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Tuma FA, Jari AA, Hasan HA, Badran HA. Synthesis, Surface Morphology, Gas Sensor, DSC Technique and Third-Order Behavior of Conducting Polymer. J Fluoresc 2023:10.1007/s10895-023-03448-0. [PMID: 37755630 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03448-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
Abstract
The compound polyaniline (Poly-ANI) with different concentrations of (H2SO4) sulfuric acid has been synthesized by the chemical polymerization method. The prepared compounds have been characterized using number of techniques including FTIR, FE-SEM, EDS and DSC. Additionally, UV-Vis spectroscopy employed for studying the linear optical properties of polymer with different acid concentrations. Third order optical nonlinearity was characterized using Z-scan at 532 nm. The results showed that the nonlinear refractive index has a negative sign. It was observed that the nonlinear refractive index changes in different ratios of H2SO4. The high value of nonlinear refractive index ([Formula: see text]) obtained along Z-axis is [Formula: see text] cm2/W, and the corresponding [Formula: see text] is 21.5 × 10-5 esu. Also, the Poly-ANI film shows the response to NH3 gas sensing in the range 20 ppm-250 ppm and can be used for NH3 sensing application.
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- Fadhil A Tuma
- Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
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- Ministry of Education, Directorate of Education, Al-Basma Preparatory School for Girls, Basrah, Iraq
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- Department of Material Science, Polymer Research Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
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- Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
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Petrus M, Popa C, Bratu AM. Ammonia Concentration in Ambient Air in a Peri-Urban Area Using a Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Detector. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:3182. [PMID: 35591515 PMCID: PMC9101576 DOI: 10.3390/ma15093182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Measuring ammonia from the environmental air is a sensitive and prioritized issue due to its harmful effects on humans, ecosystems, and climate. Ammonia is an environmental pollutant that has an important role in forming secondary inorganic aerosols, the main component of fine particulate matter concentrations in the urban atmosphere. Through this study, we present a gas analyzer that utilizes the technique of laser photoacoustic spectroscopy to measure ammonia concentration in three different sites located in Magurele, (44°20'58″ N 26°01'47″ E, 93 m altitude), Romania, from March to August 2021 at the breathing level of 1.5 m above ground. The ammonia concentrations from the ambient air were elevated in summer (mean of 46.03 ± 8.05 ppb (parts per billion)) compared to those measured in spring (18.62 ± 2.92 ppb), which means that atmospheric temperature affects ammonia concentrations. The highest mean ammonia concentrations occurred in August, with an ammonia concentration level of 100.68 ± 11.12 ppb, and the low mean ammonia concentrations occurred in March, with an ammonia level concentration of 0.161 ± 0.03 ppb. The results confirm that meteorological characteristics (i.e., temperature) and motor vehicles are major contributors to the elevated ammonia levels during the monitoring period.
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- Laser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor St., P.O. Box MG 36, 077125 Magurele, Romania;
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- Laser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor St., P.O. Box MG 36, 077125 Magurele, Romania;
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Albu PC, Ferencz (Dinu) A, Al-Ani HNA, Tanczos SK, Oprea O, Grosu VA, Nechifor G, Bungău SG, Grosu AR, Goran A, Nechifor AC. Osmium Recovery as Membrane Nanomaterials through 10-Undecenoic Acid Reduction Method. MEMBRANES 2021; 12:membranes12010051. [PMID: 35054577 PMCID: PMC8781728 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12010051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The recovery of osmium from residual osmium tetroxide (OsO4) is a necessity imposed by its high toxicity, but also by the technical-economic value of metallic osmium. An elegant and extremely useful method is the recovery of osmium as a membrane catalytic material, in the form of nanoparticles obtained on a polymeric support. The subject of the present study is the realization of a composite membrane in which the polymeric matrix is the polypropylene hollow fiber, and the active component consists of the osmium nanoparticles obtained by reducing an alcoholic solution of osmium tetroxides directly on the polymeric support. The method of reducing osmium tetroxide on the polymeric support is based on the use of 10-undecenoic acid (10-undecylenic acid) (UDA) as a reducing agent. The osmium tetroxide was solubilized in t-butanol and the reducing agent, 10-undecenoic acid (UDA), in i-propanol, t-butanol or n-decanol solution. The membranes containing osmium nanoparticles (Os-NP) were characterized morphologically by the following: scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution SEM (HR-SEM), structurally: energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis (EDAX), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In terms of process performance, thermal gravimetric analysis was performed by differential scanning calorimetry (TGA, DSC) and in a redox reaction of an organic marker, p-nitrophenol (PNP) to p-aminophenol (PAP). The catalytic reduction reaction with sodium tetraborate solution of PNP to PAP yielded a constant catalytic rate between 2.04 × 10-4 mmol s-1 and 8.05 × 10-4 mmol s-1.
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- Paul Constantin Albu
- Radioisotopes and Radiation Metrology Department (DRMR), IFIN Horia Hulubei, 023465 Măgurele, Romania; (P.C.A.); (A.C.N.)
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- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (A.F.); (H.N.A.A.-A.); (G.N.); (A.R.G.); (A.G.)
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- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (A.F.); (H.N.A.A.-A.); (G.N.); (A.R.G.); (A.G.)
- Chemical Industries Department, Institute of Technology, Middle Technical University, Al Zafaraniyah, Baghdad 10074, Iraq
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- Department of Bioengineering, University Sapientia of Miercurea-Ciuc, 500104 Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania
- Correspondence: (S.-K.T.); (V.-A.G.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Electronic Technology and Reliability, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 061071 Bucharest, Romania
- Correspondence: (S.-K.T.); (V.-A.G.)
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- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (A.F.); (H.N.A.A.-A.); (G.N.); (A.R.G.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania;
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- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (A.F.); (H.N.A.A.-A.); (G.N.); (A.R.G.); (A.G.)
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- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania; (A.F.); (H.N.A.A.-A.); (G.N.); (A.R.G.); (A.G.)
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- Radioisotopes and Radiation Metrology Department (DRMR), IFIN Horia Hulubei, 023465 Măgurele, Romania; (P.C.A.); (A.C.N.)
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Beygisangchin M, Abdul Rashid S, Shafie S, Sadrolhosseini AR. Polyaniline Synthesized by Different Dopants for Fluorene Detection via Photoluminescence Spectroscopy. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:7382. [PMID: 34885536 PMCID: PMC8658293 DOI: 10.3390/ma14237382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The effects of different dopants on the synthesis, optical, electrical and thermal features of polyaniline were investigated. Polyaniline (PANI) doped with p-toluene sulfonic acid (PANI-PTSA), camphor sulphonic acid (PANI-CSA), acetic acid (PANI-acetic acid) and hydrochloric acid (PANI-HCl) was synthesized through the oxidative chemical polymerization of aniline under acidic conditions at ambient temperature. Fourier transform infrared light, X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy and electrical analysis were used to define physical and structural features, bandgap values, electrical conductivity and type and degree of doping, respectively. Tauc calculation reveals the optical band gaps of PANI-PTSA, PANI-CSA, PANI-acetic acid and PANI-HCl at 3.1, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.9 eV, respectively. With the increase in dopant size, crystallinity is reduced, and interchain separations and d-spacing are strengthened. The estimated conductivity values of PANI-PTSA, PANI-CSA, PANI-acetic acid and PANI-HCl are 3.84 × 101, 2.92 × 101, 2.50 × 10-2, and 2.44 × 10-2 S·cm-1, respectively. Particularly, PANI-PTSA shows high PL intensity because of its orderly arranged benzenoid and quinoid units. Owing to its excellent synthesis, low bandgap, high photoluminescence intensity and high electrical features, PANI-PTSA is a suitable candidate to improve PANI properties and electron provider for fluorene-detecting sensors with a linear range of 0.001-10 μM and detection limit of 0.26 nM.
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- Mahnoush Beygisangchin
- Nanomaterials Processing and Technology Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia;
- Functional Nanotechnology Devices Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
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- Nanomaterials Processing and Technology Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia;
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- Functional Nanotechnology Devices Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
- Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
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- Magneto-Plasmonic Laboratory, Laser and Plasma Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran;
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Since MXene (a two-dimensional material) was discovered in 2011, it has been favored in all aspects due to its rich surface functional groups, large specific surface area, high conductivity, large porosity, rich organic bonds, and high hydrophilicity. In this paper, the preparation of MXene is introduced first. HF etching was the first etching method for MXene; however, HF is corrosive, resulting in the development of the in situ HF method (fluoride + HCl). Due to the harmful effects of fluorine terminal on the performance of MXene, a fluorine-free preparation method was developed. The increase in interlayer spacing brought about by adding an intercalator can affect MXene’s performance. The usual preparation methods render MXene inevitably agglomerate and the resulting yields are insufficient. Many new preparation methods were researched in order to solve the problems of agglomeration and yield. Secondly, the application of MXene-based materials in gas sensors was discussed. MXene is often regarded as a flexible gas sensor, and the detection of ppb-level acetone at room temperature was observed for the first time. After the formation of composite materials, the increasing interlayer spacing and the specific surface area increased the number of active sites of gas adsorption and the gas sensitivity performance improved. Moreover, this paper discusses the gas-sensing mechanism of MXene. The gas-sensing mechanism of metallic MXene is affected by the expansion of the lamellae and will be doped with H2O and oxygen during the etching process in order to become a p-type semiconductor. A p-n heterojunction and a Schottky barrier forms due to combinations with other semiconductors; thus, the gas sensitivities of composite materials are regulated and controlled by them. Although there are only several reports on the application of MXene materials to gas sensors, MXene and its composite materials are expected to become materials that can effectively detect gases at room temperature, especially for the detection of NH3 and VOC gas. Finally, the challenges and opportunities of MXene as a gas sensor are discussed.
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