Background and Aims Aluminium (Al) toxicity is one of the factors limiting crop production on acid soils. However, genotypic differences exist among plant species or cultivars in response to Al toxicity. This study aims to investigate genotypic differences among eight cultivars of tatary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) for Al resistance and explore the possible mechanisms of Al resistance. Me…
Abstract. For the first time, the high-activity, single-site mesoporous WO3-MCF materials were synthesized and characterized by N2 sorption, TEM, UV–vis DRS, UV-Raman, and XPS. It was found that the dispersion and nature of the tungsten species depend strongly on the tungsten oxide content and the support characteristic. The novel catalyst remains a highly ordered mesostructure of the sili…
Abstract. In this paper, a simple approach was presented to prepare functional inorganic/organic composite microspheres in which the inorganic nanoparticles were encapsulated into the polyelectrolyte complexes between chitosan (CS) and poly(aspartic acid) sodium salt (PAsp). The magnetic microspheres were prepared via electrostatic interaction between the citrate groups stabilizing Fe3O4 na…
Abstract A single-step method was developed for biodiesel production from unrefined or waste oils using a series of heterogeneous zinc and lanthanum mixed oxides. Effects of metal oxide molar ratio, free fatty acids (FFA) and water content in feedstock, molar ratio of methanol and oil, and reaction temperature on the yield of biodiesel were investigated. A strong interaction between Zn and …
Abstract Oxidative bromination of methane, mediated by HBr/H2O (solution), provides an original route for the production of oxygenates and gasoline directly from natural gas. However, the reported catalysts for this reaction all involved noble metals. From the consideration of replacing noble metal catalysts with cheaper oxides, various silica-supported oxide catalysts were surveyed. It was…
Abstract A tethered ligand-modified Rh/SiO2 catalyst was developed for hydroformylation with high stability. The catalyst was prepared by fastening both organic ligand and metal directly on the surface of support to avoid leaching, while at the same time the active species were formed in situ by coordination of the flexible ligand to the metal on the surface of SiO2. The immobilization of l…