Metals are accumulated by filter feeding organisms via water, ingestion of suspended sediments or food. The uptake pathway can affect metal toxicity. Saccostrea glomerata were exposed to cadmium through cadmium-spiked suspended sediments (19 and 93 μg/g dry mass) and cadmium-enriched phytoplank...

Silicon (Si) offers beneficial effect on plants under cadmium (Cd) stress such as promoting plant growth and increasing resistance to heavy metal toxicity. In this study, a pot experiment was performed to study the role of Si in alleviating Cd toxicity in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants on...

Single crystalline hybrid framework of cadmium citrate hexahydrate has been achieved by controlled diffusion of cations in a reactive gel medium. The effect of various growth parameters and different physico-chemical characterization of these crystals were studied. The single crystal X-ray diffr...

Cadmium metasilicate nanowires (CdSiO3 NWs) have been synthesized through a facile, eco-friendly, low-cost water–ethanol mixed-solution hydrothermal route. The transmission electron microscopy measurements of as-prepared samples indicate that the CdSiO3 NWs with diameters in the range of 10–60...

The heavy metal cadmium readily accumulates in organisms, causing damage. In this study, juvenile marine shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus were exposed to cadmium (Cd2+; 5, 50 and 500 μg L–1). Cd accumulation and antioxidant-related indices were determined, and damage to biomolecules was assessed,...

An ionic pump has been devised thanks to liquid–liquid extraction/reextraction where the extraction compartment and the reextraction compartment are put in contact with one another through the membrane composed of a mediator diluted in kerosene. We have applied this process to a system of cadmi...

Clean-up and matrix elimination of samples are useful for removal of column-fouling substances and interfering ions in many ion chromatography applications. Matrix elimination is especially important in trace analysis, where preconcentration of large sample volumes is often required. Even mid-pp...

The photoelectrochemical properties of titanium-doped iron(III) oxide (α-Fe2O3, hematite) nanoparticulate thin films are investigated using two photoelectrode reactions, the oxidation of water and iodide ions (I−) to elucidate the role of doped Ti4+ species in the enhanced photocurrent. Increas...

Spinel type barium zinc ferrite (Zn1−xBaxFe2O4) nanoparticles with compositions of barium (x = 0.01–0.15) were prepared by an auto combustion method using glycine as fuel and nitrates as precursors. The formation mechanisms of these ferrite nanoparticles are briefly discussed. The prepared samp...

ZnO as an electron transporting material (ETM) in perovskite solar cells has many benefits, including low temperature processability and high mobility. We explore here for the first time, hysteresis-less mesostructured perovskite solar cells with an incredible steady-state efficiency of 20.62% p...

This study investigates aberrations caused by barium and vanadium on meristematic cells of Lens culinaris Medik. Barium and vanadium ions at various concentrations (0.05 M, 0.1 M, 0.25 M, 0.5 M, and 1.0 M) were exposed to the seeds of the plant at fixed time interval (12 h). After seedlings, wit...

In our study of the optical properties of Eu2+-doped alkaline-earth metal hydride chlorides AE7H12Cl2 (AE = Ca and Sr) we observe yellow (AE = Sr) and orange-red (AE = Ca) emission. Compared to the emission energies of Eu2+ -doped fluorides, chlorides and mixed fluoride chlorides, this correspon...

The adsorption of compounds relevant for the copper-catalyzed dehydroamination of 1-hexanol with dimethylamine was investigated on alumina-supported copper and pure alumina in the temperature range 298–540 K. Three types of dynamic FTIR measurements were used; isothermal pulse and step response...

Three bacterial strains capable of degrading phthalates namely Pseudomonas sp. PKDM2, Pseudomonas sp. PKDE1 and Pseudomonas sp. PKDE2 were isolated and characterized for their degradative potential. These strains efficiently degraded 77.4%–84.4% of DMP, 75.0%–75.7% of DEP and 71.7%–74.7% of D...

This paper presents polarographic and voltammetric studies of the reduction of the herbicide imazamethabenz methyl (2/3-methyl-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-p-toluate), on mercury and carbon electrodes. The electrochemical studies were performed in strongly acidic media (0.1–2....

The sorption of meta and para isomers of the herbicide imazamethabenz-methyl, methyl 6-[(RS)-4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl]-m- or p-toluate, by three soils and soil organic matter, was studied. Sorption isotherms conformed to the Freundlich equation. It was found that pH was the m...

A new organic crystal belonging to chalcone family 1-[4-(methylsulfanyl) phenyl]-3-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl) prop-2-en-1-One (4MSTP) with molecular formula C19H20O4S has been synthesized by Claisen Schimidt condensation method. 4MSTP was crystallized by slow evaporation technique using methanol s...

A combined experimental and theoretical investigation on FT-IR, FT-Raman, NMR, UV–vis spectra of a chalcone derivative (2E)-3-[4-(methylsulfanyl) phenyl]-1-(4-nitrophenyl) prop-2-en-1-one (4N4MSP) has been reported. 4N4MSP has two planar rings connected through conjugated double bond and it pro...

In this study we provided a pharmacological characterization of the recently synthesized nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) peptide receptor (NOP) antagonist 1-[1-Cyclooctylmethyl-5-(1-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-pyridin-4-yl]-3-ethyl-1,3-dihydro-benzoimidazol-2-one (GF-4) and investi...

An efficiently simple protocol for the synthesis of methyl 7 amino-4-oxo-5-phenyl-2-thioxo-2, 3, 4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylates via one-pot three component condensation pathway is established via microwave irradiation using varied benzaldehyde derivatives, methylcyanoac...