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Rubén López-Timoner, Victoria Duarte-Alvarado, María Ángeles Castillo, Lucas Santos-Juanes, Antonio Arques and Ana María Amat
The influence that contaminants exert on the degradation of other substances commonly found in the same water bodies drives this study, which aims to investigate the simultaneous degradation of preservatives such as parabens and methylisothiazolinone (MI...
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Sumesh Nair, Yvonne Yuling Hu, Ching-Chieh Su, Ming-Jeh Chien and Shean-Jen Chen
Fungus gnats (Sciaridae) are one of the most devastating pests on mushroom farms. Generally, they are controlled using relatively inefficient physical means, like sticky or pheromone traps, or with chemical pesticides. Here, we have proposed an integrate...
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Mara Bruzzi, Naomi Falsini, Nicola Calisi, Paolo Scardi and Anna Vinattieri
CsPbCl3 perovskite is attracting increasing interest in ultraviolet (UV) detection due to its optical band gap and superior intrinsic optoelectronic properties. In this study, a novel one-step magnetron sputtering technique was applied for fabricating Cs...
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Po-Hsin Mao, Ta Cong Khiem, Eilhann Kwon, Hou-Chien Chang, Ha Manh Bui, Xiaoguang Duan, Hongta Yang, Suresh Ghotekar, Wei-Hsin Chen, Yu-Chih Tsai and Kun-Yi Andrew Lin
Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methanone (BHPM), a common ultraviolet stabilizer and filter (USF), is extensively added in sunscreens; however, BHPM is proven as an endocrine disruptor, posing a serious threat to aquatic ecology, and BHPM should be then removed. As...
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Luis Ocaña, Carlos Montes, Sara González-Pérez, Benjamín González-Díaz and Elena Llarena
In this work, the performance of a new ethylene-vinyl acetate-based low temperature encapsulation method, conceived to protect perovskite samples from UV irradiation in ambient conditions, has been analyzed. To this purpose, perovskite samples consisting...
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Giulia Cheloni and Vera I. Slaveykova
In the present review, we critically examine the state-of-the-art of the research on combined effects of trace metals and light on photosynthetic microorganisms in aquatic environment. Light of different intensity and spectral composition affects the int...
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Eric M. Hinsch and Seri C. Robinson
Colorfastness to light is an essential quality for textiles exposed to sunlight for a significant length of time. In this study, the colorfastness (specifically to light) of fabrics dyed with wood-staining (spalting) fungal pigments was compared to the c...
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Peter Jarvis, Olivier Autin, Emma H. Goslan and Francis Hassard
Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) have recently emerged as a viable technology for water disinfection. However, the performance of the technology in full-scale drinking-water treatment systems remains poorly characterised. Furthermore, current ...
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Alexandra Gordon, Mark C. Leaper, Herman Potgieter, Darlington Ashiegbu and Vusumuzi Sibanda
The aim of the study was to investigate the application of photocatalytic advanced oxidation (PAO) for the treatment of water contaminated with dark humic material from fynbos biome plants, which cannot be treated by conventional methods. The study used ...
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Parvathiraja Chelliah, Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur, Masoom Raza Siddiqui, Siaw Foon Lee and Wen-Cheng Lai
The present work shows the obtainment of biosynthesized SiO2 with the aid of Jasminum grandiflorum plant extract and the study of its photocatalytic ability in dye degradation and antibacterial activity. The obtained biosynthesized SiO2 nanoparticles wer...
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Yong-Sin Syu and Yung-Chun Lee
This paper proposes a lens design method for effectively collimating the light emitting from a light-emitting diode (LED). This collimating lens contains two aspherical lens surfaces which can be mathematically characterized using a few designing paramet...
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Mayela Alhelí García de Alva Magos, Jesús Santa-Olalla Tapia, Miguel Ángel Ramos López, Jessica Molina Maturano, Antonio Ruperto Jiménez Aparicio, Brenda Hildeliza Camacho Díaz and Luz Arcelia García Serrano
Sustainable processing from native vegetation such as agave, nopal and aloe, is mainly centered on the components of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose, defined generally as lignocellulosic. Cytotoxicity of lignocellulosic biopolymer membranes (LBMs) o...
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Thi Kim Ngan Nguyen, Benjamin Dierre, Fabien Grasset, Noée Dumait, Stéphane Cordier, Pierric Lemoine, Adèle Renaud, Hiroshi Fudouzi, Naoki Ohashi and Tetsuo Uchikoshi
Thin and transparent Mo6 cluster films with significant optical properties were prepared on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass plates from the suspension of Cs2Mo6Br14 cluster precursors dispersed in methyl-ethyl-ketone (MEK) by an electrophoretic depos...
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Bernardo A. Latorre, Susana Rojas, Gonzalo A. Díaz, Hernán Chuaqui
Pág. 473 - 480
B.A. Latorre, S. Rojas, G.A. Díaz, and H. Chuaqui. 2012. Germicidal effect of UV light on epiphytic fungi isolated from blueberry. Cien. Inv. Agr. 39(3): 473-480. The present study examined the inactivation effect of ultraviolet (UV) light on the conidia...
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Yael Gilboa, Eran Friedler
Pág. 1043 - 1050
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Birte Mull, Lennart Möhlmann and Olaf Wilke
Photocatalysis is a promising technique to reduce volatile organic compounds indoors. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a frequently-used UV active photocatalyst. Because of the lack of UV light indoors, TiO2 has to be modified to get its ...
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Ahmed Kamel, Ana Palacios, Manuel Fuentes and Marta Vivar
The aim of this study is to verify the reciprocity law in the wastewater disinfection process using UV light. The optical power UV-LEDs used were 1.6 mW and 50 mW, and the wavelengths were 265 nm and 275 nm. E. coli, Enterococcus faecalis, and Clostridiu...
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Sarath M. Vega Gutierrez, Derek W. Stone, Rui He, Patricia T. Vega Gutierrez, Zielle M. Walsh and Seri C. Robinson
UV-light degradation of wood is one of the top reasons for consumer replacement of outdoor wooden structures. This type of degradation is seldom mechanical, and is instead often motivated by loss of aesthetics (graying). There are numerous commercial pro...
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Peiyang Li, Jacek A. Koziel, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, Jianqiang Zhang, Ting-Yu Cheng, Wannarat Yim-Im, William S. Jenks, Myeongseong Lee, Baitong Chen and Steven J. Hoff
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Venkatachalam Jayaraman, Shanmugam Mahalingam, Shanmugavel Chinnathambi, Ganesh N. Pandian, Aruna Prakasarao, Singaravelu Ganesan, Jayavel Ramasamy, Sivasankaran Ayyaru and Young-Ho Ahn
The HfO2 nanoparticles and the nanocomposites of HfO2-graphene (10, 30, and 50 wt%) were prepared via precipitation and simple mixing method. The XRD pattern confirmed the presence of monoclinic HfO2 and hexagonal graphene in the nanocomposite. Raman spe...
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