Aggregate structure of humic organic matter

土壤水生有机质对植物生长、养分供应和水质以及环境中污染物和金属离子的影响具有重要意义。事实上，地球上生命的生存取决于地质体的功能。我们最近发展了一种新的主客理论，关于这种材料结合金属离子和污染物等重要物质的方式。该项目旨在利用这一理论来研究这些材料的结构，以及它们如何在自然界中工作，通过在迄今为止认为不可能的水平上理解分子组成。

Soil aquatic organic matter is important in plant growth, nutrient supply and water quality and in affecting pollutants and metal ions in the environment. Indeed the survival of life on the planet depends on the way geo-organic matter functions. We have recently developed a new host guest theory on the way this material binds important substances such as metal ions and pollutants. This project aims to use this theory to investigate the structure of these materials and how they work in Nature by understanding molecular composition at a level hitherto thought impossible.