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Open AccessCarbon in Chinese grasslands: meta-analysis and theory of grazing effects
Globally, livestock grazing is an important management factor influencing soil degradation, soil health and carbon (C) stocks of grassland ecosystems. However, the effects of grassland types, grazing intensity...
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Variations of 7Be concentration in plants and its significance for 7Be in soil on the Loess Plateau, China: Based on three-year monitoring data
With the wide application of 7Be (Beryllium-7) in soil erosion investigations, retention and interception of 7Be by vegetation plays an important role in documenting soil 7Be redistribution, with a large impact o...
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Spatial-temporal variation, ecological risk, and source identification of nutrients and heavy metals in sediments in the peri-urban riverine system
A great deal of attention has been directed to the toxicity, enrichment, and accumulation of urban river sediment pollution. To understand the spatial-temporal variation, ecological risk and source of nutrient...
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Investigation into Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments of Wei River Basin
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as indicators of anthropogenic activities, existed in sediments may pose potential risk to environment. In the present study, we assessed occurrence, composition, and r...
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Soil aggregation and water holding capacity of soil amended with agro-industrial byproducts and poultry litter
Soil organic matter (SOM) addition has been shown to be effective for improving physicochemical and hydrological properties, but its effectiveness may be improved if amended with certain agro-industrial byprod...
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Open Access2D MXene-Based Materials for Electrocatalysis
MXenes, as an emerging 2D material, are expected to exert a great influence on future energy storage and conversion technologies. In this review, we systematically summarize recent advances in MXene-based mate...
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Estimation of wind and water erosion based on slope aspects in the crisscross region of the Chinese Loess Plateau
The crisscross region of the Chinese Loess Plateau is affected from both wind and water erosion, and their relative contributions remain unclear. A combination analysis of 137Cs inventories, surface soil sample p...
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Sediment source analysis using the fingerprinting method in a small catchment of the Loess Plateau, China
This paper aims to use the composite fingerprinting method to reconstruct the environmental history after the Grain-for-Green Project and to provide effective sediment management and soil erosion-control strat...
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Open AccessControllable Preparation of Ultrathin Sandwich-Like Membrane with Porous Organic Framework and Graphene Oxide for Molecular Filtration
Porous organic frameworks (POFs) based membranes have potential applications in molecular filtration, despite the lack of a corresponding study. This study reports an interesting strategy to get processable PO...
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β-cyclodextrin functionalized graphene oxide: an efficient and recyclable adsorbent for the removal of dye pollutants
A novel method for the preparation of β-cyclodextrin grafted graphene oxide (GO-β-CD) has been developed. The GO-β-CD was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 13C NMR spectroscopy, Raman spec...
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Palladium Complex Immobilized on Graphene Oxide as an Efficient and Recyclable Catalyst for Suzuki Coupling Reaction
A graphene supported palladium (Pd) catalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction has been successfully prepared by immobilizing Pd(II) onto graphene oxide surface through the in situ coordination interaction with ami...
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Beryllium-7 activity concentration in maize during the growth period
Beryllium-7 (7Be) activity in maize was measured in Yangling County, Shaanxi Province, on the Loess Plateau Region of China in 2007. The 7Be mass activity concentration in maize leaf samples was significantly gre...
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Beryllium-7 activity concentration in plants on the Loess Plateau, China
The activity concentration of beryllium-7 (7Be), a naturally occurring cosmogenic radionuclide produced in the upper atmosphere, was measured in plants on the Loess plateau of China during the growing season of 2...
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Open AccessPalladium nanoparticle-graphene hybrids as active catalysts for the Suzuki reaction
Graphene has been successfully modified with palladium nanoparticles in a facile manner by reducing palladium acetate [Pd(OAc)2] in the present of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), which is used as both surfactant an...
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Polyaniline nanofibers prepared by a facile electrochemical approach and their supercapacitor performance
Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers were prepared electrochemically by a template-free method on different active substrates in aqueous solutions containing aniline and inorganic acid or organic acid. The influences...
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Synthesis of LiAlTiO4 and its selectivity to Li+ exchange
The ion-exchanger LiAlTiO4 of spinel type was prepared by the common precipitation/hydrothermal crystallization method, and was acid-modified. Its ion-exchange properties for alkali ions such as saturation capaci...
