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Povzetek: The kinetics of surface recombination of neutral oxygen atoms on nanocarbon deposited on oxidized cobalt catalyst in inductively coupled radiofrequency plasma sustained in propane in the H-mode is presented. The coefficient was measured in the range of temperatures between 300 and 800 K and pressures between 40 and 200 Pa. A deep minimum in the coefficient at 0.03–0.06 was observed and explained by a deposition of a rather smooth carbon film on the cobalt catalyst. Prolonged deposition caused the growth of perpendicularly oriented multilayer graphene sheets with the distance between the neighboring sheets around 100 nm. The large aspect ratio of the gaps, whose depth reached several micrometers after deposition time over 100 s, caused the trapping of oxygen atoms and, thus, numerous collisions with the graphene-like surface, so the coefficient increased for over an order of magnitude. The maximum coefficient over 0.5 was observed at low pressures and elevated temperatures. The evolution of the recombination coefficient was explained by the peculiarities of the binding sites for oxygen atoms on graphene surfaces.
Ključne besede: carbon nanowalls, plasma, oxygen, chemical vapor deposition
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 17.06.2025; Ogledov: 155; Prenosov: 85
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Ključne besede: crop-weed competition, non-chemical, agro-ecological, weed control, tillage practice
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 10.02.2025; Ogledov: 440; Prenosov: 174
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Povzetek: Efflorescence, a time-dependent and water-driven phenomenon, is a major concern inalkali-activated materials (AAMs), impacting their practical use and preservation in a time-frozen state for post-characterisation. Although a method for stopping chemical reactions in conventional cements exists, it is time-consuming and not chemical-free. Therefore, this study explored the effects of low-power microwave-induced dehydration on efflorescence, mechanical performance, and structural integrity in AAMs, to create an alternative and more “user-friendly” dehydration method. For this purpose, several mixtures based on secondary raw (slag, fly ash, glass wool, and rock wool) and non-waste (metakaolin) materials were activated with a commercial Na-silicate solution in ratios that promoted or prevented efflorescence. Characterisation techniques, including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, showed that microwave dehydration effectively removed water without altering crystallinity, while mercury intrusion porosimetry and compressive strength tests confirmed increased porosity. In addition to being an efficient, time-saving, and solvent-free manner of stopping the reactions in AAMs, microwave irradiation emerged as an innovative, chemical-free method for evaluating curing finalisation and engineering foams in a stage when all other existing methods fail. However, the artificially provoked efflorescence in aged dehydrated AAMs connected the slipperiness of AAM with the instant extraction of Na, which raised the need for further research into alternative alkali replacements to evaluate the practical use of AAM.
Ključne besede: materials chemistry, alkali-activated materials, geopolymers, slag, fly ash, rock wool, glass wool, metakaolin, microwave irradiation, dehydration, stopping chemical reactions, efflorescence
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 23.12.2024; Ogledov: 528; Prenosov: 329
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Povzetek: The article reexamines the immune system as a cognitive entity within an enactivism framework and the 4EA approach, emphasizing embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and affective cognition. Based on a comparative and conceptualanalytic method, this text contests the mainstream implications of immunology. Challenging the conventional linear immunity model, which simplifies antigens as inputs and antibodies as outputs, the paper proposes a hypothesis where the immune system, through eigenbehavior, creates virtual selves and endogenous “molecular worlds” influenced by environmental factors. This perspective shifts the view of immunity from a reactive, militaristic model to a more nuanced, “peace-loving” system engaged in adaptive interactions with its environment. The study culminates in analyzing multiple chemical sensitivities as instances of discognition, demonstrating how an organism-centric view of immunology highlights the deep interdependence between humans and their surroundings.
Ključne besede: immunity, enactivism, eigenbehavior, inhuman cognition, multiple chemical sensitivity
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 21.10.2024; Ogledov: 369; Prenosov: 115
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Povzetek: The overall increase in maritime transport, coastal urbanization and the foreseen increase in offshore oil and gas extraction pose serious risks of pollution from hazardous substances for several coastal states in the whole Mediterranean, and in particular in the Adriatic - Ionian region. Countries sharing a marine region or sub-region should adopt a common approach to environmental monitoring, good environmental status definition and assessment. In the Adriatic – Ionian marine sub-regions, the level of coherence and consistency of several EU and regional environmental policies, particularly in the assessment of contamination from hazardous substances, needs a common implementation. In the framework of enhancing the capacity to tackle environmental vulnerability and safeguard ecosystem services at transnational scale, the objective of HarmoNIA is twofold: to share best practices to support the harmonized implementation of marine environmental directives in the ADRION regionto strengthen the network of data infrastructures to facilitate access and re-use of marine data among countries bordering the Adriatic – Ionian Seas. Building on the EU initiative EMODnet for the management and supply of fragmented marine data, HarmoNIA will strengthen the existing transnational network of data infrastructures to facilitate access and re-use of marine data among countries bordering the Adriatic – Ionian Seas. The project will improve the coherence, among most countries bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, all Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention, of protocols for monitoring and for assessment of contaminants in the marine environment and will facilitate data and information exchange within the region. The outputs will consist in a Transnational network of institutions adopting a joint data management system for contaminants in the marine environment, and in regional strategies to improve harmonization in monitoring and assessment, and to evaluate risk of contaminant dispersion in vulnerable coastal zones from different pollution sources. HarmoNIA outputs will improve the coordination among institutions involved in MSFD and UNEP/MAP protocol implementation, local, regional and national authorities in charge of environmental assessment, management, conservation, as well as research institutions, to tackle problems related to pollution dispersal and risks on the coastal areas of the ADRION region. The transnational approach will be assured by the cooperation among partners from most of the countries bordering the ADRION region, with consolidated experience in marine data acquisition and management and involved in the implementation of marine environmental policies.
Ključne besede: marine pollution, environment, chemical substances
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 03.09.2024; Ogledov: 638; Prenosov: 871
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