Exposure to Pb-halide perovskite nanoparticles can deliver bioavailable Pb but does not alter endogenous gut microbiota in zebrafish by Patsiou, Danae, del Rio-Cubilledo, Cristina, Catarino, Ana Isabel, Summers, Stephen, Afiq Mohd Fahmi, Boyle, David, Fernandes, Teresa F., Henry, Theodore B.

“…Exposure to Pb-halide perovskite NPs led to absorption of Pb likely from release of Pb ions rather than absorption of NPs. Pb-halide perovskite NPs can release bioavailable Pb and this needs to be considered during the development of this technology.…”
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Electrochemical modification of electrodes with metal nanoparticles by Mavrokefalos, C

“…For the first time, this study contradicts the classical theories for electrochemical nucleation and growth which proceed only by the fresh reduction of ions. It demonstrates that electrochemical nucleation and growth at the early stages is overpotential dependent and in fact proceed also by the aggregation of small clusters through surface diffusion when deposited at relatively higher overpotentials. …”

Studies on the physicochemical, biomechanical and biological properties of novel decellularized bovine scaffold for bone regeneration by Qabbani, Ali Abdul Qader Hameed Al

“…RAMAN spectroscopy showed an increased abundance of collagen and bone minerals, particularly phosphate ions (PO43-), in DCC scaffolds. In conclusion, the decellularization technique effectively produced an acellular DCC scaffold with minimal ECM damage and superior osteogenic potential in both in vitro and in vivo models. …”
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Radioactive Atoms and Molecules for Fundamental Physics by Udrescu, Silviu-Marian

“…I will then present the theoretical calculations and the status of an experiment aiming to measure hadronic parity violation using single molecular ions inside a Penning trap. The experiment's goal is to use the external magnetic field provided by the trap to fine-tune molecular energy levels of opposite parity close to degeneracy, thus increasing the signal produced by parity violating nuclear properties. …”
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Synthesis of Au@Pd core/shell nanomaterials for high-performance ethanol oxidation reactions by Xu, Weichang

“…On the basis of a series of control experiments, the Pd movement mechanism was proposed that the Pd atoms may firstly get oxidized to free Pd ions in the electrolyte, which are then reduced back to cover the Au surface. …”
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Investigation of transition metal oxides as electrocatalysts for water oxidation by Li, Haiyan

“…To identify the real active phase for perovskites undergoing surface reconstruction upon water oxidation, cubic SrCoO3-δ perovskites respectively modified by bulk Fe dopant and Fe ions incorporated from the electrolyte are investigated as OER catalysts. …”
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Prediction of stable perovskite quantum dots (QDs) using machine learning (ML) algorithms by Cheong, Ivan

“…Perovskites are semiconducting material with many attractive physical and chemical properties such as electronic conductivity, ions mobility through the crystal lattice, photocatalytic, thermoelectric, and dielectric properties. …”
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Functional and structural studies of the flavivirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase by Yap, Thai Leong

“…Initially the crystals diffracted poorly were markedly improved by the addition of divalent metal ions and air hydration, whichled to crystals with high resolution diffraction (1.85 A) thus making is possible to use molecular replacement to solve the structure.…”
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Modulating optical and electrical properties of TiO2 photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells by Pham, Thi Thu Trang

“…Through these studies, it was revealed that the presence of macropores reduced the recombination between electrons in TiO2 and electrolyte as well as enhanced the diffusion of I3- or Co3+ ions in electrolyte to improve mass transport. These enhancements became more significant when the right combination of dye and electrolyte were used to fabricate DSCs from the mesoporous-macroporous films. …”
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Partial purification and characterization of molybdenum reducing enzyme from Escherichia coli strain K12 by Sulaiman, Mohd Haris

“…The effect of heavy metals on molybdenum blue production were studied. Thirteen metal ions and heavy metals were screened on E.coli. Mercury (Hg), Argentum (Ag), Copper (Cu) and Chromium (Cr) totally inhibited molybdate reductase enzyme while Zink (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Cobalt (Co), Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb) Aluminium (Al), Cadmium (Cd), and Magnesium (Mg) decreased the molybdenum reduction activity. …”
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Rigid-strut-containing crown ethers and [2]catenanes for incorporation into metal-organic frameworks by Zhao, Yan-Li, Liu, Lihua, Zhang, Wenyu, Sue, Chi-Hau, Li, Qiaowei, Miljanić, Ognjen Š., Yaghi, Omar M., Stoddart, J. Fraser

“…These crown ether based struts serve as excellent organic ligands to bind with transition metal ions in the construction of MOFs: the crown ethers BPP34C10DA and NPP36C10DA in the presence of Zn(NO3)2⋅4 H2O afforded the MOF-1001 and MOF-1002 frameworks, respectively. …”
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Water treatment using one-dimensional manganese oxide based materials by Zhang, Tong

“…The effects of pH, humic acid (HA) and coexisting metal ions on the removal rate of BPA were investigated, and membrane fouling mechanism caused by the MnO2 nanowires was also discussed. …”
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Structure and functions of a metallo-beta-lactamase- like hypothetical protein bleg1_2437 from alkali-tolerant soil bacterium Bacillus lehensis G1 by Tan, Soo Huei

“…Domain and sequence analysis of HP Bleg1_2437 using InterProScan and DELTA-BLAST revealed that this 23 kDa protein contains highly conserved metal-binding residues such as H54, H56, D58, H59, H131 and H191 that are similar with the those in subclass B3 of MBL that are involved in the coordination of two Zn2+ ions. The three-dimensional protein structure of Bleg1_2437 built using Modeller 9v10 exhibited an αββα sandwich layer similar to the well conserved global topology of MBL superfamily. …”
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Magic v.3 : an integrated software package for systematic structure-based coarse-graining by Mirzoev, Alexander, Nordenskiöld, Lars, Lyubartsev, Alexander

“…We describe briefly the coarse-graining methodology, the structure of the software, describe users actions, and illustrate the whole process with two complex examples: cholesterol containing lipid bilayers and condensation of DNA caused by multivalent ions. Program summary: Program Title: MagiC Program Files doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/9gnfxyshj8.1 Licensing provisions: GPLv3 Programming language: Fortran, Python Nature of problem: Systematic bottom-up multiscale modeling is a complex multi-stage process, in which results of simulations of a high-resolution (atomistic) model are used to construct a low resolution (coarse-grained) model, providing the same structural properties for the coarse-grained system as for the high-resolution system. …”
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Enlightening of the low-dimensional high-TC superconductivity: bond contraction and electron dual polarization [低维高温超导的启示: 键收缩与电子双重极化] by Sun, Chang Qing

“…First, a Cup:O:Cup dipolar chain is formed by connecting a series of tetrahedrons made of two Cu+ ions and two Cup dipoles surrounding the center O2-. …”
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Perovskite superstructures and heterostructures for enhanced optical performance by Chan, Wen Kiat

“…Lead halide perovskites and lanthanide ions have complementary absorption spectra and combining them allows for multiple energy transfer pathways depending on the permutation used. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoprism-based nanostructures by Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

“…This method involves the controlled reduction of gold ions on the silver nanoprism (site-selective reduction) in a highly controlled reducing environment by slowly introducing chloroauric acid and Hydroxylamine hydrochloride simultaneously into the Ag nanoprism solution with two separate tubes by using a mechanical syringe pump with specific concentration and infusion rate. …”
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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…We ascribe this phenomenon to an increased mobility of halogen ions in the mixed-halide lattice resulting from an increased chemically and structurally disordered landscape with reduced migration barriers. …”
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Interface engineering for organic−inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells by Foo, Shini

“…Owing to ionic and soft bonding characteristics of OIHP materials, defects such as under−coordinated ions and dangling bonds tend to concentrate at the OIHP/HTL interface. …”
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