BAOSHAN
XING
Professor/Environmental & Soil Chemistry
Adjunct
Professor of Chemistry Department
Department
of Plant, Soil and
Voice: (413) 545-5212
Fax: (413) 545-3958
Email bx@pssci.umass.edu
Education
Employment
Selected Awards/Honors:
2007:
Cheung Kong Scholar,
2006:
Outstanding Research Award from Soil Science Society of
2005:
Outstanding Overseas Young Scientist Award, National Science Foundation of
2005:
Listed in "Who's Who in
2004: Overseas Young Scientist Award, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS.
2003:
Outstanding Researcher Award, the
2003: Early promotion to full professor; approved in 2004.
2000: Faculty Research Conference travel Awards (Twice).
1999:
Early promotion to associate professor; approved in 2000.
1995: CSSS Conference Travel Award, CSSS Meetings,
1992-94: The Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Fellowships in Environmental Studies,
1993: Margaret (Peg) Brown Awards in Environmental Studies,
1992: Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize,
1992: MacAllister Scholarship in Agriculture,
University of
1992: Mary Lousie Imrie Graduate
Award,
1991-92: The
1990: Bentley Awards at the 36th Annual Mtgs of
1990: The Graduate Research Travel Awards,
Professional/Scientific Societies:
Technical Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality
Editorial Board, Environmental Pollution
Editorial Board, Chemosphere
Editorial Board, International Journal of Phytoremediation
Editorial Board, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
Editorial Board, Pedosphere
Editorial Board, Terrestrial Environmental Toxicology Domain of TheScientificWorld Journal
American Society of Agronomy
International
International Humic Substances Society
Soil Science Society of
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Environmental Chemistry Division, ACS
International
Publications:
Pan,
B., S. Ghosh and B. Xing. 2008. Dissolved organic matter conformation and its
interaction with pyrene as affected by water chemistry and concentration.
Environ. Sci. Technol.
42(5): 1594-1599.
Pan,
B., D.H. Lin, H. Mashayekhi and B. Xing. 2008. Adsorption and hysteresis
of bisphenol A and 17a-ethinyl estradiol on carbon nanomaterials. Environ. Sci. Technol. (in press).
Lin,
D.H. and B. Xing. 2008. Root
uptake and phytotoxicity of ZnO
nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (n press).
Wang,
X.L., J.L. Lu and B. Xing. 2008.
Sorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes: Influence of adsorbed
organic matter. Environ. Sci. Technol.
42:3207-3212.
Sun,
K. Y. Ran, Y. Yang and B. Xing.
2008. Sorption of phenanthrene by nonhydrolyzable
organic matter from different size sediment fractions. Environ. Sci. Technol.42(6): 1961-1966.
Kang,
S.H. and B. Xing. 2008. Humic
acid fractionation upon sequential adsorption onto goethite. Langmuir, 24:
2525-2531.
Tharayil, N., P.C. Bhowmik, and B.
Xing. 2008. Bioavailability of allelochemicals as affected by companion compounds in soil
matrices. J. Agric. Food Chem. 56(10): 3706–3713.
Wang, Y.Q., S. Tao, X.C. Jiao,
R.M. Coveney, S.P. Wu and B.S. Xing. 2008. Polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in leaf cuticles and inner tissues of six species of
trees in urban
Iorio, M, B. Pan, R. Capasso and B. Xing. 2008. Sorption of phenanthrene by dissolved organic matter
and its complex with aluminum oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Pollut. (in
press).
Liu,
W.X., J. Hu, J.L. Chen, Y.S. Fan, B. Xing, and S.
Tao. 2008. Distribution of
persistent toxic substances in benthic bivalves from the inshore areas of the
Bai, Y.C., F.C. Wu, C.Q. Liu, J. Guo,
P.Q. Fu, W. Li and B. Xing. 2008. Interaction between carbamazepine
and humic substances: a fluorescence spectroscopic study. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(1): 95-102.
Bai, Y.C., F.C. Wu, C.Q. Liu, W. Li, J.Y. Guo, P.Q. Fu, B.S. Xing and J. Zheng.
2008. Ultraviolet absorbance titration for determining stability constants of
humic substances with Cu(II) and Hg(II). Analytica Chimica Acta 616: 115–121.
Zheljazkov, V.D., L.E. Craker,
B. Xing, N.E. Nielsen and A. Wilcox. 2008. Aromatic plant production on metal
contaminated soils. Sci. Total Environ. 395: 51-62.
Kang,
S. D. Amarasiriwardena and B. Xing. 2008. Effect of dehydration on dicarboxylic
acid coordination at goethite/water interface. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 318:275-284.
Hu, J. W.X. Liu, J.L. Chen, Y.S. Fan, B. Xing, H.
Kang, and S. Tao. 2008. Distribution and property of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons in littoral surface sediments from the Yellow Sea,
Wang, X.L. and B. Xing. 2007. Sorption of organic
contaminants by biopolymers-derived chars. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 41
(24): 8342-8348.
Wang,
X.L. and B. Xing. 2007.
Importance of structural makeup of biopolymers for organic contaminant
sorption. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41: 3559-3565.
Wang,
X.L. and B. Xing. 2007. Roles of acetone-conditioning and lipid in sorption of organic
contaminants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(16): 5731-5737.
Pan,
B., S. Ghosh and B. Xing. 2007. Nonideal
binding between dissolved humic acids and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(18): 6472-6478.
Kang,
S. and B. Xing. 2007. Adsorption
of dicarboxylic acids by clay minerals as examined by
in situ ATR-FTIR and ex situ DRIFT. Langmuir, 23: 7024-7031.
Wang,
X.L., K. Yang, S. Tao and B. Xing.
2007. Sorption of aromatic organic contaminants by biopolymers: effects of pH,
copper (II) complexation and cellulose coating.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 41: 185-191.
Ran,
Y. K. Sun, Y. Yang, B. Xing, and E. Zeng. 2007. Strong sorption of phenanthrene by condensed
organic matter in soils and sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41: 3952-3958.
Zhang,
L., E.J. LeBoeuf and B. Xing. 2007. Thermal analytical investigation of
biopolymers and humic- and carbonaceous-based soil and sediment organic matter.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(14): 4888-4894.
Wen, B., J. Zhang, S.-Z. Zhang, X.-Q. Shan, S.U. Khan and B. Xing. 2007. Phenanthrene sorption to
soil humic acid and different humin fractions. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 41:
3165-3171.
Lin,
D.H., B. Pan, L.Z. Zhu and B. Xing.
2007. Characterization and phenanthrene sorption of tea
leaf powders. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55(14):
5718-5724.
Lin, D.H. and B. Xing 2007. Phytotoxicity of nanoparticles: inhibition on seed germination and root growth. Environ. Pollut. 150: 243-250.
Yang,
K. and B. Xing. 2007. Desorption
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from carbon nanomaterials in water.
Environ. Pollut. 145: 529-537.
Yang,
K., L. Zhu and B. Xing. 2007.
Sorption of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate
by montmorillonite. Environ. Pollut. 145: 571-576.
Steely, S., D. Amarasiriwardena and B. Xing. 2007. An investigation of
inorganic antimony species and antimony associated with soil humic acid molar
mass fractions in contaminated soils. Environ. Pollut. 148(2): 590-598.
Wang,
X.L., R. Cook, S. Tao and B. Xing.
2007. Sorption of organic contaminants by biopolymers: Role of polarity,
structure and domain spatial arrangement. Chemosphere.
66: 1476–1484.
Pan, B., B. Xing, S.
Tao, W. Liu, X. Lin, Y. Xiao, H. Dai, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang and H. Yuan. 2007.
Effect of physical forms of soil organic matter on phenanthrene sorption.
Chemosphere, 68: 1262–1269.
Pan,
B., B. Xing, W.X. Liu, G.H. Xing and S. Tao. 2007. Investigating interactions of phenanthrene
with dissolved organic matter: Limitations of Stern–Volmer
plot. Chemosphere, 69:
1555-1562.
Tao, S., Y. Wang, S.
Wu, S. Liu, H. Dou, Y. Liu, C. Lang, F. Hu and B.
Xing. 2007. Vertical distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in
atmospheric boundary layer of
Chen,
D.Y., B. Xing and W.B. Xie. 2007. Sorption of phenanthrene, naphthalene and o-xylene by soil organic matter fractions. Geoderma.
139: 329-335.
Bunluesin, S., P. Pokethitiyook, G.R.
Lanza, J.F. Tyson, M. Kruatrachue, B.S. Xing, and S. Upatham.
2007. Influences of cadmium and zinc interaction and humic acid on metal
accumulation in Ceratophyllum demersum.
Water Air and Soil Pollution 180 (1-4): 225-235.
Woodard,
T.L., D. Amarasiriwardena, K. Shrout
and B. Xing. 2007. Roadside Accumulation
of Heavy Metals in Soils in
Johnson, B.J., O. Dorot, J.D. Liu, B. Chefetz and
B. Xing. 2007. Spectroscopic Characterization of Aliphatic Moieties in Four Plant
Cuticles. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 38:
2461-2478.
He,
Z.Q., C.W. Honeycutt, B. Xing, R.W. McDowell, P.J. Pellechia
and T.Q. Zhang. 2007. Solid
state Fourier transform infrared and 31P
nuclear magnetic resonance spectral features of phosphate compounds. Soil Sci. 172:501-515.
Sun,
K., Y. Ran, Y. Yang, E.Y. Zeng, and B. Xing. 2007. Characterization of condensed organic matter
in soils and sediments. Chinese J. Analytical Chem. 35 (8): 1164-1167.
Wang,
X.L., T. Sato and B. Xing. 2006.
Competitive sorption of pyrene on wood chars. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 40: 3267-3272.
Yang, K., L. Zhu and B. Xing. 2006. Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by
carbon nanomaterials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 1855-1861.
Yang,
K., X.L. Wang, L. Zhu and B. Xing.
2006. Competitive sorption of pyrene, phenanthrene, and naphthalene on multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 40: 5804-5810.
Yang, K., L. Zhu and B. Xing. 2006. Enhanced
soil washing of phenanthrene by mixed solutions of TX100 and SDBS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 4274-4280.
Huang,
L., T. Boving and B. Xing. 2006. Sorption of PAHs by
Shechter, M., B. Xing, F-D. Kkopinke and B. Chefetz. 2006. Competitive
sorption-desorption behavior of triazine herbicides
with plant cuticular fractions. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 7761-7768.
Wang,
X., T. Sato, and B. Xing. 2006.
Size distribution and anthropogenic sources apportionment of airborne trace
metals in
Tharayil, N., P. C. Bhowmik and B.
Xing. 2006. Preferential sorption
of phenolic phytotoxins to
soil: Implications for altering the availability of allelochemicals.
J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 3033-3040.
Stimler, K., B. Xing and B. Chefetz. 2006 . Transformation of
plant cuticles in soil: effect on their sorptive capabilities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 1101-1109.
Pignatello, J.J., Y.
Lu, E.J. LeBoeuf, W. Huang, J. Song and B. Xing. 2006. Nonlinear and
competitive sorption of apolar compounds in black
carbon-free natural organic materials. J. Environ. Qual.
35: 1049-1059.
Pan, B., B.S. Xing, W.X. Liu, S. Tao, X.M. Lin, X.M.
Zhang, Y.X. Zhang, Y. Xiao, H.C. Dai and H.S.Yuan.
2006. Distribution of sorbed phenanthrene and pyrene in
different humic fractions of soils and importance of humin. Environ. Pollut.
143: 24-33.
Pan, B., B. Xing, W. Liu, and S.
Tao. 2006. Two-compartment
sorption of phenanthrene on eight soils with various organic carbon contents.
J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural
Wastes. 41(8): 1333 – 1347.
Dai, J., Ran, W., and B. Xing. 2006. Characterization
of fulvic acid fractions obtained by sequential extractions with pH buffers,
water, and ethanol from paddy soils. Geoderma, 135: 284-295.
Mashayekhi, H., P. Veneman and B. Xing. 2006. Phenanthrene sorption by compost humic acids. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42: 426-431.
Ran, Y., B. Xing, P.S.C. Rao, G. Sheng, and J. Fu. 2006. Response to Comment on “Sorption Kinetics of
Organic Contaminants by Sandy Aquifer and Its Kerogen Isolate”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 2491-2492.
Tang, X.Y., L. Tang, Y.-G. Zhu, B. Xing. 2006. Assessment of the bioaccessibility
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Beijing using an in vitro
test. Environ.
Pollut. 140: 279-285.
Nascimento, C.W., D. Amarasiriwardena and B. Xing.
2006. Comparison of natural organic
acids and synthetic chelates at enhancing phytoextraction of metals from a multi-metal contaminated
soil. Environ. Pollut. 140(1): 114-123.
Nascimento, C.W. and B. Xing. 2006. Phytoextraction:
a review on enhanced metal availability and plant accumulation. Scientia Agricola, 63(3):
299-311.
Zheljazkov, V.D., L.E. Craker
and B. Xing. 2006. Effects of Cd, Pb, and Cu on growth and essential oil contents in dill,
peppermint, and basil. Environ. Exp. Botany. 58(1-3): 9-16.
Ding, G.,
X. Liu, S. Herbert, J. Novak, D. Amarasiriwardena,
and B. Xing. 2006. Effect of cover crop management on soil organic matter. Geoderma, 130: 229-239.
Han, X.,
S. Wang, P. Veneman and B. Xing. 2006. Change of organic carbon content and its
fractions in black soil under long-term application of chemical fertilizers and
recycled organic manure. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 37 (7&8): 1127-1137.
Wang,
K. and B. Xing. 2005. Chemical
extractions affect the structure and phenanthrene sorption of soil humin.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 8333-8340.
Wang,
X.L., T. Sato and B. Xing. 2005.
Sorption and displacement of pyrene in soils and sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 8712-8718.
Xing, B. and
J.J. Pignatello. 2005. Sorption
of organic chemicals. In Encyclopedia of Soils in the
Environment. Elsevier Ltd., Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Hillel,
Xing, B.,
J.D. Liu, X.B. Liu and X.Z. Han. 2005. Extraction and characterization of humic
acids and humins from a black soil of
Kang, S. and B. Xing. 2005. Phenanthrene sorption to sequentially
extracted soil humic acids and humin. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:
134-140.
Chen, L. and B. Xing. 2005. Sorption and conformational characteristics of reconstituted plant cuticular waxes on montmorillonite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 8315-8323.
Ran, Y., B. Xing, P.S.C. Rao, G. Sheng, and J. Fu. 2005. Sorption kinetics of organic contaminants by sandy
aquifer and its kreogen isolate. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:
1649-1657.
Chen, B., L. Zhu, J. Zhu, and B.
Xing. 2005. Configurations
of the bentonite-sorbed myristylpyridinium
cation and their influences on the uptake of organic compounds. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 6093 – 6100.
Chen, B., E.J. Johnson, B. Chefetz, L. Zhu, and B. Xing. 2005. Sorption of polar and nonpolar aromatic organic contaminants by plant cuticular
materials: role of polarity and accessibility. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 6138 – 6146.
Wang, K. and B. Xing. 2005. Structural and sorption characteristics of
adsorbed humic acid on clay minerals. J. Environ. Qual.
34: 342-349.
Chen, L., Y. Ran, B. Xing,
B. Mai,, J. Fu and G. Sheng.
2005. Contents and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in vegetable soils of
Heymann, K., H. Mashayekhi,
and B. Xing. 2005. Spectroscopic
analysis of sequentially extracted humic acid from compost. Spectroscopy
Letters, 39(3): 293-302.
Li, K., B. Xing, and W.A. Torello. 2005. Effect of organic fertilizers derived dissolved organic matter on pesticide sorption and leaching. Environ. Pollut. 134: 187-194.
Wang, X.L.,
T. Sato, B. Xing, S. Tao. 2005. Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in
Williams, A., B. Xing, and P.
Veneman. 2005. Effect of
cultivation on soil organic matter and aggregate stability. Pedosphere,
15 (2): 255-262.
Barzegar, R., A. Koochekzadeh,
B. Xing and S.J. Herbert.
2005. Concentration Changes of Cd, Ni and Zn in
Sugarcane Cultivated Soils. Water, Air, & Soil Pollut. 161(1-4): 97-112.
Ding, G., J. Mao, S. Herbert, B. Xing and D. Amarasiriwardena. 2005. Spectroscopic characterization of
fulvic acid under different cover crop systems. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal.
36: 2101-2111.
Liu, X.B., Liu, J.D., B. Xing, S.J.
Herbert, and X.Z. Han. 2005. Effects of long-term continuous cropping,
tillage, and fertilization on soil organic carbon and nitrogen of black soils
in
Liu, X., B. Xing, G. Wang, and J.
Liu. 2005. Phytoremediation and
its mechanisms of polluted soils. Chinese J. Eco-Agriculture.
13: 134-138.
Wong, J.W.C., M. Fang, Z. Zhao, and
B. Xing. 2004. Effect of
surfactants on solubilization and degradation of
phenanthrene under thermophilic conditions. J.
Environ. Qual. 33:2015-2025.
Wang, X., T. Sato, B.
Xing, S. Tamamura and S. Tao. 2005. Source identification, size
distribution and indicator screening of airborne trace metals in
Chun, Y., G. Sheng,
C.T. Chiou, and B. Xing. 2004. Compositions and sorptive
properties of crop residue-derived chars. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 4649-4655.
Kong, C., W. Liang, F. Hu,
X. Xu, P. Wang, Y. Jiang,
and B. Xing. 2004. Allelochemicals and their
transformations in the Ageratum conyzoides intercropped citrus
orchard soils. Plant and Soil. 264: 149-157.
Ran, Y., B. Xing, P.C. Rao, and J. Fu.
2004. Importance of adsorption (hole-filling) mechanism for hydrophobic organic
contaminants on an aquifer kerogen isolate. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 38: 4340 - 4348.
Wang,
K.J. and B. Xing. 2004. Mutual effects of cadmium and phosphate on their
adsorption and desorption by goethite. Environ. Pollut. 127: 13-20.
Wang,
K.J. and B. Xing. 2004. Proton correlation times and segmental mobility of
humic acids in two solvents. Soil Sci. 169: 168-175.
Gunasekara, A.S. and B. Xing. 2003. Sorption and
desorption of naphthalene by soil organic matter: Importance of aromatic and
aliphatic components. J. Environ. Qual. 32: 240-246.
Gunasekara, A.S. M.J. Simpson, and B.
Xing.
2003. Identification and characterization of sorption domains in soil organic
matter using structurally modified humic acids. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 37:
852-858.
Jeliazkova, E., L.E. Craker, B. Xing. 2003. Seed germination of Anise, Caraway,
and Fennel in heavy metal contaminated solution. J. Herbs, Spices and Med.
Plants. 10: 83-93.
Kang,
S.H., D. Amarasiriwardena, P.L. Veneman, and B. Xing. 2003. Characterization of
ten sequentially extracted humic acids and a humin from a soil in western
Xing, B.,
X.B. Liu, J.D. Liu and X.Z. Han. 2004.
Physical and chemical characteristics of a typical Mollisol
in china. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35: 1839 - 1850.
Xing, B.,
X.B. Liu, Z.Y. Zhang, K. Wang, and K. Li. 2004. Evaluation of parent
material uniformity of white clay soils in
Braida, W., J.
Pignatello, Y. Lu, P. Ravikovitch, A. Neimark, and B. Xing. 2003. Sorption hysteresis
of benzene in charcoal particles.
Environ. Sci. Technol.
37: 409-417.
Woodard, T.L., R.J. Thomas, and B. Xing. 2003. Potential for phytoextraction of cobalt by tomato. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 34: 645-654.
Mitra, S, P.C. Bhowmik,
B. Xing, 2003. Effect of soil physical
and chemical properties on the sorption-desorption hysteresis
of the diketonitrile metabolite of isoxaflutole. Weed Biology and Management, 3: 128-136.
Liu, X.B., E.J. Johnson, P.L.M. Veneman, and B.
Xing. 2003.
Importance of hydrology, soil, and vegetation in wetland
research. Wetland Sci. 1: 128-135.
Liu, X.B. and B. Xing.
2003. Phytoremediation: a cost-effective approach to metal-contaminated soils.
Journal of Northeast Agricultural University (
Wang, K., E. A. Ghabbour, G. Davies and B.
Xing. 2003. Phenanthrene sorption by clay-humic complexes.
In Humic Substances: Nature’s Most Versatile Materials.
Taylor &
Wang, K., L.C. Dickinson, E.A. Ghabbour, G.
Davies, and B. Xing. 2003. Proton
spin-lattice relaxation times of humic acids as determined by solution NMR.
Soil Sci. 168: 128-136.
Liu, B., X.
Han, C. Song, S. Herbert, B. Xing. 2003. Soil organic carbon dynamics in black
soils of china under different agricultural management systems. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 34:
973-984.
Wang, K.J. and B. Xing. 2002. Adsorption and
desorption of cadmium by goethite pretreated with phosphate. Chemosphere.
48: 665-670.
Ding, G., J.M. Novak, S. Herbert and B. Xing. 2002. Long-term tillage
effect on soil metolachlor sorption and desorption
behavior. Chemosphere, 48: 897-904.
Ding, G., J.M. Novak, D. Amarasiriwardena, P.G.
Hunt, and B. Xing. 2002. Soil Organic matter characteristics as affected by
tillage management. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66: 421-429.
Mao, J., G. Ding, B. Xing. 2002. Domain mobility of humic acids
investigated with one-and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR):
Support for dual-mode sorption model. Commun.
Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33: 1679-1688.
Liu, X., C.Y. Song, and B. Xing. 2002. Characteristics of
natural organic matter affect sorption of organic contaminants. J. Environ. Sci. 14: 351-356.
Mao, J., W.G. Hu, G. Ding, K. Schmidt-Rohr, G.
Davies, E.A. Ghabbour, and B. Xing. 2002. Suitability
of different C-13 solid-state NMR techniques in the characterization of humic
acids. Intern.
J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 82: 183-196.
Xing, B., C.Y. Song, and X. B. Liu. 2002. Theory and
methodology of nonideal sorption of organic
contaminants in soil. Soil and Environ. Sci.
11:144-151.
Liu, X., C.Y. Song, S.J. Herbert., B. Xing.
2002. Ecological effect of cover crops. Chinese J. Applied Ecology. 13:
365-368.
Liu, X., B. Xing, and S.J. Herbert. 2002. Soil quality and its
assessment indicators. Journal of System Sciences and
Comprehensive Studies in Agriculture. 18: 107-110.
Xing, B. 2001. Sorption of anthropogenic organic compounds by soil
organic matter: a mechanistic consideration.
Xing, B. 2001. Sorption of naphthalene and
phenanthrene by soil humic acids. Environ. Pollut. 111:303-309.
Mayer, L.M. and B. Xing. 2001. Organic
carbon-surface area relationships in acid soils. Soil Sci.
Soc. Am. J. 64: 250-258.
Yuan, G. and B. Xing. 2001. Effect
of metal cations on sorption and desorption in soil humic acids. Soil Sci. 166: 107-115.
Mao, J.D., B. Xing, and K. Schmidt-Rohr. 2001. New information on a
humic acid from two-dimensional 1H-13C correlation
solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 35: 1928-1934.
Gunasekara, A.S., L.C. Dickinson, B. Xing. 2001. Solid state NMR evidence for multiple domains
in humic substances. In: Humic
Substances: structures, models and functions, The Royal Society of
Chemistry,
Ding, G., J. Mao, S. Herbert, D. Amarasiriwardena,
and B. Xing. 2001. Spectroscopic evaluation of humin changes in response to
soil managements. In: Humic Substances: Structures, Models and Functions,
The Royal Society of Chemistry,
Mitra, S.,
P.C. Bhowmik, and B. Xing. 2001. Physical and
chemical properties of soil influence the sorption of the diketonitrile
metabolite of RPA 201772. Weed Sci. 49: 423-430.
Ding, G., J. Mao, and B. Xing. 2001. Characteristics of amino acids in
soil humic substances. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32:
1991-2005.
Xing, B., X. Liu, and C. Song . 2001. Sorption
of organic compounds in soil organic matter. Journal of Northeast Agricultural
University (P.R. China, English Edition), 8: 72-80.
Kingery, W.L., A.J. Simpson, F. Han, and B. Xing. 2001. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of metal
interactions with humic substances. in Humic
Substances and Chemical Contaminants; C.E. Clapp et al.(ed); Soil Science
Society of America,
Wang,
K., L.C. Dickinson, E.A. Ghabbour, G. Davies, and B. Xing. 2001. Investigation of molecular motion of humic
acids with 1D and 2D solution NMR. in Humic
Substances: Structures, Models and Functions, The Royal Society of
Chemistry,
Xing, B. 2000. Processing of environmental
samples containing organic chemicals using polymeric microfilters. J. Environ. Qual.
29: 221-224.
Gunasekara, A.S.,
J.A. Donovan, and B. Xing. 2000. Ground discarded tires remove naphthalene, toluene,
and mercury from water. Chemosphere, 41: 1155-1160.
Anderson,
T., L. Shifley, D. Amarasiriwardena,
A. Siripinyanond, B. Xing, and R. Barnes. 2001. Characterization of trace metals complexed to humic acids derived from agricultural soils,
composts and sediments by flow field-flow fractionation-inductively coupled
plasma-mass spectrometry (Flow FFF-ICP-MS). in
Humic Substances: Structures, Models and Functions, The Royal Society of
Chemistry,
Hu, W.-G., J. Mao, B. Xing, and K. Schmidt-Rohr. 2000. Poly(methylene) crystallites in humic substances detected by
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