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... As a common practice in agricultural system, straw return has been reported to release a large number of trace gases and attracted much attention. However, the role of straw return in toluene emission remains poorly understood. In this study we measured the emissions of toluene as well as other 50 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from wheat straw return for 66 days under flooded and non-flooded c ...
benzene; formaldehyde; industrialization; isoprene; models; nitrogen; pollution; river deltas; rivers; toluene; China
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... The impact of reducing industrial emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on ozone (O₃) pollution is of wide concern particularly in highly industrialized megacities. In this study, O₃, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and VOCs were measured at an urban site in the Pearl River Delta region during the 2018 Chinese National Day Holidays and two after-holiday periods (one with ozone pollution and another ...
... Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) has been identified as a prospective alternative for sustainable ammonia production. Developing cost-effective and highly efficient electrocatalysts is critical for NRR under ambient conditions. Herein, the hierarchical cobalt-molybdenum bimetallic sulfide (CoS₂/MoS₂) flower-like heterostructure assembled from well-aligned nanosheets has been easil ...
... This paper proposes a novel Janus graphene nanofluid that enhances the low salinity water oil flooding performance. Two kinds of Janus hydroxylated graphene oxide (JHGO-1 and JHGO-2) were prepared by the high internal phase emulsion method. JHGO nanosheets were well dispersed in low salinity water, and their zeta potential was lower than −30 mV. Compared with JHGO-1, JHGO-2 has more excellent inte ...
antioxidant activity; bioavailability; drugs; fluorescence; human health; resveratrol; solvents; water solubility; zein
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... Resveratrol (Res) has drawn great interests due to its potential benefits on human health, while applications of Res in nutritional and pharmaceutical fields are limited due to its poor water solubility, low bioavailability and instability. Here in this work, an advanced anti-solvent precipitation strategy, flash nanoprecipitation (FNP), has been applied for controlled fabrication of Res-loaded na ...
... Humic-like substances (HULIS) are macromolecular complex groups in water-soluble organic compounds (WSOC). pH is a crucial factor that influences the chemical transformations of HULIS in atmospheric particles, but this has been rarely investigated, especially under varying pH conditions. This study attempted to unveil the chemical transformation mechanisms of HULIS under a range of pH conditions u ...
bioavailability; drugs; hydrocolloids; lutein; particle size; solvents; soy protein isolate
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... Soy protein isolate (SPI) is perspective building block for fabrication of cargo-loaded nanoparticles (NPs) based on different formulation strategies. Particularly, precipitation demonstrates an easy and widespread fabrication approach, whereas most of the reported precipitation methods rely on spontaneous aggregation of SPI which typically suffers from the poor control on particle size and limite ...
... Frequently-occurred secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) under low-NOₓ conditions contribute to the winter haze episodes and remain unclear in the abundant presence of NH₃. Here, the effects of CaCl₂ seed particles on the photooxidation of low-molecular-weight C₃H₆ with co-existing NO₂ and NH₃ were highlighted and investigated through a chamber-simulation study equipped with high-resolution proton-tr ...
... In this work, a noble-metal-free composite electrode was prepared based on PMo₁₂O₄₀³⁻ (PMo₁₂), C₉H₅FeO₇ (MIL-100(Fe), a Fe-based metal organic framework) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and served as a high performance electrochemical sensor for synchronous detection of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA). The PMo₁₂@MIL-100(Fe)@PVP composite electrode was fabricated by a in-situ hydrothermal method. ...
dimethylamine; methylamine; organic carbon; organic nitrogen; ozone; pollution; relative humidity; research; river deltas; rivers; temperature; urban areas; water solubility; wind speed; China
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... Nine amine species in atmospheric particles during haze and low-pollution days with low and high relative humidity (RH) were analyzed in urban Guangzhou, China. The mean concentrations of total measured amines (Ʃamines) in fine particles were 208 ± 127, 63.7 ± 21.3, and 120 ± 20.1 ng m⁻³ during haze, low pollution-low RH (LP-LRH), and low pollution-high RH (LP-HRH) episodes, respectively. The domi ...
... Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by particulate matter (PM), of which •OH is the most active free radical, have adverse health effects; however, PM-induced generation of ROS and •OH has not been quantified and studied in northwest China, which suffers from severe dust storms. In this study, ambient PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ collected from the urban area of Hotan in the Uygur Autonomous Region of China, ...
... Heterogeneous reaction of NO₂ with mineral dust aerosol may play important roles in troposphere chemistry, and has been investigated by a number of laboratory studies. However, the influence of mineralogy on this reaction has not been well understood, and its impact on aerosol hygroscopicity is not yet clear. This work investigated heterogeneous reactions of NO₂ (∼10 ppmv) with K-feldspar, illite, ...
COVID-19 infection; alkenes; benzene; environment; models; ozone; pollution; river deltas; rivers; solvents; toluene; volatile organic compounds; China
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... During the COVID-19 lockdown, ambient ozone levels are widely reported to show much smaller decreases or even dramatical increases under substantially reduced precursor NOx levels, yet changes in ambient precursor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been scarcely reported during the COVID-19 lockdown, which is an opportunity to examine the impacts of dramatically changing anthropogenic emission ...
... As a potential fraction of brown carbon, particulate imidazole compounds may initiate photosensitive reactions and have substantial radiative effects. However, our knowledge of the atmospheric processing of imidazole compounds is still in its nascent stage. On the basis of a single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer measurement, the mixing state of imidazole-containing particles and high-time-reso ...
aerosols; climate; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; environment; humans; photooxidation; summer; Antarctic region; Arctic region
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... Organosulfates (OSs) are recognized as important secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) in recent years. Due to their amphipathy and light absorptive capacity, OSs may potentially impact climate. Moreover, OSs can serve as molecular tracers for precursors and multiple processes leading to the generation of SOA. However, studies on OSs are lacking in the polar regions which limits our understanding of b ...
... Perillae Folium is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine, and it possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and hypolipidemic effects. The pharmacological properties of Perillae Folium are based on its main functional compositions, such as phenolic acids, flavonoids, and volatile oils. In this study, seven polyphenols, including three phenolic acids and four flavonoid glycosides, were successf ...
... Straw burning comprises more than 30% of all types of burned biomass in Asia, while the estimation of the emitted aerosols' direct radiative forcing effect suffers from large uncertainties, especially when atmospheric aging processes are considered. In this study, the light absorption properties of primary and aged straw burning aerosols in open fire were characterized at 7 wavelengths ranging fro ...
... Plants play a crucial role in global carbon biogeochemical cycling and natural terrestrial carbon sinks. Dynamic changes in plant-related carbon cycling processes under changing climate and atmospheric compositions are hot scientific issues concerning carbon neutrality. Ozone, as a damaging oxidant, shows a rising trend near the ground where plants grow, directly and indirectly impacting forests a ...
... While observations at global background sites in east Asia suggested unexpectedly increased emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) after 2012 in eastern China, particularly in Shandong province, there is a lack of local monitoring data to constrain the emission estimates. Here we report observations of ambient CFC-11 during 2012–2018 in Shandong province at five sites, including three rural ...
... Water-soluble organic compounds (WSOC) have a significant impact on aerosol radiative forcing and climate change, and there is considerable uncertainty in predicting and mitigating their climate and environmental effects. Here, the effects of pH on the light absorption properties of WSOC in particulate matter from different typical emission sources and ambient aerosols were systematically investig ...