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Environ Sci Technol 2021 Apr 21. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, United States.

Extensive use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has caused their ubiquitous presence in natural waters. One of the standard practices for PFAS removal from water is adsorption onto granular activated carbon (GAC); however, this approach generates a new waste stream, i.e. Read More

Environ Sci Process Impacts 2021 Apr 21. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China. and College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

There are two popular methods to measure reactive phosphorus (P) and total P: the GB11893-89 method in China and the 4500-P E method of the APHA in the US. However, their drawbacks, including long reaction time and narrow linear range, cannot satisfy the demand for modern analytic techniques. Here, based on reducing the acidity of the molybdenum blue (MB) reaction, and then stabilizing with EDTA, we have developed a novel method (WH-flags) to quickly measure both reactive P and total P. Read More

Dev Cell 2021 Apr 13. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA. Electronic address:

Mammalian inner ear and fish lateral line sensory hair cells (HCs) detect fluid motion to transduce environmental signals. Actively maintained ionic homeostasis of the mammalian inner ear endolymph is essential for HC function. In contrast, fish lateral line HCs are exposed to the fluctuating ionic composition of the aqueous environment. Read More

Nano Lett 2021 Apr 20. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.

The control of morphology in bioinspired chromophore assemblies is key to the rational design of functional materials for light harvesting. We investigate here morphological changes in perylene monoimide chromophore assemblies during thermal annealing in aqueous environments of high ionic strength to screen electrostatic repulsion. We found that annealing under these conditions leads to the growth of extra-large ribbon-shaped crystalline supramolecular polymers of widths from about 100 nm to several micrometers and lengths from 1 to 10 μm while still maintaining a unimolecular thickness. Read More

ChemSusChem 2021 Apr 20. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Shaanxi University of Science and Technology Xi'an Campus: Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Enginning, CHINA.

Visible-light-induced C-H aerobic oxidation is a kind of important chemical transformations, which can be applied for the synthesis of aromatic ketones. High-cost catalysts and toxic solvents were generally needed in the present methodologies. Here, an efficient aqueous C-H aerobic oxidation protocol was reported. Read More