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Solidarity for Workers on May Day

Cloud Telephony Leader, Knowlarity Communications, shows its solidarity to the worker’s movement in India by launching a slew of initiatives on the occasion of May...




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Bachelor Validation, Finish It in No Time

Here is no doubt that the Internet has changed our lives. Thousands of applications that can be accessed, and the human capacity for his name alone. But most important is...




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Top Holiday Destination In India

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Thailand Holiday Destinations

Thailand, officially known as the kingdom of Thailand, is good-looking country snuggled in the center of dry Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. Lately, the country emerges as one of the most accepted traveler destinations worldwide....




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Indian stock market remains on consolidation path, DIIs absorb heavy selling

The week saw Donald Trump returning to power in the US election amid a second consecutive rate cut by Fed this year, as the Indian stock market continued to experience consolidation due to heightened selling pressure from foreign institutional investors (FIIs).




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Tamil Nadu issues Yellow Alert for 16 districts, valid until Nov 15 [see affected areas]

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a yellow alert from November 12 to November 15, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in Chennai and 15 other districts in Tamil Nadu.




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Exclusive: Sonair takes a cue from dolphins to build autonomous 3D vision without lidar

Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables noninvasive body scans and underwater communication and can help us park our cars. A young startup called Sonair out of Norway wants to employ it for something else: 3D computer vision used in autonomous hardware applications.  Sonair’s founder and CEO Knut Sandven believes the company’s […]

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Turkey’s instant grocery giant Getir grabs UK’s Weezy in latest delivery consolidation

Well that was quick. U.K.-based hyper fast grocery delivery startup Weezy — which only raised a pre-seed for its 15-minute delivery services of supermarket fare last year (after founding the biz in 2019) — has been bagged by Turkish 10-minute delivery app Getir. It’s the latest slice of consolidation to hit Europe’s hyper competitive on-demand […]

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Blidz raises $6.6M to expand its Pinduoduo-inspired social shopping app

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. Blidz — a social shopping app that offers big discounts (many items in categories […]

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Australia's Slide on Female Economic Empowerment Continues - 07 Mar

Australia has fallen back to pre-2007 performance on female economic empowerment with one of the biggest annual declines among OECD countries according to PwC's annual Women in Work index.





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Khalid Jahangir Qazi Through His Power ... vs Union Of India Through Secretary & Ors. on 12 November, 2024

SANJEEV NARULA, J.:

1. Mr. Khalid Jahangir Qazi, a national of United States of America holding the status of an Overseas Citizen of India,1 has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, seeking entry to India. He challenges the legality of two restrictive measures imposed upon him - order dated 12th May, 2023 issued by the Consulate General of India, New York,2 cancelling his OCI card under the Citizenship Act, 1955,3 and the Citizenship Rules, 2009; and a subsequent blacklisting order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, under the Foreigners Act, 1946,4 restraining his entry into India. The underlying basis of these actions, as asserted by the Respondents, is the Petitioner's alleged involvement in activities deemed to be prejudicial to the interests of India.




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Omicron Variant Accounts for Most U.S. Covid Cases Ahead of the Holidays

The Omicron variant caused more than 70% of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. registered the week ending Dec. 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The surge comes as the holidays approach and some people reconsider travel plans. Photo: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg




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Putin, Xi Show Solidarity as Ukraine Tensions Mount

Ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit, underscoring their deepening ties as Russia confronts growing tensions with the U.S. and NATO over Ukraine. Photo: Alexei Druzhinin/Associated Press




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The Ripple Effects of Airline Problems for Holiday Travel

Canceled and delayed flights, long lines and packed planes have become the new normal for air travel. WSJ reporter Alison Sider explains the reasons behind the airline disruptions and the ripple effects for passengers planning to travel during the holidays. Photo: Daniel Slim/Getty Images




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Public Holiday: आज से लगातार 4 दिन बंद रहेंगे स्कूल, कॉलेज और बैंक! ये है वजह

Public Holiday: चालू हफ्ते में आज से लेकर अगले चार दिनों तक छुट्टियां हैं. ऐसे में अगर लंबी छुट्टियों की प्लानिंग कर रहे हैं तो यह हफ्ता बढ़िया हो सकता है. इन छुट्टियों में 15 नवंबर को गुरु नानक देव के




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Stock Market Holiday: लगातार 3 दिन बंद रहेगा शेयर बाजार, 15, 16 और 17 नवंबर को नहीं होगी ट्रेडिंग, जानें कारण

Stock Market Holiday From 15th November: नवंबर के महीने में शेयर बाजार लगातार तीन दिनों के लिए बंद रहने वाला है। 15 नवंबर से 17 नवंबर तक ट्रेडिंग नहीं होगी। आपको बता दें कि त्योहार या अन्य किसी खास मौके पर




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Govt Extends Validity of ECLGS For MSMEs Till September, Details Here

In response to the economic inconvenience caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Union Finance Ministry extended the validity of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for MSMEs on Sunday. According to the government's press release "The




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Bank Holidays: అక్టోబరులో 15 రోజులు బ్యాంకులకు సెలవులు.. పూర్తి వివరాలు ఇవే..

October Bank Holidays: ప్రతినెల మాదిరిగానే దేశంలోని ప్రభుత్వ ప్రైవేటు యాజమాన్యాల్లోని బ్యాంకులు కొన్ని రోజులు అక్టోబరులో సైతం సెలవులో ఉండనున్నాయి. ఈ క్రమంలో ఏఏ రాష్ట్రాల్లో ఏ తేదీల్లో బ్యాంకులకు హాలిడే ఉంటుందనే విషయాలను బ్యాంక్ ఖాతాదారులు తప్పకుండా తెలుసుకోవాల్సి ఉంటుంది. తదనుగుణంగా వారు తమ బ్యాంక్ విజియ్ ప్లాన్ చేసుకోవటం ఉత్తమం. రిజర్వు బ్యాంక్




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Challenges with relativistic GW calculations in solids and molecules

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,216-238
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00043A, Paper
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Gaurav Harsha, Vibin Abraham, Dominika Zgid
Accurate electronic-structure calculations for molecules and solids with heavy elements require an interplay of electronic correlations and relativistic effects. However, this tedious task poses problems for the existing quantum chemistry machinery.
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Introducing electron correlation in solid-state calculations for superconducting states

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,598-611
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00073K, Paper
Wilver A. Muriel, Trinidad Novoa, Carlos Cárdenas, Julia Contreras-García
The superconducting electron localization can be obtained from a common solid-state calculation, where correlation is introduced as a redistribution of electrons around the Fermi level. This is applied to two typical superconductors, H3S and LaH10.
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Guru Purab Bank Holiday November 15: Are banks open or closed on Guru Nanak Jayanti?

For the most accurate information regarding specific bank operations in your area, it is advisable to check with your local bank or refer to the RBI holiday calendar.




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Validation of a laboratory spray generation system and its use in a comparative study of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) evaluation methods

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00513A, Paper
Hugues Ahientio, Loïc Wingert, Sébastien Gagné, Jacques Lesage, Livain Breau, Simon Aubin
Isocyanates are well-known irritants and sensitizers, and measuring their occupational airborne exposure is challenging due to their high chemical reactivity and semi-volatile nature. This study builds on a previous publication...
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Solidarität und ihre Widersprüche : Gewerkschaften im Sommer der Migration 2015 [Electronic book] / Neva Löw.

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2023]




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Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements [Electronic book] / edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown ; foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas.

Oakland, CA : AK Press ; [Albany, NY] : Institute for Anarchist Studies, [2015]




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A million pictures : magic lantern slides in the history of learning [Electronic book] / editors, Sarah Dellmann and Frank Kessler.

New Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom : John Libbey Publishing Ltd, [2020]




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Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century : Setting the precedent [Electronic book] / Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2017]




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Caring Cash : Free Money and the Ethics of Solidarity in Kenya [Electronic book] / Tom Neumark.

London : Pluto Press, 2023.




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Force and stress calculation with neural network wavefunction for solids

Faraday Discuss., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00071D, Paper
Yubing Qian, Xiang Li, Ji Chen
Accurate ab initio calculations of real solids are of fundamental importance in fields such as chemistry, phases and materials science. Recently, variational Monte Carlo (VMC) based on neural network wavefunction...
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Stabilization of lithium metal in concentrated electrolytes: effects of electrode potential and solid electrolyte interphase formation

Faraday Discuss., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00038B, Paper
Open Access
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Anusha Pradhan, Shoma Nishimura, Yasuyuki Kondo, Tomoaki Kaneko, Yu Katayama, Keitaro Sodeyama, Yuki Yamada
Lithium (Li) metal negative electrodes have enticed a wide attention for high-energy-density batteries. However, its low Coulombic efficiency (CE) due to parasitic electrolyte reduction has been an alarming concern. Concentrated...
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Water-stable zero-dimensional hybrid zinc halide modulated by π–π interactions: efficient blue light emission and third-order nonlinear optical response

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02194K, Research Article
Jia-Wei Li, Wenke Dong, Yanjie Liu, Yuhan Li, Lu-Yuan Qiao, Guang-Lu Liu, Hui Zhang, Chunjie Wang, Hui-Li Zheng, Jian-Qiang Zhao
Waterproof 0D hybrid Zn halide with highly efficient blue emission and third-order nonlinear optical response was constructed by the microregulating of π–π interactions, offering new insights for designing stable multifunctional halide materials.
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Zero-dimensional cuprous halide scintillator with ultra-high anti-water stability for X-ray imaging

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02149E, Research Article
Jing-Ning Lv, Na Lin, Jia-Yi Zhang, Yu-Meng Liu, Li-Chuang Niu, Jie Shi, Xiao-Wu Lei, Zhi-Wei Chen
A cuprous hybrid halide with high efficient photoluminescence and anti-water stability was prepared by reasonably selecting a hydrophobic organic cation, which allows this halide as a high-performance scintillator for X-ray imaging.
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Realizing efficient broadband near-infrared emission under blue light excitation in Sb3+-doped zero-dimensional organic tin(IV)-based metal halides via coordination structure modulation

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,7979-7990
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01904K, Research Article
Bao Ke, Hui Peng, Yongqi Yang, Chengzhi Yang, Shangfei Yao, Arfan Bukhtiar, Qilin Wei, Jialong Zhao, Bingsuo Zou
Here, we report a new NIR emitter of Sb3+-doped tin(IV)-based metal halides via coordination structure modulation, which can exhibit bright broadband NIR emission under blue light excitation with a PLQY of 33.2%.
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Stable solid-state potassium metal batteries enabled by a KB11H14·2Me3NBH3 complex electrolyte

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02372B, Research Article
Guo-guo Zhang, Pengtao Qiu, Jiaxin Kang, Zhiwei Lu, An-qi Zhu, Xiaohu Yu, Xuenian Chen
Solid-state potassium metal batteries have increasingly gained attention as promising alternatives in large-scale energy storage due to their safety and low cost. However, these batteries usually suffer from a lack...
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Advances in nanoengineering of cathodes for next-generation solid oxide fuel cells

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02451F, Review Article
Chunwen Sun
The progress of nanoengineering of electrodes fabricated by various methods for SOFCs operating at low and intermediate temperatures is reviewed. Future research directions on nanoengineering of cathodes for next-generation SOFCs are also provided.
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Unraveling the Correlation between Biological Effects and Halogen Substituents in Cobalt bis(dicarbollide)

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02296C, Research Article
Katarzyna Zakret-Drozdowska, Bożena Szermer-Olearnik, Waldemar Goldeman, Michalina Gos, Dawid Drozdowski, Anna Gągor, Tomasz M. Goszczyński
Over the past decade, considerable scientific attention has been given to adapting cobalt bis(dicarbollides) as innovative agents with various biomedical applications. Although the studied compounds show great potential in this...
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Kinetics of thermal dry reforming of methane for syngas production and solid carbon capture

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2902-2914
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00312H, Paper
Open Access
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Manas Mokashi, Akash Bhimrao Shirsath, Sinan Demir, Ahmet Çelik, Patrick Lott, Steffen Tischer, Olaf Deutschmann
By combining numerical simulations and experiments, catalyst-free thermal dry reforming of biogas for sustainable syngas production and solid carbon capture is investigated under industrially viable conditions.
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Slide electrification of drops at low velocities

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3349-3358
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00019F, Paper
Open Access
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Chirag Hinduja, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger
The novelty of our electro drop friction force instrument (eDoFFI) is the simultaneous measurements of the drop discharging current and friction force acting on the sliding drops. With eDOFFI, we measure the surface charge density deposited behind sliding drops.
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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
Open Access
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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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Experimental observation of near-wall effects during the puncture of soft solids

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01216F, Paper
Christopher W. Barney, Szabolcs Berezvai, Allison L. Chau, Younghoon Kwon, Angela A. Pitenis, Robert M. McMeeking, Megan T. Valentine, Matthew E. Helgeson
The measured force during a puncture test is found to increase when the needle tip is near to the vial walls. An experimental method for quantifying this increase in stiffness is developed.
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Solid state engineering of Bi2S3/rGO nanostrips: an excellent electrode material for energy storage applications

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12313-12322
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01304B, Paper
Open Access
Vijay B. Autade, Kaustav Bhattacharjee, Ranjit S. Kate, Sudhir S. Arbuj, Ramchandra S. Kalubarme, Sanjay K. Apte, Bharat B. Kale, Sandeep A. Arote
Herein, the study reported unique one-pot and scalable solid-state methodology to prepare bismuth sulphide (Bi2S3)-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites using bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), thiourea and graphene oxide (GO) for energy storage applications.
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Polyvinyl alcohol as solid proton donor to modify g-C3N4 via hydrogen bonding enabling efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production from H2O and O2

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12407-12415
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01746C, Paper
Open Access
Chen Chen, Fengtiao Liao, Xiangcheng Zhang, Silian Cheng, Yu Deng, Chao Chen, Mingce Long
PVA modifies graphitic carbon nitride via hydrogen bonds to boost H2O2 production by enhancing charge separation and acting as solid proton donor.
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Surface modification of halide perovskite using EDTA-complexed SnO2 as electron transport layer in high performance solar cells

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12397-12406
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08900B, Paper
Open Access
Nuno Marques, Santanu Jana, Manuel J. Mendes, Hugo Águas, Rodrigo Martins, Shrabani Panigrahi
The long-term performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be significantly improved by tuning the surface characteristics of the perovskite layers.
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Significantly enhanced catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalyst on AlOOH featuring abundant solid surface frustrated Lewis pair for improved hydrogen activation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12593-12599
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01852D, Paper
Open Access
Junwei Li, Hongshuai Yin, Sisi Liu, Chaofa Xu, Zhixiong Cai
The superior catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalysts in AlOOH-80 is attributed to solid surface frustrated Lewis pairs (ssFLP), which enhance hydrogen gas dissociation, improve Pd nanocatalyst hydrogenation, and result in high catalytic activity of Pd/AlOOH-80.
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Nickel-catalyzed γ-alkylation of cyclopropyl ketones with unactivated primary alkyl chlorides: balancing reactivity and selectivity via halide exchange

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12883-12887
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02616K, Paper
Open Access
Zheng-Ying Wang, Shi-Zheng Liu, Cong Guo, Yi-Zheng Cheng, Qiang Li, Jianmin Dou, Dacheng Li
Nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of cyclopropyl ketones and alkyl chlorides. High reactivity and selectivity can be achieved with sodium iodide as a cocatalyst that generates a low concentration of alkyl iodide via halide exchange.
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Highly homogeneous and stable single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersion modified by polyvinylpyrrolidone and alkanolamine in water

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12947-12953
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01614A, Paper
Open Access
Minghua Li, Shujun Yu, Xiting Fang, Zhiqiang Du, Xiaojin Ge
An easy green non-covalent surface functionalization of pristine SWCNT was carried out by using ball grinding technology, resulting in the formation of a highly homogeneous and stable PA-SWCNTs dispersion reported firstly in water.
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Quinazolines and thiazolidine-2,4-dions as SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors: repurposing, in silico molecular docking and dynamics simulation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13237-13250
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02029D, Paper
Open Access
Sanadelaslam S. A. El-Hddad, Mohamed H. Sobhy, Ahmed El-morsy, Nabil A. Shoman, Khaled El-Adl
This paper presents an extensive analysis of COVID-19 with a specific focus on VEGFR-2 inhibitors as potential treatments.
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Formation of H-bonding networks in the solid state structure of a trinuclear cobalt(III/II/III) complex with N2O2 donor Schiff base ligand and glutaric acid as bridging co-ligand: synthesis, structure and DFT study

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13200-13208
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA07697K, Paper
Open Access
Sovana Maity, Sudip Bhunia, Michael G. B. Drew, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
Formation of hydrogen bonding network in a trinuclear linear mixed-valence centrosymmetric cobalt(III)–cobalt(II)–cobalt(III) complex has been analyzed using DFT calculations.
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Dispersive micro solid phase extraction of glibenclamide from plasma, urine, and wastewater using a magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer followed by its determination by a high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13168-13179
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00452C, Paper
Open Access
Najmeh Sabbaghi, Shayessteh Dadfarnia, Ali Mohammad Haji Shabani, Majid Farsadrooh
The present study describes the development of a simple and selective analytical method for dispersive micro solid phase extraction and determination of glibenclamide (GLB) using magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) as a sorbent.
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Single-ion quasi-solid-state electrolytes based on sulfonimide-functionalized covalent organic framework

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4529-4541
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00352G, Paper
Haomin Wu, Wencan Ma, Xin Huang, Yifeng Cai, Junheng Li, Qiaobo Liao, Kai Xi, Qiuhong Zhang, Xudong Jia
The COF based SIQSSEs with a high ionic conductivity of 4.3 × 10−4 S cm−1, a high LTN of 0.90. A high initial capacity (150.3 mA h g−1), high retention (99% after 100 cycles), good cycling stability and rate performance in Li/LFP battery test.
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