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Harnessing Fungal Biowelding for Constructing Mycelium‐Engineered Materials
05/03/2026 - Mycelium‐bound composites (MBCs) offer low‐carbon alternatives for construction, yet interfacial bonding remains a critical challenge. This review examines fungal biowelding as a biocompatible...
Microfluidic device for electromembrane extraction with a micro-pillar stabilized liquid membrane
- Electromembrane extraction (EME) is a microextraction technique where charged analytes are transferred across a liquid membrane, under the influence of an electrical field, and enables selective...
A streamlined in-syringe fast drug extraction and semi-automated dispersive cleanup technique for quick biomonitoring of direct oral anti-coagulant drugs in patients’ plasma samples using UHPLC-MS/MS analysis
- In this work, the manual multistep QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) approach has been streamlined into an in-syringe micro-QuEChERS method, referred to as an...
Tuning Solution‐State Aggregation for Shearing‐Induced Alignment and High Mobility Transport in Conjugated Polymers
21/02/2026 - By precisely tuning solution‐state aggregation and employing solution shearing, the correlation between aggregate structure and thin‐film morphology is elucidated. This approach enables the...
Harnessing Chain Mobility via Protonation for Tough and Isotropic Hydrogel
18/02/2026 - A protonation‐guided strategy enables ultra‐tough, isotropic PVA hydrogels by temporarily unlocking chain mobility via acidification and fixing homogeneous networks through salting‐out. The...
Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Phosphorus Release From Fish Scale Biochar in Wheat Crop
16/02/2026 - The results demonstrate that fish scale–derived biochars are effective phosphorus sources with controlled release behavior. Increasing the pyrolysis temperature, particularly to 600°C, enhanced...
Flow‐Induced Microdomain Alignment During Block Copolymer Graphoepitaxy
15/02/2026 - This study investigates block copolymer flow on topographical templates during solvent vapor annealing and how flow affects the orientation of self‐assembled microdomains. The temporal mapping...
Recent advances in pretreatment technologies for the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent pollutants with shifting pollution characteristics toward short-chain and structurally diverse variants, posing great challenges for...
Reliable LC-MS/MS method integrated with a linear retention index approach for multiresidue pesticide analysis in hemp seed oil
- The increasing global demand for hemp seed oil (HSO) necessitates robust analytical methods to monitor pesticide residues and ensure compliance with increasingly stringent international...
Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment to Enhance the Enzymatic Saccharification Efficiency of Cotton Fibers
- Cotton fibers constitute one of the most abundant cellulose-rich resources, offering potential as feedstock for bioethanol production through enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis into fermentable sugars....
Performance of Kinetic Models on Prediction of Biogas From Food Waste With/Without Pretreatment
14/02/2026 - Study evaluates kinetic models for simulating biogas yield from anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste with/without garden waste under various pretreatments. Pretreatment enhances hydrolysis and...
MSWI Fly Ash Mineralizes CO2 for MEA‐Rich Solution Regeneration: Performance and Mechanism
12/02/2026 - This work reveals that CO2 induces an interface leaching‑reprecipitation process in Ca/Mg‑rich minerals. Dissolved CO2 produces HCO3−/CO32−, triggering selective migration of Ca2+/Mg2+ and...
A Mechanistic Study of Bio‐Based Nanotemplated Carbon Nanofibers Derived From Water Processable Lignin Blends for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications
11/02/2026 - As‐spun carbon materials produced from Lignosulfonate, gelatin, and alginate, selected for water solubility, and ability to produce templated sustainable carbon nanostructures. Gelatin and alginate...
Waste to Catalyst: Tuning Structure and Composition of Ferrous Scrap‐Derived Alloys by Rapid Solidification for Advanced Catalysis
11/02/2026 - The performance of ferrous scrap‐derived alloys as AOPs catalysts can be enhanced by a rapid solidification strategy. Optimizing the structure of catalysts—from the α‐phase to the ε‐phase...