The spatial orientation of histidine via five-armed alkylamino siloxane improved the properties of the cationic gene delivery vector by Viola B. Morris, Chandra P. Sharma

“…When the same polymer was further chemically modified with polyethylene glycol-folic acid (PEG-FA) to facilitate receptor-mediated cellular targeting, cellular uptake improved through additional pathways; however, the transfection efficiency unexpectedly decreased. This reduction in transfection efficiency is likely due to the absence of plasmid release from the polyplex for gene transcription, caused by the reduced ionic strength of the polyplex resulting from the high molecular weight PEG.…”
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Bistable dynamics underlying excitability of ion homeostasis in neuron models. by Niklas Hübel, Eckehard Schöll, Markus A Dahlem

“…This is interpreted as a threshold reduction of a new fundamental mechanism of ionic excitability that causes a long-lasting but transient FES as observed in pathological states. …”
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An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Additive Concentration on the Tribological Performance of Castor Oil Lubrication in Piston Ring–Cylinder Liner Contact by Wasihun Diriba Keno, Ádám Kalácska, Dieter Fauconnier, Venkata Ramayya Ancha, Patrick De Baets

“…This study examines the effects of varying concentrations of a mixture of propyl gallate (PG) and ionic liquid (IL) additives on the tribological performance of castor oil. …”
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Influence of Germanium Sulfide on the Structure, Ag-Ion Conductivity and Stability of Glasses in the GeS₂-Sb₂S₃-AgI System by Viktor Markov, Talib Farziev, Nikita Dybin

“…The effect of replacing silver iodide with germanium sulfide on the structure of the electrolyte, activation energy of diffusion, and specific ionic conductivity was studied. Electrolytes (2.5 + x)GeS₂-27.5Sb₂S₃-(70 − x)AgI, x = 0, 5, 10, 15 were synthesized using the melt-quenching technique in evacuated quartz ampoules. …”
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Application of Musa acuminata mediated iron oxide nanoparticles in the removal of sunset yellow dye by M.N. Nafisa Begam, K. Muthukumaran, P. Thamarai

“…The thermodynamic findings indicated that MION's adsorption process exhibited spontaneity and endothermicity. The effect of ionic strength and humic acid resulted in a corresponding enhancement and reduction in the removal efficacy for sunset yellow adsorption. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Atrial Fibrillation: The Need for a Strong Pharmacological Approach by Alfredo Mauriello, Adriana Correra, Riccardo Molinari, Gerardo Elia Del Vecchio, Viviana Tessitore, Antonello D’Andrea, Vincenzo Russo

“…The development of AF is based on anatomical and functional alterations in the cardiomyocyte resulting from altered ionic fluxes and cardiomyocyte electrophysiology. …”
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Facile Synthesis of Bioactive Silver Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Electro-Conductive and Wound-Healing Properties by Solaiman, Tahmina Foyez, Syed Abdul Monim, Aminur Rahman, Abu Bin Imran

“…The second method involved mixing AgNO₃ with gel precursors before reduction with NaBH₄ to form AgNPs within the hydrogel. …”
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Compact 999.6 nm Actively Q-Switched Yb3+:LuAlO for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Laser by A. Rudenkov, V. Kisel, A. Yasukevich, K. Hovhannesyan, A. Petrosyan, N. Kuleshov

“….%):YAP) similar to those of YAG. The reduction in the thermal conductivity of doped laser crystal in comparison with host materials is small in the case of ions with close atomic mass and ionic radii such as for Yb3+ and Lu3+. …”
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Effect of H2O2 and pH on properties of myofibrillar proteins from Yak muscle during thermal gelation process by Sha Qu, Dong Sun, Ting Hu, Gang Hao

“…Increasing the H2O2 interval at different pH levels significantly decreased (p < 0.05) the WHC, solubility, and texture of the protein gel, the average reduction was 7.5%, 27.5%, 12.5% respectively. The H2O2 concentration and pH level substantially affected ionic and hydrogen bond formation (p < 0.05). …”
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Stable Vacancy-Rich Sodium Vanadate as a Cathode for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries by Zhibo Xie, Yongru Qu, Fuwei Kong, Ruizheng Zhao, Xianfen Wang

“…To address this challenge, we propose an in situ NH₄⁺ pre-intercalation strategy to enhance the electrochemical performance of Na_0.76V₆O₁₅ (NaVO), thereby optimizing its structural stability and ionic conductivity. Moreover, NH₄⁺ pre-intercalation introduced a large number of oxygen vacancies and defects into the material, causing the reduction of V⁵⁺ to V⁴⁺. …”
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Theoretical study of the sequence-dependent distribution of Na+ ions around DNA by Hui-ting Xu, Xiao-wei Jiang, Yu-jie Song, Bin Gu

“…The pAT sequence reduces the ionic affinity in the groove, and a small portion is distributed near the ATA·TAT base order in the minor groove. …”
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Biostimulant use in pangolão grass Digitaria pentzii subjected to saline stress by Mauricio L. de M. V. Leite, Manuévely C. da Silva, Vicente J. L. P. Simões, Leandro R. R. de Lucena, Aldo T. Sales

“…At the level of 4 dS m-1 in irrigation water, the ionic stress toxicity due to the accumulation of salts in the aerial part of pangolão grass was more severe. …”
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One-step fabrication for Mg-doped Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film via a facile ion-solution spraying approach by Chengxu Yan, Yu Sun, Jing Yang, Canyun Zhang, Fengchao Wang, Jin Chen

“…In this study, Mg-doped Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films were prepared by the ionic solution spraying method, which is simple, low cost, and low temperature. …”
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Recent developments, challenges, and prospects of carbon dots (CDs) for fluid flow investigation in porous media by Mehdi Razavifar, Ali Khoshsima, Masoud Riazi, James J. Sheng, Ehsan Esmaeilnezhad

“…The mobility and performance of CDs in pore scale are related to some parameters including ionic strength, pH, pore size distribution, and type of fluids in porous media.…”
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A superior ethylene glycol gas sensor based on cobalt doped highly porous ZnFe2O4 microspheres by Abdulrahman Sumayli, Jawaher Abdullah Alamoudi, Arwa Sultan Alqahtani

“…To enhance the accumulation of chemically adsorbed oxygen and modify the energy surface charge distribution, we employed a doping technique. Given that the ionic radius of Co2+ is closely comparable to that of Zn2+, Co2+ ions were selected as an appropriate dopant for ZF. …”
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Evaluation of quinoa seed germination variability in response to temperature,, drought and salinity stresses by Arash Mamedi, F. Sharifzadeh, Reza Maali Amiri

“…Most likely, due to the fact that quinoa is halophyte, by absorbing the ionic elements of salt, required for the maintenance of the cell turgor, which concurrent increase in cytosolic osmolality. …”
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Tuning the Energy Levels of Adamantane by Boron Substitution by Aminu H. Yusuf, Vladimir B. Golovko, Sarah L. Masters

“…Analysis of the neutral and ionic species reveals a critical transition from electron-donating to electron-accepting behaviour at tri-boron substitution, confirmed by both DFT and coupled cluster calculations (CCSD(T)/CC-pVDZ). …”
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Effective Adsorption of Phenoxyacetic Herbicides by Tomato Stem-Derived Activated Carbons by Krzysztof Kuśmierek, Beata Doczekalska, Maciej Sydor, Andrzej Świątkowski

“…The adsorption of both herbicides was pH dependent, but ionic strength had no significant effect. Regeneration testing, conducted over three cycles, showed less than a 15% reduction in herbicide adsorption capacity. …”
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STUDY OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND CALCIUM SALTS INFLUENCE ON PROTEIN STABILITY BY DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY by E. K. Tunieva, I. Dederer

“…A negative correlation between the magnitude of the ionic strength and the temperature of myosin and actin denaturation has been found. …”
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Liquid Crystalline Self‐Assembly with Accelerated Kinetics and Higher Structural Orderliness in Centrifugal Acceleration Fields Beyond 7251 Times Gravity of Earth by Lingyan Xu, Hongbo Zhao, Pei‐Xi Wang

“…Herein, liquid crystalline phase separation of colloidal dispersions of rod‐shaped cellulose nanoparticles in centrifugal acceleration fields up to 71 061 meters per second squared (7251 g) is studied. Through non‐ionic in situ free‐radical polymerization initiated by time‐controllable oxidation–reduction reactions between tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (oxidants) and thiourea (thiocarbamide, reductants) at room temperature (298 kelvins), ordered soft microstructures formed by entropy‐driven self‐assembly are immobilized within crosslinked polyacrylamide matrixes at various evolution stages (e.g., after 10, 30, or 60 min) in centrifuge tubes. …”
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