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[ASAP] Single-Crystal High-Pressure X-ray Diffraction Study of Host Structure Compression in Clathrates of Dianin’s Compound

Crystal Growth & Design
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00360




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Fog Computing: Theory and Practice


 

Summarizes the current state and upcoming trends within the area of fog computing

Written by some of the leading experts in the field, Fog Computing: Theory and Practice focuses on the technological aspects of employing fog computing in various application domains, such as smart healthcare, industrial process control and improvement, smart cities, and virtual learning environments. In addition, the Machine-to-Machine



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Handbook of Fibrous Materials, 2 Volumes: Volume 1: Production and Characterization / Volume 2: Applications in Energy, Environmental Science and Healthcare


 
Edited by a leading expert in the field with contributions from experienced researchers in fibers and textiles, this handbook reviews the current state of fibrous materials and provides a broad overview of their use in research and development. Volume One focuses on the classes of fibers, their production and characterization, while the second volume concentrates on their applications, including emerging ones in the areas of energy, environmental

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Vacuum in Particle Accelerators: Modelling, Design and Operation of Beam Vacuum Systems


 
A unique guide on how to model and make the best vacuum chambers

Vacuum in Particle Accelerators offers a comprehensive overview of ultra-high vacuum systems that are used in charge particle accelerators. The book?s contributors ? noted experts in the field ? also highlight the design and modeling of vacuum particle accelerators.

The book reviews vacuum requirements, identifies sources of gas in vacuum chambers and explores methods of removing them.

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Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering


 

An introductory text for broad areas of nuclear reactor physics

Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering offers information on analysis, design, control, and operation of nuclear reactors. The author—a noted expert on the topic—explores the fundamentals and presents the mathematical formulations that are grounded in differential equations and linear algebra. 

The book puts the focus on the use of neutron diffusion theory for the development of techniques



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Surface and Interface Science, Volumes 9 and 10: Volume 9 - Applications I; Volume 10 - Applications II


 
In ten volumes, this unique handbook covers all fundamental aspects of surface and interface science and offers a comprehensive overview of this research area for scientists working in the field, as well as an introduction for newcomers.

Volume 1: Concepts and Methods
Volume 2: Properties of Elemental Surfaces
Volume 3: Properties of Composite Surfaces: Alloys, Compounds, Semiconductors
Volume 4: Solid-Solid Interfaces and Thin Films
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Surface and Interface Science, Volumes 7 and 8: Volume 7 - Solid-Liquid and Biological Interfaces; Volume 8 - Applications of Surface


 
In ten volumes, this unique handbook covers all fundamental aspects of surface and interface science and offers a comprehensive overview of this research area for scientists working in the field, as well as an introduction for newcomers.

Volume 1: Concepts and Methods
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Volume 3: Properties of Composite Surfaces: Alloys, Compounds, Semiconductors
Volume 4: Solid-Solid Interfaces and Thin Films
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Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions


 

Exploring the processes and phenomena of Earth’s dayside magnetosphere

Energy and momentum transfer, initially taking place at the dayside magnetopause, is responsible for a variety of phenomenon that we can measure on the ground. Data obtained from observations of Earth’s dayside magnetosphere increases our knowledge of the processes by which solar wind mass, momentum, and energy enter the magnetosphere.



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Actress Jordin Sparks Talks About Sickle Cell Disease in NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

The current issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine brings you recording artist and Broadway actress Jordin Sparks sharing her family’s experience with sickle cell disease. Sparks opens up about honoring her late stepsister, giving more patients a voice, and reducing stigma. She says, “We need to end the stigma that can come with sickle cell disease.…




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All in Their Heads: When Faces Made the Case for Lobotomy

If you were mentally ill back in the late 1930s to late 1950s, doctors might have tried to cure you by drilling a hole in your brain and disconnecting the thalamus from the frontal lobe. They may have been convinced to employ this drastic surgery by eccentric neuroscientist Dr. Walter Freeman, “the world’s greatest proponent…




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Outstanding Reviewers for Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts in 2019

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM90013C, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Geochemical and isotope analysis of produced water from the Utica/Point Pleasant Shale, Appalachian Basin

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00066C, Paper
T. L. Tasker, N. R. Warner, W. D. Burgos
Elemental and isotopic ratios can be used to identify environmental contamination form the increasing development of the Utica/Point Pleasant Shale.
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Determinants of serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in school children and the contribution of low-level PFAA-contaminated drinking water

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,930-944
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00497A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Anders Glynn, Natalia Kotova, Elin Dahlgren, Christian Lindh, Kristina Jakobsson, Irina Gyllenhammar, Sanna Lignell, Cecilia Nälsén
In order to improve human health risk assessment of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), demography/life-style/physiological factors and drinking water PFAA concentrations were investigated as possible determinants of child serum PFAA concentrations.
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A new conceptual model of pesticide transfers from agricultural land to surface waters with a specific focus on metaldehyde

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,956-972
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00492K, Paper
M. J. Whelan, A. Ramos, R. Villa, I. Guymer, B. Jefferson, M. Rayner
Pesticide losses from agricultural land to water can result in the environmental deterioration of receiving systems.
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A geospatially resolved database of hydraulic fracturing wells for chemical transformation assessment

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,945-955
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00505F, Paper
Open Access
Andrew J. Sumner, Desiree L. Plata
A database to unify physicochemical parameters of oil and gas wells with chemical additive disclosures helps highlight chemical transformation potential across the United States with geospatial specificity, informing improved industrial practice and environmental assessment.
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Use of optical properties for evaluating the presence of pyrogenic organic matter in thermally altered soil leachates

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,981-992
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00413K, Paper
Garrett McKay, Amanda K. Hohner, Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz
Optical measurements reveal the presence of pyrogenic organic matter in laboratory heated soil leachates, indicating their potential for application in field measurements.
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Acetotrophic methanogens are sensitive to long-term nickel contamination in paddy soil

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1014-1025
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00029A, Paper
Chen Xueping, Yu Juan, Chen Zheng, Zhang Hongmei, Cheng Wangda, Bai Fayan, Zheng Yu, Khan Imran Ahamed, He Chiquan, Liu Xiaoyan
Paddy soil accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's cultivated area and faces a serious threat from nickel (Ni).
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Temporal trends of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) in pooled serum from first-time mothers in Uppsala, Sweden, 1996–2017

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1071-1083
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00502A, Paper
Open Access
Luc T. Miaz, Merle M. Plassmann, Irina Gyllenhammar, Anders Bignert, Oskar Sandblom, Sanna Lignell, Anders Glynn, Jonathan P. Benskin
Temporal trends (1996–2017) of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) were determined in first-time mothers from Uppsala, Sweden.
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Stereoisomer specific reaction of hexabromocyclododecane with Fe(II) associated with iron oxides

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1026-1036
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00587K, Paper
Xianmiao Zhang, Kristian K. Roopnarine, Shirley Dong, Urs Jans
We investigated the stereoselective degradation of the brominated flame retardant HBCD by Fe(II) in aqueous suspensions of different iron oxides.
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Aging induced changes in ice nucleation activity of combustion aerosol as determined by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,895-907
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00525K, Paper
Open Access
Fabian Mahrt, Peter A. Alpert, Jing Dou, Philippe Grönquist, Pablo Corral Arroyo, Markus Ammann, Ulrike Lohmann, Zamin A. Kanji
Soot particles aged in acidic aqueous solutions reveal significantly enhanced ice nucleating activity.
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Distribution and leaching behavior of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in soil in Chengdu

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00106F, Paper
Ruoying Liao, Jingyan Jiang, Yiwen Li, Zhiwei Gan, Shijun Su, Sanglan Ding, Zhi Li, Lin Hou
29 surface farmland soil samples were collected to investigate the spatial distribution and composition characteristics of 13 organophosphorus flame retardants, 11 polybrominated diphenyl esters and 8 novel brominated flame retardants.
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Trichloroacetyl chloride, CCl3COCl, as an alternative Cl atom precursor for laboratory use and determination of Cl atom rate coefficients for n-CH2CH(CH2)xCN (x = 3–4)

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00105H, Paper
Sofie Askjær Hass, Simone Thirstrup Andersen, Ole John Nielsen
Investigation of CCl3COCl as a Cl atom precursor for laboratory use in (relative) rate and product.
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Interactions of ferrous iron with clay mineral surfaces during sorption and subsequent oxidation

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00063A, Paper
Open Access
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Natacha Van Groeningen, Laurel K. ThomasArrigo, James M. Byrne, Andreas Kappler, Iso Christl, Ruben Kretzschmar
Under anoxic conditions, clay minerals sorb dissolved Fe(II) predominantly by forming surface precipitates, which transform into Fe(III)-phases upon aeration.
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[ASAP] Exotic Two-Dimensional Structure: The First Case of Hexagonal NaCl

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00874




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[ASAP] Combining SchNet and SHARC: The SchNarc Machine Learning Approach for Excited-State Dynamics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00527




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[ASAP] Neutral Organic Radical Formation by Chemisorption on Metal Surfaces

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00269




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[ASAP] Excited-State Vibronic Dynamics of Bacteriorhodopsin from Two-Dimensional Electronic Photon Echo Spectroscopy and Multiconfigurational Quantum Chemistry

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01063




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[ASAP] Property-Oriented Material Design Based on a Data-Driven Machine Learning Technique

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00665




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[ASAP] Tuning the Ambipolar Character of Copolymers with Substituents: A Density Functional Theory Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00678




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[ASAP] Cooperative Nitrogen Activation and Ammonia Synthesis on Densely Monodispersed Mo–N–C Sites

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00302




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[ASAP] Trade-Offs between Speed, Accuracy, and Dissipation in tRNA<sup>Ile</sup> Aminoacylation

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01073




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[ASAP] Ultra-High-Responsivity Vertical Nanowire-based Phototransistor under Standing-Wave Plasmon Mode Interaction Induced by Near-Field Circular OLED

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00993




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[ASAP] Frequency of the AC Electric Field Determines How a Molecular Liquid Crystallizes

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01002




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[ASAP] Distinct Interaction of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase with Cellulose Revealed by Computational and Biochemical Studies

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00918




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[ASAP] Interaction Volume Is a Measure of the Aggregation Propensity of Amyloid-ß

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00922




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[ASAP] Combining Graphics Processing Units, Simplified Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, and Finite-Difference Couplings to Accelerate Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00320




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[ASAP] Opportunities in the Synthesis and Design of Radioactive Thin Films and Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00412




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[ASAP] Fragment Exchange Potential for Realizing Pauli Deformation of Interfragment Interactions

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00933




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[ASAP] Cryogenic Single-Molecule Spectroscopy of the Primary Electron Acceptor in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00891




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[ASAP] Real-Time Time-Dependent Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Approach: Dynamics beyond the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00701




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[ASAP] Two-Dimensional Rare Earth–Gold Intermetallic Compounds on Au(111) by Surface Alloying

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00981




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[ASAP] Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Lipid–Water Interfaces: Transmembrane Crowding Drives H-Bond Dynamics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00783




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[ASAP] Interface-Controlled Rhombohedral Li<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> Embedded in Carbon Nanofibers with Ultrafast Kinetics for Li-Ion Batteries

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01035




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[ASAP] How the Mixed Cations (Guanidium, Formamidinium, and Phenylethylamine) in Tin Iodide Perovskites Affect Their Charge Carrier Dynamics and Solar Cell Characteristics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00686




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[ASAP] Oxidation Notably Accelerates Nonradiative Electron–Hole Recombination in MoS<sub>2</sub> by Different Mechanisms: Time-Domain Ab Initio Analysis

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01056




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[ASAP] Nonclassical Behavior in Competitive Ion Adsorption at a Charged Solid–Water Interface

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00808




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[ASAP] Self-Assembly of <italic toggle="yes">N</italic>-Terminal Aryl Amino Acids into Adaptive Single- and Double-Strand Helices

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00997




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[ASAP] Toward Engineering of Solution Microenvironments for the CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction Reaction: Unraveling pH and Voltage Effects from a Combined Density-Functional–Continuum Theory

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00957




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[ASAP] Extraction of High-Purity Lignins via Catalyst-free Organosolv Pulping from Low-Input Crops

Biomacromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00123