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Donnan phenomena in membranes with charge due to ion adsorption. Effects of the interaction between adsorbed charged groups
1993
A physical model for the modified Donnan phenomenon associated with ion adsorption on localized membrane sites is presented. This model accounts for the dependence of the concentration of adsorbed ions on electrolyte concentration and pH as it is influenced by the electrostatic interaction between adsorbed ions. The equilibrium thermodynamic concepts employed are based on the Donnan formalism for the ion equilibria between membrane and solution, and the Bragg–Williams approximation for an adsorption isotherm that incorported interaction between adsorbed ions. Our results include the concentration of charged groups in the membrane, the pH of the membrane phase solution, and the Donnan potent…
Efficient Removal of Methyl Red Dye by Using Bark of Hopbush
2022
Methyl red (MR) dye, one of the azo dyes, is mutagenic and its persistence has negative effects on the environment and people’s health. The current work is the first to demonstrate that methyl red dye can be removed effectively and sustainably, utilizing biomass derived from the bark of the Dodonaea viscosa (Hopbush) plant. The Hopbush bark shows effective adsorption of MR, upto 73%, under optimized conditions in an aqueous medium. The experimental conditions were optimized by examining the effect of time, initial dye concentration, pH and ionic strength on the adsorption process in an aqueous medium. Maximum (i.e., 73%) adsorption of MR removal (500 ppm) was observed in highly acidic…
Strong Bonding of Single C60 Molecules to (1 × 2)-Pt(110): an STM/DFT Investigation.
2007
International audience; The interaction of single C60 molecules with the (1 × 2)-Pt(110) surface has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations on slab models. Molecules are observed to be frozen at room temperature and are found to be almost exclusively in the same configuration. Extensive DFT calculations show that this configuration is the global energy minimum, suggesting that adsorbed molecules have enough rototranslational freedom to escape from the numerous local minima. The adsorption energy (3.81 eV) is the strongest ever found for C60, and it is roughly proportional to the number of the Pt and C atoms at contact distance. Analysi…
Phosphonylation Controls the Protein Corona of Multifunctional Polyglycerol-Modified Nanocarriers.
2018
Nanocarriers are a platform for modern drug delivery. In contact with blood, proteins adsorb to nanocarriers, altering their behavior in vivo. To reduce unspecific protein adsorption and unspecific cellular uptake, nanocarriers are modified with hydrophilic polymers like poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). However, with PEG the attachment of further functional structures such as targeting units is limited. A method to introduce multifunctionality via polyglycerol (PG) while maintaining the hydrophilicity of PEG is introduced. Different amounts of negatively charged phosphonate groups (up to 29 mol%) are attached to the multifunctional PGs (Mn 2-4 kg mol-1 , Ð < 1.36) by post-modification. PGs are …
Controllable Nonspecific Protein Adsorption by Charged Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Thin Films
2015
Antifouling thin films derived from charged hyperbranched polyglycerol (hbPG) layers were fabricated and evaluated. The anionic hbPG (a-hbPG) monolayers and cationic hbPG/anionic hbPG (c/a-hbPG) bilayers were adsorbed on the underlying self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of cysteamine and 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3-MPA) by electrostatic interaction, respectively, and their procession was monitored by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR). The adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and fibrinogen on the premade a-hbPG and c/a-hbPG thin films was measured and the capability of these thin films to resist nonspecific protein adsorption was evaluated by SPR as well. It is observed that th…
Functionalized halloysite nanotubes for enhanced removal of lead(II) ions from aqueous solutions
2018
In this study, environmental friendly halloysite nanotubes and their amino derivatives were used as adsorbent materials for lead(II) ions. The adsorption ability of both nanomaterials towards Pb2+ ions has been studied in NaClaq, at I = 0.1 mol L−1, in the pH range 3–6. Moreover, the effect of ionic strength on the adsorption process was evaluated at the pH of maximum efficiency of the adsorbent materials. Kinetic and equilibrium experiments were carried out by using the Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (DP-ASV) technique to check the metal ion concentration in solution after contact with the two adsorbents. Different isotherm and kinetic equations were used to fit the experi…
A First-Principles Study of the Ag/a-Al2O3(0001) Interface
2001
Ab initio simulations of the Ag/a-Al2O3(0001) interface have been performed for periodic slab models. We have considered Al- and O-terminated corundum surfaces, low and high substrate coverages by silver, as well as the two preferred Ag adsorption sites. The two different terminations give rise to qualitatively different results: silver physisorption on the Al-terminated substrate and chemisorption on O-terminated one. The latter could be treated as a possible model for the defective Al-terminated substrate, where the outermost aluminium ions are removed (completely or partly). This makes O-terminated surface highly reactive towards a deposited metal, in order to restore initial corundum st…
Pore structural characteristics of mesostructured materials prepared under different conditions
2002
This paper presents an overview of the pore structural properties of different mesostructured materials prepared at room temperature, namely MCM-41, MCM-48 and MMS. The stability towards water vapour of some samples is inferred by XRD and nitrogen adsorption after and prior to water adsorption. It is shown that MMS materials are more stable than MCM-41. A new method for the stabilisation of MCM-41 using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in hexane as silicification agent is proposed and it is shown to be effective in stabilising the pore structure and to increase significantly the surface hydrophobicity.
Bypass flow, salinization and sodication in a cracking clay soil
2004
Abstract In Sicily, the increasing scarcity of good-quality waters is spreading irrigation with saline–sodic waters, thus enhancing the risk of soil secondary salinization and sodication. Sustainable management strategies are urgently needed in Sicily to prevent extent of salinization and sodication, thus preserving soil quality. Since irrigation is performed in cracking soils using irrigation systems involving high application rates, bypass flow of water and solutes occurs during irrigation. The objectives of this paper were (i) to investigate the process of Na–Ca exchange and subsequent salinization/sodication during bypass flow and (ii) to explore possibilities of using cyclic strategies…
Geostatistical Survey and Amelioration of an Inland Salt Affected Area in the Lake of Texcoco, Mexico
1999
The area formerly occupied by the Texcoco Lake, near Mexico City, was subjected to drainage since the past century, to prevent flooding of the city; however, the progressive desiccation and the geological origin of the area gave place to the appearance of strongly salt and sodium affected soils. Lacking vegetation, these soils are very susceptible to wind erosion, and has been attempted to provide the area with a plant cover, using mostly native species. However, there are extensive areas where the levels of salts and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) are so high that the introduction of plants has not been successful; in these places, some kind of amelioration is needed, but since a gen…