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The increasing industrial production of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) raises concern over their safety to humans and the environment. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the environmental fate and impact of ENPs and in situ methods are needed to investigate e.g. nanoparticle aggregation and adsorption in the media of concern such as water, sediment and soil. In this study, the application of wet scanning electron microscopy (WetSEM) technology in combination with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) to visualise and elementally identify metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (Au, TiO(2), ZnO and Fe(2)O(3)) under fully liquid conditions in distilled and lake water as well as in a soil suspension has been investigated. WetSEM capsules comprise an electron transparent membrane enabling the imaging and EDS analysis of liquid samples. Results are compared with conventional SEM images and show that WetSEM/EDS is a promising complementary tool for the in situ investigation of ENPs and their aggregates in natural matrices. In combination with other analytical tools (e.g. HDC- or FFF-ICP-MS, DLS), WetSEM could help to provide a better understanding of the fate and behaviour of ENPs in the environment.
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PMID:Imaging of engineered nanoparticles and their aggregates under fully liquid conditions in environmental matrices. 1950 72

The study reports the preparation of activated carbon with a high surface area from rice husk using chemical activation with H(3)PO(4) and ZnCl(2). Activated carbon prepared from rice husk usually exhibits low specific surface areas due to its high ash content. However, experimental results show that base-leaching and acid-washing processes can effectively enhance the adsorption capacity of rice-husk carbon. The study also investigates the effects of preparation parameters on the surface characteristics of the carbon. These parameters include the kind of activating agent, before and after treatment procedures, impregnation ratio and activation temperature. The chemical and physical properties of samples were examined by EA, ICP-MS, XRD, FTIR, SEM and a N(2)-adsorption meter. The surface areas obtained from ZnCl(2) and H(3)PO(4) activation are as high as 2434 and 1741 m(2)/g, respectively. These values are higher than that of activated carbon treated with neither base nor acid (1262 and 508 m(2)/g for ZnCl(2) and H(3)PO(4) activation). Thermogravimetric analysis shows that the activation process can be divided into three parts based on temperature zones. The results of this study will be useful in developing resource recovery systems for agricultural biomass.
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PMID:Characteristics of microporous/mesoporous carbons prepared from rice husk under base- and acid-treated conditions. 1959 5

This study presents the first detailed look at vanadium (V) speciation in drinking water pipe corrosion scales. A pool of 34 scale layers from 15 lead or lead-lined pipes representing eight different municipal drinking water distribution systems in the Northeastern and Midwestern portions of the United States were examined. Diverse synchrotron-based techniques, including bulk XANES (X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy), micro-XANES, micro-XRD (X-ray diffraction), and micro-XRF (X-ray fluorescence) mapping were employed along with traditional powder XRD, SEM-EDXA (scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray analysis), and ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry) to evaluate vanadium speciation and distribution in these deposits. Vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl) was positively identified, and occurred most frequently in the surface layers. Low V(tot) in these waters is likely the limiting factor in the abundance of vanadinite in the pipe scales, along with the existence of divalent lead. The occurrence of V in these samples as a discrete mineral is important because it is formed in the presence of very low concentrations of V in the finished water, it provides a mechanism to concentrate microg x L(-1) amounts of V from the water to near-percent levels in the pipe scales, and the robustness of V accumulation and release in response to water chemistry changes is likely different than it would be with a sorption accumulation mechanism. Extrapolation from limited existing water chemistry data in this study provides an estimate of deltaG(f)degrees for vanadinite as approximately -3443 kJ x mol(-1), or less, leading to a log K(s)0 value of approximately -86 for the reaction Pb5(VO4)3CI(s) equilibrium {Pb2+}5 + {VO4(3-) + {Cl-}, in which {} denotes activity.
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PMID:Identification and distribution of vanadinite (Pb5(V5+O4)3Cl) in lead pipe corrosion by-products. 1960 55

This study focuses on the surface modification of a near beta-type Ti-27 wt.% Nb alloy by alkali-heat treatment. The influence of alkali concentration, alkali-treated time and alkali-treated temperature on the microstructure and constitutional phases of the modified surface is investigated by SEM, XRD and ICP. Immersion experiments in a simulated body fluid (SBF) were carried out to examine the Ca-P phase forming ability of the modified surfaces. The SEM observation and XRD analysis revealed that a sodium titanate layer is formed after alkali-heat treatment. The morphology and Ca-P phase forming of the layer are greatly affected by the surface roughness of the samples, the alkali concentration, the alkali-treated time and alkali-treated temperature. The results of SBF immersion, which are obtained by ICP analysis, indicate that the activated sodium titanate layer prepared by alkali-heat treatment is beneficial to further improving the biocompatibility of the Ti-27 wt.% Nb alloy.
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PMID:Alkali-heat treatment of a low modulus biomedical Ti-27Nb alloy. 1967 55

Acid tars from the processing of petroleum and petrochemicals using sulfuric acid were characterized by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), inductively coupled plasma/optical emission spectrometry (ICP/OES), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry, and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX) micro-analysis. Leaching of contaminants from the acid tars in 48 h batch tests with distilled water at a liquid-to-solid ratio 10:1 was also studied. GC/MS results show that the samples contained aliphatic hydrocarbons, cyclic hydrocarbons, up to 12 of the 16 USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and numerous other organic groups, including organic acids (sulfonic acids, carboxylic acids and aromatic acids), phenyl, nitrile, amide, furans, thiophenes, pyrroles, and phthalates, many of which are toxic. Metals analysis shows that Pb was present in significant concentration. DSC results show different transition peaks in the studied samples, demonstrating their complexity and variability. FTIR analysis further confirmed the presence of the organic groups detected by GC/MS. The SEM/EDX micro-analysis results provided insight on the surface characteristics of the samples and show that contaminants distribution was heterogeneous. The results provide useful data on the composition, complexity, and variability of acid tars; information which hitherto have been scarce in public domain.
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PMID:Characterization of acid tars. 1985 24

Hybrid materials doped with novel europium complexes were synthesized using PMMA-co-Sn(12)Clusters (copolymers from oxohydroxo-organotin dimethacrylate and methylmethacrylate) as the matrix material. Two types of hybrid materials were obtained: the physically doped product, PMMA-co-Sn(12)Cluster/Eu(TTA)(3)phen, and the grafted product, PMMA-co-Sn(12)Cluster-co-[EuAA(TTA)(2)phen] (TTA = 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone, phen = phenanthroline and AA = acrylic acid). The hybrid materials exhibited characteristic luminescence of the Eu(3+) ions, and also showed relative especial optical properties compared with samples just using PMMA as the matrix material. The PMMA-co-Sn(12)Cluster matrix exhibited a high physical doping quantity of [Eu(TTA)(3)phen], which can be attributed to the special structure of this kind of hybrid material. GPC (gel-permeation chromatography), TGA (thermogravimetric analysis), SEM, (1)H NMR, ICP (inductively coupled plasma), (119)Sn NMR, FTIR, and diffuse reflectance techniques were employed to characterize the structures and properties of these hybrid materials.
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PMID:Synthesis and optical properties of europium-complex-doped inorganic/organic hybrid materials built from oxo-hydroxo organotin nano building blocks. 2002 16

It is important for toxicological assessment of nanoparticles to determine the penetration of nanoparticle in skin qualitatively and quantitatively. Skin penetration of four different types of rutile titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) (T-35, 35 nm, non-coating; TC-35, 35 nm, with almina/silica/silicon coating; T-disp, 10 x 100 nm, mixture of almina coated and silicon coated particles, dispersed in cyclopentasiloxan; T-250, 250 nm, non-coating) was determined with in vitro intact, stripped, and hair-removed skin of Yucatan micropigs to study the effect of dispersion and skin conditions. The TiO(2) was suspended in a volatile silicone fluid used for cosmetics, cyclopentasiloxane, at a concentration of 10%. The suspension was applied at a dose 2 microl/cm(2) for 24 hr, followed by cyanoacrylate stripping. The Ti concentration in skin was determined by ICP-MS. T-35 and T-250 easily aggregated in suspension with a mean diameter greater than 1 microm. TC-35 and T-disp showed good dispersion properties with a mean diameter in suspension of approximately 100 nm. No penetration was observed regardless of TiO(2) type in intact and stripped skin. The concentration of Ti in skin was significantly higher when TC-35 was applied on hair-removed skin. SEM-EDS observation showed that Ti penetrated into vacant hair follicles (greater than 1 mm below the skin surface), however, it did not penetrate into dermis or viable epidermis.
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PMID:Study on penetration of titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanoparticles into intact and damaged skin in vitro. 2011 31

Three novel lanthanide sulfate fluorides of formulae [C(4)H(16)N(3)](6)[Sm(4)F(2)(SO(4))(14)] 1 and LnFSO(4).H(2)O (Ln = Tb 2; Nd 3) have been synthesized solvothermally and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR, TGA, SEM, and ICP. Single crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that compound 1 crystallizes in the triclinic crystal system, with space group P-1 and cell dimensions: a = 11.1988(9), b = 11.4073(9), c = 16.2666(13) A, alpha = 89.9010(10) degrees, beta = 82.4060(10) degrees, gamma = 67.7570(10) degrees, V = 1903.9(3) A(3), Z = 1. Both compounds 2 and 3 crystallize in the monoclinic crystal system, with the space group P2(1)/n and cell dimensions: a = 5.0014(7), b = 7.3769(11), c = 11.6508(17) A, beta = 96.692(2) degrees, V = 426.93(11) A(3), Z = 4 for 3; a = 4.9948(5), b = 7.3684(7), c = 11.6366(12) A, beta = 96.6720(10) degrees, V = 425.37(7) A(3), Z = 4 for 3. The structure of 1 consists of a novel isolated large Z-type heteropolyanion [Sm(4)F(2)(SO(4))(14)](18-) and full protonated organic amine cations. The chains are held together by hydrogen bond interactions involving the hydrogen of the amine and the framework oxygen. The compounds 2 and 3 are isostructural and their structures feature a three-dimensional network constructed from the left-handed and the right-handed helical channels which are connected by SO(4)(2-) groups using 6-membered rings and 4-membered rings.
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PMID:Solvothermal syntheses, crystal structures and luminescence properties of three new lanthanide sulfate fluorides. 2035 21

In this study, morphological shape, elemental distribution and elution properties of Ca, P, Mg in four types of calcium phosphate powder were investigated using SEM, EPMA and ICP-AES. Calcium phosphate powder: OHAp, DCPD, beta-TCP and OCP were observed in the white powder form and in the photopolymerized adhesive monomer they scattered like dispersed fillers in resin composite. In elemental analysis, CaKalpha showed a relatively high concentration in relation to PKalpha. In elution analysis, each calcium phosphate showed different elution of Ca and P. But Mg was almost equal to the detection limit of ICP-AES. Namely it was suggested that reparative dentin formation was effectively promoted under the following conditions: a calcification promoting effect by direct contact of the calcium phosphate powder, an ionic effect of Ca and P eluted from the powder located in the vicinity of the exposed pulp and environmental pH change of the surface in exposed pulp.
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PMID:Observation of calcium phosphate powder mixed with an adhesive monomer experimentally developed for direct pulp capping and as a bonding agent. 2037 7

Spherical-like Pt-MCM-41 meso-materials, including Pt-MCM-41, Pt-Al-MCM-41, and Pt-La-MCM-41, as well as MCM-41, were synthesized by a "one-step" approach with orthosilicate (TEOS) as silica source and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a template in the presence of suitable H(2)SO(4) (or HCl) at 0 degrees C. The samples were characterized by XRD, N(2) sorption, FTIR, SEM, TEM, ICP-AES, and XPS techniques. The results show that the metallic cations (such as Al(3+) and La(3+)) were hard to be incorporated into the synthesized samples under strong acidic conditions. However, H(2)PtCl(6) can be introduced almost 100% in the as-synthesized Pt-containing meso-materials, and H(2)PtCl(6) in the samples can be decomposed mostly into metallic Pt accompanied by part Pt(2)Si and few Pt oxides during the calcination at 550 degrees C to remove the template. In the catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, the calcined Pt-MCM-41 meso-materials, like the corresponding reduced samples, exhibit high catalytic activities with an excellent selectivity to aniline, which are much better than those of the reduced Pt/MCM-41 prepared by the incipient wetness method.
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PMID:Synthesis of spherical-like Pt-MCM-41 meso-materials with high catalytic performance for hydrogenation of nitrobenzene. 2038 12


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