Science in Developing Countries: U.S.-Kenya Cooperative Science Research on Electrocatalytic Reduction of Organohalides in Surfactant Media

该项目支持Geoffrey Kamau博士的参与， 内罗毕大学的一个正在进行的长期项目， 用于销毁卤代有机物的电催化方法 水表面活性剂介质中的污染物。 两年具体目标 此协作组件的周期围绕优化 实验设计因素，以达到显着更快 脱卤速率 研究的广泛、长期目标 项目是使新的战略成为可能， 污染物质的解毒，如沉积物，土壤， 工业油，并提供新的见解，有毒和 通过建立基本的有机卤化物的环境相互作用 它们电子转移动力学和热力学特征 反应. 有机卤化物对环境的污染是一个世界性的问题 问题. 正在开发的脱卤方法应直接 也适用于其他污染物。 该项目符合 发展中国家科学（SDC）计划的标准 加强美国科学家和工程师之间的合作 和发展中国家的同行，并增加 发展中国家科学家和工程师处理 制约发展。

This project supports the participation of Dr. Geoffrey Kamau of the University of Nairobi in an ongoing, long-term project to develop new electrocatalytic approaches for destruction of halogenated organic pollutants in aqueous surfactant media. Specific aims for the two-year period of this collaborative component center around optimizing experimental design factors to attain significantly faster dehalogenation rates. The broad, long-term goals of the research project are to make possible new strategies for permanently effective detoxification of contaminated materials such as sediments, soils, and industrial oils, and to provide new insights into toxic and environmental interactions of organohalides by establishing fundamental kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics of their electron-transfer reactions. Environmental contamination with organohalide chemicals is a worldwide problem. Dehalogenation methods being developed should be directly applicable to other pollutants as well. The project is consistent with the criteria for the Science in Developing Countries (SDC) program in that it strengthens collaboration between U.S. scientists and engineers and their counterparts in developing countries, and increases the capacity of scientists and engineers in developing countries to address constraints to development.