Improved photovoltaic performance of triple-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cells with binary trivalent metals incorporated into the titanium dioxide electron transport layer by Thambidurai, Mariyappan, Foo, Shini, K. M. Muhammed Salim, Harikesh, Padinhare Cholakkal, Bruno, Annalisa, Nur Fadilah Jamaludin, Lie, Stener, Mathews, Nripan, Dang, Cuong

“…As a result, the optimized AlIn-TiO2 ETL device attained the surpassing PCE of 19% as compared to the pristine TiO2 solar device having the PCE of 16.67%.…”
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Dual-functional witherite in improving chemical looping performance of iron ore and simultaneous adsorption of HCl in syngas at high temperature by Wang, Haiming, Liu, Guicai, Boon, Yinn Zhao, Veksha, Andrei, Giannis, Apostolos, Lim, Teik-Thye, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…It was found that the pristine IO had negligible HCl sorption capacity during CLC of syngas. …”
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Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…Pristine Exfoliated h-BN with a mean size of 100nm was mixed with ferrofluid to create a hybrid solution capable of magnetic alignment. …”
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Understanding the toxicological effects of nanoparticles extracted from sunscreens on human keratinocytes and skin explants by Kwek, Darien Yu De

“…Numerous in vitro and in vivo toxicological studies have been conducted using pristine standard reference nanomaterials of these inorganic filters. …”
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Dispersion and testing of single-walled carbon nanotubes by Ang, Mei Ping

“…In the project, nitrogen adsorption is used to characterize CNTs as pristine, dispersed and recoagulated CNTs can be differentiated due to their different pore sizes. …”
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Optimizing doping thresholds for enhanced scintillation in 2D hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites by Maddalena, Francesco, Makowski, Michal, Xiao, Chengyuan, Sheikh, Md Abdul Kuddus, Kowal, Dominik, Witkowski, Marcin E., Drozdowski, Konrad J., Mahato, Somnath, Dujardin, Christophe, Calà, Roberto, Auffray, Etiennette, Mahyuddin, Muhammad Haris, Drozdowski, Winicjusz, Birowosuto, Muhammad Danang, Dang, Cuong

“…We observe that inclusion up to 5 % of t-Bu (x = 0.1) within the structure leads to a narrowing of the bandgap, leading also to an improvement of the light yield by 10 % and lowering of the energy resolution, compared to pristine BA2PbBr4. The bandgap widens, compared to pristine BA2PbBr4, with higher concentrations above 5 %, resulting in effects for the scintillating properties of the 2D-HOIP at room temperature at t-Bu concentrations above 5 %, with reduced light yield and broadened energy resolution. …”
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Sepiolite/PVDF nanocomposite films for Ionic polymer metal composites actuators by Koh, Faith Jun Ning

“…In this report, we aim to tackle this issue through the fabrication of a novel poly-electrolyte film through modification of pristine Sepiolite (SEP) into the matrix of Poly(vinylidene) Fluoride (PVDF), a promising alternative to the commonly used Nafion. …”
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Extraction and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles from commercially available sunscreens by Tan, Liang Ming

“…The amount and composition of the corona formed for different commercial and pristine TiO2 nanoparticles is not well studied. Hence, in this study, different characterization methods such as DLS, TGA, UV-Vis and FTIR are used to better understand the properties of the corona on different TiO2 nanoparticles.…”
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Cefalexin-immobilized multi-walled carbon nanotubes show strong antimicrobial and anti-adhesion properties by Qi, Xiaobao, Gunawan, Poernomo, Xu, Rong, Chang, Matthew Wook

“…In particular, the MWNT-cefalexin composite showed 2-fold higher antimicrobial property than pristine MWNTs against S. aureus and B. subtilis. Moreover, the MWNT-cefalexin deposited film effectively inhibited cell adhesion. …”
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Carbon nanotube electrodes for solar cell by Loh, Norman Chen Lung.

“…The advantages of using this form of assisted solution is that there is no need to functionalize the CNT, and that would enable the retention of the pristine properties of CNT. The results obtained for the study of post treatment has been very encouraging, suggesting the possibility of an electrode being produced that is able to match, or even overtake the current standards set by Indium Tin Oxide. …”
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Investigating the charge separation and transport in iron based photoanodes for solar-driven water splitting by Bassi, Prince Saurabh

“…To enhance charge separation and transport in pristine Fe2O3 nanorods, it was coupled with Fe2TiO5 thin films to form a Fe2O3/Fe2TiO5 heterojunction, which according to their band level positions share a type II band alignment. …”
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A communal furniture informed by the deprivation of Mauritian beach by Fok Kow, Fok-Chi-Seng

“…Prompted by the erosion of what was once a pristine beach in Mauritius, this project aims to stimulate sympathy in beachgoers by revealing the natural and increasing human activities that are accelerating this phenomenon across the beaches of the island and most likely all over the world. …”
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Platelet activation studies on polymeric surfaces by Suzliana Sulaimi

“…The results demonstrate that nanostructured surface has lower platelet activation as compared to micron and pristine surface, which signifies the effectiveness of nanofeature in reducing activation. …”
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Investigation into the mechanisms of gas sensing using carbon nanotube electronic devices by Fam, Derrick Wen Hui

“…However, even though through the two studies, it was established that junction effects contributed to most of the sensitivity of pristine CNTs, it was discovered in the third study that decorations along the length of the CNT increases its sensitivity and imbues selectivity as well.…”
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Mixed-addenda polyoxometalates for enhanced electrochemical water oxidation by Ong, Boon Chong, Lim, Teik-Thye, Dong, Zhili

“…A lower onset potential and higher current density were achieved by mixed-addenda POMs compared to pristine POMs suggesting that the former were more active towards the water oxidation reaction. …”
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Rapid and stable plasma transformation of polyester fabrics for highly efficient oil-water separation by Sun, Ye, Ouyang, Bo, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Chen, Zhong

“…The mechanism of surface transformation is discussed through chemical analyses, which indicate a significant removal of carboxyl group from the pristine hydrophilic surface. This developed method is envisaged to be used for on-demand large-scale production of materials for emergency oil cleanup through either separation or selective adsorption.…”
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Enhanced mechanical and failure characteristic of woven carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic laminates using core-shell particles by Sharma, Anurag, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant

“…It was found that the addition of 4wt% CSPs led to the maximum improvement of 59%, 26%, 42%, and 48% respectively, in flexural strength and modulus, interlaminar shear strength, and compression strength, compared to the pristine composites. Furthermore, microscope images of fractured surfaces confirmed that CSPs delayed the matrix crack propagation and had better interfacial interaction with the fiber and matrix. …”
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Highly efficient and reusable superhydrophobic 3D polyurethane nanocomposite foam for remediation of oil polluted water by Kadili, Julius Attah, Abdullah, Abdul Halim, Johari, Ili Syazana, Zainuddin, Norhazlin, Mohd Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain

“…Adding MWCNTs and PDMS transformed the hydrophilic pristine PU foam to a superhydrophobic PU/CNT-PDMS, as evidenced by the substantial increase in the water contact angle value. …”

Wettability modification of glass surfaces by deposition of transparent conducting oxides using laser texturing by Abdul Fattah, Mohamad Tahir, Syarifah Nur Aqida, Syed Ahmad, Izwan, Ismail

“…To enhance the hydrophobic effect, the observed micropattern formation requires an Rz value greater than 121 µm whereas surface chemistry analysis showed that depletion of hydroxyl functional groups occurred in the modified glass, with a 65.2% reduction in SiO2 compared to pristine glass. From statistical analysis, the hatch spacing contributed up to 94.1% of the variation in water contact angle, followed by frequency (5.7%) and hatch pattern (0.2%). …”
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Selective removal of hydroxyl groups from graphene oxide by Chua, Chun Kiang, Pumera, Martin

“…Numerous methods starting from various reducing agents have been developed to obtain near-pristine graphene sheets. However, most of the reducing agents are not mechanistically supported by classical organic chemistry knowledge and of those that are supported, they are only theoretically capable of, at most, reducing oxygen-containing groups on graphene oxide to hydroxyl groups. …”
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