Henan Normal University

About: Henan Normal University is a education organization based out in Xinxiang, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Ionic liquid. The organization has 10863 authors who have published 11077 publications receiving 166773 citations.

Eco-toxic effects of sulfadiazine sodium, sulfamonomethoxine sodium and enrofloxacin on wheat, Chinese cabbage and tomato.

Abstract: Investigation of the toxic effects of three veterinary drugs [sulfadiazine sodium (SDS), sulfamonomethoxine sodium (SMMS), and enrofloxacin (EFLX)] on seed germination, root elongation and shoot elongation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L.) and tomato (Cyphomandra betacea) was carried out. Significant linear relationships between the root and shoot elongation and the concentration of veterinary drugs addition were observed. The effects of the three veterinary drugs on seed germination of wheat, Chinese cabbages and tomato were not significant (P > 0.05), but on shoot and root elongation they were markedly significant (P < 0.05). The inhibitory rates of veterinary drugs on root and shoot elongation of crops were significantly stronger than that on seed germination. Based on IC50 (drugs concentration when 50% plants show inhibition) of root elongation, wheat was the most sensitive plant to the toxicity of SDS with a IC50 value as high as 28.1 mg/kg; Chinese cabbage was the most sensitive plant to the toxicity of SMMS with a IC50 value as high as 27.1 mg/kg; tomato was the most sensitive plant to the toxicity of EFLX with a IC50 value as high as 125.7 mg/kg. The toxic effects of sulfadiazine sodium and sulfamonometh-oxine sodium on the three crops were much higher than that of enrofloxacin.

Pd1/BN as a promising single atom catalyst of CO oxidation: a dispersion-corrected density functional theory study

Abstract: Single metal atom catalysts exhibit extraordinary activity in a large number of reactions, and some two-dimensional materials (such as graphene and h-BN) are found to be prominent supports to stabilize single metal atoms. The CO oxidation reaction on single Pd atoms supported by two-dimensional h-BN is investigated systematically by using dispersion-corrected density functional theory study. The great stability of the h-BN supported single Pd atoms is revealed, and the single Pd atom prefers to reside at boron vacancies. Three proposed mechanisms (Eley–Rideal, Langmuir–Hinshelwood, and a “new” termolecular Eley–Rideal) of the CO oxidation were investigated, and two of them (the traditional Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism and the new termolecular Eley–Rideal mechanism) are found to have rather small reaction barriers of 0.66 and 0.39 eV for their rate-limiting steps, respectively, which suggests that the CO oxidation could proceed at low temperature on single Pd atom doped h-BN. The current study will help to understand the various mechanisms of the CO oxidation and shed light on the design of CO oxidation catalysts, especially based on the concept of single metal atoms.