Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters
Long-range orientational correlations in liquids have received recent renewed interest, in particular for the neat water case. These long-range orientational correlations, exceeding several tens of nanometers, originate from the presence of the strong permanent water dipolar moment. However, the exact dependence with the dipolar moment and the role...
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science
We report the self-assembly of an ultra-pH-sensitive hydrogel from a simple dipeptide derivative, ferrocene-diphenylalanine (noted as Fc-FF). The pure Fc-L-Phe-L-Phe-OH (noted as (L)-Fc-FF) or Fc-D-Phe-D-Phe-OH (noted as (D)-Fc-FF) peptide could self-assemble into right- or left-handed nanohelices in a mixture of water and organic solvent leading t...
Published in Current pharmaceutical design
Conventional practices of synthesis, manufacturing, and processing have led to severely adverse consequences for living beings and the environment. Although medications cannot be replaced, the methods of synthesizing, manufacturing, and processing them can be changed and/or replaced. This paper explains the significance of green chemistry practices...
Artworks do not last forever. They are composed of evolving materials which get altered over time. Indeed, the varnishes of easel paintings lose their initial visual appearance by deposition of dust and soot suspended in the air, by oxidation and by structural modification, e.g. the effect of free radicals. In order to reverse the evolution of thes...
Published in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Purpose of ReviewOccupational allergic diseases (OAD) such as occupational contact dermatitis (OCD), occupational asthma (OA), and occupational rhinitis (OR) are the most prevalent occupational diseases in industrialized countries. The purpose of this review is to provide an update about the main occupational metal and solvent exposures related to ...
In this work, we have reported the vapor liquid equilibria (VLE) data for the binary mixtures containing {2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethanol (1) + 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, or 2-butanol (2)}. All the VLE measurements were conducted at temperatures ranging between (273.15 to 363.15) K over the whole composition range. The NRTL and UNIQUAC models wer...
Heavy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HPAH) are known to cause undesirable effects in petroleum hydrocracking processes by deactivating the catalysts and accumulating themselves in the downstream of reactors. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with less than 7 rings (PAH) naturally contained in vacuum gas oils (VGO) act as precursors in the HPAH fo...
As the most promising biomass utilization method, biomass gasification is gaining attention as a route for biomass energy production, but the syngas generated from the process contains unacceptable levels of tar. The syngas in reality leads to a liquid–liquid–vapor equilibrium. This syngas becomes saturated with water steam, solvent, and trace of v...
A significant viscosity variation with the shear rate has been observed for several ionic liquids in rheometry experiments above a critical shear rate. Depending on the liquid and the rheological conditions, both viscosity increase and decrease have been reported. So far, these variations have been interpreted as a signature of a non-Newtonian beha...
Published in Occupational and environmental medicine
The aim of this study was to assess the association between maternal occupational exposure to solvents and gastroschisis in offspring. We used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a large population-based case-control study of major birth defects conducted in 10 US states from 1997 to 2011. Infants with gastroschisis were ascertai...
