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Li DY, Zeng YJ, Batuk D, Pereira LMC, Ye ZZ, Fleischmann C, Menghini M, Nikitenko S, Hadermann J, Temst K, Vantomme A, Van Bael MJ, Locquet JP, Van Haesendonck C. Relaxor ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric coupling in ZnO-Co nanocomposite thin films: beyond multiferroic composites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2014; 6:4737-4742. [PMID: 24598535 DOI: 10.1021/am4053877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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ZnO-Co nanocomposite thin films are synthesized by combination of pulsed laser deposition of ZnO and Co ion implantation. Both superparamagnetism and relaxor ferroelectricity as well as magnetoelectric coupling in the nanocomposites have been demonstrated. The unexpected relaxor ferroelectricity is believed to be the result of the local lattice distortion induced by the incorporation of the Co nanoparticles. Magnetoelectric coupling can be attributed to the interaction between the electric dipole moments and the magnetic moments, which are both induced by the incorporation of Co. The introduced ZnO-Co nanocomposite thin films are different from conventional strain-mediated multiferroic composites.
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- D Y Li
- Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism and ‡Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200 D, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Arnason J, Jamieson K, Kooi C, Nikitenko S, Shariff S, Shelfoon C, Proud D, Leigh R. Pre-existing human rhinovirus infection modulates host response to secondary bacterial infections. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2014. [PMCID: PMC4125993 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Shelfoon C, Shariff S, Traves S, Arnason J, Nikitenko S, Leigh R, Proud D. Human rhinovirus infection of human bronchial epithelial cells results in migration of human bronchial fibroblast cells. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2014. [PMCID: PMC4125994 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Nikitenko S, Shariff S, Arnason J, Shelfoon C, Kooi C, Proud D, Leigh R. Cyclic stretch augments human rhinovirus induced inflammatory responses in airway epithelial cells. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2014. [PMCID: PMC4125974 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Shariff S, Nikitenko S, Qureshi A, Arnason J, Shelfoon C, Traves S, Proud D, Leigh R. Human rhinovirus infection of human bronchial epithelial cells results in migration of human airway smooth muscle cells. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2014. [PMCID: PMC4126057 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Villa-Gomez DK, van Hullebusch ED, Maestro R, Farges F, Nikitenko S, Kramer H, Gonzalez-Gil G, Lens PNL. Morphology, mineralogy, and solid-liquid phase separation characteristics of Cu and Zn precipitates produced with biogenic sulfide. Environ Sci Technol 2013; 48:664-673. [PMID: 24164296 DOI: 10.1021/es402795x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The morphology, mineralogy, and solid-liquid phase separation of the Cu and Zn precipitates formed with sulfide produced in a sulfate-reducing bioreactor were studied at pH 3, 5, and 7. The precipitates formed at pH 7 display faster settling rates, better dewaterability, and higher concentrations of settleable solids as compared to the precipitates formed at pH 3 and 5. These differences were linked to the agglomeration of the sulfidic precipitates and coprecipitation of the phosphate added to the bioreactor influent. The Cu and Zn quenched the intensity of the dissolved organic matter peaks identified by fluorescence-excitation emission matrix spectroscopy, suggesting a binding mechanism that decreases supersaturation, especially at pH 5. X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy analyses confirmed the precipitation of Zn-S as sphalerite and Cu-S as covellite in all samples, but also revealed the presence of Zn sorbed on hydroxyapatite. These analyses further showed that CuS structures remained amorphous regardless of the pH, whereas the ZnS structure was more organized at pH 5 as compared to the ZnS formed at pH 3 and 7, in agreement with the cubic sphalerite-type structures observed through scanning electron microscopy at pH 5.
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- D K Villa-Gomez
- Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery Chair Group, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education , P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands
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Villa-Gomez DK, Papirio S, van Hullebusch ED, Farges F, Nikitenko S, Kramer H, Lens PNL. Influence of sulfide concentration and macronutrients on the characteristics of metal precipitates relevant to metal recovery in bioreactors. Bioresour Technol 2012; 110:26-34. [PMID: 22326326 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Revised: 12/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Purity and settling properties determine metal sulfide recovery from bioreactors. The influence of macronutrients commonly present in mineral media and wastewaters on Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn depletion kinetics and characteristics was evaluated in batch experiments with chemically produced sulfide at different concentrations. The metal depletion kinetics showed that metals with slower depletion rates (Zn and Cd) are susceptible to other removal mechanisms such as biosorption onto the sulfate reducing biofilm and precipitation with macronutrients when sulfide is below the stoichiometric metal to sulfide ratio. For Zn, the main mechanism of removal is its sorption onto apatite (Ca(5)(PO(4)))(3)(+)(OH(-)), a compound formed due to the presence of CaCl(2)·2H(2)O and KH(2)PO(4) in the mineral medium. All precipitates were 8.1-10.0μm regardless the sulfide concentration demonstrating that this parameter is less relevant for particle growth and settling, compared to the agglomeration of the precipitates.
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- D K Villa-Gomez
- Core Pollution Prevention and Control, UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands.
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Lenz M, van Hullebusch ED, Farges F, Nikitenko S, Corvini PFX, Lens PNL. Combined speciation analysis by X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy, ion chromatography, and solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to evaluate biotreatment of concentrated selenium wastewaters. Environ Sci Technol 2011; 45:1067-1073. [PMID: 21182285 DOI: 10.1021/es1022619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this study we evaluate the potential of anaerobic granular sludge as an inoculum for the bioremediation of selenium-contaminated waters using species-specific analytical methods. Solid species formed by microbial reduction were investigated using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at the selenium K-edge. Furthermore, dissolved selenium species were specifically determined by ion chromatography (IC) and solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS). Least-squares linear combination of the XANES spectra for samples incubated with the highest selenate/selenite concentrations (10(-3) M) show the predominance of elemental selenium and a Se(-I) selenide, such as ferroselite, the thermodynamically most stable iron selenide. In contrast, elemental selenium and Se(-II) selenides are the main species detected at the lower selenate/selenite concentrations. In each repeated fed batch incubation, most aqueous selenite anions were converted into solid selenium species, regardless of the type of electron donor used (acetate or H(2)/CO(2)) and the selenium concentration applied. On the other hand, at higher concentrations of selenate (10(-4) and 10(-3) M), significant amounts of the oxyanion remained unconverted after consecutive incubations. SPME-GC-MS demonstrated selenium alkylation with both electron donors investigated, as dimethyl selenide (DMSe) and dimethyl diselenide (DMDSe). Selenite was even more alkylated in the presence of H(2)/CO(2) (maximum 2156 μg of Se/L of DMSe + DMDSe) as compared to acetate (maximum 50 μg of Se/L). In contrast, selenate was less alkylated using both electron donors (maximum 166 and 3 μg of Se/L, respectively). The high alkylation potential for selenite limits its bioremediation in selenium laden waters involving H(2)/CO(2) as the electron donor despite the fact that nontoxic elemental selenium and thermodynamically stable metal selenide species are formed.
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- Markus Lenz
- Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Lenz M, van Hullebusch ED, Farges F, Nikitenko S, Borca CN, Grolimund D, Lens PNL. Selenium speciation assessed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy of sequentially extracted anaerobic biofilms. Environ Sci Technol 2008; 42:7587-7593. [PMID: 18983079 DOI: 10.1021/es800811q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Wet chemical methods such as sequential extraction procedures are commonly used to assess selenium fractionation in anoxic environments, allowing an estimation of the mobility and bioavailability of selenium. However, the interpretation can be biased by unselective extraction of targeted species and artifacts introduced during the extraction. Here, the selectivity of the single extraction steps to gain reliable selenium speciation information are scrutinized for the first time by direct, nondestructive X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at the selenium K-edge. The sequential extraction procedures seriously overestimated the elemental selenium fraction, as major parts (58%) of the total selenium were present as metal selenides and organic selenium compounds, although extracted in the elemental fraction. Spectral fitting of the XANES spectra by the least-squares linear combinations utilizing a large set of model compounds, including previously neglected Se(-I) selenides, showed a novel degree of complexity in the speciation of selenium treating anaerobic biofilms, with up to 4 modeled selenium species contributing to the speciation, i.e., different elemental, organic, and metal-bound selenium species. Furthermore, a short exposure (10 min) to ambient air during the sequential extraction procedure induced the oxidation of organic selenium compounds, revealing the fragility of selenium speciation in anaerobic biofilms.
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- Markus Lenz
- Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Visser T, Nijhuis TA, van der Eerden AMJ, Jenken K, Ji Y, Bras W, Nikitenko S, Ikeda Y, Lepage M, Weckhuysen BM. Promotion effects in the oxidation of CO over zeolite-supported Pt nanoparticles. J Phys Chem B 2007; 109:3822-31. [PMID: 16851431 DOI: 10.1021/jp044767f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Well-defined Pt-nanoparticles with an average diameter of 1 nm supported on a series of zeolite Y samples containing different monovalent (H+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+) and divalent (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) cations have been used as model systems to investigate the effect of promotor elements in the oxidation of CO in excess oxygen. Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy measurements allowed us to study the temperature-programmed desorption of CO from supported Pt nanoparticles to monitor the electronic changes in the local environment of adsorbed CO. It was found that the red shift of the linear Pt-coordinated CO vibration compared to that of gas-phase CO increases with an increasing cation radius-to-charge ratio. In addition, a systematic shift from linear (L) to bridge (B) bonded CO was observed for decreasing Lewis acidity, as expressed by the Kamlet-Taft parameter alpha. A decreasing alpha results in an increasing electron charge on the framework oxygen atoms and therefore an increasing electron charge on the supported Pt nanoparticles. This observation was confirmed with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and the intensity of the experimental Pt atomic XAFS correlates with the Lewis acidity of the cation introduced. Furthermore, it was found that the CO coverage increases with increasing electron density on the Pt nanoparticles. This increasing electron density was found to result in an increased CO oxidation activity; i.e., the T(50%) for CO oxidation decreases with decreasing alpha. In other words, basic promotors facilitate the chemisorption of CO on the Pt particles. The most promoted CO oxidation catalyst is a Pt/K-Y sample, which has a T(50%) of 390 K and a L:B intensity ratio of 2.7. The obtained results provide guidelines to design improved CO oxidation catalysts.
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- Tom Visser
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Beale AM, van der Eerden AMJ, Jacques SDM, Leynaud O, O'Brien MG, Meneau F, Nikitenko S, Bras W, Weckhuysen BM. A Combined SAXS/WAXS/XAFS Setup Capable of Observing Concurrent Changes Across the Nano-to-Micrometer Size Range in Inorganic Solid Crystallization Processes. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:12386-7. [PMID: 16984167 DOI: 10.1021/ja062580r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel combined SAXS/WAXS/XAFS setup for studying the self-assembly processes occurring during the crystallization of porous materials, such as ZnAlPO-34, is described. In a single experiment, it has been possible to obtain congruent and time-resolved information on aggregation processes in the synthesis gel, the incorporation process of Zn2+ ions in the framework, and the formation of the crystalline material.
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- Andrew M Beale
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Van Deun R, Cartuyvels E, Nikitenko S, Hennig C, Parac-Vogt T. EXAFS study of the phosphodiester bond cleavage by Mo-containing polyoxometallates. Acta Crystallogr A 2006. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767306095894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Girardon JS, Khodakov AY, Capron M, Cristol S, Dujardin C, Dhainaut F, Nikitenko S, Meneau F, Bras W, Payen E. A new experimental cell for in situ and operandoX-ray absorption measurements in heterogeneous catalysis. J Synchrotron Radiat 2005; 12:680-4. [PMID: 16120995 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049505019618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 06/21/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A new X-ray absorption cell dedicated to in situ and operando experiments in heterogeneous catalysis has been built and tested. The cell consists of several boron nitride and stainless steel plates linked together using graphite seals. It allows the measurement of XANES and EXAFS spectra of heterogeneous catalysts within a wide range of photon energies in transmission mode under the flow of various oxidative and reductive gas mixtures at elevated temperatures. The cell is compact and easy to build. Catalysts are loaded into the cell as powders. The use of boron nitride and a small beam pathlength in the cell result in a low absorption of the X-ray beam at lower energies. The cell was tested by in situ characterizing cobalt species during oxidative and reductive pre-treatments of a silica-supported Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. An operando study of methanol conversion over alumina-supported molybdenum catalysts was also carried out.
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- J S Girardon
- Laboratoire de Catalyse de Lille, USTL, Bâtiment C3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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