Strontium (II)-Selective Potentiometric Sensor Based on Ester Derivative of 4-tert-butylcalix(8)arene in PVC Matrix by Jitendra R. Raisoni, Vinod K. Gupta, Ajay K. Jain

“…Abstract: Membranes of 4-tert-butylcalix(8)arene-octaacetic acid octaethyl ester (I) as an electroactive material, sodium tetraphenyl borate (NaTPB) as an anion excluder, and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) as a solvent mediator in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) matrix have been tried for a strontium-selective sensor. …”
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Lanthanide Recognition: an Asymetric Erbium Microsensor Based on a Hydrazone Derivative by F. Fatemeh Sadat Mirnaghi, S. Riahi, Parviz Norouzi, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Reza Ganjali, Farnoush Faridbod

“…Theoretical calculationsand conductance studies of HDB to erbium and some other metal ions were carried out andconfirmed selectivity toward Er(III) ions.The best performance was obtained with a membrane contain 3% potassium tetrakis(p-chlorophenyl)borate (KTpClPB) as an anionic additive, 72% dibutyl phthalate (DBP) assolvent mediator, 5% HDB, and 20% poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). …”
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in treated woods deteriorated by a white rot fungus by Ezequiel Gallio, Paula Zanatta, Débora Duarte Ribes, Marília Lazarotto, Darci Alberto Gatto, Rafael Beltrame

“…The wood test specimens (2.5x2.5x0.9 cm) were impregnated with preservative solutions of chromated copper borate and synthetic pyrethroids and carbamates with 6% concentration by a vaccum-pressure process. …”
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Enantioselective nickel catalysis : exploiting activated C-H bonds by Bencivenga, Nicholas Ernest

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Recent advances in lithium containing ceramic based sorbents for high-temperature CO2 capture by Zhang, Y, Gao, Y, Pfeiffer, H, Louis, B, Sun, L, O'Hare, D, Wang, Q

“…In this contribution, we critically summarize the performance of all types of lithium containing ceramics including lithium silicates, zirconates, titanates, aluminates, ferrites, cuprates, bismuthates and borates for capturing CO 2 at high temperatures. For these CO 2 sorbents, all possible schemes for improving their CO 2 capture capacity, kinetics, and cycling stability have been comprehensively reviewed. …”

Enhanced 355 nm lasers obtained from BBO and KDP by sum frequency mixing by Kundwal, Moses Elisha, Tamuri, Abd. Rahman, Lani, Mohd. Nizam

“…Two nonlinear crystals, barium borate (BBO) and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP), are, in turn, used to generate the third harmonic of the IR laser by frequency mixing, after initial frequency doubling through a potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) crystal. …”

Selective Spectrofluorimetric Approach for the Assessment of Two Antipsychotic Drugs through Derivatization with <i>O</i>-Phthalaldehyde by Hassan M. A. Hassan, Ibrahim H. Alsohaimi, Mohamed Y. El-Sayed, Ismail I. Ali, Akram M. El-Didamony, Hamud A. Altaleb, Mutairah S. Alshammari

“…The approach involves reacting the examined medicines with <i>o</i>-phthalaldehyde in the presence of β-mercaptoethanol in a borate buffer of pH 9.0 and pH 10 for ARP and CLZ, respectively, to produce a robustly fluorescent compound that is detected at 450 nm following excitation at 340 nm. …”
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First Principles Study of Decomposition Reactions in the Electrolyte System Ethylene Carbonate and Lithium Hexafluorophosphate by D. Mroz, J. Hartwig, S. Neitzel-Grieshammer

“…In particular, the results suggest that substitution of ${{\rm{LiPF}}}_{6}$ by lithium bis(oxalato)borate could drastically inhibit the reaction. Furthermore, we study the potential decomposition of ${{{\rm{LiPF}}}_{6}}^{\,}$ to ${{\rm{PO}}}_{2}{{\rm{F}}}_{2}^{-},$ proposing an alternative route to the common hydrolysis reaction.…”
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High-Precision Voltage Measurement for Optical Quantum Computation by Kamil Wereszczyński, Agnieszka Michalczuk, Marcin Paszkuta, Jacek Gumiela

“…The superstructure is composed of nonlinear optical units, such as beta barium borate crystals. The units are positioned in series, powered by a pulse laser pump, and culminate in a beam splitter that generates the output state of a number of entangled photon pairs. …”
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Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Anti-Liver Cancer Activity Studies on Three Similar Coordination Polymers by Bao-Hua Song, Xing Ding, Chen Li, Gui-Feng An

“…By employment of a pre-designed molecular building block [(pzTp)Fe(CN)3], one cyano-bridged trinuclear complex [MnMe4TACD][(pzTp)Fe(CN)3]2(H2O)16 1, [pzTp = tetrakis(pyrazoly)borate, Me4TACD = 1,4,7,10-tetramethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane] and two 1D chain-like coordination polymers {[(pzTp)Fe(CN)3]2[M(Bim)2](H2O)2}n [M = Cu(II) for 2 and Mn(II) for 3, Bim = bis(1-imidazolyl)methane] were synthesized by making use of different nitrogen-containing organic linkers. …”
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Utilização de um eletrodo de grafite-epóxi recoberto com [Zn(FEN)3][tetratris(4-clorofenil) borato]2 sensível a zinco(II) em meio 1,10-fenantrolina como eletrodo indicador em titul... by Teixeira Marcos F. S., Fatibello-Filho Orlando, Ramos Luiz Antônio

“…The construction and analytical evaluation of a coated graphite-epoxy electrode sensitive to the zinc-1,10-phenantroline complex based on the [Zn(fen)3][tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate]2 incorporated into a poly(vinylchloride) (PVC) matrix are described. …”
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Continuous-wave second-harmonic generation in the far-UVC pumped by a blue laser diode by Eric J. Stanton, Peter Tønning, Emil Z. Ulsig, Stig Calmar, Maiya A. Stanton, Simon T. Thomsen, Kevin B. Gravesen, Peter Johansen, Nicolas Volet

“…Leveraging the high intensity of light in a nanophotonic waveguide and heterogeneous integration, our approach achieves Cherenkov phase-matching across a bonded interface consisting of a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide and a beta barium borate (BBO) nonlinear crystal. Through systematic investigations of waveguide dimensions and pump power, we analyze the dependencies of Cherenkov emission angle, conversion efficiency, and output power. …”
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Generation of millijoule-level sub-5 fs violet laser pulses by Xinhua Xie, Yi Hung, Yunpei Deng, Adrian L. Cavalieri, Andrius Baltuška, Steven L. Johnson

“…We demonstrate the generation, spectral broadening and post-compression of second harmonic pulses using a thin beta barium borate (BBO) crystal on a fused-silica substrate as the nonlinear interaction medium. …”
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Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Modified with Developed Fire Retardant System Based on Nanoclay and L-histidinium Dihydrogen Phosphate-Phosphoric Acid by Kamila Sałasińska, Mateusz Barczewski, Maciej Celiński, Paweł Kozikowski, Rafał Kozera, Aleksandra Sodo, Jacek Mirowski, Stanisław Zajchowski, Jolanta Tomaszewska

“…The effects were compared to those achieved for PVC-P, PVC-P with a commercially available fire retardant, the substrate used for the produced LHP, and the mixture of LHP and zinc borate, both of which contained the same share of nanoclay. …”
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Concentrated LiODFB Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Batteries by Juan Yu, Na Gao, Jiaxin Peng, Nani Ma, Xiaoyan Liu, Chao Shen, Keyu Xie, Zhao Fang

“…In this paper, the use of concentrated electrolyte with lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate (LiODFB) salt in 1, 2-dimethoxyethane (DME) enables the good cycling of a Li metal anode at high Coulombic efficiency (up to 98.1%) without dendrite growth. …”
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GhIQD10 interacts with GhCaM7 to control cotton fiber elongation via calcium signaling by Fan Xu, Li Wang, Jun Xu, Qian Chen, Caixia Ma, Li Huang, Guiming Li, Ming Luo

“…In in vitro ovule culture, Ca2+ rescued the shorter-fiber phenotype of GhIQD10-overexpression lines, which were insensitive to the Ca2+ channel inhibitor verapamil and the Ca2+ pool release channel blocker 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate. We conclude that GhIQD10 affects cotton fiber elongation via Ca2+ signaling by interacting with GhCaM7. …”
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Multiple-Ion Releasing Bioactive Surface Pre-Reacted Glass-Ionomer (S-PRG) Filler: Innovative Technology for Dental Treatment and Care by Satoshi Imazato, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Haruaki Kitagawa, Jun-Ichi Sasaki, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Shuichi Ito, Hiroki Takeuchi, Ryota Nomura, Kazuhiko Nakano

“…Surface Pre-Reacted Glass-ionomer (S-PRG) filler, which releases strontium (Sr²⁺), borate (BO₃³⁻), fluoride (F⁻), sodium (Na⁺), silicate (SiO₃²⁻), and aluminum (Al³⁺) ions at high concentrations, is a unique glass filler that are utilized in dentistry. …”
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The relationship between the growth rate of anodic TiO2 nanotubes, the fluoride concentration and the electronic current by Kaiwen Peng, Lin Liu, Jiazheng Zhang, Juanjuan Ma, Yuhong Liu

“…This theory was then tested by adding boric acid to the electrolyte. Borate can inhibit the penetration of fluoride ions into the contaminated layer, resulting in a significant reduction in electronic current, thus greatly reducing the growth rate of the nanotubes.…”
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Nanostructured Surface Finishing and Coatings: Functional Properties and Applications by Ileana Ielo, Fausta Giacobello, Silvia Sfameni, Giulia Rando, Maurilio Galletta, Valentina Trovato, Giuseppe Rosace, Maria Rosaria Plutino

“…In this review the sol–gel method for preparing stimuli-responsive coatings as smart sensor materials is described; polymers and nanoparticles sensitive to pH, temperature, phase, light and biomolecules are also treated; nanomaterials based on phosphorus, borates, hydroxy carbonates and silicones are used and described as flame-retardant coatings; organic/inorganic hybrid sol–gel coatings for industrial applications are illustrated; carbon nanotubes, metallic oxides and polymers are employed for nano/ultrafiltration membranes and antifouling coatings. …”
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Effect of High-Voltage Additives on Formation of Solid Electrolyte Interphases in Lithium-Ion Batteries by Minjing Chen, Yunbo Huang, Zhepu Shi, Hao Luo, Zhaoping Liu, Cai Shen

“…In this study, additives based on adiponitrile (ADN) and trimethyl borate (TMB) were employed to broaden the electrochemical window and form a good SEI layer. …”
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