Xiaoyan 60 (XY60) is a new wheat variety bred in the laboratory of Zhensheng Li. After salt treatment, seedlings of XY60 maintain green leaves and produce longer roots than the high yielding cultivar Zhongmai 175 (ZM175). To explain these different phenotypes we carried out an RNA-Seq analysis u...

The equilibria of the complexation processes of V3+ with l-alanine and l-aspartic acid in aqueous solution over a wide pH range (2–10) were studied by potentiometric and spectroscopic (UV–Vis, CD) methods. The results show that alanine forms complexes with V3+ in the metal ion concentration ra...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now known to be an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions especially CO2 to the atmosphere. Amino acid salt (AAS) solutions are regarded as promising CO2 absorbents compared to traditional amine solutions, as they are environmentally being with lower...

The selection of proper draw solution is crucial to guarantee a high-performance FO process with minimal reverse solute flux and easy draw solution recovery. In this study, a polyelectrolyte salt-poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium (P(SSA-co-MA)-Na), was applied as draw solutes i...

In order to develop a novel functional poly(l-amino acid) that can dissolve in volatile organic solvents, we prepared poly[l-aspartic acid-g-(3-diethylaminopropyl)]-b-poly(ethylene glycol) [poly(l-Asp-g-DEAP)-b-PEG] via the conjugation of 3-diethylaminopropyl (DEAP) to carboxylate groups of poly...

Functionalization of polymeric biomaterials permits the conjugation of cell signaling molecules capable of directing cell function. In this study, l-phenylalanine and l-aspartic acid were used to synthesize poly(ester amide)s (PEAs) with pendant carboxylic acid groups through an interfacial poly...

An enantiomeric pair imprinted polymeric film, with embedded functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, was developed following the ‘surface grafting from’ approach onto a gold nanoparticles decorated pencil graphite electrode. Double imprinting of chiral molecules in a single polymer motif,...

L-aspartic acid (L-Asp) was proposed as crystal modifier to regulate the morphology of hemihydrate (HH) prepared from phosphogypsum (PG) in CaCl2 solution. Effect of L-Asp on dehydration kinetics of PG, morphology and mechanical properties of HH as well as microstructure of hardened gypsum were ...

In the paper, 2,4,5-tri(2-furyl)-1H-imidazole (TFI) and 2-phenyl-4,5-di(2-furyl)-1H-imidazole (PDFI), were chosen to investigate chemiluminescence (CL) properties of 2-substituted-4,5-di(2-furyl)-1H-imidazoles. The directly oxidized CL of analytes by H2O2 was in detail studied. The H2O2 could di...

We report the hydrodeoxygenation of 2-furyl methyl ketone over iron phosphide catalyst to reform the C6 structure into C7 compounds with higher octane ratings. High conversion and yield were achievable from the reaction at 400 °C when 5 wt% Fe2P/γ-Al2O3 catalyst calcined at 600 °C was used. H...

Nucleophilic addition of PH3 to 2-vinylfuran in the KOH/DMSO(H2O) suspension affords 65% of tris[2-(2-furyl)ethyl]-phosphine, whose treatment with H2O2, Se or PdCl gives the corresponding phosphine oxide, selenide and complex of trans-[Pd(L)2Cl2] type in good to excellent yields.

New coordination complexes of silver(I) containing triphenylphosphine and 4′-hydroxy-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpyOH) or 4′-(2-furyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (ftpy) have been synthesized to afford the new compounds [Ag(tpyOH)(PPh3)](NO3) (1) and [Ag(ftpy)(PPh3)](NO3) (2). In addition, the r...

To study differences and genetic trends of volatiles in Xingdu 1 and Xingdu 2, the strawberry cultivars, with their parents, the volatile components were analyzed by head space-solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The results indicated that a total of 50 compound...

Fluorescence properties of 1-heptanoylpyrene in homogeneous solutions and incorporated into liposome membranes have been measured. The fluorescence intensity of the alkanoylpyrene is small in neat hydrocarbon solutions (Qf = 0.006) but increases with increasing solvent polarity. On the contrary,...

Excimer conformation of a poly(2-vinylpyrene) (P2VPy) was studied by fluorescence spectra and decay measurements in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran solution. The pyrene chromophores of this P2VPy are substituted at the C2-symmetry position, and hence formation of only the full-overlap excimer is possibl...

Electron migration along polymer chain is shown by the pulse radiolysis study of poly(4-vinylbiphenyl-co-1-vinylpyrene) in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran solution. For the copolymer with small vinylpyrene contents (0.34–1.58%), excess electron is initially localized in a biphenylyl side-group to form ...

Poly(4-diphenylaminostyrene) (PDAS)-poly(1-vinylpyrene) (PVPY) binary block copolymers were synthesized by well-controlled anionic polymerization of 1-vinylpyrene for the first time. The nucleophilicity and solubility of the initiator system and poly(1-vinylpyrenyl)lithium were very important fa...

Cyasterone was demonstrated potential inhibition effect in mouse skin carcinoma cells in published report. However, the molecular mechanisms of the cyasterone on cells remain unknown. Herein, we investigated the effects of cyasterone-induced apoptosis in A549 and MGC823 cells in vitro. MTT assay...

Activity coefficients at infinite dilution (γi∞) for a variety of polar and non-polar organic solutes (alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkyl benzenes, alcohols, 1,4-dioxane, acetone, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform and dichloromethane) in the ionic liquid (IL) 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-me...

The electrochemical oxidation of BH4− in 2 M NaOH on Pt and Au (i.e. catalytic and non-catalytic electrodes, respectively, for BH4− hydrolysis accompanied by H2 evolution) has been studied by cyclic voltammetry, chrono-techniques (i.e., potentiometry, amperometry, coulometry) and electrochemical...