Publications by authors named "Mingke Luo"

The widespread existence, environmental persistence, and risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have attracted widespread attention. Herein, the distribution and risk assessment of PFASs were investigated from the Huai River Basin. The ranges in different media were 29.

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Cadmium (Cd) is the main heavy metal pollutant in sediments from East China. The biochar-sediment nexus can provide carbon sequestration and pollution control. In this work, an in situ study was conducted to investigate the long-term effects and control mechanism of biochar and the effect of biochar aging on Cd stabilization in overlying water-pore water-sediment.

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C, N, and P in lake sediment are the basis of material and energy cycle, reflecting the economic development, ecological function, and environmental effect. Current research on the effect of lake eutrophication on carbon storage and the river-lake connectivity on nutrient diffusion is lack. This work investigated the accumulation, distribution, correlations, and stoichiometric ratios of C, N, and P of 82 lakes (≥ 10 km) in Eastern China, analyzed the nutrient limitation, sediment carbon sink, and effect of river-lake connectivity, and discussed the relationships between eutrophication and sediment carbon storage.

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For the first time, background quality guidelines have been developed for lake sediments along the Yangtze River. Evolution Rules of watershed environment in Eastern China were analyzed in 1937-2017. These methods of Cs and Pb radionuclide, 75% cumulative frequency, and background method were applied to calculate the sediment geochemical backgrounds (GB).

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Metal pollution poses a significant threat to ecological security and human health. Current research on the causes, sources and distribution of metal pollution in the Yangtze River plain is lacking. This study investigated the accumulation, risk, distribution, and sources of heavy metals in 62 lakes along the Yangtze River, and analyzed the relationship between river-lake connectivity, economic structure, population and metal diffusion.

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In situ immobilization of heavy metal cations in contaminated soil using natural minerals is an attractive remediation technique. However, little research has focused on the remediation of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) co-contaminated. In this work, three different crystal structures and chemical compositions minerals, zeolite; bentonite; and dolomite, were applied to simultaneously reduce the uptake of As and Cd in Brassica chinensis L.

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  • Hexavalent chromium and nitrate co-contamination in groundwater is a significant global issue, and their transformation pathways and interaction mechanisms are still not well understood.
  • A new method involving zeolite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron/palladium (Z-Fe/Pd) was developed to effectively remove both contaminants, showing high removal efficiencies that vary with pH levels.
  • Under anoxic conditions, the presence of Cr(VI) can negatively affect nitrate reduction, but at specific levels, nitrate can enhance Cr(VI) removal, leading to promising results for groundwater remediation.
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Biochar plays a significant role in soil remediation. However, the simultaneous immobilization mechanism and relationship of biochar to cations and anions have never been clear. We designed a batch incubation experiment to investigate the impact of corncob-based biochars to cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) contaminations in yellow soil and cinnamon soil, and analyze the relationships among biochars physicochemical characteristics (surface area: SA, total pore volume: TV, average pore size: AV and the C/O rate), soil properties, metals immobilization and microbial diversity indices.

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Simultaneous removal of cations and anions in wastewater has always been a great concerned environmental problem. In this study, a friendly and inexpensive biosorbent to simultaneously remove Cd(II) and As(V) from aqueous solution was synthesized by ultrasonic biochar and nanoscale TiO (TD), and the obtained sorbent was named as BCTD. The maximum sorption capacities of Cd (72.

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  • - The study assessed how bentonite affects soil properties, metal availability, pakchoi plant growth, and microbial communities across three farmland soil types.
  • - Results showed bentonite significantly reduced exchangeable cadmium (Cd) across all soil types and improved pakchoi growth, particularly in Fluvo-aquic soils, with notable increases in biomass and root characteristics.
  • - Additionally, bentonite altered nutrient availability by lowering nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic matter while raising potassium levels, and enhanced the diversity of the microbial community in the soils studied.
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In order to improve the adsorption capacities of corncob-based biochars for heavy metal, the different pyrolysis temperature (350 °C, 450 °C and 550 °C) of corncob-based biochars were modified with the acrylonitrile, and adsorption capacities of Cadmium from solution by biochars were studied. The results showed that only at 350 °C the biochar can be successfully modified. The Cd adsorption capacity (85.

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