Carbon quantum dot implanted graphite carbon nitride nanotubes : excellent charge separation and enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by Wang, Yang, Liu, Xueqin, Liu, Jia, Han, Bo, Hu, Xiaoqin, Yang, Fan, Xu, Zuwei, Li, Yinchang, Jia, Songru, Li, Zhen, Zhao, Yanli

“…Graphite carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) is a promising candidate for photocatalytic hydrogen production, but only shows moderate activity owing to sluggish photocarrier transfer and insufficient light absorption. …”
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Graphene layers‐wrapped Fe/Fe5C2 nanoparticles supported on n‐doped graphene nanosheets for highly efficient oxygen reduction by Hu, Enlai, Yu, Xin-Yao, Chen, Fang, Wu, Yadan, Hu, Yong, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…An interesting exfoliation–denitrogen mechanism underlying the conversion of bulk g-C3N4 into N-doped graphene nanosheets is revealed. Owing to the high graphitic degree, optimum N-doping level and sufficient active sites from the graphene layers-wrapped Fe/Fe5C2 nanoparticles, the as-prepared GL-Fe/Fe5C2/NG electrocatalyst obtained at 800 °C exhibits outstanding ORR activity with a 20 mV more positive half-wave potential than the commercial Pt/C catalyst in 0.1 m KOH solution and a comparable onset potential of 0.98 V. …”
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The new "rare metal age" : new challenges and implications of critical raw materials supply security in the 21st century by Umbach, Frank

“…In the past few years, the worldwide attention cast on the future supply security of rare earths and other critical raw materials has increased in the United States, the European Union, Japan and other countries owing to the global expansion of “green technologies” (including renewable energy sources, electric vehicles and batteries, and smart grids) and digitalisation as well as equipment and devices embedded with artificial intelligence. …”
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General methods for large-scale production of nanostructured V2O5 with controlled morphologies by Wang, Shenghan, Yu, Ting, Li, Yeqiu, Fu, Haoyang, Sun, Chenglin

“…The morphologies and crystalline phases were characterized by scanning electrical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Owing to the advantages of low-cost and high reproducibility, these methods can be potentially applied in large-scale production of nanostructured V2O5 material for practical application.…”
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Fire behaviour and design of hybrid fibre reinforced high-performance concrete columns subjected to uniaxial bending by Du, Panwei, Yang, Yaowen, Tan, Kang Hai

“…No spalling is observed in all the specimens owing to the synergistic effect of hybrid polypropylene and steel fibres. …”
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Water-soluble doubly-strapped isolated perylene diimide chromophore by Yang, Fei, Li, Ran, Wei, Wei, Ding, Xingwei, Xu, Zhenzhen, Wang, Ping, Wang, Guo, Xu, Yanqing, Fu, Hongbing, Zhao, Yanli

“…Herein, we report a water-soluble PDI cyclophane "Gemini Box" (GBox-14+ ), consisting of a central PDI chromophore enclosed by double-sided cationic molecular straps. Owing to the effective spatial isolation, the chromophore self-aggregation can be completely eliminated, even in a concentrated aqueous solution up to 2 mM. …”
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Strained graphene optoelectronic devices with unprecedented pseudo-magnetic fields by Wang, Boyan

“…Photonic-integrated circuit (PIC) is a research field that has been attracting many researchers’ interests owing to its great potential for enabling various disruptive technologies. …”
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Clustering-triggered emission of EPS-605 nanoparticles and their application in biosensing by Li, Chengcheng, Shi, Xiaotong, Zhang, Xiaodong

“…Overall, these findings not only benefit the exploitation of EPS-based nonconventional biomacromolecule luminogens, but also reveal the potential applications of EPS-605 in biosensing/bioimaging, anticounterfeiting, and encryption owing to its excellent biocompatibility, environmental friendliness, and intrinsic photoluminescence property.…”
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Bessel beams in ophthalmology: a review by Sandeep, C. S. Suchand, Khairyanto, Ahmad, Aung, Tin, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke

“…Dealing with precise imaging in scattering media, such as in the case of biomedical imaging, is even more difficult owing to the weak signal-to-noise ratios. Recent developments in non-diffractive beams such as Bessel beams, Airy beams, vortex beams, and Mathieu beams have paved the way to tackle some of these challenges. …”
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Experimental and simulation analysis of energy absorption capacity of 3D printed structure design by Low, Evans Tze Sheng

“…Closed-foam cellular structures are widely used for energy absorption owing to their unique properties. This report investigates features that enhances energy-absorption in foams and compares the effect with other types of structures. …”
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On the translation of tourism from the perspective of cross-cultural: a case study of the Luoyang Longmen Grottoes by Yu, Hanqi

“…Tourism, owing to its substantial influx of tourists annually, has consistently been a pivotal sector driving economic growth and cultural exchange in many countries, particularly post-pandemic. …”
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Plasmonic effect on visible light driven photoelectrochemical activity of semiconductor by Zhang, Huanchao

“…Solar energy has been widely recognized as the most promising future energy source owing to its continuity and abundance. Semiconductors have been intensively explored in harvesting solar energy in recent years, among which TiO2 attracts many interests essentially for its excellent photostability. …”
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An experimental investigation on the noise emission and fuel consumption of diesel engine by Foo, Jin Yuan

“…Road traffic has always been a source of noise pollution owing to the rapid advancement in technology and growing population. …”
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Conversion from carbon nanotubes to boron nitride nanotubes and boron nitride-carbon nanotubes by Wei, Mingwei

“…Based on these properties, BNNTs are proposed to be candidate for diverse applications including reinforcement, field emitter, biological sensor and polyer wrapping. Owing to the remarkable properties of BNNTs and the many applications that such nanotubes might enable, the growth methodology of high quality BNNTs is a critical subject studied by many in the past two decades. …”
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Understanding the behaviour of engineered nanoparticles in food by Ong, Pei Ying

“…For protein adsorption, SiO2 displayed the highest amount of adsorbed BSA, possibly owing to the small-sized particles which enabled greater exposed particle surface to interact with the surrounding molecules. …”
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Optical fiber based environmental sensors by Huang, Jieyuan

“…A tunable laser and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) were used as a power source and CNTs were deposited at the end of the fiber due to gradient force. Owing to the fiber-film reflectance expression, the intensity of light reflected by the fiber end face will change with the variation of the external refractive index of the ambient environment. …”
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Nanostructured vanadium dioxide with metal to insulator transition : preparation and thermochromic properties by Wang, Ning

“…The rare earth (Eu3+, La3+, Tb3+) doping could enhance both Tlum and ΔTsol, and can reduce the τc to below 50 °C at low doping levels but increase the τc at high doping levels, owing to the competition between the strain and the hole carriers. …”
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High-performance reverse osmosis membranes fabricated on highly porous microstructured supports by Lee, Jaewoo, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…The rapid desolvation formed the narrow and regularly arranged pore structure in the sublayer, and we proposed the mechanism for the sublayer structure formation based on analyses of the thermodynamic properties of such a binary system. Owing to the narrow and regular structure, the HPμS support membranes showed the exceptional mechanical strength, which was comparable to the strength of support membranes used for conventional RO membranes. …”
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Disposable flow cytometer with high efficiency in particle counting and sizing using an optofluidic lens by Song, Chaolong, Luong, Trung-Dung, Kong, Tian Fook, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna

“…The variations of the signal peak values are reduced, owing to the small beam width at the beam waist. …”
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Mechanistic and thermodynamic studies of oxyanion sorption by various synthetic Mg/Al layered double hydroxides by Lim, Teik-Thye, Goh, Kok Hui, Goei, Ronn, Dong, Zhili

“…LDHs prepared by the fast coprecipitation with hydrothermal treatment (FCHT) method and sol-gel with solvothermal treatment method (SGST) had higher oxyanion (i.e. arsenate) removal efficiency than those prepared by the conventional routes, owing to their lower carbonate content, higher surface area, larger pore volume, larger pore size, and nanocrystalline characteristic. …”
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