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ExxonMobil
Company•Irving, Texas, United States•
About: ExxonMobil is a company organization based out in Irving, Texas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Polymer. The organization has 16969 authors who have published 23758 publications receiving 535713 citations. The organization is also known as: Exxon Mobil Corporation & Exxon Mobil Corp..
Topics: Catalysis, Polymer, Polymerization, Hydrocarbon, Alkyl
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TL;DR: A new interpretative technique used following the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska shows that fertilizer applications significantly increased rates of oil biodegradation.
Abstract: The effectiveness of bioremediation for oil spills has been difficult to establish on dynamic, heterogeneous marine shorelines A new interpretative technique used following the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska shows that fertilizer applications significantly increased rates of oil biodegradation Biodegradation rates depended mainly on the concentration of nitrogen within the shoreline, the oil loading, and the extent to which natural biodegradation had already taken place The results suggest ways to improve the effectiveness of bioremediation measures in the future
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TL;DR: It is possible to break a broadband mass spectrum into 1-Da segments, rotate each segment by 90 degrees, scale each segment according to its mass defect, and compress the spacing between the segments to yield a compact display, illustrated for experimental electrospray ionization FTICR ultrahigh-resolution mass spectra of a petroleum crude oil.
Abstract: At currently achievable Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance broadband mass spectrometry resolving power (m/Δm50% > 350 000 for 200 < m/z < 1000), it would be necessary to spread out a conventional mass spectrum over ∼200 m in order to provide visual resolution of the most closely resolved peaks. Fortunately, there are natural gaps in a typical mass spectrum, spaced 1 Da apart, because virtually no commonly encountered elemental compositions yield masses at those values. Thus, it is possible to break a broadband mass spectrum into 1-Da segments, rotate each segment by 90°, scale each segment according to its mass defect (i.e., difference between exact and nominal mass), and then compress the spacing between the segments to yield a compact display. For hydrocarbon systems, conversion from IUPAC mass to “Kendrick” mass (i.e., multiplying each mass by 14.00000/14.01565) further simplifies the display by rectilinearizing the peak patterns. The resulting display preserves not only the “coarse” spacings (e...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT) model was proposed for the pore size distribution in the range of pore widths from 0.4 to 35 nm from nitrogen at 77.4 K and argon at 87.3 K isotherms.
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign1, United States Department of Agriculture2, University of California, Los Angeles3, Centre national de la recherche scientifique4, University of Oregon5, Washington University in St. Louis6, Max Planck Society7, VU University Amsterdam8, Cornell University9, University of Cambridge10, Arizona State University11, Louisiana State University12, University of California, Berkeley13, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory14, Rothamsted Research15, Georgia Institute of Technology16, ExxonMobil17, Iowa State University18, Australian National University19, University of Düsseldorf20, Texas A&M University21
TL;DR: This work explores an array of prospective redesigns of plant systems at various scales aimed at increasing crop yields through improved photosynthetic efficiency and performance, and suggests some proposed redesigns are certain to face obstacles that will require alternate routes.
Abstract: The world’s crop productivity is stagnating whereas population growth, rising affluence, and mandates for biofuels put increasing demands on agriculture. Meanwhile, demand for increasing cropland competes with equally crucial global sustainability and environmental protection needs. Addressing this looming agricultural crisis will be one of our greatest scientific challenges in the coming decades, and success will require substantial improvements at many levels. We assert that increasing the efficiency and productivity of photosynthesis in crop plants will be essential if this grand challenge is to be met. Here, we explore an array of prospective redesigns of plant systems at various scales, all aimed at increasing crop yields through improved photosynthetic efficiency and performance. Prospects range from straightforward alterations, already supported by preliminary evidence of feasibility, to substantial redesigns that are currently only conceptual, but that may be enabled by new developments in synthetic biology. Although some proposed redesigns are certain to face obstacles that will require alternate routes, the efforts should lead to new discoveries and technical advances with important impacts on the global problem of crop productivity and bioenergy production.
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TL;DR: Using theoretical results from the physics of nonlinear waves, it is shown that the internal waves are solitons and their interactions with surface waves are described.
Abstract: The solitary wave is a localized hydrodynamic phenomenon that can occur because of a balance between nonlinear cohesive and linear dispersive forces in a fluid. It has been shown theoretically, and observed experimentally, that some solitary waves have properties analogous to those of elementary particles, and the waves have therefore been named solitons. During a measurement program in the Andaman Sea near northern Sumatra, large-amplitude, long internal waves were observed with associated surface waves called tide rips. Using theoretical results from the physics of nonlinear waves, it is shown that the internal waves are solitons and their interactions with surface waves are described.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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David A. Weitz | 178 | 1038 | 114182 |
Avelino Corma | 134 | 1049 | 89095 |
Peter Hall | 132 | 1640 | 85019 |
James A. Dumesic | 118 | 615 | 58935 |
Robert H. Crabtree | 113 | 678 | 48634 |
Costas M. Soukoulis | 108 | 644 | 50208 |
Nicholas J. Turro | 104 | 1131 | 53827 |
Edwin L. Thomas | 104 | 606 | 40819 |
Israel E. Wachs | 103 | 427 | 32029 |
Andrew I. Cooper | 99 | 389 | 34700 |
Michael J. Zaworotko | 97 | 519 | 44441 |
Enrique Iglesia | 96 | 416 | 31934 |
Yves J. Chabal | 94 | 519 | 33820 |
George E. Gehrels | 92 | 454 | 30560 |
Ping Sheng | 90 | 593 | 37141 |