Photocatalytic performance and interaction mechanism of reverse micelle synthesized Cu-TiO nanomaterials towards levofloxacin under visible LED light.

The degradation performance of Cu-TiO nanomaterials towards levofloxacin (LFX) antibiotic was investigated under an environmentally benign visible LED light source. Cu-TiO nanomaterials were prepared using the reverse micelle sol-gel method with different copper content ranging from 0.25 to 1.

Effect of top soil wettability on water evaporation and plant growth.

In general, agricultural soil surfaces being hydrophilic in nature get easily wetted by water. The water beneath the soil moves through capillary effect and comes to the surface of the soil and thereafter evaporates into the surrounding air due to atmospheric conditions such as sunlight, wind current, temperature and relative humidity. To lower the water loss from soil, an experiment was designed in which a layer of hydrophobic soil was laid on the surface of ordinary hydrophilic soil.