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Unveiling the role of structural vacancies in Mn-based Prussian blue analogues for energy storage applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01618A, Paper
Chongwei Gao, Ming Chen, Jiantao Li, Xunan Wang, Guobin Zhang, Xi Tan, Shuhua Zhang, Guang Feng, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
In this study, we explore two potential pathways for vacancy formation in Mn-based Prussian blue analogues, providing new insights for structural regulation.
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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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Rural consumers’ FMCG basket size expanding, fast embracing digital payments & ecommerce: Report

Rural India’s media consumption is increasingly hybrid, with nearly 1 in 2 of rural consumers exposed to both online and offline media.




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Natural nutrition for plants

How about getting plants to produce some of the nutrition they need?




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The natural detergent

Soap nut berries and powder can be used for the washing machine and cut down on pollution. A look by S. Vishwanath




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Pest free, the natural way

Here are three gardening essentials and Hema Vijay tells you how to use them




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Editorial. Structural issues leading to DAP shortage need fixing

With the government holding the selling price of DAP at a fraction of production costs, producers depend on subsidies to make ends meet.




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The geopolitics of natural gas trade

Changes in global natural gas trade have reflected geopolitical alignments but these may shift, depending on policies of incoming US President Donald Trump




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Colour Blind Casting or Cultural Appropriation?

'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.''If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.




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Environmental and Natural Resources Economics [electronic resource] / by Xiangzheng Deng, Malin Song, Zhihui Li, Fan Zhang, Yuexian Liu.

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.




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Natural edge

128 salons and counting! Veena and C.K. Kumaravel talk to Priyadarshini Paitandy about taking their beauty chain to small towns and creating job opportunities




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Shri Mahalaxmi Agricultural Development Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for Meeting Of Board Of Directors To Consider And Approve Unaudited Financial Results.




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Synergy of Ag and Pd in bimetallic catalysts for the selective oxidation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01028K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Dominik Neukum, Maya Eyleen Ludwig, Georgios Uzunidis, Ajai Raj Lakshmi Nilayam, Baerbel Krause, Silke Behrens, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Erisa Saraçi
The synthesis of renewable bio-based monomers, like 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), is of high interest in the shift toward a circular economy. Bimetallic catalysts offer the variation of different properties, enabling...
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Exploring catalytic oxidation pathways of furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural into carboxylic acids using Au, Pt, and Pd catalysts: a comprehensive review

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00821A, Review Article
Toyese Oyegoke, Franck Dumeignil, Baba E.-Yakubu Jibril, Carine Michel, Robert Wojcieszak
This review explores the mechanisms and factors influencing the selective oxidation of HMF and furfural into valuable products using gold, platinum, and palladium catalysts.
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Synergistic promotion of oxygen vacancy and Lewis acidity of Nb2O5 on the preferential hydroxymethyl hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by single atom Pt

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6550-6560
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00559G, Paper
Ting-Hao Liu, Shuai Fu, Jin-Tao Gou, Yin-Sheng Zhang, Chang-Wei Hu, Hua-Qing Yang
Over Pt1/Nb2O5, oxygen vacancy increases the catalytic activity, while the strong Lewis acidity of Nb2O5 selectively promotes the hydrogenolysis of the –CH2OH group rather than the hydrogenation of the –CHO group.
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Electrostatic interactions and structural transformations in viral shells

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20182-20193
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02612H, Paper
Open Access
Ivan Yu. Golushko, Daria S. Roshal, Olga V. Konevtsova, Sergei B. Rochal, Rudolf Podgornik
Considering the simplest energy of electrostatic interactions between proteins together with the mechanical energy of the continuum shell, one can model various structural transformations possible in viral capsids.
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Size effect on the structural and magnetic phase transformations of iron nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20304-20311
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02488E, Paper
Alexis Front, Georg Daniel Förster, Chu Chun Fu, Cyrille Barreteau, Hakim Amara
(a) Magnetic (top) and structural (bottom) phase transformation of an iron nanoparticle. (b) Size dependence on magnetic and structural transition temperatures on iron nanoparticles.
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Enhancing antioxidant properties of CeO2 nanoparticles with Nd3+ doping: structural, biological, and machine learning insights

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2108-2120
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02107F, Paper
Oscar Ceballos-Sanchez, Diego E. Navarro-López, Jorge L. Mejía-Méndez, Gildardo Sanchez-Ante, Vicente Rodríguez-González, Angélica Lizeth Sánchez-López, Araceli Sanchez-Martinez, Sergio M. Duron-Torres, Karla Juarez-Moreno, Naveen Tiwari, Edgar R. López-Mena
The antioxidant capabilities of nanoparticles are contingent upon various factors, including their shape, size, and chemical composition.
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Advances in conductive hydrogels for neural recording and stimulation

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00048J, Review Article
Hewan Dawit, Yuewu Zhao, Jine Wang, Renjun Pei
The brain-computer interface (BCI) allows the human or animal brain to direct interact with the external environment through the neural interfaces, thus playing the role of monitoring, protecting, improving/restoring, enhancing,...
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Careers in the agricultural industry

Constant innovations and research have created many job opportunities in the agricultural industry




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Anakapalli police create 30-member SWAT team to provide help during natural calamities and industrial accidents

Anakapalli SP urges the personnel to upgrade their skills to perform better at the valedictory of training programme





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Report on the present state of the agriculture of Scotland : arranged under the auspices of the Highland and Agricultural Society. To be presented at the International Agricultural Congress at Paris in June 1878.

Edinburgh : William Blackwood & Sons, 45 George Street, and 37 Paternoster Row, London, 1878.




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Arish John Andrews designs and makes bespoke ornaments from natural materials such as seeds, clay, bamboo and so on

Arish John Andrews designs and makes bespoke ornaments from natural materials such as seeds, clay and bamboo



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Stories in silk: RmKv launches thematic handloom silk saris with natural dye

RmKv Silks which turned 100 this year, has launched their range of thematic handloom silk saris with natural dye this festive season




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Mishru’s latest drop fuses botanical elements with architectural inspirations 

Mishru’s new couture edit of lehengas, cocktail dresses, and jumpsuits, showcases a fusion of botanical elements and architectural inspirations 




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Respect our architectural heritage

A number of less known palaces and edifices have either collapsed or lie in a state of neglect fighting for survival while many more have already been erased for the construction of high rise apartments




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Cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan to invest ₹1,400 crore in beverages and confectionery unit

Muralitharan plans to manufacture beverages and confectioneries under the brand “Muttiah Beverages and Confectioneries”




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MCA announces architectural design competition to expand Gahunje Cricket Stadium

The competition is open to professional architects, architectural firms, and architecture students, with a focus on creating a self-sustaining, state-of-the-art facility that integrates residential facilities and promotes cricket as a global sporting event.




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Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B quits

Muralikrishnan has been the face of the brand in India since Manu Kumar Jain left it in 2023. He was spearheading the India business amidst rising calls for localisation




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ACS and French Chemical Society jointly award inaugural Franco-American Lectureship Prize




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Genentech and Lodo team to discover natural products




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Chemists synthesize and screen massive library of nonnatural proteins

Such screens could yield protein drugs with advantages over natural ones




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas

Sources of pollution differ but models predict more deaths in rural areas because of higher populations there




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Air pollutants in India kill more than 400,000 people a year in urban and rural areas




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Study finds natural gas climate advantage nixed by methane loss

U.S. natural gas production loses 2.3% of methane to leaks




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Study finds natural gas climate advantage nixed by methane loss




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Ural shipments to India rise 10% in October as refinery maintenance spares more barrels

According to energy intelligence firm Vortexa, India’s crude oil imports from Russia were largely flat on a monthly and annual basis at 1.45 million barrels per day (mb/d) in October 2024, according to energy intelligence firm Vortexa




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Research progress on photocatalytic, electrocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10739-10773
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03597F, Critical Review
Yang An, Tao Lei, Weiyi Jiang, Huan Pang
This paper summarizes the latest research progress in selective photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of HMF, along with the reaction mechanisms, advantages, and challenges faced during selective HMF oxidation.
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A Comparative Study of 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural and 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04609A, Tutorial Review
Sabah Karimi, Saeideh Gharouni Fattah, Zheng Li, Miao Zuo, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Xianhai Zeng
There has been a growth in research focusing on versatile platform molecules from biomass, such as 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF) and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF), since they can produce a wide range of beneficial...
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Thermodynamically stable synthesis of high entropy alloys and efficiently catalyzed oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid under base-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11316-11327
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04186K, Paper
Guangqiang Lv, Shan Liu, Xiaoyan Chen, Mengxin Chen, Yanjuan Wu, Yuji Gao, Shuai Wang, Furong Tao, Jingui Wang, Liwei Niu
In a completely non-alkaline aqueous system, a high-entropy alloy catalyst composed of FeCoNiCuGaPt activates O2 and H2O molecules to form hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) and efficiently oxidizes 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid.
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A paired alkaline electrolyzer for furfural oxidation and hydrogen evolution over noble metal-free NiFe/Ni and Co/MXene catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11351-11363
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04447A, Paper
Open Access
Xiaopeng Liu, Mohammad Albloushi, Michael Galvin, Connor W. Schroeder, Yue Wu, Wenzhen Li
A paired alkaline electrolyzer with non-noble metal catalysts was developed, demonstrating higher performances of furfural oxidation on NiFe/Ni foam at the anode and hydrogen evolution on Co/MXene at the cathode under practical current densities.
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‘I believe in supernatural’




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Udhayanidhi Stalin is right about Bollywood’s lack of cultural diversity




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Rural demand lifts FMCG sector to 5.7% growth in Q2

India's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector grew 5.7 per cent by value and 4.1 per cent by volume in the July-September quarter driven by rural demand, consumer intelligence firm NielsenIQ said in its quarterly update on Thursday. Price-led growth stood at 1.5 per cent. According to NielsenIQ data, rural volume growth outpaced urban markets for the third straight quarter despite consumption softening in both regions.




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A rural physician and a travel photographer

The story of a doctor who holds a stethoscope and a camera with a flair




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World Environment Day: Biodegradable tableware manufactured from agricultural waste is making inroads into the market

On this World Environment Day, a look at the boom in biodegradable cutlery and crockery made from agricultural residue



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Ever Considered Using Natural Hair Products? Here’s Why You Should Make The Big Switch

Some trends are worth the hype and organic hair products is one such trend. Switching to natural and organic products seems like a gamble that we are not too crazy about. Don't you think that it is high time that you




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Musical and socio-cultural anecdotes from Kitāb al-aghānī al-kabīr: annotated translations and commentaries / by George Dimitri Sawa

Rotch Library - ML189.M87 2019




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Cultural nationalism and ethnic music in Latin America / edited by William H. Beezley

Lewis Library - ML3917.L27 C85 2018