https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47398 Tue 17 Jan 2023 11:21:30 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41931 Zea mays) and Sudan grass (Sorghum sudanense) grown in PAHs contaminated soils to degrade benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and pyrene (PYR) was assessed. Of the three bacterial cultures isolated, two belonged to Gram-positive bacteria of phylum Actinobacteria namely Arthrobacter sp. MAL3 and Microbacterium sp. MAL2. The Gram-negative bacterial culture was Stenotrophomonas sp. MAL1, from the phylum Proteobacteria. The cultures were grown in the presence of BaP and PYR as sole carbon sources and with the addition of low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOAs) mixture. After 10-14 days of exposure, all the bacterial isolates exhibited a complete degradation of PYR with the addition of LMWOAs mixture, whereas only 38.7% of BaP was degraded by Stenotrophomonas sp. MAL1 with the addition of LMWOAs mixture. In addition, enhanced PAHs biodegradation by bacterial culture was observed when the PAHs present as mixture (BaP + PYR) with the addition of LMWOAs. Dioxygenase genes were detected in Stenotrophomonas sp. MAL1 (phnAC), and Arthrobacter sp. MAL3 (nidA and PAH-RHDa). Therefore, this study provides new insights on the influence of LMWOAs in enhancing the degradation of high molecular weight (HMW) PAHs in soil by rhizosphere bacterial cultures.]]> Tue 16 Aug 2022 09:58:23 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:50083 Thu 13 Jul 2023 10:43:20 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39958 L-F) has been designed and synthesized starting from a low-cost pyrene core functionalized with triphenilamine substituents at 1,3,6,8 positions (L-H), obtained via Suzuki coupling reactions. Its performance when used as green emitter in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) or as dopant-free hole-transporting material (HTM) in halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is higher than that of the L-H counterpart, in spite of its lower bulk hole-mobility (7.0 x 10⁻⁶ cm²/V) to L-H (1.9 x 10⁻⁴ cm²/V). In fact, the OLED devices based on a L-F active layer showed excellent green emission (brightness and current efficiency were 1759.8 cd/m² and 3.7 cd/A, respectively) at a 4.5 V turn-on voltage. When the molecules were employed as a dopant-free HTM in PSCs, L-F led to a power conversion efficiency (PCE) and open circuit voltage (V_oc) of 5.9% and 1.07 V, respectively, thus outperforming those of corresponding devices based on L-H (PCE = 5.0% and V_oc = 0.87 V) under similar experimental conditions (AM 1.5G and 100 mW cm²). We attribute the enhancements of L-F-based optoelectronic devices (OLEDs and PSCs) to the observed better quality of the L-F films. The promising performance of L-F indicates that fluorination of small molecules can be an effective strategy to achieve low-cost and high-performing materials for energy harvesting and display-based organic electronic devices.]]> Mon 29 Jan 2024 17:53:33 AEDT ]]>