Halogens in seaweeds: biological and environmental significance

H Al-Adilah, MC Feiters, LJ Carpenter, P Kumari… - Phycology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many marine algae are strong accumulators of halogens. Commercial iodine production
started by burning seaweeds in the 19th century. The high iodine content of certain …

Electrospray and photoionization mass spectrometry for the characterization of organic matter in natural waters: a qualitative assessment

WC Hockaday, JM Purcell, AG Marshall… - Limnology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Fourier‐transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (MS) has demonstrated
potential to revolutionize the fields of limnology and chemical oceanography by identifying …

The biogeochemical cycling of chlorine

TP Barnum, JD Coates - Geobiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chlorine has important roles in the Earth's systems. In different forms, it helps balance the
charge and osmotic potential of cells, provides energy for microorganisms, mobilizes metals …

Natural Disinfection-like Process Unveiled in Soil Microenvironments by Enzyme-Catalyzed Chlorination

X Zhu, K Wang, C Liu, Y Wu, E Wu, J Lv… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Substantial natural chlorination processes are a growing concern in diverse terrestrial
ecosystems, occurring through abiotic redox reactions or biological enzymatic reactions …

The environmental photochemistry of oxide surfaces and the nature of frozen salt solutions: a new in situ XPS approach

F Orlando, A Waldner, T Bartels-Rausch, M Birrer… - Topics in …, 2016 - Springer
Recent years have witnessed fast advancements in near ambient pressure X-ray
photoelectron (NAPP) spectroscopy, which is emerging as a powerful tool for the …

Organo-iodine formation in soils and aquifer sediments at ambient concentrations

KA Schwehr, PH Santschi, DI Kaplan… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
One of the key risk drivers at radioactive waste disposal facilities is radioiodine, especially
129I. As iodine mobility varies greatly with iodine speciation, experiments with 129I …

Driving factors influencing spatiotemporal variation of natural organic chlorine in Shennongjia forest soil

F Ju, L Chen, T Ma, X Wang, Z Chen, J Zheng… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Studying the geochemical behavior of chlorine is the basis of understanding the chlorine
cycle in nature. To explore the spatiotemporal distribution of natural organic chlorine (Cl …

Organochlorine turnover in forest ecosystems: the missing link in the terrestrial chlorine cycle

AC Leri, SCB Myneni - Global biogeochemical cycles, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Research in the last 20 years has shown that chlorine undergoes transformations between
inorganic and organic forms as part of a complex biogeochemical cycle in terrestrial …

In situ K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination

G Malta, SA Kondrat, SJ Freakley, DJ Morgan… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The replacement of HgCl2/C with Au/C as a catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination
represents a significant reduction in the environmental impact of this industrial process …

Vanadium chloroperoxidases: the missing link in the formation of chlorinated compounds and chloroform in the terrestrial environment?

R Wever, P Barnett - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
It is well established that the majority of chlorinated organic substances found in the
terrestrial environment are produced naturally. The presence of these compounds in soils is …