Influence of Alkaline Activators on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Saline Soils Stabilised with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slags by Guoqi Xing, Lijun Zhang, Wei Xuan, Yueyue Pan, Yue Zhao, Bing Zhang

“…In this study, the stabilisation effect of alkali-activated GGBS on saline soil and the hydration products of alkali-activated GGBS were investigated by unconfined compressive strength tests and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The results show that Ca(OH)2 and NaOH as alkaline activators for GGBS significantly improve the unconfined compressive strength of saline soils. …”
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Continuous Fixed-Bed Column Study and Adsorption Modeling: Removal of Lead Ion from Aqueous Solution by Charcoal Originated from Chemical Carbonization of Rubber Wood Sawdust by Swarup Biswas, Umesh Mishra

“…Chemically carbonized rubber wood sawdust was characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscope was also utilized for morphological analysis of the adsorbent. …”
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Synthesizing Iron Atom Doped Carbon Nanotubes by Elguja R Kutelia, Ayten S Bakhtiyarova, Sayavur I Bakhtiyarov

“…Complementary techniques like transmission electron microscopy (TEM) or X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) can provide more detailed structural insights.…”
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Effect of Catalytic Gasification of Active Carbon from Plum Stones on its Mesoporous Structure by R. Leboda, W. Grzegorczyk, A. Lodyga, A. Dabrowski

“…The texture of the adsorbent particles has been studied by means of scanning electron microscopy. The kinetics of gasification of the carbon adsorbent in the presence and absence of catalyst has also been studied. …”
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Photoluminescence Quenching and Structure of Nanocomposite Based on Graphene Oxide Layers Decorated with Nanostructured Porphyrin by Omar Bajjou, Precious Nametso Mongwaketsi, Mohammed Khenfouch, Anass Bakour, Mimouna Baïtoul, Malik Maaza, Jany Wery Venturini

“…Nanocomposites based on few-layers graphene oxide (FGO) decorated with porphyrin nanorods (PN) were synthesized and the interfacial interaction between these two components was investigated by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoluminescence spectro‐ scopy, resonant Raman scattering and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) techniques. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Biochars Obtained from Biomasses for Combustible Briquette Applications by Chaimaa Hadey, M. Allouch, M. Alami, F. Boukhlifi, I. Loulidi

“…The biomass samples and their produced biochars were characterized using calorific value, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM and EDX), compressibility index, and combustion behavior in order to analyze their potential. …”
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Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activities of Protein Hydrolysate from Muscle of Barbel (Barbus callensis) by Assaad Sila, Anissa Haddar, Oscar Martinez-Alvarez, Ali Bougatef

“…These results obtained by in vitro systems obviously established the antioxidant potency of barbel hydrolysate to donate electron or hydrogen atom to reduce the free radical. …”
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Synthesis of Layered Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites of Zinc and Copper by Laser Ablation in Liquid by V. T. Karpukhin, M. M. Malikov, T. I. Borodina, G. E. Val'yano, O. A. Gololobova

“…Dependence of the formation dynamics of these composites on an exposure time of radiation and on an aging time of colloids was studied by the absorption spectroscopy, by X-ray diffraction, by scanning electron (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). …”
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Adsorption of cationic dyes on activated carbon obtained from waste stone by Ünal Geçgel, Osman Üner, Güney Gökara, Yüksel Bayrak

“…The resultant Elaeagnus activated carbon (EAC) with a high activated specific surface area of 1588 m 2 /g was characterized using Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method, Fourier transform infrared spectra, point of zero charge, and scanning electron microscopy. The removals of cationic dyes, i.e., malachite green (MG), rhodamine B (RB), and methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions via EAC adsorption were characterized by investigating the effects of adsorbent concentration, contact time, initial dye concentration, and temperature. …”
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Rapid Synthesis of Dittmarite by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Method by Lai zhenyu, Qian Jueshi, Lu Zhongyuan, Li Qian, Zou Qiulin

“…The resulting samples were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis. …”
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A Facile Synthesis of Granular ZnO Nanostructures for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Narayan Chandra Deb Nath, Kwang-Mo Noh, Jaecheon Kim, Jae-Joon Lee

“…The positive shifting of the Fermi energy (EF) and low density of surface states (DOS) were consistent with the reduction of the recombination of excited electron with electrolyte for smaller grains.…”
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Study on wear behaviour characteristics of ZrO2 and ZrN coated AZ91D Mg alloy by Haiter Lenin A., Kumaradhas P., Sivapragash M., Vettivel S. C.

“…The worn surface was examined with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).…”
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Amazonian Metakaolin Reactivity for Geopolymer Synthesis by Ruy A. Sá Ribeiro, Marilene G. Sá Ribeiro, Gregory P. Kutyla, Waltraud M. Kriven

“…Samples were also made using commercial metakaolin (CMK) from BASF, Inc. as a comparison to the Amazonian metakaolin (AMK). Scanning electron microscopy was used to investigate the microstructure of the materials. …”
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Green Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Carbon Quantum Dots from Lemon Juice by Bui Thi Hoan, Phuong Dinh Tam, Vuong-Hung Pham

“…The obtained C-dots were characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry, dynamic light scattering, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, and photoluminescent spectrophotometry. …”
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Synthesis, Microstructure, Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Properties of ZnO-ZrO2 Nanocomposite by Jingjun YUAN, Xin YAO

“…FTIR studies indicated the Zn-O and Zr-O bonds in the prepared sample. The electron microscopy analysis showed the presence of crystalline materials with a uniform and compact structure. …”
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Antibiotic residuals removal via novel fabricated hydrogel from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and sodium methacrylate by Nahit Aktaş, Sinan Akgöl, Urmat Zholdoshbek Uulu

“…Synthesized hydrogels were characterized by different methods such as Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), elemental and scanning electron microscope (SEM), and surface area calculations. …”
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Silver nanoparticles sintering at low temperature on a copper substrate: In situ characterization under inert atmosphere and air by Sopousek J., Bursik J., Zalesak J., Pesina Z.

“…The prepared Cu/Ag/Cu sandwich samples were characterised by means of both optical and electron microscopy. The process of the low temperature sintering inside calorimeter of the Ag-NPs was monitored using both thermogravimetry (TG) and DSC technique under inert gas and under synthetic air. …”
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Application of Fluorescent Label in Polymer Nanofibers by Lucie Zarybnicka, Radka Bacovska, Zuzana Nadvornikova, Numan Almonasy, Tomas Syrovy

“…The presence of the fluorescent probe in the fiber layers was confirmed by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR); the surface nanofiber structure was described by high-resolution fluorescence microscope and scanning electron microscope images. The prepared nanofibers with the fluorescent label were further characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, both in the solid phase and in the solution.…”
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Structure of transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory protein subunit γ2 by W. Dylan Hale, Alejandra Montaño Romero, Nicholas Koylass, Collin R. Warrick, Zhaozhu Qiu, Richard L. Huganir, Edward C. Twomey

“…Abstract Transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins (TARPs) are claudin-like proteins that tightly regulate AMPA receptors (AMPARs) and are fundamental for excitatory neurotransmission. With cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) we reconstruct the 36 kDa TARP subunit γ2 to 2.3 Å, which points to structural diversity among TARPs. …”
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Utility of σ and π-Acceptors for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Gemifloxacin Mesylate in Pharmaceutical Formulations by Marothu Vamsi Krishna, Dannana Gowri Sankar

“…The methods are based on the charge transfer complexation reaction of the drug as n-electron donor with sigma (σ)-acceptor iodine, and the pi (π)-acceptors 2, 3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ)-7,7,8,8-tetra cyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and tetracyanoethylene (TCNE). …”
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