Aqueous Extract of Saraca indica Leaves in the Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles: Finding a Way towards Going Green by Kollur Shiva Prasad, Alakananda Patra, Govindaraju Shruthi, Shivamallu Chandan

“…The reduction of copper ions using aqueous extract of S. indica leaves produces nanoparticles of varied size and morphology. …”
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Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Suitability of Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study in the Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand by Kshitindra Kr. Singh, Geeta Tewari, Suresh Kumar

“…Durov diagram suggested possibilities of ion mixing and simple dissolution of ions from polluted soil.…”
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3D-Metal Complexes Derived from Proton Pump Inhibitors-Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies by Suman Malik, Supriya Das, Archana Singh, Liviu Mitu

“…LAN is a weak base and it can form several complexes with transition and non-transition metal ions. It should be noticed that the reaction of all the metal salts yielded bis(ligand) complexes of the general formula [ML2(H2O)2] and [ML2] (M = Co, Ni, Cu, Mn and Zn). …”
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Determination of Urinary Creatinine in Washington State Residents via Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Caroline E. West, Blaine N. Rhodes

“…Utilizing electrospray ionization (ESI) in positive mode, the transition ions for creatinine and creatinine-d3 were determined to be 114.0 to 44.1 (quantifier), 114.0 to 86.1 (qualifier), and 117.0 to 47.1 (creatinine-d3). …”
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On the Environmental Factors Affecting the Structural and Cytotoxic Properties of IAPP Peptides by Marianna Flora Tomasello, Alessandro Sinopoli, Giuseppe Pappalardo

“…Herein we review recent progress in the field, focusing on the influences that membranes, pH, and metal ions may have on the conformational conversion and cytotoxicity of full-length IAPP as well as peptide fragments thereof. …”
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Analysis of 31 Hydrazones of Carbonyl Compounds by RRLC-UV and RRLC-MS(/MS): A Comparison of Methods by Soraya de M. Ochs, Maíra Fasciotti, Annibal D. Pereira Netto

“…The mass spectra of hydrazones presented the [M-H]− ions as base peak, but the MS/MS spectra showed fragments related to different structural classes of aldehydes and ketones, representing an important tool to assist structure elucidation of unknown CC in real samples. …”
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Impact of bovine serum albumin in simulated body fluid on the dynamic dissolution behavior of bioactive glass S53P4 by Minna Siekkinen, Adrian Stiller, Xiaoju Wang, Leena Hupa

“…The results indicated that in low protein concentration solutions in vitro, the protein might bind to calcium ions, thus affecting protein adsorption and calcium phosphate precipitation.…”
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Laboratory Investigation into Early-Age Strength Improvement of Cold Recycled Asphalt Mixture Containing Asphalt Emulsion and Cement by Yinfei Du, Lingxiang Kong, Tangzhong Wei

“…The results show that AE particles were easy to cluster because of the negative ions released by cement hydration. AE delayed the early cement hydration but improved the later intensity of cement hydration. …”
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A Geochemical Model of Fluids and Mineral Interactions for Deep Hydrocarbon Reservoirs by Jun Li, Raheel Ahmed, Qian Zhang, Yongfan Guo, Xiaochun Li

“…From the calculations, we conclude that, for CO2-CH4-brine-carbonate systems, at deeper positions, magnesium is more likely to be dissolved in aqueous phase and calcite can be more stable than dolomite and, for CO2-CH4-brine-sulfate systems, with a presence of CH4, sulfate ions are likely to be reduced to S2− and H2S in gas phase could be released after S2− saturated in the solution. …”
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Optical-emission spectrometry method with inductively coupled plasma for determining the mass concentration of phosphorus in an oil-water emulsion by N. A. Zmeeva, O. Yu. Vinokurova

“…To check the correctness of the calibration, a control sample is used, which is prepared from the state standard sample (SSS) of the composition of an aqueous solution of phosphate ions. Next, it is necessary to prepare working samples of solutions of water-oil emulsion. …”
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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. …”
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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. …”
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Feasibility of Using an Electrolysis Cell for Quantification of the Electrolytic Products of Water from Gravimetric Measurement by Samuel Melaku, Zewdu Gebeyehu, Rajeev B. Dabke

“…During electrolysis, cathode and anode compartments produced OH−(aq) and H+(aq) ions, respectively. Electrolytically produced OH−(aq) neutralized the KHP, and the completion of this neutralization was detected by a visual indicator color change. …”
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Nano-Pr2O3 Doped PVA + Na3C6H5O7 Polymer Electrolyte Films for Electrochemical Cell Applications by J. Ramesh Babu, K. Ravindhranath, K. Vijaya Kumar

“…With increase in temperature, the conductivity is increasing and it is attributed to the hopping of interchain and intrachain ion movements and furthermore decrease in microscopic viscosity of the films. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3O4-Bentonite Nanocomposite Adsorbent for Cr(VI) Removal from Water Solution by Ngusey Adisu, Subramanian Balakrishnan, Haimanot Tibebe

“…The BMNC also showed favourable reusability for adsorbate Cr(VI) ions removal from the water solution.…”
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The Hydration and Compressive Strength of Cement Mortar Prepared by Calcium Acetate Solution by Ke Cao, Liang Wang, Ying Xu, Wenfeng Shen, Hao Wang

“…The finding of this research could also contribute to studying the effect of adding metal ions to weakly acidic solutions as mixing liquids on the performance of cementitious materials.…”
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Evaluation of Salt Influence on Sugar Consumption by Suspension Cells Based on Spectroscopic Analysis by Ken-ichiro Suehara, Takaharu Kameoka, Atsushi Hashimoto

“…The kind of added salt in the food model influenced the cell activation and the potassium ions play an important role in the plant cells. The living cells activity in fresh food may act to prevent microbial contamination and to suppress the growth of the contaminated microorganism. …”
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Radiolytic Synthesis of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Wound Dressings by Pimpon Uttayarat, Jarurattana Eamsiri, Theeranan Tangthong, Phiriyatorn Suwanmala

“…The conversion of metallic silver ions to silver atoms depended on irradiation dose and stabilizer concentration as determined by UV-Vis spectrophotometry and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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La Loaded TiO2 Encapsulated Zeolite Y Catalysts: Investigating the Characterization and Decolorization Process of Amaranth Dye by Atheel Hassan Alwash, Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah, Norli Ismail

“…Lanthanide ions loaded TiO2 encapsulated into Y zeolite catalysts were synthesized and used in sonocatalytic degradation of Amaranth dye in aqueous solution. …”
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Systematic Study on a Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents by Single Marker (QAMS) Method for Simultaneous Determination of Eight Constituents in Pneumonia Mixture by UPLC-MS/M... by Haibo Zhang, Weina Xie, Jiangyun Liu, Xiaoqiang Xiang, Shilei Zhang, Junping Hu, Jianhua Yang

“…RCF values calculated by the average (AVG) method and linear regression (LRG) method had good repeatability and were acceptable for quantitative analysis, and the RTT combined with the exact masses of precursor and fragment ions and their abundance could be adopted for accurately positioning the chromatographic peak of the eight constituents. …”
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