Investigating the effects of sintering additives and heating regimes on the performances of glass–ceramic proppants derived from industrial wastes by Jincai Zhang, Yueting Fan, Xubo Zhai, Vishnu Vijay Kumar

“…The additives such as TiO2 and Fe2O3 prompt the crystal melting and amorphous as well as mullite formation, which made raw solid particle set change into a glass–ceramic-based whole body. …”
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Toluene Conversion by Using Different Morphology MnO2 Catalyst by Huaijian Wang, Fangtong Liu, Wenting Yang, Chenglong Yu, Huanhuan Xiong, Jiaqi Li, Meijuan Lu

“…The results showed that the crystal structure of nanotube and nanowire were α-MnO2, nanoflower was α-MnO2 phase and other crystalline, the nanocube was β-MnO2. …”
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Time-resolved momentum microscopy with fs-XUV photons at high repetition rates with flexible energy and time resolution by Karl Jakob Schiller, Lasse Sternemann, Matija Stupar, Alan Omar, Martin Hoffmann, Jonah Elias Nitschke, Valentin Mischke, David Maximilian Janas, Stefano Ponzoni, Giovanni Zamborlini, Clara Jody Saraceno, Mirko Cinchetti

“…We show the capabilities of the system by tracing ultrafast electron dynamics in the conduction band valleys of a bulk crystal of the 2D semiconductor WS2. Using uncompressed driving laser pulses, we demonstrate an energy resolution better than (107 ± 2) meV, while compressed pulses lead to a time resolution better than (48.8 ± 17) fs.…”
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Inorganic Solid‐State Electrolytes for Solid‐State Sodium Batteries: Electrolyte Design and Interfacial Challenges by Dongsoo Lee, Ashok Kumar Kakarla, Seho Sun, Patrick Joohyun Kim, Junghyun Choi

“…It highlights recent advancements in ISE research, including the mechanisms of Na‐ion conduction and the key factors influencing it, such as crystal structure, lattice dynamics, point defects, and grain boundaries. …”
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Fabrication of Axial and Radial Heterostructures for Semiconductor Nanowires by Using Selective-Area Metal-Organic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy by K. Hiruma, K. Tomioka, P. Mohan, L. Yang, J. Noborisaka, B. Hua, A. Hayashida, S. Fujisawa, S. Hara, J. Motohisa, T. Fukui

“…Transmission electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy measurements have been used to analyze the crystal structure and the atomic composition profile for the nanowires. …”
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The precipitation of nanocrystalline structure in the joule heated Fe72Al5Ga2P11C6B4 metallic glasses by Mitrović N., Kane S., Roth S., Kalezić-Glišović A., Mickel C., Eckert J.

“…Heating power per square area (PS) was ranging between 0.8 to 7.1 W/cm2 in order to get various stages of relaxation or nanocrystallization. The crystallization starts after applying PS ≈ 4.35 W/cm2 and the sample consist of residual amorphous matrix, a magnetic crystalline component and also a non-magnetic crystalline component (relative abundance of Fe in the crystalline phase is about 35 %). …”
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Detection and Analysis of Autoantigens Targeted by Autoantibodies in Immunorelated Pancytopenia by Hui Liu, Rong Fu, Yihao Wang, Hong Liu, Lijuan Li, Honglei Wang, Jin Chen, Hong Yu, Zonghong Shao

“…This study identified that a G-protein-coupled receptor 156 variant and chain P, a crystal structure of the cytoplasmic domain of human erythrocyte band-3 protein, were autoantigens in IRP. …”
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Stability of Human Gallbladder Bile: Effect of Freezing by Paul Janowitz, Richard Mason, Wolfgang Kratzer

“…The concentrations of total lipids, cholesterol, phospholipids and bile acids, and the cholesterol saturation index and crystal appearance time were determined before and after freezing over a mean period of 4.38±2.9 months. …”
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Structural properties and recrystallization effects in ion beam modified B20-type FeGe films by Jiangteng Liu, Ryan Schoell, Xiyue S. Zhang, Hongbin Yang, M. B. Venuti, Hanjong Paik, David A. Muller, Tzu-Ming Lu, Khalid Hattar, Serena Eley

“…Finally, we describe the crystallization kinetics using the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov model, finding that the growth of crystalline grains is consistent with diffusion-controlled one-to-two dimensional growth with a decreasing nucleation rate.…”
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Crystallographic characterization of Ag‐doping in nanocrystallite hydroxyapatite and evaluation of photocatalytic activity of organic pollutants by Md. Sahadat Hossain, Shifa Sarkar, Samina Ahmed

“…The samples were characterized with the aid of X‐ray diffraction (phase analysis, crystallographic characterization, and crystal size calculation using Scherrer equation and different models), scanning electron microscopy, and optical bandgap energy. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Biofilm Production of Microorganisms Isolated from Oropharynx of Rupornis magnirostris (Gmelin, 1788) and Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777) by Fernanda Alda da Silva, Sandrelli Meridiana de Fátima Ramos dos Santos Medeiros, Sérgio Dias da Costa-Junior, Ana Emília Medeiros Roberto, Sarah Brandão Palácio, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, Rejane Pereira Neves, Carolina Peixoto Magalhães, José Eduardo Garcia, Isabella Macário Ferro Cavalcanti

“…The biofilm production was evaluated by Congo red and violet crystal staining methods. Among the 12 birds, 10 presented strains of CoPS and/or enterobacteria with resistance profile, such as methicillin-resistant CoPS (MR-CoPS), vancomycin-resistant CoPS (VR-CoPS), extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL), and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase- (KPC-) producing bacteria. …”
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Physico-Chemical Characterization of Sesame/Rapeseed Oil Mixtures by Maria Marudova, Asya Viraneva, Ginka Antova, Krastena Nikolova, Zhana Petkova, Olga Teneva

“…A very good linear correlation was observed between the temperatures and enthalpies of crystallization of the mixtures, which could be used to establish the composition of a mixture between sesame and rapeseed oil. …”
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Recovery of Li, Mn, and Fe from LiFePO4/LiMn2O4 mixed waste lithium-ion battery cathode materials by Wang Y.-H., Wu J.-J., Hu G.-C., Ma W.-H.

“…The remaining Li+-rich solution was evaporated and crystallized into Li2CO3. The purity of the recycled MnCO3 and Li2CO3 met the standard of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. …”
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Interface characteristics and mechanical behavior of aluminum alloy/ ultrahigh-strength steel plasma arc welded joint by Di Wu, Xiaolong Cai, Hongmei Li, Xiaoqi Zhang, Daqian Sun

“…Fe2Al5 grains exhibited a clear preferential orientation in the [001] crystal direction and a strong silk texture in the <001> direction, but were weaker in Fe4Al13 grains. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, In silico, and In vitro studies of CuS–ZnO nanocomposite using mushroom extract by S. Anbazhagi, A. Murugesan, M. Paramanantham, K. Chinnaiah, Karthik Kannan, Nadezhda Palko, K. Gurushankar

“…The absorbance peak value of 251 nm in UV–Vis, and crystal planes (101), and (101) in XRD pattern was identified in the nanocomposite of CuS–ZnO. …”
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Bidirectional effects of neutrophils on Streptococcus oralis biofilms in vitro by Basmah M. Almaarik, Rizwan Ali, Paul R. Cooper, Michael R. Milward, Josefine Hirschfeld

“…Biofilm quantity was assessed by crystal violet technique, confocal microscopy and CFU enumeration. …”
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Effect of N,C-ITO on Composite N,C-Ti/N,C-ITO/ITO Electrode Used for Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Aqueous Pollutant with Simultaneous Hydrogen Production by Kee-Rong Wu, Chung-Hsuang Hung, Chung-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chung Wang, Jiing-Kae Wu

“…The structural properties of the composite Ti/TO electrode that determined by X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering, show primarily the crystallized anatase TiO2 phase and distinct diffraction patterns of polycrystalline In2O3 phase. …”
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Dark-field X-ray microscopy with structured illumination for three-dimensional imaging by Doğa Gürsoy, Kaan Alp Yay, Elliot Kisiel, Michael Wojcik, Dina Sheyfer, Arndt Last, Matthew Highland, Ian Randal Fisher, Stephan Hruszkewycz, Zahir Islam

“…We validated the efficacy of this approach through experimental imaging of an isolated twin domain within a bulk single crystal of an iron pnictide using a dark-field X-ray microscope. …”
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Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with (PVDF-HFP)-KI-EC-PC Electrolyte and Different Dye Materials by M. M. Noor, M. H. Buraidah, S. N. F. Yusuf, M. A. Careem, S. R. Majid, A. K. Arof

“…A small amount of iodine crystal of about 10 wt. % of KI was added to the electrolyte in the liquid state to provide the redox couple for DSSC operation. …”
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Risk of transition to lead-free in the space sector: Sn whisker growth in thermal vacuum conditions from submicron Sn layer by Balázs Illés, Agata Skwarek, Tamás Hurtony, Olivér Krammer, Bálint Medgyes, Krzysztof Szostak, Gábor Harsányi, András Kovács, Béla Pécz

“…TEM investigations found a weak correlation between the crystal structure and the shape of the different whiskers. …”
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