Controllable Synthesis of Flower-Like MoS2 and Its Quick Photodegradation of Methylene Blue Under Visible Irradiation.

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was synthesized via hydrothermal process under the assistance of citric acid, which exhibited high photocatalytic property in the application of methylene blue (MB) degradation. The flower ball microstructure of MoS2 changed with different amounts of citric acid. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra have been employed to characterize the samples. It improved the photocatalytic efficiency nearly 19.77% compared to MoS2 without citric acid. When H2O2 was added, the synergistic effect of MoS2 and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was observed in photocatalytic reaction system, which degraded MB completely within 40 min under visible light irradiation.

One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of g-C3N4/BiPO4 Nanocomposites with Significant Photocatalytic Activity.

The g-C3N4/BiPO4 composites have been successfully synthesized via a one-pot hydrothermal process, which can be used to degrade the organic dyes (rhodamine B and methylene blue) under simulated sunlight irradiation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy have been employed to characterize the samples. The g-C3N4/BiPO4 composites exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than pure BiPO4. And the optimum photocatalyst shows the outstanding photocatalytic activity, which exhibited 99.0% and 86.6% decolorization rate of RhB and MB, respectively.

A xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase involves in growth of primary root and alters the deposition of cellulose in Arabidopsis.

Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are a class of enzymes that mediate the construction and restructure of the cellulose/xyloglucan framework by splitting and reconnecting xyloglucan molecule cross-linking among cellulose microfibrils. Remodification of cellulose microfibrils within cell-wall matrices is realized to be one of the most critical steps in the regulation of cells expansion in plants. Thirty-three XTH genes have been found in Arabidopsis thaliana but their roles remain unclear. AtXTH21 (At2g18800), an Arabidopsis XTH gene that mainly expresses in root and flower, exhibits different expression profiles from other XTH members under hormone treatment. We examined loss-of-function mutants using T-DNA insertion lines and overexpression lines and found that the AtXTH21 gene played a principal role in the growth of the primary roots by altering the deposition of cellulose and the elongation of cell wall.