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SERS detection and comprehensive study of p-nitrophenol: towards pesticide sensing
Auteur(s): Hostert Leandro, Blanc C., Zarbin Aldo J. G., Anglaret E., Orth Elisa S.
(Article) Publié:
New Journal Of Chemistry, vol. 45 p.3886-3891 (2021)
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DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05933a
WoS: WOS:000623596600015
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Résumé: Pesticide sensing is an important object of study due to its increasing use worldwide. Herein, we report a SERS study of 4-nitrophenol (PNP), which is product of neutralization processes of various pesticides such as Paraoxon, and can be used as a target molecule for monitoring. PNP is also widely used in the chemical industry and due to its high toxicity is considered a concerning pollutant. The sensing was carried out with a reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite functionalized with cysteamine and Ag nanoparticles (rGOSHAg), and compared with raw reduced graphene oxide and a commercial SERS substrates (SERStrate (TM)). A mechanistic evaluation was also carried out, focused in the degradation of PNP caused by the different exciting laser lines, evidencing the PNP dimerization in substrates containing Ag NPs (under 532 nm laser), which has important outcomes for sensing purposes. The nanocomposite rGOSHAg presented the highest sensitivity towards PNP, detecting concentrations as low as 10(-6) mol L-1 and with a high potential for field applications and real-time measurements of molecules commonly present in pesticides and industrial contaminants.
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Raman resonance tuning of quaterthiophene in filled carbon nanotubes at high pressures
Auteur(s): Alencar R. S., Aguiar A. L., Ferreira R. S., Chambard R., Jousselme B., Bantignies J.-L., Weigel C., Clement S., Aznar R., Machon D., Souza Filho A. G., San-Miguel A., Alvarez L.
(Article) Publié:
Carbon, vol. 173 p.163-173 (2021)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.10.083
WoS: WOS:000613132200003
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Résumé: Filling carbon nanotubes with molecules is a route for the development of electronically modified one-dimensional hybrid structures for which the interplay between the electronic structure of molecules and nanotubes is a key factor. Tuning these energy levels with external parameters is an interesting strategy for the engineering of new devices and materials. Here we show that the hybrid system composed by quaterthiophene (4T) molecules confined in single-walled carbon nanotubes, presents a piezo-Raman-resonance of the molecule vibrational pattern. This behavior manifests as a rapid pressure induced enhancement of the 4T Raman mode intensities compared to the tubes G-band Raman modes. Density functional theory calculations allow to explain the spectral behaviour through the pressure-enhanced quaterthiophene resonance evolution. By increasing pressure, the tube cross-section deformation leads to a reduction of the intermolecular distance, to the splitting of the molecular levels and then to an increase of resonance channels. Calculations and experiments converge to the 4T piezo-resonance scenario associated with the pressure-induced nanotube radial collapse observed at about 0.8 GPa. Our findings offer possibilities for the development of pressure transducers based on molecule-filled carbon nanotubes.
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High-throughput screening of metal - Organic frameworks for CO2 and CH4 separation in the presence of water
Auteur(s): Rogacka J., Seremak Agnieszka, Luna-Triguero Azahara, Formalik F., Matito-Martos Ismael, Firlej L., Calero Sofia, Kuchta Bogdan
(Article) Publié:
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 403 p.126392 (2021)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126392
WoS: WOS:000579752500109
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Résumé: Competitive adsorption of water is an important issue in the adsorption-based industrial processes of bio- and flue gases separation. The dehumidification of gases prior to separation would increase process complexity and lower its economic interest. In this work, large-scale computational screening was applied to identify Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) structures which exhibit high CO2/CH4 selectivity and total loading higher than 0.5 mol/kg (in the presence of water). High-throughput Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) screening of nearly 3000 existing MOF materials was carried out. Initial selection assumed fixed values of pore limiting diameter (PLD) and Henry's constant for water and allowed one to preselect 764 structures. After GCMC simulations carried for 50/50 CO2/CH4 mixture, at ambient conditions (p = 1 bar, T = 298 K), and variable gas humidity (0%, 5%, 30% and 40%) the final selection revealed 13 most promising MOFs structures. We focused on analysis of the correlations between the properties of the selected MOFs and the separation selectivity. We show that the selectivity is a complex function of the porous materials characteristics and finding selective sorbent, performing well in dry and wet conditions requires careful analysis of available MOFs.
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