Location, speciation, and quantification of carbon in silica phytoliths using synchrotron scanning transmission X-ray microspectroscopy

• Djanira R. Negrao ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: djaanegrao@gmail.com (DRN); carlos.driemeier@lnbr.cnpem.br (CED)

  Affiliations Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

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• Julio C. Cezar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7904-6874

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• Fabiano E. Montoro,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil

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• Jian Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Light Source (CLS), Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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• Charles W. Rice,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States of America

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• Carlos E. Driemeier

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: djaanegrao@gmail.com (DRN); carlos.driemeier@lnbr.cnpem.br (CED)

  Affiliation Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-3714

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