Silicon (Si) speciation and availability in soils is highly important for ecosystem functioning,
because Si is a beneficial element for plant growth. Si chemistry is highly complex compared …

Our current understanding of silicon (Si) availability in agricultural soils is reviewed and
knowledge gaps are highlighted. Silicon is a beneficial rather than essential plant nutrient …

Silicon-stereogenic organosilanes have attracted heightened attention in various scientific
communities including synthetic chemistry, material chemistry, and medicinal chemistry …

Although around us for more than six decades, siloxanes are considered emerging
environmental contaminants. 1− 5 Emerging here means that previously they were not …

Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Abstract Silicon (Si), a quasi-essential element for plants, is abundant in the soil typically as
insoluble silicate forms. However, plants can uptake Si only in the soluble form of …

The silicon isotope composition of biogenic silica (δ 30 Si BSi) in the ocean is a function of
the δ 30 Si of the available dissolved Si (DSi; H 2 SiO 4), the degree of utilisation of the …

Optically active organosilanes have been demonstrated to be versatile chiral reagents in
synthetic chemistry since the early seminal contributions by Sommer and Corriu. Among …

Diatoms, a unique group of algae colonising a wide range of aquatic habitats and
contributing to human well-being in many ways. We list and summarise these services using …

Silicon (Si) serves as bioactive beneficial element. Si is highly abundant in soil, and occurs
ubiquitously in all organisms including plants and humans. During the last three decades …