Enhancing the thermal conductivity and viscosity of ethylene glycol-based single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) nanofluid: An investigation utilizing equilibrium molecular dynamics... by Shubhankar Sarkar, Papiya Pal, Nanda Kumar Ghosh

“…Longer CNTs provide more efficient heat transfer pathways and more interactions between CNT & base fluid molecules, which contribute to enhanced TC and viscosity of NFs. …”
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Ionic thermoelectric performance of cement and its modificationsFairdata (etsin) by Mostafa Yossef, Jukka Kuva, Seyedabolfazl Mousavihashemi, Andrew Ward, Marcus Perry, Tanja Kallio, Jari Puttonen

“…These values pave the way for energy-efficient housing with increased grid independence.…”
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Sorption Characteristics of Mixed Molecules of Glutaraldehyde from Water on Mesoporous Acid-Amine Modified Low-Cost Activated Carbon: Mechanism, Isotherm, and Kinetics by Mukosha Lloyd, Onyango S. Maurice, Ochieng Aoyi, Taile Y. Leswifi

“…The adsorption was endothermic, while the intraparticle diffusion model suggested significant contribution by film diffusion. …”
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Enhanced transdermal delivery of lidocaine cream via ultrasound and microneedle rollers by Jiaxiao Sun, Yang Yang, Yang Yang, Juanjuan Zheng, Hao Liang, Feng Yan, Wensheng Zhang, Wensheng Zhang, Wenqin Xie

“…In vivo findings corroborated these results, with the combined method facilitating the most rapid onset of anesthesia (mean onset time 28.75 ± 6.41 min, p < 0.05 vs control 67.50 ± 4.63 min) and improved transdermal delivery compared to other groups, achieving 100% anesthetic efficiency rate at 60 min vs. 25% in control.ConclusionMicroneedle rollers demonstrate superior clinical efficacy over ultrasound, enabling rapid lidocaine delivery (15-min onset ex vivo; 32.5-min anesthesia in vivo) and achieving 100% anesthetic efficiency for time-sensitive procedures—establishing a practical paradigm shift in transdermal local anesthesia.…”
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Mechanical Properties of Carbonation-Enhanced Alkali-Activated Slag-Solidified Shield Muck: Temperature–Humidity Coupling Effects by Kejian Wang, Shuangyu Hu, Ying Li, Zhiqin Xi, Jianwei Qian, Bo Yuan

“…Efficient resource utilization of shield muck is critical for urban metro construction. …”
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Adsorption of Hg(II) from Aqueous Solution Using Adulsa (Justicia adhatoda) Leaves Powder: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies by Mohd Aslam, Sumbul Rais, Masood Alam, Arulazhagan Pugazhendi

“…The rate determining step is described by intraparticle diffusion model. These studies considered the possibility of using Adulsa plant leaves biomass as an inexpensive, efficient, and environmentally safe adsorbent for the treatment of Hg(II) contaminated wastewaters.…”
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Test study on flow field morphology of high-pressure abrasive water jet and erosion and failure characteristics of coal by Bingbing HE, Qiheng REN, Qingxiang WANG, Fucheng ZHANG, Lingjun MA, Yayou XU, Baofu WANG, Xiaolin SONG

“…The comparison of erosion efficiency shows that under the working conditions of 5 MPa and 6 MPa, the crushing volume of quartz sand abrasive jet is 4.65 and 7.82 times that of pure water jet respectively, confirming that abrasive blending significantly improves the energy conversion efficiency. …”
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Insights into the Adsorptive Separation of Ethylene/Ethane in LTA-Type Zeolites by Xiaohui Zhao, Shixue Zhou, Magdy Abdelghany Elsayed, Zhongyuan Chen, Chunhui Jiang, Yongli Hu, Gumawa Windu Manggada

“…Zeolite ITQ-29 demonstrates high C₂H₄/C₂H₆ ideal selectivity (43.5 at 5 ns) while exhibiting slow C₂H₄ uptake efficiency due to the small pore windows, hindering C₂H₄ diffusion (1.05 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²/s at 298 K). …”
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Neural operator for observer gains and output-feedback control of coupled PDE–ODE systems by Malihe Abdolbaghi, Seyed Amir Hossein Tabatabaei, Mohammad Keyanpour

“…Simulation results, validated against exact solutions of Goursat equations and evaluated through metrics such as convergence rate, estimation error, and control effort, demonstrate the high accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed approach. Finally, an ablation study was conducted as well to evaluate the building blocks of the proposed method.…”
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Optimizing Coal Wettability via Anionic Surfactants: An Integrated Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Investigation by Hongmei Li, Yun Zhao, Jie Deng, Jing Xie, Weiqi Zhou, Yiting Liu, Luming Li, Futing Xia, Rui Qi

“…The findings provide a robust theoretical framework for developing dust control strategies in fluidized mining operations, advancing the field toward more efficient and sustainable mining practices.…”
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Investigation of the air permeability of fabric weaves to increase the wearing comfort of firefighter clothing and improve stab and cut protection by Rahel Heesemann, Sudhanshu Maurya, Rochak Rathour, Apurba Das, Thomas Gries

“…Wearer comfort parameters include water vapour permeability, breathability, air permeability, efficient cooling and increased breathability of the protective clothing are crucial for comfort. …”
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Green/red fluorescent protein disrupting drugs for real‐time permeability tracking in three‐dimensional tumor spheroids by Maytal Avrashami, Danna Niezni, Dana Meron Azagury, Hagit Sason, Yosi Shamay

“…We developed a reproducible 3D spheroid model with various cancer cell lines expressing GFP/RFP for efficient drug screening. Through screening over 20 FDA‐approved enzyme inhibitors, we identified three covalent kinase inhibitors—osimertinib, afatinib, and neratinib—that irreversibly disrupt GFP and RFP fluorescence. …”
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A novel YOLOv11-Driven deep learning algorithm for UAV multispectral oil spill detection in Inland lakes by Yu Zhang, Jian Xing, Weida Chen, Haitao Wang, Bingyu Shi, Yang Song, Xiaoou Huang, Zihan Jiang

“…These improvements underscore the robustness and precision of our algorithm, highlighting its potential as an efficient, real-time solution for environmental monitoring and emergency response in complex inland water scenarios.…”
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Cu²⁺ Intercalation and Structural Water Enhance Electrochemical Performance of Cathode in Zinc-Ion Batteries by He Lin, Mengdong Wei, Yu Zhang

“…The study highlights the effective integration of computational and experimental methods to optimize cathode materials for high-performance AZIBs, providing a promising strategy for the development of stable and efficient energy storage systems.…”
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A Review of Gas Flow and Its Mathematical Models in Shale Gas Reservoirs by Bo-ning Zhang, Xiao-gang Li, Yu-long Zhao, Cheng Chang, Jian Zheng

“…Five models incorporating different transport mechanisms are reviewed, including gas viscous flow in natural fractures or macropores, gas ad-desorption on shale organic, gas slippage, diffusion (Knudsen diffusion, Fick diffusion, and surface diffusion), stress dependence, real gas effect, and adsorption layer effect in the nanoshale matrix system, which is quite different from conventional gas reservoir. …”
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Machine Learning Enabled High‐Throughput Screening of 2D Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors for Flexible Resistive Materials by Chi Chen, Hao Wang, Houzhao Wan, Dan Sun

“…This work provides an efficient high‐throughput screening protocol to enrich the family of 2D UWBG semiconductors and is expected to foster their practical applications.…”
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A surface-modified graphene – carbon-based composite sensor for the voltammetric assessment of pyridoxine in food and pharmaceutical samples by Sharmila Battira Madappa, Jamballi Gangadarappa Manjunatha, Moulya Karnayana, Sameh Mahmoud Osman, Santanu Patra

“…A probe into the crucial attributes like repeatability, reproducibility, stability and concurrent analysing capacity signified the designed sensor as an efficient electrochemical tool to analyse PYX in food and pharmaceutical samples.…”
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Novel Pt/hydrophobic Modified Ceramic Catalyst Used in Room-temperature Hydrogen-oxygen Recombination Reaction by JIA Qingqing, HU Shilin, LIU Yaming

“…The novel Pt/hydrophobic modified ceramic catalyst could maintain the recombination efficiency of 99.5% in the reaction time of 480 min, exhibiting improved activity and stability, which would have a good application prospect in the room-temperature hydrogen-oxygen recombination reaction.…”
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Combustion Analysis of the Renewable Fuel HVO and RME with Hydrogen Addition in a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine by Stanislaw Szwaja, Saugirdas Pukalskas, Romualdas Juknelevicius, Alfredas Rimkus

“…In the era of depletion of fossil fuels, there is an intensive search for renewable fuels for the internal combustion engine, which is the most efficient thermal machine in the power range of several kW to several MW. …”
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Adsorption kinetics of divalent metals on amino-functionalized carbon nanomaterial by Božo Dalmacija, Aleksandra Šućurović

“…Modeling the adsorption rate by the Weber-Morris diffusion model indicated that intra-particle diffusion, although a slower step than external diffusion, is not the only limiting step in the adsorption process, and that the interaction of the investigated ions with the binding sites on the adsorbent surface also control the adsorption rate. …”
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