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A photochromic sensing platform composing of emeraldine salt of polyaniline ( ES-PANI ) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles ( TiO2 NPs) for visual detection of trace copper was developed. Under ultraviolet light irradiation, the greenish ES-PANI could be oxidized to dark blue pernigraniline salt by the photogenerated hole of excited TiO2 NPs. In the presence of Cu2+, a light yellow leucoemeraldine salt was visually observed. The overall mechanism of color change was verified to be corresponding to the different redox states of PANI regulated by Cu species during the photochromic process. By integrating the advantages of both photoelectric property and visual detection, the redox reaction-based sensing mechanism led to a good sensitivity and high selectivity in the detection of Cu2+ with the detection limit of 0. 4 μmol/L. Besides the naked eye, two color recognition methods including reading mean green intensities in Photoshop and recording ultraviolet absorbance in microplate reader were also studied. This method was successfully applied to Cu2+ detection in human hair with satisfactory recoveries. More significantly, this sensing platform was really simple, low-cost and able to detect an array of analytes within several minutes without requiring sophisticated equipment. This photoelectron-regulated colorimetric strategy provided a novel concept for the design of visual sensing platform, and could develop the portable test kits for rapid detection in clinical diagnosis.
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A incorporação de resíduos de culturas ao solo em lavouras de arroz irrigado tem o potencial de melhorar as características físicas, químicas e biológicas do solo e acelerar as reações de oxirredução durante o alagamento, proporcionando maior disponibilidade de nutrientes para as plantas, que respondem com maior crescimento e maior absorção de nutrientes. Com o objetivo de determinar a concentração de nutrientes na solução do solo e quantificar a absorção de nutrientes e o crescimento de plantas de arroz submetidas a quantidades crescentes de resíduos de azevém aplicadas na superfície do solo, foi conduzido um experimento em casa de vegetação. O experimento foi delineado em blocos ao acaso, com três repetições, sendo utilizadas como tratamentos doses de resíduos de azevém (0,0; 1,25; 2,5; 5,0; 7,5 e 10,0Mg ha-1) aplicadas na superfície de um Planossolo. Sementes de arroz pré-germinadas da cultivar 'BRS 7 Taim' foram semeadas na superfície do solo, que foi alagado 15 dias após, e as plantas foram cultivadas por um período de 45 dias. Nas plantas de arroz, foram avaliados a massa seca da parte aérea e os teores dos nutrientes: N, K, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu e Zn. Na solução do solo, foram avaliados o potencial redox (Eh), o pH e as concentrações de Mn, Fe, K, Ca e Mg. Os resultados mostraram que a adição de doses crescentes de resíduos de azevém na superfície do solo alagado, até a dose máxima de 10Mg ha-1, intensificou o processo de oxirredução do solo, aumentando a concentração de Mn, Fe, Ca, Mg e K na solução do solo, aumentou os teores de K e Fe na parte aérea das plantas de arroz e aumentou a massa seca de arroz.
The incorporation of ryegrass residues on the soil in rice irrigated fields can improve the physical, chemical and biological soil properties. It can also accelerate the redox reaction during the soil flooding, allowing a higher availability of nutrients to the plants, which responds with a higher growing and nutrient absorptions. The objectives of this research are to quantify the nutrient absorptions, the rice crop growing, and to determine the concentration of nutrients in the soil solution on a flooding Albaqualf soil. For this, increasing doses of ryegrass residues were applied in the soil surface. A greenhouse experiment was carried out using a randomized complete block design with six doses of ryegrass residues (0.0; 1.25; 2.5; 5.0; 7.5 and 10.0Mg ha-1) applied to the soil surface. Cultivar 'BRS 7 Taim' pre-germinated seeds were sown in plastic pots. The soil in the pots was flooded 15 days after this procedure and plants were hept in this condition for an additional 45 days. In the rice plants were evaluated the dry matter weight of the shoots and the following nutrients: N, K, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn. In the soil solution were evaluated the redox potential (Eh), pH, and the concentration of Mn, Fe, K, Ca, Mg. Results show that the addition of increasing doses of ryegrass residues in the flooded soil surface until 10Mg ha-1 strengthened the soil redox reaction process increasing the concentration of Mn, Fe, Ca, Mg and K in the soil solution. It also increased the K and Fe contents in the aerial part of rice plants as well increased their dry matter weight.