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Recent Advances in Pickering Emulsion Templated Phase Change Material Microcapsules: Design, Fabrication, and Multifunctional Applications

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fabrication process of phase change microcapsules using a Pickering emulsion template method and their subsequent applications. The increasing demand for efficient thermal energy storage systems has driven the development of phase change material microcapsules (PCMMs), which provide high energy‐storage density, reversible phase change, and reduced ...
Ziyan Li, Jinsheng Sun, Kaihe Lv, Chaozheng Liu, Meichun Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eucalyptus reforestation induces soil water repellency [PDF]

, 2015
There is an increasing interest in eucalypt reforestation for a range of purposes in Australia, including pulp-wood production, carbon mitigation and catchment water management.
Fontaine, J.B., Harper, R.J., Henry, D.J., Mendham, D.S., Walden, L.L.   +4 more
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Development of a universal microinfiltrometer to estimate extent and persistence of soil water repellency as a function of capillary pressure and interface chemical composition

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2020
Microinfiltrometers to assess soil water repellency (SWR) are limited to small tension ranges and have different technical setups, hindering a comparison between results from different laboratories.
Sepehrnia Nasrollah, Woche Susanne K., Goebel Marc-O., Bachmann Jörg   +3 more
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Environmental Pesticide Exposure in the Etiology of Pediatric Brain Tumors and Leukemia: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The etiologies of pediatric cancer are largely unknown, but environmental pesticide exposures are likely to contribute. Chronic low‐dose exposure to pesticide mixtures through drinking water is a growing concern in agricultural communities.
Grace N. VanDeSteeg, Alyssa R. Russum, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Eleanor G. Rogan, Martha G. Rhoades   +4 more
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Effects of high temperature processes on physical properties of silica sand [PDF]

, 2013
High temperature processes may alter soil properties, creating potential risks of subsidence, erosion and other hazards. Soils may be exposed to high temperatures during some aggressive contaminant remediation processes as well as natural events such as ...
Irvine, J, Irvine, James, Zihms, S, Switzer, C,, Irvine, J,, Switzer, Christine, Switzer, C, Zihms, S,, Zihms, Stephanie, Karstunen, Minna,, Karstunen, Minna   +10 more
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Fractal parameters of soil particle size distribution in karst area, and implications of soil water repellency by plantations

Soil and Water Research
As a critical and universal soil physical property, soil water repellency significantly affects soil and water erosion and vegetation restoration, particularly in the karst region.
Zhuo Tian, Haitao Deng, Shuaipu Zhang, Qinxue Xu, Xin Jin   +4 more
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Water repellency decreases with increasing carbonate content and pH for different biocrust types on sand dunes

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2021
Biocrusts are biological communities that occupy the soil surface, accumulate organic matter and mineral particles and hence strongly affect the properties of the soils they cover.
Drahorad Sylvie Laureen, Felde Vincent J. M. N. L., Ellerbrock Ruth H., Henss Anja   +3 more
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Characteristics, properties and limitations of per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluoropolymers

Polymer International, EarlyView.
An overview and categorization of man‐made per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including low‐molar‐mass and high‐molar‐mass fluorochemicals, and their international regulations is presented. Though certain PFASs are toxic, bioaccumulative and cross the human cellular membranes, others, such as fluoropolymers, are safe, reliable and involved in ...
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between soil moisture and soil water repellency persistence in hydrophobic soils [PDF]

, 2020
In this work, we modelled the response of soil water repellency (SWR) persistence to the decrease in moisture in drying soils, and we explored the implication of soil particle size distribution and specific surface area on the SWR severity and ...
Chau, Henry, Bouray, M, Jim Moir, Trolove, S, Moir, James, Bayad, M, Condron, L, Henry Wai Chau, Stephen Trolove, Moussa Bouray, Leo Condron, Mohamed Bayad   +11 more
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Water vapour adsorption on water repellent sandy soils

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2017
Soil sorptivity is considered a key parameter describing early stages of water (rain) infiltration into a relatively dry soil and it is related to build-up complexity of the capillary system and soil wettability (contact angles of soil pore walls ...
Orfanus Tomas, Amer Abdel-Monem Mohamed, Jozefaciuk Grzegorz, Fulajtar Emil, Čelková Anežka   +4 more
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