Kinetics of flocculation of kaolinite by chitosan-based flocculants and the floc structure by Ting XIAO, Wenjie ZOU, Kexin YU, Xuqin DUAN, Zhijun ZHANG, Ruijing XU

“…The chemical structure and crystallinity of the grafted copolymer are characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR), and X-ray diffraction. Chi-g-CPAM’s flocculation performance on kaolinite suspensions is evaluated through settling tests. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of copper-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles anticancer effects: in vitro and in vivo experiments by Habib Ghaznavi, Mohammad Reza Hajinezhad, Zahra Hesari, Milad Shirvaliloo, Saman Sargazi, Sheida Shahraki, Eshagh Ali Saberi, Roghayeh Sheervalilou, Somayeh Jafarinejad

“…Copper-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles displayed a mixture of rod-like and grain-like structures, and a larger average grain size of 18–68 nm. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the wurtzite crystal structure for both types of nanoparticles. …”
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Mixing-enthalpy modulation on phase transformation in the gradient chemical core/shell high-entropy shape-memory alloys by E-Wen Huang, Tu-Ngoc Lam, Zachary H. Aitken, Mao-Yuan Luo, Nien-En Chiang, Yuh Sun, Jo-Chi Tseng, Ching-Yu Chiang, Wan-Zhen Hsieh, Wen-Jay Lee, Yong-Wei Zhang, Peter K. Liaw, Che-Wei Tsai

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«Green-Ligand» in Metallodrugs Design—Cu(II) Complex with Phytic Acid: Synthetic Approach, EPR-Spectroscopy, and Antimycobacterial Activity by Kseniya A. Koshenskova, Natalia V. Makarenko, Fedor M. Dolgushin, Dmitriy S. Yambulatov, Olga B. Bekker, Matvey V. Fedin, Sergei A. Dementev, Olesya A. Krumkacheva, Igor L. Eremenko, Irina A. Lutsenko

“…The interaction of sodium phytate hydrate C₆H₁₈O₂₄P₆·xNa·yH₂O (phytNa) with Cu(OAc)₂·H₂O and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) led to the anionic tetranuclear complex [Cu₄(H₂O)₄(phen)₄(phyt)]·2Na⁺·2NH₄⁺·32H₂O (<b>1</b>), the structure of the latter was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The phytate <b>1</b> is completely deprotonated; six phosphate⁻ fragments (with atoms P1–P6) are characterized by different spatial arrangements relative to the cyclohexane ring (1a5e conformation), which determines two different types of coordination to the complexing agents—P1 and P3, P4, and P6 have monodentate, while P2 and P5 are bidentately bound to Cu²⁺ cations. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles-carbon composite derived from pineapple peel wastes for adsorption of methylene blue from solution and photocatalytic act... by Salsa Putri Alzura, Vienna Saraswaty, Safri Ishmayana, Yudha Prawira Budiman, Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy, Evyka Setya Aji, Diah Ratnaningrum, Een Sri Endah, Hanny Meirinawati, Henry Setiyanto

“…The properties of the prepared composite biosorbent were characterized using Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) surface area, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) analyses. …”
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Thermoresponsive Gels with Rosemary Essential Oil: A Novel Topical Carrier for Antimicrobial Therapy and Drug Delivery Applications by Ludovic Everard Bejenaru, Adina-Elena Segneanu, Cornelia Bejenaru, Ionela Amalia Bradu, Titus Vlase, Dumitru-Daniel Herea, Marius Ciprian Văruţ, Roxana Maria Bălăşoiu, Andrei Biţă, Antonia Radu, George Dan Mogoşanu, Maria Viorica Ciocîlteu

“…These microparticles were thoroughly characterized using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to confirm functional group interactions, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for surface morphology, X-ray diffraction (XRD) for crystalline properties, and thermal analysis for stability assessment. …”
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Promising Directions in Chemical Processing of Methane from Coal Industry. Part 4. Long-term Stability Test by Е.V. Matus, O.V. Tailakov, O.B. Sukhova, A.V. Salnikov, O.A. Stonkus, M.A. Kerzhentsev, S.R. Khairulin, Z.R. Ismagilov

“…A comparative analysis of the properties of fresh and spent Ce0.2Ni0.8O1.2/Al2O3 catalyst was performed using low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and thermal analysis. …”
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Three different methods for ZnO-RGO nanocomposite synthesis and its adsorption capacity for methylene blue dye removal in a comparative study by Safaa A. Hussein, Gharib M. Taha, F. A. Adam, Marwa A. Moghazy

“…This research marks the first application of the Leidenfrost technique in the synthesis of ZnO-RGO nanocomposites, contributing to the growing body of knowledge in this field. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Burnauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Zeta potential, transmittance electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyses are conducted for synthesized sample characterization. …”
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Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model by Emma Steijvers, Yunshong Shi, Hong Lu, Weixin Zhang, Yitian Zhang, Feihu Zhao, Baichuan Wang, Louise Hughes, Jake E. Barralet, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Igor Kraev, Richard Johnston, Zengwu Shao, Frank H. Ebetino, James T. Triffitt, R. Graham G. Russell, Davide Deganello, Xu Cao, Zhidao Xia

“…To understand the biodegradation and the cellular activity at the cell/biomaterial interfaces, non-decalcified specimens were resin embedded and sections subjected to combined scanning electron microscopy (SEM)/electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)/energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) analysis. …”
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Dynamic Imprints of Colliding-wind Dust Formation from WR 140 by Emma P. Lieb, Ryan M. Lau, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Michael F. Corcoran, Macarena Garcia Marin, Theodore R. Gull, Kenji Hamaguchi, Yinuo Han, Matthew J. Hankins, Olivia C. Jones, Thomas I. Madura, Sergey V. Marchenko, Hideo Matsuhara, Florentin Millour, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Mark R. Morris, Patrick W. Morris, Takashi Onaka, Marshall D. Perrin, Armin Rest, Noel Richardson, Christopher M. P. Russell, Joel Sanchez-Bermudez, Anthony Soulain, Peter Tuthill, Gerd Weigelt, Peredur M. Williams

“…To measure the proper motions and projected velocities of the dust shells, we performed a novel point-spread function (PSF) subtraction to reduce the effects of the bright diffraction spikes and carefully aligned the Cycle 2 to the Cycle 1 images. …”
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MSA-3D: Metallicity Gradients in Galaxies at z ∼ 1 with JWST/NIRSpec Slit-stepping Spectroscopy by Mengting Ju, Xin Wang, Tucker Jones, Ivana Barišić, Themiya Nanayakkara, Kevin Bundy, Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, Shuai Feng, Karl Glazebrook, Alaina Henry, Matthew A. Malkan, Danail Obreschkow, Namrata Roy, Ryan L. Sanders, Xunda Sun, Tommaso Treu, Qianqiao Zhou

“…These innovative observations provide 3D spectroscopy of galaxies at a spatial resolution approaching JWST’s diffraction limit and a high spectral resolution of R  ≃ 2700. …”
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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis by Federico A Vignale, Andrea Hernandez Garcia, Carlos P Modenutti, Ezequiel J Sosa, Lucas A Defelipe, Renato Oliveira, Gisele L Nunes, Raúl M Acevedo, German F Burguener, Sebastian M Rossi, Pedro D Zapata, Dardo A Marti, Pedro Sansberro, Guilherme Oliveira, Emily M Catania, Madeline N Smith, Nicole M Dubs, Satish Nair, Todd J Barkman, Adrian G Turjanski

“…While our results show phylogenomic constraint limits the genes coopted for convergence of caffeine biosynthesis, the X-ray diffraction data suggest structural constraints are minimal for the convergent evolution of individual reactions.…”
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Three-dimensional direct lithography of stable quantum dots in hybrid glass by Dezhi Zhu, Shangben Jiang, Ying Wang, Dejun Liu, Weijia Bao, Liwei Liu, Junle Qu, Yiping Wang, Changrui Liao

“…The acrylate-functionalized hybrid precursors enable local crosslinking through ultrafast laser-induced multiphoton absorption, achieving sub-100 nm resolution surpassing the diffraction limit. The printed micro-/nano- structures possess thermal stability up to 600 °C, which can be transformed to inorganic architectures with a volume shrinkage. …”
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Dacostaite, K(Mg₂Al)[Mg(H₂O)₆]₂(AsO₄)₂F₆&thinsp; ⋅ &thinsp;2H₂O, a new fluoride–arsenate mi... by C. Biagioni, C. Biagioni, D. Mauro, D. Mauro, J. Sejkora, Z. Dolníček, A. Dini, R. Škoda

“…The crystal structure was solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to <span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>₁=0.0927</span> for 1022 unique reflections with <span class="inline-formula"><i>F</i>_<i>o</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">&gt;</span> 4<span class="inline-formula"><i>σ</i></span> (<span class="inline-formula"><i>F</i>_<i>o</i></span>). …”
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Deep Penetration of Shear Deformation in Ferritic Stainless Steel via Differential Speed Rolling Considering Contact Condition by Siti Fatimah, Warda Bahanan, Jee-Hyun Kang, I Putu Widiantara, Young Gun Ko

“…This is achieved by examining orientation gradients derived from inverse pole figure maps obtained through electron backscatter diffraction. The rotation axis is extracted and compared with that obtained from calculation using simple first-order self-consistent formulation. …”
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Simons Observatory: Predeployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands by Carlos E. Sierra, Kathleen Harrington, Shreya Sutariya, Thomas Alford, Anna M. Kofman, Grace E. Chesmore, Jason E. Austermann, Andrew Bazarko, James A. Beall, Tanay Bhandarkar, Mark J. Devlin, Simon R. Dicker, Peter N. Dow, Shannon M. Duff, Daniel Dutcher, Nicholas Galitzki, Joseph E. Golec, John C. Groh, Jon E. Gudmundsson, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Erin Healy, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Iuliano, Bradley R. Johnson, Claire S. Lessler, Richard A. Lew, Michael J. Link, Tammy J. Lucas, Jeffrey J. McMahon, Jenna E. Moore, Federico Nati, Michael D. Niemack, Benjamin L. Schmitt, Max Silva-Feaver, Robinjeet Singh, Rita F. Sonka, Alex Thomas, Robert J. Thornton, Tran Tsan, Joel N. Ullom, Jeffrey L. Van Lanen, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Michael R. Vissers, Yuhan Wang, Kaiwen Zheng

“…We forecast a sensitivity that exceeds the requirements of the large aperture telescope with greater than 30% margin in each spectral band and predict that the instrument will realize diffraction-limited performance and the expected detector passbands.…”
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Ultrafast Airy Beam Generation with a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser by Silin Guo, Yajun Lou, Cai Yue, Xinhai Zhang, Fan Zhang

“…The pulsed Airy beam is then obtained by Fourier transform of the first order diffracted beam of the diffractive optical element. …”
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Coherence Properties and Intensity Distribution of a Partially Coherent Lorentz–Gauss Beam Emerging from the Axicon by Abdu A. Alkelly, Labiba F. Hassan

“…The propagation of a partially Lorentz–Gauss beam in a uniform-intensity diffractive axicon is studied according to the Huygens–Fresnel principle, the Hermite–Gaussian expansion of a Lorentz function, and using the stationary phase method. …”
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Towards a Tektology of Tektology by Tompsett Fabian

“…This essay explores the diffractive relationship between Aleksandr Bogdanov and Otto Neurath. …”
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Evaluation of Different Power of Near Addition in Two Different Multifocal Intraocular Lenses by Ugur Unsal, Gonen Baser

“…To compare near, intermediate, and distance vision and quality of vision, when refractive rotational multifocal intraocular lenses with 3.0 diopters or diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses with 2.5 diopters near addition are implanted. …”
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