Determination of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Dankran River in the Bekwai Municipality of Ghana by Vivian Afriyie, Lyndon N. A. Sackey, Linda Aurelia Ofori

“…The samples were taken from three locations, Konyaw, Jumako, and Anwiankwanta, and subjected to standard laboratory tests using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS). …”
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Electron Number Density and Coherence Length of Boson-Fermion Pair in HTSC by Abel Mukubwa

“…While most hole doping agents are atoms lighter than copper, many of the electron doping agents are materials heavier than copper. …”
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Pearson's Hard-Soft Acid-Base Principle as a Means of Interpreting the Reactivity of Carbon Materials by M. Wiśniewski, P.A. Gauden

“…In the current studies we are focusing on the utility of the theory of hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB), as proposed by Pearson, for the description of the reactivity of different types of two-radical graphene sheets where two neighbouring carbon atoms are unsaturated in the zigzag position. The closed- and open-shell systems were taken into account. …”
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Impact of Tsunami on the Heavy Metal Accumulation in Water, Sediments and Fish at Poompuhar Coast, Southeast Coast of India by P. Martin Deva Prasath, T. Hidayathulla Khan

“…Investigations on the accumulation of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Co, Pb, Cd and Ni) in water, sediments and fish (Mugil cephalus) using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Poompuhar coast, lying along the southeast coast of India was studied before and after tsunami. …”
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Chemisorption and the Distribution of Acid Y Zeolite Cumene Cracking Products by Lyubov Patrylak

“…The infringement of the stoichiometry and the considerable material imbalance observed may be attributed to the chemisorption of both cumene and the final conversion products on Lewis acid sites, i.e. coordinatively unsaturated aluminium atoms and zeolite cations, present on the catalyst surface. …”
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Geometric Lattice Structure of Covering and Its Application to Attribute Reduction through Matroids by Aiping Huang, William Zhu

“…First, a geometric lattice structure of a covering is constructed through transversal matroids. Then its atoms are studied and used to describe the lattice. …”
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains by Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Roswitha,Rissner

“…Rings of integer-valued polynomials are known to be atomic, non-factorial rings furnishing examples for both irreducible elements for which all powers factor uniquely (absolutely irreducibles) and irreducible elements where some power has a factorization different from the trivial one. …”
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Incommensurable matter-wave jets in quasi-1D geometry by Tadej Mežnaršič, Rok Žitko, Katja Gosar, Jure Pirman, Katja Arh, Matevž Jug, Erik Zupanič, Peter Jeglič

“…Abstract Bose-Einstein condensates subjected to modulation of the interaction between atoms exhibit the emergence of density waves and matter-wave jets with a velocity proportional to the square root of the modulation frequency. …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…However, the in-depth understanding of dynamic deformation mechanisms remains limited due to technological constraints in real-time detection of microstructural evolution at the atomic level. In present work, non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations were performed to study the shock response of FeCoNiCrCu HEAs with pre-existing dislocation network. …”
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A Comprehensive Study on Gamma Rays and Fast Neutron Sensing Properties of GAGOC and CMO Scintillators for Shielding Radiation Applications by Shams A. M. Issa, M. I. Sayyed, M. H. M. Zaid, K. A. Matori

“…The WinXCom program has been used to calculate the mass attenuation coefficients (μm), effective atomic numbers (Zeff), effective electron densities (Nel), half-value layer (HVL), and mean free path (MFP) in the energy range 1 keV–100 GeV for Gd3Al2Ga3O12Ce (GAGOC) and CaMoO4 (CMO) scintillator materials. …”
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Prokaryotic cellulase gene clusters derived from 2,305 metagenomes by Bing Song, Fernando D. K. Tria, Josip Skejo

“…However, it is a difficult task for any organism to get carbon atoms from the cellulose as it has a highly complex structure. …”
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A Quantum Sensor for Neutrino Mass Measurements by Juan Manuel Cornejo, Daniel Rodríguez

“…The device will allow measuring atomic masses, and therefore Q-values from decays with unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity, using fluorescence photons from a laser-cooled ion instead of electronic detection. …”
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Mechanisms of RCD-1 pore formation and membrane bending by Keli Ren, James Daniel Farrell, Yueyue Li, Xinrui Guo, Ruipei Xie, Xin Liu, Qiaozhen Kang, Qihui Fan, Fangfu Ye, Jingjin Ding, Fang Jiao

“…Here, we demonstrate that RCD-1 binds acidic lipid membranes, forms pores, and induces membrane bending. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and AlphaFold, we show that RCD-1-1 and RCD-1-2 form heterodimers that further self-assemble into ~14.5 nm-wide transmembrane pores (~10 heterodimers). …”
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Argon release, crystallization, morphological and optical changes of ion-beam sputtered Ta2O5 thin films during thermal treatments by A. Paolone, M. Bazzan, G. Favaro, F. Borondics, G. Nemeth, F. Capitani, S. Swaraj, R. Belkhou, R. Flammini, J. Teillon, C. Michel, D. Hofman, M. Granata

“…X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) measurements indicate that in the same range of temperature the crystallization of tantala takes place. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) experiments detect a reduction of the surface roughness in the crystalline phase; domains with typical dimensions of the order of few microns appear in the crystal. …”
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Disruption of biological membranes by hydrophobic molecules: a way to inhibit bacterial growth by Alejandra Gabriela Valdez-Lara, Ángela M. Jaramillo-Granada, Daniel Ortega-Zambrano, Eristeo García-Marquez, Jorge Alberto García-Fajardo, H. Mercado-Uribe, J. C. Ruiz-Suárez

“…Finally, we demonstrate, using atomic force and fluorescence microscopy, that the drugs, especially propofol, produce a visible disruption in real bacterial membranes, explaining the observed inhibition. …”
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Macroscopic perspective on phase transition behavior of natural single-crystal graphite under different pressure environments by Xiaoshuang Yin, Songyang Li, Lijuan Wang, Peiyuan Liu, Zhihai Cheng, Huiyang Gou, Liuxiang Yang

“…Here, we report on the pressure-induced phase transition behavior of natural single-crystal graphite under three distinct pressure-transmitting media from a macroscopic perspective using in situ two-dimensional Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. The surface evolution process of graphite before and after the phase transition is captured, revealing that pressure-induced surface textures can impede the continuity of the phase transition process across the entire single crystal. …”
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Matematical modeling of the process of enlarging the austenitic grain during high-temperature heating of alloy structural steel by V. A. Kukareko, B. M. Gatsuro, A. N. Grigorchik, A. N. Chichin

“…A phenomenological model describing the mechanism of formation and growth of austenitic grains in steels under heating at different speeds is developed.It is concluded that the slow heating of steels in the interval of phase a®g transformation contributes to the formation of a complex of small austenite grains separated by high angle boundaries with adsorbed on them by impurity atoms, which ensures higher resistance grain structure to coalescence and reduce the rate of migration of the boundaries during prolonged hightemperature austenization.…”
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Chemical reactivity of alliin and its molecular interactions with the M proteasepro of SARS-CoV-2 by López-Orozco Wendolyne, Mendoza-Huizar Humberto Luis, Álvarez-Romero Giaan Arturo, Torres-Valencia Jesús Martín, Sanchez-Zavala Maricruz

“…For electrophilic attacks, the more reactive sites are on the carbon atoms of the prop-2-ene moiety. The more active sites for nucleophilic attacks are located on the thioether group. …”
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Disorder-induced enhancement of lithium-ion transport in solid-state electrolytes by Zhimin Chen, Tao Du, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, Yuanzheng Yue, Morten M. Smedskjaer

“…We further establish bridges between dynamical characteristics, local structural features, and atomic rearrangements by applying a machine learning-based structure fingerprint termed “softness”. …”
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A Study on the Effect of the Boron Potential on the Mechanical Properties of the Borided Layers Obtained by Boron Diffusion at the Surface of AISI 316L Steel by E. Hernández-Sánchez, Y. M. Domínguez-Galicia, C. Orozco-Álvarez, R. Carrera-Espinoza, H. Herrera-Hernández, J. C. Velázquez

“…The boron potential was established by means of the available atoms of boron contained in a control volume inside a cylinder. …”
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