[Evaluation and Source Analysis of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution Around Typical Industrial Parks in Upper Reaches of Yellow River].

In order to explore the status and sources of soil heavy metal pollution around typical industrial parks in the upper reaches of the Yellow River， 377 surface soil samples were systematically collected from an important industrial park in Zhongwei area， Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， and the content characteristics of the eight heavy metal elements As， Hg， Cr， Ni， Pb， Cd， Co， and Mn in the soil were analyzed. Single-factor pollution index， ground accumulation index， Nemerow index， pollution load index， and potential ecological risk index were used to comprehensively evaluate the soil heavy metal pollution level and potential ecological risk in the study area. Multivariate statistical analysis and the absolute principal component multiple linear regression （APCS-MLR） model were employed to quantitatively identify the sources of heavy metals in the soil.

Hydrogeochemical characteristics and evolution of formation water in the continental sedimentary basin: A case study in the Qaidam Basin, China.

In deep formations, oil or gas reservoir rocks are generally accompanied by groundwater with high total dissolved solids (TDS), commonly referred to as "formation water". The enrichment of trace and/or metallic elements such as K, B, Li, Br, Sr in this type of groundwater holds significant industrial values and socioeconomic benefits. However, the processes involved in the burial and generation of formation water remain not fully understood.

Comprehensive evaluation of nitrogen contamination in water ecosystems of the Miyun reservoir watershed, northern China: distribution, source apportionment and risk assessment.

Miyun Reservoir plays a vital role as a source of drinking water for Beijing, however it grapples with nitrogen contamination issues that have been poorly understood in terms of their distribution, source, and associated health risks. This study addresses this knowledge gap by employing data on nitrate nitrogen (NO-N), chloride (Cl), dual isotopic compositions of NO (δN-NO and δO-NO) data in water ecosystems, systematically exploring the distribution, source and health risk of nitrogen contaminants in Miyun reservoir watersheds. The results showed that over the past 30 years, surface water runoff has exhibited a notable decrease and periodic fluctuations due to the combined influence of climate and anthropogenic activities, while the total nitrogen (TN) concentration in aquatic ecosystems presented an annual fluctuating upward trend.

Thermal Conductivity and Sintering Mechanism of Aluminum/Diamond Composites Prepared by DC-Assisted Fast Hot-Pressing Sintering.

A novel DC-assisted fast hot-pressing (FHP) powder sintering technique was utilized to prepare Al/Diamond composites. Three series of orthogonal experiments were designed and conducted to explore the effects of sintering temperature, sintering pressure, and holding time on the thermal conductivity (TC) and sintering mechanism of an Al-50Diamond composite. Improper sintering temperatures dramatically degraded the TC, as relatively low temperatures (≤520 °C) led to the retention of a large number of pores, while higher temperatures (≥600 °C) caused unavoidable debonding cracks.

Impact of different industrial activities on heavy metals in floodplain soil and ecological risk assessment based on bioavailability: A case study from the Middle Yellow River Basin, northern China.

Understanding the impact of different industrial activities on heavy metals and conducting scientific ecological risk assessments are critical to the management of heavy metal pollution. The present study compared soils affected by different industrial activities in three types of industrial cities (coal city, oil-gas city, and economic city) to control samples and examined the ecological risk based on bioavailability in the Middle Yellow River Basin. The findings revealed that the impact characteristics of different industrial activities on soil heavy metals in the research area were different.

Distribution, source investigation, and risk assessment of topsoil heavy metals in areas with intensive anthropogenic activities using the positive matrix factorization (PMF) model coupled with self-organizing map (SOM).

Over the past decade, heavy metal (HMs) contamination in soil environments has become severe worldwide. However, their resulting ecological and health risks remained elusive across a variety of soil ecosystems due to the complicated distributions and sources. This study investigated the HMs (Cr, As, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cd, and Hg) in areas with multi-mineral resources and intensive agricultural activities to study their distribution and source apportionment using a positive matrix factorization (PMF) model coupled with self-organizing map (SOM).

The enhanced ZrO produced by DLP via a reliable plasticizer and its dental application.

Digital light processing (DLP) is considered as one of the most promising additive manufacturing technologies to process ceramics. However, the potential defects produced in the debinding and sintering process extremely restrict ceramic application. In this work, a plasticizer which effectively inhibits defects of the green body in debinding process was investigated.

Spatial-temporal variability and influence factors of Cd in soils of Guangxi, China.

In this study, the regional spatial-temporal variability of cadmium (Cd) in the topsoil of Guangxi, China from 2010 to 2016 was studied from data obtained from the China Geochemical Baseline Project (CGB Ⅰ and CGB Ⅱ). The driving forces of natural and anthropogenic variables were quantitatively analyzed using a geographically and temporally weighted regression model. The results showed that 1) soil Cd was highly enriched in 2010 and in soils of Hechi city in northwest Guangxi, a non-ferrous metal mining and metallurgy area, ~17% of the samples exceeded the soil contamination risk limit.

Bimetallic zeolite-imidazole framework-based heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity.

Bimetallic zeolite-imidazole frameworks with controllable flat band position, band gap and hydrogen evolution reaction characteristics were adopted as a photocatalytic hydrogen production catalyst. Furthermore, the g-CN-MoS 2D-2D surface heterostructure was introduced to the ZnM-ZIF to facilitate the separation as well as utilization efficiency of the photo-exited charge carriers in the ZnM-ZIFs. On the other hand, the ZnM-ZIFs not only inhibited the aggregation of the g-CN-MoS heterostructure, but also improved the separation and transport efficiency of charge carriers in g-CN-MoS.

Groundwater quality assessment and hydrogeochemical processes in typical watersheds in Zhangjiakou region, northern China.

It is of significance to elucidate the groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical processes for sustainable utilization of groundwater resources in water shortage regions. A total of 256 groundwater samples were collected in typical watersheds in Zhangjiakou, northern China. The hydrochemical parameters, conventional ions, and trace elements were measured, and δD and δO data were collected to delineate the groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical processes.

Spatial variations in soil organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus contents and controlling factors across the "Three Rivers" regions of southwest China.

Based on the data of China Geochemical Baselines project, geostatistical analysis was used to investigate the spatial variations in soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) contents across the "Three Rivers" regions of southwest China, and the factors affecting them were analyzed by the redundancy analysis (RDA) and Person's correlation. Results showed that, the average content of SOC, TN and TP in the study area were 7.20 g/kg, 0.

Toward enhanced photocatalytic activity of graphite carbon nitride through rational design of noble metal-free dual cocatalysts.

The g-C3N4-MoS2-M(OH)x ternary heterostructures were designed and fabricated for the first time. The embedding of noble-metal-free MoS2-M(OH)x dual cocatalysts over g-C3N4 nanosheets led to obvious synergistic effect for improving the transport as well as utilization efficiency of photo-generated charge carriers. Consequently, the optimal ternary heterostructure (g-C3N4-MoS2-Ni(OH)2) exhibited photocatalytic hydrogen production activity 4.

Versatile Functional Porous Cobalt-Nickel Phosphide-Carbon Cocatalyst Derived from a Metal-Organic Framework for Boosting the Photocatalytic Activity of Graphitic Carbon Nitride.

Metal-organic framework-templated g-CN-NiCoP-porous carbon (PC) ternary hybrid nanomaterials were designed by taking full advantage of the metal-organic framework (MOF) derivative in the photocatalytic reaction for the first time. The MOF-templated porous structure could prevent the stacking of the carbon nitride nanosheet, and the carefully designed NiCoP, possessing low electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) overpotential and flat-band potential, could improve the separation as well as the utilization efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Moreover, the ligand-templated porous carbon, acting as an interface mediator between g-CN and the NiCoP cocatalyst, could boost the charge carrier transport.

Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over bimetallic zeolite imidazole framework-encapsulated CdS nanorods.

A hybrid of ZIF-8 with CdS nanorods could increase the transport efficiency of photo-generated charge carriers and the surface area. Notably, through doping Zn ions with a transition metal, in this work, we fabricated a bimetallic ZnM-ZIF (M = Ni, Cu, or Co)-encapsulated CdS nanorod heterostructure for the first time. Compared with ZIF-8, the bimetallic ZIF exhibited a modulated structure, flat band position, and lower overpotential for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

Co-Doped ZnCdS nanocrystals from metal-organic framework precursors: porous microstructure and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Nanoporous Co-doped ZnCdS were facilely fabricated via adopting ZIFs as templates, and Cd(NO) and thiourea as precursors. The highly porous microstructure and uniform Co-doping of the photocatalyst afford a high H-production rate (45.2 and 422.

Design and construction of polymerized-chitosan coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and its application for hydrophobic drug delivery.

In this study, a novel hydrogel, chitosan (CS) crosslinked carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin (CM-β-CD) polymer modified Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles was synthesized for delivering hydrophobic anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (CS-CDpoly-MNPs). Carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin being grafted on the Fe3O4 nanoparticles (CDpoly-MNPs) contributed to an enhancement of adsorption capacities because of the inclusion abilities of its hydrophobic cavity with insoluble anticancer drugs through host-guest interactions. Experimental results indicated that the amounts of crosslinking agent and bonding times played a crucial role in determining morphology features of the hybrid nanocarriers.

Detection of serum Alu element hypomethylation for the diagnosis and prognosis of glioma.

Global genomic hypomethylation is a hallmark of cancer in humans. In the present study, the feasibility of measuring hypomethylation of Alu elements (Alu) in serum and its clinical utility were investigated. Tumor tissues and matched serum specimens from 65 glioma patients and serum samples from 30 healthy controls were examined for Alu hypomethylation by bisulfite sequencing.

Highly luminescent quantum dots functionalized and their conjugation with IgG.

A sol-gel approach including partially removing capping agents, depositing SiO(2) monomers, and growing a SiO(2) shell was developed to generate a bio-compatible functionalization on CdTe quantum dots (QDs). The QDs retained their high photoluminescence (PL) efficiency after coating with a SiO(2) shell (22.5%) by controlling the surface state of the QDs to decrease PL degradation during a sol-gel preparation.

Cadmium sulphide quantum dots in morphologically tunable triblock copolymer aggregates.

Cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots (QDs) are formed within poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene-block-poly (acrylic acid) (PEO-b-PS-b-PAA) triblock copolymer aggregates of different architectures. These structures are obtained starting with the same ionically cross-linked primary micelles consisting of a cadmium acrylate core, a PS shell, and a PEO corona. One morphology is a worm-shaped micelle prepared in tetrahydrofuran (THF) in which the CdS QDs are surrounded by the PAA and aligned as a loose necklace in the PS matrix.

Preparation and pH triggered inversion of vesicles from poly(acrylic acid)-block-polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine).

The aggregate morphologies of the biamphiphilic triblock PAA(26)-b-PS(890)-b-P4VP(40) have been studied by TEM as a function of pH in DMF/THF/H(2)O mixtures. The outside surfaces of the aggregates were characterized by zeta potential measurements. Starting at the apparent pH (pH) of 1, and increasing gradually to pH14, the aggregate morphologies of this triblock change progressively from vesicles (pH1), to solid spherical or ellipsoidal aggregates (pH3 approximately 11), and finally back to vesicles (pH14).