Palladium nanorods with controlled lengths from 100 to 500 nm and a fixed width of 20 nm were synthesized for the first time by a seedless approach. These rods show higher peak current densities than Pd cubes for formic acid oxidation and the catalytic activity decreases with increasing rod length.

A direct seedless method for the continuous synthesis of gold nanorods has been developed using a sequential rotating tube-narrow channel processing microfluidic configuration, with the stock feed solutions (HAuCl(4)/CTAB/acetylacetone and AgNO(3)/CTAB/carbonate buffer) being stable for weeks.

Long gold rods were directly grown on a reduced graphene oxide (RGO) surface by seed-mediated and seedless approaches for the fabrication of a novel Raman scattering platform. The Raman scattering signal from RGO was significantly enhanced by 34-fold at the tip of the grown gold rod.

Fourteen triethylamine derivatives including the 2-(4-chlorophenylthio)triethylamine (CPTA) were all found to be effective in inducing the formation of lycopene in Marsh white seedless grapefruit (Citrus paradisi, Rutaceae); however, they differed in the degree of effectiveness. The structural feature necessary for inducer activity appeared to be the tertiary alkylamine. Compounds with an S ato...

Our soil continues to grapple with a number of familiar challenges like infertility, unfavourable conditions, and declining health as well quality. These issues are caused by the ongoing crises climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, excessive fertilizer usage alone in intensive cropping. Deterioration can be alleviated application organic fertilizers. With this background, current experi...