纳米片自组装原位N掺杂(BiO)2CO3分级微球的可控合成及其优异可见光催化性能

以二氰二胺和柠檬酸铋为原料,采用一步水热法合成原位N掺杂(BiO)2CO3纳米片自组装分等级微球结构。采用XRD、SEM、XPS、FT-IR、UV-Vis DRS和PL等对合成的材料进行表征,结果表明,不同二氰二胺加入量会对(BiO)2CO3的形貌结构、禁带宽度以及电子-空穴复合率产生显著影响。二氰二胺在水热过程水解柠檬酸铋,同时N原子原位掺杂进入(BiO)2CO3晶格。N掺杂使(BiO)2CO3的光响应范围大幅拓展至可见光,通过价带XPS获得了掺杂N元素减小(BiO)2CO3禁带宽度的证据。在可见光照射下,原位N掺杂(BiO)2CO3分等级微球结构表现出对液相罗丹明B和气相NO优异的可见光催化降解活性,高于N掺杂TiO2和C掺杂TiO2。研究结果对拓展N掺杂作用向非TiO2体系的转变具有重要意义。     

Cu/La共掺杂TiO2光催化氧化水中的氨氮

采用水解-沉淀法制备了Cu/La共掺杂纳米TiO2催化剂,利用XRD、XPS和BET技术对其进行表征,并考察了在紫外灯下,共掺杂TiO2对氨氮的光催化氧化工艺条件。物相结构和比表面积测试结果表明,共掺杂催化剂具有较好的锐钛矿晶型,孔径分布为4～8 nm,Cu/La共掺杂TiO2La以La3+,Cu是以Cu2+、Cu+的形式掺杂进入TiO2的晶格。光催化实验表明:所得改性光催化剂对氨氮的去除及焦化废水的处理均具有较高的催化活性。     

V/Ce共掺杂TiO2光催化降解甲醛的实验研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了不掺杂、V掺杂、Ce掺杂、V/Ce共掺杂纳米TiO2光催化剂,并将其分别负载于瓷砖上,利用X射线衍射分析（XRD）和扫描电镜分析（SEM）技术对薄膜样品的结构和形貌进行了表征。通过对甲醛的降解实验评价光催化剂的光催化活性。实验结果表明,光催化剂的负载量、共掺杂离子的掺杂量、掺杂配比、煅烧温度影响纳米TiO2的光催化活性。V/Ce共掺杂TiO2光催化剂产生了协同效应,其光催化活性优于纯TiO2和单掺杂TiO2样品。     

TiO2纳米管的水热合成表征及其光催化性能研究

采用水热化学反应的方法制备了TiO2纳米管,并采用TEM、XRD等分析手段对TiO2纳米管的形貌和晶相进行了表征,对比了管与粉的光催化性能.结果表明,采用该方法制得的TiO2纳米管的管径小、管形均匀,TiO2纳米管的光催化性能明显高于TiO2纳米粉.     

不同制备条件对TiO2薄膜形貌结构、晶体结构及光电催化性能的影响

采用阳极氧化法以HNO3/乙二醇/水为电解液制备不同形貌特征的TiO2薄膜,研究阳极氧化电压、氧化时间和退火温度等参数对TiO2薄膜形貌结构的影响,并利用一级动力学反应进一步探究不同制备条件对光电催化活性的影响.利用场发射扫描电镜(SEM)对TiO2纳米薄膜形貌结构进行表征,并通过X射线衍射(XRD)分析TiO2纳米薄膜的晶相组成、晶粒尺寸.结果表明,不同制备条件对TiO2纳米薄膜的形貌结构有着显著的影响.阳极氧化电压与氧化时间交互影响其形貌结构和光催化活性.当阳极氧化电压为40 V、氧化10 rin,500℃退火1h制备得到的TiO2纳米薄膜光电催化活性最高.     

Ag~+-TiO_2/AC复合材料的可见光吸附-光催化协同作用

采用水热法制备活性炭负载银掺杂纳米Ti O2复合材料(Ag+-Ti O2/AC),对样品进行了TEM、XRD、FT-IR和UV-Vis表征,分析了Ag+-Ti O2/AC的微结构、吸收谱特性和掺杂银离子后的半导体带隙变化,并研究了其在可见光下对甲基橙溶液(MO)的降解性能。结果表明,水热法不需要高温处理即可得到高活性的锐钛矿相纳米Ti O2,Ag+掺杂和AC负载均明显提高Ti O2光催化剂的光催化活性,在可见光下光照180 min,0.2 g/L的Ag+-Ti O2/AC对10 mg/L的甲基橙溶液的降解率为73.7%,主要由于存在持续的活性炭局域强吸附-Ti O2光催化降解协同作用,明显提高了甲基橙的降解效率。     

Cu(Ⅱ)-AgNbO3紫外光催化亚甲基蓝脱色性能研究

采用浸渍法制备了Ca(Ⅱ)-AgNbO3光催化剂,并运用XRD、FT-IR、DRS、XPS和SEM对催化剂进行表征和分析.实验以亚甲基蓝为模拟污染物,在紫外光下考察Cu(Ⅱ)掺杂对AgNbO3光催化效果的影响.分析显示,掺杂Cu(Ⅱ)后AgNbO3晶型及表面形貌没有发生变化,但在可见光区的吸光度得到有效提高.光催化脱色结果表明,当Cu(Ⅱ)的掺杂量为2%(质量比),热处理温度为300℃,催化剂用量为1 g/L,亚甲基蓝初始浓度为10 mg/L,溶液pH值为7.15时,Cu(Ⅱ)-AgNbO3紫外光催化亚甲基蓝脱色的效果最好,3 h后,亚甲基蓝脱色率可达97.1%.     

N-TiO2/rGO纳米材料可见光下催化降解微囊藻毒素-LR的效果

以尿素、钛酸丁酯、氧化石墨烯为原料,采用水热法制备了N-TiO2/rGO复合纳米光催化剂,通过SEM、BET、XRD、Raman、FT-IR、UV-vis DRS等分析方法对催化剂进行了表征和分析,研究了该复合材料在可见光下对水中Microcystin-LR的降解动力学及相关反应机理.结果表明,相较未负载的N-TiO2...     

二氧化钛/碳纳米管/壳聚糖薄膜的制备及对苯的降解性能

研究了光催化降解挥发性有机化合物过程中催化剂二氧化钛/碳纳米管/壳聚糖薄膜的制备以及该催化剂对苯的光催化性能。首先采用溶胶-凝胶法制备纳米复合材料二氧化钛/碳纳米管,然后利用壳聚糖作为交联剂,制得二氧化钛/碳纳米管/壳聚糖复合材料催化薄膜。通过傅立叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、X射线衍射(XRD)透射电镜扫描(TEM)和紫外-可见光漫反射(UV-Vis)等技术分析了复合材料薄膜的组成、结构、形貌和对光的吸收性能,然后使用该催化剂对室内常见的污染物苯进行降解,并在同样的实验条件下,使用催化剂二氧化钛(P25)/壳聚糖对苯进行降解,对两者催化性能进行对比,结果表明,二氧化钛/碳纳米管/壳聚糖对苯有更强的吸附能力和更高的催化活性。     

ZnO/AgBr复合微纳米球的制备及其光催化降解罗丹明B的性能

使用简单丙三醇-水混合溶剂热法制备碱式碳酸锌微纳米球前驱物,经退火得到ZnO微纳米球,通过液相沉淀法把AgBr纳米颗粒固定在ZnO微纳米球表面,在AgBr和ZnO之间形成异质结,有效地增强了AgBr/ZnO复合物的光催化活性。利用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、能谱仪(EDS)与紫外可见分光光度计对样品物相、形貌、元素组成及光学性质进行表征。在可见光条件下,研究ZnO及不同AgBr的ZnO/AgBr复合材料的光催化活性,结果表明:循环修饰5次AgBr的ZnO微纳米球(AgBr颗粒负载质量分数为5%,5%-AZ)样品对罗丹明B的光催化降解性能最好;该复合材料的光催化可重复性使用结果显示,循环使用次数的增加,其光催化性能有下降的趋势。通过分析可知,在光照条件下AgBr的分解引起异质结构变化。     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.