Heavy metals contamination in vegetables irrigated with wastewater: a case study of underdeveloping regions of Pakistan.

Irrigation of food crops with untreated wastewater leads to the accumulation of heavy metals in their edible parts. Exposure to toxic elements through consumption of contaminated vegetables even at very low concentration is becoming a serious problem for human health in many countries. This issue of heavy metals contamination needs great attention especially in Pakistan where irrigation by wastewater has become a common practice in urban and periurban areas.

One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ternary 1T-MoS /Hexa-WO /Graphene Composites for High-Performance Supercapacitors.

A new ternary composite of 1T-molybdenum disulfide, hexagonal tungsten trioxide, and reduced graphene oxide (M-W-rGO) is synthesized by using a one-pot hydrothermal process. The synergetic effect of 1T-MoS and hexa-WO nanoflowers improves the electrochemical performance for supercapacitors by inducing additional active sites and hexagonal tunnels, respectively, which lead to high storage capacity and easy transfer of electrolyte ions. The ternary M-W-rGO composite has a high specific capacitance of 836 F g at 1 A g , which is nearly twice that of binary composites of M-rGO and W-rGO with high capacitance retention of 86.

Heterochelates of metals as an effective anti - Urease agents couple with their docking studies.

The current article discusses the activities of several synthesized metal heterochelates in in-vitro as anti-ulcer agents followed by their docking study. For this purpose, two important ligands like 8-hydroxyquinoline and DL-methionine were used in synthesis of heterochelates of metal including Cr (III), Mn (II), Fe (III), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II), Zn (II), Cd (II) and Pb (II). It was observed that these complexes showed excellent urease inhibition activities in which thiourea was the standard having IC value 21.

Convenient pH-responsive removal of Acid Black 1 by green l-histidine/iron oxide magnetic nanoadsorbent from water: performance and mechanistic studies.

This study was aimed at developing green histidine-modified FeO nanoparticles (His-MNPs) for the adsorptive removal of Acid Black 1 (AB1) from aqueous solution. The His-MNPs were characterized by atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, infra-red spectra and thermogravimetry. These MNPs were spherical (average diameter 11-28 nm) with polydispersity index of 1.

Fluorine-Free Synthesis of High-Purity Ti C T (T=OH, O) via Alkali Treatment.

MXenes, 2D compounds generated from layered bulk materials, have attracted significant attention in energy-related fields. However, most syntheses involve HF, which is highly corrosive and harmful to lithium-ion battery and supercapacitor performance. Here an alkali-assisted hydrothermal method is used to prepare a MXene Ti C T (T=OH, O).

Advanced oxidation of acridine orange by aqueous alkaline iodine.

The advanced oxidation process is certainly used for the dye waste water treatment. In this continuation a new advanced oxidation via aqueous alkaline iodine was developed for the oxidation of acridine orange (AO) {3, 6 -bis (dimethylamino) acridine zinc chloride double salt}. Oxidation Kinetics of AO by alkaline solution of iodine was investigated spectrophotometrically at λ 491 nm.

Reduction of methylene green by EDTA: a relation between dielectric constant of medium and activated state.

Kinetics of an alkaline reduction of the methylene green with ethylenediaminetetraaceticacid (EDTA) as a role of dielectric constant of the medium with anecdotal ionic strength in a diverse solvent system (aqueous mixtures of methanol) (10-30%) was studied by measuring the specific rate constant of the reaction spectrophotometrically at λ (max) = 660nm. An effort has been made to give an elucidation of vital role of dielectric constant of the medium captivating into reflection of single sphere and double sphere complex in reaction assortment. This investigation leads to disclose that single sphere complex of the dye and reductant was found to be the most suitable complex existed in a varied organic solvent.