The presence of organic ligands (L) whose conditional stability constants (K′ML) are strong enough to allow them to form complexes with copper has been reported in oceanic waters. However, there is no general agreement on the distributional characteristics of such strong ligands in the water column. We present that these inconsistencies are derived from not only different analytical methods emp...

Recent studies reported that the effect of organic complexation may be a potentially important process to be considered by models estimating atmospheric iron flux to the ocean. In this study, we investigated this process effect by a series of dissolution experiments on iron-bearing dust in the presence or the absence of various organic compounds (acetate, formate, oxalate, malonate, succinate, ...

It is well-documented that organic compounds form strong complexes with most metals in aquatic systems, and that seawater is a complex medium which contains a large variety of organic and inorganic ligands, including colloidal matter. We suggest that most trace metals are complexed in seawater and that some inorganic metals complexes are either labile or not stable. In contrast, metal-organic c...

Strong metal-ligand coordination bonds and their directionality have recently been extensively exploited for the design and synthesis of extended solid materials.1-7 Compared to metal oxides and other simple inorganic solids, the structural diversity of polymeric coordination networks can be enormous owing to the ability to incorporate a vast number of organic ligands into the frameworks. The p...

covalent grafting of mcm-41 with 3-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane and subsequent reaction respectively with acacdien and complexation with moo2(acac)2 afforded moo2acacdien@mcm-41. x-ray diffraction and nitrogen sorption analyses revealed the preservation of the textural properties of the support as well as accessibility of the channel system despite sequential reduction in surface area, pore vo...

The binding characteristics of organic ligands and minerals in fulvic acids (FAs) with Al are essential for understanding soil C sequestration, remain poorly understood. In this study, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS) analysis was applied for the first time to explore the binding of Al with organic ligands and minerals...

On a sequence of soils developed under similar vegetation, temperature and precipitation conditions, but with variations in mineralogical properties, we use organic carbon and C inventories to examine mineral protection of soil organic carbon. In these soils, C data indicates that the creation of slow-cycling carbon can be modeled as occurring through reaction of organic ligands with Al and Fe ...

Marine microorganisms are presented with unique challenges to obtain essential metal ions required to survive and thrive in the ocean. The production of organic ligands to complex transition metal ions is one strategy to both facilitate uptake of specific metals, such as iron, and to mitigate the potential toxic effects of other metal ions, such as copper. A number of important trace metal ions...