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Gas transport through graphene-derived membranes has gained much interest recently due to its promising potential in filtration and separation applications. In this work, we explore Kr-85 gas radionuclide sequestration from natural air in nanoporous graphene oxide membranes in which different sizes and geometries of pores were modeled on the graphene oxide sheet. This was done using atomistic simulations considering mean-squared displacement, diffusion coefficient, number of crossed species of gases through nanoporous graphene oxide, and flow through interlayer galleries. The results showed that the gas features have the densest adsorbed zone in nanoporous graphene oxide, compared with a graphene membrane, and that graphene oxide was more favorable than graphene for Kr separation. The aim of this paper is to show that for the well-defined pore size called P-7, it is possible to separate Kr-85 from a gas mixture containing Kr-85, O 2 and N 2 . The results would benefit the oil industry among others.

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The Emerson ÁTrinder reaction has been optimized in this work using an initial rate spectrophotometric method and response surface methodology (RSM). In this investigation, the variation range of critical variables along with the fixed parameters were selected based on a preliminary 'one at a time' (OVAT) procedure for the subsequent RSM chemometric analysis as follows: pH (6 Á10), buffer concentration (50 Á250 mM), 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AAP) concentration (1 Á5 mM), temperature (25 Á458C). The optimum values of fixed parameters were: 4-fluorophenol (4-FP, 30 mM), horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme activity (0.12 U mL (1 ), and the fixed concentration of the H 2 O 2 in the chemometric experiments was 11.4 mM. The non-linear nature of the experimental response of the reaction system was explained by a second-order polynomial equation, which revealed the impact of the experimental factors, their interactions and also their optimum values. The results of the reported RSM analysis proved to be quite appropriate for the design and optimization of this reaction, as illustrated by the relatively high value of the determination coefficient (R 2 0/96.7%) for the fitting of quadratic model, along with the satisfactory results generated by the analysis of variance (ANOVA). All the evaluated analytical characteristics of this method: typical reaction progress curves, resulting linear calibration curve, within-day precisions at low and at high levels, and the upper and lower detection limits were, also, reported. In addition, to check the quality of the optimization and validity of the model, the assay of H 2 O 2 , in pooled serum matrix and in cosmetic samples, was performed.