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Fluctuation in the organic matter decomposition rate and nitrogen speciation in vegetation and outside vegetation seasons in a hybrid wetland system.
PublicationIlość ścieków doprowadzana do obiektu była mniejsza, a stężenia zanieczyszczeń wyższe w okresie poza wegetacyjnym. Obniżona skuteczność przemian związków azotu w okresie poza wegetacyjnym została potwierdzona przez niższe wartości stałych szybkości reakcji, które wynosiły 60% wartości osiąganych dla okresu wegetacyjnego.
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Automated high-capacity sorption probe for extraction of organic compounds in aqueous samples followed by gas chromatographic analysis.
PublicationOpracowano zautomatyzowany zestaw wyposażony w próbnik o dużej pojemności sorpcyjnej do oznaczania związków śladowych z zastosowaniem chromatografii gazowej. Zestaw łączy prostotę SPME z wysoką wydajnością techniki ekstrakcji z zastosowaniem ruchomego elementu sorpcyjnego (SBSE). Procedura pobierania próbek była przeprowadzana z zastosowaniem podajnika automatycznego. Ze względu na pełną automatyzację zestawu, możliwa jest bezobsługowa...
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Skład zanieczyszczeń wprowadzanych do środowiska wzdłuż dróg o różnym natężeniu ruchu pojazdów mechanicznych = Composition of pollutants in the water samples collected along the highways with different traffic intensity
PublicationProwadzono monitoring poziomu stężeń wybranych zanieczyszczeń w próbkach wód opadowych, spływnych, gruntowych i rzecznych, pobieranych wzdłuż dróg o różnym natężeniu ruchu pojazdów. Zlokalizowano pięć stałych punktów pobierania próbek wzdłuż dwóch szlaków komunikacyjnych; drogi o małym natężeniu ruchu nr 501 w miejscowości Sztutowo oraz wzdłuż drogi krajowej nr A7 na odcinku Nowy Dwór Gdański - Elbląg. Próbki pobierano przez okres...
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Sources of contamination in sediments of retention tanks and the influence of precipitation type on the size of pollution load
PublicationDensification of cities and urban population contributes to increased runoff and suspended solids and alteration of the urban water cycle. Nowadays, Blue-Green Infrastructure is promoted to increase a city’s resilience to floods; however, stormwater drainage systems, supported with retention tanks are still important in protecting urban areas against floods. Sediment accumulation in stormwater infrastructure relates to an issue...
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Surface Site Modulations by Conjugated Organic Molecules To Enhance Visible Light Activity of ZnO Nanostructures in Photocatalytic Water Splitting
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New approach based on solid-phase extraction for the assessment of organic compound pollutions in so-called pharmaceutically pure water
PublicationOpisano mozliwość zastosowania nowej procedury analitycznej opartej na wykorzystaniu techniki ekstrakcji do fazy stałej (na etapie izolacji i wzbogacania analitów) do oznaczania śladowych ilości zanieczyszczeń organicznych w wodzie specjalnej czystości używanej do celów farmaceutycznych.Próbka badanej wody jest przepuszczana przez złoże sorbenta, które jest osuszane za pomocą strumienia oczyszczonego powietrza, przed etapem termicznej...
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Exciton quenching in emitter blends for organic light emitting devices probed by electric field-dependent time-resolved luminescence
PublicationW pracy badano mechanizm wygaszania ekscytonów w układzie dwuamina TPD:organiczny kompleks Eu:matryca TPD przez pomiar zaniku fotoluminescencji w zewnętrznym polu elektrycznym.
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Evaluation of Nanoporous Carbon Synthesized from Direct Carbonization of a Metal–Organic Complex as a Highly Effective Dye Adsorbent and Supercapacitor
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Catalytic carbonization of polypropylene into cup-stacked carbon nanotubes with high performances in adsorption of heavy metallic ions and organic dyes
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The effect of land use in the catchment and meteorological conditions on the riverine transport of dissolved organic carbon into the Puck Lagoon (southern Baltic)
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Nutritional Value of Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers (Helianthus tuberosus L.) Grown in Organic System under Lithuanian and Polish Conditions
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Studies of the Variability of Sugars, Vitamin C, and Chlorophylls in Differently Fermented Organic Leaves of Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub)
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The river water influence on cationic and anionic dyes collection by nickel foam with carbonized metal-organic frameworks and carbon nanotubes
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Ratio of selenium concentrations between soil, forage plants and blood serum of beef cattle studied in organic and conventional farms
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Single-dopant organic white electrophosphorescent diodes with very high efficiency and its reduced current density roll-off
PublicationW pracy opisano konstrukcję wysokowydajnej diody elektrofosforescencyjnej zawierającej domieszkę organicznego kompleksu platyny PtL2Cl (L oznacza organiczny ligand). Dioda emituje światło białe które pochodzi od ekscymerów świecących w czerwieni i wzbudzonych monomerów świecących w części niebieskiej widma. Kwantowa wydajność świecenia diody wynosi ok. 15% i słabo maleje ze wzrostem gęstości płynącego prądu elektrycznego.
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Partition coefficients of selected environmentally important volatile organic compounds determined by gas - liquid chromatography with polydimethylsiloxane stationary phase
PublicationPrzedstawiono wartości współczynników podziału (stałych podziału) 14 lotnych związków organicznych istotnych dla stanu środowiska (często oznaczanych w powietrzu w pomieszczeniach zamkniętych) między fazą gazową (N2) a ciekłą (PDMS). Wyznaczano je dwiema technikami (izotermiczną i z liniowo programowanym wzrostem temperatury). Dowiedziono, że istnieje możliwość wyznaczania współczynników podziału techniką LTPRI w oparciu o skalę...
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Highly efficient organic electrophosphorescent light-emitting diodes with a reduced quantum efficiency roll off at large current densities.
PublicationW pracy opisano diody elektrofosforescencyjne zbudowane na bazie organicznych komplesów platyny PtOEP oraz Pt(thpy)2. Pokazano, ze mechanizmem ograniczjącym wydajność świecenia tych diod w zakresiedużych prądów elektycznych jest elektrycznopolowa dysocjacja ekscytonutrypletowego z transferem dziury na molekułę TPD.
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Support Materials of Organic and Inorganic Origin as Platforms for Horseradish Peroxidase Immobilization: Comparison Study for High Stability and Activity Recovery
PublicationIn the presented study, a variety of hybrid and single nanomaterials of various origins were tested as novel platforms for horseradish peroxidase immobilization. A thorough characterization was performed to establish the suitability of the support materials for immobilization, as well as the activity and stability retention of the biocatalysts, which were analyzed and discussed. The physicochemical characterization of the obtained...
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A correlation between electron-hole pair radii and magnetomodulation of exciplex fluorescence in electron donor-electron acceptor organic systems
PublicationElectric field dependencies of electromodulated photoluminescence and magnitudes of the magnetic-field effect on photoluminescence havebeen measured in vacuum-evaporated films of m-MTDATA [4,4',4"-tris(N-(3-methylphenyl)-N-phenylamino)triphenylamine]:bathophe-nanthroline, m-MTDATA:BCP (bathocuproine), as well as 4,4',4"-tris[2-naphthyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine:BCP. The Sano-Tachiya-Noolandi-Hong extension of standard Onsager...
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Evaluation of Health Hazard Due to Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Various Processing Units of Wastewater Treatment Plant
PublicationThe paper describes an attempt at health risk assessment and odour concentration determination in the most important units of a wastewater treatment plant. The cancer risk (CR) and hazard index (HI) parameters in selected measurement locations were calculated based on the results of chromatographic analyses (GCxGC-TOF-MS) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) guidelines. No exceedance of the CR and HI acceptable...
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Influence of composition of raw wastewater on removal of nitrogen compounds in multistage treatment wetlands
PublicationInfluence of composition of raw wastewater on the efficiency of organic matter and nitrogen removal in multistage treatment wetlands has been examined. Commonly used indicators, like COD/BOD5 and BOD5/TN ratio, determining wastewater susceptibility to biodegradation in conventional treatment technologies were assessed. It was confirmed that multistage treatment wetland may be used for treatment of wastewater with high loads of...
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Nanosorbents as Materials for Extraction Processes of Environmental Contaminants and Others
PublicationThe aim of this work focuses on the application of nanomaterials (NMs) in different sorp- tive extraction techniques for the analysis of organic contaminants from environmental samples of distinct matrix compositions. Without any doubt, the integration of specific NMs such as carbona- ceous nanomaterials, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), silica na- noparticles, and ion-imprinted NPs with so lid-phase...
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Photocatalytic degradation and pollutant-oriented structure-activity analysis of carbamazepine, ibuprofen and acetaminophen over faceted TiO2
PublicationPhotocatalytic degradation of carbamazepine, ibuprofen, acetaminophen and phenol was studied in the presence of anatase photocatalyst, exposing three different crystal facets in the majority of {0 0 1}, {1 0 0} or {1 0 1}. It was found that octahedral anatase particles exposing {1 0 1} facets allow to achieve the best degradation and mineralization of all persistent organic pollutants. This confirms that the previous findings,...
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Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment in Single-Family Constructed Wetlands in Kaszuby Lake District
PublicationIn the paper results of investigation upon three different configurations of single family treatment wetlands were presented. It was indicated that the application of treatment wetlands for single family effluent is a effective and sustainable solution for wastewater treatment in the rural areas. In spite of the receiving higher concentration of pollutants in comparison to the TWs operated in Europe and USA analysed TWs ensure...
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Treated wasetewater as a source of humic substances in surface waters
PublicationHumic substances impose substantial effect on the aquatic environment as well as the water organisms and human health. Among other features, the humic acids determine organoleptic properties of surface waters. Therefore explanation of the origin and properties of humic acids in surface waters is one of the priorities of water technology.Recently it was pointed out that in the wastewater treatment process organic compounds characterized...
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The influence of humic substances in treated sewage on the quality of surface waters
PublicationAt present the evaluation of WWTP effectiveness is based upon organic matter and nutrients removal. Recently it was found out that sewage treatment leads to formation of resistant to biochemical degradation organic compounds, similar to humic acids. The humic acids formed during sewage treatment process play diversified functions when discharged to surface waters - for instance they can act as carriers of hydrophobic organic pollutants...
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Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of 4-Methoxybenzyl Alcohol to p-Anisaldehyde in Organic-Free Water in a Continuous Annular Fixed Bed Reactor
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Converting real-world mixed waste plastics into porous carbon nanosheets with excellent performance in the adsorption of an organic dye from wastewater
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Development of headspace-gas chromatography-flame ionization detection procedure to determine volatile fatty acids in zoo organic waste leachate
PublicationNadrzędnym celem pracy było opracowanie metodyki oznaczania lotnych kwasów tłuszczowych z fazy nadpowierzchniowej opartej na chromatografii gazowej z detektorem płomieniowo-jonizacyjnym oraz sprawdzenie jej przydatności w analizie próbek odcieku ze składowiska odpadów ogrodu zoologicznego. Na podstawie przeprowadzonych badań określono warunki, w jakich przebiegać powinna izolacja lotnych kwasów tłuszczowych, a także określono najlepsze...
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Electronic nose as a tool for differentiation of volatile organic compounds = Elektroniczny nos jako instrument do rozróżniania lotnych związków organicznych
PublicationW pracy porównano dwie metody analizy zapachów lotnych związków organicznych: klasyczną analizę opartą na percepcji ludzkiego węchu i technikę elektronicznego nosa. W przeprowadzonych badaniach za pomocą klasycznej analizy brało udział 8 ochotników w okresie 2 tygodni. Do instrumentalnej metody analizy zapachu wykorzystano zaprojektowany przez autorów prototypowy 6-cio czujnikowy elektroniczny nos. Przeprowadzone badania z wykorzystaniem...
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Direct QSPR: the most efficient way of predicting organic carbon/water partition coefficient (log K OC) for polyhalogenated POPs
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Efficient synthesis of PMMA@Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 organic-inorganic hybrids containing hyamine 1622 – Physicochemical properties, cytotoxic assessment and antimicrobial activity
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Thermally induced formation of zinc oxide nanostructures with tailoring morphology during metal organic framework (MOF-5) carbonization process
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New heterometallic Co/Zn, Ag/Co, and Ag/Zn imidazolates: structural characterization and catalytic activity in the oxidation of organic compounds
PublicationNanocrystalline powders of monometallic and bimetallic imidazolates of Co, Zn, and Ag were produced by a reaction carried out in water. The powders were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and the crystal structures of new compounds Ag2ZnIm4 and Ag2CoIm4 (Im = imidazolate) were solved. Heterometallic Co/Zn imidazolates showed the standard ZIF-8 crystal structure while Ag/Zn and Ag/Co systems were isostructural with the copper...
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Bioactive hybrid metal-organic framework (MOF)-based nanosensors for optical detection of recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen
PublicationFast, efficient, and accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen is pivotal to control the spread and reduce themortality of COVID-19. Nevertheless, the sensitivity of available nanobiosensors to detect recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen seems insufficient. As a proof-of-concept, MOF-5/CoNi2S4 is developed as a low-cost, safe, and bioactive hybrid nanostructure via the one-pot high-gravity protocol. Then, the porphyrin, H2TMP,...
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Biocomposites from recycled resources as candidates for laboratory reference material to validate analytical tools used in organic compounds emissions investigation
PublicationA suitably chosen reference material should meet specific criteria like representing one of the compound classes most commonly occurring in indoor materials as well as having optimal long-term stability during storage and transport to its destination point and having a compact size. The described interdisciplinary pilot research was aimed to develop and characterize a polymer-based candidate for the laboratory reference material...
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TiO2-based magnetic nanocomposites with core-shell structure
PublicationThe main aim of the doctoral dissertation was preparation and characterization of photocatalysts, with particular emphasis on modified titanium (IV) oxide photocatalysts, which can be applied for the degradation of organic pollutants not susceptible to biodegradation. A particularly important aspect of the work was the development of preparation method of nanocomposites with the magnetic core-shell and photocatalyst shell (TiO2)...
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The Quality of the Outflow from Conventional WWTPs and Treatment Wetlands
PublicationUntil recently the humic substances were considered to have no negative impact on human health. Therefore elimination of these substances from potable water was only performed due to aesthetic reasons. In the recent years, however, it was found out that humic substances may cause unacceptable smell of water or cumulate toxic substances by complexing metal ions and adsorption of persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides,...
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Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Disulfanes (Disulfides). A Review
PublicationThe synthesis of unsymmetrical disulfanes is an important transformation in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. The current review is intended to summarize achievements in the synthesis of unsymmetrical disulfanes over the last decade (2004–2014).
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Effect of Laminar Pulsatile Fluid Flow on Separation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aqueous Solution by a Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Process
PublicationIn this study, a laminar pulsatile fluid flow was used for the separation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX) from aqueous solutions. Polyether sulfone hollow fiber membrane has been applied to this process. The effects of BTEX concentration, and feed and extraction flow rates were examined. It was found that the application of the pulsatile fluid flow with...
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Solubility Characteristics of Acetaminophen and Phenacetin in Binary Mixtures of Aqueous Organic Solvents: Experimental and Deep Machine Learning Screening of Green Dissolution Media
PublicationThe solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredients is a mandatory physicochemical characteristic in pharmaceutical practice. However, the number of potential solvents and their mixtures prevents direct measurements of all possible combinations for finding environmentally friendly, operational and cost-effective solubilizers. That is why support from theoretical screening seems to be valuable. Here, a collection of acetaminophen...
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A new pH/organic modifier gradient RP HPLC method for convenient determination of lipophilicity and acidity of drugs as applied to established imidazoline agents
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Determination of nicotine in saliva, urine and wastewater samples using tantalum metal organic framework pipette tip micro-solid phase extraction
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High-Speed Videoendoscopy Enhances the Objective Assessment of Glottic Organic Lesions: A Case-Control Study with Multivariable Data-Mining Model Development
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Materiały wewnętrzne jako źródło lotnych związków organicznych w powietrzu wewnętrznym = Indoor building materials as source of volatile organic compound
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono źródła lotnych związków organicznych w powietrzu wewnętrznym, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem materiałów budowlanych i materiałów wykorzystywanych jako elementy wyposażenia pomieszczeń. Omówiono sposób prowadzenia badań przesiewowych oraz badań z zastosowaniem komory testowej, które pozwoliły na ocenę natężenia strumienia emisji lotnych związków organicznych z materiałów wewnętrznych.
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Titania nanotubes infiltrated with conducting polymer PEDOT modified by Prussian Blue – a novel type of organic-inorganic heterojunction characterised with enhanced photoactivity.
PublicationA highly ordered p–n heterojunction was formed based on titania nanotubes containing a conducting polymer with Prussian blue matrix. The study demonstrates, for the first time, cases when a composite based on titania array scaffolding and Prussian blue embedded in PEDOT exhibits reversible FeII/FeIII redox activity. Highly enhanced photoactivity and capacitance of the obtained material are depicted in comparison to pristine titania....
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Nitrogen fraction fluctuation during wastewater treatment in a multistage treatment wetland
PublicationAlthough the size of pollutants discharged to a WWTP plays an important and often underestimated role in characterizing treat ability and hence the degree of contaminant removal of wastewater. From one hend In order to obtain efficient nitrogen removal in thedenitrification process, sufficient amounts of bioavailable carbon source should be ensured bur for the other hand in TWs, particulates from the wastewater are naturally trapped...
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Studies on solid phase microextraction-gas chromatographic determination of volatile chloroorganic pollutants in soil. badanie lotnych związków chloroorganicznych w glebie przy użyciu techniki mikroekstrakcji do fazy stacjonarnej i chromatografii gazowej.
PublicationLotne związki chloroorganiczne (VOXs) mogą być obecne w powietrzu, wodzie i glebie. Związki te mają właściwości kancerogenne, dlatego też ich ilość w środowisku powinna być monitorowana. W pracy przedstawiono badania nad możliwością zastosowania techniki izolacji i wzbogacania jaką jest mikroekstrakcja do fazy stacjonarnej, jej przydatność w analizie lotnych węglowodorów chloroorganicznych w różnych typach gleb z wykorzystaniem...
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Photoconduction and magnetic field effect on photoconduction in hole-transporting star-burst amine (m-MTDATA) films
PublicationPhotoconduction and magnetic field effect on photoconduction have been investigated as a function of electric field strength, excitation light intensity and wavelength in vacuum evaporated films of m-MTDATA (4,4′,4″-tris(N-(3-methylphenyl)-N-phenylylamino) triphenylamine), the starburst amine commonly used as hole-transporting material in organic light-emitting diodes. The photocurrent is found to be generated by the singlet exciton...
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Influence of Wastewater Treatment Technology on Particle Size Distribution in the Effluent
PublicationSuspended solids in water and wastewater usually carry quite a large load of pollutants (organic substances, nutrients, heavy metals, etc.) adsorbed on the particles surface. Particles of different sizes carry different types and quantities of pollutants. Therefore, particle size distribution is of importance in waster and wastewater treatment. In the article the influence of different treatment technologies on particle size distribution...