Hybrid Biochar/Ceria Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Activity Assessment for the Persulfate-Induced Degradation of Antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole by Golfo Papatheodorou, Paraskevi Ntzoufra, Evroula Hapeshi, John Vakros, Dionissios Mantzavinos

“…Calcination temperature affects the biochar content and the physicochemical properties of the hybrid materials, which were tested for the degradation of 500 μg L⁻¹ SMX with SPS (in the range 200–500 mg L⁻¹) in various matrices including ultrapure water (UPW), bottled water, wastewater, and UPW spiked with bicarbonate, chloride, or humic acid. …”
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Magneto-Optical Nanostructures for Viral Sensing by Sabine Szunerits, Tamazouzt Nait Saada, Dalila Meziane, Rabah Boukherroub

“…Even though engineering of magneto-plasmonic nanostructures as promising hybrid materials directly applicable for sensing due to their plasmonic properties are often used in sensing, to our surprise, the literature of magneto-plasmonic nanostructures for viral sensing is limited to some examples. …”
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Technological advancements in the use of ionic liquid- membrane systems for CO2 capture from biogas/flue gas - A review by Samuel Eshorame Sanni, Denen Ashiekaa Vershima, Emeka Emmanuel Okoro, Babalola Aisosa Oni

“…The study considered several polymer-Ionic liquid hybrid materials as viable options for CO2 capture from a post-combustion process. …”
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Recent Advances in Touch Sensors for Flexible Wearable Devices by Abdul Hakeem Anwer, Nishat Khan, Mohd Zahid Ansari, Sang-Soo Baek, Hoon Yi, Soeun Kim, Seung Man Noh, Changyoon Jeong

“…The traditional and novel hybrid materials and manufacturing technologies of flexible sensors are considered. …”
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“Smart” Antimicrobial Nanocomplexes with Potential to Decrease Surgical Site Infections (SSI) by Zehra Edis, Samir Haj Bloukh, May Reda Ibrahim, Hamed Abu Sara

“…Smart solutions involving hybrid materials based on synergistic antimicrobial action have promising future perspectives to combat resistant microorganisms.…”
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Improvement of Drug Release and Compatibility between Hydrophilic Drugs and Hydrophobic Nanofibrous Composites by Hazim J. Haroosh, Yu Dong, Shaimaa Jasim, Seeram Ramakrishna

“…In particular, electrospun hybrid materials consisting of polylactic acid (PLA):poly(<i>ε</i>-caprolactone) (PCL) blends, as well as PLA:PCL/halloysite nanotubes-3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (HNT-ASP) nanocomposites were developed in order to achieve sustained release of hydrophilic drug tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) using hydrophobic PLA:PCL nanocomposite membranes as a drug carrier. …”
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Alginate Beads Containing Cerium-Doped Mesoporous Glass and Curcumin: Delivery and Stabilization of Therapeutics by Debora Carrozza, Gianluca Malavasi, Erika Ferrari, Maria Cristina Menziani

“…In vitro studies showed that these hybrid materials enable the stabilization and effective delivery of curcumin and that a synergic effect can be achieved if Ce³⁺/Ce⁴⁺ and curcumin are both part of the beads. …”
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Photoredox-enabled remote radical group migration: Pathway to 1,7-dicarbonyl compounds from diazoalkanes by Hai-Bing Ye, Ye-Peng Bao, Tian-Yang Liu, Tao Wei, Chen Yang, Qing-An Liu, Jun Xuan

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Recent Development in Vanadium Pentoxide and Carbon Hybrid Active Materials for Energy Storage Devices by Andrew Kim, Golap Kalita, Jong Hak Kim, Rajkumar Patel

“…This review discusses the development of various V₂O₅/carbon hybrid materials, focusing on the effects of different synthesis methods, V₂O₅/carbon compositions, and physical treatment strategies on the structure and electrochemical performance of the composite material as promising supercapacitor electrodes.…”
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Bacterial Cellulose/Cellulose Imidazolium Bio-Hybrid Membranes for In Vitro and Antimicrobial Applications by Ahmed Salama, Ahmed K. Saleh, Iriczalli Cruz-Maya, Vincenzo Guarino

“…All the results suggest a promising use of cationic hybrid materials for biomedical and bio-sustainable applications (i.e., food packaging).…”
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Cost-Effectively 3D-Printed Rigid and Versatile Interpenetrating Polymer Networks by Osman Konuray, Arnau Sola, Jordi Bonada, Agnieszka Tercjak, Albert Fabregat-Sanjuan, Xavier Fernández-Francos, Xavier Ramis

“…However, in the current work, we show the effectiveness of a coupling agent added to the formulation to mitigate this segregation for when such phase separation is undesired. The hybrid materials showed significant improvement of Young’s modulus over the neat acrylate. …”
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An introductory review on advanced multifunctional materials by Hani Nasser Abdelhamid

“…It included the synthesis of several nanoparticles such as metal oxide nanoparticles (e.g., Fe3O4, ZnO, ZrOSO4, MoO3-x, CuO, AgFeO2, Co3O4, CeO2, SiO2, and CuFeO2); metal hydroxide nanosheets (e.g., Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2·2H2O, Zn(OH)(NO3)·H2O, and Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2); metallic nanoparticles (Ag, Au, Pd, and Pt); carbon-based nanomaterials (graphene, graphene oxide (GO), graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), and carbon dots (CDs)); biopolymers (cellulose, nanocellulose, TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCNFs), and chitosan); organic polymers (e.g. covalent-organic frameworks (COFs)); and hybrid materials (e.g. metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)). …”
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Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified NiCo₂S₄ for the Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Qiu Jin, Ziye Zheng, Yuxiao Feng, Shuang Tian, Zuoli He

“…Thus, we synthesized a range of NiCo₂S₄ hybrid materials with different multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) contents using a two-step hydrothermal method. …”
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Influence of Ionizing Radiation on Fluoride-Releasing Dental Restorative Materials by Sarah Turjanski, Matej Par, Lana Bergman, Majana Soče, Timor Grego, Eva Klarić Sever

“…In conclusion, no statistically significant negative effects of a therapeutic dose of radiotherapy on any of the tested properties of the alkasite and glass hybrid materials were observed, whereas only a minor negative effect of radiotherapy in terms of discoloration was found for a conventional resin composite that was used as a reference material.…”
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Studying removal of anionic dye by prepared highly adsorbent surface hydrogel nanocomposite as an applicable for aqueous solution by Aseel M. Aljeboree, Ayad F. Alkaim

“…Abstract In this study, a Sodium alginate-g-poly (acrylamide-clay)/TiO2 hydrogel nanocomposite [SA-g-p(AM-Bn)/TiO2] was synthesized using the biopolymer sodium alginate (SA), acrylamide (AM), and bentonite clay (Bn) as hybrid materials embedded with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) for the removal of toxic Congo Red (CR) dye from an aqueous solution. …”
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Nanoscale 3D spatial addressing and valence control of quantum dots using wireframe DNA origami by Chen, Chi, Wei, Xingfei, Parsons, Molly F, Guo, Jiajia, Banal, James L, Zhao, Yinong, Scott, Madelyn N, Schlau-Cohen, Gabriela S, Hernandez, Rigoberto, Bathe, Mark

“…Our design and fabrication approach enables the geometric control and spatial addressing of QDs together with the integration of other materials including dyes to fabricate hybrid materials for functional nanoscale photonic devices.…”
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Water-Soluble pillararene-functionalized graphene oxide for in vitro raman and fluorescence dual-mode imaging by Zhao, Yanli, Zhang, Huacheng, Ma, Xing, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Zeng, Yongfei, Tai, Shuhui

“…This study provides a successful preparation of biocompatible hybrid materials (1-GO and 2-GO) by the integration of graphene oxide (GO) with water-soluble pillararenes (bolaamphiphile 1 and tadpolelike amphiphile 2) for dual-mode Raman and fluorescence bioimaging in vitro. …”
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Analysis of interface shape and mechanical properties of 3D printed 316L-CuCrZr by Tan, Jaryl Jun Heng

“…Additive manufacturing has caused a new era in manufacturing due to the production of components with complex geometries and hybrid materials with superior properties. This has sparked a surge in interest in additive manufacturing that combines different metal alloys with superior properties. …”
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Nanoscale engineering of guest@host metal-organic framework materials for optoelectronic properties by Chaudhari, A

“…Surprisingly, this method resulted in formation of a new kind of gel-like soft materials, for which I coined the term —supraMOFs — meaning supramolecular MOF hybrid materials.</p> <p>A detailed study of supraMOFs focussing on their constituent nano MOF elements, stimuli-responsive behaviours, and sol-gel conversion phenomena have been systematically performed. …”

Characterization of low velocity impact damage of gamma-irradiated kevlar/oil palm empty fruit bunch hybrid composites by Muhammad Amir, Siti Madiha

“…The newly developed hybrid Kevlar/oil palm EFB composites have the potential to be used in energy absorption applications and exposure to gamma radiation is one of the methods to improve its mechanical strength of the hybrid materials for monotonic loading applications.…”
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