Radiochemical Studies on the Separation of Cesium, Cobalt, and Europium from Aqueous Solutions Using Zirconium Selenomolybdate Sorbent by H. El-Said

“…The sorption behavior of the three ions showed a selectivity sequence in the following order: Cs(I) > Eu(III) > Co(II). …”
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Plectranthus barbatus Leaf Extract-Mediated Synthesis of ZnS and Mg-Doped ZnS NPs: Structural, Optical, Morphological, and Antibacterial Studies by A. H. Al-Hammadi, Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Naaser A. Y. Abdu, Waseem Sharaf Saeed

“…In the current study, the researchers have explored the influence of doped Mg ions on the optical, morphological, and structural properties of zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles (NPs). …”
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Residual Capability of Alkali Binding by Hydrated Pozzolanic Cements in Long-Service Concrete Structures by Mario Berra, Teresa Mangialardi, Antonio Evangelista Paolini

“…An experimental procedure was developed and applied to cement pastes made with two different pozzolanic cements (CEM IV/B (P) and CEM IV/B (V)) in order to ascertain the existence of a residual capability of alkali binding by long-term hydrated pozzolanic cements and, at the same time, to evaluate the alkali retention capability and the concentration of OH− ions in the pore solution of such cementitious matrices. …”
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Heavy Metal Stress and Some Mechanisms of Plant Defense Response by Abolghassem Emamverdian, Yulong Ding, Farzad Mokhberdoran, Yinfeng Xie

“…AM can effectively immobilize HMs and reduce their uptake by host plants via binding metal ions to hyphal cell wall and excreting several extracellular biomolecules. …”
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Effect of Chemical Corrosion on the Mechanical Characteristics of Parent Rocks for Nuclear Waste Storage by Tielin Han, Junping Shi, Yunsheng Chen, Zhihui Li

“…The chemical solutions that feature various compositions may have different effects on chemical damage degree; that is, SO42- ions have a greater effect on the chemical damage in granite than HCO3- ions.…”
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Green Synthesis of S- and N-Codoped Carbon Nanospheres and Application as Adsorbent of Pb (II) from Aqueous Solution by Nadia Hussain, Salam Alwan, Hassan Alshamsi, Ibrahim Sahib

“…Finally, sulfur-carbon nanospheres (CNs) were used as the adsorbent to remove Pb+2 ions from aqueous solutions because of the high surface area of S-CNs from CNs and N-CNs. …”
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A Novel Analytical Method for Trace Ammonium in Freshwater and Seawater Using 4-Methoxyphthalaldehyde as Fluorescent Reagent by Ying Liang, Yingming Pan, Qing Guo, Hongzhi Hu, Chancui Wu, Qian Zhang

“…Metal ions masking agent had no obvious effect on the fluorescence signal. …”
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Gamma Radiation-Induced Damage in the Zinc Finger of the Transcription Factor IIIA by XiaoHong Zhang, YuJi Miao, XiaoDan Hu, Rui Min, PeiDang Liu, HaiQian Zhang

“…The sites of radiation-induced damage in the zinc finger were the thiol groups of cysteine residues and zinc (II) ions. The thiol groups were oxidized to form disulfide bonds and the zinc (II) ions were indicated to be reduced to zinc atoms. …”
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Cyclic Voltammetric Study of High Speed Silver Electrodeposition and Dissolution in Low Cyanide Solutions by Bo Zheng, Lai Peng Wong, Linda Y. L. Wu, Zhong Chen

“…Both silver and cyanide ions concentration had significant effects on the electrode polarization and deposition rate. …”
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DNA-based hydrogels for bone regeneration: A promising tool for bone organoids by Xiang Wu, Yan Hu, Shihao Sheng, Huijian Yang, Zuhao Li, Qinglin Han, Qin Zhang, Jiacan Su

“…We then delineate three critical elements in the promotion of bone regeneration using DNA-based hydrogels: (i) osteogenesis driven by phosphate ions, plasmids, and oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) that enhance mineralization and promote gene and protein expression; (ii) vascularization facilitated by tetrahedral DNA nanostructures (TDNs) and aptamers, which boosts gene expression and targeted release; (iii) immunomodulation achieved through loaded factors, TDNs, and bound ions that stimulate macrophage polarization and exhibit antibacterial properties. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Some Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes with 2-[(4-Aminophenyl)imino]-1, 2-diphenyl-1-ethanone by K. M. Khalifa, A. M. Hamil, A. Gasem, A. Abdulsalam

“…The present work deals with synthesis and characterization of the ligand 2-[(4-aminophnyl)imino]-1,2-diphenyl-1-ethanone and their complexes with Ni(II) and Cu(II) ions. The synthesized ligand and its complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, infrared, electronic, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra. …”
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The role of pH in aqueous photocatalytic oxidation of β-estradiol by Tatyana Malygina, Sergei Preis, Juha Kallas

“…It was found that both the adsorption of β-estradiol and the PCO efficiency increased practically linearly with increasing concentration of OH-ions. The predominant role of direct β-estradiol oxidation with positively charged holes was thus indirectly confirmed.…”
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Recent Developments in Sweat Analysis and Its Applications by Saima Jadoon, Sabiha Karim, Muhammad Rouf Akram, Abida Kalsoom Khan, Muhammad Abid Zia, Abdul Rauf Siddiqi, Ghulam Murtaza

“…The collection of sweat and its analysis for determining ethanol, drugs, ions, and metals have been encompassed in this review article to assess the merits of sweat compared to other biofluids, for example, blood or urine. …”
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Excitation Induced Tunable Emission in Ce3+/Eu3+ Codoped BiPO4 Nanophosphors by Sarabjot Singh, G. Lakshminarayana, Manoj Sharma, Thang Duy Dao, K. Chen, Yoshiki Wada, T. Takeda, T. Nagao

“…Ce3+, Eu3+ ions singly doped, and Ce3+/Eu3+ codoped bismuth phosphate (BiPO4) nanophosphors were synthesized by a simple precipitation method and their structural, morphological, and photoluminescence properties were investigated. …”
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Crystal structure of poly[μ3-acetato-diaqua-μ3-sulfato-cerium(III)]: serendipitous synthesis of a layered coordination polymer exhibiting interlayer O—H...O hydrogen bonding by Niklas Ruser, Christian Näther, Norbert Stock

“…The CeIII cations are linked by the acetate ions into [010] chains, which are further connected into (001) layers by the sulfate dianions. …”
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How NaCl addition destabilizes ionic liquid micellar suspension until phase separation by Dufrêche, Jean-François, Plazanet, Marie, Meyer, Gautier, Billard, Isabelle

“…It enables to model the different populations of ions in the solution and at the micelle surface in different conditions. …”
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Influences of Mg Doping on the Electrochemical Performance of TiO2 Nanodots Based Biosensor Electrodes by M. S. H. Al-Furjan, Kui Cheng, Wenjian Weng

“…TiO2 has a good protein adsorption ability and facilitates having more enzyme adsorption and better electron transfer. In this work, Mg ions are introduced into TiO2 nanodots in order to further improve electrode performance because Mg ions are considered to have good affinity with proteins or enzymes. …”
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CONTINUOUS-WAVE MICROCHIP LASER GENERATION OF Tm:KLu(WO4)2 AND Tm:KY(WO4)2 CRYSTALS by O. P. Dernovich, S. V. Kurilchik, N. V. Gusakova, N. V. Kuleshov

“…Materials doped with trivalent thulium ions are promising active media emitting in this spectral range. …”
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Electrochromism via reversible electrodeposition of solid iodine by Shanlin Li, Yingyu Chen, Zhen Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Xianglin Guo, Xueqing Tang, Xiaoyu Wang, Wende Lai, Meiyun Tong, Changhong Wang, Shan Cong, Fengxia Geng, Yong Chen, Zhigang Zhao

“…This pathway involves a reversible solid-liquid transition between solid iodine and solvated iodide ions. The iodine electrodeposition-based electrochromic dynamic window demonstrates a high optical contrast of 76.0% with near colour neutrality and excellent cycling stability. …”
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Effect of Sodium Sulfate Solution Coupled with Wetting–Drying Cycles on the Properties of Nano-Alumina-Modified Concrete by Kai Gao, Dun Chen, Chunqing Li, Guoyu Li, Yuncheng Mao, Xuyang Wu, Anshuang Su, Hang Zhang, Xu Wang

“…The results showed that the compressive strength, quality, and permeability of concrete to chloride ions decreased during its long-term erosion by a sodium sulfate solution. …”
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