A facile biosynthesis route was followed to prepare zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using Euphorbia milii (E. milii) leaf constituents. The SEM images exhibited presence of spherical ZnO NPs and the corresponding TEM images disclosed monodisperse nature of the ZnO NPs with diameter ranges between 12 and 20 nm. The Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis revealed that the ZnO NPs have specific surface area of 20.46 m2/g with pore diameter of 2 nm–10 nm and pore volume of 0.908 cm3/g. The EDAX spectrum exemplified the existence of Zn and O elements and non-appearance of impurities that confirmed pristine nature of the ZnO NPs. The XRD pattern indicated crystalline peaks corresponding to hexagonal wurtzite structured ZnO with an average crystallite size of 16.11 nm. The FTIR spectrum displayed strong absorption bands at 512 and 534 cm?1 related to ZnO. The photocatalytic action of ZnO NPs exhibited noteworthy degradation of methylene blue dye under natural sunlight illumination. The maximum degradation efficiency achieved was 98.17% at an illumination period of 50 min. The reusability study proved considerable photostability of the ZnO NPs during photocatalytic experiments. These findings suggest that the E. milii leaf constituents can be utilized as suitable biological source to synthesis ZnO NPs for photocatalytic applications. 相似文献
The predominant idea for using network concepts to fight terrorists centers on disabling key parts of their communication
networks. Although this counternetwork strategy is clearly a sound approach, it is vulnerable to missing, incomplete, or erroneous
information about the network. This paper describes a different and complementary application of network concepts to terrorist
organizations. It is based on activity focus networks (AFNs), which represent the complex activity system of an organization.
An activity focus is a conceptual or physical entity around which joint activity is organized. Any organization has a number
of these, which are in some cases compatible and in some cases incompatible. The set of foci and their relations of compatibility
and incompatibility define the AFN. A hypothetical AFN for a terrorist organization is specified and tested in a simulation
called AQAS. It shows that certain activity foci, and in particular one combination, have high potential as pressure points
for the activity system. The AFN approach complements the counternetwork approach by reducing the downside risk of incomplete
information about the communication network, and enhancing the effectiveness of counternetwork approaches over time.
Steven R. Corman is Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University and Chair of the Organizational
Communication Division of the International Communication Association. His research interests include communication networks
and activity systems, high-resolution text and discourse analysis, and modeling and simulation of human communication systems. 相似文献
Safety considerations of TBM are part of the design process to ensure that the TBM do not adversely affect the safety of ITER. So accurate calculations of all radioactivity and potential harmfulness are very important for designing of device, selecting of blanket and shield material, analyzing of the safety and environment, disposing of nuclear waste and operation of the reactor. 相似文献
The activity coefficients of NaBr in the NaBr–NaPropionate–H2O and NaBr–NaButyrate–H2O systems were determined from EMF measurements at constant total ionic strength of 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 and 2.5 mol-kg–1 and at 25° C. The activity coefficients were fitted using Scatchard, Pitzer and Lim equations. Finally the excess Gibbs free energy of these mixtures were also calculated. 相似文献
Although photooxidation has previously been shown to be successful in removing organic contaminants from water, methods combining the rapid photooxidation of the desired contaminant with easy catalyst manipulation and removal are few and far between. In the absence of an easy means of catalyst removal, the photooxidation process becomes more costly and time consuming, and photocatalysis cannot be employed as an in situ method for the remediation of aqueous organic contaminants. In this study, the photocatalyst was added to an aqueous trichloroethylene (TCE) solution in the form of TiO2-coated buoyant microspheres. The solution, placed in a flow-cell photoreactor along with the buoyant catalyst, was irradiated with a UV-filtered Xenon light source. Limited sample sizes necessitated the development of a low-cost headspace GC/MS analysis method, utilizing a standard direct-injection autosampler. This analytical technique aptly monitored reaction progress and indicated that aqueous TCE concentration decreases by nearly 90% in the first hour of irradiation. Subsequent solvent extraction GC/MS analysis indicated that the TCE is initially sorbed by the photocatalyst spheres, but as irradiation continued, TCE is removed from the catalyst spheres surfaces. During the course of irradiation, the expected TCE mineralization product hydrochloric acid appeared, as indicated by a decrease in pH and ion chromatography analysis. The microsphere-born catalyst was easily removed from the treated solution by filtration. Thus, it is possible that a method for effective, low-cost in situ photooxidation of aqueous organic contaminants will be realized in the near future. 相似文献
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was adopted for the analytical characterization of composite titanium dioxide–poly(vinylidenefluoride) (TiO2–PVDF) films developed for applications in the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants.
The composites were deposited on glass substrates by casting or spin coating from TiO2–PVDF suspensions in dimethylformamide (DMF). XPS data on the TiO2–PVDF surface composition were used to optimize preparation conditions (composition of the TiO2/PVDF suspension, deposition technique) in terms of titanium dioxide surface amount and film stability.
The use of spin-coating deposition and the increase of TiO2 amount in the DMF suspensions were found to improve the titanium surface content, although high TiO2/PVDF ratios led to film instability. PVDF–TiO2 films were also used in preliminary photocatalytic degradation tests on isoproturon, a phenylurea herbicide, under solar UV irradiation; the results were compared to direct photolysis to evaluate the catalytic efficiency of immobilized TiO2 and the role played by the PVDF film during the degradation process. 相似文献