Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Stabilized with Cement by Shengquan Zhou, Yongfei Zhang, Dawei Zhou, Weijian Wang, Dongwei Li, Zhaibang Ke

“…In order to figure out the effect of dynamic and static load on the mechanical properties exhibited by the cement-fly ash and the reaction mechanism of cement-fly ash, a combination of the unconfined compressive test, impact test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) method was adopted in this study to investigate the cement-fly ash test samples. …”
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Bifunctional Tailoring of Platinum Surfaces with Earth Abundant Iron Oxide Nanowires for Boosted Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation by Bilquis Ali Al-Qodami, Heba H. Farrag, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Nageh K. Allam, Bahgat E. El-Anadouli, Ahmad M. Mohammad

“…Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were all employed to inspect, respectively, the surface morphology, bulk composition, and crystal structure of the catalyst. …”
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Sustainable Flame Retardant Coatings Derived from Chinese Lacquer Blend with Synergistic Flame Retardant Silicon-Modified Ammonium Polyphosphate by Shuyun Li, Renjin Gao, Hanyu Xue, Yuchi Zhang, Yuansong Ye, Qi Lin, Qingyou Zeng, Linshishui Liu, Changlin Cao, Jianrong Xia

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy were used to investigate the chemical components and morphology of the residual char of Chinese lacquer and SAPP composite films. …”
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Development and evaluation of orally disintegrating tablets containing the mosapride resin complex by Wu Tong, Wang Guanhua, Shi Caihong, Li Jinghan, Zhao Na, Dong Zihao, Pan Weisan, Zhang Xiangrong

“…The complex physicochemical properties were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Orally disintegrating tablets were prepared by direct compression and were optimized using the response surface method. …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide and Evaluation of Its Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity by Junjie Qian, Guanjun Cui, Mingjun Jing, Yan Wang, Min Zhang, Jianjun Yang

“…As-synthesized N-doped TiO2 catalysts were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron spin resonance spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. …”
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Cricket Flour and Pullulan Microparticle Formation via Electro-Blow Spinning as a New Method for the Protection of Antioxidant Compounds from Fruit Extracts by Sabina I. Wilkanowicz, Keara T. Saud

“…The particles’ morphology was analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier transform infrared and UV-vis spectroscopy were used for chemical characterization and encapsulation efficiency determination, respectively. …”
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Controllable Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Three-Phase Flow Pulsating Mixing Microfluidic Chip by Guojun Liu, Xiang Ma, Xiaodong Sun, Yanhui Jia, Tengfei Wang

“…The synthesized AgNPs were characterized by the UV-Vis absorption spectrophotometer and transmission electron microscopy. The effects of different experimental conditions on the controllable synthesis of AgNPs were analyzed, and the optimum synthesis conditions of AgNPs were obtained. …”
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Optimization and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticle by Endophytic Fungi Penicillium sp. Isolated from Curcuma longa (Turmeric) and Application Studies against MDR E. coli and... by Dattu Singh, Vandana Rathod, Shivaraj Ninganagouda, Jyothi Hiremath, Ashish Kumar Singh, Jasmine Mathew

“…The biosynthesized AgNps optimization was studied and characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Then produced AgNps were tested against MDR E. coli and S. aureus. …”
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Evaluation of Amine Functionalized Thermal Power Plant Solid Waste for Industrial Wastewater Remediation by Ali Y. Kozbek, Kubilay Şahin, Ertuğrul Sarı, Esra Bedir, Fatma G. Yüce, Senem Çitoğlu, Hatice Duran

“…The surface chemical modifications and the nature of functional groups were ascertained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Adsorption of Crystal Violet Dye from Aqueous Solution using Industrial Pepper Seed Spent: Equilibrium, Thermodynamic, and Kinetic Studies by Razia Sulthana, Syed Noeman Taqui, Usman Taqui Syed, T. M. Yunus Khan, Shaik Dawood Abdul Khadar, Imran Mokashi, Kiran Shahapurkar, M. A. Kalam, H. C. Ananda Murthy, Akheel Ahmed Syed

“…The adsorption of CV to the PSS was authenticated from infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy images. The interactions of the CV-PSS system have been discussed, and the observations noted suggest PSS as a feasible adsorbent to extract CV from an aqueous solution.…”
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Impact of manufacturing variables on the mechanical performance of recycled glass-enhanced composites by Nathaphon Buddhacosa, Thevega Thevakumar, Everson Kandare, Sujeeva Setunge, Dilan Robert

“…X-ray computed tomography (CT) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses revealed changes in composite porosity and interfacial bonding, enabling the correlation of these microstructural changes with variations in mechanical properties for both non-ceramified and ceramified composites. …”
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Effect of Flaxseed Gum on the Microstructure and Physicochemical Properties of Starch in Frozen Dough by WANG Hongwei, LI Xiangjie, QIAO Jingyue, SHEN Huishan, ZHANG Yanyan, LIU Xingli, ZHAO Xuewei, ZHANG Hua

“…This study investigated the effects of adding different amounts of flaxseed gum (0%, 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6% and 0.8%) on the microstructure and physicochemical properties of starch in frozen dough using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and rapid visco analysis (RVA). …”
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Adsorption of hexavalent chromium by activated carbon obtained from a waste lignocellulosic material ( cores): Kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic study by Radia Labied, Oumessaad Benturki, Adh’ Ya Eddine Hamitouche, André Donnot

“…Prior to the adsorption process, the morphology, elementary composition, and loss mass of activated carbon were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. …”
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Green synthesis of silica-coated gold nanoparticles employing femtosecond laser, solid targets, and water by N. G. P. Machado, M. P. Raele, E. Jimenez-Villar, W. de Rossi

“…The resulting AuNP@SiO₂ were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and zeta potential measurements. …”
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Chloride Ingress in Cement Mortars Exposed to Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans Bacteria by Onesmus Mulwa Munyao, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Daniel Karanja Mutitu, Genson Murithi, Romano Mwirichia

“…Further, microbial-treated mortars demonstrated both high porosity and chloride ingress as compared to the control test mortars. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses showed the formation of new deleterious products in the microbial-exposed mortars.…”
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Integrative determination of atomic structure of mutant huntingtin exon 1 fibrils implicated in Huntington disease by Mahdi Bagherpoor Helabad, Irina Matlahov, Raj Kumar, Jan O. Daldrop, Greeshma Jain, Markus Weingarth, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, Markus S. Miettinen

“…Atomic-resolution perspectives are enabled by an integrative analysis and unrestrained all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations incorporating experimental data from electron microscopy (EM), solid-state NMR, and other techniques. …”
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<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Phage M198 and Its Therapeutic Potential by Lika Leshkasheli, Ia Kusradze, Darejan Bolkvadze, Lia Askilashvili, Maria Chichashvili, Giorgi Tsertsvadze, Elisabed Zaldastanishvili

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Utilization of asphalt waste Dust and fly ash for sustainable mortar by Ayawanna Jiratchaya, Kingnoi Namthip, Sertsoongnern Pimchanok, Chaiyaput Salisa

“…The microstructures of testing samples were analyzed using different characterization techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). …”
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Preparation and physicochemical/antimicrobial characteristics of asparagus cellulose films containing quercetin by Tao Jin, Ling Yan, Wei Liu, Shuai Liu, Changhong Liu, Lei Zheng

“…Films were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The film produced by 0.01 g/mL asparagus cellulose solution exhibited a swelling ratio of 125.4% and excellent antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus using the disk agar diffusion method. …”
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Enhanced ferroptosis sensitivity promotes the formation of highly myopic cataract via the DDR2-Hippo pathway by Dongling Guo, Yu Du, Xin Liu, Dan Li, Ling Wei, Xiangjia Zhu

“…In HMC lens epithelia, levels of Fe2+ and lipid peroxidation were found elevated, with increased vulnerability towards ferroptosis as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. Mechanistically, RNA sequencing of HMC lens epithelial samples identified up-regulated expression of discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (DDR2) as a key factor, which could enhance ferroptosis sensitivity via the Src-Hippo pathway. …”
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