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Electrodeposited Superaerophobic Nickel Catalyst on Pencil-Drawn Paper: A Novel Approach for Highly Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00101J, Research Article
Qian Sun, Xiaoyu Hao, Tianyi Zhang, Zelin Ma, Kui Hu, Ming Yang, Xiaolei Huang, Xuqing Liu
Electrocatalytic water splitting stands at the forefront of advancing renewable energy technologies. A critical challenge in this realm is the detrimental effect of gas bubble adhesion on electrode surfaces, which...
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Enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction by controlled oxygen vacancy generation and co-constructed heterojunction strategy for Pd/CeO2

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00581C, Research Article
Fanlin Kong, Xiaoyan Lu, Jing Xie, Zhenjiang Lu, Jindou Hu, Yali Cao
Rational control of Vo concentration and the construction of a heterojunction strategy enable Pd/CeO2-Vo(r) to exhibit excellent photocatalytic CO2RR activity. The presence of COOHcreates favorable conditions for CO formation and desorption.
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Insights into the modulation mechanisms of multiple active sites in a conjugated small molecule towards organic cathode capacity from first-principles

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00547C, Research Article
Zhaopeng Sun, Hao Tian, Meng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Zhiping Li, Weiwei Huang
The modulation mechanisms of Na+ within the redox-active sites of the two-dimensional conjugated organic small-molecule 3BQ, and their impact on the initial capacity of a 3BQ cathode for Na-ion batteries, were investigated using first-principles calculations.
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An unprecedented {Y2 ⊂ Y10} type disk-like Y12 nanocluster featuring electroluminescence property in OLED device

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00635F, Research Article
Lin-Ping Shi, Wen-Liang Li, Pu-Yue Wang, Xiaoming Wu, Zhao-Quan Yao, Jiong-Peng Zhao, Fuchen Liu
Although great efforts have been made in exploring the exquisite rare-earth (RE) clusters, the design and construction of planar RE-clusters with disk-like geometrical features are still scarce. Herein, a novel...
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Unleashing the power of directed electron transfer: unraveling the potential of {PV4}2 in heterogeneous photocatalysis

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00606B, Research Article
Xin Su, Yuzan He, Kunhong Li, Miao Wang, Wei Tang, Shihao Zhang, Pengtao Ma, Jingyang Niu, Jingping Wang
{PV4}2 unleash the power of directed electron transfer in heterogeneous photocatalysis reduction.
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Solar heating catalytic formic acid dehydrogenation by graphene-porous foam-supported tungsten nitride nanoparticles

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00590B, Research Article
Jiarong Chang, Tianhua Hao, Cuncai Lv, Maoyu Xu, Deyi Zhang, Linjie Gao, Shangbo Ning, Yaguang Li, Jinhua Ye
WN/Gr PF exhibits significant solar heating catalytic formic acid dehydrogenation and the rate exceeds those of other reported photocatalysts.
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Crude Check: More gains projected

Retain the futures buy position




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Part of India’s sugar export quota to Maldives ‘diverted’ to Sri Lanka, Malaysia

Though exports are banned, shipments of 64,000 tonnes were allowed under special bilateral pact




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Green shoots of expectations on health, from newly-minted govt

As political tides change, the public sets sights on inclusive and robust healthcare reforms




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Advent of an assisted baby boom

How IVF clinics in India are plotting healthy growth plans amid falling fertility rates 




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Isolated heavy rain forecast for Tamil Nadu, coastal AP as IMD hints at fresh low-pressure area

Satellite pictures show rain clouds spreading out from west coast of Sri Lanka into coastal and interior Tamil Nadu 




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Best Agrolife gets approval for patented herbicide ‘Shot Down’ and insecticide ‘Bestman’

These products are slated for launch in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.




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Vistara's Delhi-London flight diverted to Frankfurt after bomb threat on social media

Nearly 40 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats in the past few days which later turned out to be hoaxes




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Chennai now directly connected by air with Brunei

Brunei’s national airline will fly3three times a week between Brunei and Chennai on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays




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Vistara bids adieu with last flight to Singapore; integrated Air India takes to the skies

UK115 flight from Delhi to Singapore was the last flight of Vistara with the code 'UK' while UK986 from Mumbai to Delhi was the carrier's last domestic flight




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Kotak Mahindra Bank selected as digital payments partner by eNAM

Bank will provide payment, clearing and settlement services on the eNAM platform




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Thyagaraja Jayanthi celebrated

The brief concert of Sriram Parasuram and Anuradha Parasuram was an excellent show of musical depth and command over aesthetics.




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Musician Nadaka on the geet-taar, a string instrument he crafted, and his fascination for Indian classical music

Nadaka says the geet-taar, with its integration of four instruments, helps him play the nuances and micro-tones of Carnatic music.




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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FPI can go beyond 10% in listed company by reclassifying investment as FDI: RBI




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Visible-light-responsive hybrid photocatalysts for quantitative conversion of CO2 to highly concentrated formate solutions

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18146-18160
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05289G, Edge Article
Open Access
Ewan McQueen, Noritaka Sakakibara, Kei Kamogawa, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Yusuke Tamaki, Osamu Ishitani, Reiner Sebastian Sprick
This highly efficient hybrid photocatalytic system can quantitatively convert CO2 to formate and produce 0.4 M of formate solution without additional concentration enrichment.
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Spotting d-band centers of single-atom catalysts by oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18085-18092
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03763D, Edge Article
Open Access
Ruyu Xie, Kaitao Li, Rui Tian, Chao Lu
We have proposed an oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence probe for rapid spotting of the d-band centers of single-atom catalysts: the d-band centers closer to the Fermi level contributed to higher luminol ECL intensities.
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Is aromaticity loss necessary for transition-metal promoted arene–alkene cycloadditions?

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18093-18098
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05337K, Edge Article
Open Access
João V. Schober, Croix J. Laconsay, Judy I. Wu
Diene- and ene-like reactivity in transition metal coordinated arenes can be expected when there is a notable degree of aromaticity loss at the complexed arene.
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Substituent effect in determining the total structure of an all-alkynyl-protected Ag98 nanocluster for methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18161-18169
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04318A, Edge Article
Open Access
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Xiaoqin Cui, Xuehuan Zhang, Ting Li, Sheng Zhu, Gaoyi Han, Huan Li
A sterically demanding ortho-CF3 substituent defines not only the arrangement of ligands on a Ag98(2-CF3PhCC)48Cl4 nanocluster (Ag98) but also the inter-cluster interactions. Ag98 shows excellent methanol tolerance in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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Automated electrosynthesis reaction mining with multimodal large language models (MLLMs)

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17881-17891
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04630G, Edge Article
Open Access
Shi Xuan Leong, Sergio Pablo-García, Zijian Zhang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Leveraging multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to process multimodal data inputs and complex inter-modality data dependencies for automated (electro)chemical data mining from scientific literature.
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Quadrupolar dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared emission consisting of Schiff bases based on π-conjugated scaffolds

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17950-17961
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05006A, Edge Article
Open Access
Kazuya Tanimura, Kento Tanaka, Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka
The study focuses on dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared (NIR) emission and unique quadrupolar orientations, showing potential for constructing electronic structures with narrow energy gaps.
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Two in one: merging photoactivated chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy to fight cancer

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17760-17780
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04608K, Perspective
Open Access
Kirill M. Kuznetsov, Kevin Cariou, Gilles Gasser
Combining photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) into one single compound allows to achieve more efficient light-induced therapy.
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Porous liquids: an integrated platform for gas storage and catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17720-17738
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04288C, Perspective
Open Access
Errui Li, Kevin M. Siniard, Zhenzhen Yang, Sheng Dai
In this perspective, recent discoveries in the integration of gas storage and catalysis by leveraging PL platforms have been summarized, highlighting the unique features different from those of traditional homogeneous or heterogeneous procedures.
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Boronic ester-templated pre-rotaxanes as versatile intermediates for rotaxane endo-functionalisation

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04879B, Edge Article
Open Access
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Jingjing Yu, Marius Gaedke, Satyajit Das, Daniel L. Stares, Christoph A. Schalley, Fredrik Schaufelberger
Dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds can pre-organise diol-containing threads and V-shaped boronic acid ligands towards mechanical interlocking. After interlocking, the pre-rotaxane could be modified to create many unique [2]rotaxanes architectures.
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The photo-isomerization of the cyclononatetraenyl ligand and related rare earth complexes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04767B, Edge Article
Open Access
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Lucie Pedussaut, Nolwenn Mahieu, Camille Chartier, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Maxime Tricoire, Iskander Douair, Nicolas Casaretto, Laurent Maron, Grégory Danoun, Grégory Nocton
Reversible light isomerization in organometallic complexes of lanthanides: the low-energy wavelengths favor the cis isomer, and the high-energy wavelengths favor the trans isomer.
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Light-assisted carbon dioxide reduction in an automated photoreactor system coupled to carbonylation chemistry

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06660J, Edge Article
Open Access
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Jasper Schuurmans, Tom Masson, Stefan Zondag, Simone Pilon, Nicola Bragato, Miguel Claros, Tim den Hartog, Fransesc Sastre Calabuig, Jonathan van den Ham, Pascal Buskens, Giulia Fiorani, Timothy Noel
Continuous-flow methodologies offer promising avenues for sustainable processing due to their precise process control, scalability, and efficient heat and mass transfer. The small dimensions of continuous-flow reactors render them highly...
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Steering N/S coordination number to accelerate catecholase-like catalysis over low-coordinated Cu site

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05014B, Edge Article
Open Access
Meng Yuan, Nannan Xia, Ziheng Huang, Chaofeng Huang, Xun Hu, Fei He
Modulating the coordination configuration of metal Cu center through steering the N/S coordination number around Cu center boosted the catalytic activity of catechol oxidase-mimicking nanozyme.
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A polymer deposition-mediated surface-charge reformation strategy: reversing the MOF biomineralization behavior

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05935B, Edge Article
Open Access
Yanbin Xu, Huangsheng Yang, Anlian Huang, Linjing Tong, Wei Huang, Guosheng Chen, Wei Yi, Siming Huang, Gangfeng Ouyang
A biocompatible polymer deposition-mediated surface-charge reformation strategy is reported that enables the in-place MOF biomineralization onto different enzyme templates.
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Large second harmonic generation and birefringence from extended octupolar π-conjugated structures

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05756B, Edge Article
Open Access
Danyang Dou, Bingbing Zhang, Daqing Yang, Ying Wang
By adopting an extended octupolar π-conjugation strategy, two excellent optical functional materials with a strong SHG response and large birefringence were prepared.
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Three in one: engineering MOF channels via coordinated water arrays for regulated separation of alkanes and alkenes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05286B, Edge Article
Open Access
Lu-Lu Ma, Pavel N. Zolotarev, Kang Zhou, Xin Zhou, Jiaqi Liu, Jiafeng Miao, Shenfang Li, Guo-Ping Yang, Yao-Yu Wang, Davide M. Proserpio, Jing Li, Hao Wang
Regulated adsorptive separation of alkane/alkenes has been achieved through engineering the coordinated water arrays in MOF channels.
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Structural constraint at a P–P bond: phosphinophosphination of alkenes, alkynes, and carbonyls by a concerted mechanism

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06581F, Edge Article
Open Access
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Lijun You, Daniel Roth, Lutz Greb
A structural constraint approach at a P–P bond is presented that enables the phosphinophosphination of alkynes, alkenes, and carbonyls with high regio- and diastereoselectivity. The apolar nature of the P–P bond facilitates a concerted mechanism.
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CuBr-mediated surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization in air

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06012A, Edge Article
Open Access
Menglu Chen, Shuai You, Tingting Guo, Haohao Ren, Longzu Zhu, Peize Wang, Wenbo Sheng, Chenliang Gong, Wei Li
CuBr-mediated surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization for polymer brushes with patterned and block architectures over large areas in air is reported.
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Bridge Editing of Spin-Flip Emitters gives Insight into Excited State Energies and Dynamics

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05860G, Edge Article
Open Access
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Florian Reichenauer, Robert Naumann, Christoph Förster, Winald Robert Robert Kitzmann, Antti-Pekka M. Reponen, Sascha Feldmann, Katja Heinze
Six-coordinate chromium(III) complexes with high spin-flip (SF) photoluminescence quantum yields and lifetimes (molecular rubies) have attracted huge interest in the past years due to their applicability in sensing, photocatalysis or...
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Noncentrosymmetric tellurite halides created by a depolymerization strategy: toward strong SHG intensity and wide bandgap

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06403H, Edge Article
Open Access
Dan-Dan Zhou, Chun-Li Hu, Xin-Wei Zhang, Jiang-Gao Mao, Fang Kong
Successful synthesis of centrosymmetric Ga(Te3O7)Br and non-centrosymmetric M2(OH)(TeO3)(Te2O5)X (M = Al, Ga; X = Br, Cl) using a depolymerization strategy.
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Photochemical carboborylation and three-component difunctionalization of α,β-unsaturated ketones with boronic acids via tosylhydrazones

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06537A, Edge Article
Open Access
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Álvaro Valdés-Maqueda, Manuel Plaza, Carlos Valdés
The photochemical carboborylation of α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones with boronic acids gives tertiary allylboronates. A one pot sequence involving an aldehyde allylation provides a powerful three-component method for diversity oriented synthesis.
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Direct Ladderization of Cyclooctatetraene-containing, Processable Conjugated Ladder Polymers from Annulated bis-Zirconacyclopentadienes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06902A, Edge Article
Open Access
August J. Rothenberger, Harrison M. Bergman, He Li, Miao Qi, Yunfei Wang, Yi Liu, T. Don Tilley
Conjugated ladder polymers (CLPs) are difficult yet captivating synthetic targets due to their fully unsaturated fused backbones. Inherent challenges associated with their synthesis often lead to low yields, structural defects,...
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Synergetic effect of mild hypothermia and antioxidant treatment on ROS-mediated neuron injury under oxygen-glucose deprivation investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05977H, Edge Article
Open Access
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Junjie Zhang, Yulin Liu, Yuxiang Zhao, Siyu Zhang, Feng Xu, Fei Li
Ischemic stroke and reperfusion injury result in neuronal damage and dysfunction associated with oxidative stress, leading to overproduction of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). In...
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Triple-Function Porphyrin in Glycopolymeric Photosensitizer: From PhotoATRP to Targeted PDT

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06466F, Edge Article
Open Access
Jiahui Lin, Zhiyuan Ma, Weiwei Zuo, Meifang Zhu
Porphyrin derivatives serve as photocatalysts in reversible-deactivation radical polymerization and as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Herein, a triple function porphyrin, ZnTPPC6Br, was synthesized as photocatalyst and initiator for photoATRP....
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Photoactivated hydride therapy under hypoxia beyond ROS

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06576J, Edge Article
Open Access
Xia Wang, Yijian Gao, Ting Wang, Zhaobin Wang, He Hang, Shengliang Li, Fude Feng
As compared to oxidative phototherapy, studies on reactive reductive species-participating photodynamic therapy (PDT) are rare. Porphyrins are typical photosensitizers restricted with oxygen level, but efficacy and selectivity are always uncompatible...
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Pronounced Electronic Modulation of Geometrically-Regulated Metalloenediyne Cyclization

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05396F, Edge Article
Open Access
Sarah E. Lindahl, Erin M. Metzger, Chun-Hsing Chen, Maren Pink, Jeff Zaleski
Using a diverse array of thermally robust phosphine enediyne ligands (dxpeb, X = Ph, Ph-pOCH3, Ph-pCF3, Ph-m2CH3, Ph-m2CF3, iPr, Cy, and tBu) a novel suite of cisplatin-like Pt(II) metalloenediynes (3,...
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Why this equity savings fund is well-suited for volatile markets

HDFC Equity Savings fund delivers robust risk-adjusted returns by juggling stocks, bonds and derivatives




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Why this focused fund can be a worthy investment in heated markets

Mahindra Manulife Focused fund is large-cap heavy and takes moderate risks in its portfolio




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This value fund has just completed 20 years: Should you invest?

As benchmarks rise and broader markets correct, a portfolio anchored in strong value-based stock-selection criteria may work well for investors




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Andrews McMeel Cookbooks Nominated for IACP Awards

Two Andrews McMeel Publishing 2008 cookbooks have been named finalists in the 2009 International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards:

The Art and Soul of Baking
By Sur La Table with Cindy Mushet
Baking Category

Things Cooks Love: Ingredients. Implements. Recipes.
By Sur La Table with Marie Simmons
General Category

The winners in each of the thirteen categories, as well as the Cookbook of the Year,
will be announced April 4 at IACP’s annual international conference in Denver.




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Rapid miRNA detection in skin interstitial fluid using a hydrogel microneedle patch integrated with DNA probes and graphene oxide

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,4989-4997
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00715H, Paper
Hanjia Zheng, Fatemeh Keyvani, Sadegh Sadeghzadeh, Dragos F. Mantaila, Fasih A. Rahman, Joe Quadrilatero, Mahla Poudineh
A simple and rapid fluorescence-based sensor sensors using DNA functionalized graphene oxide for miRNA detection from skin interstitial fluid.
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