Research on Atmospheric Sciences

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".

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Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, research activity has been focused on the protection of the environment, which requires a great effort from the scientific world to develop new methodologies that can detect smaller amounts of pollutants, since everything is influencing very important aspects of climate change. This Special Issue will give a very specific vision of the most important polluting analytes on our planet and the most innovative technology for their detection. Particular attention will be paid to bioaerosols and specifically the determination of Covid-19.

Potential topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

  • Sample preparation for environmental analysis: soil and sediments, water and air
  • Aerosols
  • Bioaerosols
  • Trace analysis
  • Organic analysis & Inorganic analysis
  • Air monitoring, real-time measurement instruments
  • Laser in environmental sciences
  • Statistical treatment of analytical data
  • Internet application to environmental analysis
  • Covid-19
  • Trends in biological detection
  • Environmental protection law
  • Specific laboratory experiments

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Prof. Dr. J. Caceres
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Microbial Depolymerization of Epoxy Resins: A Novel Approach to a Complex Challenge
by Lucrezia Pardi-Comensoli, Mauro Tonolla, Andrea Colpo, Zuzanna Palczewska, Sharanya Revikrishnan, Markus Heeb, Ivano Brunner and Michel Barbezat
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 466; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app12010466 - 04 Jan 2022
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The objective of this project is evaluating the potential of microbes (fungi and bacteria) for the depolymerization of epoxy, aiming at the development of a circular management of natural resources for epoxy in a long-term prospective. For depolymerization, epoxy samples were incubated for [...] Read more.
The objective of this project is evaluating the potential of microbes (fungi and bacteria) for the depolymerization of epoxy, aiming at the development of a circular management of natural resources for epoxy in a long-term prospective. For depolymerization, epoxy samples were incubated for 1, 3, 6 and 9 months in soil microcosms inoculated with Ganoderma adspersum. Contact angle data revealed a reduction in the hydrophobicity induced by the fungus. Environmental scanning electron microscopy on epoxy samples incubated for more than 3 years in microbiological water revealed abundant microbiota. This comprised microbes of different sizes and shapes. The fungi Trichoderma harzianum and Aspergillus calidoustus, as well as the bacteria Variovorax sp. and Methyloversatilis discipulorum, were isolated from this environment. Altogether, these results suggest that microbes are able to colonize epoxy surfaces and, most probably, also partially depolymerize them. This could open promising opportunities for the study of new metabolisms potentially able depolymerize epoxy materials. Full article
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