Properties of new polycationic bacteriochlorin photosensitizers: cytotoxicity and interaction with biofilms by Irina Tiganova, Yulia Zhizhimova, Eteri Tolordava, Elena Makarova, Natalia Shevlyagina, Alexander Barmashov, Maria Baryshnikova, Vladimir Zhukhovitsky, Yulia Romanova

“…The interaction of PS with the matrix was studied with electron microscopy, alcian blue staining, and quantitative evaluation of polysaccharides. …”
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Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid as an Antimicrobial Agent in Orthopedics—An In Vitro Study About the Race for Surface by Christopher Spiegel, Burak Ünalan, Andreas Kaserbacher, Rohit Arora, Débora C. Coraça-Huber

“…In addition, we carried out scanning electron microscopy to study the race for surface behaviour of the cells. …”
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Compatibility and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Lycopersicon esculentum peels by Esraa Ali, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Esraa Hesham, Shimaa Ahmed, Habiba Mostafa, Ahmed Gamal, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Bahaa Hemdan, Ashraf Bakry, Naglaa M. Ebeed, Hesham Elhariry, Ahmed Galal, Basma T. Abd-Elhalim

“…UV–visible spectroscopy, Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and X-ray diffraction techniques were used to characterize biosynthesized Le-AgNPs. …”
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Green synthesis of titanium dioxide photocatalyst using Lactobacillus bulgaricus for processing palm oil mill effluent by L. Agustina, M. Romli, P. Suryadarma, S. Suprihatin

“…The produced photocatalyst with a nanoparticle size range of 1-100 nanometer was further characterized using scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray and X-ray diffraction. …”
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Study on interface structure and thermal conductivity regulation of Cu–In composite thermal interface materials by Jie Zhang, Nan Wu, Hong Guo, Zhongnan Xie, Mingmei Sun, Hui Yang, Ximin Zhang, Yulin Liu, Xinbo He

“…The Cu–In composite material's characteristic interfacial structure was examined through the use of transmission electron microscopy. Theoretical models were employed to determine the thermal conduction patterns across various CuIn phase interfaces. …”
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Argon release, crystallization, morphological and optical changes of ion-beam sputtered Ta2O5 thin films during thermal treatments by A. Paolone, M. Bazzan, G. Favaro, F. Borondics, G. Nemeth, F. Capitani, S. Swaraj, R. Belkhou, R. Flammini, J. Teillon, C. Michel, D. Hofman, M. Granata

“…Moreover, an absorption band around 960 cm−1 appears only in samples heated in vacuum and not in specimen thermally treated in air.Photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) experiments support the idea that this infrared absorption band is due to the formation of non-homogeneous and non-stoichiometric oxygen domains.…”
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Pattern of Disinfection of Root Canal Dentin by Alternated Acid-Base Irrigating Regimen by Janir Alves Soares, Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, Suelleng Maria Cunha Santos Soares, Rodrigo Dantas Pereira, Manoel Brito-Júnior, Paula Prazeres Magalhães, Isabel Alessandra Miranda Nunes, Rudys Rodolpho de Jesus Tavarez, Claudia de Castro Rizzi, Rafaela Nogueira Moreira, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho

“…Two roots were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. Each root was divided into cervical, mild, and apical segments and sampling of the superficial (n=90) and deep (n=90) dentin layers was obtained using Gates-Glidden burs. …”
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Commissioning of ThomX Compton source subsystems and demonstration of 10^{10} x-rays/s by Muath Alkadi, Manuel Alves, Manar Amer, Loic Amoudry, Didier Auguste, Jean-Luc Babigeon, Michel Baltazar, Alain Benoit, Alexandre Blin, Marco Bonanzingamarco, Jean Bonenfant, Julien Bonis, Jean-Pierre Brasile, Kevin Cassou, Jean-Noël Cayla, Thomas Chabaud, Iryna Chaikovska, Sophie Chance, Vincent Chaumat, Ronic Chiche, Patrick Cornebise, Olivier Dalifard, Nicolas Delerue, Remy Dorkel, Denis Douillet, Illya Drebot, Jean-Phillipe Dugal, Kevin Dupraz, Noureddine El Kamchi, Mohamed El Khaldi, Ezgi Ergenlik, Pierre Favier, Marco Fernandez, Alexis Gamelin, Jean-Francois Garaut, Luca Garolfi, Philippe Gauron, Frédéric Gauthier, Alexandre Gonnin, Denis Grasset, Eric Guerard, Hayg Guler, Jacques Haissinski, Emmanuel Herry, Gregory Iaquaniello, Marie Jacquet, Didier Jehanno, Eric Jules, Viacheslav Kubytskyi, François Labaye, Mickaël Lacroix, Marc Langlet, Titouan Lebarillec, Jean-François Ledu, Damien Le Guidec, Bruno Leluan, Pierre Lepercq, Frédéric Letellier-cohen, Rodolphe Marie, Jean-Claude Marrucho, Aurélien Martens, Christophe Mageur, Gabriel Mercadier, Bruno Mercier, Eric Mistretta, Hugues Monard, Alexandre Moutardier, Viktor Mytrochenko, Olivier Neveu, Daniele Nutarelli, Maher Omeich, Yann Peinaud, Antoine Pérus, Yannick Petrilli, Marc Pichet, Bernard Pieyre, Eric Plaige, Christophe Prévost, Thomas Roulet, Raphael Roux, Philippe Rudnicky, Viktor Soskov, Monique Taurigna-Quéré, Stéphane Trochet, Cynthia Vallerand, Alessandro Variola, Olivier Vitez, François Wicek, Guy Wormser, Sébastien Wurth, Fabian Zomer, Patrick Alexandre, Rachid Ben el Fekih, Philippe Berteaud, Sébastien Bobault, Yazid Bouanani, François Bouvet, Lodovico Cassinari, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, Renaud Cuoq, Helder Dias, Yannick Dietrich, Massamba Diop, Eric Dupuy, Moussa El Ajjouri, Christian Herbeaux, Nicolas Hubert, Marie Labat, Alain Lestrade, Antoine Letrésor, Robert Lopes, Alexandre Loulergue, Patrick Marchand, Fabrice Marteau, Didier Muller, Amor Nadji, Laurent Nadolski, Ryutaro Nagaoka, Dominique Pedeau, Sylvain Petit, Jean Pierre Pollina, Fernand Ribeiro, Manuel Ros, Julien Salvia, Mourad Sebdaoui, Rajesh Sreedharan, Jean Susini, José Veteran, Cyril Bruyere, Alain Cobessi, William Del Net, Jean-Louis Hazemann, Jean-Louis Hodeau, Philippe Jacquet, Philippe Jeantet, Grigor Kapoujyan, Jérôme Lacipière, Eric Lahéra, Gilles Perroux, Olivier Proux, Emmanuel Roy, Philippe Walter, Alberto Bravin, Hélène Elleaume, François Estève, Harold Bzyl, Christophe Chapelle, Jean-Michel Horodynski, Pierre Robert, Eric Cormier, Jérôme Degallaix, Christophe Michel, Laurent Pinard, Philippe Balcou, Jérôme Lhermite, Sébastien Montant, Marie-Christine Nadeau, Stéphane Petit, Nikolay Artemiev, Marica Biagini, Romain Czarny, Pascal Girault, Sophie Muller, Serge Sierra, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Said Bouaziz, Chamseddine Benabderrahmane, Géraldine Le Duc, Xing Liu

“…The machine uses a small electron storage ring and an intense laser pulse stored in a high-finesse optical cavity. …”
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Catalytic effect of Fe@Fe2O3 nanowires and Fenton process on carbamazepine removal from aqueous solutions using response surface methodology by M.M. Amin, S. Yousefinejad, M. Dehghani, S. Rahimi

“…The effects of different parameters such as initial pH, H₂O₂, FeSO₄.7H₂O, carbamazepine concentrations, oxidation time, and nanowires dose were evaluated using response surface methodology. After scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffract meter analysis, Fe@Fe₂O₃ morphology was synthesized in the form of nanowires with diameters of about 40-80 nm. …”
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Machine learning-assisted quantitative prediction of thermal decomposition temperatures of energetic materials and their thermal stability analysis by Zhi-xiang Zhang, Yi-lin Cao, Chao Chen, Lin-yuan Wen, Yi-ding Ma, Bo-zhou Wang, Ying-zhe Liu

“…The SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis indicated that descriptors such as BCUT2D, PEOE_VSA, MolLog_P, and TPSA played a significant role, demonstrating that the thermal decomposition process is influenced by multiple factors relating to the composition, electron distribution, chemical bond properties, and substituent type of molecules. …”
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Methylammonium-free, high-efficiency, and stable all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by multifunctional rubidium acetate by Xufeng Liao, Xuefei Jia, Weisheng Li, Xiting Lang, Jianhua Zhang, Xinyu Zhao, Yitong Ji, Qingguo Du, Chun-Hsiao Kuan, Zhiwei Ren, Wenchao Huang, Yang Bai, Kaicheng Zhang, Chuanxiao Xiao, Qianqian Lin, Yi-Bing Cheng, Jinhui Tong

“…When further integrated with a 1.79-electron volt MA-free wide-bandgap PSC, a 29.33% (certified 28.11%) efficient MA-free APTSCs with a high Voc of 2.22 volts is achieved.…”
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Effect of Annealing Process on CH3NH3PbI3-XClX Film Morphology of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells with Optimal Compact TiO2 Layer by Dan Chen, Xiaoping Zou, Hong Yang, Ningning Zhang, Wenbin Jin, Xiao Bai, Ying Yang

“…The morphology of compact TiO2 film used as an electron-selective layer and perovskite film used as a light absorption layer in planar perovskite solar cells has a significant influence on the photovoltaic performance of the devices. …”
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Experimental and computational approach on the corrosion inhibition properties of two newly pyrazole derivatives on carbon steel in acid medium by Nawal Setti, Asma Barrahi, Mohamed Maatallah, Yassine Kaddouri, Taibi Ben Hadda, Halima Outada, Abhinay Thakur, Rachid Touzani, Khalid Karrouchi, Hatem A. Abuelizz, Burak Dikici, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Ali Dafali

“…In addition, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the surface roughness of the C&S was considerably reduced in the presence of both Tetra-Pz-Ortho and Tetra-Pz-Para compared to its roughness without the inhibitors, indicated that the two inhibitors are effectively absorbed onto the carbon steel surface. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of Chitosan-Polyethylene Glycol (Ch-Peg) Based Hydrogels and Evaluation of Their Potency in Rat Skin Wound Model by Md Mahmudul Hasan, Md Forhad Uddin, Nayera Zabin, Md Salman Shakil, Morshed Alam, Fahima Jahan Achal, Most. Hosney Ara Begum, Md Sakib Hossen, Md Ashraful Hasan, Md Mahbubul Morshed

“…The 3D structure of the hydrogel was revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After that, the structural characterization technique named Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to describe the composites (SEM). …”
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Enhancing CO₂ selectivity in MOFs through a dual-ligand strategy: Experimental and theoretical insights by Amir Kazemi, Akram Karbalaee Hosseini, Mahyar Ashourzadeh Pordsari, Mohsen Tamtaji, Saber Keshavarz, Faranak Manteghi, Azadeh Tadjarodi, Ahad Ghaemi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard

“…The presence of thiazole rings improves CO₂ selectivity through π-electron interactions and coordination with metal centers, contributing to higher adsorption efficiency. …”
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Hypothermia regulates mitophagy and apoptosis via PINK1/Parkin-VDAC 3 signaling pathway during oxygen-glucose deprivation/recovery injury by Luying Zhang, Song Yang, Hao Cui, Chenchen Hang, Xingsheng Wang, Le An, Zhenyu Shan, Zhen Liang, Rui Shao, Ziren Tang

“…Mitophagy was observed by transmission electron microscope. Mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening were determined respectively by JC-1 staining and BBcellProbe M61 staining using a flow cytometer. …”
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Response surface method-driven design of experiments for the synthesis of fly ash-based geopolymers in the gallic acid optimized removal from wastewater by Ana Paula Ferreira, Ana Paula S. Natal, Arthur P. Baldo, Adriano S. Silva, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Pricila Marin, José A. Peres, Helder T. Gomes

“…Various techniques were employed, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. …”
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Disruption of Energy Metabolism and Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis in Honglian Type-Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (HL-CMS) Rice Pollen by Wang Mingyue, Zhao Weibo, Feng Xiaoya, Chen Yi, Li Junhao, Fu Jinmei, Yan Yingchun, Chu Zhaohui, Huang Wenchao

“…HL-CMS is characterized by gametophytic sterility, where the aborted pollen grains are empty, and the tapetal layer remains intact. Transmission electron microscopy was employed to observe mitochondrial morphological changes at the microspore stage, revealing significant mitochondrial alterations, characterized by the formation of 'large spherical mitochondria', occurred at the binucleate stage in the YA line. …”
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Exogenous diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate alleviates the damage caused by low-temperature stress in Phaseolus vulgaris L. seedlings through photosynthetic and antioxidant systems by Yu Bai, Qiya Dai, Yanheng He, Li Yan, Jianpo Niu, Xuan Wang, Yongdong Xie, Xuena Yu, Wen Tang, Huanxiu Li, Zhi Huang, Bo Sun, Guochao Sun, Xun Wang, Yi Tang

“…It also improved the photosynthetic efficiency by boosting electron transport in the reaction center. The antioxidant enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) were markedly increased following DA-6 treatment. …”
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iRGD-Targeted Biosynthetic Nanobubbles for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging of Osteosarcoma by Liu T, Liang X, Liu W, Yang S, Cui T, Yan F, Li Z

“…Their morphology was analyzed with phase contrast and transmission electron microscopes. Particle size and zeta potential were measured by a Zetasizer. iRGD-targeted molecular probes (iRGD-sGVs) were prepared by coupling iRGD to sGVs via Mal-PEG2000-NHS. …”
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