Intercropping wheat and rapeseed in Cd-polluted weakly alkaline soil: Crop productivity, Cd enrichment capacity, and rhizosphere soil characteristics by Xu Li, Hanying Kong, Junchuan Huang, Jiaoyuan Yan, Wei He, Hui Wang, Hong Pan, Quangang Yang, Yuping Zhuge, Yanhong Lou

“…Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remove or neutralise environmental contaminants, and it provides a promising approach in addressing heavy metal-contaminated soils. However, single-species phytoremediation can be challenged by both its limited metal ion extraction efficiency and crop yield. …”
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Kinetic Studies on the Removal of Some Lanthanide Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Amidoxime-Hydroxamic Acid Polymer by Fadi Alakhras

“…Lanthanide metal ions make distinctive and essential contributions to recent global proficiency. …”
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Application of Adsorption Microcalorimetry in the Study of Cu(II) Removal Using Magnetic Nanoparticles by Liliana Giraldo, Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján

“…The objective of this study was to explain the synthesis of magnetic polymer adsorbent (FePA) nanoparticles coupled with metal-chelating ligands of N-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid (ADA) and their application for the removal of Cu(II) ions. …”
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Functional Ginger Extracts from Supercritical Fluid Carbon Dioxide Extraction via In Vitro and In Vivo Assays: Antioxidation, Antimicroorganism, and Mice Xenografts Models by Chih-Chen Lee, Li-Yu Chiou, Jheng-Yang Wang, Sin-You Chou, John Chi-Wei Lan, Tsi-Shu Huang, Kuo-Chuan Huang, Hui-Min Wang

“…Investigations of ginger extracts indicated antioxidative properties in dose-dependant manners on radical scavenging activities, reducing powers and metal chelating powers. We found that ginger extracts processed moderate scavenging values, middle metal chelating levels, and slight ferric reducing powers. …”
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Generation of Bessel vortex beams in the subterahertz range using reflecting diffractive optical elements by V.V. Gerasimov, N.D. Osintseva, V.S. Pavelyev, A.N. Agafonov

“…In this work, we propose a simple method for generating Bessel vortex beams in the subterahertz (subTHz) range with the orbital angular momentum with l = 1 based on reflecting metal diffractive optical elements with a continuous helical microrelief. …”
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Frequency of Drug Resistance Gene Amplification in Clinical Leishmania Strains by C. Mary, F. Faraut, M. Deniau, J. Dereure, K. Aoun, S. Ranque, R. Piarroux

“…Experimental studies about Leishmania resistance to metal and antifolates have pointed out that gene amplification is one of the main mechanisms of drug detoxification. …”
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Operando phase mapping in multi-material laser powder bed fusion by Shieren Sumarli, Florencia Malamud, Steven Van Petegem, Steve Gaudez, Antonios Baganis, Matteo Busi, Efthymios Polatidis, Christian Leinenbach, Roland E. Logé, Markus Strobl

“…While some advanced operando studies enable highly local observations in the established metallic layers, the effect of intrinsic heat treatment inherent in the process in the bulk of the material is generally beyond reach of operando characterisation. …”
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Synthesis of Homochiral N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Based Nanosheets for Enhanced Asymmetric Catalysis by Xinchao Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Zhaoxing Wang, Tian‐Fu Liu, Shangda Li, Fei Wang, Jian Zhang

“…Abstract Utilizing ultrathin 2D metal–organic framework nanosheets (2D MONs) as supports for incorporating chiral catalysts represents a highly promising avenue in the field of asymmetric catalysis. …”
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Liquid crystal based tunable terahertz metadevices by Lei Wang, Yanyan Wang, Guwei Zong, Wei Hu, Yanqing Lu

“…This review summarizes the research progress in LC based THz metadevices in three different respects: LC planar THz devices, LC integrated metal metasurfaces, and LC integrated dielectric metasurfaces. …”
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Fabrication of Al-based composites reinforced with Al2O3-Tib2 ceramic composite particulates using vortex-casting method by Roshan M.R., Mousavian Taherzadeh R., Ebrahimkhani H., Mosleh A.

“…Vortex casting is one of the simplest methods of producing metal matrix composites (MMCs). However, this simple method does have some drawbacks, which reduce the mechanical properties of the produced composites. …”
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A material design guideline for self-assembled vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films by Jiawei Song, Haiyan Wang

“…The demonstrated VAN systems include oxide–oxide, oxide–metal, and nitride–metal VAN films and their growth mechanisms are vastly different. …”
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Optical Spectra and Color Nature of Lithium Amphiboles by S.I. Konovalenko, A.I. Bakhtin, A.G. Nikolaev

“…Optical absorption spectra of two lithium amphiboles of the pedrisite group from rare-metal peg-matites of the Sangilen rare-metal province in the southeastern part of Tyva have been studied. …”
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Removal of arsenic from liquid blister copper during remelting in an induction vacuum furnace by Łabaj J., Blacha L., Smalcerz A., Chmiela B.

“…When smelting is carried out in vacuum induction furnaces, the intensification of the discussed processes is achieved by intensive mixing of the bath, as well as an enhanced mass exchange surface (liquid metal surface) due to the formation of a meniscus. …”
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Enhancement of photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties of SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles by Kumar Mageswari, Thirugnanam Bavani, Jagannathan Madhavan, Peethambaram Prabukanthan

“…Moreover, the antibacterial efficacy and outcomes of the bi-metal doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were assessed against E. …”
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Preparation of AgBiS2 thin films with vapor-assisted solution method for flexible near-infrared photodetectors by Zhirong Liu, Xiongjie Li, Xiaoting Ma, Haixuan Yu, Wanpeng Yang, Ronghua Luo, Yuping Liu, Yan Shen, Mingkui Wang

“…Here, we propose a simple low-temperature solution spin-coating combined with a vacuum-assisted chemical vapor deposition method to fabricate AgBiS2 thin films for flexible near-infrared (NIR) photodetectors. Using a simple metal/semiconductor/metal device as a demonstration, the as-prepared AgBiS2-based flexible NIR photodetectors (NPDs) exhibit a high linear dynamic range of 103.6 dB. …”
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Fabrication of Ag and Ni Nanocatalyst with Enhanced Efficiency by Tajamal Hussain, Mira Tul Zubaida Butt, Mirza Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hamid Raza, Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Khurram Shehzad, Adnan Mujahid, Rabia Batool

“…Metal nanoparticles (NPs) have received significant attention in last decade because of their unique properties. …”
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Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Soluble Fractions of Industrial Solid Wastes on Daphnia magna and Vibrio fischeri by Letícia Flohr, Armando Borges de Castilhos Júnior, William Gerson Matias

“…A metal-mechanic waste (sample MM3) induced the highest toxicity level to Daphnia magna(CE50,48 h=2.21%). …”
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Green synthesis of titanium dioxide photocatalyst using Lactobacillus bulgaricus for processing palm oil mill effluent by L. Agustina, M. Romli, P. Suryadarma, S. Suprihatin

“…The synthesis process at a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius and a 0.025 molar metal oxide solution produced a titanium dioxide photocatalyst with a size of 33.28 nanometer. …”
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Creation of the permanent inferior vena cava filter for prevention of pulmonary artery embolism by Yа.O. Povar, I.O. Skiba, B.M. Todurov, A.V. Khokhlov, I.V. Altman, V.M. Shivanyuk

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Hg selective adsorption on polypropylene-based hollow fiber grafted with polyacrylamide by Changkun Liu, Jizhen Jia, Ji’an Liu, Xiaoyan Liang

“…The adsorption study in multi-component system indicated that PP-PAM preferentially adsorbs Hg(II) over Pb(II) ions, with significant adsorption capacity difference of the two heavy metal ions. This study provided an efficient method for the preparation of the adsorptive polypropylene hollow fiber membrane, which expands its application for the selective removal of heavy metal ions.…”
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