Electroosmotic flow behaviour of metal contaminated expansive soil

It is important to study the flow behaviour through soil during electrokinetic extraction of contaminants to understand their removal mechanism. The flow through the expansive soil containing montmorillonite is monitored during laboratory electrokinetic extraction of heavy metal contaminants. The permeability of soil, which increases due to the presence of contaminants, is further enhanced during electrokinetic extraction of contaminants due to osmotic permeability. The variations in flow rates through the soil while the extracting fluid is changed to dilute acetic acid (used to control the increase of pH) and EDTA solution (used to desorb the metal ions from soil) are studied. The trends of removal of contaminants vis-a-vis the changes in the flow through the soil during different phases of electrokinetic extraction are established. Chromium ions are removed by flushing of water through the soil and increased osmotic flow is beneficial. Removal of iron ions is enhanced by induced osmotic flow and desorption of ions by electrokinetic processes.     

Agro-improving method of phytoextracting heavy metal contaminated soil

Phytoextraction of heavy metal contaminated soils is a promising remediation technology. Till now, more than several hundreds of hyperaccumulators or non-hyperaccumulators which can be used to clean polluted soils with heavy metals have been reported. However, phytoextraction is still not extensively applied. Thus, some measurements should be taken to improve phytoremediation. This paper introduced the basic mechanisms of phytoextration, its main restrictive factors, its relationship with agricultural technology and some agricultural improvement methods. We suggested that unavailable heavy metal activation, crop breeding, seed-coating and felicitous utilization of fertilizer and water, as well as the use of two-phase planting may be important and indispensable paths for phytoextraction to be widely applied at a commercial level in the future.     

Effects of organic complexing ligands and soil organic matter on the metal adsorption/migration in soil

Abstract

The adsorption of heavy metals on soil from the Neihu Landfill Site in Taipei City was investigated in order to assess the ground water pollution problems. The effects of soil organic matter and the behaviors of organic complexing ligands like EDTA and humic acid to the overall adsorption process were studied and discussed. In explaining the results, the pH of soil system and the properties of the soil/aqueous interface were chosen as two significant and interacting factors for discussion. The concept of the specific adsorption mechanism was also demonstrated and discussed. The results showed that the complexing ligands existing in soil liquid phase have more influences than natural organic matter does. The competitive sequences of different organic matter contents indicated that organic functional sites preferentially bind with Cu and Cd. The presence of EDTA and humic acid which formed ligandlike complexes will reduce Cd adsorption efficiency. These effects will induce mobility and the fate of heavy metals in soils, such as bioavailability.     

Stabilization of an elevated heavy metal contaminated site

Heavy metal contamination is a common problem that is encountered at many uncontrolled sites. Immobilization is seen as a promising technology for heavy metal remediation. Here, we report a remediation case study of an elevated and multi-metal contaminated site containing Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn. In a laboratory test, when the soil was stabilized with reagent grade stabilizers (CaHPO(4) and CaCO(3)), the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) extractable concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were reduced by more than 87%. The greatest reduction was shown with Pb (99.8%). In the field, Ca(H(2)PO(4))(2) due to lower cost and higher solubility replaced CaHPO(4). The TCLP results of the field treatment showed that the extractable concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were significantly reduced after 30 days of stabilization. The reduction ratios were 98% (Cd), 97% (Cu), 99% (Pb), and 96% (Zn). Although, the reduction ratio of Ni was only 65%, the average extractable concentration was still less than 4.0mg/l. The percent reduction can, therefore, be considered reasonable. The significant reduction of extractable metal concentrations showed that the stabilizers, a combination of Ca(H(2)PO(4))(2) and CaCO(3), successfully immobilized heavy metals on the site.     

MOFs材料合成及其对有机气体吸附研究进展

讨论了金属有机骨架(MOFs)材料的不同合成方法,并结合国内外研究现状分别分析了IRMOFs、MILs、ZIFs和PCN等系列MOFs材料对有机气体吸附的研究进展,比较其性能及分析研究中的难点,对MOFs材料在有机气体吸附领域的应用进行了展望。     

Remediation of soil contaminated with the heavy metal (Cd2+)

Soil contamination by heavy metals is increasing. The biosorption process for removal of the heavy metal Cd(2+) from contaminated soil is chosen for this study due to its economy, commercial applications, and because it acts without destroying soil structure. The study is divided into four parts (1) soil leaching: the relationships between the soil leaching effect and agitation rates, solvent concentrations, ratios of soil to solvent, leaching time and pH were studied to identify their optimum conditions; (2) adsorption Cd(2+) tests of immobilized Saccharomycetes pombe beads: different weight percentages of chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol (PVAL) were added to alginate (10 wt.%) and then blended or cross-linked by epichlorohydrin (ECH) to increase their mechanical strength. Next, before blending or cross-linking, different weight percentages of S. pombe 806 or S. pombe ATCC 2476 were added to increase Cd(2+) adsorption. Thus, the optimum beads (blending or cross-linking, the percentages of chitosan, PVAL and S. pombe 806 or S. pombe ATCC 2476) and the optimum adsorption conditions (agitation rate, equilibrium adsorption time, and pH in the aqueous solution) were ascertained; (3) regeneration tests of the optimum beads: the optimum beads adsorbing Cd(2+) were regenerated by various concentrations of aqueous HCl solutions. The results indicate that the reuse of immobilized pombe beads was feasible; and (4) adsorption model/kinetic model/thermodynamic property: the equilibrium adsorption, kinetics, change in Gibbs free energy of adsorption of Cd(2+) on optimum beads were also investigated.     

Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil washing residues with amino polycarboxylic acids

Removal of Cu, Pb, and Zn by the action of the two biodegradable chelating agents [S,S]-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (EDDS) and methylglycinediacetic acid (MGDA), as well as citric acid, was tested. Three soil samples, which had previously been treated by conventional soil washing (water), were utilized in the leaching tests. Experiments were performed in batches (0.3 kg-scale) and with a WTC-mixer system (Water Treatment Construction, 10 kg-scale). EDDS and MGDA were most often equally efficient in removing Cu, Pb, and Zn after 10–60 min. Nonetheless, after 10 d, there were occasionally significant differences in extraction efficiencies. Extraction with citric acid was generally less efficient, however equal for Zn (mainly) after 10 d. Metal removal was similar in batch and WTC-mixer systems, which indicates that a dynamic mixer system could be used in full-scale. Use of biodegradable amino polycarboxylic acids for metal removal, as a second step after soil washing, would release most remaining metals (Cu, Pb and Zn) from the present soils, however only after long leaching time. Thus, a full-scale procedure, based on enhanced metal leaching by amino polycarboxylic acids from soil of the present kind, would require a pre-leaching step lasting several days in order to be efficient.     

金属有机骨架和共价有机骨架及其衍生物用于超级电容器电极材料的研究进展

金属有机骨架(MOFs)和共价有机骨架(COFs)是一系列结晶多孔材料.由于其高度有序的结构、高的表面积、可调的孔径和拓扑结构、富含氧化还原活性位点的连续骨架,MOFs和COFs及其衍生物在储能领域引起了广泛关注.为了制造高性能超级电容器电极,MOFs和COFs及其衍生物具有结构稳定性好、氧化还原活性位点丰富和电子导电...     

Role of organic amendments on enhanced bioremediation of heavy metal(loid) contaminated soils

As land application becomes one of the important waste utilization and disposal practices, soil is increasingly being seen as a major source of metal(loid)s reaching food chain, mainly through plant uptake and animal transfer. With greater public awareness of the implications of contaminated soils on human and animal health there has been increasing interest in developing technologies to remediate contaminated sites. Bioremediation is a natural process which relies on soil microorganisms and higher plants to alter metal(loid) bioavailability and can be enhanced by addition of organic amendments to soils. Large quantities of organic amendments, such as manure compost, biosolid and municipal solid wastes are used as a source of nutrients and also as a conditioner to improve the physical properties and fertility of soils. These organic amendments that are low in metal(loid)s can be used as a sink for reducing the bioavailability of metal(loid)s in contaminated soils and sediments through their effect on the adsorption, complexation, reduction and volatilization of metal(loid)s. This review examines the mechanisms for the enhanced bioremediation of metal(loid)s by organic amendments and discusses the practical implications in relation to sequestration and bioavailability of metal(loid)s in soils.     

三芳胺类空穴传输材料研究新进展

综述了广泛应用于有机光电器件的三芳胺类空穴传输材料的研究新进展,探讨了该类材料的分子设计思想,并对其分子结构与性能关系作了概述。     

双过渡金属杂原子介观催化材料的制备及在有机合成中的应用

以煅烧偏高岭土为硅源，Na2MoO4为钼源，ZrO2为锆源，十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（CTAMB）为结构导向剂，利用水热法合成了规则六方结构的Zr-Mo-MCM-41介观催化材料。红外（FTIR）分析表明，799cm^-1处出现的伸缩振动峰可能为Zr-O键和Mo-O键的重叠峰。扫描电镜分析表明，合成的Zr-Mo-MCM-41催化材料的分散性能好，平均粒径在400nm左右且其颗粒为球形，这与X射线衍射（XRD）和激光粒度分析结果相一致．N2吸附脱附曲线研究表明，催化材料具有明显的介孔结构特征，孔径分布窄，在3．3nm左右。以H2O2为氧化剂，环戊烯环氧化反应作为探针反应，结果表明高有序介观催化材料Mo-Zr-MCM-41，与单一的杂原子Mo-MCM-41和Zr-MCM-41催化剂相比，在催化性能、水热稳定性、循环使用次数等方面得到明显改善，体现了双金属的催化协同效应。     

卟啉类光电功能材料的研究进展

卟啉及其衍生物是一类具有优良的光电性能的有机半导体材料．引起人们广泛的关注。本文对卟啉类光电材料在模拟生物光合作用中心的光致电荷转移和能量转移，有机太阳能电池．分子光电器件。有机电致发光和光存储等领域的研究进展做一简要介绍。     

咔唑衍生物在有机电致发光材料中的研究进展

综述了近几年来咔唑衍生物在有机电致发光材料中的研究进展,包括提高玻璃化转变温度、提高光量子产率、开发白光OLED材料和AIE效应材料等方面的研究进展情况.     

Pre- and post-cyclic behaviour of an unsaturated clayey soil contaminated with crude oil

Besides adverse impacts on the environment, pollution with hydrocarbon compounds such as crude oil affects the geotechnical parameters like deformation modulus and shear strength. The present research involves evaluation of clayey soil properties changes in an unsaturated state due to application of cyclic loads before and after contamination with crude oil. A series of constant water content (CW) static and dynamic triaxial tests were conducted on samples that were compacted to the same dry density but different degrees of saturation and net confining pressures. The soil studied was provided from a place near an oil refinery located in Iran’s capital city and was artificially polluted with 3%, 6% and 9% crude oil. Deformation modulus reduction due to cyclic loads application was considerably more than reduction of shear strength. Also, these parameters increased due to increasing net confining pressure and initial matric suction. Several chemical tests and techniques were employed to investigate the chemical variations in soil structure and the role of different chemical components of crude oil on quantitative variations of soil characteristics.     

Effect of different extraction agents on metal and organic contaminant removal from a field soil

This paper presents an evaluation of different extracting solutions for the removal of phenanthrene, lead and zinc from a contaminated soil obtained from a former manufactured gas plant site. The field soil contained 50%-88% sand, 11%-35% fines, 2.7%-3.7% organic matter and high concentrations of phenanthrene (260 mg/kg), lead (50.6 mg/kg) and zinc (84.4 mg/kg). A series of batch extraction experiments were conducted using the field soil with different extracting solutions at various concentrations to investigate the removal efficiency and to optimize the concentration of each extractant. The results showed that removal efficiencies of different flushing systems were significantly influenced by their affinity and selectivity for the contaminants in the soil matrix. Non-ionic surfactants (Igepal CA720 and Tween 80) were found to be effective in removing phenanthrene, but they were ineffective in removing lead and zinc. Chelating agents (ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid, EDTA and diethylene triamine penta acetic acid, DTPA) and selected acids were effective in removing lead and zinc, but they were ineffective for the phenanthrene removal. Co-solvents and cyclodextrins were not effective for removal of any of the contaminants. A sequential use of the 0.2 M EDTA followed by 5% Tween 80 or 5% Tween 80 followed by 1 M citric acid was found to be effective for the removal of lead, zinc, and phenanthrene. Overall, it can be concluded that sequential use of different extracting solutions is required for the removal of both heavy metals and organics from field contaminated silty sand soils.     

Porous graphitic materials obtained from carbonization of organic xerogels doped with transition metal salts

Porous carbons with a well developed graphitic phase were obtained via the pyrolysis of FeCl₃-, NiCl₂-, and CoCl₂-doped organic xerogels. Doping was realized through salt solubilization in a water/methanol solution of resorcinol and furfural. Carbon xerogels with tailored particles, porous morphology and various degrees of graphitization were obtained depending of the water/methanol ratio and the salt content and type in the starting solution of substrates. When obtained via pyrolysis, carbon xerogels retain the overall open-celled structure exhibiting depleted microporosity and a well-developed mesoporic region that expands into macropores. The removal of metal leads to carbon xerogels with specific surface areas between 170 and 585 m²/g and pore volume up to 0·76 cm³/g. The possibility of enhancing the porosity of xerogels via templating with colloidal silica was also investigated. It was assumed that from the three investigated salts, FeCl₃ makes the best choice for graphitization catalyst precursor to obtain uniformly graphitized mesoporous carbon xerogels. The obtained carbon samples were characterized by means of SEM, TEM, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, N₂ physisorption and thermogravimetric analysis.     

Zeolitic imidazolate metal organic framework-8 as an efficient pH-controlled delivery vehicle for zinc phthalocyanine in photodynamic therapy

To improve the aqueous solubility and cancer targeting of the photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT), we encapsulated the photosensitizer in a biocompatibility and pH-sensitive drug delivery system, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks-8 (ZIF-8) nanospheres. Powder X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy show that our nanospheres are uniform and single-crystalline particles. Owing to the cleavage of zinc–ligand coordination bonds, more ZnPc–COOH were released much faster in the mild acidic conditions (pH 5.0 and 6.0) in comparison with physiological environment (pH 7.4). By incorporating ZnPc–COOH in ZIF-8, our nanospheres exhibited high singlet oxygen quantum yield and intracellular ROS generation. Cell viability experiments toward HepG2 cells demonstrated the low toxicity of ZIF-8 and the good anticancer efficacy of the nanospheres with low IC₅₀ values (4.2–4.9 μg/mL) under light illumination (670 nm, 1.5 J/cm²). Collectively, these results suggested that our nanospheres are the promising pH-responsive drug delivery systems for PDT.     

Syntheses of novel bis-terpyridine and cyclic phenylazomethine as organic modules in organic-metallic hybrid materials

As novel organic modules in organic-metallic hybrid materials, we synthesized bromo-substituted bis-terpyridines and cyclic phenylazomethine. Bromo-substituted bis-terpyridines were prepared via condensation of aromatic dienones with bromo-substituted pyridinium salt in the presence of ammonium acetate. On the other hand, cyclic phenylazomethine was obtained during dehydration of an aromatic amine with an aromatic ketone in the presence of titanium tetrachloride as a Lewis acid. Since these organic modules have multi-coordination sites and high coordination ability for metal ions such as iron and cobalt ions, organic-metallic hybrid materials were formed by complexation of these organic modules with metal ions. Electrochemical properties of the hybrid materials were investigated using cyclic voltammetry.