Synthetic, structural and solution speciation studies on binary Al(III)–(carboxy)phosphonate systems. Relevance to the neurotoxic potential of Al(III)

Aluminium interferes with hippocampal calcium signaling in a species-specific manner

“…The diverse spectrum of the employed chemical forms of Al includes complexes, which are a) stable in the solid state and in solution, or b) stable in the solid state yet they dissociate and undergo hydrolytic chemistry in aqueous media, giving rise to an equally diverse variety of Al species. Consistent with the aqueous speciation studies of the corresponding binary Al-ligand systems [25][26][27][28][29][30][31], the derived aqueous Al species bear physical (e.g. charge, size, coordination geometry) and chemical attributes (e.g.…”

“…These ligands serve as Al "chelators", likely facilitating transport, uptake and ultimately biological activity [3]. In fact, Al does readily form complexes with numerous biomolecules, limiting the free ion concentration in solution due to interactions with O-, (O,N), and (O, N,P)-containing molecular substrates, including citrate, quinate and phosphonate [25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. Hence, ligand features contribute to Al binding, complex formation, solubilization in aqueous media and species differentiation with respect to size, charge, hydrophilicity and chemical reactivity.…”

Advanced material and approach for metal ions removal from aqueous solutions

“…One of the most important variables required in the design of adsorption processes for the separation and purification of liquid mixtures is the capacity of the adsorbent for any given component42. The ability of N10O to collect different metal ions was clarified in these capacity studies.…”

Molecular Metal Phosphonates

“…The known aluminophosphonates are listed in Table . As can be seen, the nuclearity of the aluminophosphonates varies from 2 to 16. − Representative examples of these are depicted in Figures –.…”