Publications by authors named "Yu-Xiang Zeng"

In this study, pulsed laser deposition method (PLD) was employed to grow MgZnO films on quartz substrates. The optimal deposition temperature of 300 °C for MgZnO film was decided and MgZnO, MgZnO and MgZnO films were grown respectively using MgZnO targets with different Mg contents ( = 0.3, 0.

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With the discharge of large amount of organic pollutants and antibiotics into the water environment, the water cycle has been seriously polluted, and at the same time, various drug-resistant bacteria have emerged in succession, which poses a serious threat to human health. In recent years, photocatalytic nanomaterials have become a research hotspot in the antimicrobial area. In this study, AgBr/AgVO photocatalysts were prepared by a hydrothermal process and an growth method.

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Tungsten oxide microflowers (WO₃ MFs) were fabricated by a simple hydrothermal process through adjusting the pH of the solution by HCl. These MFs possess the outer diameters of about 2 m and are composed of numerous nanoplates with the average pore size of 10.9 nm.

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In this study, pulsed laser deposition method (PLD) was employed to grow MgZnO films on quartz substrates. The optimal deposition temperature of 300 °C for MgZnO film was decided and MgZnO, MgZnO and MgZnO films were grown respectively using MgZnO targets with different Mg contents ( = 0.3, 0.

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Precisely controlled dimensions of heterostructured ZnO nanorod arrays were grown on micropatterned Au films supported by Si substrate using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The field emission properties were attributed to pointed nanorods, thickness of catalyst, preferential growth, density, morphology of ZnO and Molybdenum (Mo) decorated ZnO nanorod arrays (Mo/ZnO). The selective restrained heterostructure approach resulted in excellent control over periodicity, location and density of ZnO nanorod arrays.

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Polyploidization has played an important role in plant evolution and is a pathway for plants to increase genetic diversification and to get higher heterosis comparing with that of diploid does. This study was undertaken to assess the genetic variation and relationships among 40 autotetraploid rice genotypes and their counterpart diploid cultivars with 99 SSR markers screened from published rice genome. The 99 SSR markers detected polymorphism among autotetraploid genotypes and revealed a total of 291 alleles with an average of 2.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study examined two pairs of sister lines of colored and white rice to understand why colored rice has lower yields, focusing on five physiological and eleven yield traits over the years 2009 and 2010.
  • - Results indicated that the purple-pericarp lines (P lines) showed more active physiological traits in 2010, with higher anthocyanin content than in 2009, while environmental factors strongly affected chlorophyll and photosynthesis rates.
  • - Yield traits analysis revealed that P lines had lower 1000-grain weight and overall yield compared to the white-pericarp lines (W lines), and a small sink size was identified as a significant factor for the yield reduction in purple pericarp rice.
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Embryo sac abortion is one of the major reasons for sterility in indica/japonica hybrids in rice. To clarify the causal mechanism of embryo sac abortion, we studied the female gametophyte development in two indica/japonica hybrids via an eosin B staining procedure for embryo sac scanning using confocal laser scanning microscope. Different types of abnormalities occurred during megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis were demonstrated.

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