Barium titanate perovskite nanoparticles as a photoreactive medium for chemical warfare agent detoxification

2018 ◽  
Vol 531 ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis ◽  
Frederick Pearsall ◽  
Marc Florent ◽  
Julien Lombardi ◽  
Stephen O'Brien ◽  
...  
1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lou A. Stephenson ◽  
Margaret A. Kolka ◽  
Anne E. Allan ◽  
William R. Santee

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Brickhouse ◽  
Teri A. Lalain ◽  
Terrence G. D'Onofrio ◽  
Lawrence R. Procell ◽  
Zachary B. Zander

2021 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 110935
Author(s):  
Suhui Wang ◽  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Genwei Zhang ◽  
Tengxiao Guo ◽  
Xuequan Ding

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengqiang Fan ◽  
Genevieve H. Dennison ◽  
Nicholas FitzGerald ◽  
Paul L. Burn ◽  
Ian R. Gentle ◽  
...  

AbstractA common feature of fluorescent sensing materials for detecting chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and simulants is the presence of nitrogen-based groups designed to nucleophilically displace a phosphorus atom substituent, with the reaction causing a measurable fluorescence change. However, such groups are also basic and so sensitive to acid. In this study we show it is critical to disentangle the response of a candidate sensing material to acid and CWA simulant. We report that pyridyl-containing sensing materials designed to react with a CWA gave a strong and rapid increase in fluorescence when exposed to Sarin, which is known to contain hydrofluoric acid. However, when tested against acid-free diethylchlorophosphate and di-iso-propylfluorophosphate, simulants typically used for evaluating novel G-series CWA sensors, there was no change in the fluorescence. In contrast, simulants that had been stored or tested under a standard laboratory conditions all led to strong changes in fluorescence, due to acid impurities. Thus the results provide strong evidence that care needs to be taken when interpreting the results of fluorescence-based solid-state sensing studies of G-series CWAs and their simulants. There are also implications for the application of these pyridyl-based fluorescence and other nucleophilic/basic sensing systems to real-world CWA detection.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Armelle Sengele ◽  
Didier Robert ◽  
Nicolas Keller ◽  
Valérie Keller

In the context of the increase in chemical threat due to warfare agents, the development of efficient methods for destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) are of first importance both for civilian and military purposes. Amongst possible methods for destruction of CWAs, photocatalytic oxidation is an alternative one. The present paper reports on the preparation of Ta and Sn doped TiO2 photocatalysts immobilized on β-SiC foams for the elimination of diethyl sulfide (DES) used as a model molecule mimicking Yperite (Mustard Gas) in gaseous phase. Photo-oxidation efficiency of doped TiO2 catalyst has been compared with TiO2-P25. Here, we demonstrate that the Sn doped-TiO2 with a Polyethylene glycol (PEG)/TiO2 ratio of 7 exhibits the best initial activity (up to 90%) but is deactivates more quickly than Ta doped-TiO2 (40% after 800 min). The activity of the catalysts is strongly influenced by the adsorption properties of the support, as β-SiC foams adsorb DES and other sulfur compounds. This adsorption makes it possible to limit the poisoning of the catalysts and to maintain an acceptable conversion rate even after ten hours under continuous DES flow. Washing with NaOH completely regenerates the catalyst after a firs treatment and even seems to “wash” it by removing impurities initially present on the foams.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2100001
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gorzkowska‐Sobas ◽  
Kristian Blindheim Lausund ◽  
Martijn C. Koning ◽  
Veljko Petrovic ◽  
Sachin M. Chavan ◽  
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