Abstract This paper introduces the Characteristic Mode Analysis in the computation of electromagnetic resonant modes in conducting bodies. Canonical cases (thin wire and a rectangular plate) are analyzed, along with real-world complex structures, a mobile phone chassis and an unmanned aerial vehicle. Given the analogy to other areas, such as modal analysis in Differential Equations, this method can be another tool when teaching Electromagnetic Radiation and antenna related topics.

Carriers with different functional groups (epoxy, aldehyde, ethyldiazonium, phenyldiazonium and amino) were tested for immobilization of T. versicolor laccase on GMA-co-EGDMA (glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) microspheres. Laccase immobilized on GMA-co-EGDMA containing the phenyldiazonium functional group showed the highest activity (96.3 U g-1). The immobilized laccase was used for removal of bisphenol-A (BPA) from aqueous solution. The temperature effect was significant on activity, but insignificant on BPA removal by the immobilized laccase. In the temperature range 10-60 °C, the removal of BPA by laccase in the immobilized form was about four times higher than that in the free form. Swelling does not affect the activity of immobilized laccase, but after 8 cycles of 2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) oxidation, non-swollen immobilized laccase was able to retain 71% of the starting activity while the 24 h swollen kept 61%. At neutral pH, adsorption onto the immobilized laccase accounted for 92% of the BPA removed while enzymatic conversion accounted for 8%. However, when increasing the pH to 10, the fraction of BPA removed by adsorption decreased to 67% and by enzymatic conversion increased to 33%.

Neste trabalho, foram avaliados os impactos na composição mineralógica e nas propriedades físico-químicas de duas categorias representativas de solos brasileiros - um vertissolo (V) e um argissolo (P) - após tratamento com reagente de Fenton. Os argilominerais presentes no V, rico em argilas expansivas, sofreram degradação após o tratamento pelo reagente de Fenton. No solo P, rico em caulinita, não foi observada nenhuma alteração significativa na mineralogia de sua fração argila após este tratamento. A capacidade de troca catiônica (CTC) de V foi drasticamente diminuída, o que em longo prazo poderá causar a infertilidade do solo por causa da redução da sua capacidade de retenção de água e nutrientes.

In this work, the impacts on the mineralogical composition and on the physico-chemical properties of two representative categories of Brazilian soils - a vertisol (V) and a kandiudult (P) - after treatment with Fenton reagent were studied. The clay minerals presented in the V (rich in 2:1 expansive clay) have been degraded with this reagent application. In the other, P, rich in kaolinite, there was no significant change in its clay mineralogy after this treatment. Furthermore, the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of V was dramatically diminished and consequently can cause the soil infertility by the reduction of water and nutrients retention.