Chemically Modified HKUST-1(Cu) for Gas Adsorption and Separation: Mixed-Metal and Hierarchical Porosity.

The archetypical metal-organic framework (MOF), HKUST-1, has been systematically modified in both its organic and inorganic building blocks to introduce diversity in the metal centers and create defects within the network, achieving a variety of bimetallic hierarchical structures. These modifications changed the affinity of the MOFs for acid gases. The introduction of bimetallic sites mostly affects CO adsorption, while the hierarchical structure generates an increase in SO uptake capacity, allowing better performance in the separation of binary mixtures of these gases near room temperature.

APTES functionalization in SBA-15: the effect on SO capture and detection applications.

The development of adsorbents for air pollutant remediation and effective monitoring is of interest. Then, the effect of the APTES functionalization ratio on the impact of the adsorption and detection of SO molecules was evaluated. The higher APTES functionalization material (SBA-15_6.

SBA15-Fluconazole as a Protective Approach Against Mild Steel Corrosion: Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Studies.

A SBA15-Fluconazole composite (SBA15-Flu) was prepared to formulate a self-healing coating for mild steel. The composite was obtained by dispersing SBA15 in a methanolic solution containing Fluconazole (Flu). The materials were characterized by using different techniques.

Effective mercury(II) bioremoval from aqueous solution, and its electrochemical determination.

This work proposed mercury elimination using agricultural waste (Allium Cepa L.). The biomass removed 99.

Chlorophyll a Covalently Bonded to Organo-Modified Translucent Silica Xerogels: Optimizing Fluorescence and Maximum Loading.

Chlorophyll is a pyrrolic pigment with important optical properties, which is the reason it has been studied for many years. Recently, interest has been rising with respect to this molecule because of its outstanding physicochemical properties, particularly applicable to the design and development of luminescent materials, hybrid sensor systems, and photodynamic therapy devices for the treatment of cancer cells and bacteria. More recently, our research group has been finding evidence for the possibility of preserving these important properties of substrates containing chlorophyll covalently incorporated within solid pore matrices, such as SiO₂, TiO₂ or ZrO₂ synthesized through the sol-gel process.

Fluorescence and Textural Characterization of Ortho-Amine Tetraphenylporphyrin Covalently Bonded to Organo-Modified Silica Xerogels.

Most of the studies performed with porphyrins involve these species functionalized with peripheral substituents lying on the same macrocyclic molecular plane. The main objective of this work deals with the successful preservation and optimization of the fluorescence of a uncommonly used porphyrin species, i.e.