Extraction and Hydrophobic Modification of Cotton Stalk Bark Fiber by Ya-Yu Li, Guang-Ming Du, Xin-Jie Feng, Ya-Wei Mu, De-Qiang Li

“…Then five kinds of modifiers including methyl methacrylate (MMA), MMA plus initiator, epoxy propane, copper ethanolamine, and silane coupling agent were chosen to modify the surface of CSBF. …”
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Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Activities of the Aqueous Rhizome Extract of Rheum officinale Baillon by Eugene Chang, Choon Young Kim

“…In addition, the treatment of aqueous Rheum rhizome extract significantly increased ferric reducing and copper chelating activities. According to results of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance analysis, Rheum rhizome extract significantly delayed lipid oxidation. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of 2-(Hydroxyimino)-1-(phenylpropylidene)thiocarbonohydrazide and its Metal Complexes with Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Ions by A. Venkatchallam, R. G. Deshmukh, Dilip C. Sawant

“…Also the present work report a process for producing metal complexes having the formula ML2 and (ML)2 Cl, wherein M is the divalent metal cation, like cobalt (Co+2), nickel (Ni+2) and copper (Cu+2). The compound HPTCHOPD is admixed with a basic divalent compound that is halide, mainly chloride of Co+2, Ni+2 and Cu+2 in presence of methanol-water mixture. …”
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Analytical solution of problem of shielding low-frequency magnetic field by thin-walled cylindrical screen in presence of cylinder by G. Ch. Shushkevich

“…The influence of some aspects of the problem on the value of the screening coefficient of an external magnetic field when passing through a cylindrical copper screen in the presence of a cylindrical inclusion is studied numerically. …”
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Optical and Electrical Characterization of Crystallized M:WO3 (Cu, Fe, Ni) Films in Acidic Medium by Irmak Karaduman Er, Fatma Sarf, Emin Yakar

“…Pure and metal (M) doped [copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe)] WO3 films have been produced on In:SnO2 (ITO) slides by using facile chemical bath deposition and then annealed at 500 oC for 2 h. …”
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Precipitation Behavior and Magnetic Properties of Cu-Fe-Co Alloys Containing Nanogranular Ferromagnetic-Element Particles by N. Wada, K. Kuwada, J. S. Kim, M. Takeguchi, M. Takeda

“…Small coherent granular precipitates composed of iron and cobalt formed in the copper matrix in the early stage of precipitation. …”
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Zinc Acetate Hydrate Supplementation versus Polaprezinc Supplementation for Improving Hypozincemia in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Etsuko Kumagai, Kazuhiro Furumachi, Akihiro Kurihara, Ken Hosokawa, Keiko Hosohata, Shinji Takai

“…Adverse events requiring a reduction in the zinc dose, including copper deficiency, occurred significantly more frequently in the ZAH group. …”
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Performance Investigation and Structure Optimization of a Flat Dual-Function Solar Collector by Jinwei Ma, Haitao Wang, Yanping Wang, Wei Sun, Jie Ji

“…The thickness of back insulation should be no less than 0.06 m to prevent heat loss via backboard, and the diameter and number of copper tubes show notable effect on the efficiency of DFSC in water heating mode but slight effect in air heating mode.…”
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A Comparative Study between Via-Hole and Via-Free Grounded Coplanar Waveguide to Microstrip Transitions on Thin Polymer Substrate by Mohammed El Gibari, HongWu Li

“…The via-hole free transition achieves experimentally an ultrabroadband from 2 GHz to 78 GHz with an insertion loss of only 0.5 dB thanks to the copper metallization thickness of 2 μm. In addition, these measurement results are in perfect agreement with the simulation results. …”
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A novel approach to sustainable water treatment utilising Cocos nucifera and Luffa acutangula by Ganesan Ramachandran, Latha Asaithambi, Partheeban Pachaivannan, G. Venkatesan

“…The parameters analyzed such as pH, turbidity, hardness, calcium, chloride, sulphate, TDS, TSS, iron, and copper and SEM and FTIR examination were performed. …”
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Low‐cost fabrication of polymer substrate‐based piezoelectric microgenerator with PPE, IDE and ME by S.S. Balpande, M.L. Bhaiyya, R.S. Pande

“…Traditional parallel plate metal electrodes (PPEs) are prone to cracks and internal defects on bending or stretching, thus mesh electrodes (MEs) has been proposed. Copper MEs based microgenerator has performed at par. …”
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REE AND Th MINERALS IN THE METASANDSTONES OF THE UDOKAN BASIN (RUSSIA) by E.V. Belogub, K.A. Novoselov, V.V. Shilovskikh, I.A. Blinov, E.E. Palenova

“…Based on ICP-MS, optical and electron microscopy, and electron back-scatter diffraction data, the paper considers the distribution and the mode of occurrence of REEs and Th in metasandstones of the Lower Proterozoic Sakukan Formation, which host mineralization of the Udokan and Unkur copper sandstone deposits. The REE and Th contents increase in the layers enriched in iron oxides and minerals of natural heavy concentrate relatively to the background metasandstones. …”
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Dual-Band Circularly-Polarized Transparent GNSS Antenna for Vehicular Applications by Quoc Hung Dang, Nghia Nguyen-Trong, Thomas Kaufmann, Timo Saarnimo, Chris Hide, Christophe Fumeaux

“…A fine metal mesh based on printed copper is used to achieve around 90% transparency while maintaining satisfactory antenna gain and radiation efficiency within both operation bands. …”
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Growth behavior of fatigue cracks in ultrafine grained Cu smooth specimens with a small hole by Masahiro Goto, Kakeru Morita, Junichi Kitamura, Takaei Yamamoto, Masataka Baba, Seung-zeon Han, Sangshik Kim

“…In order to study the growth mechanism of fatigue cracks in ultrafine grained copper, stress controlled fatigue tests of round-bar specimens with a small blind hole as a crack starter were conducted. …”
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Refinement of the Co-Content function, through an integration of a polynomial fit of $$I-{I}_{sc}$$ I - I sc . Part 2 application to experimental current–voltage curves by Victor-Tapio Rangel-Kuoppa

“…., the shunt resistance $$\left({R}_{sh}\right)$$ R sh , the series resistance $$\left({R}_{s}\right)$$ R s , the ideality factor $$\left(n\right)$$ n , the light current $$\left({I}_{lig}\right)$$ I lig , and the saturation current $$\left({I}_{sat}\right)$$ I sat , (within the one-diode solar cell model), is implemented on reported Current–Voltage (IV) curves found in the literature, both for laboratory made solar cells, as for and single-crystalline silicon (x-Si), multi-crystalline silicon (m-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), amorphous silicon (a-Si) tandem and triple-junction, amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon, heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer (HIT), and amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules.…”
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The Effects of Natural Weathering on Color Stability of Impregnated and Varnished Wood Materials by Turkay Turkoglu, Ergun Baysal, Hilmi Toker

“…The aim of this study was to investigate effects of natural weathering on color stability of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) impregnated with some chemicals [tanalith-E (TN-E), adolit-KD5 (AD-KD5), and chromated copper arsenate (CCA)] and then varnished [synthetic varnish (SV) and polyurethane varnish (PV)]. …”
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Energy Harvesting from the Stray Electromagnetic Field around the Electrical Power Cable for Smart Grid Applications by Farid Ullah Khan

“…The inductive energy harvester comprises a copper wound coil which is produced on a mild steel core. …”
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Transparent UWB Antenna with IZTO/Ag/IZTO Multilayer Electrode Film by Seungman Hong, Youngsung Kim, Chang Won Jung

“…Three types of proposed antennas are used for the comparison: first, an UWB antenna with a copper sheet only (CUWB); second, a transparent UWB antenna with a transparent radiator only (TRUWB); and, third, an entirely transparent UWB antenna (TUWB). …”
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Plants as Useful Vectors to Reduce Environmental Toxic Arsenic Content by Nosheen Mirza, Qaisar Mahmood, Mohammad Maroof Shah, Arshid Pervez, Sikander Sultan

“…Anthropogenic As contamination of soil may result from mining, milling, and smelting of copper, lead, zinc sulfide ores, hide tanning waste, dyes, chemical weapons, electroplating, gas exhaust, application of municipal sludge on land, combustion of fossil fuels, As additives to livestock feed, coal fly ash, and use of arsenical pesticides in agricultural sector. …”
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Plant-Derived Iron Nanoparticles for Removal of Heavy Metals by Deepika Thilakan, Jaie Patankar, Srushti Khadtare, Nilesh S. Wagh, Jaya Lakkakula, Khalid Mohamed El-Hady, Saiful Islam, Md. Rabiul Islam, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, Nouf Omar Alafaleq, Mohammad Tarique

“…The reducing potential of these ZVI NPs is mostly −0.44 V, thus allowing them to reduce heavy metal compounds such as cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, and arsenic present in wastewater. Irradiated nanoparticles have also exhibited antimicrobial resistance and adsorption. …”
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