Geopolymers in nuclear waste storage and immobilization: mechanisms, applications, and challenges by M. Houhou, N. Leklou, H. Ranaivomanana, JD. Penot, S. de Barros

“…Abstract According to the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), nuclear facilities generate over 30 tons of high-level radioactive waste and 300,000 tons of medium-level waste annually, highlighting the need for secure immobilization methods to safeguard environmental and public health. …”
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Molecular Dynamics-Based Two-Dimensional Simulation of Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Process for Unimodal and Bimodal Systems by Yeasir Mohammad Akib, Ehsan Marzbanrad, Farid Ahmed

“…A two-dimensional powder bed was developed in this work using the LAMMPS (Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator) package to better understand the effect of bimodal and unimodal particle size distribution on powder bed packing. …”
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Morphological Effect of CNT/TiO2 Nanocomposite Photoelectrodes Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell on Photovoltaic Performance with Various Annealing Temperatures by Mohd Zikri Razali, Huda Abdullah, Izamarlina Asaahari

“…The X-ray diffraction patterns show that the films consisted of anatase and rutile phases with large crystallite sizes due to temperature increment. The atomic force microscopy analysis presents the thin film roughness in terms of root mean square roughness. …”
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Land Use Contributions to Heavy Metals/Metaloids Pollution in the Tano Basin, Ghana, and Its Associated Health Risks to Dependant Communities by Jackson Adiyiah Nyantakyi, Samuel Wiafe, Osman Fusen Yong, Osei Akoto

“…The study assessed the contribution of land use to the basin’s heavy metals/metalloids pollution by assessing the levels of heavy metals/metalloids in 36 water samples taken from the source/control and experimental sites along the basin. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used to analysis samples. …”
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Simulation of Surface Segregation in Nanoparticles of Pt-Pd Alloys by Jose Brito Correia, Ana Isabel de Sá

“…A general contraction of the average distance to the nearest neighbour atoms was determined for the top surface layers within the nanoparticles. …”
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QSPR Analysis of Some Alzheimer’s Compounds via Topological Indices and Regression Models by Muhammad Shoaib Sardar, Khalil Hadi Hakami

“…The present study found that the topological indices Randic index R, first Zagreb index M1, and atom-bond connectivity index ABC provide valuable insights into the structure-activity relationships of different drugs and help in designing more effective combinations for treating Alzheimer’s disease.…”
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Narrowing the gap between machine learning scoring functions and free energy perturbation using augmented data by Ísak Valsson, Matthew T. Warren, Charlotte M. Deane, Aniket Magarkar, Garrett M. Morris, Philip C. Biggin

“…Here, we address these issues by first introducing a novel attention-based graph neural network model called AEV-PLIG (atomic environment vector–protein ligand interaction graph). …”
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STUDYING HOW DIESEL ENGINE ADDITIVES USING SILVER OXIDE (Ag2O) NANOPARTICLES AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT by CIHAN BAYINDIRLI, MEHMET CELIK

“…Adding of NPs in base fuel reduced to viscosity and density provided better atomization. So a reduction in smoke emission was obtained with NPs addition by 35.09% and 47.32% in CAg-50 and CAg-75 fuels, respectively, compared to C0 fuel at 10 Nm load, while 7.45% and 19.43% at 40 Nm load. …”
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LPG gas sensing performance of the SnO2 thin films influenced by the dielectric and conducting properties by Amit Tanwar, Rashmi Menon, Maya Verma, Sandeep Mahajan, Divya Haridas

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to study the structural and morphological properties of SnO2 thin films. …”
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N-Heterocyclic Germylenes: Structural Characterisation of Some Heavy Analogues of the Ubiquitous N-Heterocyclic Carbenes by Christopher A. Dodds, Alan R. Kennedy, Mark D. Spicer

“…The major geometrical difference observed, as expected, was the bond angle around the divalent group 14 atom. The N-Ge-N bond angle was 83.6° for compound 2 versus the N-C-N bond angle of 101.4° for IMes. …”
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Preparation of high quality ferrovanadium nitride by carbothermal reduction nitridation process by Wu Y.D., Zhang G.H., Chou K.C.

“…The formation of liquid Fe was beneficial for the further removal of oxygen atoms left in the V(C, N, O) lattice, since it provided a liquid tunnel for carbon diffusion which greatly enhanced the reaction kinetics. …”
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Experimental Investigations on Static, Dynamic, and Morphological Characteristics of Bamboo Fiber-Reinforced Polyester Composites by N. Santhosh, B. A. Praveena, H. V. Srikanth, Santosh Angadi, Amaresh Gunge, M. Rudra Naik, G. Shankar, K. Ramesha, G. Ravichandran

“…Among the polymers, polyesters are long chain molecules made up of atoms arranged in various ways with other elements to form the basic building blocks of a polymeric chain. …”
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The Morphology of Ordered Block Copolymer Patterns as Probed by High Resolution Imaging by D Borah, T Ghoshal, M T Shaw, A Chaudhari, N Petkov, A P Bell, J D Holmes, M A Morris

“…These methods include helium ion microscopy (HIM) and high resolution x-section transmission electron microscopy (XTEM), and complement conventional secondary electron and atomic force microscopies (SEM and TEM). These techniques reveal that these structures are quite different to what might be expected. …”
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Microscopic Mechanism of the Interaction in the Adsorption of Caramel Pigments onto Rosin-Based Decolorizing Resin for Sugar by WEI Yanhong, WANG Jiaxin, JIAO Li, LIAO Chunyu, LEI Fuhou, LI Wen

“…The focus was on the multidimensional visualization of the micro-mechanism of the interaction in the adsorption of caramels by the rosin-based resin at the molecular, atomic, and electronic levels on the basis of quantum chemical theoretical calculations (including electrostatic potential, electrostatic potential interaction, average local ionization energy, frontier molecular orbitals, independent gradient model, and Hirshfeld surface analyses). …”
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Feature Fusion Model Using Transfer Learning and Bidirectional Attention Mechanism for Plant Pipeline Leak Detection by Yujin Han, Yourak Choi, Jonghyuk Lee, Ji-Hoon Bae

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SCWOMP Recovery Algorithm for 5G MIMO Communication Symbol Detection by Tao Fu, Yanfeng Yu, Cheng Liu

“…Then, the new model is built after comparing with other algorithms, and the problem of overestimating the low recovery probability in the calculation process is improved by the backtracking of the algorithm and the improvement of the angle of the atomic column selection, so as to reduce the number of iterations and improve the performance of the algorithm. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of Heavy Metals and Organic Compounds in Soil from Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain Dump, Lebanon by Jamilah Borjac, Manal El Joumaa, Lobna Youssef, Rawan Kawach, Diane A. Blake

“…Heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury) and organic compounds (phthalates, bisphenol A, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons) content were determined using atomic absorption and high pressure liquid chromatography, respectively. …”
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Determination of Cobalt in Seawater Using Neutron Activation Analysis after Preconcentration by Adsorption onto γ-MnO2 Nanomaterial by Van-Phuc Dinh, Ngoc-Chung Le, Ngoc-Tuan Nguyen, Quang-Thien Tran, Van-Dong Nguyen, Anh-Tuyen Luu, N. Quang Hung, Tran Duy Tap, Thien-Hoang Ho

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Evolution of Microstructure and Microsegregation of Ti-45Al-8Nb Alloy during Directional Solidification by Xiangjun Xu, Rui Hu, Junpin Lin, Jian Guo

“…To quantitatively investigate the segregation behavior of Al during solidification, microstructures of directionally solidified (DS) Ti-45Al-8Nb (in atomic percent) alloy prepared at withdrawing rates of 30 μm/s and 200 μm/s and a temperature gradient of 4200 K/m were observed by optical microscope and electronic probe microanalyzer. …”
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Compliance Level and Stability of Micronutrients in Fortified Maize Flour in Tanzania by Abdulsudi Issa-Zacharia, Gudila Boniface Mareni

“…Micronutrients (zinc and iron) were analysed using microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometry (MP-AES), and folic acid was analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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