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Microhydrological Niches in Soils: How Mucilage and EPS Alter the Biophysical Properties of the Rhizosphere and Other Biological Hotspots
2019
Plant roots and bacteria are capable of buffering erratic fluctuations of water content in their local soil environment by releasing a diverse, highly polymeric blend of substances (e.g. extracellular polymeric substances [EPS] and mucilage). Although this concept is well accepted, the physical mechanisms by which EPS and mucilage interact with the soil matrix and determine the soil water dynamics remain unclear. High-resolution X-ray computed tomography revealed that upon drying in porous media, mucilage (from maize [Zea mays L.] roots) and EPS (from intact biocrusts) form filaments and two-dimensional interconnected structures spanning across multiple pores. Unlike water, these mucilage a…
A reappraisal of the purported gastric pellet with Pterosaurian bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy
2015
A small accumulation of bones from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of the Seazza Brook Valley (Carnic Prealps, Northern Italy) was originally (1989) identified as a gastric pellet made of pterosaur skeletal elements. The specimen has been reported in literature as one of the very few cases of gastric ejecta containing pterosaur bones since then. However, the detailed analysis of the bones preserved in the pellet, their study by X-ray microCT, and the comparison with those of basal pterosaurs do not support a referral to the Pterosauria. Comparison with the osteology of a large sample of Middle-Late Triassic reptiles shows some affinity with the protorosaurians, mainly with Langobardisaurus pand…
X-Ray characterization of 3-methyl-6,8-di(2-pyridyl)-[1,2,3]triazolo[5',1':6,1]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine
2005
Abarca Gonzalez, Belen. Belen.Abarca@uv.es ; Ballesteros Campos, Rafael, Rafael.Ballesteros@uv.es ; Chadlaoui, Mimoun, michad@alumni.uv.es ; Ramirez de Arellano Sanchez, Maria del Carmen, Ramirezdearellano@uv.es
Modified Graphene Sheet Stacks for Hydrogen Binding
2017
Results are partially obtained using infrastructure of Lithuanian Energy Institute with support of COST Action MP1103 “Nanostructured materials for solid-state hydrogen storage”. Latvian National Research program IMIS2 is greatly acknowledged for financial support
Study of phase transition in Bi3TiNbO9-BaBi2Nb2O9 ceramics
2016
Abstract The subject of the paper is lead free bismuth layer structure oxides (1-x)Bi3TiNbO9-xBaBi2Nb2O9 (x=0; 1; 2; 3 mol). The influence of Bi3TiNbO9/BaBi2Nb2O9 ratio on dielectric and structural properties was studied in a wide range of temperatures. Change in the ratio causes a decrease in the maximum value of dielectric permittivity and shifts the temperature of ε’max to low values, leading to linear decreasing of average grain size and linear increasing of ceramics density. These results indicate an augment of the packing degree and the participation of pores are significantly decreased with the increase of BaBi2Nb2O9 compound intake. Moreover, for 0.7Bi3TiNbO9-0.3BaBi2Nb2O9 ceramics …
Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of the Confinement of D and L Dimethyl Tartrate in Lecithin Reverse Micelles
2009
The confinement of D and L dimethyl tartrate in lecithin reverse micelles dispersed in cyclohexane has been investigated by FT-IR, polarimetry, electronic and vibrational circular dichroism (ECD and VCD), 1H NMR, and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Measurements have been performed at room temperature as a function of the solubilizate-to-surfactant molar ratio (R) at fixed lecithin concentration. The analysis of experimental data indicates that the dimethyl tartrate molecules are solubilized within reverse micelles in proximity to the surfactant head groups in the same way for the D and L forms. The encapsulation of dimethyl tatrate within lecithin reverse micelles involves changes in i…
Resolving the Fe XXV triplet with Chandra in Centaurus X-3
2005
We present the results of a 45 ks Chandra observation of the high-mass X-ray binary Cen X-3 at orbital phases between 0.13 and 0.40 (in the eclipse post-egress phases). Here we concentrate on the study of discrete features in the energy spectrum at energies between 6 and 7 keV, that is, on the iron K alpha line region, using the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) on board the Chandra satellite. We clearly see a K alpha neutral iron line at similar to 6.40 keV and were able to distinguish the three lines of the Fe xxv triplet at 6.61, 6.67, and 6.72 keV, with equivalent widths of 6, 9, and 5 eV, respectively. The equivalent width of the Ka neutral iron line is 13 eV, an or…
ODS tērauda izejmateriālu lokālās struktūras analīze izmantojot Ti un Y K-malas rentgenabsorbcijas spektroskopiju
2017
Šajā darbā tika izmantota rentgenstaru absorbcijas spektru analīze oksīdu stiprinātam tēraudam (ODS), kas ir perspektīvs materiāls dažādās jomās, piemēram, saules elektrostacijās, reaktīvos dzinējos, ķīmiskos reaktoros un kodolreaktoros, jo materiālam piemīt tādas īpašības kā laba siltumvadītspēja un zema termiskās izplešanās apvienojumā ar augstu temperatūras izturību, korozijas un radiācijas pretestību. Darbā tiek iegūta informācija par ar dažādām metodēm izgatavotu ODS tēraudu lokālās atomārās struktūras izmaiņu ap itrija (Y) un titāna (Ti) atomiem, analizējot Y un Ti absorbcijas K-malu.
ODS tērauda izejmateriālu lokālās struktūras analīze, izmantojot rentgenabsorbcijas spektroskopiju
2015
Oksīdu stiprināts tērauds (ODS) ir perspektīvs kodolsintēzes reaktoru materiāls, kuram ir lieliska siltumvadītspēja un zema termiskās izplešanās, apvienojumā ar augstu temperatūras izturību, korozijas un radiācijas pretestību. Tamdēļ šo materiālu var izmantot arī daudzos citos pielietojumos, piemēram, saules elektrostacijās, reaktīvos dzinējos, ķīmiskos reaktoros, kā arī ūdeņraža ražošanā. Šajā darbā ar rentgenabsorbcijas spektroskopijas metodi tika analizētas ferīta un austentisko ODS tēraudu lokālās atomārās struktūras izmaiņas ap dzelzs (Fe) un hroma (Cr) atomiem dažādos tēraudu izgatavošanas posmos, analizējot Fe un Cr absorbcijas K-malas spektrus.
When the Grafting of Double Decker Phthalocyanines on Si(100)-2 × 1 Partly Affects the Molecular Electronic Structure
2016
International audience; A combined X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and density functional theory (DFT) study has been performed to characterize the adsorbate interaction of lutetium biphthalocyanine (LuPc2) molecules on the Si(100)-2 × 1 surface. Large molecule–substrate adsorption energies are computed and are found to compete with the molecule–molecule interactions of the double decker molecules. A particularly good matching between STM images and computed ones confirms the deformation of the molecule upon the absorption process. The comparison between DFT calculations and XP spectra reveals that the electronic distribution in the two plateaus …