Donald M. Cropek

TL;DR: This work shows that simple, cost-effective, and portable metal sensors can be obtained with similar sensitivity and selectivity as much more expensive and sophisticated analytical instruments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of surface modification of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide (TiO2) with specific chelating agents on photocatalytic degradation of nitrobenzene (NB) was investigated in order to design a selective and effective catalyst for removal of nitrolaromatic compounds from contaminated waste streams.

TL;DR: In this paper, a temperature-sensitive poly(n-vinylcaprolactam)n-poly(dimethylsiloxane)65 poly(Nvinyl capsaractamn)n (PVCLn-PDMS65-PCLn) copolymers with n = 10, 15, 19, 29, and 50 and polydispersity indexes less than 1.17 were synthesized by controlled RAFT polymerization.

TL;DR: In this article, the specific photocatalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol with arginine-modified TiO2 (Arg-TiO2) nanoparticles was described.

TL;DR: In this article, six activated carbon fibers (ACFs) with different chemical and physical properties were prepared by first curing a phenolic resin-coated glass fiber, followed by activation and post-treatment.