Anodized CuO Nanoflakes for the Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications by Niharika MP, B. Manmadha Rao

“…The remarkable properties of CuO (“Copper Oxide”) nanostructures have attracted much interest recently in investigating the potential for use in many sectors, including antibacterial applications. …”
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Quantifying the ability of the CF2H group as a hydrogen bond donor by Matthew E. Paolella, Daniel S. Honeycutt, Bradley M. Lipka, Jacob M. Goldberg, Fang Wang

“…We survey hydrogen bond donation ability using several established methods, including 1H NMR-based hydrogen bond acidity determination, UV–vis spectroscopy titration with Reichardt's dye, and 1H NMR titration using tri-n-butylphosphine oxide as a hydrogen bond acceptor. Our experiments reveal that the direct attachment of the CF2H group to cationic aromatic systems significantly enhances its hydrogen bond donation ability, a result consistent with theoretical calculations. …”
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case of Successful Treatment with Deferoxamine and Ferric Carboxymaltose by Natacha Rodrigues, Fernando Caeiro, Alice Santana, Teresa Mendes, Leonor Lopes

“…Despite the good clinical results with deferoxamine, she became dependent on blood transfusions because of her ferropenic state. Every time oxide iron was started, the patient developed clinical features of the disease, resolving after the suspension of the drug. …”
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UPLC-TOF-MS Characterization and Identification of Bioactive Iridoids in Cornus mas Fruit by Shixin Deng, Brett J. West, C. Jarakae Jensen

“…However, loganin, sweroside, and cornuside did reduce the amount of DNA damage caused by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide, suggesting potential antigenotoxic activity.…”
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A Rare Case of Intermittent Claudication Associated with Impaired Arterial Vasodilation by J. J. Posthuma, K. D. Reesink, M. Schütten, C. Ghossein, M. E. Spaanderman, H. ten Cate, G. Schep

“…Using a series of imaging and functional tests, we established that her complaints were due to impaired arterial vasodilation, possibly due to a defect in nitrous oxide-mediated dilation. The symptoms were reversible upon administration of a calcium antagonist, showing reversibility of the vascular impairment. …”
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Miniaturized-specimen creep testing: an alternative for evaluating the remaining life of Cr-Mo steel components by Heloisa Cunha Furtado, Fernanda Figueiredo Martins dos Santos, Leonardo Sales Araújo, Levi de Oliveira Bueno

“…The results also emphasize the importance of carrying out creep test on miniaturized samples under vacuum, to avoid harmful effects due to the formation of the oxide layer.…”
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High-frequency electrochemical impedance measurements of self-assembled monolayer formation using CMOS-based nanocapacitor arrays by Selvaraj Chinnathambi, Mohammad Saghafi, Suryasnata Tripathy, Frans P. Widdershoven, Serge G. Lemay

“…Here we employ nanoelectrodes integrated with readout circuitry on the same complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip to conduct measurements over a frequency range from 1.6 MHz to 50 MHz. …”
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High-Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Incoloy 800H Alloy in the Impure Helium Environment by Wei Zheng, Huang Zhang, Bin Du, Haoxiang Li, Huaqiang Yin, Xuedong He, Tao Ma

“…This work presents a guideline for protecting the oxide scale of superalloys used in HTGR.…”
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Histopathological, Immunohistochemical and Biochemical Studies of Murine Hepatosplenic Tissues Affected by Chronic Toxoplasmosis by Samah Hassan Yahia, Samia Elsayed Etewa, Nesreen Saeed Saleh, Samira Metwally Mohammad, Nora Ibrahim Aboulfotouh, Ahmad Mansour Kandil, Mohamed Hassan Sarhan

“…The biochemical profile of the liver has been changed in the form of increased liver enzymes, and oxidative stress has been evidenced by elevated nitric oxide (NO) concentration in liver homogenate. …”
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In Vitro Antioxidant Capacity and Neuronal Cell Toxicity of Roots of Ostericum koreanum Maximowicz by Ramalingam Mahesh, Hyo Won Jung, Jun Hong Park, Yong-Ki Park

“…In addition, the cell viability and nitric oxide release assays were performed here for the first time in neuroblastoma (Neuro-2a) cell cultures. …”
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Volatile Components of Haplophyllum canaliculatum Boiss. by Different Extraction Procedures by Nastaran Ahadi, Marzieh Torabbeigi, Zahra Aghaiee Meibodei, Fatemeh Safatian

“…However, piperitone (34.50%), caryophyllene oxide (9.94%), and a-eudesmol were the main compounds among twenty-one constituents, representing 99.89% of the total composition that were characterized in volatiles extracted by the SFME method. …”
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Improved Efficiency of Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Insertion of Ultrathin SiO2 Buffer Layers by Chien-Jung Huang, Kan-Lin Chen, Po-Wen Sze, Wen-Ray Chen, Teen-Hang Meen, Shi-Lun Wu

“…The atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation of indium tin oxide (ITO)/SiO2 topography reveals changes at the interface between SiO2 and N,N′-bis-(1-naphthl)-diphenyl-1,1′-bipheny-4,4′-diamine (NPB), resulting in ultrathin SiO2 layers being a clear advantage for a FOLED. …”
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Sulfurization- Desulfurization of Iron-Calcium Oxygen Carriers during Chemical Looping Combustion of Syngas by Yu-Lun Chen, Young Ku, Ya-Chun Chang

“…Calcium sulfide (CaS) was generated during the chemical looping combustion of SO2-containing syngas with CaFe-378. CaS was further oxidized to CaSO4 on the surface of CaFe-378 during air regeneration, which might inhibit the complete regeneration of iron oxides. …”
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Low-Dose Fluvastatin Prevents the Functional Alterations of Endothelium Induced by Short-Term Cholesterol Feeding in Rabbit Carotid Artery by Gulnur Sevin, Yasemin Delen Akcay, Gonen Ozsarlak-Sozer, Mukadder Yasa

“…Fluvastatin treatment abrogated the cholesterol-induced increase in SOD, increased the levels of nitric oxide metabolites in tissue, and restored both the impaired vascular responses to acetylcholine and the augmented contractile responses to serotonin without affecting plasma-cholesterol levels. …”
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Trimethyltin-Induced Microglial Activation via NADPH Oxidase and MAPKs Pathway in BV-2 Microglial Cells by Da Jung Kim, Yong Sik Kim

“…Our results revealed that TMT generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increases the expression of CD11b and nuclear factor-κB- (NF-κB-) mediated nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α in BV-2 cells. …”
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Preparation of Improved p-n Junction NiO/TiO2 Nanotubes for Solar-Energy-Driven Light Photocatalysis by Lan Ching Sim, Kai Wern Ng, Shaliza Ibrahim, Pichiah Saravanan

“…Self-organized TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) with average inner diameter of 109 nm, wall thickness of 15 nm, and tube length of 7–10 μm were loaded with nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles via incipient wet impregnation method. …”
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Annealing Effect of ZnO Seed Layer on Enhancing Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO/TiO2 Nanostructure by Woo-Young Kim, Soon-Wook Kim, Dae-Hwang Yoo, Eui Jung Kim, Sung Hong Hahn

“…Zinc oxide (ZnO)/titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanorods have been synthesized via a hydrothermal method for ZnO nanorods and an electron-beam deposition for TiO2 nanorods. …”
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Synthesis of a Novel Family of Polysilsesquioxanes Having Oligothiophenes with Well-Defined Structures by Ichiro Imae, Shotaro Takayama, Daisuke Tokita, Yousuke Ooyama, Kenji Komaguchi, Joji Ohshita, Yutaka Harima

“…The polymers anchored on SiO2 or ITO substrates showed excellent mechanical hardness due to the formation of a three-dimensional siloxane network structure and chemical linkage between polymer and the surface of metal-oxide substrates. Optical, electrochemical, and electrical properties of polymers were also investigated.…”
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Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of CeO2, Er2O3, Nd2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, La2O3, and Tb4O7 by Jianlan Cui, Gregory A. Hope

“…Multiple laser sources (wavelengths of 325 nm, 442 nm, 514 nm, and 632.8 nm) for the Raman shift ranges from 100 cm−1 to 5000 cm−1 of these excitations were used for each individual rare earth oxide. Raman shifts and fluorescence emission have been identified. …”
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Influence of Concrete Sludge Addition in the Properties of Alkali-Activated and Non-Alkali-Activated Fly Ash-Based Mortars by Fotini Kesikidou, Stavroula Konopisi, Eleftherios K. Anastasiou

“…In the activated mortars, two fractions of concrete sludge were used, under 75 μm and 200 μm, due to different silicon oxide contents, while one mortar was cured at 40°C to investigate the effect of heating on alkali activation. …”
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