scholarly journals Pine cone scale-inspired motile origami

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e389-e389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kahye Song ◽  
Sang Joon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Pine Cone ◽  
Cone Scale

scholarly journals How the pine seeds attach to/detach from the pine cone scale?

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kahye Song ◽  
Shyr-Shea Chang ◽  
Sang Joon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Pine Cone ◽  
Cone Scale

Removal of free cyanide from aqueous solutions by pine cone scale (PCS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Ali Behnamfard ◽  
Rasool Alaei ◽  
Kamran Chegni ◽  
Francesco Veglio
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Free Cyanide ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Cone Scale

scholarly journals Comparative Study on the Pyrolysis Behaviors of Pine Cone and Pretreated Pine Cone by Using TGA–FTIR and Pyrolysis-GC/MS

ACS Omega ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 3490-3498
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Liangcai Wang ◽  
Manqi Zhao ◽  
Huanhuan Ma ◽  
Dengyu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Pine Cone

scholarly journals Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic studies with linear and non-linear fitting for cadmium(II) removal by black carbon of pine cone

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 2242-2253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Yavari ◽  
M. Noroozifar
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Black Carbon ◽  
Adsorption Process ◽  
Order Kinetic ◽  
Cadmium Removal ◽  
Thermodynamic Studies ◽  
Linear Fitting ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Fitting Method ◽  
Non Linear

In this study, black carbon from pine cone (BCPC) and acidic-modified BCPC (MBCPC) powder as a popular agricultural waste in the southeast of Iran were used for cadmium removal from aqueous solutions. The effect of various factors, such as surface chemistry and dosage of adsorbent, contact time, size of particles, initial concentration of cadmium, temperature, and pH of aqueous solutions, was investigated. The results show cadmium removal with usage of the mentioned adsorbents increased after acidic modification. It was noteworthy in this work that the removal percentage of pollutant was above 90% for suggested biosorbents. The obtained experimental data for optimum conditions were selected to model the adsorption behavior of the materials with usage of six isotherm equations via non-linear fitting method and the residual root mean square error estimation for each model. The adsorption of cadmium preferably fitted Khan and Langmuir–Freundlich isotherms for BCPC and MBCPC adsorbents, respectively. The kinetic studies via linear fitting method proved the second-order kinetic was the applicable model for the adsorption process. Thermodynamic studies show the adsorption process of cadmium onto BCPC and MBCPC was spontaneous and endothermic.

Comparative analysis of shape variation in the cone scales of Larix dahurica and L. cajanderi (Pinaceae)

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-67
Author(s):  
Valentina P. Vetrova ◽  
◽  
Alexey P. Barchenkov ◽  
Nadezhda V. Sinelnikova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Geometric Morphometrics ◽  
Baikal Region ◽  
Canonical Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Shape Variation ◽  
Geometric Morphometric ◽  
The North ◽  
Larch Species ◽  
Geometric Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Cone Scale

Geometric morphometric analysis of shape variation in the cone scales of two closely related larch species, Larix dahurica Laws. (=Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr) and L. cajanderi Mayr, was carried out. The data on the taxonomy and distribution of L. dahurica and L. cajanderi are contradictory. The taxonomic status of L. cajanderi has been confirmed by the genetic and morphological studies performed in Russia and based on considerable evidence, but the species has not been recognized internationally, being considered as a synonym of Larix gmelinii var. gmelinii. In the systematics of larch, morphological characters of the generative organs are mainly used as diagnostic markers, among the most important being the shape variation of the cone scales. The aim of this study was to test geometric morphometrics as a tool for analyzing differentiation of L. dahurica and L. cajanderi in the shape of their cone scales. Characterization of shape variations in cone scales using geometric morphometric methods consists in digitizing points along an outline of scales followed by analysis of partial warps, describing individual differences in coordinates of the outline points. We studied the populations of L. dahurica from Evenkia and the Trans-Baikal region and six L. cajanderi populations from Yakutia and Magadan Oblast. In each population, we analyzed samples of 100-150 cones collected from 20-30 trees. Scales taken from the middle part of the cones were scanned using an Epson Perfection V500 Photo. On the scanned images, outline points were placed with a TPSDig program (Rolf, 2010), using angular algorithm (Oreshkova et al., 2015). The data were processed and analyzed using Integrated Morphometrics Programs (IMP) software (http://www.canisius.edu/~sheets/ morphsoft.html, Sheets, 2001), following the guidelines on geometric morphometrics in biology (Pavlinov, Mikeshina, 2002; Zelditch et al., 2004). Initial coordinates of the scale landmarks were aligned with the mean structure for L. dahurica and L. cajanderi cone scales using Procrustes superimposition in the CoordGen6 program. PCA based on covariances of partial warp scores was applied to reveal directions of variation in the shape of the cone scales. The relative deformations of the cone scales (PCA scores) were used as shape variables for statistical comparisons of these two larch species with canonical discriminant analysis. Morphotypes of the cone scales were distinguished in L. dahurica populations by pairwise comparison of samples from trees in the TwoGroup6h program using Bootstrap resampling-based Goodall’s F-test (Sheets, 2001). Samples from the trees in which the cone scales differed significantly (p < 0.01) were considered to belong to different morphotypes. Morphotypes distinguished in L. dahurica populations were compared with the morphotypes that we had previously determined in L. cajanderi populations. The composition and the frequency of occurrence of morphotypes were used to determine phenotypic distances between populations (Zhivotovskii, 1991). Multidimensional scaling matrix of the phenotypic distances was applied for ordination of larch populations. In this research, we revealed differentiation of L. dahurica and L. cajanderi using geometric morphometric analysis of the shape variation of cone scales. The results of PCA of partial warp scores exposed four principal components, which account for 90% of total explained variance in the shape of the cone scales in the two larch species. Graphical representations of these shape transformations in the vector form characterized directions of shape variability in scales corresponding to the maximum and minimum values of four principal components (See Fig. 2). PCA-ordination of the larch populations revealed some difference in the shape variation of the cone scales in L. dahurica and L. cajanderi (See Fig. 3). The results of canonical discriminant analysis of relative deformations of scales showed differentiation of the populations of the two larch species (See Fig. 4). Eleven morphotypes were identified in L. dahurica cones from Evenkia and nine morphotypes in the Ingoda population, three of the morphotypes being common for both populations (See Fig. 5). The shape of L. dahurica cone scales varied from spatulate to oval and their apical margins from weakly sinuate to distinctly sinuate. The Trans-Baikal population was dominated by scales with obtuse (truncate) and rounded apexes. The obtained morphotypes were compared with 25 cone scale morphotypes previously distinguished in the Yakut and the Magadan L. cajanderi populations (See Fig. 3). Four similar morphotypes of cone scales were revealed in the North-Yeniseisk population of L. dahurica and the Yakut populations of L. cajanderi. The differences between them in the populations of the two larch species were nonsignificant (p > 0.01). All morphotypes of cone scales from the Ingoda population of L. dahurica differed significantly from L. cajanderi cone scale morphotypes. The results of multidimensional scaling phenotypic distance matrix calculated based on the similarity of morphotypes of L. dahurica and L. cajanderi populations were consistent with the results of their differentiation based on relative deformations of scales obtained using canonical discriminant analysis (See Fig. 4 and Fig. 7). In spite of the differences in the shape of the cone scales between the North-Yeniseisk and the Trans-Baikal populations of L. dahurica, they both differed from L. cajanderi populations. Thus, phenotypic analysis confirmed differentiation of these two larch species. Despite the similarities between a number of morphotypes, the Yakut L. cajanderi populations were differentiated from L. dahurica populations. Significant differences were noted between intraspecific groups: between L. cajanderi populations from Okhotsk-Kolyma Upland and Yakutia and between L. dahurica populations from Evenkia and the Trans-Baikal region (See Fig. 4). The similarities between species and intraspecific differences may be attributed to the ongoing processes of hybridization and species formation in the region where the ranges of the larches overlap with the ranges of L. czekanowskii Szafer and L. dahurica×L. cajanderi hybrids. Geometric morphometrics can be used as an effective tool for analyzing differentiation of L. dahurica and L. cajanderi in the shape of their cone scales.

Nitrogen-doped micropore-dominant carbon derived from waste pine cone as a promising metal-free electrocatalyst for aqueous zinc/air batteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 365 ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoke Lei ◽  
Mengran Wang ◽  
Yanqing Lai ◽  
Langtao Hu ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Pine Cone ◽  
Zinc Air Batteries
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