Anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays with high surface area for dye-sensitized solar cells by Wang, Xiaoyan

“…Furthermore, the second layer nanotubes are tailored to seed from upper tube bottoms by interim treatment to facilitate ion diffusion. Subsequently, the two-step anodization is optimized and long enough nanotubes of small diameter are achieved, that is, with tube length of 31 μm and diameter of ~35 nm. …”
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Synthesis of crystalline chalcogenide arsenates in surfactants via a low temperature route by Eashwer Umesh Athresh

“…They have a wide range of applications like ion conductivity, magnetism and non – linear optical response. …”
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Mesoporous Co3O4 and CoO@C topotactically transformed from chrysanthemum-like Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O and their lithium-storage properties by Xiong, Shenglin, Chen, Jun Song, Lou, David Xiong Wen, Zeng, Hua Chun

“…It is demonstrated that tuning of the surface texture and the pore size of the Co3O4 products is very important in lithium-ion-battery applications. The carbon-decorated CoO nanowire arrays exhibit an excellent cyclic performance with nearly 100% capacity retention in a testing range of 70 cycles. …”
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Probing the effect of oxygen vacancies in strontium titanate single crystals by Rahman, S

“…A family of (n×n) reconstructions, where n = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are produced by argon ion sputtering of the SrTiO₃ (111) single crystals and subsequent annealing in UHV or in an oxygen rich environment. …”

A novel human stem cell platform for probing adrenoceptor signaling in iPSC derived cardiomyocytes including those with an adult atrial phenotype by Ahmad, F

“…</p> <p>Drug targeting of atrial-specific ion channels has been difficult because of lack of availability of appropriate cardiac cells, and preclinical testing studies have been carried out in non-cardiac cell lines, heterogeneous cardiac populations or animal models that have been unable to accurately represent human cardiomyocyte physiology. …”

Combined electron imaging and diffraction methods for understanding disordered rocksalt cathodes by Hedley, E

“…<p>The development of lithium-ion batteries is pivotal in the wide range of technologies required to make more efficient use of clean energy sources, notably the transition to the wide-scale use of electric vehicles. …”

Synthesized tin-activated carbon adsorbent for purer and cheaper hydrogen by Iyuke, S.E.

“…Consequently, 34.57% SnCl2.2H2O salt as a tin ion precursor, was impregnated onto activated carbon to improve its adsorptive interaction with CO. …”
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Symmetric aqueous rechargeable lithium battery using Na1.16V3O8 nanobelts electrodes for safe high volume energy storage applications by Nair, Vivek Sahadevan, Cheah, Yan Ling, Madhavi, Srinivasan

“…These nanobelts are applied as both cathode and anode material for aqueous rechargeable lithium ion battery. The morphologies and structure of Na1.16V3O8 nanobelts are studied via field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. …”
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Low-energy channel for mass transfer in Pt crystal initiated by molecule impact by Babicheva, Rita I., Evazzade, Iman, Korznikova, Elena A., Shepelev, Igor A., Zhou, Kun, Dmitriev, Sergey V.

“…Crystal surface bombardment by atoms or molecules, neutral or ionized, occurs both in ambient conditions and in many technological operations, such as surface plasma treatment, ion implantation, etc. Recently, it was established that the impact of a molecule initiates the mass transfer in the one-dimensional Frenkel-Kontorova atomic chain more efficiently than that of a single atom. …”
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Insights into Li+ Storage Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Reversibility of Defect-Engineered and Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Energy Storage by Kong, Lingping, Zhu, Yuntong, Williams, P. Jason, Kabbani, Mohamad, Brushett, Fikile R., Rupp, Jennifer L. M.

“…Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are approaching their theoretical energy density limits due to the low capacity of electrode materials, and their charging rates are hindered by the intrinsically slow lithium cation (Li+) storage kinetics in graphite. …”
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Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…As the requirement for energy storage devices’ energy density raises, there is an urgent need to develop batteries with higher energy than the mainstream Li-ion battery. Metal-air batteries are a hopeful candidate for the concept of such post-lithium batteries. …”
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Investigation of ionic doping in all-solid-state organic electrochemical transistors by Hou, Kunqi

“…Further, we proceed to develop a universal solid polymer electrolyte based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) ionic gels and showed good OECT performance with four different ion-permeable semiconductors to prove the generality of the TPU solid electrolyte. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…The relevant studies in the thesis are divided into five parts, including Ni3S2@MoS2 core/shell nanorod arrays on Ni foam as the supercapacitor electrode (Chapter 4), honeycomb-like MoS2 nanoarchitectures anchored into graphene foam (GF) for enhanced lithium storage (Chapter 5), MoS2 architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube (GF/CNT) hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage (Chapter 6), MoS2 nanosheets decorated Ni3S2@MoS2 coaxial nanofibers for enhanced Na-ion storage (Chapter 7) and active sites–enriched hierarchical MoS2 nanotubes: highly active and stable architecture for boosting hydrogen evolution and lithium storage (Chapter 8). …”
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Potential of kaolin-palm oil fuel ash mixture as sustainable landfill liner material by Brown, Oyeleke Raifu

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Alkaline earth complexes supported by chelating diamido ligands by Haynes, M

“…</p> <p>The alternative use of highly basic alkyl-substituted 1,8-<em>bis</em>(silylamido)naphthalene ligands resulted in the isolation of new bimetallic alkaline earth complexes displaying a diverse range of structural motifs, as well as a solvent-separated ion pair.</p> <p>The more flexible di(amido)siloxane ligand ([NON-DippL]2– = [O(SiMe2NDipp)2]2–) enabled the isolation of another new family of dimeric THF-free alkaline earth complexes. …”

Biophysical studies on the structure and function of Archaerhodopsin-3 by Vinals Camallonga, J

“…The resolution of these structures has allowed the identification of complex hydrogen bonding networks and residues important in ion transport, as well as water molecules. The differences between the DA and LA states have been also shown, as well as identifying key differences between AR3 and bR internal rearrangements. …”

Improving purity of bio-based crotonic acid by Farid, Nur Falia Shazana Manja

“…This observation was contributed by ion size of the cation; the smaller the size of the cation, the higher the crotonic acid produced. …”
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Fractionation of catfish protein hydrolysates using ultrafiltration membrane by Novin, Donya

“…The best value of antioxidant activity from DPPH-scavenging assay was 69.04% for 10 kDa fraction; and from metal ion chelating assay was 74.06% for fraction of 10 kDa for 0.5 h hydrolysate. …”
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Evaluation and selection of rice mutants for high yield and quality fodder production by Abisola, Oladosu Yusuff

“…The results from this study indicated that ion beam radiation caused significant changes in the agronomic performance of majority of the mutant lines compared with the parental variety (MR219), based on genetic diversity results and agronomic traits performance. …”
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InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors on Si for RF applications by Xing, Weichuan

“…The fabrication process was described in details including As ion implantation for isolation application, nanostrip-channel formation using different approaches. …”
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