In vitro reconstitution of liquid-liquid phase separation in regulating gene transcription by Gan, Jia Yun

“…TF9 was seen to start forming droplets at a concentration of 2.5 μM when incubated with 10% PEG and 150 mM NaCl buffer. …”
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Exploring two dimensional Co0.33In2.67S2.29Se1.71 as alloy type negative electrode for Li-ion battery with olivine LiFePO4 cathode by Chaturvedi, Apoorva, Morris, Samuel Alexander, Hu, Peng, Long, Yi, Kloc, Christian, Duchamp, Martial, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Aravindan, Vanchiappan

“…Li-storage properties are assessed using a half-cell configuration in which the cell is cycled in the alloying region (0.005–1 V vs. Li) that provides better characteristics than the extended region (i.e. allowing the materials to undergo a conversion pathway) in terms of cycling stability and retention. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The architected cell delivers a record-high discharge voltage plateau near 1.6 V and specific capacity of 460 mAh g-1 for over 80 cycles. …”
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High yield synthesis of graphene quantum dots from biomass waste as a highly selective probe for Fe3+ sensing by Abbas, Aumber, Tabish, Tanveer A., Bull, Steve J., Lim, Tuti Mariana, Phan, Anh N.

“…A sensitive sensor is prepared for the selective detection of Fe3+ ions with a detection limit of as low as 2.5 × 10–6 M. The utilisation of renewable resource along with facile microwave treatment paves the way to sustainable, high yield and cost-effective synthesis of GQDs for practical applications.…”
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Exploration of a gallic acid-based alternative to bisphenol A by Muhammad Naziruddin Mohd Ali

“…This route created the product, N,N'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(3,4,5-tris(oxiran-2-ylmethoxy)benzamide), Glycidyl Phenylene-Gallic Amide (GPDA). …”
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Material augmented plant development by Neelabh Gupta

“…Confocal imaging of the leaves showed an even spread of UCNPs 3 hours after application, and an insignificant change in location after 5 days.…”
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A low-cost, portable, active noise control unit : an optimal fixed-filter active noise control solution for construction noise sources by Wee, Ervin Liang Zheng

“…After running through the MATLAB simulations, the results have shown that different noise sources have selective suitability to different construction noises. A total of 5 noise sources for training the ANC system and 13 construction noise samples were used in the analysis. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Cr doped TiO2 materials for photocatalytic applications by Tan, Dunlin

“…However, the efficiency was a big drawback due to its large bandgap of 3.2 eV. Since 1990s, minded researchers have been focusing on shifting its bandgap into the visible light range so as to increase its efficiency. …”
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Extraordinary catalysis induced by titanium foil cathode plasma for degradation of water pollutant by Li, Chaojiang, Rao, Yuhan, Zhang, Bowei, Huang, Kang, Cao, Xun, Peng, Dongdong, Wu, Junsheng, Xiao, Longqiang, Huang, Yizhong

“…It is of particular interest that gold nanoparticles, generated from Au coated Ti foil film during electrode discharging, are less than 5 nm in size and further enhance the TiO2 photocatalytic activity. …”
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A ternary Fe₁₋ₓS@Porous carbon nanowires/reduced graphene oxide hybrid film electrode with superior volumetric and gravimetric capacities for flexible sodium ion batteries by Liu, Yang, Fang, Yongjin, Zhao, Zhiwei, Yuan, Changzhou, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…When evaluated as a self-supporting anode for SIBs, the Fe₁₋ₓS@PCNWs/rGO paper electrode exhibits remarkable reversible capacities of 573–89 mAh g⁻¹ over 100 consecutive cycles at 0.1 A g⁻¹ with areal mass loadings of 0.9–11.2 mg cm⁻² and high volumetric capacities of 424–180 mAh cm⁻³ in the current density range of 0.2–5 A g⁻¹. More competitively, a SIB based on this flexible Fe₁₋ₓS@PCNWs/rGO anode demonstrates outstanding electrochemical properties, thus highlighting its enormous potential in versatile flexible and wearable applications.…”
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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

“…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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Feasibility study of E.coli inactivation and development of portable water purifier using platinized titanium by Muhammad Shafique Hamid

“…Using platinized titanium as the electrodes, the development of a portable water purifier prototype was found to be feasible where 32% of E.coli was inactivated by 6 hour achieving a log(N/N0) of -5, although much higher inactivation from shorter times could be obtained using a bench top electrolytic system. …”
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Escalated deep-subwavelength acoustic imaging with field enhancement inside a metalens by Chen, Jian, Sun, Zeqing, Rao, Jing, Lisevych, Danylo, Fan, Zheng

“…Specifically, a breakthrough resolution below lambda/100 is achieved while resolving contrast is improved by at least 6.5 times and working bandwidth is broadened to approximately 25% of the operating frequency. …”
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Nanomaterials for biomolecules sensing : germanene modified screen printed electrodes for the chronoamperometric detection of histamine in fish samples by Veronica Pereira

“…The reduction of potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) which occurs at the low potentials of +0.2 V was used to indirectly measure the histamine concentration present in the sample. …”
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Design and optimization of conformal cooling channels for injection molding : a review by Kanbur, Baris Burak, Shen, Suping, Duan, Fei

“…This review study presents the main design steps of CCCs as follows: (1) a background of the CCC fabrication process is projected, (2) the thermal and mechanical models are presented with respect to the 1D analytical model, (3) the CAE-supported design criteria are discussed for the 3D models of CCCs and relevant mold materials, (4) some of the illustrative CAE simulations are explained in detail according to the computational thermal and mechanical objectives, and (5) the single- and multi-objective optimization procedures are defined. …”
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Elucidating the strain–vacancy–activity relationship on structurally deformed Co@CoO nanosheets for aqueous phase reforming of formaldehyde by Qian, Kaicheng, Yan, Yong, Xi, Shibo, Wei, Tong, Dai, Yihu, Yan, Xiaoqing, Kobayashi, Hisayoshi, Wang, Sheng, Liu, Wen, Li, Renhong

“…Optimal catalytic activity is achieved by the sample reduced at 350 °C, Co@CoO-350 which exhibits the maximum concentration of Co-CoO interfaces, the maximum concentration of oxygen vacancies, a lattice strain of 5.2% in CoO, and the highest aqueous phase formaldehyde reforming turnover frequency of 50.4 h-1 at room temperature. …”
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Nearly total optical transmission of linearly polarized light through transparent electrode composed of GaSb monolithic high-contrast grating integrated with gold by Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario, Wasiak, Michal, Zhang, Dao Hua, Fan, Weijun, Czyszanowski, Tomasz

“…The metalMHCG structure was realized via multiple nanopatterning and dry etching, with the largest transmission yet reported of ∼90% at a wavelength of 4.5 μm and above 75% transmission in the wavelength range from 4 to 10 μm and sheet resistance at the level of 26 ωSq-1. …”
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Upscaling of aligned silver nanowires for large scale transparent electrode by Yeo, Yu Chen

“…The sheet resistance was measured and found to have an acceptable value (≈ 5 Ω/sq). However, the transmittance had a value of ≈ 76% which was lower then the industrial standard of > 90%. …”
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Pangolin-inspired stretchable, microwave-invisible metascale by Wang, Changxian, Lv, Zhisheng, Mohan, Manoj Prabhakar, Cui, Zequn, Liu, Zhihua, Jiang, Ying, Li, Jiaofu, Wang, Cong, Pan, Shaowu, Muhammad Faeyz Karim, Liu, Ai Qun, Chen, Xiaodong

“…Besides, profiting from the covering effect and size-confined effect of EMD-scale, the out-of-plane indentation failure force of PIMS is at least 5 times larger than conventional device. As a proof of concept, the proposed device is conformally pasted on nondevelopable surfaces. …”
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Characteristics of bubble rise in a liquid by Tan, Si Ying

“…This experimental study aimed to reaffirm that bubbles reach terminal velocity and to extend past studies by examining a wider range of bubbles with varying sizes from approximately 5 mm to 20 mm in diameter and in fluid mediums of varying viscosities – glycerol and aqueous glycerol solution. …”
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