Pressure Prediction of Electronic, Anisotropic Elastic, Optical, and Thermal Properties of Quaternary (M2/3Ti1/3)3AlC2 (M = Cr, Mo, and Ti) by Liang Sun, Yimin Gao, Yangzhen Liu, Guoliang Wang, Yiran Wang, Wenyan Zhai, Wen Wang

“…The bonding characteristics of these compounds are the mixture of metallic and covalent bonds. With an increase of pressure, the heights of total density of states (TDOS) for these compounds decrease at Fermi level. …”
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Low-Power Differential Voltage-Controlled Ring Oscillator Based on Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor (CNTFET) by Saba Naseri Akbar

“…Based on the results obtained at the supply voltage of 0.9 V, the proposed voltage controlled ring oscillator (VCRO) based on carbon nanotube field effect transistor shows promising characteristics compared to its counterpart based on metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). …”
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Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of GaAs Doped with Rare-Earth Elements (Sc, Y, La, Ce, and Pr) by Yongrong Deng, Chunhong Zhang, Xinmao Qin, Wanjun Yan

“…We concluded that Ce- and Pr-doped GaAs can form metal alloys with different compositions. Such doping may provide a new class of materials for use in optoelectronic devices.…”
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High-sensitivity, high-speed, broadband mid-infrared photodetector enabled by a van der Waals heterostructure with a vertical transport channel by Jianfeng Wu, Jialin Zhang, Ruiqi Jiang, Hao Wu, Shouheng Chen, Xinlei Zhang, Wenhui Wang, Yuanfang Yu, Qiang Fu, Rui Lin, Yueying Cui, Tao Zhou, Zhenliang Hu, Dongyang Wan, Xiaolong Chen, Weida Hu, Hongwei Liu, Junpeng Lu, Zhenhua Ni

“…Abstract The realization of room-temperature-operated, high-performance, miniaturized, low-power-consumption and Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible mid-infrared photodetectors is highly desirable for next-generation optoelectronic applications, but has thus far remained an outstanding challenge using conventional materials. …”
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An investigation on aluminothermic reduction of MoO3 in domestic microwave oven by Sheybani K., Paydar M.H., Shariat M.H., Setoudeh N.

“…In the present work, metallic molybdenum could easily and successfully be separated from Al2O3 slag, as the side product of the reaction, in molten phase, based on the difference in their densities.…”
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Performance Optimization of Fabricated Nanosheet GAA CMOS Transistors and 6T-SRAM Cells via Source/Drain Doping Engineering by Xuexiang Zhang, Qingkun Li, Lei Cao, Qingzhu Zhang, Renjie Jiang, Peng Wang, Jiaxin Yao, Huaxiang Yin

“…In this paper, special optimizations to source/drain (S/D) doping engineering including spacer bottom footing (SBF) and refining the lightly doped drain (LDD) implantation process are explored to enhance both fabricated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) NSFETs and their 6T-SRAM cells. …”
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Sostenibilidad con residuos inorgánicos durante la pandemia de COVID- 19 by Dante Daniel Cruz Nieto, Jesus Placido Medina Salas, Jose Antonio Legua Cárdenas, Jesus Manuel More López, Pablo Mamani Calla, Edwin Julio Urday Urday

“…Resultados: Se determinó que por mes se obtuvo en vidrios (48,91 %), metal (27,06 %), plásticos (19,29 %) y tecnopor (4,74 %) de un total de 6293 kg/100 casa/mes, per cápita sobresalieron los días viernes con 0,556 kgldía/persona, en octubre se obtuvo la mayor cantidad con 7981,35 Kgll 00 casas/mes de residuos inorgánicos, la utilidad se obtuvo SI 2213,50 soles/100 casas/mes y rentabilidad con 184,46 %, siendo beneficioso en lo económico. …”
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Cooperative Preparation of Glass-ceramics by Blast Furnace Slag and Low-carbon Chromium Iron Alloy Slag by Yifan WANG, Yici WANG, Ruixin WANG, Fengguang ZHAO, Yifan CHAI, Guoping LUO

“…IRa≤1.0 and Iγ≤1.3, and the leaching concentration of heavy metal chromium in the glass-ceramics met the national standard, indicating that it is feasible to prepare glass-ceramics with blast furnace slag and low-carbon chromium iron alloy slag.…”
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Silymarin: a promising modulator of apoptosis and survival signaling in cancer by Ujjawal Sharma, Praveen Kumar Sahni, Bunty Sharma, Madhu Gupta, Damandeep Kaur, Darin Mansor Mathkor, Shafiul Haque, Sabiha Khatoon, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Astha Mishra, Faraz Ahmad

“…As efficient carriers, liposomes, polymeric micelles, lipid- and metal-based nanoparticles, increase the solubility and distribution of silymarin in target tissues. …”
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Fabrication of hafnium-based nanoparticles and nanostructures using picosecond laser ablation by Abhishek Das, Mangababu Akkanaboina, Jagannath Rathod, R. Sai Prasad Goud, Kanaka Ravi Kumar, Raghu C. Reddy, Ratheesh Ravendran, Katia Vutova, S. V. S. Nageswara Rao, Venugopal Rao Soma

“…Ultrafast picosecond laser ablation of the Hf metal target was performed in three different liquid media, namely, deionised water (DW), toluene, and anisole, to fabricate HfO2 and HfC NPs along with Hf NSs. …”
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Optimizing Cutting Conditions for Minimum Surface Roughness in Face Milling of High Strength Steel Using Carbide Inserts by Adel Taha Abbas, Adham Ezzat Ragab, Essam Ali Al Bahkali, Ehab Adel El Danaf

“…Moreover, multiobjective optimization for minimizing Ra and maximizing metal removal rate Q is conducted and the results are presented.…”
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Enhancing Miscanthus floridulus remediation of soil cadmium using Beauveria bassiana FE14: Plant growth promotion and microbial interactions by Ying Wang, Sha Xiang, Rui Chen, Liang Chen, Wendi Lan, Jun Fang, Yunhua Xiao

“…Soil heavy metal pollution presents substantial risks to food security and human health. …”
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Ironfounding production in the second half of the XVIII – XIX centuries (on the example of Temnikov district of Tambov province) by E. N. Bikeikin, T. M. Guseva, G. A. Kursheva, S. V. Pershin

“…As a result, the following conclusions were made: iron founding and ironworks created on the territory of the city and county were an important component of the economic development of the region; the ore that was mined in this area had a low iron content, so the main reasons for the creation of such enterprises in the second half of the XVIII century on the territory of modern Mordovia were the excess of wood fuel needed for smelting metal, and cheap labor.…”
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Biogenic Synthesis of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Using Green Alga Botryococcus braunii and Its Antimicrobial Activity by Anju Arya, Khushbu Gupta, Tejpal Singh Chundawat, Dipti Vaya

“…SEM micrographs have shown the morphology of biogenically synthesized metal nanoparticles. Furthermore, these biosynthesized nanoparticles were found to be highly toxic against two Gram-negative bacterial strains Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 441) and Escherichia coli (MTCC 442), two Gram-positive bacterial strains Klebsiella pneumoniae (MTCC 109) and Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC 96), and a fungal strain Fusarium oxysporum (MTCC 2087). …”
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Role of sludge biochar immobilized multifunctional microbiome in phytoremediation of lead-zinc composite pollution by Zihao Yang, Lijuan Jiang, Xuejun Li, Qiaoling Ji, Mengyuan Wang, Yi Zhang, Yuanlin Cheng, Xuan Zhang, Hui Li, Chongling Feng

“…Abstract Sludge biochar, as a soil amendment, has demonstrated its capacity to remediate heavy metal-contaminated soil. It is frequently utilized to facilitate phytoremediation or as a microbial carrier in remediation strategies, aiming to enhance overall remediation efficiency. …”
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Compact Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Stacked Patch Antenna for Microwave-Radio-Frequency Identification Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output Application by Enze Zhang, Andrea Michel, Paolo Nepa, Jinghui Qiu

“…Two pairs of isolated ports are working at two microwave- (MW-) RFID bands (2.4–2.485 GHz and 5.725–5.875 GHz) with high port isolation of 25 dB and 30 dB, respectively. A shared metal slot layer is designed to separate two feeding structures of the lower band and upper band for port isolation enhancement as well as saving space. …”
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Enhanced Arsenic Removal from Aqueous Solution by Fe/Mn-C Layered Double Hydroxide Composite by Yaru Wang, Yingying Gao, Zongqiang Zhu, Lihao Zhang, Ningning Zhao, Yali Fang, Yinian Zhu, Guifeng Liu

“…It would provide a promising approach for removing heavy metal from the aquatic environment in the future.…”
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Enhanced energy storage in relaxor (1-x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaZryTi1-yO3 thin films by morphotropic phase boundary engineering by Herbert Kobald, Alexander M. Kobald, Ivana Panzic, Marco Deluca

“…While Zr substitution results in reduced polarization, it enhances both efficiency and electric breakdown strength, ultimately doubling the recoverable energy density and the metallization interface by lowering surface roughness. …”
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Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source by Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

“…This work presents an efficient and controllable method for fabricating nanostructures, and this method is applicable to the transition metal compound ZrC as a field emission emitter, demonstrating its potential as an electron source for electron-beam devices.…”
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Graphene-Based, Flexible, Wearable Piezoresistive Sensors with High Sensitivity for Tiny Pressure Detection by Rui Li, Jiahao Hu, Yalong Li, Yi Huang, Lin Wang, Mohan Huang, Zhikun Wang, Junlang Chen, Yan Fan, Liang Chen

“…The microstructure has insulating polystyrene (PS) microspheres sandwiched between a graphene oxide (GO) film and a metallic nanocopper-graphene oxide (n-Cu/GO) film. …”
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