Photodegradation of the pharmaceuticals amoxicillin, bezafibrate and paracetamol by the photo-Fenton process—Application to sewage treatment plant effluent

Photodegradation of the pharmaceuticals amoxicillin (AMX), bezafibrate (BZF) and paracetamol (PCT) in aqueous solutions via the photo-Fenton process was investigated under black-light and solar irradiation. The influences of iron source, initial H₂O₂ concentration and matrix (distilled water and sewage treatment plant effluent) on degradation efficiency were discussed in detail. The results showed that (i) the degradation of the drugs was favored in the presence of potassium ferrioxalate (FeOx) in comparison to Fe(NO₃)₃; (ii) the increase of the H₂O₂ concentration improved the efficiency of AMX and BZF oxidation; however, the same was not observed for PCT; (iii) the influence of the matrix was observed for the degradation of BZF and PCT; (iv) under solar irradiation, the oxidation of the BZF and PCT is faster than under black-light irradiation. All these pharmaceuticals can be efficiently degraded employing the process evaluated.     

Cyclohexanecarboxamide

The title compound, C₇H₁₃NO, forms R²₂(8) N—H...O hydrogen‐bonded dimers and C4 N—H...O‐linked chains, which are further stabilized by a C—H...O interaction. The combination of these interactions results in a hydrogen‐bonded network parallel to (100), with a motif that can be described by the secondary graph set R⁴₆(16). The existence of the same hydrogen‐bonding motif in 1‐phenylcyclopentanecarboxamide and 1‐(2‐bromophenyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide [Lemmerer & Michael (2008). CrystEngComm, 10 , 95–102 indicates that replacing the H atom on position 1 with a more bulky group does not necessarily disrupt the observed hydrogen‐bonding pattern. The presence of a C—H...O interaction to stabilize the R⁴₆(16) network does, however, seem to be required. In addition, the title compound is isomorphous with a previously published structure of cyclopentanecarboxamide [Winter et al. (1981). Acta Cryst. B 37 , 2183–2185].     

Bi-Lipschitz geometry of complex surface singularities

We discuss the bi-Lipschitz geometry of an isolated singular point of a complex surface with particular emphasis on when it is metrically conical.      

Local Lipschitz geometry of real weighted homogeneous surfaces

We compute Hölder Complexes, i.e. the complete bi-Lipschitz invariants, for germs of real weighed homogeneous algebraic or semialgebraic surfaces.     

On the determination of the Young’s modulus of thin films using indentation tests

The main difficulty with the characterization of thin coatings using depth-sensing indentation tests is related to the determination of the contributions of the substrate and the film to the measured properties. In this study, three-dimensional numerical simulations of the Vickers hardness test are used in order to examine the influence of the elastic and plastic properties of the substrate and the film on the composite’s Young’s modulus results. The hardness of the film is equal to or higher than the substrate hardness. A study of the stress distributions and the indentation geometry of composites, film/substrate, was performed, taking into account the relative mechanical properties of the film and substrate. In addition, stress evolution during indentation was studied, in order to quantify the critical indentation depth under which the substrate is not elastically deformed. The accurate evaluation of the Young’s modulus of the films using weight functions is also examined: some of these have previously been proposed and one was introduced for this study. Two different fitting procedures were used to compare the results obtained from eight fictive film/substrate combinations using six weight functions. The first procedure, commonly used, considers the substrate’s modulus as a known parameter in the fitting process. In the second, the film and the substrate’s modulus are considered as unknown variables that are calculated simultaneously during the fitting process. The validity of the conclusions obtained using the fictive materials was checked by applying the weight functions to four real composites.     

A combined Chapman-Enskog and Grad method. III. Polyatomic gases in magnetic fields

A kinetic theory is developed for rarefied polyatomic gases of spherical and rough molecules with rotational energy in the presence of an external constant magnetic field. A method of solution of Boltzmann equation that combines features of the methods of Chapman-Enskog and Grad is used to determine transport coefficients that depend on the external magnetic field (Senftleben-Beenakker effect). Received August 4, 1997     

超高效液相色谱-电喷雾离子源-串联三重四极杆质谱分析饮用水中的高氯酸盐

建立了超高效液相色谱-电喷雾离子源-串联三重四极杆质谱(UPLC-ESI MS/MS)分析饮用水中高氯酸盐的方法.以300Extend-C18为分析柱,10%甲醇水溶液为流动相,ESI MS/MS串联质谱为检测器,以多重反应监测(MRM)模式监测高氯酸盐m/z 99.5→82.9离子对.方法的线性范围为0.2 ～10 μg/L,相关系数为r2=0.999 9,方法检出限为0.15 μg/L,平均加标回收率为82%,相对标准偏差为4.4%.应用UPLC-ESI MS/MS法测定北京市部分城区饮用水中的高氯酸盐,其中5个水样中检出ClO-4,质量浓度为0.040 ～0.262 μg/L,但在安全阈值范围内,不会对居民健康构成威胁.     

CAN-mediated oxidations for the synthesis of xanthones and related products

Reaction of (2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)(2-hydroxyphenyl)methanone with ceric ammonium nitrate furnished the xanthone, 2,3-dimethoxy-9H-xanthen-9-one. Under the same conditions the related (1,4-dimethoxynaphthalen-2-yl)(2-hydroxyphenyl)methanone resulted in the formation of 12a-methoxy-5H-benzo[c]xanthenes 5,7(12aH)-dione. Other examples of this novel transformation are also outlined.     

Integrated optical temporal Fourier transformer based on a chirped Bragg grating waveguide

We experimentally demonstrate the first integrated temporal Fourier transformer based on a linearly chirped Bragg grating waveguide written in silica glass with a femtosecond laser. The operation is based on mapping the energy spectrum of the input optical signal to the output temporal waveform by making use of first-order chromatic dispersion. The device operates in reflection, has a bandwidth of 10 nm, and can be used for incident temporal waveforms as long as 20 ps. Experimental results, obtained through both temporal oscilloscope traces and Fourier transform spectral interferometry, display a successful Fourier transformation of in-phase and out-of-phase pairs of input optical pulses, and demonstrate the correct functionality of the device for both amplitude and phase of the temporal output.