Edge-feeding synchronous epitaxy of layer-controlled graphene films on heterogeneous catalytic substrates by Buhang Chen, Xiongzhi Zeng, Zhetong Liu, Wenlong Dong, Ding Pei, Huan Wang, Yanyan Dong, Chengjin Wu, Xiaoyin Gao, Hanbo Xiao, Han Gao, Hang Jia, Aiheng Yuan, Jinlong Du, Heng Chen, Haiyang Liu, Congwei Tan, Jianbo Yin, Zhongkai Liu, Luqi Liu, Peng Gao, Kostya S. Novoselov, Hailin Peng, Zhenyu Li, Luzhao Sun, Zhongfan Liu

“…Herein, we report an edge-feeding synchronous epitaxial growth mode breaking the limit of traditional epitaxy theories. An efficient heterogeneous Cu–Cu2O catalyst is demonstrated, where graphene edge-surrounding Cu2O is crucial in precursor dissociation, atomic carbon diffusion, and edge energy reduction. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic enrofloxacin under solar light using ZnO and Bi2MoO6 materials by Wei Qinzheng, Lam Sze-Mun, Li Haixiang, Sin Jin-Chung

“…Subsequently, the devised catalysts were scrutinized for degradation of ENR under simulated solar light irradiation. The degradation efficiency of ENR by Bi2MoO6 nanosheets reached 69.08%, which greatly exceeded that of ZnO 38.30%.…”
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Protein‐Inspired Polymers with Tunable Microphase Structures toward Autonomous Self‐Healing in Aqueous Environments by Yanwen Hu, Yan Song, Guo Liang Li

“…In addition, the hydrophilic carboxyl groups diffuse and penetrate to form hydrogen bonds. It is found that the microphase structure and self‐healing efficiency can be adjusted by regulating the hydrophobic/hydrophilic components. …”
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Optimization of ultrasound assisted extraction of sappan (Caesalpinia sappan L) wood for preparation of high quality extract by Moh Djaeni, Setia Budi Sasongko, Devi Yuni Susanti, F Widhi Mahatmanti, Andri Cahyo Kumoro, Laeli Kurniasari

“…UAE was shown to enhance extraction efficiency and preserve phenolic compounds. Additionally, the extraction process was modeled, resulting in a validated effective diffusivity (De) of 1.8 × 10?? …”
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Natural surfactant fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds based photogalvanic cell for solar energy conversion and storage by Meenakshi Jonwal, Pooran Koli, Rajendra Kumar

“…A more environmentally sustainable and an efficient Photogalvanic system based on Fenugreek seeds aqueous extract as natural surfactant (saponins), Cellobiose as reductant and Neutral Red dye as photosensitizer is developed to demonstrate a potent cell. …”
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Chitosan-multilayered graphene oxide hybrid beads for $\protect \text{Zn}^{2+}$ and metoprolol adsorption by Bouyahmed, Farida, Muller, Fabrice, Richard, Annie, Mostefaoui, Toufik Amayas, Belabbas, Imad, Warmont, Fabienne, Roulet, Marjorie, Reinert, Laurence, Duclaux, Laurent, Delpeux-Ouldriane, Sandrine

“…The adsorption kinetics of $\text{Zn}^{2+}$ and MTP in hybrid beads is limited by the diffusion to the MGO sites depending on their accessibility. …”
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Microwave-assisted sodium alginate extraction from Dictyota menstrualis and the fabrication of green thermal insulators by Abdul Khalil H. P. S., Abdussalam Giuma, Esam Bashir Yahya, Indra Surya, Arif Nuryawan, Tata Alfatah, Mardiana Idayu Ahmad

“…Additionally, the thermal conductivity and diffusivity measurements of 0.065 W/(m·K) and 0.294 mm2/s, respectively, affirm the excellent thermal insulation stability of these scaffolds. …”
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Formation and Characterization of Xylitol-Modified Glycidyl Methacrylate-<i>co</i>-Ethyl Methacrylate Matrices for Controlled Release of Antimicrobial Compounds by Adam Chyzy, Przemysław Gnatowski, Edyta Piłat, Maciej Sienkiewicz, Katarzyna Wozniak, Marta Wojnicka, Krzysztof Brzezinski, Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska

“…The hydrogels with the APIs efficiently inhibit bacteria growth with low doses of drugs, and our findings are statistically significant, confirmed with ANOVA analysis at <i>p</i> = 0.05. …”
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Method and application of coal-based solid waste filling in multi-layer three-dimensional space of coal mining by Ke YANG, Xiang YU, Xiang HE, Xinyuan ZHAO, Juejing FANG, Zhen WEI, Shuxin HE

“…The large-scale application of multi-level three-dimensional space coal based solid waste filling method in coal mining mainly faces 4 key technical challenges, including efficient and accurate preparation of filling materials, pipeline transportation characteristics of filling slurry, evolution law of filling spatial structure and interaction between filling material-space. …”
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Green Tea Extract (<i>Theaceae</i>; <i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.): A Promising Antimicrobial, Anti-Quorum Sensing and Antibiofilm Candidate Against Multidrug-Resistant <i>Campylobac... by Mona S. Emara, Ahmed M. Ammar, Ashraf M.O. Abdelwahab, Attia A. Elgdawy, Adel Abdelkhalek, Elena Pet, Gabi Dumitrescu, Mirela Ahmadi, Norhan K. Abd El-Aziz

“…Many studies have been carried out to explore innovative and alternative strategies to control antibiotic-resistant campylobacters in animal reservoirs and human hosts; however, limited studies have been performed to develop efficient control schemes against <i>Campylobacter</i> biofilms. …”
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Characterization of a blaKPC-3-carrying plasmid in a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae belonging to the emerging successful clone ST147 by Esther Recacha, Mercedes Delgado-Valverde, Marina R. Pulido, Elena Pérez-Nadales, Patricia Pérez-Palacios, Inés Portillo-Calderón, Juan Manuel Sánchez-Calvo, Irene Gracia-Ahufinger, Álvaro Pascual

“…ABSTRACT Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 has emerged as a successful clone able to efficiently disseminate a number of carbapenemases, including blaKPC. …”
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Effect of Coating on Cutting Performance of Milling Water Chamber Head by CHENG Yaonan, GAI Xiaoyu, Lv Qiyao, YUAN Qihang, QIN Chao

“…The head of nuclear water chamber head parts, which are difficult to machine, is made of the highstrength 508III special steel In view of the problems of poor cutting performance, short life and low machining efficiency in milling process, firstly, the cutting simulation of the coated cemented carbide tool was carried out to analyze the influence of the coating on the cutting performance of the tool from the aspects of cutting temperature and stress Then, the milling wear experiment of the 508III steel coating tool was carried out The influence of the coating on tool wear and tool life was investigated by the observation of tool wear and analysis of Rake Face morphology Finally, the coating performance comparison experiment was carried out to discuss the effects of different types of coatings, coating thickness and thermal diffusivity of different coatings on the cutting process of the cemented carbide tool of milling 508III steel The research results provide technical support for the development of cemented carbide tools of milling water chamber head and efficient processing of nuclear power parts…”
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DCDC PUF an enhanced implementation of ring oscillator based PUF by Leen Younes, Enas Abulibdeh, Baker Mohammad, Hani Saleh, Mahmoud Al-Qutayri

“…It reveals that the proposed system attains a 50% diffuseness, indicating an improvement of approximately 31%, while achieving a relatively consistent 48% uniformity when compared to stand alone PUF. …”
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A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels by AllahTavakoli Yahya, Marquis-Favre Catherine, Ichchou Mohamed N., Hamzaoui Nacer

“…The research presents a psychoacoustic framework to enhance the sound quality of composite panels while maintaining their structural efficiency. Hence, vibroacoustic models previously validated through vibroacoustic laboratory experiments for various composite panels subjected to mechanical and diffuse acoustic excitations, were used to synthesize the sounds radiated from the panels. …”
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Effect of Carbon Nanotube Diameter on Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage Properties of Paraffin Wax by Zhu Meng, Chen Hua, Hou Yujie

“…To solve the problems of poor thermal conductivity and low thermal energy storage efficiency of paraffin wax, carbon-containing materials with high thermal conductivity are used to improve its thermal energy storage performance. …”
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Environmental Mechanisms Shaping the Nature of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: The View of Computer Simulations by Lucio Mayer

“…The low star-formation efficiency expected in such low-metallicity objects prior to their infall was crucial for keeping their disks gas dominated until stripping took over. …”
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The Impact of Rock Morphology on Gas Dispersion in Underground Hydrogen Storage by Tri Pham, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Quoc P. Nguyen

“…Fluid dispersion directly influences the transport, mixing, and efficiency of hydrogen storage in depleted gas reservoirs. …”
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Resonant Energy Transfer and Storage in Coupled Flow-Driven Heat Oscillators by Qian Ye, Stephen Sanders, Alessandro Alabastri

“…Oscillatory behavior in diffusive systems has recently attracted significant interest because of the possibility of extending the properties of resonators to transport phenomena. …”
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Preparation of a Microporous Polyurethane Film with Negative Surface Charge for siRNA Delivery via Stent by Il-Hoon Cho, Sangsoo Park

“…Fluorescence microscopy showed the PU surface with intense fluorescence by the aggregates of the FITC-labeled-siRNA-PEI complex (measuring up to few microns in size); additionally, the negatively charged PU surface revealed broad and diffuse fluorescence. These results suggest that the construction of negatively charged microporous polyurethane films is feasible and could be applied for enhancing the efficiency of siRNA delivery via a stent-covering polyurethane film.…”
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Deep neural network modeling for brain tumor classification using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. by Erin B Bjørkeli, Knut Johannessen, Jonn Terje Geitung, Anna Karlberg, Live Eikenes, Morteza Esmaeili

“…While conventional MRI techniques encounter limitations in the rapid and precise spatial evaluation of diffuse gliomas, both accuracy and efficiency are often compromised. …”
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