A major impedance to neuronal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is the activation of various programmed cell death mechanisms in the dorsal root ganglion. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death ...A major impedance to neuronal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is the activation of various programmed cell death mechanisms in the dorsal root ganglion. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death distinguished by imbalance in iron and thiol metabolism, leading to lethal lipid peroxidation. However, the molecular mechanisms of ferroptosis in the context of PNI and nerve regeneration remain unclear. Ferroportin (Fpn), the only known mammalian nonheme iron export protein, plays a pivotal part in inhibiting ferroptosis by maintaining intracellular iron homeostasis. Here, we explored in vitro and in vivo the involvement of Fpn in neuronal ferroptosis. We first delineated that reactive oxygen species at the injury site induces neuronal ferroptosis by increasing intracellular iron via accelerated UBA52-driven ubiquitination and degradation of Fpn, and stimulation of lipid peroxidation. Early administration of the potent arterial vasodilator, hydralazine (HYD), decreases the ubiquitination of Fpn after PNI by binding to UBA52, leading to suppression of neuronal cell death and significant acceleration of axon regeneration and motor function recovery. HYD targeting of ferroptosis is a promising strategy for clinical management of PNI.展开更多
As lead halide perovskite(LHP)semiconductors have shown tremendous promise in many application fields,and particularly made strong impact in the solar photovoltaic area,low dimensional quantum dot forms of these perov...As lead halide perovskite(LHP)semiconductors have shown tremendous promise in many application fields,and particularly made strong impact in the solar photovoltaic area,low dimensional quantum dot forms of these perovskites are showing the potential to make distinct marks in the fields of electronics,optoelectronics and photonics.The so-called perovskite quantum dots(PQDs)not only possess the most important features of LHP materials,i.e.,the unusual high defect tolerance,but also demonstrate clear quantum size effects,along with exhibiting desirable optoelectronic properties such as near perfect photoluminescent quantum yield,multiple exciton generation and slow hot-carrier cooling.Here,we review the advantageous properties of these nanoscale perovskites and survey the prospects for diverse applications which include lightemitting devices,solar cells,photocatalysts,lasers,detectors and memristors,emphasizing the distinct superiorities as well as the challenges.展开更多
Vortex beams with orbital angular momentum play a crucial role in increasing the information capacity in optical communications.The magnitude of orbital angular momentum determines the ability of information encoding....Vortex beams with orbital angular momentum play a crucial role in increasing the information capacity in optical communications.The magnitude of orbital angular momentum determines the ability of information encoding.In practice,a vortex beam can encounter random objects or turbulence during free-space propagation,resulting in information damage.Therefore,accurately measuring the orbital angular momentum of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam is a considerable challenge.Herein,we propose a single-shot method for the phase retrieval of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam by combining the phase-shift theorem and self-reference holography.Experimental results reveal that the sign and magnitude of the initial orbital angular momentum can be simultaneously determined based on their quantitative relation with the number of coherence singularities on the observation plane,thus addressing the effects of random occlusion and atmospheric turbulence.The proposed method considerably improved the accurate decoding of orbital angular momentum information in nonideal freespace optical communications.展开更多
Fractional vortex beams exhibit a higher degree of modulation dimensions than conventional vortices,thus inheriting superior anti-turbulent transmission properties through the incorporation of additional coherence mod...Fractional vortex beams exhibit a higher degree of modulation dimensions than conventional vortices,thus inheriting superior anti-turbulent transmission properties through the incorporation of additional coherence modulation.However,aliasing the mixed modes induced by coherence degradation makes the quantitative measurement of the topological charge in fractional vortex beams challenging.In this study,a coherence phase spectrum was introduced,and experimental demonstrations to quantitatively determine the fractional topological charge of partially coherent fractional vortex beams were performed.By leveraging the four-dimensional measurement of a partially coherent light field,the source coherence function was inversely reconstructed,and fractional topological charges were determined with high precision by extracting the phase spectrum of the coherence function.Laguerre–Gaussian,elliptical Gaussian,and plane-wave-fraction vortex beams with various degrees of coherence were used to demonstrate measurement precision.The proposed method is applicable to X-rays and electron vortices.It has potential applications in optical encryption,high-capacity optical communication,and quantum entanglement.展开更多
Infrared(IR)solar cells are promising devices for improving the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of conventional solar cells by expanding the utilization region of the sunlight spectrum to near-infrared range.IR solar ...Infrared(IR)solar cells are promising devices for improving the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of conventional solar cells by expanding the utilization region of the sunlight spectrum to near-infrared range.IR solar cells based on colloidal quantum dots(QDs)have attracted extensive attention due to the widely tunable absorption spectrum controlled by dot size and the unique solution processibility.However,the trade-off in QD solar cells between light absorption and photo-generated carrier collection has limited the further improvement of PCE.Here,we present high-performance PbS QD IR solar cells resulting from the combination of boosted light absorption and optimized carrier extraction.By constructing an optical resonance cavity,the light absorption is significantly enhanced in the range of 1,150–1,300 nm at a relatively thin photoactive layer.Meanwhile,the thin photoactive layer facilitates efficient carrier extraction.Consequently,the PbS QD IR solar cells exhibit a highly efficient photoelectric conversion in the IR region,resulting in a high IR PCE of 1.3%which is comparable to the highest value of solution-processed IR solar cells based on PbSe QDs.These results demonstrate that constructing an optical resonance cavity is a reasonable strategy for effective conversion of photons in the devices aiming at light in a relatively narrow wavelength range,such as IR solar cells and narrow band photodetectors.展开更多
The unique structure of zero-dimensional(0D)perovskite-analogues has attracted a great amount of research interest in recent years.To date,the current compositional library of 0D perovskites is largely limited to the ...The unique structure of zero-dimensional(0D)perovskite-analogues has attracted a great amount of research interest in recent years.To date,the current compositional library of 0D perovskites is largely limited to the lead-based Cs4PbX6(X=Cl,Br,and I)systems.In this work,we report a new synthesis of lead-free 0D Cs3BiX6(X=Cl,Br)perovskite-analogue nanocrystals(NCs)with a uniform cubic shape.We observe a broad photoluminescence peak centered at 390 nm for the 0D Cs3BiCl6 NCs at low temperatures.This feature originates from a self-trapped exciton mechanism.In situ thermal stability studies show that Cs3BiX6 NCs remain stable upon heating up to 200°C without crystal structural degradation.Moreover,we demonstrate that the Cs3BiX6 NCs can transform into other bismuth-based perovskite-analogues via facile anion exchange or metal ion insertion reactions.Our study presented here offers the opportunity for further understanding of the structure-property relationship of 0D perovskite-analogue materials,leading toward their future optoelectronic applications.展开更多
Because of their moderate penetration power,β-rays(high-energy electrons)are a useful signal for evaluating the surface contamination of nuclear radiation.However,the development ofβ-ray scintillators,which convert ...Because of their moderate penetration power,β-rays(high-energy electrons)are a useful signal for evaluating the surface contamination of nuclear radiation.However,the development ofβ-ray scintillators,which convert the absorbed high-energy electrons into visible photons,is hindered by the limitations of materials selection.Herein,we report two highly luminescent zerodimensional(0D)organic-inorganic lead-free metal halide hybrids,(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)and(C_(19)H_(34)N)_(2)MnBr_(4),as scintillators exhibiting efficientβ-ray scintillation.These hybrid scintillators combine the superior properties of organic and inorganic components.For example,organic components that contain light elements C,H,and N enhance the capturing efficiency ofβparticles;isolated inorganic[MnBr_(4)]2−tetrahedrons serve as highly localized emitting centers to emit intense radioluminescence(RL)underβ-ray excitation.Both hybrids show a narrow-band green emission peaked at 518 nm with photoluminescence quantum efficiencies(PLQEs)of 81.3%for(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)and 86.4%for(C_(19)H_(34)N)_(2)MnBr_(4),respectively.To enable the solution processing of this promising metal halide hybrid,we successfully synthesized(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)colloidal nanocrystals for the first time.Being excited byβ-rays,(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)scintillators show a linear response toβ-ray dose rate over a broad range from 400 to 2,800 Gy·s^(−1),and also display robust radiation resistance that 80%of the initial RL intensity can be maintained after an ultrahigh accumulated radiation dose of 240 kGy.This work will open up a new route for the development ofβ-ray scintillators.展开更多
The ensemble technique has been widely used in numerical weather prediction and extended-range forecasting.Current approaches to evaluate the predictability using the ensemble technique can be divided into two major g...The ensemble technique has been widely used in numerical weather prediction and extended-range forecasting.Current approaches to evaluate the predictability using the ensemble technique can be divided into two major groups.One is dynamical,including generating Lyapunov vectors,bred vectors,and singular vectors,sampling the fastest error-growing directions of the phase space,and examining the dependence of prediction efficiency on ensemble size.The other is statistical,including distributional analysis and quantifying prediction utility by the Shannon entropy and the relative entropy.Currently,with simple models,one could choose as many ensembles as possible,with each ensemble containing a large number of members.When the forecast models become increasingly complicated,however,one would only be able to afford a small number of ensembles,each with limited number of members,thus sacrificing estimation accuracy of the forecast errors.To uncover connections between different information theoretic approaches and between dynamical and statistical approaches,we propose an (∈;T)-entropy and scale-dependent Lyapunov exponent——based general theoretical framework to quantify information loss in ensemble forecasting.More importantly,to tremendously expedite computations,reduce data storage,and improve forecasting accuracy,we propose a technique for constructing a large number of "pseudo" ensembles from one single solution or scalar dataset.This pseudo-ensemble technique appears to be applicable under rather general conditions,one important situation being that observational data are available but the exact dynamical model is unknown.展开更多
Dear Editor,Recently,the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)has broken out worldwide,1 with rapid increase of infected patients.COVID-19 dominantly leads to pneumonia.2 Among these COVID-19 patients,some appears to be...Dear Editor,Recently,the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)has broken out worldwide,1 with rapid increase of infected patients.COVID-19 dominantly leads to pneumonia.2 Among these COVID-19 patients,some appears to be severe symptoms with acute respiratory distress syndrome,organ failure,2 and further present a poor outcome.展开更多
Interactions between anions and cations are important for understanding the behaviors of chemical pollutants and their potential risks in the environment.Here we prepared soil aggregates of a yellow paddy soil from th...Interactions between anions and cations are important for understanding the behaviors of chemical pollutants and their potential risks in the environment.Here we prepared soil aggregates of a yellow paddy soil from the Taihu Lake region,and investigated the effects of phosphate（P） pretreatment on adsorption-desorption of Cu2＋ of soil aggregates,free iron oxyhydrates-removed soil aggregates,goethite,and kaolinite with batch adsorption method.The results showed that Cu2＋ adsorption was reduced on the aggregates pretreated with low concentrations of P,and promoted with high concentrations of P,showing a V-shaped change.Compared with the untreated aggregates,the adsorption capacity of Cu2＋ was reduced when P application rates were lower than 260,220,130 and110 mg/kg for coarse,clay,silt and fine sand fractions,respectively.On the contrary,the adsorption capacity of Cu2＋ was higher on P-pretreated soil aggregates than on the control ones when P application rates were greater than those values.However,the desorption of Cu2＋ was enhanced at low levels of P,but suppressed at high levels of P,displaying an inverted V-shaped change over P adsorption.The Cu2＋ adsorption by the aggregate particles with and without P pretreatments was well described by the Freundlich equation.Similar results were obtained on P-pretreated goethite.However,such P effects on Cu2＋adsorption-desorption were not observed on kaolinite and free iron oxyhydrates-removed soil aggregates.The present results indicate that goethite is one of the main soil substances responsible for the P-induced promotion and inhibition of Cu2＋ adsorption.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.:82122043,81972052,81902213,82201537,and 81730065)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.:2021M693946 and 2019M653967).
文摘A major impedance to neuronal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is the activation of various programmed cell death mechanisms in the dorsal root ganglion. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death distinguished by imbalance in iron and thiol metabolism, leading to lethal lipid peroxidation. However, the molecular mechanisms of ferroptosis in the context of PNI and nerve regeneration remain unclear. Ferroportin (Fpn), the only known mammalian nonheme iron export protein, plays a pivotal part in inhibiting ferroptosis by maintaining intracellular iron homeostasis. Here, we explored in vitro and in vivo the involvement of Fpn in neuronal ferroptosis. We first delineated that reactive oxygen species at the injury site induces neuronal ferroptosis by increasing intracellular iron via accelerated UBA52-driven ubiquitination and degradation of Fpn, and stimulation of lipid peroxidation. Early administration of the potent arterial vasodilator, hydralazine (HYD), decreases the ubiquitination of Fpn after PNI by binding to UBA52, leading to suppression of neuronal cell death and significant acceleration of axon regeneration and motor function recovery. HYD targeting of ferroptosis is a promising strategy for clinical management of PNI.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52102266,12204167)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M680861)+4 种基金the support from the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board(DST-SERB),Government of India(project no.SRG/2020/000258)CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology,Hyderabadsupported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)(No.2022R1A5A1032539,2022R1C1C1008282)Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program-Alchemist Project(1415180859,Chiral perovskite LED smart contact lens based hyper vision metaverse)funded by the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy(MOTIE,Korea)Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology(KEIT,Korea).
文摘As lead halide perovskite(LHP)semiconductors have shown tremendous promise in many application fields,and particularly made strong impact in the solar photovoltaic area,low dimensional quantum dot forms of these perovskites are showing the potential to make distinct marks in the fields of electronics,optoelectronics and photonics.The so-called perovskite quantum dots(PQDs)not only possess the most important features of LHP materials,i.e.,the unusual high defect tolerance,but also demonstrate clear quantum size effects,along with exhibiting desirable optoelectronic properties such as near perfect photoluminescent quantum yield,multiple exciton generation and slow hot-carrier cooling.Here,we review the advantageous properties of these nanoscale perovskites and survey the prospects for diverse applications which include lightemitting devices,solar cells,photocatalysts,lasers,detectors and memristors,emphasizing the distinct superiorities as well as the challenges.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1404800,and 2019YFA0705000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12174280,12204340,12192254,11974218,92250304,and 92050202)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2022M722325)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,Key Lab of Modern Optical Technologies of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.KJS2138)。
文摘Vortex beams with orbital angular momentum play a crucial role in increasing the information capacity in optical communications.The magnitude of orbital angular momentum determines the ability of information encoding.In practice,a vortex beam can encounter random objects or turbulence during free-space propagation,resulting in information damage.Therefore,accurately measuring the orbital angular momentum of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam is a considerable challenge.Herein,we propose a single-shot method for the phase retrieval of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam by combining the phase-shift theorem and self-reference holography.Experimental results reveal that the sign and magnitude of the initial orbital angular momentum can be simultaneously determined based on their quantitative relation with the number of coherence singularities on the observation plane,thus addressing the effects of random occlusion and atmospheric turbulence.The proposed method considerably improved the accurate decoding of orbital angular momentum information in nonideal freespace optical communications.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0705000,2022YFA1404800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(11974218,12174280,12192254,12204340,92050202,92250304)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M722325)Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education InstitutionsKey Laboratory of Modern Optical Technologies of Jiangsu Province(KJS2138)。
文摘Fractional vortex beams exhibit a higher degree of modulation dimensions than conventional vortices,thus inheriting superior anti-turbulent transmission properties through the incorporation of additional coherence modulation.However,aliasing the mixed modes induced by coherence degradation makes the quantitative measurement of the topological charge in fractional vortex beams challenging.In this study,a coherence phase spectrum was introduced,and experimental demonstrations to quantitatively determine the fractional topological charge of partially coherent fractional vortex beams were performed.By leveraging the four-dimensional measurement of a partially coherent light field,the source coherence function was inversely reconstructed,and fractional topological charges were determined with high precision by extracting the phase spectrum of the coherence function.Laguerre–Gaussian,elliptical Gaussian,and plane-wave-fraction vortex beams with various degrees of coherence were used to demonstrate measurement precision.The proposed method is applicable to X-rays and electron vortices.It has potential applications in optical encryption,high-capacity optical communication,and quantum entanglement.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA0715502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61974052,and 61904065)+2 种基金the Innovation Project of Optics Valley Laboratory(No.OVL2021BG009)the Fund from Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(No.GJHZ20210705142540010)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:2022IVA055).
文摘Infrared(IR)solar cells are promising devices for improving the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of conventional solar cells by expanding the utilization region of the sunlight spectrum to near-infrared range.IR solar cells based on colloidal quantum dots(QDs)have attracted extensive attention due to the widely tunable absorption spectrum controlled by dot size and the unique solution processibility.However,the trade-off in QD solar cells between light absorption and photo-generated carrier collection has limited the further improvement of PCE.Here,we present high-performance PbS QD IR solar cells resulting from the combination of boosted light absorption and optimized carrier extraction.By constructing an optical resonance cavity,the light absorption is significantly enhanced in the range of 1,150–1,300 nm at a relatively thin photoactive layer.Meanwhile,the thin photoactive layer facilitates efficient carrier extraction.Consequently,the PbS QD IR solar cells exhibit a highly efficient photoelectric conversion in the IR region,resulting in a high IR PCE of 1.3%which is comparable to the highest value of solution-processed IR solar cells based on PbSe QDs.These results demonstrate that constructing an optical resonance cavity is a reasonable strategy for effective conversion of photons in the devices aiming at light in a relatively narrow wavelength range,such as IR solar cells and narrow band photodetectors.
基金support from Brown University startup funds and the National Science Foundation(OIA-1538893)K.H.-K.is supported by the U.S.Department of Education GAANN research fellowship(P200A150037)。
文摘The unique structure of zero-dimensional(0D)perovskite-analogues has attracted a great amount of research interest in recent years.To date,the current compositional library of 0D perovskites is largely limited to the lead-based Cs4PbX6(X=Cl,Br,and I)systems.In this work,we report a new synthesis of lead-free 0D Cs3BiX6(X=Cl,Br)perovskite-analogue nanocrystals(NCs)with a uniform cubic shape.We observe a broad photoluminescence peak centered at 390 nm for the 0D Cs3BiCl6 NCs at low temperatures.This feature originates from a self-trapped exciton mechanism.In situ thermal stability studies show that Cs3BiX6 NCs remain stable upon heating up to 200°C without crystal structural degradation.Moreover,we demonstrate that the Cs3BiX6 NCs can transform into other bismuth-based perovskite-analogues via facile anion exchange or metal ion insertion reactions.Our study presented here offers the opportunity for further understanding of the structure-property relationship of 0D perovskite-analogue materials,leading toward their future optoelectronic applications.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61974052,11774239,and 61827815)the Fund from Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(No.JCYJ20190809180013252)the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province(No.YFXM2020000188).
文摘Because of their moderate penetration power,β-rays(high-energy electrons)are a useful signal for evaluating the surface contamination of nuclear radiation.However,the development ofβ-ray scintillators,which convert the absorbed high-energy electrons into visible photons,is hindered by the limitations of materials selection.Herein,we report two highly luminescent zerodimensional(0D)organic-inorganic lead-free metal halide hybrids,(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)and(C_(19)H_(34)N)_(2)MnBr_(4),as scintillators exhibiting efficientβ-ray scintillation.These hybrid scintillators combine the superior properties of organic and inorganic components.For example,organic components that contain light elements C,H,and N enhance the capturing efficiency ofβparticles;isolated inorganic[MnBr_(4)]2−tetrahedrons serve as highly localized emitting centers to emit intense radioluminescence(RL)underβ-ray excitation.Both hybrids show a narrow-band green emission peaked at 518 nm with photoluminescence quantum efficiencies(PLQEs)of 81.3%for(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)and 86.4%for(C_(19)H_(34)N)_(2)MnBr_(4),respectively.To enable the solution processing of this promising metal halide hybrid,we successfully synthesized(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)colloidal nanocrystals for the first time.Being excited byβ-rays,(C_(13)H_(30)N)_(2)MnBr_(4)scintillators show a linear response toβ-ray dose rate over a broad range from 400 to 2,800 Gy·s^(−1),and also display robust radiation resistance that 80%of the initial RL intensity can be maintained after an ultrahigh accumulated radiation dose of 240 kGy.This work will open up a new route for the development ofβ-ray scintillators.
基金Project supported by the National Science Foundation (Nos.CMMI-0825311,CMMI-0826119)
文摘The ensemble technique has been widely used in numerical weather prediction and extended-range forecasting.Current approaches to evaluate the predictability using the ensemble technique can be divided into two major groups.One is dynamical,including generating Lyapunov vectors,bred vectors,and singular vectors,sampling the fastest error-growing directions of the phase space,and examining the dependence of prediction efficiency on ensemble size.The other is statistical,including distributional analysis and quantifying prediction utility by the Shannon entropy and the relative entropy.Currently,with simple models,one could choose as many ensembles as possible,with each ensemble containing a large number of members.When the forecast models become increasingly complicated,however,one would only be able to afford a small number of ensembles,each with limited number of members,thus sacrificing estimation accuracy of the forecast errors.To uncover connections between different information theoretic approaches and between dynamical and statistical approaches,we propose an (∈;T)-entropy and scale-dependent Lyapunov exponent——based general theoretical framework to quantify information loss in ensemble forecasting.More importantly,to tremendously expedite computations,reduce data storage,and improve forecasting accuracy,we propose a technique for constructing a large number of "pseudo" ensembles from one single solution or scalar dataset.This pseudo-ensemble technique appears to be applicable under rather general conditions,one important situation being that observational data are available but the exact dynamical model is unknown.
基金supported by grants from the Emergency Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Project of Henan Province(No.201100310900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91942314,U1804281,and 81602024).
文摘Dear Editor,Recently,the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)has broken out worldwide,1 with rapid increase of infected patients.COVID-19 dominantly leads to pneumonia.2 Among these COVID-19 patients,some appears to be severe symptoms with acute respiratory distress syndrome,organ failure,2 and further present a poor outcome.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Support Plan Program of Jiangsu Province(No.BY2016077-03)
文摘Interactions between anions and cations are important for understanding the behaviors of chemical pollutants and their potential risks in the environment.Here we prepared soil aggregates of a yellow paddy soil from the Taihu Lake region,and investigated the effects of phosphate（P） pretreatment on adsorption-desorption of Cu2＋ of soil aggregates,free iron oxyhydrates-removed soil aggregates,goethite,and kaolinite with batch adsorption method.The results showed that Cu2＋ adsorption was reduced on the aggregates pretreated with low concentrations of P,and promoted with high concentrations of P,showing a V-shaped change.Compared with the untreated aggregates,the adsorption capacity of Cu2＋ was reduced when P application rates were lower than 260,220,130 and110 mg/kg for coarse,clay,silt and fine sand fractions,respectively.On the contrary,the adsorption capacity of Cu2＋ was higher on P-pretreated soil aggregates than on the control ones when P application rates were greater than those values.However,the desorption of Cu2＋ was enhanced at low levels of P,but suppressed at high levels of P,displaying an inverted V-shaped change over P adsorption.The Cu2＋ adsorption by the aggregate particles with and without P pretreatments was well described by the Freundlich equation.Similar results were obtained on P-pretreated goethite.However,such P effects on Cu2＋adsorption-desorption were not observed on kaolinite and free iron oxyhydrates-removed soil aggregates.The present results indicate that goethite is one of the main soil substances responsible for the P-induced promotion and inhibition of Cu2＋ adsorption.
