Role of Bioadsorbents in Reducing Toxic Metals by Blessy Baby Mathew, Monisha Jaishankar, Vinai George Biju, Krishnamurthy Nideghatta Beeregowda

“…Industrialization and urbanization have led to the release of increasing amounts of heavy metals into the environment. Metal ion contamination of drinking water and waste water is a serious ongoing problem especially with high toxic metals such as lead and cadmium and less toxic metals such as copper and zinc. …”
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One-Dimensional SnO2 Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications by Jun Pan, Hao Shen, Sanjay Mathur

“…We begin with the rational design and synthesis of 1D SnO2 nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanobelts, and some heterogeneous nanostructures, and then highlight a range of applications (e.g., gas sensor, lithium-ion batteries, and nanophotonics) associated with them. …”
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Grain Boundaries Control Lithiation of Solid Solution Substrates in Lithium Metal Batteries by Leonardo Shoji Aota, Chanwon Jung, Siyuan Zhang, Ömer K. Büyükuslu, Aparna Saksena, Ezgi Hatipoglu, Poonam Yadav, Mahander Pratap Singh, Xinren Chen, Eric Woods, Christina Scheu, Se‐Ho Kim, Dierk Raabe, Baptiste Gault

“…Here, a correlative, near‐atomic scale probing approach is deployed through combined ion‐ and electron‐microscopy to examine the distribution of Li in Li‐Ag diffusion couples as model system mimicking high current densities. …”
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Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics of the Removal of Ammoniacal Nitrogen by Zeolite X/Activated Carbon Composite Synthesized from Elutrilithe by Yong Zhang, Feng Yu, Wenping Cheng, Jiancheng Wang, Juanjuan Ma

“…It can be inferred that ammoniacal nitrogen removal by X/AC composite is attributed to the ion exchange ability of zeolite X. Further, as a novel sorbent, this material has the potential application in removing ammoniacal nitrogen coexisting with other organic compounds from industrial wastewater.…”
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Wafer-scale integration of freestanding photonic devices with color centers in silicon carbide by Sridhar Majety, Victoria A. Norman, Pranta Saha, Alex H. Rubin, Scott Dhuey, Marina Radulaski

“…We address this challenge in silicon carbide, which has both commercially available wafer-scale substrates and is a host to color centers with desirable optical and spin properties. Using ion beam etching at an angle, we develop a 5-inch wafer process for the fabrication of triangular cross-section photonic devices in bulk 4H-SiC. …”
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Analyses of the TIARA 43 MeV Proton Benchmark Shielding Experiments Using the ARES Transport Code by Bin Zhang, Liang Zhang, Yixue Chen

“…To validate the applicability of the code to accelerator shielding problems, ARES is adopted to simulate a series of accelerator shielding experiments for 43 MeV proton-7Li quasi-monoenergetic neutrons, which is performed at Takasaki Ion Accelerator for Advanced Radiation Application. …”
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Magnetorotational Instability in Collisional Weakly Ionized Plasma with Distinct Species Velocities by Chenghao Zhang, Haijun Ren

“…In the last case, the finite collisions with weak ionization and ion Hall effects generate another unstable vertical mode compared with the MHD case and also alleviate the unstable waves propagated between the horizontal and vertical directions.…”
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Synthesis of Spherical Composite CMC-LTO-EGDE-ME for Lithium Recovery from Geothermal Water by Yingchun Xie, Yilin Zhang, Jiayu Qin, Murodjon Samadiy, Tianlong Deng

“…In the geothermal water at 333.15°K, the adsorption capacity of the spherical composite adsorbent for lithium-ion is 12.02 mg/g, and the adsorption equilibrium time is 8 h. …”
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Rapid Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Culture Supernatant of Bacteria with Microwave Irradiation by N. Saifuddin, C. W. Wong, A. A. Nur Yasumira

“…It was found that exposure of culture supernatanant of Bacillus subtilis and microwave irradiation to silver ion lead to the formation of silver nanoparticles. …”
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Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Xylanase Produced by a New Species of Bacillus in Solid State Fermentation by Rajashri D. Kamble, Anandrao R. Jadhav

“…The extracellular xylanase was isolated by ammonium sulfate (80%) precipitation and purified using ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of xylanase was ~29.8 ;kDa. …”
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Multi-objective topology optimization of cold plates for enhanced battery thermal management in electric vehicles by Yijun Wang, Minghao Yu, Haiyang Fan, Jae Dong Chung

“…Efficient thermal management is critical for maintaining the performance, longevity, and safety of lithium-ion batteries, particularly in electric vehicles (EVs). …”
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Concentration and pH Influence on the Reducing Property of Silk Fibroin from Silk Fibrous Waste in the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Wilson Agudelo, Yuliet Montoya, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, John Bustamante

“…These aspects were evidenced through the identification of the characteristic surface plasmon resonance of the silver ion, the determination of the particle diameter, the electrokinetic potential, and the identification of the functional groups because of the oxidation of the reducing agent.…”
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Development of Semiliquid Ingredients from Grape Skins and Their Potential Impact on the Reducing Capacity of Model Functional Foods by Milan Stojanovic, Laura Marinoni, Giovanni Cabassi, Malisa Antic, Vera Lavelli

“…The individual phenolic contents and in vitro ferric ion reducing capacity (FRAP) of semiliquid GS ingredients were compared with those of air-dried and freeze-dried GS. …”
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Enhanced grey wolf optimization for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic systems with hybrid battery-supercapacitor storage by Chirine Benzazah, Najoua Mrabet, Ahmed ElAkkary, Fathallah Rerhrhaye

“…The system incorporates a hybrid energy storage solution combining a lithium-ion battery and a supercapacitor to address energy fluctuations and ensure stable power management. …”
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Assessment of Resistance and Bioremediation Ability of Lactobacillus Strains to Lead and Cadmium by Anna V. Kirillova, Anna A. Danilushkina, Denis S. Irisov, Nataliya L. Bruslik, Rawil F. Fakhrullin, Yuri A. Zakharov, Vladimir S. Bukhmin, Dina R. Yarullina

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been reported to remove Cd and Pb from solutions and therefore represent a useful tool for decontamination of food and beverages from heavy metals. Heavy metal ion binding by LAB was reported as metabolism-independent surface process. …”
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Detection of Adulteration in Canola Oil by Using GC-IMS and Chemometric Analysis by Tong Chen, Xinyu Chen, Daoli Lu, Bin Chen

“…In this work, 147 adulterated samples were detected by gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) and chemometric analysis, and two methods of feature extraction, histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) and multiway principal component analysis (MPCA), were combined to pretreat the data set. …”
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Metallothionein-3-mediated intracellular zinc mediates antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses in the complete Freund’s adjuvant-induced inflammatory pain mouse model by Ngoc Buu Tran, Sook-Jeong Lee

“…These interactions are fundamental for maintaining metal ion homeostasis and regulating the synthesis of various biomolecules in the body.…”
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Application of Compound Control Method Based on WOA in Micropositioning Stage of SICM by Huiting Wen, Xiaolong Lu, Shiping Zhao, Xiaoyu Liu, Yang Yang, Song Leng

“…Positioning accuracy of micropositioning stage in scanning ion conductance microscopy is the key to obtain high-precision scanning model. …”
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The Bioactivated Interfacial Behavior of the Fluoridated Hydroxyapatite-Coated Mg-Zn Alloy in Cell Culture Environments by Jianan Li, Lei Cao, Yang Song, Shaoxiang Zhang, Changli Zhao, Fan Zhang, Xiaonong Zhang

“…It was found that Ca-P, including poorly crystalline ion-substituted Ca-deficient HA (CDHA), was formed in greater amounts on the interface of coated samples compared with the uncoated ones. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Studies of Some Metal(II) Complexes of Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligand: (4E)-4-[(2-{(E)-[1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)ethylide... by Ikechukwu P. Ejidike, Peter A. Ajibade

“…FTIR confirmed the ligand coordinates the metal ion to form mononuclear complex via the oxygen and nitrogen atoms of the phenolic group and azomethine group, respectively. …”
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