Molecular imprinted polymer-based potentiometric approach for the determination of carvedilol and ivabradine hydrochloride in dosage form, spiked human plasma and in presence of th... by Nermine V. Fares, Haitham A. El Fiky, Dina A. Ahmed, Maha F. Abd El Ghany, Amr M. Badawey, Mahmoud A. Tantawy

“…Aside from development of aqueous layer, the incorporated ion exchanger in plasticized membrane is usually unable to differentiate in sensing between two similarly charged lipophilic organic ions. …”
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Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies on the Removal of Zn (II) From Aqueous Solution using Silica Adsorbent by Vivekanand Choudhary, Twinkle Keshari, Himanshu Shekhar

“…Silica oxide, with its high surface area, was used to remove zinc ions from solutions of 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg/L concentrations. …”
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Accumulation of cadmium and zinc in barley regenerants on a provocative soil background with cadmium by O. N. Shupletsova, E. V. Tovstik

“…An effective way to obtain barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes stress-tolerant to cadmium, with a low level of toxic ion accumulation in grain, is the selection of cells in selective in vitro systems, based on somaclonal variability, which promotes the formation of specific and nonspecific adaptive mechanisms.Materials and methods. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Adsorption and Desorption of Cu(II) in Silty Clay by Shuang Xie, Zhang Wen, Hongbin Zhan, Menggui Jin

“…The decrease of H+ can increase the adsorption activity of Cu(II) and reduce the ability of the desorption of Cu(II) ions. The adsorption capacity of Cu(II) is less than the desorption capacity under the condition of strong acidity and low concentration of Cu(II). …”
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Comparative effects of graphene oxide on the interfacial transition zone in silica fume-modified cement mortar at varying water-to-binder ratios by Sumin Im, Seongmin Cho, Junxing Liu, Peiqi Li, Dahyung Jin, Sungwon Sim, Seungmin Lim, Sungchul Bae

“…The results indicate that the GO nanosheets interlocking with the Ca2+ ions resulted in the formation of denser hydration products with high elastic modulus in the vicinity of the aggregates at a W/B ratio of 0.4 while reducing the amount of unhydrated cement grains at a W/B ratio of 0.2. …”
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Firmly Adsorbed Ammonia and Pyridine Species at Activated Kaolinite Surfaces by Tabak Ahmet, Afsin Beytullah

“…The presence of NH + 4 ions on an activated sample is not proof of the presence of protonic acid centres alone since the added proton may have come from the residual water in the interlayer. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of the Bi2-xHox/2Zr3x/8O3 compounds by Šulcová P., Bystrzycki P., Válek L., Trojan M.

“…A series of novel environmentally inorganic pigments based on Bi2O3 doped by metal ions such as Zr4+ and Ho3+ have been developed and characterized using of methods of thermal analysis, Xray powder diffraction and CIE L…”
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Optical Properties and Characterization of Prepared Sn-Doped PbSe Thin Film by M. R. Khanlary, E. Salavati

“…Interaction of high-energy Ar+ ions bombardment on the doped PbSe films is discussed by XRD analysis. …”
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Surface Modification of Activated Carbon for Enhancement of Nickel(II) Adsorption by A. Edwin Vasu

“…The carbon materials prepared were tested for their ability to remove Ni(II) ions from aqueous solutions by batch mode adsorption experiments. …”
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Studying regenerated soybean lines for their useful agronomic and biochemical characteristics by E. S. Butovets, l. M. lukyanchuk, G. A. Kodirova, G. V. Kubankova, O. S. Efremova

“…The effect of heavy metal ions can cause ionic stress in plants – the problem of significant interest among researchers. …”
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Efficacy of malic and tartaric acid in mitigation of cadmium stress in Spinacia oleracea L. via modulations in physiological and biochemical attributes by Ansa Shabbir, Anis Ali Shah, Sheeraz Usman, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammad Kaleem, Shiffa Shafique, Mansour K. Gatasheh

“…These supplements also prevented excessive accumulation of Cd metal ions as indicated by lowered Cd metal contents in MA and TA treated plants. …”
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Comparison of PM2.5 Chemical Compositions during Haze and Non-haze Days in a Heavy Industrial City in North China by Menghui Li, Liping Wu, Xiangyan Zhang, Xinwu Wang, Wenyu Bai, Jing Ming, Chunmei Geng, Wen Yang

“…Samples of PM2 5 were collected 8-27 January 2018 and analyzed for water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIs), trace elements (TEs), organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC). …”
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Remediation and resource utilization of Cr(Ⅲ), Al(Ⅲ) and Zr(Ⅳ)-containing tannery effluent based on chitosan-carboxymethyl cellulose aerogel by Shuang Liang, Xuechuan Wang, Chao Wei, Long Xie, Zhongming Song, Xugang Dang

“…Then, CS/CMCNa was used for simulating the adsorption of metal ions (Cr3+, Al3+ and Zr4+) produced by the tanning industry. …”
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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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Boosting singlet oxygen generation for salinity wastewater treatment through co-activation of oxygen and peroxymonosulfate in photoelectrochemical process by Qianqian Yang, Zhiyuan Feng, Yanbo Zhou, Hongying Zhao, Guohua Zhao

“…High concentrations of inorganic ions in saline wastewater pose adverse effects on hydroxyl radical (HO•)-dominated technologies. …”
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Morphology and gas response of nanocomposite structures based on irradiated ensembles of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and titanium oxide by V. V. Bolotov, E. V. Knyazev, I. V. Ponomareva, V. E. Roslikov

“…Nanocomposite structures are obtained on multi-walled carbon nanotubes pre-functionalized with argon ions and nonstoichiometric titanium oxide supported by magnetron deposition (MWCNT/TiOx). …”
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Investigation of Hydro-Geochemical Characteristics of Groundwater In Port Harcourt City, Nigeria: Implication for Use and Vulnerability by HO Nwankwoala, GJ Udom

“…The analytical results present the abundance of the ions in the following order: Mg > Ca > Na > K = Cl > SO4 > HCO3 > NO3. …”
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Phenols from Vaccinium dunalianum Wight: Secondary Mass Spectrometry Fragmentation and Neuroprotective Effect by ZHOU Tang, WANG Ji, QIAO Wenhao, LIN Zhiqi, ZHU Hongbo, CHANG Yue, HU Weiyan, ZHANG Rongping, CHEN Xinglong

“…Then, the aglycone or glycosyl units continued to lose neutral fragments such as H2O, CO, CHO, and CH2O to yield a series of sub-ions. Flavonoids or lignans lost their substituents such as hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, and methoxyl groups to produce neutral fragments or additional ions. …”
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Carbonatation and Decarbonatation Kinetics in the La2O3-La2O2CO3 System under CO2 Gas Flows by Bahcine Bakiz, Frédéric Guinneton, Madjid Arab, Abdeljalil Benlhachemi, Sylvie Villain, Pierre Satre, Jean-Raymond Gavarri

“…The electrical conduction during heating under CO2 gas flow should be linked to two regimes of ionic conduction of the carbonate ions. From these electrical measurements, the ionic mobility of carbonate ions CO3  2− is found to be close to 0.003 ⋅10−4 cm2 s−1 V−1 at 750∘C for the monoclinic La2O2CO3 phase.…”
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Deep eutectic solvent-assisted carbon quantum dots from biomass Triticum aestivum: A fluorescent sensor for nanomolar detection of dual analytes mercury (Ⅱ) and glutathione by Shivam Khare, Neeraj Sohal, Mandeep Kaur, Banibrata Maity

“…N,Cl-CQDs were used as sensing platform for the detection of Hg2+ ions and GSH with LOD value of 39 nM and 43 nM, respectively. …”
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