Mercury speciation, transformation, and transportation in soils, atmospheric flux, and implications for risk management: A critical review

D O'Connor, D Hou, YS Ok, J Mulder, L Duan… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a potentially harmful trace element in the environment and one of the World
Health Organization's foremost chemicals of concern. The threat posed by Hg contaminated …

[HTML][HTML] Acidity and the multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aqueous particles and clouds

A Tilgner, T Schaefer, B Alexander… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The acidity of aqueous atmospheric solutions is a key parameter driving both the partitioning
of semi-volatile acidic and basic trace gases and their aqueous-phase chemistry. In addition …

A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

HM Horowitz, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is emitted to the atmosphere mainly as volatile elemental Hg 0. Oxidation to
water-soluble Hg II plays a major role in Hg deposition to ecosystems. Here, we implement a …

Herbal medicine derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in therapeutics, bioimaging and sensing

WK Luo, LL Zhang, ZY Yang, XH Guo, Y Wu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Since the number of raw material selections for the synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) has
grown extensively, herbal medicine as a precursor receives an increasing amount of …

An updated review of atmospheric mercury

SN Lyman, I Cheng, LE Gratz, P Weiss-Penzias… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The atmosphere is a key component of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury, acting as a
reservoir, transport mechanism, and facilitator of chemical reactions. The chemical and …

A rapid and specific fluorescent probe based on aggregation-induced emission enhancement for mercury ion detection in living systems

Y An, B Li, Y Yu, Y Zhou, J Yi, L Li, Y Sun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury is a harmful heavy metal that seriously threatens the environment and organisms. In
this study, we combined the aggregation-induced emission mechanism and the advantages …

Fluorogenic detection of mercury ion in aqueous environment using hydrogel‐based AIE sensing films

S Wu, Y Yang, Y Cheng, S Wang, Z Zhou, P Zhang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A “turn‐on” fluorescent sensing strategy was developed for ultrasensitive detection of heavy
metal mercury ion (Hg2+) directly in water. It utilized an aqueous soluble aggregation …

Current and future levels of mercury atmospheric pollution on a global scale

JM Pacyna, O Travnikov, F De Simone… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
An assessment of current and future emissions, air concentrations, and atmospheric
deposition of mercury worldwide is presented on the basis of results obtained during the …

Photoreduction of gaseous oxidized mercury changes global atmospheric mercury speciation, transport and deposition

A Saiz-Lopez, SP Sitkiewicz, D Roca-Sanjuán… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Anthropogenic mercury (Hg (0)) emissions oxidize to gaseous Hg (II) compounds,
before deposition to Earth surface ecosystems. Atmospheric reduction of Hg (II) competes …

Fifty years of volcanic mercury emission research: Knowledge gaps and future directions

BA Edwards, DS Kushner, PM Outridge… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volcanism is a potentially important natural source of mercury (Hg) to the environment.
However, its impact on the global Hg cycle remains poorly understood despite advances …