With willow catkins as highly accessible carbon sources, hierarchical porous carbon
microtubes (denoted as HPNCTs) have been successfully prepared by a facile …

The controversy surrounding silicon (Si) benefits and essentiality in plants is exacerbated by
the differential ability of species to absorb this element. This property is seemingly enhanced …

Conversion of waste biomass to value-added carbon is an environmentally benign
utilization of waste biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution caused …

This review describes the role of silicon (Si) in plants. Methods of silicon determination and
speciation are also reported. The mechanisms of Si uptake by plants, silicon fractions in the …

Numerous reviews and hundreds of refereed articles have been published on silicon's
effects on abiotic and biotic stress as well as overall plant growth and development. The …

This study investigates the influence of water, carbon, and energy fluxes on solute
production and transport through the Jemez Critical Zone (CZ) and impacts on C‐Q …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are a new class of carrier materials promising for
drug/gene delivery and many other important applications. Stealth coatings are necessary to …

Due to the immense ecological and economic significance of grasses, their highly
characteristic long–short epidermal patterning and associated silica phytoliths represent …

Capacitive carbons are prepared by a molten salt carbonization (MSC) process from
Chinese firwood biomass, and the effect of the biomass size (lengths ranging from 0.09 to 2 …

A high content of minerals in biomass feedstock may cause fouling, slagging, and corrosion
in the furnace during combustion. Here, a new pressurized microwave digestion method for …