Aluminium(I) anion-supported zero-valent palladium complexes by Yan, Chenting, Koshino, Kota, Zhu, Lizhao, Kinjo, Rei

“…Although transition-metal complexes bearing group 13 ligands are accessible via salt metathesis with these anions, zero-valent transition-metal complexes have never been reported. …”
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Rhamnolipids production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa RW9 using palm oil mill effluent sludge oil as a carbon source by Mohd Asmadi, Nur Aina Natasha, Zee, Kar Mun, Baskaran, Shobanah Menon, Ariffin, Hidayah, Wasoh, Helmi, Maeda, Toshinari, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Zakaria, Mohd Rafein

“…Various carbon and nitrogen sources were introduced into the mineral salt medium to optimize biosurfactant production. …”
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Improving water flux of UiO-66 immobilized on ceramic hollow fiber by Yusof, Noor Fadilah, Raffi, Amirul Afiat, Yahaya, Nur Zhatul Shima, Mohd. Pauzi, Mohamad Zahir, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Jaafar, Juhana, Abas, Khairul Hamimah, A. Rahman, Mukhlis

“…The membrane demonstrated a water flux of 9.26 kg/m2∙h with 100 % salt rejection. Moreover, the membrane powder maintained its crystallinity in seawater, demonstrating its long-term stability and substantial capabilities in terms of desalination.…”

Modification of PVDF hollow fiber membrane with ZnO structure via hydrothermal for enhanced antifouling property in membrane distillation by Tai, Zhong Sheng, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Tajul Arifin, Nur Dhuhaa, Mohd. Hisam, Nur Aina Shazana, Muhamad Iqbal, Rendy, Ab. Rahman, Mazlinda, Wan Mustapa, Wan Nurul Ffazida, Kadirkhan, Farahdila, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis

“…This membrane demonstrates a flux of 4.0 kg/m2h and excellent salt rejection (>99.9 %) in direct contact MD (DCMD) when treating a 35 g/L saline solution. …”

Process optimization of alumina extraction from aluminium dross via response surface methodology by Mohamad Jamil Arif, Mansor, Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Siti Nor Amira, Rosli, Noor Intan Shafinas, Muhammad, Kittappa, Shanmuga, Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin

“…Despite its toxic nature, aluminium dross (AD), which is composed primarily of aluminium oxide, alloying elements, and salts such as sodium chloride (NaCl) or potassium chloride (KCl), may be repurposed into valuable applications. …”
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Effects of scaling and cleaning on the performance of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth, Wicaksana, Filicia, Chou, Shuren, Al-Rabiah, Abdulrahman A., Al-Zahrani, Saeed M., Wang, Rong

“…Forward osmosis (FO) process as an alternative to conventional desalination techniques has attracted much attention in recent years. Since mineral salt scaling is one of the major limitations for seawater desalination, the current study focused on the behaviors of thin film composite (TFC) FO hollow fibers, which were fabricated in our laboratory, under the circumstance of calcium sulfate (CaSO4) scaling with sodium chloride as draw solution. …”
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Heat storage performance analysis and parameter design for encapsulated phase change materials by Yu, Qinghua, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Al-Duri, Bushra, Xie, Danmei, Ding, Yulong, Li, Yongliang

“…The Cu/Ni capsule has smaller critical core/shell size ratio to avoid cracking than the salts/SiC capsule, while the former offers a shorter melting period. …”
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Development of fouling resistant nanofiltration membrane for microbial biomass harvesting by Lai, Yanjun

“…LBL-modified NF membranes were characterized in terms of pure water permeability (PWP), salt rejection rate, and molecular weight cut-off (MWCO). …”
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Fabrication of composite FO hollow fiber membranes by co-spinning process – preliminary investigation on properties of the support layer by Cwa, Jackson Xing Long

“…One of the challenges deterring the full exploration of FO potential in this area is the limited number of commercially available FO membranes with high water permeation and superior salt separation performance. The ultimate aim is to fabricate composite hollow fiber FO membranes in a one step co-extrusion and phase inversion process as an alternative to current available membranes not optimised for FO processes. …”
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Physicochemical and in-vitro release studies of liponanocapsules by Tan, Dulcia Wei Ni.

“…Liposome were fabricated from 1, 2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 1, 2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] (sodium salt, DMPG-Na) in 80:20 wt%. Subsequent deposition of positively charged poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and negatively charged sodium poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) were alternatively coated onto these liposomes. …”
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Mildly reduced graphene oxide-Ag nanoparticle hybrid films for surface-enhanced Raman scattering by Li, Xiaocheng, Tay, Beng Kang, Li, Junshuai, Tan, Dunlin, Tan, Chong Wei, Liang, Kun

“…With the MR-GO as templates, MR-GO-Ag nanoparticle (MR-GO-Ag NP) hybrid films were synthesized by immersing the MR-GO monolayer into a silver salt solution with sodium citrate as a reducing agent under UV illumination. …”
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A signal through the noise: accurate determination of hydrogen atom positions in crystal structures and optimisation of Laue neutron diffraction methods by Sackman, GA

“…This has allowed a variety of chemically and crystallographically interesting studies to be performed, specifically:</p> <p>Determining the novel geometry around transition-metal hydride centers, where the signal due to the hydrides can be more confidently distinguished than in an X-ray diffraction experiment; using Laue neutron derived difference Fourier maps to demonstrate that proton disorder can be mistakenly assigned in X-ray derived crystallographic models; performing variable temperature Laue neutron diffraction to identify proton migratory behaviour across short-strong hydrogen bonds; reassigning the space group of a previously reported cobalt(III) coordination complex, in which the lack of inversion symmetry becomes apparent upon accurate determination of the hydrogen atom positions; using Laue neutron diffraction data to more confidently classify systems as co-crystals or salts.</p> <p>Following this, the optimisation and development of the Laue neutron diffraction methods used is described. …”

G-cleave LC3B biosensor: monitoring autophagy and assessing resveratrol's synergistic impact on doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells by Liao, C, Long, Y, Tsai, M, Lin, C, Hsu, K, Lee, C

“…In this study, we developed a non-invasive autophagy detection system (NIADS-autophagy, also called G-cleave LC3B biosensor) by integrating a split-luciferase-based biosensor with an LC3B cleavage sequence, which swiftly identified classic autophagic triggers, such as Earle's Balanced Salt Solution and serum deprivation, through protease-mediated degradation pathways. …”

Steering perovskite precursor solutions for multijunction photovoltaics by Hu, S, Wang, J, Zhao, P, Pascual, J, Wang, J, Rombach, F, Dasgupta, A, Liu, W, Truong, MA, Zhu, H, Kober-Czerny, M, Drysdale, JN, Smith, JA, Yuan, Z, Aalbers, GJW, Schipper, NRM, Yao, J, Nakano, K, Turren-Cruz, S-H, Dallmann, A, Christoforo, MG, Ball, JM, McMeekin, DP, Zaininger, K-A, Liu, Z, Noel, NK, Tajima, K, Chen, W, Ehara, M, Janssen, RAJ, Wakamiya, A, Snaith, HJ

“…Materials that combine these two function groups, amino acid salts, considerably improve the semiconducting quality and homogeneity of perovskite films, surpassing the effect of the individual functional groups when introduced as part of separate molecules. …”

Coordination chemistry and biological activity of bidentate and quadridentate nitrogen–sulfur donor ligands and their complexes by H. Tarafder, M. Tofazzal, Ali, A. Manaf, Elias, M. Suhaimi, Crouse, Karen A., Silong, Sidik

“…The results have been compared with those of the uncomplexed metal salts and the free ligands. The minimum concentrations for the evaluation of the above activities for CD50 of the samples were in the 1.0-15 μg cm-3 range.…”

Enrichment of benzo(a)pyrene in milk by saponification-solvent microextraction by Lim, Khai Wei, Khor, Zhi Zhong, Wan Mohd Khalik, Wan Mohd Afiq, Kamaruzaman, Sazlinda

“…The microextraction variables included the type and volume of organic solvent, the effect of salt addition and vortex time were investigated and optimised. …”
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Synthesis of palm kernel oil alkanolamide using lipase by Abdul Rahman, M.B., Yap, C.L., Dzulkefly, K., Abdul Rahman, R.N.Z.

“…In the water activity studies, the preequilibrium and the direct salt hydrate addition methods were used. Generally, PKL always showed the higher relative yield compared to PKS. …”
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Robust multifunctional microcapsules with antibacterial and anticorrosion features by Chong, Yong Bing, Sun, Dawei, Zhang, Xin, Yue, Chee Yoon, Yang, Jinglei

“…Additionally, after 30 days of immersion in the salt water, the microcapsules-based coatings still possess anticorrosion properties by forming corrosion inhibition layer at the scratched region.…”
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Functionalized MXene enabled sustainable water harvesting and desalination by Fei, Jipeng, Koh, See Wee, Tu, Wengguang, Ge, Junyu, Hamid, Rezaeyan, Hou, Shuai, Duan Hongwei, Lam, Yee Cheong, Li, Hong

“…As such, the fabricated solar steam generator shows a net evaporation rate (with respect to that in the dark condition) of 1.47 kg m−2 h−1 with 92.1% efficiency under 1 sun illumination. Moreover, the salt rejection rate for high salinity seawater (original Na+ concentration is 18 000 mg L−1) reaches up to 97.5%, generating drinkable water that meets the WHO standard. …”
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3D printing of bio-inspired porous polymeric solar steam generators for efficient and sustainable desalination by Hou, Yanbei, Gao, Ming, Bai, Xueyu, Zhao, Lihua, Du, Hejun, Zhou, Kun

“…Moreover, the MJF-printed SSGs exhibit self-cleaning properties and can automatically remove accumulated salt on their surfaces, enabling sustainable desalination. …”
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