Nanobiolubricant grinding: a comprehensive review by Song, Yu-Xiang, Li, Chang-He, Zhou, Zong-Ming, Liu, Bo, Sharma, Shubham, Dambatta, Yusuf Suleiman, Zhang, Yan-Bin, Yang, Min, Gao, Teng, Liu, Ming-Zheng, Cui, Xin, Wang, Xiao-Ming, Xu, Wen-Hao, Li, Run-Ze, Wang, Da-Zhong

“…Secondly, the excellent grinding performance of the NEBL is clarified by its distinctive film formation, heat transfer, and multiple-field mobilization capacity. …”
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Thermal desorption behavior and binding properties of DNA bases and nucleosides on gold by Demers, Linette M., Mirkin, Chad A., Östblom, Mattias, Zhang, Hua, Jang, Nak-Han, Liedberg, Bo

“…A comparison of the binding of DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine) and nucleosides (2‘deoxyadenosine, 2‘deoxycytidine, 2‘deoxyguanosine, and thymidine) to gold thin films is presented. …”
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End point detection of weld seam removal in robotic abrasive belt grinding process based on computer vision and deep learning by Murugan, Pushparaja

“…Determination of end point is the lowest level of robotic abrasive belt grinding process hierarchy that includes the manual grinding process, data acquisition devices, sensors, predictive models, arti cial intelligence systems. …”
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21W.730-2 Expository Writing - Food for Thought: Writing and Reading about Food and Culture, Fall 2005 by Boiko, Karen

“…Food is at once the stuff of life and a potent symbol; it binds us to the earth, to our families, and to our cultures. …”
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Optical characterization of conductive metal oxide thin films by Pan, Ruoping

“…Thickness dependent and growth temperature dependent ZnO thin film optical properties (complex dielectric function, band gap energy and exciton binding energy) have been studied by using spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) based on Yoshikawa and Adachi’s model. …”
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Towards high efficiency thin film solar cells by Han, Guifang, Zhang, Sam, Boix, Pablo P., Wong, Lydia Helena, Sun, Lidong, Lien, Shui-Yang

“…As an alternative to single crystal silicon photovoltaics, thin film solar cells have been extensively explored for miniaturized cost-effective photovoltaic systems. …”
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Corrosion protection of N80 steel in hydrochloric acid medium using mixed C15H15NO and Na2WO4 inhibitors by Hu, Jun, Wang, Tiantian, Wang, Zhen, Wei, Liping, Zhu, Jianbo, Zheng, Maosheng, Chen, Zhong

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Fabrication and characterization of hybrid perovskite thin films for solar cell application by Dayal, Akhilesh

“…The aim of this project is to examine ligands presence and chemical binding on perovskite surface using infrared spectroscopy. …”
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Molecular insights into evolution, mutations and receptor-binding specificity of influenza A and B viruses from outpatients and hospitalized patients in Singapore by Ivan, Fransiskus Xaverius, Zhou, Xinrui, Lau, Suk Hiang, Rashid, Shamima, Teo, Jasmine S. M., Lee, Hong Kai, Koay, Evelyn S., Chan, Kwai Peng, Leo, Yee Sin, Chen, Mark I. Cheng, Kwoh, Chee Keong, Chow, Vincent T.

“…Background: This study compared the genomes of influenza viruses that caused mild infections among outpatients and severe infections among hospitalized patients in Singapore, and characterized their molecular evolution and receptor-binding specificity. …”
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Impact of molecular linker size on physicochemical properties of assembled gold nanoparticle mono-/multi-layers and their applicability for functional binding of biomolecules by Krikstolaityte, Vida, Hamit-Eminovski, Jildiz, Abariute, Laura, Niaura, Gediminas, Meskys, Rolandas, Arnebrant, Thomas, Lisak, Grzegorz, Ruzgas, Tautgirdas

“…The inter-particle interaction within the assembled AuNP films was adjusted by the ionic strength in the AuNPs dispersions. …”
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Optical fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer with pH sensitive hydrogel film for hazardous gases sensing by Zheng, Yangzi, Chen, Li Han, Chan, Chi Chiu, Dong, Xinyong, Yang, Jingyi, Tou, Zhi Qiang, So, Ping Lam

“…Dip-coated pH-sensitive PVA/PAA hydrogel film on the fiber end performs as a receptor for binding of volatile acids or ammonia, which makes the sensing film swelling or shrinking and results in the dip wavelength shift of the FPI. …”
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Mixed lead-tin perovskite films with >7 μs charge carrier lifetimes realized by maltol post-treatment by Hu, S, Truong, MA, Otsuka, K, Handa, T, Yamada, T, Nishikubo, R, Iwasaki, Y, Saeki, A, Murdey, R, Kanemitsu, Y, Wakamiya, A

“…Maltol, a naturally occurring flavor enhancer and strong metal binding agent, was found to effectively suppress Sn(IV) formation and passivate defects in mixed Pb–Sn perovskite films. …”

Enantiomeric separation of racemic mixtures using chiral-selective and organic-solvent-resistant thin-film composite membranes by Ong, Chi Siang, Oor, Jia Zheng, Tan, Jonathan Shiliang, Chew, Jia Wei

“…In this study, we fabricated a novel thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane composed of (2-hydroxypropyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) as the chiral selector for the enantiomeric separation of racemic 1-phenylethanol chiral compounds in organic solvents. …”
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Optical properties of ultrathin metal oxide and metal films : effect of free electrons, quantum confinement and localized surface plasmon resonance by Li, Xiao Dong

“…The evolution of the dielectric function is shown related to the changes in the interband absorption, discrete-exciton absorption, and continuum-exciton absorption, which can be attributed to the quantum confinement effect on both the band gap and exciton binding energies. Thickness dependence of optical properties of a-IGZO thin films has also been observed. …”
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Effects of free electrons and quantum confinement in ultrathin ZnO films : a comparison between undoped and Al-doped ZnO by Li, X. D., Liu, P., Liu, Y., Leong, K. C., Chen, Tupei

“…Band gaps and exciton binding energies of undoped and Al-doped ZnO thin films were determined from optical absorption measurement based on the Elliott’s exciton absorption theory. …”
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Enzymatic preparation of diacylglycerols: lipase screening, immobilization, characterization and glycerolysis performance by Xie, Rui, Peng, Xianwu, Lee, Yee-Ying, Xie, Pengkai, Tan, Chin-Ping, Wang, Yong, Zhang, Zhen

“…Backgrounds: Glycerolysis, with its advantages of readily available raw materials, simple operation, and mild reaction conditions, is a primary method for producing diacylglycerol (DAG). …”

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) enhanced biosensors by Zhang, Jinling

“…The point-of care device based on grating Au film for the detection of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) was demonstrated, which displayed excellent portability and good sensitivity. …”
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Anisotropic protein diffusion on nanosurface by Liu, Yang, Song, Xiaohan, Yang, Yanmei, Li, Yong-Qiang, Zhao, Mingwen, Mu, Yuguang, Li, Weifeng

“…On the MBP surface, HP35 migrates mainly along the zigzag direction but can also easily stride over the ridges and grooves along the armchair direction. Moreover, the mild binding strength between α-PC and HP35 does not cause distortion in the protein structure. …”
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Bifunctional diazirine reagent for covalent dyeing of Kevlar and inert polymer materials by Liu, Richard Y., Luo, Shao-Xiong Lennon, Hirst, Elizabeth S., Doona, Christopher J., Swager, Timothy M.

“…The reagent's structure features a trifluoromethyl diazirine group as a precursor to a carbene that binds the textile surface. On the reagent's other terminus, a benzyl bromide group acts as a site accessible for substitution reactions. …”
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Methods for the Study of Galactofuranose in Mycobacteria by Taylor, Katherine I.

“…Finally, we characterized the kinetics of a mild electrophile, the squaric ester, and assessed its utility in selectively binding and modifying a key galactofuranosyl transferase involved in mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis. …”
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