Degradation of Levofloxacin by a green zero-valent iron-loaded carbon composite activating peroxydisulfate system: Reactivity, products and mechanism.

In this study, a green zero-valent iron-loaded carbon composite (ZVI-SCG) was synthesized using coffee grounds and FeCl3 solution through two-steps method, and the synthesized ZVI-SCG was used in the activation of peroxydisulfate (PDS) to degrade Levofloxacin (LEX). Results revealed that ZVI-SCG exhibited a great potential for LEX removal by adsorption and catalytic degradation in the ZVI-SCG/PDS system, and 99% of LEX was removed in the ZVI-SCG/PDS system within 60 min. ZVI-SCG/PDS system showed a high reactivity toward LEX degradation under realistic environmental conditions.

The preparation of a flexible AuNP modified carbon cloth electrode and its application in electrochemical detection of Hg(ii) by continuous flow in environmental water.

In this article, a carbon cloth composite electrode modified with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was prepared by a facile in situ electrodeposition method and applied to the detection of mercury ions in water. With the optimized electrochemical detection conditions and methods, the limit of detection (LOD) was 0.6 μg L with the linearity ranging from 2 to 200 μg L by the SWSV detection method, and the electrode showed good repeatability after many cycles.

Fabrication of Metal-Organic Framework MOF-177 Coatings on Stainless Steel Fibers for Head-Space Solid-Phase Microextraction of Phenols.

Direct head-space solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) of phenols in water is usually difficult due to its polarity and solubility in aqueous matrix. Herein we report the fabrication of metal-organic framework MOF-177 coated stainless steel fiber for the HS-SPME of phenols (2-methylolphenol, 4-methylolphenol, 2,4-dimethylolphenol, 2,4-dichlorphenol, and 3-methyl-4-chlorophenol) in environmental water samples prior to the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection. Several parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were optimized in the experiment, including extraction temperature and time, the pH value and salt addition.

[Distribution Characteristics of Heavy Metals in Environmental Samples Around Electroplating Factories and the Health Risk Assessment].

This study aimed to investigate the pollution degree and human health risk of heavy metals in soil and air samples around electroplating factories. Soil, air and waste gas samples were collected to measure 8 heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn) in two electroplating factories, located in Baiyun district of Guangzhou city. Geoaccumulation index and USEPA Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS) were respectively carried out.

[Characteristics of speciation and evaluation of ecological risk of heavy metals in sewage sludge of Guangzhou].

Contents of heavy metals in different sewage sludges were analyzed and the speciation distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals were investigated, and the risk assessment code (RAC) and toxicity characteristic leaching procedure for solid waste were used to evaluate the potential ecological risk and leaching toxicity risk of heavy metals in sludge samples, respectively. The results showed that contents of Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn were high and presented a great difference by different sources in sewage sludges. Most of heavy metals existed in non-residual fractions and percentages of the mobile fraction (acid soluble fraction) of heavy metals in acidic sludge were higher.

A two-dimensional network containing an -Mn-O-C-O-Mn- chain: poly[diaqua[1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene][μ3-3-carboxy-5-(carboxylatomethoxy)benzoato]manganese(II)].

In the title compound, [Mn(C10H6O7)(C12H10N2)(H2O)2]n or [Mn(HOABDC)(bpe)(H2O)2]n [H3OABDC is 5-(carboxymethoxy)isophthalic acid and bpe is 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene], each Mn(II) cation is at the centre of a distorted octahedron formed by three carboxylate O atoms from three different HOABDC(2-) ligands, one pyridyl N atom from the terminal bpe ligand and two water molecules. The flexible oxyacetate group bound to a methylene C atom of the HOABDC(2-) ligand links the Mn(II) centres into -Mn-O-C-O-Mn- chains, and the carboxylate group bound directly to the benzene ring extends the chains into two-dimensional layers which lie parallel to the (010) plane and present herringbone patterns. Intermolecular O-H.

A fourfold interpenetrating diamondoid three-dimensional coordination polymer: poly[[[μ2-1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethene-κ2N:N'](μ2-5-hydroxyisophthalato-κ2O1:O3)zinc(II)] 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethene hemisolvate].

In the title compound, {[Zn(C8H4O5)(C12H10N2)]·0.5C12H10N2}n or {[Zn(HO-BDC)(bpe)]·0.5bpe}n [HO-H2BDC is 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid and bpe is 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethene], the asymmetric unit contains a Zn(II) atom, one HO-BDC ligand, one coordinated bpe ligand and half a noncoordinating bpe molecule with crystallographic inversion symmetry.

Synthesis and optical properties of europium-complex-doped inorganic/organic hybrid materials built from oxo-hydroxo organotin nano building blocks.

Hybrid materials doped with novel europium complexes were synthesized using PMMA-co-Sn(12)Clusters (copolymers from oxohydroxo-organotin dimethacrylate and methylmethacrylate) as the matrix material. Two types of hybrid materials were obtained: the physically doped product, PMMA-co-Sn(12)Cluster/Eu(TTA)(3)phen, and the grafted product, PMMA-co-Sn(12)Cluster-co-[EuAA(TTA)(2)phen] (TTA = 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone, phen = phenanthroline and AA = acrylic acid). The hybrid materials exhibited characteristic luminescence of the Eu(3+) ions, and also showed relative especial optical properties compared with samples just using PMMA as the matrix material.