Sustainable urea treatment by environmental-friendly and highly hydrophilic vesicle-like iron phosphate-based carbon.

Despite the versatile potential applications of urea, its unfavorable characteristics for conventional treatment methods hinder its utilization. Therefore, this study developed vesicle-like iron phosphate-based carbon (IP@C400) as a breakthrough urea removal and recovery material for a wide range of urea-containing sources. IP@C400 rapidly exhibited an exceptional capacity (2242 mg/g in 1 h) across a wide range of pH, even in synthetic hemodialysis wastewater with high urea concentrations and diverse co-existing components, compared with the 60 prominent adsorbents.

The Use of a Production Function to Evaluate Caribbean Ocean Health Conflicts and Economic Development: Policy Implications.

Central American and Caribbean (CAC) countries enjoy diverse marine environments. The oceans that enclose these coastlines contribute significantly to their economic growth. Industrial expansion and tourism place pressure on the marine ecosystems causing a decline in ocean health.

Advanced Silicon Chemistry in Australia: Forming Strong Links with Asia.

This paper details Australian commercial and academic silicon research. Areas of interest include silicon metal, polysiloxane polymers, copolymers, cyclics, emulsions, microemulsions, silanes, silane coupling agents, sol-gel chemistry and water-treatments, porous silicon, polysiloxane degradation, silicon hydrogel contact lenses, silanolate synthesis, siloxane interfacial polymerisation, hydrosilylation, polysiloxane electrolytes for lithium ion batteries, silanes for PBX materials, octafunctionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), POSS hybrids, sol-gel hydrogenation catalysts, silane modification of silica, sol-gel energy storage, silicate grout stabilisation, GeoPolymer concretes, aerogel insulating foams, "Phaco-Ersatz" Accommodating Gel-Intraocular Lens technologies. Strong collaborative opportunities, in silicon, with Asia, exist with organisations such as: 1) The Asian Silicon Society and 2) The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) Indonesia.