Biosurfactant production by bacillus salmalaya for lubricating oil solubilization and biodegradation by Dadrasnia, A., Ismail, S.

“…The biosurfactant exhibited a high emulsification index and a positive result in the drop collapse test, with the results demonstrating the wetting activity of the biosurfactant and its potential to produce surface-active molecules. Strain 139SI can significantly reduce the surface tension (ST) from 70.5 to 27 mN/m, with a critical micelle concentration of 0.4%. …”

mu-Adipato-kappa O-2(1):O-4-bis{[2,6-bis(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-kappa N-3)pyridine-kappa N](nitrato-kappa O)lead(II)} by Wei, L.Q., Zeng, M.H., Ng, S.W.

“…When weaker Pb center dot center dot center dot O interactions are also considered, the geometry is a Psi-tricapped trigonal prism in which the lone-pair electrons occupy one face of the trigonal prism. Adjacent molecules are linked into a layer structure by N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds.…”

Triplet states and energy back transfer of carbazole derivatives by Woon, Kai Lin, Hasan, Z.A., Ong, B.K., Ariffin, Azhar, Griniene, R., Grigalevicius, S., Chen, S.A.

“…Intermolecular interactions among π conjugated semiconducting molecules often give rise to totally different optical behaviours between the solid state and dilute phases. …”

Hemipotassium hemirubidium digallium(III) manganese(II) tris(phosphate) dihydrate by Zhang, Jing, Li, Ping, Liu, Zhi-Hong, Ng, Seik Weng

“…O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and phosphate O atoms consolidate the crystal packing.…”

Poly[[aqua(μ5-1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylato)(μ4-1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylato)dibarium] 4.5-hydrate] by Zhang, Heng-Qiang, Zheng, Xiu-Jun, Zhao, Chun-Xiang, Ng, Seik Weng

“…Lattice water mol-ecules occupy the space between layers and inter-act with the layers through O - H⋯O, O - H⋯N and N - H⋯O hydrogen bonds. ne of the five lattice water molecules is equally disordered around an inversion centre and shows half-occupancy.…”

Conformational distortion in solution processable PVK:TcTa blends and the effect on extra warm white organic phosphorescent light emitting diodes by Woon, Kai Lin, Wong, Wah Seng, Chanlek, Narong, Nakajima, Hideki, Tunmee, Sarayut, Songsiriritthigul, C., Lee, Vannajan Sanghiran, Songsiriritthigul, Prayoon

“…In this research, ultraviolet photoelectron spectra are compared with the Gaussian density of states obtained from the density functional theory on assembly of molecules optimized using molecular dynamic simulations. …”

Quantum plasmonics of finite-size particles with coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering by Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond, Kam, Chan Hin

“…The quantum particle is composed of molecules driven by three laser fields and produces a coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal which is enhanced by plasmonic resonance of the metallic particle. …”

Pure gold saturable absorber for generating Q-switching pulses at 2 µm in Thulium-doped fiber laser cavity by Muhammad, Ahmad Razif, Zakaria, Rozalina, Ahmad, Muhammad Taufiq, Wang, Pengfei, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi

“…The Au-SA was fabricated by depositing gold particles molecules using electron beam evaporation on the surface of a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film. …”

Studies on the growth and characterization of CdS and PbS nanoparticles using sugar-ester nonionic water-in-oil microemulsion by Khiew, P.S., Radiman, S., Huang, N.M., Ahmad, M.D.S.

“…The experimental results showed that the synthesized nanoparticles exhibited strong quantum confinement effect as the optical band gap increased significantly as compared to the bulk molecules. In addition, the as-prepared nanoparticles were found in spherical shape with a reasonably narrow size distribution. …”

Theoretical insights into the enantioselectivity and mechanism of diels-alder reactions involving chiral cationic oxazaborolidinium catalyst by Omar, N.Y.M., Zain, Sharifuddin Md, Rahman, N.A.

“…The changes in the physical and chemical properties of the reacting molecules along the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) were also monitored to shed light on the mechanistic details. …”

Bis(mu-4-hydroxy-2-oxidobenzaldehyde 4-ethylthiosemicarbazone)-kappa O-4(2),N-1,S:O-2;kappa O-4(2):O-2,N-1,S-bis chloridozinc(II) dimethyl sulfoxide trisolvate by Tan, Kong Wai, Ng, S.W., Maah, Mohd Jamil, Ng, C.H.

“…Hydroxy-DMSO (DMSO is dimethyl sulfoxide) O-H center dot center dot center dot O and amide-DMSO N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds link the components of the crystal structure. Two of the DMSO molecules are partially disordered, with each modelled over two sites of equal weight.…”
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Influences of Central Units and Terminal Chains on the Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystals by Tang Xin Ting, Mohd Sani Sarjadi, Md Lutfor Rahman

“…In this report, the recently synthesized azobenzene containing bent-core mesogens and its subclass, the so-called hockey stick and V-shaped molecules are summarized. The mesomorphic behaviour of reported BCLCs affected by the type of central core unit, the nature, number and position of the lateral substituents and the type and length of the terminal chain are discussed. …”
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Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of various organic extracts of Merremia borneensis from Sabah by M Amzad Hossain, Muhammad Dawood Shah, Mahyar Sakari

“…All the major compounds from different extracts are biologically active molecules. Thus the identification of a good number of compounds from various extracts M. borneensis might have some ecological significance.…”
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Mechanisms of natural extracts of Andrographis paniculata that target lipid-dependent cancer pathways: A view from the signaling pathway by Ruth Naomi, Hasnah Bahari, Ong, Zhi Yi, Keong, Yong Yoke, Hashim Embong, Retnagowri Rajandram, Teoh, Soo Huat, Fezah Othman, Rosnani Hasham, Yin, Khoo Boon, Priyatharisni Kaniappan, Muhammad Dain Yazid, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria

“…Lipids act as crucial membrane-building elements, fuel for energy demanding activities, signaling molecules, and regulators of several cellular functions. …”
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Thermally evaporated vanadium-based phthalocyanine for low moisture detection in humidity sensors by Natashah, Fadlan Arif, Lin, Chong Jeng, Hishamuddin, Syaza Nafisah, Coffey, Aidan H., Zhu, Chenhui, Bawazeer, Tahani M., Alsoufi, Mohammad S., Roslan, Nur Adilah, Supangat, Azzuliani

“…The film's large surface area helped prevent the water molecules from accumulating in the VTP pores and capillaries. …”

Isotherm behaviour of p3OT, P3HT and PCBM Langmuir layer on ionic subphase by Naning, Fatin Hana, Syed Abdul Malik, ., Hanafi, Hafizul Fahri

“…In this study, the Langmuir layer of P3OT, P3HT and PCBM were characterised by computing their surface pressure as a function of the surface area available to the molecules at the interface to obtain a curve called surface pressure – area (Π-A) isotherm. …”

Caloxanthone C: a pyranoxanthone from the stem bark of Calophyllum soulattri. by Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian, Siau, Hui Mah, Huey, Chong Kwong, Soek, Sin Teh, Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim, Silong, Sidik

“…There are two intra­molecular O—H(...)O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H(...)O inter­actions, forming a zigzag chain propagating in [010].…”
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Effect of fractional crystallization on composition and thermal characteristics of avocado (Persea americana) butter by Abdul Manaf, Yanty Noorzianna, Marikkar, Jalaldeen Mohammed Nazrim, Che Man, Yaakob

“…With respect to the original sample, low-melting olein is possessed with higher proportions of diunsaturated and triunsaturated TAG while high-melting stearin is found to become enriched with disaturated and trisaturated TAG molecules. These differences in compositions make the basic physico-chemical parameters as well as the thermal profiles of high-melting stearin and low-melting olein to be distinctly different from those of the original sample.…”
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Bis{(Z)-[(E)-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylidene)hydrazin-1-ylidene][(pyridin-2-yl) methylsulfanyl]methanethiolato}nickel(II) by Khoo, Teng Jin, Break, Mohammed Khaled, Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim, Crouse, Karen Anne, Cowley, Andrew R., Watkin, David J.

“…In the crystal, complex molecules are linked by weak C - H⋯S hydrogen bonds, π-π interactions between the pyridine rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.775 (9) Å] and C - H⋯π interactions. …”
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Pro-apoptotic effect of rice bran inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) on HT-29 colorectal cancer cells by Shafie, Nurul Husna, Mohd Esa, Norhaizan, Ithnin, Hairuszah, Saad, Norazalina, Pandurangan, Ashok Kumar

“…Collectively, this present study has shown that rice bran IP6 induces apoptosis, by regulating the pro- and anti-apoptotic markers; Bax and Bcl-xl and via the activation of caspase molecules (caspase-3 and -8)…”
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