APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Detection of toxic lanthanide and actinides in environmental and waste samples Detection and quantification of f-block elements used as contrast agents in biomedicine ADVANTAGES: High affinity and specificity with f-block elements Single step method The only synthetic protocol to obtain gold nanoparticles functionalized with … [Read more...] about Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) Chelator for Metal Sensing 2020-033
Water, Air, Geosciences, and Environment
Low Maintenance Air Pollution Sensors for Black Carbon, Brown Carbon, Total Carbon, and Organic Carbon Measurement 2017-010
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Air quality monitoring of air pollutants released by wood smoke, forest fire, coal plants, biomass combustion, diesel exhaust ADVANTAGES: Simultaneous measurement of black carbon, brown carbon, organic carbon, total carbon, and CO2 Low cost and low maintenance Requires low power to operate Real-time measurement Small and … [Read more...] about Low Maintenance Air Pollution Sensors for Black Carbon, Brown Carbon, Total Carbon, and Organic Carbon Measurement 2017-010
Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095
APPLICATIONS: Seismic monitoring ABSTRACT: Seismic detectors may register movements of the earth generated by earthquakes and other seismic events. However, locating and determining the precise location and mechanism of an earthquake based on data received from seismic detectors may be difficult or impossible with some systems. Gregory Newman and Petr Petrov of … [Read more...] about Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095
Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Radiolabeling Metal separation Water treatment ADVANTAGES: Robust chelators High selectivity ABSTRACT: Researchers led by Rebecca Abergel have developed a new class of chelators – molecules that can bind metals – that incorporate peptoids into the chelator backbone, offering more control over the chelator’s structure and … [Read more...] about Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181