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Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,2051-2059
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
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J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2716-2727
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J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2694-2702
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Optimization of informative variables selection for quantitative analysis of heavy metal (Cu) contaminated Tegillarca granosa using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2824-2831
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00084F, Paper
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First demonstration of in situ Lu–Hf dating using LA-ICP-MS/MS applied to monazite

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2703-2715
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00258J, Technical Note
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A single-column and efficient procedure for separating Fe and Mg from geological materials for isotopic analyses using MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2783-2790
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00272E, Paper
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Accurate determination of ultra-trace REEs in seawater using a membrane desolvation Q-ICP-MS coupled with an online automatic separation system

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2870-2883
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00240G, Paper
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A new concept for correction of instrumental isotopic fractionation in MC-ICP-MS using a pair of monoisotopic elements: a critical evaluation

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00117F, Paper
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Chemical analysis of Chang’e-5 lunar soil using LA–ICP–MS in highly diluted fused glass discs

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00329B, Technical Note
Shi-Tou Wu, Ding-Shuai Xue, Yue-Heng Yang, Hao Wang, Chunlai Li, Fu-Yuan Wu
The bulk chemical compositions of extraterrestrial material can provide critical information on the evolution and magmatism of planetary bodies. However, accurate measurements are challenging, because these samples, particularly returned samples,...
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Robust determination of low Ti contents in zircon using LA–ICP–MS/MS with NH3 reaction gas

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00304G, Paper
Junlong Niu, Shitou Wu, Yueheng Yang, Hao Wang, Chao Huang, Lei Xu, Liewen Xie
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Fast analysis of metal components in coal dust using spark emission spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00322E, Paper
Jialin Li, Jing Huang, Lina Zheng, Shakila Naz, Xutong Liu
We present a fast method based on spark emission spectroscopy to quantify metal components such as Al, Si, Fe, Ca, and Ti in airborne coal dust.
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High-precision MC-ICP-MS measurements of Cd isotopes using a novel double spike method without Sn isobaric interference

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00357H, Paper
Jin Li, Suohan Tang, Xiangkun Zhu, Jianxiong Ma, Zhi-Yong Zhu, Bin Yan
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J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00250D, Critical Review
Dennis Ferreira, Diego Victor De Babos, Mauro Henrique Lima-Filho, Heloisa Froehlick Castello, Alejandro C. Olivieri, Fabiola Manhas Verbi Pereira, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho
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J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00327F, Paper
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J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00333K, Paper
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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05159A, Paper
Tarek Ayadi, Maylise Nastar, Fabien Bruneval
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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30498-30507
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05741D, Paper
Yandi Zhu, Weihu Li, Xiaoyan Ren, Lili Zhang, Xingju Zhao, Shunfang Li
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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30442-30453
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA03701D, Paper
Open Access
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Samuel Emilsson, Göran Lindbergh, Mats Johansson
In an effort to increase the thermomechanical stability of lithium-ion battery separators, thermoset membranes (TMs) are a viable alternative to commercial polyolefin separators.
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Two options for using custom properties

Recently I interviewed Stefan Judis for my upcoming book. We discussed CSS custom properties, and something interesting happened.

We had a period of a few minutes where we were talking past one another, because, as it turns out, we have completely opposite ideas about the use of CSS custom properties. I had never considered his approach, and I found it interesting enough to write this quick post.

Option 1

Take several site components, each with their own link and hover/focus colours. We want to use custom properties for those colours. Exactly how do we do that?

Before my discussion with Stefan that wasn’t even a question for me. I would do this:

.component1 {
	--linkcolor: red;
	--hovercolor: blue;
}

.component2 {
	--linkcolor: purple;
	--hovercolor: cyan;
}

a {
	color: var(--linkcolor);
}

a:hover,a:focus {
	color: var(--hovercolor)
}

I set the normal and hover/focus colour as a custom property, and leave the definition of those properties to the component the link appears in. The first and second component each define different colours, which are deployed in the correct syntax. Everything works and all’s well with the world.

As far as I can see now this is the default way of using CSS custom properties. I wasn’t even aware that another possibility existed.

Option 2

Stefan surprised me by doing almost the complete opposite. He uses only a single variable and changes its value where necessary:

.component1 {
	--componentcolor: red;
}

.component1 :is(a:hover,a:focus) {
	--componentcolor: blue;
}
	
.component2 {
	--componentcolor: purple;
}

.component2 :is(a:hover,a:focus) {
	--componentcolor: cyan;
}
	
a {
	color: var(--componentcolor)		
}

At first I was confused. Why would you do this? What’s the added value of the custom property? Couldn’t you just have entered the colour values in the component styles without using custom properties at all?

Well, yes, you could. But that’s not Stefan’s point.

The point

In practice, component definitions have way more styles than just colours. There’s a bunch of box-model properties, maybe a display, and possibly text styling instructions. In any case, a lot of lines of CSS.

If you use custom properties only for those CSS properties that will change you give future CSS developers a much better and quicker insight in how your component works. If the definition uses a custom property that means the property may change in some circumstances. If it uses a fixed definition you know it’s a constant.

Suppose you encounter this component definition in a codebase you just inherited:

.component {
	--color: red;
	--background: blue
	--layout: flex;
	--padding: 1em;
	--borderWidth: 0.3em;
	display: var(--layout);
	color: var(--color);
	background: var(--background);
	padding: var(--padding);
	border: var(--borderWidth) solid black;
	margin: 10px;
	border-radius: 2em;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr);
	flex-wrap: wrap;
}

Now you essentially found a definition file. Not only do you see the component’s default styles, you also see what might change and what will not. For instance, because the margin and border-radius are hard-coded you know they are never changed. In the case of the border, only the width changes, not the style or the colour. Most other properties can change.

The use of display: var(--layout) is particularly revealing. Apparently something somewhere changes the component’s layout from grid to flexbox. Also, if it’s a grid it has three equal columns, while if it’s a flexbox it allows wrapping. This suggests that the flexbox layout is used on narrower screens, switching to a grid layout on wider screens.

Where does the flexbox change to a grid? As a newbie to this codebase you don’t know, but you can simply search for --layout: grid and you’ll find it, probably neatly tucked away in a media query somewhere. Maybe there is a basic layout as well, which uses neither flexbox nor grid? Search for --layout: block and you’ll know.

Thus, this way of using custom properties is excellently suited for making readable code bases that you can turn over to other CSS developers. They immediately know what changes and what doesn’t.

Teaching aid?

There’s another potential benefit as well: this way of using custom properties, which are essentially variables, aligns much more with JavaScript’s use of variables. You set an important variable at the start of your code, and change it later on if necessary. This is what you do in JavaScript all the time.

Thus this option may be better suited to teaching CSS to JavaScripters, which remains one of my preoccupations due to the upcoming book.

Picking an option

Which option should you pick? That’s partly a matter of personal preference. Since the second option is still fairly new to me, and I rarely work on large projects, I am still feeling my way around it. Right at this moment I prefer the first way because I’m used to it. But that might change, given some extra time.

Still, I think Stefan is on to something. I think that his option is very useful in large codebases that can be inherited by other developers. I think it deserves careful consideration.



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J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17362-17376
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03397C, Communication
Jungwoo Lee, Chaewon Youn, Jungang Heo, Sungjun Kim
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DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03208J, Paper
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DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03798G, Review Article
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are emerging and promising alternatives to the market-leading solar cells due to their high performance, low fabrication cost, and versatile material modification.
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J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04085F, Paper
Yeji Lee, Yeseul Jo, Youn Jeong Jang
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