Detonation Nanodiamond Soot—A Structurally Tailorable Hybrid Graphite/Nanodiamond Carbon-Based Material by Tikhon S. Kurkin, Oleg V. Lebedev, Evgeny K. Golubev, Andrey K. Gatin, Victoria V. Nepomnyashchikh, Valery Yu. Dolmatov, Alexander N. Ozerin

“…The phase composition of the NDS nanoparticles was studied using X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, electron diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy. …”
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Research and Application Progress of Dual-energy CT in Prostate Lesions by Yize LI, Ziqi CHEN, Luyao ZHANG, Yingmin CHEN

“…DECT not only provides routine anatomical information of lesions, tissues, and organs, but also generates virtual single-energy spectral images, virtual decalcification images, effective atomic number diagrams, iodine maps, electron cloud density maps, and other energy spectral images through post-processing. …”
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Diagnosis Method for Sparse Optimization Based on Multi-step Grid Search of Bearing Coupling Faults by Gong Xiaoyun, Li Chao, Zhao Zhiwei, Ning Xiaobo, Zhang Yuxiang, Han Ming

“…Secondly, the signal reconstruction based on adaptive Gabor atom dictionary orthogonal matching tracking algorithm is realized by optimizing the displacement factor and frequency factor. …”
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Bioinorganic Relevance of Some Cobalt(II) Complexes with Thiophene-2-glyoxal Derived Schiff Bases by Prashant Singh, Shanu Das, Rajesh Dhakarey

“…IR spectra manifest the coordination of the ligand to the metal ion through the carbonyl oxygen, azomethine nitrogen and thienyl sulphur atoms. With the help of electronic spectral data various ligand field parameters were also calculated. …”
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Spectroscopic, Thermal, Electrochemical, and Antimicrobial Studies of Mononuclear Manganese(II) Ditolyldithiophosphates by Ruchi Khajuria, Atiya Syed, Sandeep Kumar, Sushil K. Pandey

“…The presence of a four-and-six coordinated Mn atoms has been established in the complexes and adducts, respectively. …”
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In Silico Study of Ceftaroline’s Molecular Properties by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Eslhey Sánchez Domínguez

“…Molecular properties were calculated according to the Density Functional Theory. Densities of atomic charges and orbital borders were analyzed and compared to the ceftobiprole modeling. …”
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Cadmium, Copper, Lead, and Zinc Contents of Fish Marketed in NW Mexico by Martín G. Frías-Espericueta, Francia K. G. Zamora-Sarabia, J. Isidro Osuna-López, María D. Muy-Rangel, Werner Rubio-Carrasco, Marisela Aguilar-Juárez, Domenico Voltolina

“…To assess if they were within the safety limits for human consumption, the Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn contents of fish muscles, bought from separate stalls of the fish markets of nine cities of NW Mexico, were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Considering all fish and markets, the mean contents were Zn: 23.23±5.83, Cu: 1.72±0.63, Cd: 0.27 ± 0.07, and Pb: 0.09 ± 0.04 µg/g (dry weight). …”
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The degradation mechanism of multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials by Byung Hak Jhun, Yerin Park, Hwang Suk Kim, Ji Hye Baek, Joonghyuk Kim, Eunji Lee, Hyejin Moon, Changjin Oh, Yongsik Jung, Seunghee Choi, Mu-Hyun Baik, Youngmin You

“…Comprehensive chemical analyses corroborate that the degradation byproducts originated from intramolecular cyclization of radical cation, followed by hydrogen atom transfer. The mechanism is further supported by enhanced stability observed in a deuterated MR-TADF emitter, attributed to a secondary kinetic isotope effect. …”
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Stress Concentration in the Bulk Cr2O3: Effects of Temperature and Point Defects by Mazharul M. Islam, Thierry Couvant, Philippe Marcus, Boubakar Diawara

“…The investigations were done for periodic bulk models. The data at the atomic scale were extrapolated by using the Universal Binding Energy Relationships (UBERs) model in order to estimate the mechanical behavior of a 10 μm thick oxide scale. …”
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Chiral-magic angle of nanoimprint meta-device by Chen Mu Ku, Zhang Jing Cheng, Leung Cheuk Wai, Sun Linshan, Fan Yubin, Liang Yao, Yao Jin, Liu Xiaoyuan, Yuan Jiaqi, Xu Yuanhao, Tsai Din Ping, Pang Stella W.

“…Moreover, the shape of the meta-atoms plays a key role in chiral magic angle tuning. …”
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Chemical Etching, AFM, Laser Damage Threshold, and Nonlinear Optical Studies of Potential Nonlinear Optical Crystal: Bis (L-Glutamine) Potassium Nitrate by Redrothu Hanumantharao, S. Kalainathan

“…The grown crystal surface has been analyzed by chemical etching and atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies. Amplitude parameters like area roughness, roughness average, valley height, valley depth, peak height, and peak valley height were measured successfully from AFM studies. …”
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Pancharatnam–Berry‐Phase‐Based Plasmonic Metasurfaces Enable Wavelength‐Selective Directional Focusing and Vortex by Heyi Zhang, Chunhui Zhu, Zhengyong Song

“…In this work, Pancharatnam–Berry (PB)‐phase‐based plasmonic metasurfaces are presented to realize wavelength‐selective directional focusing on the same focal plane. Ultrathin meta‐atoms with the half‐wave plate effect have only three layers, and 360° phase modulation is obtained by axially rotating gold strip based on PB phase. …”
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Production of solid biofuel via hydrothermal carbonization of wood shavings: Influence of biomass-to-water ratio and carbonization temperature on the fuel characteristics of dried... by Aliyu Mohammed, Iwabuchi Kazunori, Itoh Takanori

“…The higher heating value (HHV) increased to 26.74 MJ/kg as the severity of the reaction was increased to the process temperature of 260 °C. Also, the atomic H/C and O/C ratios of hydrochars carbonised at 230 °C and 260 °C were closed to the regions of a peat and lignite on the plotted van Krevelen diagram. …”
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ANALISIS KANDUNGAN UNSUR NPK PADA PUPUK ORGANIK BERBASIS SACHA INCHI (Plukenetia Volubilis) by Fitria Naim, Erni Mohamad, Jafar La Kilo

“…Analisis kandungan Nitrogen (N) dengan menggunakan metode Kjedahl, Fosfor (P) menggunakan spektrofotometer UV-VIS, Kalium (K) menggunakan spektrofotometri serapan atom, dan analisis kualitas kompos di uji berdasarkan tekstur, warna dan bau. …”
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Preparation and mechanical properties influencing of Ti2AlNb powder alloy by WU Jie, WU Xiaofei, TIAN Kai, YIN Yifeng, CUI Xiaoxiao, LU Zhengguan, XU Lei

“…The hot isostatic pressing process is a usual powder Ti2AlNb alloy preparation method to deeply study the influence of factors such as the powder-making process on the properties of Ti2AlNb powder alloy.Ti2AlNb pre-alloyed powders are prepared by plasma rotating electrode process and electrode induction melting gas atomization， respectively， and their mixed powders are characterized. …”
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Rheological Properties and Microscopic Characterization of Delayed Decay-Modified Asphalt Based on UV Ageing by Hening Gu, Yongqiang Zhu, Yunchu Zhu, Lijing Chu, Qinyuan Peng, Qian Chen

“…The change law of the surface morphology of light stabilizer-modified asphalt was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) dynamically with the UV aging time extension. …”
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Study of Selected Metals Distribution, Source Apportionment, and Risk Assessment in Suburban Soil, Pakistan by Javed Iqbal, Munir H. Shah

“…Composite soil samples collected from suburban areas were analyzed for Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Sr, and Zn by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Based on pseudototal metal analysis, Fe, Mn, Sr, and Zn were the prevailing metals while Cd, Co, Cr, and Pb were the least participants. …”
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Accurate Assessment of the Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalytic Activity of Mn/Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Based on Rotating Disk Electrode Measurements, Complemented with Multitechniq... by Patrizia Bocchetta, Carolina Ramírez Sánchez, Antonietta Taurino, Benedetto Bozzini

“…The characterization of Mn/PPy films is addressed to the following: (i) morphology, as assessed by Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM); (ii) local electrical conductivity, as measured by Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM); and (iii) molecular structure, accessed by Raman Spectroscopy; these data provide the background against which the electrocatalytic activity can be rationalised. …”
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Adjusting photocatalytic hydrogen production of TiO2 hollow nanospheres through nitrogen-induced shallow trapping levels by Qingmiao Ren, Peng Chen, Na Sun, Miao Yue, Qi Zhang, Weihu Kong, Gaofei Ren, Wen Guo, Yongming Fu, Jie Ma

“…After annealing in N2, the sufficient N atoms generate abundant oxygen vacancies for trapping electrons, resulting in further improved charge separation efficiency. …”
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Solar-driven production of renewable chemicals via biomass hydrogenation with green methanol by Guangyu Chen, Cenfeng Fu, Wenhua Zhang, Wanbing Gong, Jun Ma, Xiaomin Ji, Lisheng Qian, Xuefei Feng, Chuansheng Hu, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong

“…Here, we report a TiO2 supported Cu single-atom catalyst with a four-coordinated Cu1−O4 structure, which can be universally applied for solar-driven production of various renewable chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass-derived platform molecules with good yields using green methanol as a hydrogen donor, to address this challenge. …”
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