Australian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 78
Number 2 2025
Na2FeO3 serves as a highly effective water-purifying agent, demonstrating superior performance when compared to ferrate(VI). This study focuses on the eco-friendly synthesis of Na2FeO3 crystals utilising sodium hypochlorite as the medium through a concentration method under depressurisation. The cost of synthesis is obviously lower than the traditional method. (Image credit: Haoda Guo.)
Functionalised polymers with antimicrobial properties have many applications as fouling-resistant materials in the maritime sector. Two polymer-based fabrication systems – one using a cast epoxy resin and the other employing stereolithography to produce polyurethane-based designs – were both used to produce structures incorporating dispersed copper thiocyanate for testing and evaluation as fouling-resistant materials. (Image credit: Richard Piola and Dominic Hare.)
An amphiphilic peptide Fmoc-FFCKK-OH was designed to induce peptide self-assembly to form hydrogels by Au3+ ligand interaction. This study contributes to further understanding the role of AuNPs binding specifically to peptides in the formation of β-sheet-like aggregates and provides a research basis for AuNPs as amyloid aggregation regulator. (Image credit: Fangjie Liu.)
