Ultrahigh piezoelectric performances of (K,Na)NbO3 based ceramics enabled by structural flexibility and grain orientation by Li-Feng Zhu, Dong Liu, Xiaoming Shi, Shiqing Deng, Jiecheng Liu, Li-Yu Wei, Zi-Qi Yang, Qi Wang, Bo-Ping Zhang, Houbing Huang, Shujun Zhang, Jing-Feng Li

“…Phenomenological models, phase field simulations and high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy reveal that the structural flexibility originates from the high Coulomb force between K+/Na+ ions and Sb ions in the KNN-xSb system, while the grain orientation promotes the displacement of B-site cations leveraging the engineered domain configuration. …”
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Continuous-wave Laser on Er,Yb-Codoped Pentaborate Crystal by K. N. Gorbachenya, V. E. Kisel, R. V. Deineka, A. S. Yasukevich, N. V. Kuleshov, V. V. Maltsev, D. D. Mitina, E. A. Volkova, N. I. Leonyuk

“…A number of narrow lines were observed in the absorption spectra in the 1425–1575 nm spectral range (transition 4I15/2 → 4I13/2 of erbium ions). The lifetime of the upper laser level 4I13/2 of Er3+ ions was determined to be 390 ± 20 μs. …”
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Aqueous photocatalytic oxidation of lignin and humic acids with supported <mml:math> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>TiO</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <...

“…A further increase in ferrous ion concentration results in a decrease in the PCO efficiency of lignin. …”
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Composition Characteristics and Potential Regions of PM2.5 during Winter Haze Pollution in Typical Industrial Areas, NW-China by Liyao Guo, Chao Gu, Kaiyuan Dong, Shengju Ou, Xueyan Zhao, Xinhua Wang, Zhensen Zheng, Wen Yang

“…Eighty-eight samples (including 44 quartz and 44 Teflon samples for PM2.5) were assessed for watersoluble ions (WSIIs), organic/elemental carbon (OC/EC) and inorganic elements. …”
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Spectroscopic Characteristics and Color Origin of Red Tourmaline from Brazil by Ming Li

“…In addition, in principle, the chemical states of the chromogenic ions in tourmaline and their influence on coloration were confirmed, which would be beneficial to assessing the color change and identifying the origin of tourmaline.…”
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Lanthanide metal–organic frameworks: Structural, thermal and sorption properties by Renata Łyszczek, Liliana Mazur, Agnieszka Ostasz, Agata Bartyzel, Halina Głuchowska

“…Two coordination polymers of erbium(III) and neodymium(III) ions with 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid were synthesized under the solvothermal conditions from the dimethylformamide solution. …”
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Effect of Induced Charge on the Passivity and Passivity Breakdown of 304LN Stainless Steels by Gargi Roy Chowdhury, P. K. Mitra

“…Both positive and negative polarity was applied on aluminium to attract or repel chloride ions in the vicinity of the working electrode. Chloride adsorption pattern on the stainless steel electrode got drastically altered due to application of DC potential on the aluminium-graphite circuit.…”
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Two Kinds of Hydrogen Monomers Manifested in Plasma-Exposed Silicon by Vladimir V. Voronkov

“…In boron-doped silicon annealed in a plasma ambient (at 150°C), the reported hydrogen concentration profile and the hole profile cannot be simultaneously fitted assuming only one kind of in-diffusing hydrogen ions H+ of a definite parameter D+K (where D+ is the diffusivity of H+ and K is the equilibrium dissociation constant of the HB defect, the passivated boron). …”
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Synthesis of Poly(hydroxamic Acid)-Poly(amidoxime) Chelating Ligands for Removal of Metals from Industrial Wastewater by M. R. Lutfor, M. Y. Mashitah

“…The binding property of metal ions was performed and maximum sorption capacity of the copper was 3.20 mmol/ g and the rate of exchange of some metals was faster, i.e. t½ ≈ 7 min (average). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Gel Complexes Derived from Carboxymethyl Cellulose by H. D. Juneja, Manisha Joshi, J. P. Kanfade

“…The oxaloyl carboxymethyl cellulose (OCMC) complexes of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) metal ions have been synthesized and the coordination of OCMC in these complexes has been investigated through IR spectra, reflectance spectra, and thermal analysis. …”
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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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Determination of Thallium(I) by Hybrid Mesoporous Silica (SBA-15) Modified Electrode by Geeta Rani, Sanjay Singh

“…The selectivity coefficient calculated by match potential method (MPM) shows the high selectivity of electrode towards Tl(I) over other tested ions. The electrode was successfully applied as an indicator electrode for the titration of 0.01 M TlNO3 solution with standards EDTA solution and for sequential titration of mixture of different anions.…”
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Potentiometric Studies on Transition Metal Complexes of Substituted Derivative of Coumarin-Part 1 by K. B. Vyas, G. R. Jani, M. V. Hathi

“…The formation constants of binary complexes of d10 metal ions Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Mn(II) with 3-[{3-(3’-chloro phenyl}-prop-2-enoyl]-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-chromen-2-one have been studied by using Irving-Rossoti method at constant temperature 30±1 °C and ionic strength μ=0.1 M dM-3 was held constant using sodium nitrate as an electrolyte. …”
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Electrodeposition of tin from EMI⋅BF4⋅Cl room temperature molten salts by Morimitsu M., Nakahara Y., Iwaki Y., Matsunaga M.

“…The electrochemistry of Sn(II) was investigated with cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry in the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate molten salt containing free chloride ions (EMI ⋅BF4 ⋅Cl) originated from the mixture of EMIC and NaBF4 (60:40 mol%). …”
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Mechanistic Pathways in Cyanide-Mediated Benzoin Condensation: A Comprehensive Electron Localisation Function (ELF) and Catastrophe Theory Analysis of the Umpolung Reaction by Michal Michalski, Slawomir Berski

“…The study achieves a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of chemical bonds and non-bonding electron density in the reaction of benzaldehyde and cyanide ions. The results reveal that the reaction proceeds through five transition state structures, with the formation of Lapworth’s cyanohydrin being the rate-determining step. …”
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Removal of Mn(II) from Aqueous Solutions Using Bombax Malabaricum Fruit Shell Substrate by K. A. Emmanuel, K. A. Ramaraju, K. Somasekhara Rao

“…Bombax Malabaricum carbon was found to have good sorption capacity for Mn(II) ion. Studies indicated that sorption of Mn(II) ion increases with increase in pH and a contact time of 50 min was found to be optimum. …”
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Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Isoleucine by N-Bromophthalimide in Aqueous Perchloric Acid Medium by N. M. I. Alhaji, S. Sofiya Lawrence Mary

“…A decrease in the dielectric constant of the medium increases the rate. Addition of halide ions or acrylonitrile has no effect on the kinetics. …”
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The Characterization and Functional Properties of Euglena gracilis Paramylon Treated with Different Methods by Liwei Gao, Xinjie Zhao, Xiangzhong Zhao

“…In addition, the results showed that H2O2 degradation and carboxymethylation significantly improved the adsorption capacity of EGP for oil, dyes, and metal ions, and their water solubility increased by 9% and 85%. …”
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Gas Chromatography Coupled to High Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry as a High-Throughput Tool for Characterizing Geochemical Biomarkers in Sediments by Hector Henrique Ferreira Koolen, Clécio Fernando Klitzke, Joe Binkley, Jeffrey Patrick, Ana Cecília Rizatti de Albergaria-Barbosa, Rolf Roland Weber, Márcia Caruso Bícego, Marcos Nogueira Eberlin, Giovana Anceski Bataglion

“…Characteristic fragment ions allowed the identification of homologous series, such as alkanes, alkanols, fatty acids, and sterols. …”
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The scoping, design, and plasma physics optimization of the Eos neutron source stellarator by C.P.S. Swanson, D.A. Gates, S.T.A. Kumar, M.F. Martin, T.G. Kruger, D.W. Dudt, P.J. Bonofiglo, the Thea Energy team

“…Models of 1D profile-dependent neutral beam stopping, ion beam slowing down, beam-target fusion, electron-ion classical heat transfer, energy confinement (ISS04), beam pressure, beam heating of ions and electrons, beam-beam fusion fraction, and neutral beam injection and gyrotron heating electrical efficiencies are included. …”
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