Microwave Synthesis of Alkali-Free Hexaniobate, Decaniobate, and Hexatantalate Polyoxometalate Ions
in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2019, 35, 3913-3918. Link
M. A. Rambaran, M. Pascual-Borràs and C. A. Ohlin
Abstract: Microwave synthesis of polyoxoniobates and -tantalates circumvents the prolonged heating required by conventional hydrothermal methods, while providing comparable or greater yields. Microwave irradiation allows synthesis of polyoxoniobates from anhydrous niobium pentoxide, in lieu of niobic acid and sets the precedent for the discovery of new polyoxoniobates and -tantalates.
Postdoctoral fellowship in spectroscopic studies of mercury interactions with bacterial surfaces
A postdoctoral fellowship in spectroscopic studies of mercury interactions with bacterial surfaces is available in Erik Björn’s group. See https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/fellowships-and-grants/6-1298-19/
Collaboration with CSU East Bay and LBNL (US) highlighted in the News!
Michael Holmboe’s collaboration with researchers (Ruth Tinnacher, CSUEastBay and Christophe Tournassat, LBNL, BRGM) in the US focusing on uranyl complex – clay transport and interactions was highlighted in the evening newspaper Expressen, forskning.se and (initially) by the faculty news.
Paper accepted in ES&T: Water flow variability on fate of ciproflaxin
The study is a collaboration with the group of Khalil Hanna (Rennes University)
Lian Zhou, Sébastien Martin, Wei Cheng, Laurent Lassabatere, Jean-François Boily, Khalil Hanna (2019) Water flow variability affects adsorption and oxidation of ciprofloxacin onto hematite. Environ. Sci. Technol. (accepted)
Sapphire-supported water films: Paper with PNNL collaborators just accepted in JCIS
In collaboration with Hongfei Wang (Fudan University) and other current and former Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists, we used Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (SFG-VS) and molecular model to provide new insight on the orientation and hydrogen bond populations of nanometric water films on sapphire (alpha-Al2O3) surfaces:
The Lab in the News!
NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship to Merve Yesilbas!
Congratulations Merve Yesilbas for receiving the prestigious NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship. Merve will use this fellowship, alongside a postdoctoral grant from the Swedish Research Council, to join the NASA Astrobiology Program
Clays, New Perspectives, Challenges & Opportunities workshop at MIT
Michae Holmboe gave an invited talk on the characterization of clay microstructure and molecular dynamics simulations – at the workshop “Clays, New Perspectives, Challenges & Opportunities”, May 2-3 2019, hosted by Prof Andrew Whittle and his postdoc Ali Seiphoori at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more here: clays.mit.edu
The lab welcomes Tan Luong
Tan is beginning his Ph.D. studies with Jean-François Boily. He will be working on (photo)catalytic reactions at Mn-bearing mineral surfaces.
PDF/XRD/EXAFS/NMR/FTIR paper on phosphate binding on aluminum hydroxide
A multi-institution collaboration involving University of Wyoming, Argonne National Laboratory, Canadian Light Source, Stony Brook University and Huazhong Agricultural University.
“Phosphate Sorption Speciation and Precipitation Mechanisms on
Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide” will soon be coming out in the Open Access Journal Soil Systems
Authors: Xiaoming Wang, Brian L. Phillips, Jean-François Boily, Yongfeng Hu, Zhen Hu, Peng Yang, Xionghan Feng, Wenqian Xu, Mengqiang Zhu *
