Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Ferrite Nanoparticles for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes by Julia Mazurenko, A. K. Sijo, Larysa Kaykan, Volodymyr Kotsyubynsky, Łukasz Gondek, Antoni Zywczak, Mateusz Marzec, Oleksii Vyshnevskyi

“…Valence states and energy levels of the elements were examined using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Surface morphology was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), coupled with elemental analysis. …”
Get full text

Exploring Adsorption Performance of Functionalized Mesoporous Silicas with a Different Pore Structure as Strong Cation-Exchange Sorbents for Solid-Phase Extraction of Atropine and... by Fernando L. Vera-Baquero, Sonia Morante-Zarcero, Damián Pérez-Quintanilla, Isabel Sierra

“…The synthesized materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption–desorption, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, ²⁹Si solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. …”
Get full text

New Gold(I) Complexes as Potential Precursors for Gas-Assisted Methods: Structure, Volatility, Thermal Stability, and Electron Sensitivity by Aleksandra Butrymowicz-Kubiak, Tadeusz M. Muzioł, Piotr Madajski, Iwona B. Szymańska

“…Single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, and infrared spectroscopy were used to determine the complexes’ composition and structure. …”
Get full text

Green synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic performance of Co-Doped CuO nanoparticles for efficient degradation of synthetic dyes and water splitting by Daniel Masekela, Lovedonia K. Kganyakgo, Kwena D. Modibane, Tunde L. Yusuf, Sheriff A. Balogun, Wilson M. Seleka, Edwin Makhado

“…The synthesized materials were confirmed using Field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The optical and electrochemical properties, including the energy band gap, transient photocurrent response (TPR), and charge-transfer resistance (Rct), were assessed using chronoamperometry (CA), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), respectively. …”
Get full text

Greener and rapid magnetic solid phase microextraction method using Fe3O4@Al2O3/AC for chromatographic determination of neonicotinoid pesticides in vegetable oils by Musiiwa V. Sengane, Masixole Sihlahla, Philiswa N. Nomngongo, Nomvano Mketo

“…Different characterisation techniques such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Powder X-ray diffraction analysis (PXRD), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) confirmed the synthesised magnetic nano adsorbents (Fe3O4, Fe3O4@Al2O3 and Fe3O4@Al2O3/AC). …”
Get full text

Enhanced Magnetic Properties of Co_1−<i>x</i>Mn<i>_x</i>Fe₂O₄ Nanoparticles by Adam Szatmari, Rareș Bortnic, Roman Atanasov, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran, Fran Nekvapil, Roxana Dudric, Romulus Tetean

“…It was found by Raman spectroscopy that Fe³⁺ would be placed on octahedral sites while Fe²⁺ would, in turn, be displaced to tetrahedral sites while Mn ions will be placed on both sites. …”
Get full text

Chemical Vapour Deposition of MWCNT on Silica Coated Fe3O4 and Use of Response Surface Methodology for Optimizing the Extraction of Organophosphorus Pesticides from Water by Veronica W. O. Wanjeri, Sefater Gbashi, Jane C. Ngila, Patrick Njobeh, Messai A. Mamo, Patrick G. Ndungu

“…The chemical and physical characteristics of the materials were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy (RS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm. …”
Get full text

Biogenic synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using NARC G1 garlic (Allium sativum) extract, their photocatalytic activity for dye degradation and antioxidant activity of the extr... by Muhammad Usama Younas, Munawar Iqbal, Naveed Ahmad, Shahid Iqbal, Abida Kausar, Arif Nazir, Osama A. Mohammed, Fozia Anjum

“…These nanoparticles (NPs) were appraised for their valuable characteristics employing UV–visible spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), particle size analyzer (PSA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and. …”
Get full text

Preparation and properties of alkali-activated slag-like powder paste by Donghui Li, Wenzhong Zheng, Ying Wang

“…Additionally, a series of analytical techniques, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electronic microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), were used to explain the underlying reasons for the differences in macroscopic properties from a microscopic perspective. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities on Cancer Cell Line of Extracts of Parasitic Plants Harvested in Tunisia by Imen Ben Attia, Paolo Zucca, Flaminia Cesare Marincola, Mariella Nieddu, Alessandra Piras, Antonella Rosa, Antonio Rescigno, Mohamed Chaieb

“…The metabolic profiles of aqueous extracts were studied by 1 H NMR spectroscopy. The oils extracted using hexane as solvent were analyzed by GC-FID and HPLC-DAD to characterize the fatty acid profile. …”
Get full text

Inkjet printing of metal oxide coatings for enhanced photovoltaic soiling environmental applications by E. Fares, B. Aissa, R.J. Isaifan

“…Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and contact angle measurements were performed to characterize these thin films.Finding: The optical transmittance of the substrate using the nanoparticle ink revealed better optical properties than that using the mixed-based ink. …”
Get full text

Modulation of the Microstructure and Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Performance of g-C3N4 by Thermal Exfoliation by Xinshan Zhao, Junwei Yu, Tingyu Meng, Yuanyuan Luo, Yanzhen Fu, Zhao Li, Lin Tian, Limei Sun, Jing Li

“…Room temperature fluorescence spectroscopy (PL), transient photocurrent response (TPC), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements confirmed the excellent photogenerated charge carrier separation and transport efficiency of CN-540. …”
Get full text

PLLA honeycombs activated by plasma and high-energy excimer laser for stem cell support by P. Slepička, N. Slepičková Kasálková, J. Musílková, L. Bačáková, B. Frýdlová, P. Sajdl, Z. Kolská, E. Rebollar, V. Švorčík

“…The surface chemistry was analyzed using energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In addition, the metabolic activity of adipose stem cells was evaluated using the MTS test, and cell numbers in selected samples were determined. …”
Get full text

Inhibition of Aβ Aggregation by Cholesterol-End-Modified PEG Vesicles and Micelles by Shota Watanabe, Motoki Ueda, Shoichiro Asayama

“…Inhibitory effects on Aβ aggregation were assessed via thioflavin T (ThT) assay, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, and native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (native-PAGE). …”
Get full text

Multivariate Statistical Analysis for the Classification of Sausages Based on Physicochemical Attributes, Using Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) a... by Quang Minh Bui, Quang Trung Nguyen, Thanh Thao Nguyen, Ha My Nguyen, Thi Tinh Phung, Viet Anh Le, Ngoc Minh Truong, The Vinh Mac, Tien Dat Nguyen, Le Tuan Anh Hoang, Ha Minh Duc Tran, Van Nhan Le, Minh Duc Nguyen

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) within the framework software of XLSTAT and STATISTICA 12 was performed on the spectroscopy and elemental dataset of sausage samples. …”
Get full text

Empowering wastewater treatment with step scheme heterojunction ternary nanocomposites for photocatalytic degradation of nitrophenol by Zhu Liu, Mah Roosh, Ming Lu, Aqsa Arshad, Wenqi Xian, Yuqiu Shen, Guocong Liu, Ali Bahadur, Shahid Iqbal, Sajid Mahmood, Khalid M. Alotaibi

“…Utilizing a solvothermal method, successfully generated these ternary nanocomposites, which were characterized through various techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), high resolution transmission electronmicroscopy (HRTEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Telle (BET) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). …”
Get full text

Thiol-Functionalized Mesoporous Carbons as Adsorbents of Heavy-Metal Ions by Katarzyna Michalak-Zwierz, Karolina Gdula, Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko, Witold Zawadzki, Andrzej Dąbrowski, Mariusz Barczak

“…Pristine and thiol-functionalized carbons were characterized by nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffractometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy and tested for their ability to adsorb bivalent heavy-metal ions (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn) from the aqueous solutions. …”
Get full text

Adsorption Studies of the Effect of Thiosemicarbazides on the Corrosion of Steel in Phosphoric Acid by M.A. Ameer, E. Khamis, G. Al-Senani

“…Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy has been used successfully to evaluate the performance of the inhibitors. …”
Get full text

Adsorption of Sulphur Dioxide Using Natural and Modified Gördes Clinoptilolites by Burcu Erdoğan Alver, Meryem Sakizci, Ertuğrul Yörükoğullari

“…The structural properties of the clinoptilolites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Quantitative XRD analysis showed that the major component of the natural-G sample was clinoptilolite, together with minor amounts of feldspar, opal-CT, smectite, mica-illite and amorphous material (opal-A). …”
Get full text

NITRATO ADDUCTS AND DERIVATIVES: SYNTHESIS AND INFRARED STUDY by MOUHAMADOU BIRAME DIOP, LIBASSE DIOP

“… Five new nitrato adducts and derivatives have been synthesized and studied by infrared spectroscopy. The suggested structures are discrete or of infinite chain type, the nitrate behaving as a bidentate or a monodentate ligand, the environment around the tin (IV) centres being octahedral or trigonal bipyramidal. …”
Get full text