Soil Chemical Environment: An Overview

2015 ◽  
pp. 22-75
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Environment

Facile fabrication of self-reporting micellar and vesicular structures based on etching-ion exchange strategy of photonic composite spheres of poly(ionic liquid)

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Gao ◽  
Kang Zhou ◽  
Kai Feng ◽  
Wanlin Zhang ◽  
Jiecheng Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Facile Fabrication ◽  
Poly Ionic Liquid

Micellar and vesicular structures capable of sensing and reporting the chemical environment as well as facilely introducing user-defined functions make a vital contribution to constructing versatile compartmentalized systems. Herein, combing...

Electronic structure and chemical environment of silicon nanoclusters embedded in a silicon dioxide matrix

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (16) ◽  
pp. 163103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zimina ◽  
Stefan Eisebitt ◽  
Wolfgang Eberhardt ◽  
Johannes Heitmann ◽  
Margit Zacharias
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Silicon Dioxide ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Silicon Nanoclusters ◽  
Silicon Dioxide Matrix

scholarly journals A Bimodal Fluorescence-Raman Probe for Cellular Imaging

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1699
Author(s):  
Jiarun Lin ◽  
Marcus E. Graziotto ◽  
Peter A. Lay ◽  
Elizabeth J. New
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Fluorescent Probes ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Spectroscopic Imaging ◽  
Fluorescent Sensors ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Raman Probe

Biochemical changes in specific organelles underpin cellular function, and studying these changes is crucial to understand health and disease. Fluorescent probes have become important biosensing and imaging tools as they can be targeted to specific organelles and can detect changes in their chemical environment. However, the sensing capacity of fluorescent probes is highly specific and is often limited to a single analyte of interest. A novel approach to imaging organelles is to combine fluorescent sensors with vibrational spectroscopic imaging techniques; the latter provides a comprehensive map of the relative biochemical distributions throughout the cell to gain a more complete picture of the biochemistry of organelles. We have developed NpCN1, a bimodal fluorescence-Raman probe targeted to the lipid droplets, incorporating a nitrile as a Raman tag. NpCN1 was successfully used to image lipid droplets in 3T3-L1 cells in both fluorescence and Raman modalities, reporting on the chemical composition and distribution of the lipid droplets in the cells.

The Stabilization of Supported Au Nanoparticles in a Highly Sintering Environment using High Surface Free Energy Pt and Ru Cores

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry O-Connell ◽  
John R Monnier ◽  
John Regalbuto
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Surface Free Energy ◽  
Au Nanoparticles ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Core Shell

In an effort to stabilize gold nanoparticles which sinter rapidly in a highly corrosive chemical environment, the hydrochlorination of acetylene, bimetallic Ru@Au and Pt@Au core-shell catalysts were prepared by anchoring...

Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy reveals the response of Sphagnum cell wall material to its aqueous chemical environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Ewen Silvester ◽  
Annaleise R. Klein ◽  
Kerry L. Whitworth ◽  
Ljiljana Puskar ◽  
Mark J. Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Wall Material ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Cell Wall Material ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Flowing Liquid ◽  
Infrared Microspectroscopy

Environmental contextSphagnum moss is a widespread species in peatlands globally and responsible for a large fraction of carbon storage in these systems. We used synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy to characterise the acid-base properties of Sphagnum moss and the conditions under which calcium uptake can occur (essential for plant tissue integrity). The work allows a chemical model for Sphagnum distribution in the landscape to be proposed. AbstractSphagnum is one the major moss types responsible for the deposition of organic soils in peatland systems. The cell walls of this moss have a high proportion of carboxylated polysaccharides (polygalacturonic acids), which act as ion exchangers and are likely to be important for the structural integrity of the cell walls. We used synchrotron light source infrared microspectroscopy to characterise the acid-base and calcium complexation properties of the cell walls of Sphagnum cristatum stems, using freshly sectioned tissue confined in a flowing liquid cell with both normal water and D2O media. The Fourier transform infrared spectra of acid and base forms are consistent with those expected for protonated and deprotonated aliphatic carboxylic acids (such as uronic acids). Spectral deconvolution shows that the dominant aliphatic carboxylic groups in this material behave as a monoprotic acid (pKa=4.97–6.04). The cell wall material shows a high affinity for calcium, with a binding constant (K) in the range 103.9–104.7 (1:1 complex). The chemical complexation model developed here allows for the prediction of the chemical environment (e.g. pH, ionic content) under which Ca2+ uptake can occur, and provides an improved understanding for the observed distribution of Sphagnum in the landscape.

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