Hyperfine Interactions - The natural garnets from almandine (Fe3Al2Si3O12)–pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12) series with the iron to magnesium atomic ratio ranging from 0.2 to 1 were characterised and... 相似文献
A series of new [NiX(S2P{O-c-Hex}2)(PPh3)](X = Cl–, Br–, I– and NCS–)(1)–(4) and [Ni(NCS)(S2P{OR}2)(PPh3)][R =n-Pr (5), i-Pr (6)] complexes has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, f.i.r., i.r., u.v.–vis., 1H-, 13C{1H}- and 31P{1H}-n.m.r. spectra, magnetochemical and conductivity measurements. A single crystal X-ray analysis of [Ni(NCS)(S2P{O-n-Pr}2)(PPh3)](5) reveals the molecular structure of the complex and confirms a square-planar geometry around the central atom of nickel with the NCS anion coordinated via the nitrogen atom. 相似文献
Reactive species generated in the gas and in water by cold air plasma of the transient spark discharge in various N2/O2 gas mixtures (including pure N2 and pure O2) have been examined. The discharge was operated without/with circulated water driven down the inclined grounded electrode. Without water, NO and NO2 are typically produced with maximum concentrations at 50% O2. N2O was also present for low O2 contents (up to 20%), while O3 was generated only in pure O2. With water, gaseous NO and NO2 concentrations were lower, N2O was completely suppressed and HNO2 increased; and O3 was lowered in O2 gas. All species production decreased with the gas flow rate increasing from 0.5 to 2.2 L/min. Liquid phase species (H2O2, NO2 ̄, NO3 ̄, ·OH) were detected in plasma treated water. H2O2 reached the highest concentrations in pure N2 and O2. On the other hand, nitrites NO2 ̄ and nitrates NO3 ̄ peaked between 20 and 80% O2 and were associated with pH reduction. The concentrations of all species increased with the plasma treatment time. Aqueous ·OH radicals were analyzed by terephthalic acid fluorescence and their concentration correlated with H2O2. The antibacterial efficacy of the transient spark on bacteria in water increased with water treatment time and was found the strongest in the air-like mixture thanks to the peroxynitrite formation. Yet, significant antibacterial effects were found even in pure N2 and in pure O2 most likely due to high ·OH radical concentrations. Controlling the N2/O2 ratio in the gas mixture, gas flow rate, and water treatment time enables tuning the antibacterial efficacy.
Motivated by experimental investigations of electrical discharges in N2/CO2/H2O, Monte Carlo (MC) electron dynamics simulations in atmospheric
N2/CO2 mixtures were performed. The goal was to obtain electron energy distribution functions (EEDFs), mean free path, drift velocity,
collision frequency and mean energy of electrons,
rate coefficients of electron-impact reactions, ionisation and attachment coefficients, as functions of the reduced electric
field strength (E/N) and of the concentration of individual gas components. The results obtained by MC simulations were fitted
with polynomials of up to the 3rd order with reasonable accuracy for E/N above 80 Td.
The studied parameters below 80 Td were strongly non-linear as functions of E/N. This is mostly due to the influence of elastic
collisions of electrons with CO2 molecules prevailing in CO2-dominant mixtures for E/N < 40 Td, and vibrational excitation collisions of N2 species prevailing in N2-dominant mixtures for E/N from 40 to 80 Td. The effect of these electron-impact processes was specific for each of the studied
parameters. 相似文献
Due to the production and use of a multitude of chemicals in modern society, waters, sediments, soils and biota may be contaminated
with numerous known and unknown chemicals that may cause adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. Effect-directed analysis
(EDA), combining biotesting, fractionation and chemical analysis, helps to identify hazardous compounds in complex environmental
mixtures. Confirmation of tentatively identified toxicants will help to avoid artefacts and to establish reliable cause–effect
relationships. A tiered approach to confirmation is suggested in the present paper. The first tier focuses on the analytical
confirmation of tentatively identified structures. If straightforward confirmation with neat standards for GC–MS or LC–MS
is not available, it is suggested that a lines-of-evidence approach is used that combines spectral library information with
computer-based structure generation and prediction of retention behaviour in different chromatographic systems using quantitative
structure–retention relationships (QSRR). In the second tier, the identified toxicants need to be confirmed as being the cause
of the measured effects. Candidate components of toxic fractions may be selected based, for example, on structural alerts.
Quantitative effect confirmation is based on joint effect models. Joint effect prediction on the basis of full concentration–response
plots and careful selection of the appropriate model are suggested as a means to improve confirmation quality. Confirmation
according to the Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) concept of the US EPA and novel tools of hazard identification help
to confirm the relevance of identified compounds to populations and communities under realistic exposure conditions. Promising
tools include bioavailability-directed extraction and dosing techniques, biomarker approaches and the concept of pollution-induced
community tolerance (PICT).
Figure Toxicity confirmation in EDA as a tiered approach 相似文献
In this paper join-independent and meet-independent sets in a complete lattice are defined. The relations between them are presented and substructures of a complete lattice induced by such sets are investigated. 相似文献
Plasma medicine is a new field focusing on biomedical and clinical applications of cold gas plasmas, including their anticancer effects. Cold plasmas can be applied directly or indirectly as plasma-activated liquids (PAL). The effects of plasma-activated cell growth medium (PAM) and plasma-activated phosphate buffered saline (PAPBS) were tested, using a plasma pen generating streamer corona discharge in ambient air, on different cancer cell lines (melanoma A375, glioblastoma LN229 and pancreatic cancer MiaPaCa-2) and normal cells (human dermal fibroblasts HDFa). The viability reduction and apoptosis induction were detected in all cancer cells after incubation in PAL. In melanoma cells we focused on detailed insights to the apoptotic pathways. The anticancer effects depend on the plasma treatment time or PAL concentration. The first 30 min of incubation in PAL were enough to start processes leading to cell death. In fibroblasts, no apoptosis induction was observed, and only PAPBS, activated for a longer time, slightly decreased their viability. Effects of PAM and PAPBS on cancer cells showed selectivity compared to normal fibroblasts, depending on correctly chosen activation time and PAL concentration, which is very promising for potential clinical applications. This selectivity effect of PAL is conceivably induced by plasma-generated hydrogen peroxide. 相似文献