prepared through in-situ growth of flower-like AgBiO3 on GO/NCDs complex support. The AgBiO3/GO/NCDs composite exhibits significantly enhanced degradation activiti...

120 patients were randomly allocated to receive ranitidine 150 mg twice daily or a tri-potassium di-citrato bismuthate (TDB) tablet four times a day in a trial comparing the effects of these drugs in the short-term healing and post-healing relapse rates of duodenal ulceratio. At 4 weeks 81 % of ...

We report the anomalous superconductivity found in bismuthates with different compositions. In the Sr1−xKxBiO3 (SKBO) compound the field-induced superconductivity is observed, which shows a striking suppression of the reentrant resistance at T0.8) BKBO are discussed.

This paper describes the fabrication of potentiometric PVC membrane for clopidogrel bisulphate and its successful utilization in the determination clopidogrel from clopilet tablet. Effect of PVC membrane matrix were studied and optimized membrane composition which ensued a Nernstian slope of 58....

Synthesis and physical properties of new superconducting bismuthates, K1−xAxBiO3 (A=Bi, La, and Ca), are reported. New compounds could only be prepared in a narrow range of composition, restricted by the A-site cation size, with cubic perovskite structure. For the first two systems (A=Bi, La), T...

Crystals of KBiO3 have been grown for the first time. The crystals were obtained by the electrolysis of molten KOH to which Bi2O3 had been added. Single crystal X-ray diffraction data were collected on a transparent red crystal. Analysis of this data confirms that KBiO3 has essentially the same ...