Organo–organic and organo–mineral interfaces in soil at the nanometer scale

Historically it has been maintained that soil organic carbon (SOC) is stabilized through interactions with mineral interfaces. Here the authors use cryo-electron microscopy and spectroscopy to show that SOC interactions can also occur between organic forms in patchy, disordered structure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angela R. Possinger, Michael J. Zachman, Akio Enders, Barnaby D. A. Levin, David A. Muller, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Johannes Lehmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19792-9