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Analysis of Mercury Pollution in Air in Urban Area of Riga Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
2015
Toxicity of mercury and its compounds is well known, and they are considered as substances of heightened concern. Though mercury is to some extent released into the environment by natural processes such as volcanic eruptions, additional releases from anthropogenic sources have increased the environmental exposure and deposition significantly. There are many commonly used items containing mercury, for instance, mercury light bulbs, switches, and mercury thermometers, the disposal of which into trashcans can cause an increase of mercury concentration in the air of the local area. The paper reports mercury pollution surveys performed in several districts of Riga (the capital of Latvia). Using …
FIA-AAS determination of salicylic acid by a solid-phase reactor of copper carbonate incorporated in polyester resin beads.
1994
Abstract The determination of salicylic acid was carried out by reaction of the drug with copper carbonate entrapped in a polymeric material in a solid-phase reactor; the released cupric ions were monitored by flame atomic absorption at 324.8 nm. The calibration graph is linear over the range 4.0–75 μg ml −1 of salicylic acid, with a relative standard deviation of less than 1.5% and a sample throughout of 257 h −1 . The influence of foreign compounds was studied and the method was applied to the determination of salicylic acid content in two different pharmaceutical formulations.
Effect of external basalt layers on durability behaviour of flax reinforced composites
2016
Abstract Aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of external layers of basalt-mat on the durability behaviour of flax reinforced epoxy composites. To this scope, long-term ageing tests were performed on two different laminates in critical environmental conditions. The first laminate, named Flax, was constituted by stacking ten layers of bidirectional flax fabrics. The second one, named Flax–Basalt, was produced by replacing two external flax layers with two layers of basalt mat for each side of the laminate. Both laminates were exposed to salt-fog environmental conditions, according to ASTM B 117 standard, for 60 days. Five samples per laminate were removed from salt-fog spray chamber…
Role of intermediate species in the formation of ion tracks in PADC: A review
2019
Abstract This review paper intends at identifying the early processes arising during the formation of a latent ion track in Poly Allyl Diglycol Carbonate (PADC). We briefly summarize the physical and chemical processes specific to the description of the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter. Then we gather published information in relation to PADC response regarding energy absorption and further transient species formation. Emphasis is given to the chemistry of radicals. Due to a lack of available data in relation with clearly identified unpaired electron carriers in PADC, we use data stemming from surrogate molecules. Based on such data we suggest mechanisms for the decomposition o…
J-aggregates prepared by adsorption at monolayer/water interfaces
1991
By adsorption of anionic cyanine dyes at positivly charged lipid monolayers large J-aggregates are formed. Absorption and fluorescence spectra are measured at the air/water interface during the crystallization process. The influence of the lipid/dye interaction on the aggregate structure is studied for two different systems. It is shown that the aggregate structure can be improved by growing crystals from a seed.
Amphiphilic dyes for NLO in LB-films
1991
The influence of structural variations of phenyl-hydrazones and stilbazium salts on monolayer behaviour and second-harmonic generation in LB-monolayers is discussed. In contrast to the stilbazium salts the variation of the substituents of the phenylhydrazones does not influence the absorption maximum of the dyes in resonance enhancement of the nonlinearity. This allows a direct comparison of the substitution pattern on SHG.
Studies on the structure of coumarin-modified dextran nanoparticles by fluorescence spectroscopy.
2012
The photophysical and photochemical characteristics of nano-scaled particles obtained via solvent displacement from coumarin-modified dextrans were studied by means of absorption- and fluorescence-spectroscopy. The environment-dependent fluorescence emission of the pendant 4-methyl-7-alkoxy coumarin groups was exploited as a probe to gain information about the inner structure of the polysaccharide based nanoparticles. Time-resolved fluorescence measurements showed that the particles had two domains of different polarity and it could be confirmed that the core of the nano-assemblies contained water. Moreover, preliminary experiments were carried out demonstrating the possibility to control t…
L -lysine and EDTA polymer mimics as resins for the quantitative and reversible removal of heavy metal ion water pollutants
2012
Traditional precipitation methods for inorganic micropollutant removal from waters are increasingly being replaced by sorption methods based on both natural and synthetic materials. In this context, two novel effective heavy metal ions absorbers are presented. These resins, LYMA and LMT85, were crosslinked poly(amidoamine)s carrying amine and carboxyl groups in their repeating units. In particular, the LYMA-repeating unit contains one carboxyl and two amine groups and is a mimic of L-lysine, whereas LMT85 contains two amine and five carboxyl groups and is a mimic of EDTA. Both resins were prepared at moderate cost by simple eco-friendly procedures. The heavy metal ion set adopted as benchma…
Pre- and post-modification of mixed cyclodextrin-calixarene co-polymers: A route towards tunability
2017
Various pre-modified and post-modified cyclodextrin-calixarene hyper-reticulated co-polymers were synthesized, fully characterized by different techniques (FT-IR, 13C{1H} CP-MAS and LGFS solid-state NMR, thermogravimetry, porosimetry), and tested to assess their absorption abilities as nanosponges. The construction of the polymer network was accomplished exploiting the well-known CuAAC reaction between two different heptakis-6-azido-β-cyclodextrins and two different propargyloxy-calix[4]arenes. Post-modification was aimed to achieve the presence of ionizable (acidic or basic) groups on the polymer framework. Sequestration tests towards two model pollutant molecules surprisingly showed that …
Concentration dependence of the electro-optical spectra from two-dimensional aggregated chromophore systems
1991
The linear and the quadratic Stark effects have been employed to characterize aggregate formation of an amphiphilic cyanine dye mixed with arachidic acid in various concentrations within Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. Two different electrode configurations with the electric field directions parallel and normal to the films have been employed to test the responses of the electronic spectra to external fields. The observations have been used to quantify the induced and static dipole moment changes on excitation of the chromophores. A comparison of the results obtained from different multilayer arrangements is suggestive of inter-layer couplings for the case of head-to-head configurations of t…