Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
EIS:
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; electrochemical technique to measure
impedance
FE-SEM:
focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy; a tomographic technique to
study nanoporous solids
HPC-f:
hierarchical porous carbon produced by absorption of the precursors on a cellu-
lose-based iber cloth
I U PAC :
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Macropores:
according to IUPAC, pores with diameter >50 nm
Mesopores:
according to IUPAC, pores with diameter between 2 and 50 nm
Micropores:
according to IUPAC, pores with diameter <2 nm
N I PA M :
N
-isopropylacrylamide; PNIPAM monomer
NpC-CTAB:
nanoporous carbon produced by carbonization of a resorcinol/formaldehyde
resin synthesized in the presence of CTAB
NpC-PDAMAC:
nanoporous carbon produced by carbonization of a resorcinol/formalde-
hyde resin synthesized in the presence of PDAMAC
ODN:
oligonucleotide; short DNA fragment carrying genetic ingerprinting pattern
PA A :
polyacrylic acid; hydrophilic polymer-bearing -COOH groups
PA A m :
polyacrylamide; hydrophilic polymer
PA M P S:
poly(2-acrylamidepropansulfonic acid); polyacrylamide bearing sulfonic acid groups
PA N I :
polyaniline; conducting polymer relatively hydrophilic and pH sensitive
PBD:
probe beam delection; optical technique where a laser beam is shined parallel to the
electrode surface and the deviation is measured, which is related to instantaneous
concentration gradients
PDAMAC:
poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)
pKa:
equal to −log(
K
a
), where
K
a
is the acid constant that measures the acid strength of a
molecule or functional group
P N I PA M :
poly(
N
-isopropylacrylamide); thermosensitive polymer
PNMANI:
poly(
N
-methylaniline); conducting polymer, relatively hydrophobic
PPy:
polypyrrole; hydrophobic conducting polymer, pH insensitive
RF:
resorcinol-formaldehyde cross-linked resin
RHE:
reversible hydrogen electrode; reference electrode (
E
r
= 0.0 V in the standard hydro-
gen scale)
SCE:
saturated calomel electrode; reference electrode (
E
r
= 0.245 V vs. RHE)
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