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Fine map** of a major QTL, qKl-1BL controlling kernel length in common wheat
A major stable QTL, qKl-1BL, for kernel length of wheat was narrowed down to a 2.04-Mb interval on chromosome 1BL; the candidate genes were predicated and the genetic effects on yield-related traits were characte...
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Treatment of phenolic wastewater by anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell using carbon brush as anode: microbial community analysis and m-cresol degradation mechanism
Anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell (AFB-MFC) is a technology that combines fluidized bed reactor and microbial fuel cell to treat organic wastewater and generate electricity. The performance and the m...
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Density functional theory study on the reaction mechanism of Ni+-catalysed cyclohexane dehydrogenation
A detailed theoretical analysis of the mechanism of chemical bond activation in cyclohexane catalysed by the atomic transition-metal cation Ni+ was performed by density functional theory/Hartree–Fock method (B3LY...
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Study on the mechanism of anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell for coal chemical wastewater treatment
The coal chemical wastewater (CCW) was treated by anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell (AFB-MFC) with macroporous adsorptive resin (MAR) as fluidized particle. Isosteric heat calculation and molecular d...
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Insights into the Molecular Structure of Yangchangwan Subbituminous Coal Based on the Combination of Experimental and Multi-Scale Computational Descriptions
This study aims to investigate the molecular structure of Yangchangwan (YCW) subbituminous coal using state-of-the-art, multi-scale computer-aided modeling methods and several chemical/physical techniques, suc...
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Characterization and Performance of Ca-Substituted La1−xCaxCoO3−δ Perovskite for Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene
Perovskite oxides with ABO3 structure are promising heterogeneous catalysts. This work intends to modify the physicochemical properties and catalytic behaviors of perovskite-type oxides by A-site substitution. La
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Preparation of sputtered Fe3O4 thin film
Fe3O4, as a half-metallic ferrimagnetic material, is believed to be one of the most promising materials in spin transport for spintronics. However, fabricating stoichiometric Fe3O4 film is still challenging becau...
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Efficient CO2 adsorption and mechanism on nitrogen-doped porous carbons
In this work, nitrogen-doped porous carbons (NACs) were fabricated as an adsorbent by urea modification and KOH activation. The CO2 adsorption mechanism for the NACs was then explored. The NACs are found to prese...
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Porous structure O-rich carbon nanotubes as anode material for sodium-ion batteries
Carbon materials with high electronic conductivity and high surface area show obvious advantage as anode material for commercial sodium-ion batteries. Here, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with porous and disordered s...
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Rapid removal of low concentrations of mercury from wastewater using coal gasification slag
Coal gasification slag (CGS) is a carbon-containing solid waste used as an adsorbent to remove low concentrations of mercury from wastewater in a series of batch tests to assess its adsorption properties and s...
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Efficient removal of oil pollutant via simultaneous adsorption and photocatalysis using La–N–TiO2–cellulose/SiO2 difunctional aerogel composite
Nano-TiO2 photocatalysts doped with La–N(La–N–TiO2) were prepared by solgel method. The La–N–TiO2 was loaded on the cellulose/SiO2 composite aerogel (La–N–TiO2–CSA). La–N–TiO2–CSA had both oil absorption and oil ...
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Intrinsic adsorption properties of raw coal fly ash for quinoline from aqueous solution: kinetic and equilibrium studies
Fly ash and quinoline are two major waste materials produced by the large scale utilization of coal. This study describes the investigation into the intrinsic adsorption properties of raw coal fly ash toward q...
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Heterogeneous Fenton Degradation of Rhodamine B in Aqueous Solution Using Fe-Loaded Mesoporous MCM-41 as Catalyst
In this study, mesoporous Fe/MCM-41 was prepared and employed as a heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the oxidative degradation of dye rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous solution. Structural and morphological charact...
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Influence of inversion defects and Cr–Cr pairs on the photoluminescent performance of ZnAl2O4 crystals
ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ crystals were synthesized by using sol–gel method at 1000 °C. The results showed that with the concentration of Cr3+ in spinel lattices increasing, the x-ray diffraction peaks shifted toward lower di...
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Dynamic simulation based fault detection and diagnosis for distillation column
The model-based fault diagnosis approach is characterized by a powerful process supervision capability with a priori knowledge about the system under consideration. Nevertheless, system complexity, high dimens...
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Promotional effects of noble metal addition to cobalt Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalysts
The influence of noble metal addition on the properties of Co/Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst was investigated. In situ electrical conductivity results showed that the presence of the noble metal can fac...