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Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan over Ni–Ga intermetallic catalysts and its kinetic studies

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00129J, Paper
Weixiao Sun, Fuzeyu Zhong, Xiaohu Ge, Wenyao Chen, Gang Qian, Yueqiang Cao, Xuezhi Duan, Xinggui Zhou, Jing Zhang
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been listed as the “TOP 14” most important biomass-derived platform molecules, which can be converted into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHF) via selective hydrogenation of the carbonyl group on HMF.
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Novel TPMS carbon-based monolithic catalysts by three-dimensional printing for enhancement of nitrobenzene hydrogenation reaction

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00049H, Paper
Haoyang Wang, Haoran Tian, Qi Zhang, Li Zhang
Preparation of periodic curved surface, structured, carbon-based catalysts using a 3D printing method achieved good results in the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline in a packed-bed micro-reactor.
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Efficient aqueous-phase hydrogenation of m-xylylenediamine to 1,3-cyclohexandimethylamine over a highly active and stable ruthenium catalyst

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00712J, Paper
Jing Guo, Heng Shao, Le Gao, Wancheng Ma, Wei Zhang, Long Huang, Haibin Chu
The strong interaction between Ru and –NH2 in Ru/NH2–Al2O3 led to the formation of highly dispersed Ru and modification of its electronic properties, and consequently greatly enhanced its performance and stability.
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Shoppers Stop aims to scale up beauty distribution, bring more international brands to India

Shoppers Stop expects Global SS Beauty to end this fiscal with revenues to the tune of ₹220-250 crore




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KFC, Pizza Hut operator Devyani International posts net loss of ₹4.92 crore, revenues up 49%

The company also announced that it has secured Exclusive Master Franchise rights for three new QSR brands which include TeaLive, New York Fries and Sanook Kitchen




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Relationships of dietary habits with prostate cancer risk: results from Mendelian randomization analyses and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10823-10837
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03859B, Paper
Zhen Zhou, Jin Xu, Yang Zhao, Yuanjie Niu
Prior investigations identified correlations between dietary habits and the risk of prostate cancer (PCa); however, the causative dynamics are unclear.
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Anti-obesity and other health benefits of bioprocessed black rice bran in combination with green tea extract in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells and in mice on a high-fat diet

Food Funct., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03210A, Paper
Ki Sun Kwon, Eun Seok Lee, Kyung Hee Lee, Woon Sang Hwang, Wha Young Lee, Jae Jung Kim, Jeanman Kim, Sang-Jong Lee, Sung Phil Kim, Mendel Friedman
Black rice bran, a waste product from the commercial milling of black rice that removes the bran and germ and leaves the starchy endosperm, contains bioactive anthocyanin, phenolic, and phytosteroid...
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BLS International Services Q2 PAT rises 78% to ₹145.7 crore

The company’s revenue from operations increased 21% to ₹495 crore as compared with ₹407.7 crore in the same period last year.




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SDG goals at risk in nations such as India due to declining health spending: Data

Pre-pandemic gains are eroding. In India, the share of health in the budget dropped below the 2% mark after the pandemic




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Star hotels, resorts likely to come up near Bhogapuram international airport

A Tata group company seeks allocation of land, another company recently completes a beach resort in Srikakulam




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Chaavadikota hill, the newest destination in Maredumilli forests beckons tourists 

With its breathtaking sunrise and sunset views, and pristine waterfalls, the emerging destination offers a treat to nature lovers, and a possibility to experience the hospitality of the aboriginal tribes




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You Know What's Sadder Than National Film Awards?

We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.




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National Awards: Bollywood Clout At Work

'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.




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What Makes Tabu A National Treasure

She is superior to 90 percent of the performing fraternity and she knows it.Subhash K Jha salutes the actor who turns 52 on November 4.




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Leading Indian woman scientist is International Brain Research Organisation’s president-elect

The first scientist from a developing country to be appointed to the top position of IBRO, Shubha Tole is currently the dean of graduate studies at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai




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India will fail to meet 2025 TB ‘elimination’ target




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Destination U.S. for STEM courses

The increase in the duration of the Optional Practical Training to 36 months is expected to provide better hands-on training opportunities to Indian students.




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Chennai girl among toppers in CA examination




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Let imagination soar

The Little Theatre’s The Garage Gang is a good mix of dance, improv and retelling of classic tales




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Raunaq Epc International Ltd - Disclosure of Voting results of AGM (Regulation 44(3) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015)




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Hydrogenation of sulfoxides to sulfides mediated by incomplete cubane-type Mo3S4 clusters: synthetic applications and mechanistic insights

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00987H, Paper
Juanjo Mateu-Campos, María Gutiérrez-Blanco, Eva Guillamón, Vicent S. Safont, Rosa Llusar
Air-stable diamino Mo3S4 clusters are efficient catalysts for the late-stage functionalization of drugs and other valuable products containing sulfide moieties.
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Enhanced catalytic performance of single-atom Cu on Mo2C toward CO2/CO hydrogenation to methanol: a first-principles study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00703D, Paper
Open Access
Anna Vidal-López, Estefanía Díaz López, Aleix Comas-Vives
First-principles calculations show the crucial role of the Cu/Mo2COx interface in enabling low-energy pathways for CO2/CO hydrogenation to methanol via successive heterolytic H2 cleavages.
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Accelerated design of nickel-cobalt based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation with human-in-the-loop active machine learning

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6307-6320
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00873A, Paper
Open Access
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Yasemen Kuddusi, Maarten R. Dobbelaere, Kevin M. Van Geem, Andreas Züttel
The effect of catalyst synthesis and reaction conditions on catalytic activity were accurately predicted with an interpretable data-driven strategy. The method is demonstrated for CO2 methanation and is extendable to other catalytic processes.
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Exploring the impact of abnormal coordination in macrocyclic N-heterocyclic carbene ligands on bio-inspired iron epoxidation catalysis

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6259-6269
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00992D, Paper
Open Access
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Greta G. Zámbó, Carla A. Esslinger, Michael J. Sauer, Isabelle Rüter, Robert M. Reich, Serhiy Demeshko, Franc Meyer, Fritz E. Kühn
Macrocyclic and abnormal NHC iron complexes are characterised, showing high catalytic activity in epoxidation reaction and potential for ligand design.
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Construction of a flow-through catalytic reactor employing O3–Fe/TiO2 for efficient catalytic ozonation disinfection

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6351-6362
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00893F, Paper
Jiaxuan Li, Xin Chen, Siyu Li, Kunrong Mei, Lequan Liu, Jinhua Ye
An O3–Fe/TiO2 reactor is designed for efficient air disinfection by catalytically converting ozone into reactive oxygen species (ROS).
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Multiscale modelling of CO2 hydrogenation of TiO2-supported Ni8 clusters: on the influence of anatase and rutile polymorphs

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6393-6410
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00586D, Paper
Open Access
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Lulu Chen, Ying-Ying Ye, Rozemarijn D. E. Krösschell, Emiel J. M. Hensen, Ivo A. W. Filot
The selection of TiO2 phase, whether anatase or rutile, for supporting small Ni clusters significantly influences the activity and selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to methane.
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High-temperature calcination enhances the activity of MnOx catalysts for soot oxidation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6278-6285
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00983E, Paper
Open Access
Meng Wang, Jingyi Wang, Yan Zhang, Yunbo Yu, Wenpo Shan
High-temperature calcination usually induces the sintering of catalysts, thus resulting in negative effects on their performance.
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Effect of metal loading sequences in CO2 methanation activity on samarium-doped ceria supported bimetallic catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01007H, Paper
Andrew C. Chien, Corinna C. Chi
The La/Ni/SDC catalyst from one pot microwave-heating gives higher methanation activity than La–Ni/SDC and Ni–La/SDC from stepwise heating.
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Identification of Ni3Fe alloy as a candidate catalyst for quinoline selective hydrogenation with computations

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01076K, Paper
Zhaochun He, Yonghua Liu, Tao Wang
We computationally identified Ni3Fe as a promising catalyst for the quinoline (QL) selective hydrogenation to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (py-THQL) using density functional theory calculations and microkinetic modeling.
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Enhancing HER rate over Pt-TiO2 nanoparticles under Controlled Periodic Illumination: Role of light modulation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00775A, Paper
Open Access
Ettore Bianco, Fabrizio Sordello, Francesco Pellegrino, Valter Maurino
In hydrogen production through water splitting, two reactions are involved: Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER), both with efficiency issues. In previous works, our group demonstrated the...
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One-pot synthesis of 1,4-butanediol via the deep hydrogenation of maleic anhydride over Cu–xMo/SiO2 catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01006J, Paper
Kai Cui, Jiaming Yang, Yuli Jing, Junwen Chen, Chen Zhao, Peng Wu, Xiaohong Li
A Cu–0.03Mo/SiO2 catalyst realized the one-pot deep hydrogenation of maleic anhydride to 1,4-butanediol at 200 °C, under 5 MPa of hydrogen pressure with 100% conversion and 88.3% selectivity, one of the highest values for this target reaction.
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1D Zn(II)/2D Cu(I) halogen pyridyl coordination polymers. Band gap engineering by DFT for predicting more efficient photocatalysts in water treatment

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6573-6583
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00969J, Paper
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Andrea García-Hernán, Fernando Aguilar-Galindo, Oscar Castillo, Pilar Amo-Ochoa
The study utilizes density functional theory to enhance the design and efficiency of coordination polymers for sustainable photocatalytic applications.
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Oxygen vacancy-dependent low-temperature performance of Ni/CeO2 in CO2 methanation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6537-6549
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00679H, Paper
Luliang Liao, Kunlei Wang, Guangfu Liao, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Kun Liu
The transformative power of CO2 methanation can efficiently transform greenhouse gases into high-value products, aligning with the carbon neutrality goals.
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Correction: 1D Zn(II)/2D Cu(I) halogen pyridyl coordination polymers. Band gap engineering by DFT for predicting more efficient photocatalysts in water treatment

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6720-6720
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY90084G, Correction
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Andrea García-Hernán, Fernando Aguilar-Galindo, Oscar Castillo, Pilar Amo-Ochoa
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Deciphering the role of chemisorbed CO in CO2 methanation: kinetic and mechanistic investigation over monometallic (Ru) and bimetallic (Ru–Ni) catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01004C, Paper
Pavan Dongapure, Jyoti Tekawadia, V. Satyam Naidu, R. Nandini Devi
Supported metal catalysts have made prominent contributions to CO2 mitigation through conversion into useful chemicals.
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Minimizing defect states through multidentate coordination and morphology regulation for enhancing the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03140G, Paper
Himangshu Baishya, Mayur Jagdishbhai Patel, Ramkrishna Das Adhikari, Deepak Yadav, Parameswar Krishnan Iyer
The interaction between CO and Pb2+ regulated grain growth, enhanced crystallinity that effectively passivated non-radiative recombination centres and CF3 group stabilizes the perovskite structure by interacting with FA and Pb cationic defects.
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Oxygen electrode catalysis in N-doped graphene: the role of nitrogen coordination and solvation effects

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03645J, Paper
Junxian Liu, Yun Wang, Yuantong Gu, Liangzhi Kou
The significance of explicit solvents in describing the adsorption behaviors of ORR/OER intermediates is emphasized. A higher HOMO level of active sites enhances binding to oxygen intermediates, thereby improving ORR/OER activity.
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Biomass-derived substrates hydrogenation over Rhodium Nanoparticles Supported on Functionalized Mesoporous Silica

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02579B, Paper
Open Access
Israel Tonatiuh Pulido-Díaz, Draco Martínez, Karla Patricia Salas-Martin, Benjamín Portales-Martínez, Dominique Agustin, Antonio Reina, Itzel Guerrero Ríos
The use of supported rhodium nanoparticles (RhNPs) is gaining attention due to the drive for better catalyst performance and sustainability. Silica-based supports are promising for RhNP immobilization because of their...
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Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1822-1840
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01931D, Paper
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Robert J. Cavanagh, Patrícia F. Monteiro, Cara Moloney, Alessandra Travanut, Fatemeh Mehradnia, Vincenzo Taresco, Ruman Rahman, Stewart G. Martin, Anna M. Grabowska, Marianne B. Ashford, Cameron Alexander
Combinations of the topoisomerase II inhibitor doxorubicin and the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib offer potential drug–drug synergy for treatment of triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) both in free drug form and when delivered by oxidation-responsive nanoparticles.
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Ferroptosis and ferroptosis-inducing nanomedicine as a promising weapon in combination therapy of prostate cancer

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1617-1629
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01894F, Review Article
Mengjun Huang, Qiliang Teng, Fei Cao, Jinsheng Huang, Jun Pang
Existing treatments could be sensitized by targeting the ferroptosis pathway in prostate cancer.
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Railways introduces Aadhaar-based authentication system to prevent impersonation in recruitment exams

The system was first used during a recruitment exam held between August 17 and October 11, 2022




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Officials plan express road network between Visakhapatnam and Bhogapuram for the upcoming international airport

Chief Minister mentioned about this road project in a recent meeting and we are currently preparing preliminary plans, says a senior VMRDA official




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Four-day national conference of ESICON in Visakhapatnam from November 7




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GITAM welcomes international students




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Waltair Division conducts mock drill at Simhachalam Railway Station Yard to assess emergency response capabilities and coordination




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Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan visits Eastern Naval Command to strengthen inter-command coordination 




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Illegal ganja trade: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha tells DGP to enhance CCTV surveillance, strengthen inter-State coordination




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Bhogapuram international airport works will be completed before June, 2026: Union Minister




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Oakridge International School organises Model United Nations in Visakhapatnam

The objective of the programme is to enable school students to step into the roles of country delegates to debate, negotiate and collaborate on real-world problems




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National award-winning lyricist Na Muthukumar no more

Shocked by the sudden demise of the popular lyricist, the Tamil film industry took to Twitter to express their grief.