Fabrication of AgO/Ag decorated ZnAl-layered double hydroxide with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity for tetracycline degradation.

The photocatalytic performance of layered double hydroxides (LDH) is usually confined to the slow interface mobility and high recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pairs in material. To overcome the low photocatalytic efficiency, novel AgO/Ag decorated LDH (LDH-AgO/Ag) was successfully synthesized by depositing AgO on the surface of LDH and then converted to Ag° nanoparticles in the right position after heat treatment. The as-synthesized LDH-AgO/Ag composites were characterized by Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-vis DRS), photoluminescence spectra (PL) and transient photocurrent (TPC) analysis.

Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment for children near a large Cu-smelter in central China.

Nonferrous metallurgy is causing significant concerns due to its emissions of heavy metals into environment, degrading environmental quality, and consequently posing high risks to human health. In this study, the concentration levels of Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), and Arsenic (As) were investigated in soil, crop, well water, and fish samples collected around the Daye Copper Smelter in Hubei province, China, and the potential health risks were assessed for local children. The results showed that soils near the smelter were heavily polluted by Cd, Cu, Pb, and As, with the mean concentrations of 4.

[Sorption of nitrobenzene to anionic surfactant modified layered double hydroxides].

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) modified MgAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized at different surfactant concentrations (0.5-2.0 TAEC) by the co-precipitation method.

[Sorption of phenol and nitrobenzene in water by CTMAB/CPAM organobentonites].

A series of cetyltrimethyl amonium bromide bentonite (C-Bt), cationic polyacrylamide bentonite (P-Bt) and composite organobentonite (C/P-Bt) were synthesized by modifying bentonite with cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTMAB) and/or cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM). The basal spacings of the obtained organobentonites were analyzed with XRD. The sorption capacities of phenol and nitrobenzene to these organobentonites from water were examined.

[Growth inhibition and mechanism of cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride on Chlorella vulgaris].

Growth inhibition of cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CTAC), a cationic surfactants, on Chlorella vulgaris was investigated at batch culture in laboratory. Furthermore, the corresponding mechanisms were studied by the determination of absorption capacity, Zeta potential, activity of acid phosphatase and ultrastructure of algae. Results show that the growth inhibition by CATC is enhanced with its concentration increasing from 0.

[Simultaneous sorption of aqueous phenanthrene and phosphate onto bentonites modified with AlCl3 and CTMAB].

Inorganic-organic bentonites (Al-CTMAB-Bent) were synthesized by modifying bentonites with AlCl3 and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTMAB). Simultaneous sorption of aqueous phenanthrene and phosphate onto Al-CTMAB-Bent were examined. Removal rates of phenanthrene and phosphate from water are 96.