Economic Sustainability of Scrapping Electric and Internal Combustion Vehicles: A Comparative Multiple Italian Case Study by Angelo Corallo, Alberto Di Prizio, Mariangela Lazoi, Claudio Pascarelli

“…Electric vehicles, while at the center of this evolution, raise questions about the consumption of natural resources, such as lithium, copper, and cobalt, and their long-term sustainability. …”
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Catalytic pathways for N-arylation of benzimidazoles: A comprehensive review by Anila Ghulam, Tooba Jabeen, Sana Aslam, Matloob Ahmad, Magdi E.A. Zaki

“…Transition metal-based catalysis has emerged as a key strategy, utilizing metals such as copper (Cu), palladium (Pd), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), iridium (Ir), and ruthenium (Ru). …”
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Thermophysical analysis of time-dependent magnetized Casson hybrid nanofluid flow (Cu + GO/Kerosene Oil) using Darcy-Forchheimer and thermal radiative models for industrial cooling... by Amal F. Alharbi, Fida Mohammad, Muhammad Usman, Naseem Khan, Walid Abushiba

“…The hybrid nanofluid consists of three nanoparticles—Copper and Graphene Oxide—suspended in Kerosene Oil, selected for their stable and superior thermal properties. …”
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Block selection in multiblock partial least squares for modeling genotype-phenotype relations in Saccharomyces. by Muhammad Tahir, Bu Yude, Tahir Mehmood, Saima Bashir, Zeeshan Ashraf

“…Variable importance on projection is used to select significant genes within these blocks. Our study models copper chloride at 0.375mM and melibiose at 2% efficiency and rate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. …”
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Experimental Study on Brush-Painted Passive RFID-Based Humidity Sensors Embedded into Plywood Structures by Erja Sipilä, Johanna Virkki, Lauri Sydänheimo, Leena Ukkonen

“…In addition, the first results of more cost-effective brush-painted copper UHF RFID tags on plywood substrate are presented.…”
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Design, Synthesis, enzyme inhibitory activity and molecular docking studies of new 1,2,3-triazole linked nucleobases by Aditya Aggarwal, Chanchal Vashisth, Komal Bharti, Neera Raghav, Surender Kumar

“…The target compounds were synthesized by using Copper (I)-catalysed Huisgen-Sharpless-Meldal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of propargylated nucleobases and substituted aryl azides in good yield. …”
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Trihybrid nanofluid flow through nozzle of a rocket engine: Numerical solution and irreversibility analysis by Basharat Ullah, Rabia Rehman, Hafiz Abdul Wahab, Umar Khan, Walid Emam

“…The primary focus of the investigation is on the use of nanoparticles (titanium dioxide, copper oxide, and alumina dioxide) that are dispersed in water as the base fluid. …”
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The effect of coal ratio on the high-lead slag reduction process by Zhang Z., Li W., Zhan J.

“…The experimental results illustrated that the content of lead and copper in the reduced slag decreased, while the contents of iron, silicon, calcium and zinc in the reduced slag increased as the coal ratio increased, which led the density and viscosity of the reduced slag to decrease further. …”
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GROWTH OF SINGLE CRYSTALS, PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTIES AND THE ABSORPTION EDGE OF A NEW LAYERED CuGa2.5In2.5S8 COMPOUND by ARAMA, Efim, PINTEA, Valentina, SHEMYAKOVA, Tatiana, GASITOI, Natalia

“…Melting of a stoichiometric mixture of Cu+2.5Ga+2.5In+8S led to the synthesis of a previously unknown single-phaseproduct with a layered crystalline structure. Since copper, gallium, and indium sulfides are generally good photoconductors, it could be expected that the new compound would also exhibit high photosensitivity. …”
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Paste Pipeline Transportation of Pumping Backfill Technology with Long Distance and High Stowing Gradient in Cold and High-Altitude Areas by Wei-jun Liu, Min Chen, Fei-fei Wang, Ren-ze Ou, Qi Liu

“…A paste pipeline transportation of pumping backfill technology with long distance and high stowing gradient is proposed to solve the problem of filling slurry transportation with low concentration, the filling body poor quality, and the transportation difficulties with long distance and high stowing gradient in Heiniudong copper mine (HCM). The physical and chemical properties of the backfill material, backfill proportion test, circular pipe experiment, and backfill system analysis evaluation were studied in the laboratory and outdoor, and the application in HCM was carried out to evaluate the technology. …”
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On Behavioral Response of 3D Squeezing Flow of Nanofluids in a Rotating Channel by Mubashir Qayyum, Omar Khan, Thabet Abdeljawad, Naveed Imran, Muhammad Sohail, Wael Al-Kouz

“…The base fluid in the channel is considered to be water that contains different nanoparticles including silicon, copper, silver, gold, and platinum. The homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is employed for the solution of highly nonlinear coupled system. …”
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A modelling technique to determine the high frequency transformer leakage inductance using the winding structure by Yasir S. Dira, Ahmad Q. Ramli, Ungku Anisa Ungku Amirulddin, Nadia M. L. Tan

“…By not varying the average length of turns in the winding configuration, the proposed method was able to maintain a consistent copper loss. A modified mathematical model has been put forward to determine the leakage inductance effectively and precisely. …”
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Hepatic Differentiation of Murine Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Allows Disease Modelling In Vitro by Reto Eggenschwiler, Komal Loya, Malte Sgodda, Francoise André, Tobias Cantz

“…In this study, we focused on three murine models for metabolic liver disorders: the copper storage disorder Wilson's disease (toxic-milk mice), tyrosinemia type 1 (fumarylacetoacetate-hydrolase deficiency, FAH−/− mice), and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZ mice). …”
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Citric Acid-Based Treatment for Refining Mineral Fractions Recovered from Processed MSW Incinerator Bottom Ash by I. B. G. Sumbranang Adhiwiguna, Xinqi Yu, Ragnar Warnecke, Rüdiger Deike

“…The analysis results revealed that the concentration of copper, zinc, and manganese in the mineral phase of pr.IBA can be reduced by the citric acid washing process. …”
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Effect of heat treatment on structural changes in metastable AlSi10mg alloy by Jordović B., Nedeljković B., Mitrović N., Živanić J., Maričić A.

“…Measurement of the thermoelectromotive force of the thermocouple made from the investigated alloy and a copper conductor by a mechanical joining was used to determine relative changes in the electron density of states of the quenched sample after successive heat treatments. …”
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Are We Ready to Measure Skin Permeation of Modern Antiaging GHK–Cu Tripeptide Encapsulated in Liposomes? by Karolina Ogórek, Kinga Nowak, Emilia Wadych, Lena Ruzik, Andrei R. Timerbaev, Magdalena Matczuk

“…One such CAC that occurs naturally in the human body and displays many beneficial properties (via reducing fine lines and wrinkles, tightening skin, improving its elasticity, etc.) is the glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine tripeptide complex of copper (GHK–Cu). GHK–Cu is a fairly hydrophilic compound with limited permeation through the lipophilic stratum corneum. …”
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Zincophilic CuO as electron sponge to facilitate dendrite-free zinc-based flow battery by Jin Seong Cha, Sanghyeon Park, Noh-Uk Seo, Yun-Chan Kang, Chan-Woo Lee, Jung Hoon Yang

“…Herein, we reveal that zinc electrodeposition behaviors dramatically improved through the introduction of highly zincophilic copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs). Strong electronic redistribution between Zn and CuO explains the high Zn affinity on CuO, with negligible nucleation overpotential. …”
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Study of Electrical Transport Properties of Thin Films Used as HTL and as Active Layer in Organic Solar Cells, through Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements by Camilo A. Otalora, Andres F. Loaiza, Gerardo Gordillo

“…Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is used for studying the electrical transport properties of thin films used in organic solar cells with structure ITO/HTL/active layer/cathode, where PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonic acid) and CuPC (tetrasulfonated copper-phthalocyanine) were investigated as HTL (hole transport layer) and P3HT:PCBM (poly-3-hexylthiophene:phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester) blends prepared from mesitylene and chlorobenzene based solutions were studied as active layer and Ag and Al were used as cathode. …”
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Aloe Vera Extract-Mediated CuO NPs as Catalysts for the Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxybenzaldehyde-Connected Piperidine Derivatives and Their Antibacterial Activity by Ponnusamy Packialakshmi, Perumal Gobinath, Anis Ahamed, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Mohamed Taha Yassin, Akbar Idhayadhulla, Radhakrishnan Surendrakumar

“…Using a green chemistry strategy using copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) as a catalyst, a unique one-pot synthesis of Schiff base vanillin-linked piperidine derivatives (2, 2a-2j) may be generated, with a potential yield in a short reaction time. …”
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Study on Glass-Epoxy-Based Low-Cost and Compact Tip-Truncated Triangular Printed Antenna by Rajeev Kumar Kanth, Pasi Liljeberg, Hannu Tenhunen, Qiang Chen, Lirong Zheng, Harish Kumar

“…Triangular microstrip antenna (TMSA) configuration consisting of copper as active radiating patch and glass epoxy as dielectric substrate has been screened out to achieve the essential characteristics and satisfying recommended low-cost antenna. …”
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