Preparation and mechanical performance of fluorite tailings geopolymer precursor under alkaline heat activation by Hao Qiu, Hongtao Su, Hengyuan Liu, Zhijian Guo, Huifang Zhang, Juntao Ma, Xiao Wang

“…The compressive strength of the tailings harden paste can reach 7.2 MPa at 28d after excitation with 50%NaOH at 1000 °C, which is expected to be used as geopolymer precursor after excitation.…”
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Enantioselective Potentiometric Membrane Electrodes Based on Antibiotics for the Determination of L- and D-Glyceric Acids by Raluca-Ioana Stefan-van Staden, R'afat M. Nejem, Jacobus Frederick van Staden, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein

“…Enantioselective, potentiometric membrane electrodes based on carbon paste modified with antibiotics as chiral selectors, vancomycin, and teicoplanin were designed for the assay of L- and D-GA, respectively, in the concentration ranges of 10−9–10−7 and 10−4–10−2 moL/L with very low detection limits (1.5 × 10−10 moL/L for L-GA and 1.6 × 10−4  moL/L for D-GA, resp.). …”
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Investigation of Contact Properties and Device Performance for Bifacial Double-Side Textured Silicon Solar Cells With Polysilicon Based Passivating Contacts by Pradeep Padhamnath, John Derek D. Arcebal, Sagnik Dasgupta, Gabby De Luna, Ajeet Rohatgi, Armin G. Aberle

“…If the poly-Si layer on a textured surface remains intact after high-temperature metallization using a fire-through (FT) silver (Ag) paste, the J0,metal is not expected to increase significantly while the specific contact resistivity can improve with a textured surface. …”
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Physicochemical, Microstructural, and Rheological Characterization of Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) Starch by P. T. Akonor, C. Tortoe, C. Oduro-Yeboah, E. A. Saka, J. Ewool

“…Starch gels from the yellow variety were more stable to freeze-thaw and recorded 37.1% syneresis, compared to 56.5% after the first storage cycle. Pasting properties were significantly different (p < 0.05) among starch from the two tigernut varieties, with black recording higher peak viscosity, lower breakdown, and higher setback viscosity. …”
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High-Volume Fly Ash-Based Cementitious Composites as Sustainable Materials: An Overview of Recent Advances by Sen Du, Qingxin Zhao, Xianming Shi

“…High-volume fly ash (HVFA) cementitious composites (paste, grout, mortar, and concrete) have been widely investigated as a class of sustainable materials due to their lower carbon footprint and often better life cycle performance than conventional Portland cement mixtures. …”
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Stability of asymmetric Schwarzschild–Rindler–de Sitter thin shell wormhole by A. Eid, A. Alkaoud, M. M. Khader, M. A. Bakry

“…Abstract The paper examines the dynamics of asymmetric thin shell wormholes that connect two distinct spacetimes using the cut and paste technique. The focus is on analyzing the linear stability of these wormholes by considering radial perturbations and utilizing the modified generalized Chaplygin gas equation of state. …”
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Influence of Styrene-Acrylic Ester Dispersion on the Early Hydration of Cement by Ru Wang, Xiaoxin Shi

“…AFt generation during the early hydration period is controlled gradually by the reaction of C4AH13 generation with increasing SAE dispersion, but this is controlled by the reaction of C4AH13 consumption for the control paste. Besides, SAE dispersion retards and inhibits the formation of CH and C-S-H and also changes their morphology.…”
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Valorization of phosphate by-products to produce acidic geopolymers by S. En-naji, S. Chhaiba, S. Mabroum, R. Hakkou, I. Garcia Lodeiro

“…To increase the reactivity of the precursor, the clay was thermally treated at 900°C for 2 hours. Pastes were prepared and characterized from the mechanical (compressive strengths), microstructural (BSEM/EDX and MIP), mineralogical (XRD and FTIR), and nanostructural (27Al, 29Si and 31P MAS NMR) point of view. …”
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Effect of Steaming as Postprocessing Method on Rice Flour and Jaggery 3D Printed Construct by S. Thangalakshmi, Vinkel Kumar Arora, Barjinder Pal Kaur, Rakhi Singh, Santanu Malakar, Shweta Rathi, Ayon Tarafdar

“…The mixing properties of the rice flour used and thermal characteristics of the paste (rice flour, jaggery, and water) have been reported. …”
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The Combined Effect of the Initial Cure and the Type of Cement on the Natural Carbonation, the Portlandite Content, and Nonevaporable Water in Blended Cement by Saida Boualleg, Mohamed Bencheikh, Larbi Belagraa, Aziz Daoudi, Mohamed Aziz Chikouche

“…The aim of this work is to better understand the physical and chemical phenomena involved in hydrated mix (clinker + addition) during the natural carbonation process, to characterize cement with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) under various curing environment. The prepared cement pastes were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis. …”
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Experimental Study on the Evolution Law of Mesofissure in Full Tailing Cemented Backfill by Yufan Feng, Guanghua Sun, Xuejian Liang, Chenyang Liu, Yue Wang

“…The cracks and interfaces between tailings particles and cement paste are mechanical weak surfaces, where the cracks are mainly generated and propagated. …”
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Photographic self-fashioning. The role of photography in community-formation by the skagen painters by Mette Bøgh Jensen

“…It is argued that the photographs of communal activities do not only represent a “pastness”, but that they also indicate a present and point to community formation. …”
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Durability and Microstructure Properties of Concrete with Arabic Gum Biopolymer Admixture by Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed, Mohd Hanim Osman, Hichem Smaoui, Mohd Azreen Mohd Ariffin

“…The initial setting time of cement paste is measured for different AGB contents. X-ray fluorescence tests are performed on cement-AGB mix powder to determine its chemical composition. …”
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A facile one-step electrochemical preparation of graphene–Pd nanocomposite as a catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction by Fatemeh Norouz-Sarvestani, Seyyed Mehdi Khoshfetrat

“…This study describes a one-step, facile, simple, and effective electrochemical method for the codeposition of graphene oxide (GO) and Pd nanoparticles (NPs) onto a carbon paste electrode (CPE). The obtained nanocomposite was characterized using scanning electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and chronocoulometry techniques, which confirmed the high dispersion and stability of PdNPs supported on the graphene. …”
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Multi-scale structural evolution during simulated gelatinization process of sweet potato starch by heat-moisture treatment by Sijie Zhang, Weiguo Wu, Jihe Zhu, Junling Wu, Zengpeng Gan, Houqin Deng, Yu Zhang, Luyan Liao

“…The particle size was smaller than that of RAW-SPS during the gelatinization process. The starch paste of S2 was gelatinized by heating at 95 °C, and the original crystalline structure of the starch was destroyed, where layered structure formed by recrystallization was observed. …”
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A REVIEW OF STARCH DAMAGE ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOUR by Nia Ariani Putri, Ila Maratush Shalihah, Alina Femi Widyasna, Riska Putri Damayanti

“…Starch damage in flour will affect the physicochemical properties, such as particle size, amylose content, thermal and pasting properties, retrogradation, microstructure of starch granule, etc. …”
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Increasing experience in the use of papaya for burn injuries in an African context, potential and limitations by Helena W.C. Hofland, Edris W. Kalanzi, Emmie Viyuyi, Tilinde Chokotho, Titus M. Opegu, Eduard E. Zijlstra

“…In LRS the use of papaya paste seems an alternative attractive option; however, evidence-based studies are needed on efficacy, safety, including standardization of the product used and treatment regimens.…”
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Modified fracture properties of cement composites with nano/micro carbonized bagasse fibers by Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Sajjad Ahmad, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Luciana Restuccia, Jean Marc Tulliani, Pravin Jagdale

“…When added with cement paste up to 1 wt% in six different proportions, the carbonized bagasse particles were found effective in significant enhancement of mechanical strength as well as fracture toughness. …”
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Influence of Inertia and Low Active Mineral Admixture on Strength and Microstructure of Cement-Based Materials by Meijuan Rao, Wan Tang, Wei Zhou, Yaning Kong, Shuhua Liu

“…Cement-based materials were investigated by comparing the strength and microstructure of pastes and mortar containing limestone powder or low quality fly ash. …”
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Effect of fermentation duration on microstructure and quality of acha flour and its cookies acceptability by Sunday Samuel Sobowale, Benjamin Oluwole Omotoso, Joy Ikedichi Agbawodike

“…Results showed that there were significant differences (p < 0.05) in the functional and pasting properties of the flour and cookies samples. …”
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