Controlling lead release due to uniform and galvanic corrosion - An evaluation of silicate-based inhibitors.

Silicates have been added to drinking water for decades, both to sequester iron/manganese and as a corrosion control treatment for lead. But the mechanisms by which they might act to limit lead release are not well understood. We evaluated the effects of two silicate formulations on lead release due to uniform and galvanic corrosion over a wide range of pH and dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations.

Impact of sodium silicate on lead release and colloid size distributions in drinking water.

Sodium silicates have been used in drinking water treatment for decades as sequestrants and corrosion inhibitors. For the latter purpose they are poorly understood, which presents a potential public health risk. We investigated a common sodium silicate formulation as a treatment for lead release and compared it to orthophosphate, a well-established lead corrosion control treatment.

Self-assembled metal colloid films: two approaches for preparing new SERS active substrates.

In this paper, we propose two new approaches for preparing active substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In the first approach (method 1), one transfers AgI nanoparticles capped by negatively charged mercaptoacetic acid from a AgI colloid solution onto a quartz slide and then deoxidizes AgI to Ag nanoparticles on the substrate. The second approach (method 2) deoxidizes AgI to Ag nanoparticles in a colloid solution and then transfers the Ag nanoparticles capped by negatively charged mercaptoacetic acid onto a quartz slide.

Effects of a central metal on the organization of 5,10,15,20-tetra-(p-chlorophenyl)-rare earth porphyrin hydroxyl compound at the air/water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett films.

Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of 5,10,15,20-tetra-(p-chlorophenyl) terbium/gadolinium porphyrin hydroxyl compound (TbOH and GdOH) and their mixtures with stearic acid (SA) in a molar ratio of 1:1 were investigated by Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis), and infrared (IR) spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). pi-A isotherms showed that well-defined Langmuir monolayers were formed at an air/water interface for the porphyrins and their mixture with SA. The BAM observations suggest that the pi-pi interaction between the GdOH molecules is stronger than that between the TbOH molecules.

Formation and stability of rare earth metalloporphyrin monolayer films on amino-terminated silanized quartz surfaces studied by ultraviolet-visible and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

We investigated the fabrication of self-assembled monolayers of 5,10,15,20-tetra-(p-chlorophenyl)-porphyrin metal hydroxyl compounds (MOH; M=Gd, Tb, Er, Lu) on amino-terminated silanized quartz surfaces using ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The orientation of MOH molecules in the films, the kinetics of the adsorption of MOH from a chloroform solution on an amino-terminated quartz substrate, and the stability of the metalloporphyrin films under natural light, UV light, and acidic and basic conditions were studied by UV-vis spectroscopy. The results indicate that the central metal is crucial in the formation of self-assembled porphyrin films and that the stability of the MOH SAMs also depends on the central metal.

Ultraviolet-visible and surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy studies on self-assembled metalloporphyrin films on organic monolayer-modified ultra-thin silver substrates.

A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) film of 5,10,15,20-tetra-(para-chlorophenyl)-porphyrin terbium (or lutetium) hydroxy compound (TbOH/LuOH) fabricated on a silver substrate premodified with a SAM of 4-mercaptopyridine (PySH) was studied by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. PySH can modify the substrate and deliver its pyridyl group pointing out from the silver surface. Thus, we can investigate the effects of the central metals of the metalloporphyrins in the formation of the composite films.

Novel method for preparing controllable and stable silver particle films for surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy.

A new surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate has been developed based on our previous study. Small silver nanoparticles on a quartz slide can be enlarged by using a mixture of commercially available reagents called Silver Enhancer and Initiator. The optical properties and characteristics of the new substrate have been investigated by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Raman spectroscopic investigation of the single-monolayer Langmuir-Blodgett film of C16NaphOH and C10AzoNaphC4N-SDS.

Raman spectra were measured for Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of C(16)NaphOH and C(10)AzoNaphC(4)N-SDS on Calcium Fluorite substrate for the first time. In order to find out favorable excitation condition, Raman spectra of the single and multi-monolayer LB films excited at different lines at 244, 514, 633 and 778 nm are recorded and compared in the present study. Raman spectrum of the monolayer LB film of C(16)NaphOH excited by 244 nm demonstrate that excellent signal to noise is achieved even for one monolayer LB film with an extremely short integrating time as 60 s because of being resonantly enhanced, while no meaningful spectra were recorded under the same condition for the monolayer LB film of C(10)AzoNaphC(4)N-SDS because of burning.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy study on the structure changes of 4-mercaptopyridine adsorbed on silver substrates and silver colloids.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of 4-mercaptopyridine (4-mpy) adsorbed on HNO3 etched silver foil, chemically deposited silver films (silver mirror) and silver colloids were measured. The SERS study has revealed that 4-mpy was adsorbed onto the three kinds of silver surfaces by a sulfur-silver bond with the plane of pyridine ring being normal to the silver substrates. The structure of 4-mpy adsorbed on the silver surfaces depends largely on the pH values of environment.