Jiangxi University of Science and Technology

About: Jiangxi University of Science and Technology is a education organization based out in Ganzhou, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Microstructure & Alloy. The organization has 6958 authors who have published 5576 publications receiving 50650 citations.

C:N:P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil

Abstract: Stoichiometric control of input substrate (glucose) and native soil organic C (SOC) mineralization was assessed by performing a manipulation experiment based on N or P fertilization in paddy soil. Glucose mineralization increased with nutrient addition up to 11.6% with combined N and P application compared with that without nutrient addition. During 100 days of incubation, approximately 4.5% of SOC was mineralized and was stimulated by glucose addition. Glucose and SOC mineralization increased exponentially with dissolved organic C (DOC):NH4+-N, DOC:Olsen P, and microbial biomass (MB)C:MBN ratios. The relative abundances of Clostridia and β-Proteobacteria (r-strategists) were increased with combined C and NP application at the beginning of the experiment, while the relative abundances of Acidobacteria (K-strategists) were enhanced with the exhaustion of available resource at the end of incubation. The bacteria abundance and diversity were negatively related to the DOC:NH4+-N and DOC:Olsen P, which had direct positive effects (+ 0.63) on SOC mineralization. Combined glucose and NP application decreased the network density of the bacterial community. Moreover, P addition significantly decreased the negative associations among bacterial taxa, which suggested that microbial competition for nutrients was alleviated. The relative abundances of keystone species showed significant positive correlations with SOC mineralization in the soils without P application, revealing that microbes increased their activity for mining of limited nutrients from soil organic matter. Hence, bacteria shifted their community composition and their interactions to acquire necessary elements by increasing SOC mineralization to maintain the microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometric balance in response to changes in resource stoichiometry.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Heteroleptic Copper(I) Complexes with Functionalized 3-(2′-Pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole Chelating Ligands

Abstract: A new series of mononuclear copper(I) complexes (1–9) with functionalized 3-(2′-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole chelating ligands, as well as the halide and/or phosphine ancillary ligands, have been synthesized. Complexes 1–9 were fully characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, electronic absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and X-ray crystallography (1–8). They adopt a distorted tetrahedral configuration, and are considerably air-stable in solid state and in solution. All these Cu(I) complexes display a comparatively weak low-energy absorption in CH2Cl2 solution, assigned to charge-transfer transitions with appreciable MLCT character, as supported by TD-DFT studies. Cu(I) halide complexes 1–4 each shows bright solid-state emission at room temperature, although they are nonemissive in fluid solutions, in which the emission markedly depends on the halide and the substituent on the 2-pyridyl ring. Complexes 5–9 bearing 2-pyridyl functionalized 1,2,4...

Ruthenium-nickel-nickel hydroxide nanoparticles for room temperature catalytic hydrogenation

Abstract: Improving the utilization of metals in heterogeneous catalysts with excellent catalytic performance, high selectivity and good stability represents a major challenge. Herein a new strategy is disclosed by enabling a nanoscale synergy between a transition metal and a noble metal. A novel Ru/Ni/Ni(OH)2/C catalyst, which is a hybrid of Ru nanoclusters anchored on Ni/Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles (NPs), was designed, prepared and characterized. The Ru/Ni/Ni(OH)2/C catalyst exhibited a remarkable catalytic activity for naphthalene hydrogenation in comparison with existing Ru/C, Ni/Ni(OH)2/C and Ru–Ni alloy/C catalysts. This is mainly attributed to the interfacial Ru, Ni and Ni(OH)2 sites of Ru/Ni/Ni(OH)2/C, where hydrogen is adsorbed and activated on Ru while Ni transfers the activated hydrogen species (as a “bridge”) to the activated naphthalene on Ni(OH)2 sites, producing decalin through a highly effective pathway.