Soil organic carbon (SOC) forms the largest terrestrial organic carbon (C) pool, which is regulated by complex connections between exogenous C input, microbial activity, and SOC conversion. Few studies have examined the changes in natural abundance C...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) pools have the potential to attain sustainable agriculture goals under climate change. External organic and inorganic nutrient inputs considerably affect SOC mineralization and SOC pools. Therefore, a laboratory-based, three...
Nitrogen (N) deposition rates of terrestrial ecosystems have gradually declined but are still high in some areas. Previous studies have reported that N addition elicits diverse impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC) pools. SOC can be divided into diffe...
Soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) plays a crucial role in terrestrial C cycling. However, how microbial CUE responds to nitrogen addition and its mechanisms in soil aggregates from abandoned grassland systems remains poorly understood. In th...
The capability of forest ecosystems to sequester carbon from the atmosphere largely depends on the interaction of soil organic matter and nitrogen, and thus, this process will be greatly influenced by nitrogen deposition under the future scenario of...
Increasing the proportion of pellets in blast furnace (BF) burdens raises the raw material iron grade and reduces slag volume, thereby lowering fuel consumption. However, due to their dense microstructure, pellets typically exhibit low degrees of red...
This study examined the regulatory mechanism of calcium (Ca) amendment on the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and extracellular enzyme activities, elucidating the role of Ca in soil carbon cycling processes. A field experiment with ma...
The progress of dissimilatory iron(III) reduction is widespread in natural environments, particularly in anoxic habitats; in fact, wetland ecosystems are considered as “hotspots” of dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction. In this study, we condu...
Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition alters the formation and stability of soil organic carbon (SOC) in fragile ecosystems. While biochar (BC) amendment represents a promising strategy for augmenting soil carbon sequestration, its impact on...
Orchard soils have distinct stratification heterogeneity, while the responses of soil organic carbon mineralization (essentially microbial-mediated decomposition of organic matter, mainly producing CO2) and bacterial communities to exogenous carbon a...
Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has greatly influenced soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. Currently, the response of SOC to atmospheric N deposition is generally detected through understory N addition, while canopy processes have been...
Global nitrogen (N) deposition alters soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in alpine grasslands, yet rhizosphere carbon turnover mechanisms remain debated due to a lack of integrated multi-omics insights. This study aimed to systematically investigate...
Soil microorganisms and soil organic carbon (SOC) play important roles in ecosystem cycling, but there is a lack of clarity about the effects of nitrogen addition on soil microorganisms and SOC, as well as the key microbial taxa that influence SOC. T...
Traditional aquaculture can cause serious environmental pollution. Biofilm and biofloc technology have the potential to limit aquaculture pollution. An outdoor experiment was conducted to evaluate the combined effects of eco-substrates and carbon add...
Soil biodiversity and fuction have been altered by the increasing levels of nitrogen as a result of fertilization and atmospheric deposition. Although soil microarthropods are a crucial component of soil biodiversity and play a key role in a diverse...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) not only contributes to maintain soil health, but is also important in regulating global climate change. How atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition and phosphorus (P) addition affects SOC dynamics remains unclear, especially in...
This work investigates the impact of carbon black (CB) as a porogenic agent and conductive additive in the preparation of electrically conductive nanoporous carbon gels. For this, a series of materials were prepared by the polycondensation of resorci...
As the industry and commercial market move towards the optimization of printing and additive manufacturing, it becomes important to understand how to obtain the most from the materials while maintaining the ability to print complex geometries effecti...
Returning straw to the soil is increasingly recognized as a sustainable practice that enhances soil fertility and promotes carbon sequestration. However, it can also accelerate the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) and CO2 emissions, raising...
Nano-micro calcium carbonate has a small particle size, uniform distribution, and good dispersion performance, offering great research value and development prospects. It has been widely used as a filler material for rubber, paper, ink, pigments, and...
The development of supercapacitors with high volumetric capacitance and high-rate performance has been an important research topic. Activated carbon (AC), which is a widely used material for supercapacitor electrodes, has different surface structures...
Carbon dots (CDots) are small carbon nanoparticles with effective surface passivation by organic functionalization. In the reported work, the surface functionalization of preexisting small carbon nanoparticles with N-ethylcarbazole (NEC) was achieved...
In this research, nanocomposite carbon has been found to have excellent tribological properties as a lubricant additive. To reduce high friction and wear in friction pairs, the modified nanocomposite carbon has been prepared for chemical technology....
Vegetable oils in the lubricant field are largely studied. Their efficiency depends on their viscosity parameters and their fatty acid composition. The actions of moringa oil used as a lubricant base and as a lubricant additive have been shown in thi...
Manufacturing is one of the most heavily contributing sectors to global warming via its high carbon emissions. Initiatives such as the Green Deal and Sustainable Goals by the United Nations are supporting the reduction of carbon emissions in the manu...
The performance of redox flow batteries is notably influenced by the electrolyte, especially in slurry-based flow batteries, as it serves as both an ionic conductive electrolyte and a flowing electrode. In this study, carbon additives were introduced...
Accurate estimation of biomass and carbon stocks in forest ecosystems is critical for understanding their roles in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Currently, the development of stand biomass models and carbon stock estimation at t...
The objective of this study was to investigate the roles and tribological mechanisms of onion-like carbon nanoparticles derived from biodiesel soot (BDS) when applied in water (H2O) and liquid paraffin (LP). In this study, we prepared nitric acid-tre...
Anthropogenic activities have drastically increased nitrogen (N) deposition, resulting in increased N availability. The continuous increase of N availability may exacerbate phosphorus (P) deficiency, which would limit forest productivity in subtropic...
Vat photopolymerization (VPP), as an additive manufacturing (AM) technology, can conveniently produce ceramic parts with high resolution and excellent surface quality. However, due to the inherent brittleness and low toughness of ceramic materials, m...
In this work, we investigated the influence of gum arabic (GA) as a structuring additive, on the electrochemical behavior of bio-derived carbon aerogels (CAGs). Modified carbonaceous materials were prepared by the gelatinization process of potato sta...
Stereolithography (SLA) additive manufacturing is a method of manufacturing capable of generating complex geometric shapes with extremely high accuracy. Classic SLA uses UV curable resins, particularly polylactic acid (PLA), for part generation, but...
Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) of continuous carbon fiber-reinforced plastics with fused deposition modeling is a burgeoning manufacturing method because of its potential as a powerful approach to produce lightweight, high strength and compl...
Additively manufactured (AM) composites based on short carbon fibers possess strength and stiffness far less than their continuous fiber counterparts due to the fiber’s small aspect ratio and inadequate interfaces with the epoxy matrix. This in...
Herein, we report a method to additively manufacture carbon fiber-reinforced siliconized silicon carbide composites. The process involves the pyrolysis of a 3D-printed carbon fiber-reinforced poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) composite to produce a poro...
A new technique of additive prototyping filament volumetric nanostructuring based on the high-speed mechanical mixing of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer granules and single-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) powder (without prior dispersion...
The use of 3D printing technology for manufacturing new products based on sustainable materials enables one to take advantage of secondary raw materials derived from recycling. This work investigates the structural performances of 3D printing composi...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) pool plays an extremely important role in regulating the global carbon (C) cycle and climate change. Atmospheric nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deposition caused by human activities has significant impacts on soil C sequest...
This study investigated the influence of carbon fibre addition on the thermal performances of gypsum compositions doped with 20 wt % of phase-change material (PCM) microspheres. The influences of the length (150 µm/3 mm) and additive amount (0....
An experimental investigation was performed on the coefficients of friction (COFs) and wear properties of pure water and oil-in-water (O/W) working fluids containing carbon nanocapsules (CNCs) with concentrations ranging from 0 to 1.0 wt.%. For the O...
This work presents an innovative system that allows the oriented deposition of continuous fibers or long fibers, pre-impregnated or not, in a thermoplastic matrix. This system is used in an integrated way with the filamentary fusion additive manufact...
In the current process for additive manufacturing of continuous carbon fiber reinforced resin matrix composites, the fiber and resin matrix are fed into the molten chamber, and then impregnated and compounded in the original position, and finally ext...
Increased global atmospheric nitrogen deposition can affect the accumulation and stability of forest soil organic carbon; however, the pathways and underlying mechanisms are largely unclear. In this study, we sampled soils from a karst plantation wit...
Hydrogels prepared from TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (TCNFs), natural rubber latex (NRL), and carbon additives change their rheological properties during storage, so formulation comparisons made at uncontrolled aging states can be misleading....
A type of orange carbon dots (O-CDs) synthesized via an ultrasonication route with citric acid and 1,2-phenylenediamine as precursors was embedded into sodium polyacrylate (SPA) as the ink for 3D printing. Characterizations of these spherical O-CDs r...
The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of a freeform fabrication of porous ceramic parts through selective laser sintering (SLS). SLS was proposed to manufacture ceramic green parts because this additive manufacturing technique can b...
Bamboo plantations are increasingly recognized as significant terrestrial carbon sinks, yet accurate estimation of biomass and carbon stocks requires species-specific, regionally validated allometric models. Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung...
This study investigates the mechanical behaviour of continuous carbon-fibre-reinforced additively manufactured composite structures aimed at applications in aeronautical structures, through a combination of experimental testing and numerical simulati...
Traditionally, precious metals are processed by either lost-wax casting or the casting of semi-finished products followed by cold or hot working, machining, and surface finishing. Long process chains usually conclude in a high material input factor a...
The N-functionalized indole is a privileged structural framework in a wide range of bioactive molecules. The nucleophilic addition between indoles with vinylene carbonate proceeded smoothly in the presence of K2CO3 as the catalyst to produce novel in...
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