The phytoremediator capacity of Quercus cerris L. against heavy metals contamination in the Ezer forest, Lebanon by Najib Rola, Houri Tarek, Khairallah Yara, Khalil Mahmoud I.

“…Cadmium, chromium, lead, and aluminium were extracted via the wet digestion method and analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Additionally, hydrogen peroxide levels, the total carbohydrate and phenolic content in Q. cerris leaves, as well as the activity of antioxidant enzymes, were measured. …”
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Screening of Trace Elements in Hair of the Female Population with Different Types of Cancers in Wielkopolska Region of Poland by Bogusław Czerny, Krzysztof Krupka, Marcin Ożarowski, Agnieszka Seremak-Mrozikiewicz

“…Mineral element analysis of hair was performed using an atomic emission spectrophotometer with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Mixed Schiff Base Ligand Complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) by A. K. Mapari, M. S. Hate, K. V. Mangaonkar

“…The Schiff bases acts as bidentate monobasic ligands, coordinating through deprotonated phenolic oxygen and azomethine nitrogen atoms. The complexes are non-electrolytic in DMSO. …”
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Sun-simulated-driven production of high-purity methanol from carbon dioxide by Jiqing Jiao, Yanbin Ma, Xiaoqian Han, Awu Ergu, Chao Zhang, Pingping Chen, Wei Liu, Qiquan Luo, Zhaolin Shi, Han Xu, Chen Chen, Yaguang Li, Tongbu Lu

“…We construct a self-supporting electrocatalyst featuring dual active sites of Ni single atoms and encapsulated Co nanoparticles, which could produce syngas with a constant H2:CO ratio of ~2 via solar-powered CO2 electroreduction. …”
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Interfacial structure and strengthening mechanisms of NiO-coated graphene reinforced aluminum matrix composites by Xin Gao, Dong Ai, Jiahao Zhang, Hongyan Yue, Xiaohua Zhang, Chunyu Zhang, Zhongkai Zhang, Jing Chang

“…Concurrently, the thermal effect generated by the Al thermal reaction would facilitate the long-distance diffusion of Ni atoms, contributing to the generation of intragranular Al3Ni, which avoids premature fracture due to stress concentration at the interface. …”
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XPS-Characterization of Heterometallic Coordination Compounds with Optically Active Ligands by Yenny Ávila-Torres, Lázaro Huerta, Noráh Barba-Behrens

“…In comparison with the homotrinuclear copper(II) compound [Cu3(S,S(+)cpse)3(H2O)3]·8H2O reported previously, the substitution of a copper(II) atom by one cobalt(II) ion gave place to a heterotrinuclear compound 1, which presents ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic behaviour. …”
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Norfloxacin and N-Donor Mixed-Ligand Copper(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Albumin Interaction, and Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity by Darliane A. Martins, Ligiane R. Gouvea, Gabriel S. Vignoli Muniz, Sonia R. W. Louro, Denise da Gama Jaen Batista, Maria de Nazaré C. Soeiro, Letícia R. Teixeira

“…The experimental data suggest that norfloxacin was coordinated to copper(II) through the carboxylato and ketone oxygen atoms. The interaction of the copper(II) complexes with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated using fluorescence quenching of the tryptophan residues and copper(II) EPR spectroscopy. …”
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Comparison of Biofilm and Attachment Mechanisms of a Phytopathological and Clinical Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae Subsp. pneumoniae by Adriana Marcia Nicolau Korres, Gloria Maria de Farias V. Aquije, David S. Buss, Jose Aires Ventura, Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes, Antonio Alberto Ribeiro Fernandes

“…Both produced biofilms on glass and polystyrene, more consistently at 40°C than 35°C, confirmed by atomic force and high-vacuum scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Conformational Dynamics of Mitochondrial Inorganic Pyrophosphatase hPPA2 and Its Changes Caused by Pathogenic Mutations by Ekaterina Bezpalaya, Svetlana Kurilova, Nataliya Vorobyeva, Elena Rodina

“…The current work describes the conformational dynamics of a structural model of human mitochondrial pyrophosphatase hPPA2 using molecular dynamics simulation, all-atom principal component analysis, and coarse-grained normal mode analysis. …”
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Unveiling the inhibitory effect of hydrogen-decorated voids and dislocation loops on the glide of edge dislocation in tungsten by Qing-Yuan Ren, Yu-Hao Li, Yu-Chen Du, Tian-Ren Yang, Dmitry Terentyev, Wei-Zhong Han, Hong-Bo Zhou, Guang-Hong Lu

“…When the H:Vac ratio is high, H atoms will overflow from the H-void complexes along the dislocation, enhancing the attractive interaction of complexes with dislocation and thereby causing a significant increase in the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS). …”
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Experimental Comparison of HfO_2/X-Based ReRAM Devices Switching Properties by the MIM Capacitance by Fernando Jose da Costa, Aseel Zeinati, Renan Trevisoli, Durga Misra, Rodrigo Trevisoli Doria

“…Also, the dielectric constant modulates due to the migration of oxygen atoms inside the device’s insulator.…”
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Artificial weathering aging of PPT coatings made from recycled PET to protect concrete: Nanomechanical properties evaluation by Adrián Bórquez-Mendivil, Jorge Luis Almaral-Sánchez, Jesus Eduardo Leal-Perez, César Modesto-Acosta, Joaquin Flores-Valenzuela, Orlando Auciello, Blanca Alicia García-Grajeda, José Miguel Mendivil-Escalante, Sergio G. Flores-Gallardo, Roberto P. Talamantes-Soto, Abel Hurtado-Macías

“…The morphology and microstructure were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM); with these techniques, it was possible to identify the deterioration of the coating (porosity and origin of cracks) and the increase in roughness (6 ± 1 nm to 746 ± 5 nm), respectively. …”
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Antibacterial, Cytotoxic Studies and Characterization of Some Newly Synthesized Symmetrical N3,N3′-Bis(disubstituted)isophthalyl-bis(thioureas) and Their Cu(II) and Ni(II) Complexe... by Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Asim Farid, Umer Rashid, Nasir Rasool, Saiful Islam

“…The ligands are coordinated to metal atom in a bidentate pattern producing a neutral complex of the type [ML]2. …”
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Wettability of Polar and Apolar Liquids on Metal Surfaces by Mohanad Khairi, Zoltán Erdélyi, Peter Baumli

“…Also, we observed that the cosine of the oil/metal contact angle increases with the increase in the atomic radius of the pure metal substrate, and Becker’s broken bond model proved this linear relation. …”
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A Combined Ion Implantation/Nanosecond Laser Irradiation Approach towards Si Nanostructures Doping by F. Ruffino, L. Romano, E. Carria, M. Miritello, M. G. Grimaldi, V. Privitera, F. Marabelli

“…This result opens perspectives for As doping of Si nanoclusters embedded in SiO2 since a Si nanocluster of radius 1 nm embedded in SiO2 should trap 13 As atoms at the interface. In order to promote the As incorporation in the nanoclusters for an effective doping, an approach based on ion implantation and nanosecond laser irradiation was investigated. …”
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PLLA honeycombs activated by plasma and high-energy excimer laser for stem cell support by P. Slepička, N. Slepičková Kasálková, J. Musílková, L. Bačáková, B. Frýdlová, P. Sajdl, Z. Kolská, E. Rebollar, V. Švorčík

“…The surface morphologies of the pristine and laser-treated PLLA patterns were studied using atomic force and scanning electron microscopy. The surface chemistry was analyzed using energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of Regenerated Cellulose Films Using Different Ionic Liquids by Jin-Hui Pang, Xin Liu, Miao Wu, Yu-Ying Wu, Xue-Ming Zhang, Run-Cang Sun

“…The results of morphology from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed that all the cellulose films possessed smooth, highly uniform, and dense surface. …”
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Polyurethane-modified asphalt mechanism by Pengzhen Lu, Changjun He, Jiahao Wang, Ying Wu, Jiarui Ding

“…The feasibility of using polyurethane as a modifier and its effects on matrix asphalt were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Additionally, molecular dynamics simulations were employed to analyze the radial distribution function, adhesion energy, and cohesive energy density of asphalt before and after the addition of polyurethane at the microscopic structural level, revealing the molecular motion trends and interfacial bonding forces of the four components of asphalt.The results indicate that the incorporation of polyurethane leads to changes in the absorption peaks of matrix asphalt, a reduction in the ''honeycomb'' structure, and shrinkage. …”
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Crystal structures of three salts of the triphenylsulfonium ion by Rylan Artis, Waylan Callaway, Elizabeth Heyward, Naomi Reyes, Gavin Roberts, Kaitlyn Van Ostenbridge, Clifford W. Padgett, Will E. Lynch

“…In all three compounds, the sulfur atom in the triphenylsulfonium cation adopts a distorted trigonal–pyramidal geometry. …”
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Phase, Microstructure, Thermochromic, and Thermophysical Analyses of Hydrothermally Synthesized W-Doped VO2 Nanopowder by Hamdi Muhyuddin Barra, Soo Kien Chen, Nizam Tamchek, Zainal Abidin Talib, Oon Jew Lee, Kar Ban Tan

“…Using X-ray diffraction (XRD), it was found that the addition of W atoms affected the VO2 lattice since the crystal structure of VO2 was changed from monoclinic to tetragonal rutile. …”
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