Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on magnetic MCM-41 surface modified with aminomethylpyridine: As a recyclable palladium nanocatalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions by Zeinab Shirvandi, Amin Rostami

“…An extensive range of aryl halides, which have both electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups, were investigated and showed high to satisfactory efficiency in the Suzuki and Heck cross-coupling reactions. …”
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Green Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Moringa oleifera Leaves and Its Antimicrobial and Cytotoxicity Activities by Gufran Mahmood Mohammed, Sumaiya Naeema Hawar

“…The ultraviolet and visible spectrum, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize synthesis particles. …”
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Passive Infrared Sensing Using Plasmonic Resonant Dust Particles by Mark Mirotznik, William Beck, Kimberly Olver, John Little, Peter Pa

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Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Propagation of Ion Acoustic Waves through KPB and KP Equations in Weakly Relativistic Plasmas by M. G. Hafez, M. R. Talukder, M. Hossain Ali

“…Two-dimensional three-component plasma system consisting of nonextensive electrons, positrons, and relativistic thermal ions is considered. …”
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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 EIS analysis estimated the values of the effective electron lifetime (τeff), effective electron diffusion coefficient, effective electron diffusion (Ln), and effective recombination rate constant (keff). …”
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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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The Effect of Different Vegetable Oils on Cedar Wood Surface Energy: Theoretical and Experimental Fungal Adhesion by Fadoua Bennouna, Moulay Sadiki, Soumya Elabed, Saad Ibnsouda Koraichi, Mohammed Lachkar

“…Thus, in this study, the hydrophobicity, electron-acceptor (γ+), and electron-donor (γ−) properties of cedar wood before and after treatment with vegetable oils have been determined using contact angle measurement. …”
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Solanum tuberosum Leaf Extract Templated Synthesis of Co3O4 Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Sensor and Antibacterial Applications by Eneyew Tilahun Bekele, H. C. Ananda Murthy, Dhanalakshmi Muniswamy, Yeshaneh Adimasu Lemenh, Minale Shegaw Shume, Gezahegn Tadesse Ayanie, Avvaru Praveen Kumar, C. R. Ravikumar, R. Balachandran, Arpita Roy

“…The synthesized Co3O4 NPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), surface area electron diffraction (SAED), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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Effect of Prior Rolling on Microstructures and Property of Diffusion-Bonded Mg/Al Alloy by Yunlong Ding, Jialian Shi, Dongying Ju

“…The microstructure and elemental distribution of diffusion zone were investigated with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an electron probe micro analyzer (EPMA), and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). …”
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Electrochemical Reduction of Oxygen on Anthraquinone/Carbon Nanotubes Nanohybrid Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode in Neutral Medium by Zheng Gong, Guoquan Zhang, Song Wang

“…The resulting MHAQ/MWCNTs nanohybrid was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). …”
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Band Structure Analysis of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Perovskite Manganite Using a Synchrotron by Hong-Sub Lee, Hyung-Ho Park

“…The band structure is formed by a valence band, conduction band, band gap, work function, and electron affinity. These can be determined from secondary electron cut-off, valence band spectrum, O 1s core electron, and O K-edge measurements using synchrotron radiation. …”
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Hole Transfer and the Resulting DNA Damage by Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Andrea Peluso

“…In this review, we focus on the one-electron oxidation of DNA, which is a multipart event controlled by several competing factors. …”
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The influence of Si and V on the kinetics of phase transformation and microstructure of rapidly solidified Al-Fe-Zr alloys by Karpe B., Kosec B., Nagode A., Bizjak M.

“…Precipitation kinetics and microstructural development of RS Al-Fe-Zr alloys with Si or V addition have been investigated by the combination of four point electrical resistance measurement, optical microscopy, transmition electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Performance optimization of the CLIC positron source by Yongke Zhao, Steffen Doebert, Andrea Latina

“…The hybrid target is replaced with a single amorphous tungsten target with the target thickness and electron beam spot size optimized. As a result of the optimization, compared with the old baseline configuration, the positron yield has been improved by a factor of 1.65, enabling the same reduction in the bunch charge and beam power of the primary electron beam. …”
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A potential photo-protective, antioxidant function for DMSO in marine phytoplankton. by Brandon J McNabb, Philippe D Tortell

“…Increased DMSO reduction rates were negatively correlated with non-photochemical quenching, while treatment with the photosynthetic electron transport inhibitor DCMU significantly decreased DMSO reduction, indicating a link to photosynthetically-derived electrons. …”
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Penile Cancer: Innovations in Ultrastructural and Vibrational Markers by Joel Félix Silva Diniz-Filho, Ana Caroline Muniz Silva, Antônio Augusto Lima Teixeira, Bruna Larissa Nolêto Sousa, Ralph Santos-Oliveira, Gyl Eanes Barros Silva, Clenilton Costa dos Santos, Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar

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Exciton dissociation in organic solar cells: An embedded charge transfer state model by Jouda Jemaa Khabthani, Khouloud Chika, Alexandre Perrin, Didier Mayou

“…Finally, depending on the initial energy of the electron on the donor side, three distinct injection regimes are exhibited. …”
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Existence of Positive Solutions for a Nonlinear Higher-Order Multipoint Boundary Value Problem by Min Zhao, Yongping Sun

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Ab Initio Study of Atropisomers of Derivatives of N-Benzyl-2-phenylpyridinium Ions by Firouzeh Nemati, Hossein Kiani

“…Ab initio calculation at RHF/6-31G* level of theory for geometry optimization of conformers of N-benzyl-2-phenylpyridinium ions are reported. The series of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups have been replaced by 3-H phenyl and benzyl of N-benzyl-2-phenylpyridinium ions and the energy difference between the syn- and anti- forms discussed in terms of π-π stacking.…”
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Improved Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Composite with Highly Exposed {001} Facets and Its Photoelectrochemical Response by Gregory S. H. Thien, Fatin Saiha Omar, Nur Ily Syuhada Ahmad Blya, Wee Siong Chiu, Hong Ngee Lim, Ramin Yousefi, Farid-Jamali Sheini, Nay Ming Huang

“…This may be attributed to rapid electron transport and the delayed recombination of electron-hole pairs due to improved ionic interaction between titanium and carbon.…”
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