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Enhancing Osteogenic Potential in Bone Tissue Engineering: Optimizing Pore Size in Alginate?Gelatin Composite Hydrogels
12/05/2024 -
Bone tissue engineering is a complex process where the scaffold plays a significant role as it contributes to phenotypically stable tissue formation and stem cell differentiation. These properties...
The Unprecedented Biodegradable Polyzwitterion: A Removal?Free Patch for Accelerating Infected Diabetic Wound Healing
12/05/2024 -
Zwitterionic polymers have emerged as an important class of biomaterials to construct wound dressings and antifouling coatings over the past decade due to their excellent hydrophilicity. However, all...
Stereoscopic Polymer Network for Developing Mechanically Robust Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with an Efficiency Approaching 25%
11/05/2024 -
Flexible perovskite solar cells (pero?SCs) have the potential to overturn the application scenario of silicon photovoltaic technology. However, their mechanical instability severely impedes their...
Topology Reconfiguration of Anion?Pillared Metal?Organic Framework from Flexibility to Rigidity for Enhanced Acetylene Separation
11/05/2024 -
Flexible metal?organic framework (MOF) adsorbents commonly encounter limitations in removing trace impurities below gate?opening threshold pressures. Topology reconfiguration can fundamentally...
Miniaturized matrix solid-phase dispersion assisted by deep eutectic solvent for acrylamide determination in bread samples
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Acrylamide determination is important to state its quantity in baked food preventing any potential carcinogenic effects. Matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) extraction is an extraction procedure...
Nile red staining for rapid screening of plastic-suspect particles in edible seafood tissues
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Concerns regarding microplastic (MP) contamination in aquatic ecosystems and its impact on seafood require a better understanding of human dietary MP exposure including extensive monitoring. While...
Influence of Nitrogen Content in Food Waste on Biogas Production
10/05/2024 -
In this study, nitrogen content of food waste was adjusted by the addition of ammonium chloride to achieve the desired C/N ratio. Biogas production at different ammonium chloride percentages was...
High?Entropy Lanthanide?Organic Framework as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Cycloaddition of CO2 with Epoxides and Knoevenagel Condensation
10/05/2024 -
Multimetallic synergistic effects have the potential to improve CO2 cycloesterification and Knoevenagel reaction processes, outperforming monometallic MOFs. The results demonstrate superior...
Linear, Planar, Orbicular, and Macrocyclic Multinuclear Zinc (Meth)acrylate Complexes
10/05/2024 -
The diverse structures of zinc (meth)acrylate are present herein. The linear polymeric structure consisting of dinuclear repeating units of zinc (meth)acrylate is converted to a Zn4 cluster upon...
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH?PERFORMANCE THERMOELECTRIC POLYMERS VIA DOPING OR DEDOPING ENGINEERING
12/05/2024 -
It is of great significance to develop high?performance thermoelectric (TE) materials, because they can be used to harvest waste heat into electricity and there is abundant waste heat on earth. The...
Microplastic in an apex predator: evidence from Barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets in two sites with different levels of anthropization
11/05/2024 -
Plastic pollution in terrestrial and freshwater environments and its accumulation along food chains has been poorly studied in birds. The Barn owl (Tyto alba) is an opportunistic and nocturnal...
Biodiesel supply chain network design: a comprehensive review with qualitative and quantitative insights
11/05/2024 -
The global community is actively pursuing alternative energy sources to mitigate environmental concerns and decrease dependence on fossil fuels. Biodiesel, recognized as a clean and eco-friendly...
Technological advances and challenges of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) application in road engineering—a bibliometric analysis from 2000 to 2022
11/05/2024 -
Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is a valuable material that can be recycled and reused in road engineering to reduce environmental impact, resource utilization, and economic costs. However, the...
Unlocking the potential of biochar: an iron-phosphorus-based composite modified adsorbent for adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II) in aqueous environments and response surface optimization of adsorption conditions
13/05/2024 -
In this work, iron-phosphorus based composite biochar (FPBC) was prepared by modification with potassium phosphate and iron oxides for the removal of heavy metal ions from single and mixed heavy...
Evaluation of asphalt film thickness and heavy metal leaching of oxidizing slag used as an aggregate material in dense-graded asphalt concrete
13/05/2024 -
Electric-arc-furnace (EAF) steelmaking uses scrap iron and steel as raw materials. Scrap iron and steel originate from complex sources and may contain heavy metal components which can leach into...
Biochemical changes, metal content, and spectroscopic analysis in sewage sludge composted with lignocellulosic residue using FTIR-MIR and FTIR-NIR
13/05/2024 -
The use of lignocellulosic residues, originating from sawdust, in composting sewage sludge for organic fertilizer production, is a practice of growing interest. However, few studies have explored...
A GIS-based catastrophe approach for optimal site selection for installation of solar power plants, East Azerbaijan province case study, Iran
14/05/2024 -
Due to depletion of fossil fuels and environmental issues, renewable energy consumption is increasingly growing. Solar energy as the most abundant renewable energy source available is becoming...
Efficient ozone decomposition in high humidity environments using novel iron-doped OMS-2-loaded activated carbon material
13/05/2024 -
This study effectively addresses the rapid deactivation of manganese-based catalysts in humid environments during ozone decomposition by introducing iron-doped manganese oxide octahedral molecular...
Modeling and optimization of triclosan biodegradation by the newly isolated Bacillus sp. DL4: kinetics and pathway speculation
11/05/2024 -
Triclosan is a widely used antibacterial agent and disinfectant, and its overuse endangered ecological safety and human health. Therefore, reducing residual TCS concentrations in the environment...
Rumen fluid pretreatment promotes anaerobic methane production: revealing microbial dynamics driving increased acid yield from different concentrations of corn straw
11/05/2024 -
In this work, the corn straw (CS) with concentrations of 3%, 6%, and 9% (w/v) were pretreated by rumen fluid (RF) and then used for batched mesophilic biogas production. The results showed that...
Performance on adsorption of toluene by ionic liquid-modified AC in high-humidity exhaust gas
11/05/2024 -
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) frequently pose a threat to the biosphere, impacting ecosystems, flora, fauna, and the surrounding environment. Industrial emissions of VOCs often include the...
