Correction: Performance evaluation of interfacial polymerisation-fabricated aquaporin-based biomimetic membranes in forward osmosis.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00787C.].

Performance evaluation of interfacial polymerisation-fabricated aquaporin-based biomimetic membranes in forward osmosis.

Aquaporins play a promising role in the fabrication of high-performance biomimetic membranes. Interfacial polymerisation is a promising strategy for synthesizing aquaporin-based membranes. In this study, robust and high-performance aquaporin-based biomimetic membranes were successfully fabricated by interfacial polymerisation, and the membrane separation performance and interfacial polymerisation method were systematically evaluated.

Development of novel EST-SSR markers for (Ephedraceae) by transcriptome database mining.

Premise Of The Study: (Ephedraceae) is a gymnosperm shrub with a wide distribution across Central and Eastern Asia. It is widely cultivated as a medicinal plant, but its wild populations are monitored to determine whether protection is needed.

Methods And Results: Thirty-six microsatellite markers, including 11 polymorphic markers, were developed from RNA-Seq data deposited in the National Center for Biotechology Information dbEST database.

Tolerance strategies revealed in tree peony (; Paeoniaceae) ecotypes differentially adapted to desiccation.

Premise Of The Study: Tree peony (; Paeoniaceae) is well known for its ornamental value, edible oil, and medicinal properties. However, its growing area has been limited by drought that has been exacerbated by global climate change.

Methods: Gene expression profiles of a drought-tolerant cultivar and a drought-sensitive cultivar during dehydration and rehydration were investigated by transcriptome analysis.

Evaluation of xylooligosaccharide production from residual hemicelluloses of dissolving pulp by acid and enzymatic hydrolysis.

Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) are useful food and pharmaceutical additives, which can be produced from various xylans. However, the XOS prepared from lignocellulosic materials are difficult to purify due to the complexity of the degradation products. Thus, hemicelluloses with a high-purity will be the preferred feedstock for XOS production.

Responses of the electron transfer capacity of soil humic substances to agricultural land-use types.

Humic substances (HS) are redox-active organic compounds that constitute a major fraction of natural organic matter in soils. The electron transfer capacity (ETC) of soil HS is mainly dependent on the type and abundance of redox-active functional groups in their structure. It is unclear whether or not agricultural land-use types can affect the ETC of HS in soils.

Synthesis of a cationic polyacrylamide by a photocatalytic surface-initiated method and evaluation of its flocculation and dewatering performance: nano-TiO as a photo initiator.

In the face of complex water quality changes, the application of existing cationic polyacrylamide has been largely limited. In this study, a series of cationic polyacrylamides (TPADs) with excellent flocculation/dewatering performance and low dosage were synthesized through photocatalytic surface initiation using acrylamide (AM) and acryloyloxyethyl trimethylammonium chloride (DAC) as monomers and nano-TiO as an initiator. Characterization using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (H NMR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric/differential scanning calorimetry (TG/DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to analyze the structural and morphological properties of TPADs.

Facile synthesis of urchin-like RuCu and hollow RuCuMo nanoparticles and preliminary insight to their formation process by cyclic voltammetry.

Urchin-like RuCu nanoparticles and hollow RuCuMo nanoparticles were prepared by a one-pot chemical reduction method. The nanoparticles were characterized by EDX, HRTEM, XPS and ICP-AES. By combining cyclic voltammetry and TEM, the formation process of nanoparticles was obtained.

A microwave synthesized mesoporous carbon sponge as an efficient adsorbent for Cr(vi) removal.

Mesoporous carbon materials have recently attracted immense research interest because of their potential application in water purification fields. Herein, we report the synthesis of a mesoporous carbon sponge (MCS) from a supramolecular microcrystalline cellulose-polymer system triggered by microwave-assisted treatment. Benefiting from the three-dimensional (3D) interconnected mesopores and an evenly distributed ball-like protuberance on the inner surfaces of the macropores, the MCS exhibited a high adsorption capacity (93.

Transcriptome Profiles of Populus euphratica upon Heat Shock stress.

Heat stress, which strongly affects plant performance and often results in reduced vegetative growth and yields depression, has become an increasingly serious global problem. Populus euphratica Oliv. which has been considered as a tree model for the study of plant response to abiotic stresses, could be resistant to an extremely wide environmental temperature range (-40 °C to 45 °C).