Use of [C4mim]Cl for efficient extraction of caffeoylquinic acids from sweet potato leaves by Toyonobu Usuki, Shingo Onda, Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita, Masahiro Rikukawa

“…This protocol will enable the efficient extraction of other organic compounds and biopolymers from natural materials.…”
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NOCO by Takashi Kuroda, Hideki Boda, Sumiko Odaira

“…It can be said that NOCO lays the groundwork for returning natural materials and natural colors to the cityscape of Ginza (Figure 1).…”
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Analysis of Antichiral Thermomechanical Metamaterials with Continuous Negative Thermal Expansion Properties by Debajyoti Saha, Paul Glanville, Eduard G. Karpov

“…Negative thermal expansion is an interesting and appealing phenomenon for various scientific and engineering applications, while rarely occurring in natural materials. Here, using a universal antichiral metamaterial model with bimetal beams or strips, a generic theory has been developed to predict magnitude of the negative thermal expansion effect from model parameters. …”
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The Rise of Hierarchical Nanostructured Materials from Renewable Sources: Learning from Nature by Martin-Martinez, Francisco J., Jin, Kai, Lopez Barreiro, Diego, Buehler, Markus J

“…The combination of different types of nanomaterials and the implementation of different features at different length scales can provide synthetic hierarchical nanostructures that mimic natural materials, outperforming the properties of their constitutive building blocks. …”
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Meta-fluidic-surfaces for electromagnetic wave manipulations by Yan, Libin

“…The flexibility of tailoring both the permittivity and permeability of the metasurface enables its extraordinary electromagnetic response that cannot be found in natural materials. The extraordinary electromagnetic properties of metasurfaces lead to many promising and practical applications. …”
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A Modified Technique for Measuring Shrinkage of Clay Soils by M. I., Tariful, Wan Harun, Wan Sulaiman, D., Ahmad

“…The American Society for Testing and Materials D427 and D4943 methods for volumetric shrinkage were modified using sand, a non-toxic natural material, instead of mercury and wax respectively. …”
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Green Functionalized Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications / by Shanker, Uma, editor 651134, Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar, editor 645655, Rani, Manviri, 1983-, editor 651135, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…Green functionalized nanomaterials, formed by a combination of nanomaterials with natural materials or are derived through a green source, are the new trends in the remediation of pollutants in environmental industries. …”
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Membrane inlet—ion mobility spectrometry with automatic spectra evaluation as online monitoring tool for the process control of microalgae cultivation by Malcolm Cämmerer, Thomas Mayer, Carolin Schott, Juliane Steingroewer, Ralf Petrich, Helko Borsdorf

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Cultivation of <i>Inonotus hispidus</i> in Stirred Tank and Wave Bag Bioreactors to Produce the Natural Colorant Hispidin by Pia Bergmann, Meike Takenberg, Christina Frank, Marlen Zschätzsch, Anett Werner, Ralf G. Berger, Franziska Ersoy

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A Review of Permeability and Flow Simulation for Liquid Composite Moulding of Plant Fibre Composites by Delphin Pantaloni, Alain Bourmaud, Christophe Baley, Mike J. Clifford, Michael H. Ramage, Darshil U. Shah

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“Alternative cladding technology and its compatibility with environmental sustainability goals” by Noha Afify

“…It is used in the manufacture of exterior and interior cladding products that look similar to natural materials such as stone, rocks and wood ....Alternative cladding products are three types: glass fiber reinforced cement (GRC), glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP), and glass fiber reinforced gypsum (GRG). …”
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Pengaruh Panjang Serat Terhadap Kekuatan Tarik dan Kekuatan Impact Greencomposite Serat Kulit Buah Pinang dengan Matriks Getah Pinus by Cok Istri Putri Kusuma kencanawati, NPG Suardana, I Ketut Gede Sugita, I W Budiasa Suyasa

“…Dari hasil pengujian didapat harga kekuatan tarik tertinggi dimiliki oleh komposit dengan panjang serat 30 mm yaitu 13, 677 MPa, dengan elengation 8,998% , kekuatan Impact tertinggi dimiliki oleh greencomposite dengan panjang serat 30 mm yaitu 0,0097 j/mm2 Research on the utilization of natural materials in the field of composite engineering has become something important, given the limited resources available and environmental problems that can occur from the use of non-natural materials. …”
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Evaluation of Anti-angiogenic Activity of Centella asiatica Water Extract on Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane Induced by bFGF by Iwan Sahrial Hamid, Ngakan Made Rai Widjaja

“…Currently many people turn into treatment using natural materials. One of the natural materials used for cancer therapy is pegagan (Centella asiatica). …”
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Industrial water treatment with heavy metals through zeolites and bioremediation systems with aquatic plants especially Eichhornia crassipes. State of art review by Uriel Fernando Carreño-Sayago

“…In this review we explore different opportunities to use a cheap natural material for removing and retention of heavy metals from polluted waters by waste of different processes. …”
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Moisture- and mould-proof characteristics of surface modified wood for musical instrument soundboards by Caiping Xu, Zhenbo Liu, Xingyun Li, Wanli Li

“…Wood is the main material used for musical instrument soundboard fabrication, for practical and cultural reasons. As a natural material, however, wood is easily degraded due to moisture or fungal corrosion. …”
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Nanotechnology application on bamboo materials: A review by Sun Haoxian, Li Xuhong, Li Haitao, Hui David, Gaff Milan, Lorenzo Rodolfo

“…And nanotechnology has been receiving more and more attention on improving the properties of natural materials, simultaneously. This article aims to promote the application of nanotechnology on bamboo by presenting some guides. …”
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Three-dimensional illusion thermal device for location camouflage by Jing Wang, Yanqiang Bi, Quanwen Hou

“…The possible scheme to obtain the thermal conductivities required in the device by composing natural materials is supplied, and the influence of some problems in practical fabrication process of the device on the effect of the camouflage is also discussed.…”
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Recent advances in surface modification of micro- and nano-scale biomaterials with biological membranes and biomolecules by Manisha Sandupama Abesekara, Ying Chau

“…Here, we summarize the use of various natural materials, namely, cell membrane, exosomes, proteins, peptides, lipids, fatty acids, and polysaccharides as coating materials on micron- and nano-sized particles and droplets with the functions imparted by coating with different materials. …”
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Puterea de lucru judecat a tranzacţiei by Belei Elena, Pitic Mariana

“…The transaction is an contract with a double juridical nature: material-juridical and procesual-juridical. As an civil contract (article 1331 of the Civil Code) the transaction is concluded to prevent the process that can start, to fi nish an started process or to solve the diffi culties that can appear when the judge’s decision is executed. …”
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Facile synthesis of water-soluble carbon nano-onions under alkaline conditions by Gaber Hashem Gaber Ahmed, Rosana Badía Laíño, Josefa Angela García Calzón, Marta Elena Díaz García

“…Carbonization of tomatoes at 240 °C using 30% (w/v) NaOH as catalyst produced carbon onions (C-onions), while solely carbon dots (C-dots) were obtained at the same temperature in the absence of the catalyst. Other natural materials, such as carrots and tree leaves (acer saccharum), under the same temperature and alkaline conditions did not produce carbon onions. …”
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