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Disorder-to-order transition of long fibers contained in evaporating sessile drops

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3107-3117
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01735D, Paper
S. Sannyamath, R. Vetter, H. Bonart, M. Hartmann, R. Ganguly, S. Hardt
We demonstrate self-organization of hydrophilic fibers, contained in a sessile droplet in a disordered initial configurations, to transform into an order deposit. Findings suggest new avenues to decorate solid surfaces with filamental structures.
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Self-assembly of rod–coil–rod block copolymers in a coil-selective solvent: coarse-grained simulation results

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3131-3142
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00251B, Paper
Chiraz Toujani, Luis A. Padilla, Nour Alhraki, Su-Mi Hur, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández
Parameters that govern the self assembly of a symmetric triblock copolymer.
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Dilute gel networks vs. clumpy gels in colloidal systems with a competition between repulsive and attractive interactions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3143-3153
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01717F, Paper
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M. Gimperlein, Jasper N. Immink, M. Schmiedeberg
Dilute and dense systems differ in the way structural properties emerge. Two regimes of percolation might be responsible for differences. Global and local structural properties give insights into these differences.
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Form II to form I transition in solution-crystallized isotactic polybutene-1

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3191-3202
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00152D, Paper
Peng Fu, Jiaxin Huo, Jingqing Li, Claudio De Rosa, Shichun Jiang
Different polymer chains in a solution or melt have different conformations with corresponding entropy at each moment, which would be confined after crystallization.
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Axonal tension contributes to consistent fold placement

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3053-3065
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00129J, Paper
Open Access
Xincheng Wang, Shuolun Wang, Maria A. Holland
We propose a novel bilayer finite element model incorporating axonal tension in the subcortex. Our results reveal that axonal tension serves as a perturbation that triggers folding and determines the placement of folds.
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Can self-propelled objects escape from compression stimulation?

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00288A, Paper
Open Access
Masaki Yoshikai, Muneyuki Matsuo, Nobuhiko J. Suematsu, Hiraku Nishimori, Satoshi Nakata
We studied circular papers impregnated with camphor (CPs) and CPs with magnets (MCPs) as self-propelled objects floating on water under the compression of the water surface as an inanimate system for evacuation in an emergency.
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Divergent self-assembly propensity of enantiomeric phenylalanine amphiphiles that undergo pH-induced nanofiber-to-nanoglobule conversion

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00117F, Paper
Manas Kumar Pradhan, Nayanika Misra, Fathima Sahala, Nyaya Prakash Pradhan, Aasheesh Srivastava
Enantiomeric single phenylalanine derivatives demonstrate very different self-assembling propensity and thermodynamic parameters associated with self-assembly.
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A Passive Star Polymer in a Dense Active Bath: Insights from Computer Simulations

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00144C, Paper
Ramanand Singh Yadav, Sanaa Sharma, Ralf Metzler, Rajarshi Chakrabarti
Using computer simulations in two dimensions (2D), we explore the structure and dynamics of a star polymer with three arms made of passive monomers immersed in a bath of active...
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Stable and permeable polyion complex vesicles designed as enzymatic nanoreactors

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00216D, Paper
Yuting Wan, Yuening Qiu, Jin Zhou, Jinbo Liu, Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Yangfeng Peng, Junyou Wang
Stable and permeable polyion complex vesicles designed as enzymatic nanoreactors.
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Spatiotemporal Mapping of Nanotopography and Thickness Transitions of Ultrathin Foam Films

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00048J, Tutorial Review
Chenxian Xu, Yiran Zhang, Vivek Sharma
Freshly formed soap films, soap bubbles, or foam films display iridescent colors due to thin film interference that changes as squeeze flow drives drainage and a steady decrease in film...
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Pinning–depinning transition of droplets on inclined substrates with a three-dimensional topographical defect

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00081A, Paper
Ninad V. Mhatre, Satish Kumar
The influence of defect geometry on the critical inclination angle required for droplet depinning on inclined substrates is studied.
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Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01116J, Paper
Open Access
Max Sonzogni, Jean-Mathieu Vanson, Katerina Ioannidou, Yvan Reynier, Sébastien Martinet, Farhang Radjai
The compaction of cohesive granular materials is a common operation in powder-based manufacture of many products.
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Avalanche properties at the yielding transition: from externally deformed glasses to active systems

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01354E, Paper
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Carlos Villarroel, Gustavo Düring
We investigated the yielding phenomenon under different scenarios of deformation in the quasistatic limit using numerical simulations of soft particles.
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Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00331D, Paper
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M. J. Greenall, M. J. Derry
The incompatibility of the blocks in a copolymer strongly affects the temperature dependence of the micelle shape transitions in solution.
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Multiple physical crosslinked highly adhesive and conductive hydrogels for human motion and electrophysiological signal monitoring

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00195H, Paper
Qirui Wu, Anbang Chen, Yidan Xu, Songjiu Han, Jiayu Zhang, Yujia Chen, Jianren Hang, Xiaoxiang Yang, Lunhui Guan
Ionic conducting hydrogel (ICHgel) was synthesized by doping fumed SiO2, which exhibited superior stretchability, conductivity, and adhesiveness, making it a promising bridge for effective communication between electronic devices and human tissues.
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Softness matters: effects of compression on the behavior of adsorbed microgels at interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00235K, Paper
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Yuri Gerelli, Fabrizio Camerin, Steffen Bochenek, Maximilian M. Schmidt, Armando Maestro, Walter Richtering, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Andrea Scotti
As lateral compression is applied, microgel particles with different softness exhibit distinct behaviours. Hard microgels (green particles) are pushed away from the air–water interface, whereas soft ones (orange particles) are less deformed.
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Lock-Key Microfluidics: Simulating Nematic Colloid Advection along Wavy-Walled Channels

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01536J, Paper
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Karolina Wamsler, Louise C Head, Tyler Nathan Shendruk
Liquid crystalline media mediate interactions between suspended particles and confining geometries, which not only has potential to guide patterning and bottom-up colloidal assembly, but can also control colloidal migration in...
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A mean-field theory for predicting single polymer collapse induced by neutral crowders

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3271-3282
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01522J, Paper
Quentin Chaboche, Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, Giuliana Giunta, Marjolein Dijkstra, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Vittore F. Scolari
Depletion forces arising from molecular crowding compact single polymers. Simulations lead to a unified description. Collapse is governed by the packing fraction of crowders and the ratio of crowder to monomer size, and can be hindered by jamming.
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Effects of salinity on the flow of dense colloidal suspensions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3367-3375
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00035H, Paper
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Marc Lagoin, Agnès Piednoir, Rémy Fulcrand, Antoine Bérut
We studied how the flowing dynamics of dense suspensions of silica micro-particles in microfluidic rotating drums experiments is modified when the inter-particles repulsion is progressively screened by increasing the ionic force of the suspension.
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In silico design of misfolding resistant proteins: the role of structural similarity of a competing conformational ensemble in the optimization of frustration

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3283-3298
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00171K, Paper
Bondeepa Saikia, Anupaul Baruah
The degree of similarity of the non-native conformations to the target plays a prominent role in designing misfolding resistant protein sequences.
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Achieving controllable and reversible snap-through in pre-strained strips of liquid crystalline elastomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3256-3270
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00037D, Paper
Open Access
James T. Waters, Anna C. Balazs
Deformable, elastic materials that buckle in response to external stimuli can display “snap-through”, which involves a transition between different, stable buckled states.
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3299-3312
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01198D, Paper
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Parth U. Kelkar, Matthew Kaboolian, Ria D. Corder, Marco Caggioni, Seth Lindberg, Kendra A. Erk
Material relationships at low temperatures were determined for concentrated surfactant solutions using a combination of rheological experiments, cross-polarized microscopy, calorimetry, and small angle X-ray scattering.
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Cosolvent incorporation modulates the thermal and structural response of PNIPAM/silyl methacrylate copolymers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3322-3336
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00246F, Paper
Jason D. Linn, Fabian A. Rodriguez, Michelle A. Calabrese
The nanoscale structure formation and optical response of aqueous thermoresponsive polymers with reactive silane groups can be widely tuned via polymer architecture and organic cosolvent incorporation.
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Pure elongation flow of an electrorheological fluid: insights on wall slip from electrorheology

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3313-3321
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01448G, Paper
Ishu Chaudhary, Manish Kaushal
We study the pure elongation flow behavior of an electrorheological fluid as a model soft-jammed system, wherein the extent of jamming is controlled by an externally applied electric-field. Additionally, this study offers general insight into how jamming affects slip dynamics.
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Correction: Sizing multimodal suspensions with differential dynamic microscopy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3376-3376
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90050B, Correction
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Joe J. Bradley, Vincent A. Martinez, Jochen Arlt, John R. Royer, Wilson C. K. Poon
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Strong, tough and conductive single-network hydrogels based on deswelling and the salting-out effect

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00298A, Paper
Xingyue Sun, Haiyi Liang, Lina Ye
By comparing the mechanical properties between salt-treated hydrogels and air-dried hydrogels, the synergistic effect in energy transfer and dissipation arising from increases in polymer fraction and cross-linking plays an indispensable role in toughening SN hydrogels.
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Particle-based and continuum models for confined nematics in two dimensions

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01684F, Paper
Humberto Híjar, Apala Majumdar
Particle-based mesoscopic simulations conduct 2D nematics confined in polygons through consistent defect annihilation dynamics and produce unstable structures that transform into equilibrium textures predicted by the Landau-de Gennes theory.
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Critical Casimir forces in soft matter

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3212-3242
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01408H, Review Article
A. Gambassi, S. Dietrich
We review recent advances in the theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of critical Casimir forces in soft matter, with particular emphasis on their relevance for the structures of colloidal suspensions and on their dynamics.
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Effect of Aromatic Side Chain on the Dilational Rheological Properties of N-Acyltaurate Amphiphiles at Water-Decane Interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00269E, Paper
Yang-Wen Zhu, Zhicheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ping Liu, Yu Hou, Lei Zhang, Lu Zhang
To elucidate the effect of aromatic side chains on dilational rheological properties of N-acyltaurate amphiphiles at the decane-water interface, the interfacial rheological properties of sodium N-2-(2-naphthoxy)-tetradecanolytaurinate (12+N-T) and sodium N-2-(p-butylphenoxy)-...
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A viscosity measurement technique for ultra-low sample volumes

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00050A, Paper
Mahrukh A Mir, Mahesh S. Tirumkudulu
We describe a unique method to measure the viscosity of liquids based on the fluid mechanics of thin films. A drop of sample is spread over a substrate by contacting...
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Lipidation Alters the Phase-separation of Resilin-like Polypeptides

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00358F, Paper
Open Access
Zhe Zhang, Jingjing Ji, Md Shahadat Hossain, Briah Bailey, Shikha Nangia, Davoud Mozhdehi
Biology exploits biomacromolecular phase separation to form condensates, known as membraneless organelles. Despite significant advancements in deciphering sequence determinants for phase separation, modulating these features in vivo remains challenging. A...
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Surface charge density and induced currents by self-charging sliding drops

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00205A, Paper
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Pravash Bista, Aaron D. Ratschow, Amy Z. Stetten, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Stefan A.L. Weber
Sliding drops induce a bipolar current in subsurface electrodes beneath a hydrophobic substrate. We show how it depends on substrate properties and how it can be optimized for energy harvesting.
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Capillary imbibition of confined monodisperse emulsions in microfluidic channels

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00179F, Paper
Masoud Norouzi Darabad, Sagnik Singha, Siva A. Vanapalli, Mark W. Vaughn, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Emulsion imbibition into flat capillaries is very complex. We show that formation of a clear-fluid or dense-emulsion region behind the meniscus, concentration and velocity fluctuations, and generation of ordered domains are confinement controlled.
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Energy dissipation of a contact line moving on a nanotopographical defect

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00161C, Paper
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Sylvain Franiatte, Germercy Paredes, Thierry Ondarçuhu, Philippe Tordjeman
We measure by dynamic atomic force microscopy the dissipated energy when a contact line moves on an individual nanotopographical defect.
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Structural interactions in polymer-stabilized magnetic nanocomposites

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00008K, Paper
Open Access
Gauri M. Nabar, Abhilasha V. Dehankar, Elizabeth Jergens, Benworth B. Hansen, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Matthew Sheffield, Joshua Sangoro, Barbara E. Wyslouzil, Jessica O. Winter
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) can align in polymer-stabilized aggregates, changing their properties.
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Theory and simulation of ligand functionalized nanoparticles – a pedagogical overview

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00177J, Review Article
Thi Vo
Synthesizing reconfigurable nanoscale synthons with predictive control over shape, size, and interparticle interactions is a holy grail of bottom-up self-assembly.
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Switchable origami adhesives

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00082J, Paper
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Wathsala M. A. Jayawardana, Theresa Elder, Timothy Twohig, Andrew B. Croll
Creating a reusable adhesive that can hold objects on a wall and can yet be easily removed without causing damage has been a goal for researchers in the adhesives community for many years.
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Flexible hydrogels connecting adhesion and wetting

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00022F, Paper
A-Reum Kim, Surjyasish Mitra, Sudip Shyam, Boxin Zhao, Sushanta K. Mitra
Soft, flexible hydrogels enable researchers to connect two discrete regimes: liquid wetting to contact adhesion in solids.
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Effect of equilibration time on the structural gradient in the vertical direction for bicontinuous microemulsions in Winsor-III and -IV systems

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01741A, Paper
Douglas G. Hayes, Brian A. Barth, Sai Venkatesh Pingali
Both equilibration time and the transfer of Winsor-III microemulsion systems from one container to another affect the structure of the bicontinuous phase in the vertical direction.
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In situ aggregation and early states of gelation of gold nanoparticle dispersions

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00080C, Paper
Florian Schulz, Avni Jain, Francesco Dallari, Verena Markmann, Felix Lehmkühler
The aggregation and onset of gelation of PEGylated gold nanoparticles dispersed in a glycerol–water mixture is studied by small-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy.
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Interfacial energy as an approach to designing amphipathic surfaces during photopolymerization curing

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01528A, Paper
Open Access
Sabrina J. Curley, Caroline R. Szczepanski
Photopolymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) is utilized to develop materials in a single step that are hydrophobic on one face and hydrophilic on the other.
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Spontaneous oscillation of an active filament under viscosity gradients

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00095A, Paper
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Zhaorong Liu, Youchuang Chao, Zhijun Zheng, Lailai Zhu
We investigate the effects of uniform viscosity gradients on the spontaneous oscillations of an elastic, active filament in viscous fluids.
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Removal of diclofenac sodium from water using a polyacrylonitrile mixed-matrix membrane embedded with MOF-808

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12142-12146
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08682H, Paper
Open Access
Xiao-Jing Hu, Yu-Lin Li, Hai-Xiong Liu, Shao-Ming Ying, Qi Yin, Tian-Fu Liu
Based on the excellent diclofenac sodium (DCF) removal capacity of MOF-808, a free-standing mixed-matrix membrane composed of polyacrylonitrile and MOF-808 was fabricated and used to remove DCF from water via an easily accessible filtration method.
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Synthesis and characterization of TiO2/hydrochar matrix composites for enhanced ammonia degradation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12131-12141
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00671B, Paper
Open Access
Ling Zhao, Jiaxing Sun, Shuang E., Kuichuan Sheng, Kaiying Wang, Ximing Zhang
Development of a one-pot method for synthesizing TiO2/hydrochar matrix composites.
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Agri-waste derived electroactive carbon–iron oxide nanocomposite for oxygen reduction reaction: an experimental and theoretical study

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12171-12178
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01264J, Paper
Open Access
Pallavi B. Jagdale, Sai Rashmi Manippady, Rohit Anand, Geunsik Lee, Akshaya Kumar Samal, Ziyauddin Khan, Manav Saxena
Herein, we have utilized agri-waste and amalgamating low Fe3+, to develop an economic iron oxide–carbon hybrid-based electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with water as a main product following close to 4e transfer process.
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Rice husk valorisation by in situ grown MoS2 nanoflowers: a dual-action catalyst for pollutant dye remediation and microbial decontamination

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12192-12203
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00862F, Paper
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Rahul Ranjan, Smruti B. Bhatt, Rohit Rai, Sanju Kumari Sharma, Rishabh Ranjan, Ankit Bharti, Prodyut Dhar
In this study, we carried out valorization of rice husk through in situ growth of MoS2 nanoflowers for simultaneous pollutant dye remediation and microbial decontamination.
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Discovery of new triterpene glycosides from Dendrobium officinale with their α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activity

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12147-12157
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01483A, Paper
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Pham Hai Yen, Bui Huu Tai, Dan Thi Thuy Hang, Le Doan Tung Lam, Duong Thi Dung, Do Thi Trang, Duong Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Huy Hoang, Phan Thi Thanh Huong, Nguyen Viet Dung, Ngo Anh Bang, Nguyen Duc Duy, Phan Van Kiem
Seven new oleanane saponins were discovered from Dendrobium officinale. These saponins containing 29-noroleana-12,20(30)-dien-28-oic acid framework, caffeoyl, and coumaroyl moieties potentially inhibited α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities.
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Synthesis and study of antibiofilm and antivirulence properties of flavonol analogues generated by palladium catalyzed ligand free Suzuki–Miyaura coupling against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12278-12293
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08617H, Paper
Open Access
Anjitha Theres Benny, Masthan Thamim, Prakhar Srivastava, Sindoora Suresh, Krishnan Thirumoorthy, Loganathan Rangasamy, Karthikeyan S., Nalini Easwaran, Ethiraj Kannatt Radhakrishnan
An overview on the mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm inhibition by Suzuki–Miyaura coupled flavonols.
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Catalytic pyrolysis and in situ carbonization of walnut shells: poly-generation and enhanced electrochemical performance of carbons

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12255-12264
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01608D, Paper
Open Access
Wenjing He, Keling Liu, Lanjun Zhang, Muxin Liu, Zhengjie Ni, Yueyang Li, Duoduo Xu, Minjie Cui, Yibo Zhao
Coupling catalytic pyrolysis and carbonization of walnut shells in one step can indeed lead to improvements in both the quality of bio-oil and gas produced, as well as the electrochemical performance of the resulting carbons.
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Synthesis of different types of nano-hydroxyapatites for efficient photocatalytic degradation of textile dye (Congo red): a crystallographic characterization

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,11570-11583
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08527A, Paper
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Md. Kawsar, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Sumaya Tabassum, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed
Exploration of the crystallographic parameters of various nano-hydroxyapatites for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Congo red dye.
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