Biologically Derived Gold Nanoparticles and Their Applications by Arpita Roy, Chetan Pandit, Amel Gacem, Mohammed S. Alqahtani, Muhammad Bilal, Saiful Islam, Md. Jamal Hossain, Mohammed Jameel

“…The metabolic activities of biological agents convert dissolved metal ions into nanometals. For biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles, various biological agents like plants, fungus, and bacteria are utilized. …”
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Isotopic Transient Kinetic Analysis of Soot Oxidation on Mn₃O₄, Mn₃O₄-CeO₂, and CeO₂ Catalysts in Tight Contact Co... by Marek Rotko, Karolina Karpińska-Wlizło

“…Moreover, strong interactions between Mn and Ce ions were observed, increasing oxygen mobility in the catalyst crystal lattice and affecting the activity of Mn-Ce catalysts.…”
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Aluminum in Effluents and Sludges from the Preliminary Coagulation in Dairy Factory Aerated Balancing Tanks: An Analytical and Sorption Study by Michał Sadowski, Piotr Anielak, Wojciech M. Wolf

“…For colorimetric method, the optimum experimental conditions such as pH, reaction time, and concentration of other ions in the sample were determined. The sorption isotherms of aluminum on the activated sludge were determined for diverse aluminum species.…”
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Anti-thermal-quenching and colour-tuneable Tb3+/Ce3+-doped phosphor from natural wollastonite by Yu Xinhong, Chen Feng, Yang Ming, Ruan Min, Feng Wei

“…The regulation of thermal luminescence behaviour for Tb3+ was achieved by incorporating Ce3+ ions in the 0.12Tb3+/0.12Li+ co-doped wollastonite phosphor. …”
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Syntheses and structures of two coordination polymers formed by Ni(cyclam)2+ cations and sulfate anions by Liudmyla V. Tsymbal, Irina L. Andriichuk, Lucian G. Bahrin, Yaroslaw D. Lampeka

“…In both compounds, the metal ions are coordinated in the equatorial plane by the four secondary N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand, which adopts the most energetically stable trans-III conformation. …”
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Reactivity in cell culture medium and in vitro anticancer activity of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol: link to metal-catechol interactions by Aviva Levina, Debbie C. Crans, Peter A. Lay

“…IntroductionCatechol moieties are common in natural bioactive molecules, and their ability to bind metal ions is widely explored both naturally with siderophores and in the development of metal-based drugs. …”
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Klotho enhances stability of chronic kidney disease atherosclerotic plaques by inhibiting GRK2/PLC-β-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress in macrophages via modulation of the ROS/... by Zhe Li, Jing Li, Lin Li, Qian Wang, Qian Zhang, Ling Tian, Chenchen Li

“…ELISA quantified urea, cholesterol, calcium ions, and triglycerides in mouse plasma. Western blotting detected associated protein expression, followed by cell-based experiments for validation. …”
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Whole genome sequencing of a novel carrageenan-degrading bacterium Photobacterium rosenbergii and oligosaccharide preparation by Jing Chen, Jing Chen, Runmin Chen, Kit-Leong Cheong, Zhuo Wang, Rui Li, Xuejing Jia, Qiaoli Zhao, Xiaofei Liu, Bingbing Song, Saiyi Zhong, Saiyi Zhong

“…Enzymatic activity was assessed under different conditions, including substrate, temperature, pH, and the presence of metal ions. Hydrolysis products were analyzed using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS).ResultsPhotobacterium rosenbergii GDSX-4 is a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from the red algae, capable of degrading several polysaccharides. …”
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Appraisal of Mixed Amorphous Manganese Oxide/Titanium Oxide Sorbents for the Removal of Strontium-90 from Solutions, with Special Reference to Savannah River Site and Chernobyl Rad... by Sviatoslav A. Kirillov, Tetiana V. Lisnycha, Oksana I. Pendelyuk

“…Hydrous, amorphous manganese oxide/titanium oxide composites (AMTO) obtained via template synthesis using alkali metal ions as templates have been characterized. Their applicability in remediation technologies has been tested, specifically for 90 Sr removal from Savannah River Site high-level waste supernatants (SHLW) and Chernobyl 4th Block Shelter water (CSW) simulants. …”
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Design and implementation of a novel general format multimedia digital rights management system by Qin-long HUANG, Zhao-feng MA, Jia MO, Xin-xin NIU, Yi-xian YANG

“…Aiming at the copyright protection of multimedia content,a novel general format multimedia digital rights management model was designed which includes encryption and packaging of content,ke nagement,security engine,license management and distribution,DRM client,DRM management and other functional units.This model uses un-structured encryption method which overcomes the limit ions of encryption method based on the content format to sup-port the general format multimedia.In addition,this model uses the license acquisition number as the only certificate to download license to solve the problem of license reissue and transfer,and supports fine-grained control model.Combined with this model,a multimedia digital rights management system was developed based on fixed and mobile converged services which is used in the field of digital consumer.experimental results and practical application show that this scheme with good practice in the copyright protection multimedia content does not affect the multimedia quality,and have high efficiency and safety.…”
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Adsorption of Cadmium on Transcarpathian Clinoptilolite by V.O. Vasylechko, G.V. Gryshchouk, Yu.B. Kuz'ma, L.O. Lebedynets, O.Ya. Oliyarnyk

“…It has been demonstrated that cadmium(II) ions are most effectively adsorbed from sulphate solutions. …”
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Direct Synthesis of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Powders by Mechanochemical Method by Nguyen Duc Van

“…The existence of a carbonato complex between CO32− and Nb5+ ions as an intermediate species of the formation of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 was also found.…”
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Study of Fluoride Affinity by Zirconium Impregnated Walnut Shell Carbon in Aqueous Phase: Kinetic and Isotherm Evaluation by M. Rajan, G. Alagumuthu

“…The presence of bicarbonate ions in aqueous solution was found to affect the fluoride removal indicating that these anions compete with the sorption of fluoride on adsorbents. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Cu(II) Complex with Photocatalytic Property on Gastric Cancer by Inhibiting the Proliferation of Tumor Cells by Dan Yu, Shuqin Li

“…In situ hydrolysis of 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (L) and simultaneous self-assembly with Cu(II) ions afforded a new Cu(II) compound formulated as [Cu(L) (4,4′-bpy)0.5(H2O)]n (1), which is structurally determined by a series of characterization techniques, such as powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), and elemental analysis. …”
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Corrosion of steel in ionic liquids by Arenas M.F., Reddy R.G.

“…However, ionic liquids containing chloride ions were unable to form a passive region.…”
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CaCO3–Polymer Nanocomposite Prepared with Supercritical CO2 by Hiroaki Wakayama

“…Specifically, a nanocomposite with a high CaCO3 content was produced by introducing supercritical CO2 into a polymer matrix containing Ca ions. A mixture of poly(vinyl alcohol), Ca acetate, and poly(acrylic acid) was poured into a mold, the mold was placed in an autoclave, and CO2 was introduced to precipitate CaCO3 within the polymer matrix. …”
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Characterization of Blue Tourmaline from Madagascar for Exploring Its Color Origin by Ming Li

“…The absorption band at 725 nm is caused by charge transfer between Fe2+ at the Y site and Fe3+ at the Z site. Other ions in the crystal did not generate absorption lines in the visible spectral range. …”
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On Analytical Solution of a Plasma Flow over a Moving Plate under the Effect of an Applied Magnetic Field by Taha Zakaraia Abdel Wahid, Adel M. Morad

“…The effects of an external magnetic field on the electrons collected with each other, with positive ions, and with neutral atoms in the plasma fluid are studied. …”
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Formation and structural studies of integrated membranes based on channel silicon by V. V. Bolotov, K. E. Ivlev, E. V. Knyazev, I. V. Ponomareva

“…This effect can be explained by facilitating diffusion in the structures of not only hydrogen but also fluoride ions.…”
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Development of a Cloud-Point Extraction Method for Cobalt Determination in Natural Water Samples by Mohammad Reza Jamali, Mohammad Gholinezhad, Saiedeh Balarostaghi, Reyhaneh Rahnama, Seyed Hojjat Allah Rahimi

“…A new, simple, and versatile cloud-point extraction (CPE) methodology has been developed for the separation and preconcentration of cobalt. The cobalt ions in the initial aqueous solution were complexed with 4-Benzylpiperidinedithiocarbamate, and Triton X-114 was added as surfactant. …”
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