Chemical Etching, AFM, Laser Damage Threshold, and Nonlinear Optical Studies of Potential Nonlinear Optical Crystal: Bis (L-Glutamine) Potassium Nitrate by Redrothu Hanumantharao, S. Kalainathan

“…The grown crystal surface has been analyzed by chemical etching and atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies. Amplitude parameters like area roughness, roughness average, valley height, valley depth, peak height, and peak valley height were measured successfully from AFM studies. …”
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Production of solid biofuel via hydrothermal carbonization of wood shavings: Influence of biomass-to-water ratio and carbonization temperature on the fuel characteristics of dried... by Aliyu Mohammed, Iwabuchi Kazunori, Itoh Takanori

“…The higher heating value (HHV) increased to 26.74 MJ/kg as the severity of the reaction was increased to the process temperature of 260 °C. Also, the atomic H/C and O/C ratios of hydrochars carbonised at 230 °C and 260 °C were closed to the regions of a peat and lignite on the plotted van Krevelen diagram. …”
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Preparation and mechanical properties influencing of Ti2AlNb powder alloy by WU Jie, WU Xiaofei, TIAN Kai, YIN Yifeng, CUI Xiaoxiao, LU Zhengguan, XU Lei

“…The hot isostatic pressing process is a usual powder Ti2AlNb alloy preparation method to deeply study the influence of factors such as the powder-making process on the properties of Ti2AlNb powder alloy.Ti2AlNb pre-alloyed powders are prepared by plasma rotating electrode process and electrode induction melting gas atomization， respectively， and their mixed powders are characterized. …”
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Rheological Properties and Microscopic Characterization of Delayed Decay-Modified Asphalt Based on UV Ageing by Hening Gu, Yongqiang Zhu, Yunchu Zhu, Lijing Chu, Qinyuan Peng, Qian Chen

“…The change law of the surface morphology of light stabilizer-modified asphalt was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) dynamically with the UV aging time extension. …”
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Study of Selected Metals Distribution, Source Apportionment, and Risk Assessment in Suburban Soil, Pakistan by Javed Iqbal, Munir H. Shah

“…Composite soil samples collected from suburban areas were analyzed for Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Sr, and Zn by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Based on pseudototal metal analysis, Fe, Mn, Sr, and Zn were the prevailing metals while Cd, Co, Cr, and Pb were the least participants. …”
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Accurate Assessment of the Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalytic Activity of Mn/Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Based on Rotating Disk Electrode Measurements, Complemented with Multitechniq... by Patrizia Bocchetta, Carolina Ramírez Sánchez, Antonietta Taurino, Benedetto Bozzini

“…The characterization of Mn/PPy films is addressed to the following: (i) morphology, as assessed by Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM); (ii) local electrical conductivity, as measured by Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM); and (iii) molecular structure, accessed by Raman Spectroscopy; these data provide the background against which the electrocatalytic activity can be rationalised. …”
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Solar-driven production of renewable chemicals via biomass hydrogenation with green methanol by Guangyu Chen, Cenfeng Fu, Wenhua Zhang, Wanbing Gong, Jun Ma, Xiaomin Ji, Lisheng Qian, Xuefei Feng, Chuansheng Hu, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong

“…Here, we report a TiO2 supported Cu single-atom catalyst with a four-coordinated Cu1−O4 structure, which can be universally applied for solar-driven production of various renewable chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass-derived platform molecules with good yields using green methanol as a hydrogen donor, to address this challenge. …”
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Development of a method for determination of metallic iron content within hot briquette iron (HBI) for steelmaking by Morcali M.H.

“…The concentration of iron was determined via Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). After the optimization study, high-purity metallic iron powder (Sigma-Aldrich, PubChem Substance ID 24855469) was used to compare efficiencies and identify the optimum conditions; The present study was matched with international standard methods (BS ISO 5416:2006, IS 15774:2007). …”
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Novel Computational Methodologies for Structural Modeling of Spacious Ligand Binding Sites of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors: Development and Application to Human Leukotriene B4 Recep... by Yoko Ishino, Takanori Harada

“…The core idea of the method is that a molecular dynamics simulation is used to calculate average 3D coordinates of all atoms of a GPCR protein against heat fluctuation on the picosecond or nanosecond time scale, and then evolutionary computation including receptor-ligand docking simulations functions to determine the rotation angle of each helix of a GPCR protein as a movement on a longer time scale. …”
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Schiff bases and their possible therapeutic applications: A review by Nidhi, Siddharam, Devendra Pratap Rao, Amit Kumar Gautam, Ashish Verma, Yashveer Gautam

“…Schiff base (SB) represents a category of organic compounds in which a nitrogen atom with a double bond maintains its stereochemistry. …”
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Effects of Silica Nanoparticles and Silica-Zirconia Nanoclusters on Tribological Properties of Dental Resin Composites by Henry A. Rodríguez, Herley Casanova

“…Roughness was measured through atomic force microscopy (AFM) while nanohardness was evaluated by nanoindentation. …”
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Observation of the non-Hermitian skin effect and Fermi skin on a digital quantum computer by Ruizhe Shen, Tianqi Chen, Bo Yang, Ching Hua Lee

“…Abstract Lately, the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) has been demonstrated in various classical metamaterials and even ultracold atomic arrays. Yet, its interplay with many-body dynamics have never been experimentally investigated. …”
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Empirical Correlation of the Morphology of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes with Their Response to Axial Compression by Jabulani R. Barber, Jeffrey S. Boyles, Aldo A. Ferri, Lawrence A. Bottomley

“…Each nanocoil was attached to the apex of a cantilever probe tip; its dimensions and orientation relative to the tip apex were determined with scanning electron microscopy. The atomic force microscope was employed to apply a cyclic axial load on the nanocoil. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Nd Content and Cooling Rate on the Organization and Properties of Al-Nd Alloys by Wenjie Wu, Shuchen Sun, Xiangjie Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Chengcheng Chen, Xin Hong, Yaoyu Yan, Jing Wei, Ganfeng Tu

“…Due to the longer diffusion time of Nd atoms in the slow-cooling region and the formation of compounds, the lattice constant in the slow-cooling region is larger. …”
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Characterization of eDNA from the Clinical Strain Acinetobacter baumannii AIIMS 7 and Its Role in Biofilm Formation by Praveen K. Sahu, Pavithra S. Iyer, Amrita M. Oak, Karishma R. Pardesi, Balu A. Chopade

“…Membrane vesicles (MV) of varying diameter (20–200 nm) containing DNA were found to be released by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). An assessment of the characteristics of the eDNA with respect to size, digestion pattern by DNase I/restriction enzymes, and PCR-sequencing, indicates a high similarity with genomic DNA. …”
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An Overview of Lithium-Ion Battery Safety: Existing Problems and Potential Solutions by Fu Wenduo, Sun Shiqi, Wang Bo

“…Through doping, coating, nanoparticle design, and metal atom replacement, electrode materials can be improved to increase cathode safety, LiF coatings on NCM811 cathodes are one prominent example. …”
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Distribution of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of the Bay of Bengal Coast by M. Z. H. Khan, M. R. Hasan, M. Khan, S. Aktar, K. Fatema

“…The concentration of heavy metals was measured using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray fluorescence instruments. …”
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Electrically tunable THz graphene metasurface wave retarders by Park Hyunwoo, Jeong Sodam, Seo Changwon, Park Hyeongi, Oh Donghak, Shim Jae-Eon, Lee Jaeyeong, Ha Taewoo, Kim Hyeon-Don, Baek Soojeong, Min Bumki, Kim Teun-Teun

“…Specifically, we show that a refractive index for one of the orthogonal polarization states can be electrically controlled by modulating graphene’s conductivity, thereby weakening the capacitive coupling between adjacent meta-atoms in an anisotropic manner. With monolayer graphene, phase retardation of 15° to 81° between two orthogonal polarization states can be achieved. …”
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Wear-resistant Ti/TiCp composite coatings via synchronous powder supplied wire arc additive manufacturing by Xinxin Guo, Ming Ma, Shuaifeng Zhang, Zhengying Wei

“…The heat erosion caused by the titanium alloy melt did not lead to the complete dissolution of the TiC particles; however, the carbon atoms at the edges of these particles diffuse into the molten pool. …”
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On Topological Analysis of Niobium (II) Oxide Network via Curve Fitting and Entropy Measures by Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Sana Javed, Sadia Khalid, Mazhar Hussain, Muhammad Shahbaz, Samuel Asefa Fufa

“…With the use of combinatorial methods, such as vertex and edge partitions, we explore the connection between atoms and bonds. Topological indices play a vital part in equipping directions to treat cancers or tumors. …”
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