Palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) play an integral role in motor vehicles as the primary
vehicle exhaust catalyst (VEC) for tackling environmental pollution. Automobiles equipped …

Platinum (Pt) is a rare precious metal that is a strategic commodity for industries in many
countries. The demand for Pt has more than doubled in the last 30 years due to its role in the …

Herein, we describe the highly efficient photochemical vapor generation (PVG) of a volatile
species of Ir (presumably iridium tetracarbonyl hydride) for subsequent detection by …

Antarctic trace element records could provide important insights into the impact of human
activities on the environment over the past few centuries. In this study, we investigated the …

One explanation of the abrupt cooling episode known as the Younger Dryas (YD) is a
cosmic impact or airburst at the YD boundary (YDB) that triggered cooling and resulted in …

We report the first comprehensive and reliable time series for As, Mo, Sb, and Tl in the
snowpack from Dome Fuji in the central East Antarctic Plateau. Our results show significant …

Despite the fact that Antarctica is a continent notably free from large negative impact of
human activities, literature data can be the basis for concluding that this is not an area free …

Anthrobiogeochemical cycles have been a subject of scientific research for many decades
as they are important for identifying possible sources, sinks, and pathways of an element in …

Emissions of toxic substances such as oxides of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, and, in addition,
aromatic hydrocarbons, aldehydes and heavy metals are the most serious problem of road …

The determination of palladium (Pd) in environmental samples by ICP-MS is challenging as
all its isotopes are extensively interfered due to isobaric (eg 110 Cd on 110 Pd, 106 Cd on …