Symmetric aqueous rechargeable lithium battery using Na1.16V3O8 nanobelts electrodes for safe high volume energy storage applications by Nair, Vivek Sahadevan, Cheah, Yan Ling, Madhavi, Srinivasan

“…These nanobelts are applied as both cathode and anode material for aqueous rechargeable lithium ion battery. The morphologies and structure of Na1.16V3O8 nanobelts are studied via field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. …”
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Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…As the requirement for energy storage devices’ energy density raises, there is an urgent need to develop batteries with higher energy than the mainstream Li-ion battery. Metal-air batteries are a hopeful candidate for the concept of such post-lithium batteries. …”
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Molecular-level methylcellulose/mxene hybrids with greatly enhanced electrochemical actuation by Chen, Shaohua, Ciou, Jing-Hao, Yu, Fei, Chen, Jian, Lv, Jian, Lee, Pooi See

“…However, its actuation performance is limited by the slow ion diffusion through the film and poor mechanical property in aqueous electrolytes. …”
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Wafer-scale nanostructured black silicon with morphology engineering via advanced Sn-assisted dry etching for sensing and solar cell applications by Wu, Shaoteng, Chen, Qimiao, Zhang, Lin, Ren, Huixue, Zhou, Hao, Hu, Liangxing, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…The b-Si is achieved by O2/SF6 plasma-based reactive ion etching (RIE) of the Si wafer which is coated with a GeSn layer. …”
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Investigation of ionic doping in all-solid-state organic electrochemical transistors by Hou, Kunqi

“…Further, we proceed to develop a universal solid polymer electrolyte based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) ionic gels and showed good OECT performance with four different ion-permeable semiconductors to prove the generality of the TPU solid electrolyte. …”
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Compositionally tuned hybridization of n-type Ag0: Ag2Se under ambient conditions towards excellent thermoelectric properties at room temperature by Tee, Si Yin, Ponsford, Daniel, Tan, Xian Yi, Wang, Xiaobai, Lay, Chee Leng, Lee, Coryl Jing Jun, Ni, Xi Ping, Seng, Debbie Hwee Leng, Thitsartarn, Warintorn, Guan, Guijian, Han, Ming-Yong

“…It is important to tune the thermoelectric properties of n-type thermoelectric materials, orthorhombic Ag2Se by nanoscale hybridization apart from conventional alloying or ion-doping approaches. In this work, we report the thermoelectric performance of a series of n-type Ag0 : Ag2Se materials prepared through a surfactant-free, aqueous solution-based approach under ambient conditions. …”
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Three-component Friedel-Crafts-type difunctionalization of ynamides with (hetero)arenes and iodine(iii) electrophile by Kikuchi, Jun, Nagata, Toya, Ito, Shingo, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…This transformation is particularly challenging with respect to the stereochemical control, as the pivotal intermediate, the electrophile-bound keteniminium ion, can inherently undergo nucleophilic attack from either side of the cumulated double bonds. …”
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Efficient water disinfection against antibiotic-resistant bacteria by visible-light heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like process with atomically dispersed Cu on graphitic carbon nitride... by Liu, Hang, Wang, Tianyi, Liu, Sixiao, Zhou, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Lei, Sun, Yi, Hu, Yongfeng, Sharouri, Mohsen, Zhang, Yu, Teng, Zhenyuan, Zhang, Xiuyun, Wang, Guoxiu, Wang, Chengyin

“…The catalyst's durability and stability were demonstrated through extensive cycling experiments, ion interference tests, and disinfection trials in various water matrices. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…The relevant studies in the thesis are divided into five parts, including Ni3S2@MoS2 core/shell nanorod arrays on Ni foam as the supercapacitor electrode (Chapter 4), honeycomb-like MoS2 nanoarchitectures anchored into graphene foam (GF) for enhanced lithium storage (Chapter 5), MoS2 architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube (GF/CNT) hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage (Chapter 6), MoS2 nanosheets decorated Ni3S2@MoS2 coaxial nanofibers for enhanced Na-ion storage (Chapter 7) and active sites–enriched hierarchical MoS2 nanotubes: highly active and stable architecture for boosting hydrogen evolution and lithium storage (Chapter 8). …”
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Influence of Si nanocrystal distributed in the gate oxide on the MOS capacitance by Zhao, P., Yang, X. H., Ng, Chi Yung, Chen, Tupei, Ding, Liang, Yang, Ming, Wong, Jen It, Tse, Man Siu, Trigg, Alastair David, Fung, Stevenson Hon Yuen

“…The nc-Si is synthesized by Si-ion implantation. The effective dielectric constant of the gate oxide in the nc-Si distributed region is calculated based on a sublayer model of the nc-Si distribution and the Maxwell-Garnett effective medium approximation. …”
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Ge nanocrystals in lanthanide-based Lu2O3 high-k dielectric for nonvolatile memory applications by Seng, H. L., Ho, V., Chan, Mei Yin, Lee, Pooi See

“…The formation and evolution of the Ge nanocrystals have been studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in conjunction with depth profiling, and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) analysis. Plan-view TEM images indicated that the formation of nanocrystals was first initiated during the deposition process. …”
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Potential of kaolin-palm oil fuel ash mixture as sustainable landfill liner material by Brown, Oyeleke Raifu

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Alkaline earth complexes supported by chelating diamido ligands by Haynes, M

“…</p> <p>The alternative use of highly basic alkyl-substituted 1,8-<em>bis</em>(silylamido)naphthalene ligands resulted in the isolation of new bimetallic alkaline earth complexes displaying a diverse range of structural motifs, as well as a solvent-separated ion pair.</p> <p>The more flexible di(amido)siloxane ligand ([NON-DippL]2– = [O(SiMe2NDipp)2]2–) enabled the isolation of another new family of dimeric THF-free alkaline earth complexes. …”

Biophysical studies on the structure and function of Archaerhodopsin-3 by Vinals Camallonga, J

“…The resolution of these structures has allowed the identification of complex hydrogen bonding networks and residues important in ion transport, as well as water molecules. The differences between the DA and LA states have been also shown, as well as identifying key differences between AR3 and bR internal rearrangements. …”

Improving purity of bio-based crotonic acid by Farid, Nur Falia Shazana Manja

“…This observation was contributed by ion size of the cation; the smaller the size of the cation, the higher the crotonic acid produced. …”
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Fractionation of catfish protein hydrolysates using ultrafiltration membrane by Novin, Donya

“…The best value of antioxidant activity from DPPH-scavenging assay was 69.04% for 10 kDa fraction; and from metal ion chelating assay was 74.06% for fraction of 10 kDa for 0.5 h hydrolysate. …”
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Evaluation and selection of rice mutants for high yield and quality fodder production by Abisola, Oladosu Yusuff

“…The results from this study indicated that ion beam radiation caused significant changes in the agronomic performance of majority of the mutant lines compared with the parental variety (MR219), based on genetic diversity results and agronomic traits performance. …”
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InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors on Si for RF applications by Xing, Weichuan

“…The fabrication process was described in details including As ion implantation for isolation application, nanostrip-channel formation using different approaches. …”
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Efficient and Homogenous Precipitation of Sulfur Within a 3D Electrospun Heterocatalytic Rutile/Anatase TiO2-x Framework in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Feng, Ping, Dong, Kang, Xu, Yaolin, Zhang, Xia, Jia, Haojun, Prell, Henrik, Tovar, Michael, Manke, Ingo, Liu, Fuyao, Xiang, Hengxue, Zhu, Meifang, Lu, Yan

“…Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries can potentially outperform state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries, but their further development is hindered by challenges, such as poor electrical conductivity of sulfur and lithium sulfide, shuttle phenomena of lithium polysulfides, and uneven distribution of solid reaction products. …”
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Selective fluoride removal from groundwater using CNT-CeO2 electrodes in capacitive deionization (CDI) by Liu, Xun, Rehman, Danyal, Shu, Yufei, Liu, Bei, Wang, Li, Li, Li, Wang, Mengxia, Wang, Kunkun, Han, Qi, Zang, Linlin, Lienhard, John H., Wang, Zhongying

“…In this study, we investigate the selective removal of fluoride ions from groundwater containing concentrated co-existing chloride ions. …”
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