Determination of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Some Fish Species Consumed in Karaman Province, Türkiye by Numan Emre Gümüş, Fuat Gökbel, Ziya Aydın

“…Metal concentrations (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and their levels were compared with the maximum permissible limits of national and international regulations. …”
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Porphyra haitanensis polysaccharide (PH) attenuates cell hyperplasia via remodeling the cross-talk between Hippo/YAP and mTOR pathways by Chong Wang, Wanglei Lin, Zhihua Sun, Yiming Sun, Yanbo Wang, Linglin Fu

“…The purified PH was first characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Then an intestinal epithelial cell model was established, in which PH significantly suppressed cell hyperplasia. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and BSA-Binding Studies of Novel Sulfonated Zinc-Triazine Complexes by Nalin Abeydeera, Inoka C. Perera, Theshini Perera

“…All four complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis and 1H NMR, IR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The IR stretching frequency of N=N and C=N bonds of complexes 1–4 have shifted to lower frequencies in comparison with free ligands, and a bathochromic shift was observed in UV-Vis spectra of all four complexes. …”
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Year-long Concurrent MAX-DOAS Observations of Nitrogen Dioxide and Formaldehyde at Pune: Understanding Diurnal and Seasonal Variation Drivers by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…Abstract Year-long observations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO) using the Multi-Axis Differential Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) technique are reported from Pune City, India. …”
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Synthesis and Characterisation of Penta-Bismuth Hepta-Oxide Nitrate, Bi5O7NO3, as a New Adsorbent for Methyl Orange Removal from an Aqueous Solution by Eshraq Ahmed Abdullah, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Zulkarnain Zainal, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Tan Kar Ban

“…After calcination, the precipitate was characterised by several methods, which included X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, BET surface area and pH drift method to determine the pH of point of zero charge (pHpzc). …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles: Tailoring Morphology and Particle Size Variations for Enhanced Properties by Tijen Ennil Bektaş, Uğur Cengiz, Gürkan Akarken

“…Various characterization techniques were conducted including X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and transmitting electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Spin-orbit interaction driven terahertz nonlinear dynamics in transition metals by Ruslan Salikhov, Markus Lysne, Philipp Werner, Igor Ilyakov, Michael Schüler, Thales V. A. G. de Oliveira, Alexey Ponomaryov, Atiqa Arshad, Gulloo Lal Prajapati, Jan-Christoph Deinert, Pavlo Makushko, Denys Makarov, Thomas Cowan, Jürgen Fassbender, Jürgen Lindner, Aleksandra Lindner, Carmine Ortix, Sergey Kovalev

“…We utilized terahertz harmonic generation spectroscopy to investigate the nonlinear dynamics over picosecond timescales in various transition metal films. …”
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Self-Healing Photocurable Epoxy/thiol-ene Systems Using an Aromatic Epoxy Resin by Ricardo Acosta Ortiz, Omar Acosta Berlanga, Aída Esmeralda García Valdez, Rafael Aguirre Flores, José Guadalupe Télles Padilla, María Guadalupe Méndez Padilla

“…The oligomer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). …”
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Textural Characterisation of Iron-Promoted Raney Nickel Catalysts Synthesised by Mechanical Alloying by J. Salmones, B. Zeifert, J.G. Cabañas-Moreno, G. Aguilar-Rios, F. Rojas, A.J. Ramirez-Cuesta

“…Substrate characterisation involved studies by atomic absorption (AA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) in the SEM and nitrogen physisorption. …”
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Catharanthus roseus Flower Extracts and the Determination of Their Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Photocatalytic Activity by Mathivathani Kandiah, Kavishadhi N. Chandrasekaran

“…Further, the formation, size, and shape of the synthesized AgNPs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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In Vitro Sustained Release Study of Gallic Acid Coated with Magnetite-PEG and Magnetite-PVA for Drug Delivery System by Dena Dorniani, Aminu Umar Kura, Samer Hasan Hussein-Al-Ali, Mohd Zobir Bin Hussein, Sharida Fakurazi, Abdul Halim Shaari, Zalinah Ahmad

“…The efficacy of two nanocarriers polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol magnetic nanoparticles coated with gallic acid (GA) was accomplished via X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, magnetic measurements, thermal analysis, and TEM. …”
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Enhancement of Lignin Biopolymer Isolation from Hybrid Poplar by Organosolv Pretreatments by Miao Wu, Jinhui Pang, Xueming Zhang, Runcang Sun

“…The isolated lignin fractions were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), high-performance anion exchange chromatography (HPAEC), 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (2D NMR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Elemental and Surface Changes of Retrieved Titanium and Stainless Steel Orthodontic Miniscrew: An in vivo Study by Aditi Bendre, Veera Bhosale, Shrushti Bapat, Shivangini Swarnkar, Vinit Swami, Siddharth Shinde

“…Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) was used for the elemental analysis of the retrieved mini-implants and a scanning electron microscope was used to detect the surface changes in the retrieved mini-implants in four areas, namely head, neck, body, and tip. …”
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Noncontact Monitoring and Imaging of the Operation and Performance of Thin‐Film Field‐Effect Transistors by Kwangsik Jeong, Dong yeob Shin, Ji‐Min Park, Dong‐Joon Yi, Hyunmin Hong, Hyun‐Suk Kim, Kwun‐Bum Chung

“…Notably, the method achieves an unprecedented resolution of ΔVFB below 100 mV in assessing electrical properties through SHG measurements, surpassing conventional spectroscopy techniques. Furthermore, a system is developed to monitor and image the TFT array operation and performance, enabling us to distinguish between pass and fail devices and measure the VTH distribution based on the SHG intensity. …”
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Evolution of Microstructure and Microsegregation of Ti-45Al-8Nb Alloy during Directional Solidification by Xiangjun Xu, Rui Hu, Junpin Lin, Jian Guo

“…The microsegregations were characterized by wave dispersive spectroscopy. The results show that the DS ingots include the no melting zone, directionally solidified zone with columnar grains, mushy zone, and quenched liquid zone. …”
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The impact of brain-systemic oxygenation coupling in sleep-disordered breathing on cognitive function in elderly by Makoto Kawai, S. M. Hadi Hosseini, Casey Buck, Rosy Karna, Kai Ayinde Parker-Fong, Pahnwat Tonya Taweesedt

“…All participants underwent neuropsychiatric evaluations, simultaneous ambulatory polysomnography (PSG), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) recordings. We quantified the average coherence between oxy-Hb and SpO2 signals during SDB events to determine whether it could predict cognitive outcomes in healthy older adults, where higher coherence indicates reduced protection against systemic hypoxia. …”
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Fast Disinfection of Escherichia coli Bacteria Using Carbon Nanotubes Interaction with Microwave Radiation by Samer M. Al-Hakami, Amjad B. Khalil, Tahar Laoui, Muataz Ali Atieh

“…Scanning/transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and FTIR spectroscopy were used to characterise the morphological/structural and thermal properties of CNTs. …”
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Microstructural and Dielectric Properties of Zr Doped Microwave Sintered CaCu3Ti4O12 Synthesized by Sol-Gel Route by S. Jesurani, S. Kanagesan, M. Hashim, I. Ismail, I. R. Ibrahim

“…Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) confirmed the presence of Zr. The dielectric characteristics of Zr doped CCTO were studied with an LCR meter in the frequency range of 50 Hz–1 MHz. …”
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Investigation of biometabolites and novel antimicrobial peptides derived from promising source Cordyceps militaris and effect of non-small cell lung cancer genes computationally. by Muhammad Afzal, Mai Abdel Haleem A Abusalah, Neelum Shehzadi, Muhammad Absar, Naveed Ahmed, Sarmir Khan, Yalnaz Naseem, Noshaba Mehmood, Kirnpal Kaur Banga Singh

“…A total of 34 compounds representing 100% of total detected constituents identified were identified using GCMS analysis and 20 compounds using LC-MS which showed strong biological activities. FT-IR spectroscopy manifest powerful instant peaks to have different bioactive components including carboxylic acid, phenols, amines and alkanes present in methanolic extract of C. militaris. …”
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Unraveling the Difference in the Composition/Content of the Aroma Compounds in Different Tobacco Leaves: For Better Use by Tiejun Yan, Ping Zhou, Fei Long, Jing Liu, Fengguang Wu, Maolin Zhang, Jialei Liu

“…Here, gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy (GC-IMS) was used to analyze the composition/content of aroma compounds in tobacco samples from eight different producing areas. …”
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