Antifungal effect of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana on the phytopathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea by Katarina Martinko, Anton Mihovilović

“…Microscopic analysis confirmed inhibition mechanisms (mycoparasitism and antibiosis), more significant on a neutral pH substrate by B. bassiana, and B. cinerea microstructures deformations. B. bassiana isolate has a significant antagonistic potential in suppressing B. cinerea, which is the starting point for further research in vivo.…”
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Bioprinting of a multi-composition array to mimic intra-tumor heterogeneity of glioblastoma for drug evaluation by Gihyun Lee, Soo Jee Kim, Yejin Choi, Jongho Park, Je-Kyun Park

“…Abstract Microextrusion printing is widely used to precisely manufacture microdevices, microphysiological systems, and biological constructs that feature micropatterns and microstructures consisting of various materials. This method is particularly useful for creating biological models that recapitulate in vivo-like cellular microenvironments. …”
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Theoretical and experimental analysis of the modulated phase grating X-ray interferometer by Hunter Meyer, Joyoni Dey, Sydney Carr, Kyungmin Ham, Leslie G. Butler, Kerry M. Dooley, Ivan Hidrovo, Markus Bleuel, Tamas Varga, Joachim Schulz, Thomas Beckenbach, Konradin Kaiser

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Unraveling carbonate fault dynamics, from friction to decarbonation, through the 1959 Mw 7.2 earthquake in Montana by Nina Zamani, Michael A. Murphy, Eric C. Ferré, Fabrice Barou

“…Focusing on the 1959 Mw 7.2 Hebgen Lake event in western Yellowstone, Montana, the largest earthquake on a normal fault in the United States, we analyze fault rock microstructures and mineralogical changes to constrain frictional heating on the fault plane. …”
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Laser Irradiation and Property Correlation in Double-Lasing Processes on Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes by Tran Quoc Thang, Joohoon Kim

“…We evaluated the characteristics of LIG electrodes prepared by the single-lasing and double-lasing irradiation regarding their microstructures and electrochemical features, including the sheet resistance (R_S), specific areal capacitance (C_A), peak-to-peak separation (Δ<i>E</i>_P), and peak current. …”
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Deep learning-based phase demodulation for distributed acoustic sensor by Yiming Tang, Kewei Liu, Chen Liu, Haiyong Wu, Rugang Wang, Mengmeng Chen, Fei Xu

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Metallurgical Assessment of Graphite Reinforced Al-Cu-Mg Nanocomposites Produced by the Shaker Mill Method by Lintang Dwi Kartika, Haris Rudianto

“…Sintering properties showed that graphite content for more than 0.5wt% decreased sintering density which leads to a lower hardness value. Based on microstructures, a higher amount of graphite is prone to have bigger porosity due to its agglomeration which leads to produced voids between grains. …”
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Chloride Transport Performance of Basalt-Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete under Drying-Wetting Cycles by Li Su, Ditao Niu, Daguan Huang, Qiang Fu

“…The effects of the strength grade, basalt fiber (BF), polypropylene fiber (PF), and hybrid BF-PF on the pore solution pH, chloride concentration distribution, chloride peak concentration (Cmax), and apparent chloride diffusion coefficient (Da) of the BPFRC were analyzed, and a multifactor model of Da was established. Moreover, the microstructures of BPFRC were studied to explore the effect of fibers on chloride transport performance of concrete in terms of theoretical pore volume, fiber-matrix interface, fiber bonding properties, and corrosion morphology. …”
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Fabrication of Green PVDF/TiO₂ Composite Membrane for Water Treatment by Shuhang Lu, Dong Zou

“…TiO₂ particles in the PVDF matrix enhanced the mechanical strength and hydrophilic characteristics of the resulting composite membrane, facilitating water transport through the composite membranes and enhancing their water permeability. Membrane microstructures and mechanical strength of the composite membranes were finely tuned by varying the PVDF concentration, TiO₂ concentration, and coagulation bath temperature. …”
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Disordered mesoporous silica particles: an emerging platform to deliver proteins to the lungs by Aura Rocío Hernández, Ekaterina Bogdanova, Jesus E. Campos Pacheco, Vitaly Kocherbitov, Mikael Ekström, Georgia Pilkington, Sabrina Valetti

“…Lysozyme was released in simulated lung fluid in a sustained kinetics and maintaining high enzymatic activity (71–91%), whereas LYS-MSP were shown to degrade into aggregated nanoparticulate microstructures, reaching almost complete dissolution (93%) within 24 h. …”
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New Nanosized V(III), Fe(III), and Ni(II) Complexes Comprising Schiff Base and 2-Amino-4-Methyl Pyrimidine: Synthesis, Properties, and Biological Activity by Maged S. Al-Fakeh, Maha A. Alsikhan, Jawza S. H. Alnawmasi, Abdullah H. Alluhayb, Mona S. Al-Wahibi

“…The calculations abstracted from XRD patterns propose nanosized complexes (average size 29–50 nm). The microstructures of the samples have also been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Study of Barium Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions Using Copper Ferrite and Copper Ferrite/rGO Magnetic Adsorbents by B. Carmel Jeeva Mary, J. Judith Vijaya, M. Bououdina, L. Khezami, A. Modwi, M. Ismail, Stefano Bellucci

“…The magnetic results possess multidomain microstructures with saturation magnetization of 37.11 and 33.84 emu/g for CF and CG. …”
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P44 | CROSSTALK AMONG NEURONS, MUSCLE AND BONE: HUMAN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION ON A CHIP

“…A soft master in SU-8 was fabricated through a photolithographic process tailored for high-aspect-ratio microstructures, enabling the creation of mold structures with micrometric resolution from which a replica in polydimethylsiloxane was obtained. …”
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Oxidation Behavior and Creep Resistance of Cast MC-Strengthened CoNiFeMnCr HEAs at 1100 °C by Patrice Berthod, Lionel Aranda

“…Three equimolar CoNiFeMnCr alloys without or with carbon and with either hafnium or tantalum were elaborated. Their as-cast microstructures were specified. Oxidation tests were carried out in air at 1100 °C. …”
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TECHNOLOGY FOR OBTAINING BIMETALLIC SHAPING PARTS OF DIE TOOLING USING METHOD OF HIGH-SPEED HOT EXTRUSION by I. V. Kachanov, M. V. Kudin, S. A. Lenkevich

“…Technology for obtaining bimetallic shaping parts of die tooling with deformation at speed of vR = 40-50 m/s and composite billet temperature of T = 1150 °C has been experimentally tested with formation of a compound due to plastic flow of two billet parts on contact surface with removal of surface oxide films.Microstructures of the bimetallic compounds obtained with the help of high-speed hot extrusion method for compositions of structural and high-alloy steels have been investigated and their high quality has been proved during the investigations. …”
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Flexural Performance of Emulsified-Asphalt-Modified ECC for Expansion Joint Use by Quan Mao, Zhigang Zhang, Hui Ma

“…The flexural mechanical properties including flexural stress-load displacement relation, flexural secant stiffness, and elastic modulus of the EA-ECC’s matrix were investigated experimentally. The microstructures of EA-ECC were observed via scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging. …”
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Electrochemical additive manufacturing of ultra-low friction multilayered Ni nanocomposite coatings reinforced by heterostructured 2D materials by Honggang Zhang, Jiaheng Ling, Ning Hou, Haibin Liu

“…This method enables precise layer-by-layer control and selective integration of 2D materials, forming dense, grain-refined microstructures with tailored surface textures. Remarkably, the optimized triple-layer Ni-(WS2-MoS2-BN) coating achieves a hardness of 252 HV and an ultra-low coefficient of friction of 0.04, outperforming single- and double-layer coatings. …”
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Mechanical Characterization and Wear Behavior of Nano TiO2 Particulates Reinforced Al7075 Alloy Composites by Madeva Nagaral, V Auradi, S A Kori, Veena Shivaprasad

“…After the preparation, the prepared composites were analyzed by SEM, EDS, and XRD for inquiring the microstructures and chemical elements. Furthermore, mechanical and wear behavior of as cast Al7075 alloy and Al7075 -5 and 10 wt. % of nano TiO2 composites were examined. …”
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Deterioration Regularity of Sodium Sulfate Solution Attack on Cemented Coal Gangue-Fly Ash Backfill under Drying-Wetting Cycles by Shaojie Chen, Zhen Zhang, Dawei Yin, Junbiao Ma

“…To research the properties of cemented coal gangue-fly ash backfill (CGFB) exposed to different concentrations of sodium sulfate solutions under drying-wetting cycles, the mass changes, uniaxial compressive strengths, sulfate ion contents at different depths, and microstructures of CGFB samples were measured in this study. …”
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Microencapsulation of antioxidant phenolics from tamarind seed peels using chia gum and maltodextrin by Azza M. Abdel-Aty, Abdul Aziz M. Gad, Amal Z. Barakat, Saleh A. Mohamed

“…The microcapsules demonstrated improved microstructures, swelling, solubility, and moisture content. …”
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