Crab shell polypeptides enhance calcium dynamics and osteogenic activity in osteoporosis by Xiaolei Dong, Xiaolei Dong, Guangmin Zhang, Chong Sun, Hui Zhang, Jinmeng Zhen, Xinlei Li, Xiaohui Xu, Jiane Liu, Xiangzhong Zhao, Yiming Zhang, Linlin Liu, Shaoqi Tian, Daijie Wang, Zheng Wang, Zheng Wang, Bing Li

“…Bone microstructure (micro-CT), histomorphometry (H&E, Masson, TRAP), immunohistochemistry, and serum bone turnover markers were analyzed. …”
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Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Optical and Electrical Properties of Cr/Cu/Mn Tri-Doped Bismuth Niobate Pyrochlore by Nadezhda A. Zhuk, Nikolay A. Sekushin, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Artem A. Selutin, Aleksandra V. Koroleva, Ksenia A. Badanina, Sergey V. Nekipelov, Olga V. Petrova, Victor N. Sivkov

“…The sample is characterized by reflection in the red (705 nm) color region. …”
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Effect of Heating Rate on the Properties and Mechanism of Nanocomposite Ceramic Coatings Prepared by Slurry Method by Yuntian Zhang, Yinhui Li, Jiaqi Cao, Songyuchen Ma, Guangsong Chen, Kunquan Duan, Jie Liu

“…A core-shell structured nanocomposite coating composed of 65 wt% nano-TiO₂ encapsulating 30 wt% micron-Al₂O₃ was precisely designed and fabricated via a slurry dip-coating method on Q235 steel substrates. The microstructure and surface morphology of the coatings were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester made of vertically-aligned ZnO nanowires hydrothermally-grown by template-assisted synthesis in poled PVDF by Marie Clémence Sigallon, Adrien Baillard, Vincent Consonni, Florian Aubrit, Natalia Potrzebowska, Romain Grasset, Mohamed Tabellout, Noelle Gogneau, Eliott Sarrey, Jean-Eric Wegrowe, Marie-Claude Clochard

“…Vertically aligned ZnO nanowires grown in low-supersaturation conditions exhibited an ideal microstructure for enhancing the piezoelectric performance of β-PVDF, i.e. hexagonal wurtzite structure. …”
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Effect of carbonization on chloride penetration in rapid repair mortar derived from solid waste-based CSA cement by Xiangshan Hou, Jingwei Li, Chuang Guan, Xinyan Zhang, Xujiang Wang, Yuzhong Li, Yujie Li, Wenbin Shi, Wenlong Wang

“…The evolution of the mineral phase composition and microstructure of the RRM in response to Cl- corrosion was analyzed. …”
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Gelling Characteristics and Mechanisms of Heat-Triggered Soy Protein Isolated Gels Incorporating Curdlan with Different Helical Conformations by Pei-Wen Long, Shi-Yong Liu, Yi-Xin Lin, Lin-Feng Mo, Yu Wu, Long-Qing Li, Le-Yi Pan, Ming-Yu Jin, Jing-Kun Yan

“…Notably, SPI composite gels containing CUR with an ordered triple-helix bundled structure exhibited superior gelling performance compared to other helical conformations, characterized by a more compact and uniform microstructure. …”
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3D graphene paper-based tandem metal-free thin-film supercapacitors with integrated 200 V output by Huilong Liu, Litian Gan, Renji Chen, Zhiwen Xiao, Yun Chen, Hongzuo Yang, Yahang Liu, Baisheng Wu, Ching-Ping Wong, Xin Chen

“…The formation process and mechanism of PI to graphene were clarified by microstructure and chemical characterizations and reaction molecular dynamics. …”
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Constitutive model of metal rubber material considering plastic accumulation behavior by FENG Zhipeng, YANG Fang, FU Hailong, AI Shigang, WANG Yue, YUAN Liangyang

“…Building upon the memory recovery force model and based on the deformation mechanisms of metal rubber, a constitutive model is constructed considering three perspectives: work done to overcome elastic deformation, work done in plastic deformation, and energy dissipation through internal slip friction within the metal wire microstructure, aiming to precisely describe the energy dissipation process of metal rubber. …”
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Research progress in the preparation and application of h-BN containing ceramics by Xusheng LIU, Xuekun TIAN, Zhenyi ZHAO, Donghong YAN, Tianpei YIN, Jinhua LIU, Xinmei HOU, Xinhong LIU

“…Advancing techniques, improving sintering aids, and engineering multiphase ceramic materials will help facilitate precise microstructural control. This, in turn, will further enhance the mechanical, thermal, and dielectric properties, paving the way for materials with optimized overall performance. …”
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Features of the welded seam material crystalliza-tion in Ti-TiB alloy under electron-beam welding conditions by Petro Loboda, Volodymyr Zvorykin, Constantine Zvorykin, Eduard Vrzhyzhevskyi, Tatjana Taranova, Valery Kostin, Leonid Zvorykin

“…The enhanced operational properties of such materials are determined by the microstructure, which is characterized by the presence of microfibers of borides, carbides, or silicides in the metal matrix. …”
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Sponge Morphology of Osteosarcoma Finds Origin in Synergy Between Bone Synthesis and Tumor Growth by Arnaud Bardouil, Thomas Bizien, Jérome Amiaud, Alain Fautrel, Séverine Battaglia, Iman Almarouk, Tanguy Rouxel, Pascal Panizza, Javier Perez, Arndt Last, Chakib Djediat, Elora Bessot, Nadine Nassif, Françoise Rédini, Franck Artzner

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TGF-β1/BSA coating modulates multi-phasic scaffolds for osteochondral tissue regeneration by Farnaz Ghorbani, Behafarid Ghalandari, Rainer Detsch, Chaozong Liu, Aldo R. Boccaccini

“…The multi-phasic scaffolds exhibited a hierarchical interconnected porous microstructure with hydrophilicity characterized by a contact angle of 24° and a swelling rate of 467 % over 24 h (n = 5), contributing to in-vitro hydrolytic degradation under controllable degradation rates of 49 % over 4 weeks (n = 5). …”
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Social anxiety disorder and antibodies against glial cells in the cerebrospinal fluid by Judith Weiser, Alexander Rau, Katharina von Zedtwitz, Bernd Feige, Kathrin Nickel, Simon J. Maier, Raphael J. Dressle, Nils Venhoff, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Miriam A. Schiele, Katharina Domschke, Harald Prüss, Dominique Endres

“…No clear pathology was noted in conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), voxel-based morphometry, and cerebral blood flow. Diffusion microstructure imaging (DMI) revealed a substantial reduction of the intraneurite volume fraction in the cerebellar gray and white matter. …”
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Investigating the crystallite morphologies and aggregation in boehmite powders: a combined analysis of two- and three-dimensional electron microscopy with X-ray diffraction by Sudheer Nivedita, Rouchon Virgile, Ihiawakrim Dris, Lefebvre Christophe, Levitz Pierre, Lecolier Eric, Rabu Pierre, Ersen Ovidiu

“…Through the extraction of quantitative descriptors pertaining to hierarchical entities and subsequent comparison with bulk analyses, precise and comprehensive information regarding these microstructures can be obtained. The results of our study indicate that boehmite grades, which appear to be identical in terms of their grades, display discrepancies in the uniformity of particle sizes. …”
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An Analysis of Arrays with Irregular Apertures in MEMS Smart Glasses for the Improvement of Clear View by Roland Donatiello, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Md Kamrul Hasan, Philipp Kästner, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Jiahao Chen, Shilby Baby, Basma Elsaka, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer

“…When light interacts with a glass substrate that has regular, repetitive patterning at the microscopic scale on its surface, these microstructures can cause the diffraction of the transmitted light, resulting in the potential deterioration of the view quality through the smart glass. …”
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Strain Characteristics of Motianling Ductile Shear Zone in Northern Guangxi and its Tectonic Significances by Zhili REN, Ya QIN, Zuohai FENG, Jie WU, Shiyun LIU, Qiaofan HU, Yuming BAI, Pengcheng ZHOU

“…In this article, the strain characteristics and tectonic significance of the tile shear zone of Motianling are discussed through macro-microstructure, finite strain measurement of rocks and EBSD structural analysis of quartz. …”
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Preserving high-pressure solids via freestanding thin-film engineering by Tao Liang, Zhidan Zeng, Ziyin Yang, Fujun Lan, Hongbo Lou, Chendi Yang, Di Peng, Yuxin Liu, Tao Luo, Zhenfang Xing, Qing Wang, Haibo Ke, Yong Yang, Renchao Che, Hongwei Sheng, Ho-kwang Mao, Qiaoshi Zeng

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Tailored polysaccharide entrapping metal-organic framework for RNAi therapeutics and diagnostics in atherosclerosis by Sen Li, Han Gao, Haoji Wang, Xiaolin Zhao, Da Pan, Idaira Pacheco-Fernández, Ming Ma, Jianjun Liu, Jouni Hirvonen, Zehua Liu, Hélder A. Santos

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Boron Phenylalanine-Modified Polydopamine Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Danusertib in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Xu Y, Chen X, Zhang L, Li P, He J, Zhu M, Makvandi P, Jin X

“…This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic potential of nanomedicine-based delivery of the Aurora-A inhibitor Danusertib (Danu) in NSCLC treatment.Methods: Boron phenylalanine (BPA)-modified polydopamine (PDA) was used as a carrier to load Danu, preparing B-PDA@Danu nanoparticles. The structure, microstructure, particle size, zeta potential, stability, drug loading capacity, loading rate, and in vitro release were characterized. …”
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Intravenous Administration of sRNA Nanoparticles for Treatment of Osteoporosis in Mice by Xuemeng Mu, Xinyi Du, Huitian Han, Fei Liu, Zhifa Zheng, Jing Hao, Lijin Liu, Su Liu, Ze Wei, Changfa Huang, Annan Liang, Wei Zou, Lina Zhao, Zhihong Wu, Jia Zhang

“…In OVX mice, LNP-sRNA significantly improved bone mineral density (BMD), trabecular microstructure, and biomechanical strength. Safety assessments revealed no systemic toxicity. …”
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