Ethylene diamine bisborane (EDB) was synthesized in a single step as the hydrogen storage material. The synthesized compound was firstly used in the literature for the production of hydrogen gas by catalytic hydrolysis reaction. Cu, Co and Ni nanoparticles with average sizes of 75–150 nm formed...

The highly efficient yet persistent hydrogen generation catalyzed by heterogeneous non-noble metal catalysts is emerging extensive application prospect in energy catalysis and transformation fields. Regrettably, the activity and stability of such catalysts often become the huge stumbling blocks ...

Size tunable cobalt hollow nanospheres with high catalytic activity for the ammonia borane (AB) hydrolysis have been synthesized by using the solvothermal method. The complexation between Co2+ and ethylenediamine is observed to be critical for the formation of the cobalt hollow nanospherical str...

A novel multifunctional catalytic system has been developed for efficient hydrogen generation through the hydrolysis of ammonia borane. This system combines Pd NPs with acid sites and amines, which are both task-specific functionalities able to destabilize the N → B dative bond. The acidity of ...

Interaction with soil components is one of the key processes governing the fate of agrochemicals in the environment. In this work, we studied the adsorption / desorption and transport of mecoprop (methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid or MCPP) in four acid sandy-loam soils with different organic mat...

The aerobic biodegradation of racemic mixtures of five chiral phenoxyalkanoic acids was studied according to a biodegradation test that was complemented with enantiomer-specific analysis. Both enantiomers of (RS)-2-phenoxypropanoic acid, (RS)-2-(3-chlorophenoxy)propanoic acid, and (RS)-2-(4-chlo...

Combination of different extraction methods is an interesting and debatable work in the field of sample preparation. In the current study, for the first time, solid phase extraction combined with electro membrane extraction (SPE–EME) was developed for ultra-preconcentration and determination of...

Chiral 2-(substituted-hydroxyl)-3-(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)propanoic acid derivatives were synthesized and their antibacterial activities were evaluated against fungus, Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. In general, these compounds showed in vitro activities against all screened Gram-negative...

Cocrystallization of a 1:1 solution of (R)-2-(2,4-dichloro)phenoxypropanoic acid and (S)-2-(2-chloro-4-nitro)phenoxypropanoic acid yields quasiracemic crystals. The principal quasiracemate components (sterically similar, differing in chirality and Cl/NO2 substitutions) assemble to form pseudosym...

Lettuce grown hydroponically in growth chambers was exposed daily for 10 days to simulated acid rain at pH 3·3, 4·1 and 5·6 with and without 1·5 mg litre−1 2,4-DP. Increasing acidity reduced contents of Mn, Fe, Mg and Co, increased visible damage, but did not affect yield. Growth was stimula...

The effect of foliar-applicated (±)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid (2,4-DP) under simultaneous influence of simulated acid rain at pH levels of 3.3, 4.3, and 5.6 was examined for young plants of white mustard, rape, cress, lettuce, radish, carrot, oat, and barley grown in clinmate chambe...

This study uses fluorescence spectroscopy to better understand the role of environmental metal ions in the interaction of charged herbicides with biochemical degradation product Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA). The interactions between the widely-used herbicide dichlorprop (2-(2,4-dichlorophen...

The structure of 3-iodobenzaldehyde (3IB) was characterized by FT-IR, Raman and single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The conformational isomers, optimized geometric parameters, normal mode frequencies and corresponding vibrational assignments of 3IB were examined using density functional...

The inhibition effects of sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS) and 8-hydroxyquinoline (8HQ) on the corrosion of AZ91D magnesium alloy in ASTM D1384-87 corrosive solution were investigated by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization tests. For SDBS, the inhibi...

A study was conducted on the efficacy of the system based on the simultaneous use of ozone and powdered activated carbon (PAC) in removing sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS) from drinking waters and on the influence of operational parameters (PAC dose, ozone dose and presence of radical scav...

Measurements of density and dynamic viscosity of binary mixtures of water + sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS) solutions have been carried out over the entire concentration regime in the temperature range (298.15 K to 333.15 K) at 5 K intervals. The densities were measured by using a Mettler...

The inhibition effects of sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS) and 2-mercaptobenzoxazole (2-MBO) on corrosion of copper in sulphuric acid solution have been studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Tafel polarization measurements. For 2-MBO, a monotonous increase in inhib...

Spontaneous formation of micelles and vesicles in aqueous solutions of sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS), didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) and their mixtures, SDBS/DDAB/H2O, was investigated using conductivity, tensiometry, potentiometry and electrophoresis. Conductometric measureme...

The present study investigates the efficacy of various oxidizing treatments (ClO−, ClO2, KMnO4, O3, O3/H2O2, O3/activated carbon) to remove from waters sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate (SDBS), considered as model surfactant. Results obtained show that the use of ClO− and ClO2 does not cause appre...

A fluorescence assay for the sensitive determination of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) based on polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) prepared by polyethyleneimine (PEI) and ascorbic acid (AA) is developed. SDS reacts with PNPs to form amide by aminolysis ester reaction, resulting in a strong fluorescence ...