Comparing the biochemical activity of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 grown in separate medias with La3+ and Ca2+ as cofactors of methanol dehydrogenase (MDH). Recent studies have demonstrated that some enzymes in bacteria ...

Distinguishing peaks in the fingerprint region of an infrared spectra can be extremely difficult and is often ignored due to the large number of overlapping peaks from various molecular vibrations. The specific peak ...

A series of organic-inorganic composite films composed of close-packed, alkanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles and rigid, aromatic dithiol crosslinking molecules were assembled upon the air-water interface within a Langmuir ...

Our research is focused on the synthesis of a bridged biphenyl molecule with an amino donor and tetraethylene glycol solubilizing groups (TEG). This three-state biphenyl molecule, due to its chemical properties, will find ...

The development of sustainable routes to organic building blocks is a critical endeavor for reducing the environmental impact of traditional organic chemical synthesis. Biocatalysts offer an alternative method to facilitate ...

Air quality is of concern to the communities along Lake Michigan’s shores in easternWisconsin. In the troposphere oxides of nitrogen, like NO2, react with volatile organic compounds, like formaldehyde, to form ozone,which ...

This research looks at the effect of inert environments on the structures of pyridine-SO2 complexes. These effects were able to be observed both experimentally through low temperature FTIR as well as computational models. ...

Ozone is an important aspect of characterizing local air quality due to its effects as a respiratory irritant, causing inflammation of the respiratory system, coughing, exacerbation of asthma symptoms and can lead to ...

Residents on the shoreline of Lake Michigan in southwest Wisconsin are subject to air quality issues from high ozone concentrations near ground level. Meteorological data was collected for the August 2023 AGES+ campaign ...

Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), also known as “forever chemicals”, are man-made chemicals consisting of C-chains, either poly- or per-fluorinated. PFASs have long been detected in the environment, but recent studies ...