The scarcity of up-to-date data on the distribution and dynamics of the Chinese pangolin () presented a significant challenge in developing effective conservation strategies and implementing protective measures within China. Currently, most of China's national-level nature reserves and administrative departments operate at the county level, thereby limiting the applicability of larger-scale analyses and studies for these administrative entities. This study employed 11 widely used modeling techniques created within the Biomod2 framework to predict suitable habitats for the pangolin at the county scale, while examining the correlation between environmental variables and pangolin distribution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been deposited on powder P25 by a novel two-step method involving a precipitation reaction and atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) cold plasma treatment without the use of any environmentally and biologically hazardous reducing agents. The silver precursor is formed in the processing of precipitation reaction and then completely reduced to the metallic state by atmospheric pressure DBD cold plasma treatment as proved by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-Visible absorption spectra and HRTEM analyses. TEM images indicate that the Ag NPs with average diameter of 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDoping with intrinsic defects to enhance the photocatalytic performance of TiO has recently attracted attention from many researchers. In this report, we developed an original approach to realise stabilized surface doping using intrinsic defects with the loading of Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the surface. Herein, atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) cold plasma was used to help load the AgNPs, and ethanol treatment was used to introduce intrinsic defects (oxygen vacancies and Ti) on the surface of materials.
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