The Role of Connexin-43 in the Inflammatory Process: A New Potential Therapy to Influence Keratitis by Chu-Yang Xu, Wen-Song Zhang, Hong Zhang, Yan Cao, Hong-Yan Zhou

“…Gap junction (GJ) channels and hemichannels (HCs) participate in the metabolic activity between intra- and extracellular space. Some ions and small molecules are exchanged from cell to cell or cell to extracellular space to affect the process of inflammation via GJ. …”
Get full text

Indoor Particle Alpha Radioactivity Origins in Occupied Homes by Choong-Min Kang, Man Liu, Eric Garshick, Petros Koutrakis

“…The levels of radon, air ions, and particle radioactivity, which included short- and long-lived α-activity (SLA and LLA, respectively), varied greatly but were substantially higher in the basements. …”
Get full text

Copper leaching with aqueous foams for the processing of electronic waste by Régnier, Emilie, Hubau, Agathe, Touzé, Solène, Guignot, Sylvain, Meyer, Daniel, Diat, Olivier, Bourgeois, Damien

“…Kinetics of the copper leaching were greatly enhanced through addition of substoechiometric quantity of cupric ions at the beginning of the process, so that extensive grinding of the waste is not necessary.…”
Get full text

Flower-Like Mn-Doped CeO2 Microstructures: Synthesis, Characterizations, and Catalytic Properties by Ling Liu, Jingjing Shi, Xiaojun Zhang, Jianzhou Liu

“…By introducing manganese ions, the composition can be freely manipulated. …”
Get full text

Characterization of a thermally stable red-light-emitting phosphor: synthesis, photoluminescence, and thermoluminescence studies of CsCaF3 compound doped with Eu3+ for solid-state... by N. Hema, B. Chandrasekaran, R. Kameshwaran, M. Ammal Dhanalakshmi, V. Rathina Mala, G. Annadurai, K. Ganesh Kumar, M. Vimalan, Mohammed F. Albeshr

“…In this investigation, we focused on the synthesis and characterization of CsCaF3 compound doped with europium (Eu3+) ions using a solid-state route. To analyze the crystal structure of the synthesized phosphors, X-ray diffraction analysis was employed. …”
Get full text

Selective union of ATP vs ADP to an amino/amide macrocycle and its Cu2+ complexes: potentiometric, spectrophotometric and theoretical approximations by Armando Ferrer Serrano, Yennys Hernández Molina

“…With or without the presence of Cu (II) ions, the ligand forms more stable complexes with ATP over ADP, the stability of these species increase with pH. …”
Get full text

Effect of Ag Addition on the Electrochemical Performance of Cu10Al in Artificial Saliva by R. J. Salgado-Salgado, J. Porcayo-Calderon, O. Sotelo-Mazon, R. A. Rodriguez-Diaz, G. Salinas-Solano, V. M. Salinas-Bravo, L. Martinez-Gomez

“…Thus, binary and ternary alloys are susceptible to tarnish in the presence of thiocyanate ions.…”
Get full text

Investigation and Analysis on Crystallization of Tunnel Drainage Pipes in Chongqing by Xuefu Zhang, Yuanfu Zhou, Bin Zhang, Yuanjiang Zhou, Shiyang Liu

“…But there are other morphologies in these images other than calcite because calcite is often influenced by some factors, such as important ions in groundwater, pH of groundwater, kinetics effect, and so on. …”
Get full text

Rapid, Sensitive and Validated Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometric Method for the Determination of Fenofibric Acid and its Application to Human Pharmacokinet... by Sunil K. Dubey, Manoj S. Tomar, Anil Kumar Patni, Arshad Khuroo, Simrit Reyar, Tausif Monif

“…The first, rapid and sensitive ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometric method for the determination of fenofibric acid, the active metabolite of fenofibrate, a lipid regulating agent, in human EDTA plasma has been developed and validated using fenofibric d6 acid as internal standard and Waters LC-MS/MS. Negative ions of fenofibric acid and fenofibric d6 acid were detected in multiple reaction-monitoring (MRM) mode. …”
Get full text

Cationic Polymers Inhibit the Conductance of Lysenin Channels by Daniel Fologea, Eric Krueger, Steve Rossland, Sheenah Bryant, Wylie Foss, Tyler Clark

“…The lysenin channels exhibit unique regulation capabilities, which open unexplored possibilities to control the transport of ions and molecules through artificial and natural lipid membranes. …”
Get full text

Mechanisms of Copper-Induced Autophagy and Links with Human Diseases by Yuanyuan Fu, Shuyan Zeng, Zhenlin Wang, Huiting Huang, Xin Zhao, Min Li

“…Recently, the potential therapeutic role of copper-induced autophagy in chronic diseases such as Parkinson’s, Wilson’s, and cardiovascular disease has already been demonstrated. In brief, copper ions, numerous copper complexes, and copper-based nano-preparations could induce autophagy, a lysosome-dependent process that plays an important role in various human diseases. …”
Get full text

Reducing the Accumulative Charge on Fabric Filter Surfaces by Using a Bipolar Precharger by Pei Jia, Manqing Lin

“…Theoretical analyses revealed that electrons and negative and positive ions were produced under one negative power supply in the bipolar precharger simultaneously. …”
Get full text

Mineral Plastics and Gels from Multi‐Arm Ionomers by Neta Shimony, Adi Gross, Boaz Mizrahi

“…A 4‐arm poly(acrylic acid) is synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization and is reacted with divalent calcium ions to obtain semi‐liquid hydrogel or degradable plastic when dried. …”
Get full text

Synthesis of Analcime Crystals and Simultaneous Potassium Extraction from Natrolite Syenite by Jian Chen, Hongwen Ma, Changjiang Liu, Jiangyan Yuan

“…Besides, a higher temperature could accelerate the dissolution of K+ ions and enhance the crystallinity degree of zeolite. …”
Get full text

Application Research of New Cementitious Composite Materials in Saline Soil Subgrade Aseismic Strengthening by Shuai Huang, Yuejun Lyu, Yanju Peng

“…The research result showed that the saline soil solidified by our newly developed cementitious composite material showed compact internal structure and uniformly distributed soil particles; moreover, the new cementitious composite material exhibited a favourable solidifying effect on harmful ions in saline soil, and the Cl− trapping capacity of the new cementitious composite materials was stronger than that of cement. …”
Get full text

Anodized CuO Nanoflakes for the Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications by Niharika MP, B. Manmadha Rao

“…The generation of Cu2+ ions for ROS production was confirmed by the XPS spectra. …”
Get full text

First-Principles Study on Stability and Magnetism of NimAln (m=1–3, n=1–9) Clusters by Xiao Zhang, Bao-Xing Li, Zhi-wei Ma, Jiao-jiao Gu

“…All the other cluster neutrals and ions do not have any nontrivial magnetic moments. …”
Get full text

Analysis of Fouling Pattern of Tunnel Drainage Pipe in Karst Areas by Jianbing Lv, Hao Wu, Jia Li, Xiaodong Wan, Helin Fu

“…As the groundwater in karst areas is rich in calcium ions, when the groundwater flows out of the tunnel drainage pipe, calcium carbonate crystals will be precipitated and then adhere to the pipe wall, which will easily cause chemical blockage in the drainage pipe wall, thus affecting the drainage efficiency and leading to the increase of water pressure outside the tunnel lining, affecting the safety and stability of the structure. …”
Get full text

Heavy metal (Pb, Ni, Cd) elimination from water and wastewater using an antibacterial modified cellulose filter paper as an efficient filtration membrane technology: A portable fil... by Milad Kazemnejadi

“…The study demonstrates that cellulose filter paper modified with covalently chelating ligands (FP@Si@SaPh) is highly effective in removing Ni, Pb, and Cd ions from aqueous environments. Optimal adsorption efficiency for these metals was achieved at pH 6–7 at room temperature, with the adsorption order being Pb > Cd > Ni. …”
Get full text

Characteristics of Boron Decorated TiO2 Nanoparticles for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Photoanode by Ching-Yuan Ho, J. K. Lin, Hong-Wen Wang

“…Oxygen vacancy defects generated by boron ions reduce Ti+4 and affect electron transport in dye-sensitized solar cells. …”
Get full text