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Bending creep behaviour of various polymer films analysed by surface strain measurement

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3248-3255
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01566A, Paper
Jiayi Yu, Masayuki Kishino, Kyohei Hisano, Atsushi Shishido
Polymer films subjected to a static bending state exhibit temporal strain increase due to their viscoelastic nature. We quantitatively measured the surface strain change in various polymer films in real time and gained insights into the occurrence of this phenomenon.
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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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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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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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Spontaneous oscillation of an active filament under viscosity gradients

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00095A, Paper
Open Access
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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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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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Freezing-enhanced chlorination of organic pollutants for water treatment

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12218-12224
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00081A, Paper
Open Access
Duanyang Wu, Junxue Li, Jing Xu, Wei Cheng
Freezing-accelerated chlorination was observed for different organic pollutants and the chlorine/freezing system shows potential feasibility for water treatment in cold environments.
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Selenosalicylate; a little-studied heavy-element analogue of the versatile thiosalicylate ligand

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12323-12336
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00926F, Paper
Open Access
Simeon Atiga, Graham C. Saunders, William Henderson
Selenosalicylic acid was synthesised by reacting 2-carboxybenzenediazonium chloride with Na2Se2 followed by reduction of the resulting diselenide with zinc and acetic acid. The deprotonated acid reacted with metal precursors to form selenosalicylate complexes.
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Progress of research on the bonding-strength improvement of two-layer adhesive-free flexible copper-clad laminates

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12372-12385
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01408A, Review Article
Open Access
Wanqi Tang, Yuxi Liu, Xianghai Jing, Jinsong Hou, Qianfeng Zhang, Chongguang Jian
Bond strength of two-layer adhesive-free flexible copper-clad laminate is an important factor that directly affects the stability and reliability of electronic devices.
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Effect of defect-healing treatment on layered silicate precursors toward well-defined crosslinked frameworks

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12634-12638
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01626B, Paper
Open Access
Yoshiaki Ito, Keiichiro Nayuki, Yukichi Sasaki, Toru Wakihara, Tatsuya Okubo, Kenta Iyoki
A defect-healed layered precursor of FER-type zeolite exhibited enhanced iron atom insertion in more homogeneous environments.
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Application of cold-adapted microbial agents in soil contaminate remediation: biodegradation mechanisms, case studies, and safety assessments

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12720-12734
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01510J, Review Article
Open Access
Jiaxin Li, Yujuan Wen, Zheng Fang, Wenqi Yang, Xiaoming Song
Analyzed the microorganisms cold-adapted mechanism, and summarized the degradation pathway of nitro-aromatic compounds. Evaluated safety of microbial agents according to the existing application restoration cases under freeze-thaw cycles condition.
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Treatment of carbon electrodes with Ti3C2Tx MXene coating and thermal method for vanadium redox flow batteries: a comparative study

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12807-12816
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01380H, Paper
Open Access
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Kavin Teenakul, Sayed Ali Ahmad Alem, Ritambhara Gond, Anupma Thakur, Babak Anasori, Amirreza Khataee
Treatment of carbon papers with Ti3C2Tx MXene solution for vanadium redox flow batteries.
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Wet adhesive hydrogels based on niobium carbide for experimental research of oral mucosal impairment

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12935-12946
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01352B, Paper
Open Access
Jiayuan Chen, Junyu Ren, Yingjie Wu, Narisu Hu, Fang Zhao, Lin Zhang
Illustration of the mechanism of NbC/TA–GelMA hydrogel with multifunctional properties for potential application in oral mucosal impairment.
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Development of an imidazole-based N,N-bidentate ligand for the manganese catalyzed direct coupling of nitriles with alcohols

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12978-12982
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00817K, Paper
Open Access
Qian Tang, Dingguo Song, Kali Zhang, Wenhao Mao, Xianghua Zhao, Ding Du, Fei Ling, Weihui Zhong
This work describes the manganese catalyzed direct coupling of nitriles with alcohols with assistance of a set of simple and new imidazole-based N,N-bidentate ligands.
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1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon prepared by one-step carbonization using natural minerals as templates for supercapacitors

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13190-13199
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01873G, Paper
Open Access
Fangfang Liu, Chao Zhang, Weiwei Huang, Lei Chen, Yuanshuang Wang, Jinan Niu, Xiuyun Chuan
1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon was synthesized through one-step carbonization using 1D fibrous brucite and 2D layered magnesium carbonate hydroxide as templates.
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Augmentation of inductive effects through short range intramolecular hydrogen bonds for the improvement of cooperativity of trimeric rosettes

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,345-351
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00008K, Paper
Andre Nicolai Petelski, Tamara Bundrea, Nélida María Peruchena
Three key design elements improve the binding strength of trimeric rosettes: the direction of hydrogen bonds, the addition of groups with inductive effects, and the presence of ambifunctional intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the substituents.
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Effect of computationally designed fragment-based analogs on the RBD–ACE2 complex of the SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00193H, Paper
Surabhi Lata, Mohd. Akif
Modulation of the RBD–ACE2 complex formation and perturbation in their interface by the designed analogs.
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It works when women speak in unison

How an anganwadi centre came up in Chittorgarh’s Arania village




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The ‘golden fleece’ of Kutch lends sheen to the lives of tribal women

Dheberia embroidery with sheep wool empowers the Rabari pastoral community




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Women at the wheel: Azad Foundation’s ‘by women, for women’ cab service is driving change




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Meet the men behind India’s own Jurassic Park

Their passion as geologists helped them discover the remains of a very distant past




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Women collectives prove that self-help is the best help

SHGs in the villages of Uttar Pradesh offer food security during the ongoing Covid pandemic




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‘Mentor Mothers’ raise the bar on nutrition and health

How tribal women in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha are unlearning myths about food




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ARIA-AT Public Data Management Page

Over the last few months, we’ve been making substantial improvements to the ARIA-AT app, from backend database work to performance improvements, to making the app generally nicer to use. One of these improvements is the ability to view the Data Management Page without being logged in. The Data Management page allows visitors to view the […]




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Elon Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy To Head New 'Department Of Government Efficiency' Under Trump Administration

The two will head the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency in the upcoming Trump administration, set to begin in January 2025.  




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Comment on “Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene” by A. Dev, A. Rösler and H. Schlaad, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 3084

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4364-4365
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00913D, Comment
Open Access
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Akhil Dev, Alexander Rösler, Helmut Schlaad
Polymyrcenyllithium chains in DL-limonene solution are present as dimeric associates and not as single chains.
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Backbone editing of oxidized polyethylene: insertion of oxygen and nitrogen atoms via hydroxyalkyl azide-mediated rearrangements

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4554-4561
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00973H, Paper
Andrew J. King, Ryan P. Sherrier, Jeffrey Aubé, Aleksandr V. Zhukhovitskiy
Hydroxyalkyl azide-mediated rearrangement modularly inserts heteroatoms and pendent functionality into oxidized polyethylene.
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Development of substrate-independent heparin coating to mitigate surface-induced thrombogenesis: efficacy and mechanism

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10994-11011
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01779J, Paper
Shengjun Cheng, Haifeng Ji, Tao Xu, Xianda Liu, Lin Xu, Weifeng Zhao, Changsheng Zhao
A facile and substrate independent heparin-based coating was developed in this study. And the associated anticoagulant mechanism of this coating was clarified.
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High-temperature emulsification coupled with low-temperature gelation for fabrication of agarose microsphere implants with well-controlled size for skin tissue enhancement

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10983-10993
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01564A, Paper
Qi Wang, Huiyu Yan, Ying Guo, Bei Tian, Jianxi Xiao
Agarose offers self-gelation, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. We have developed a high-temperature emulsification followed by low-temperature gelation method to create agarose microsphere implants for skin tissue augmentation.
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Decellularization of caprine forestomach rumen tissue modified with silver nanowires as an antibacterial skin substitute scaffold in wound care therapeutics

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01560F, Paper
Athmana P. A., Asna Jaleel K. I., Sinduja Malarkodi Elangovan, Riza Paul, Naveen Subbaiyan, Parthiban Shanmugam, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar
Caprine forestomach native collagen (CFNC) modified with silver nanowires (AgNWs) as a new class of biomimetic xenograft for skin regeneration with strong antimicrobial properties.
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Expression of concern: Surface modification engineering of two-dimensional titanium carbide for efficient synergistic multitherapy of breast cancer

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB90175D, Expression of Concern
Open Access
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Lei Bai, Wenhui Yi, Taiyang Sun, Yilong Tian, Ping Zhang, Jinhai Si, Xun Hou, Jin Hou
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Recent Advances of Two-Dimensional Materials for biomedical Application

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01787K, Review Article
Ranran Zhang, Zichao Yan, Ming Gao, Bingxin Zheng, Bin Yue, Meng Qiu
Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit significant potential in biomedical applications, particularly as drug carriers. 2D materials, including graphene, black phosphorus, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal carbides/nitrides, and hexagonal boron nitride, have...
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Long-term leaching kinetics and solution chemistry of aqueous BaTiO3 powder suspensions: a numerical model supported experiment

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01708K, Paper
Marcus Bentzen, Vojtěch Lindauer, Pavel Mokrý, Ragnhild Elizabeth Aune, Julia Glaum
The advent of lead-free perovskite materials with favorable toxicity profiles has made them candidates for in vivo and environmental applications.
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Reconfiguring the endogenous electric field of a wound through a conductive hydrogel for effective exudate management to enhance skin wound healing

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01349B, Communication
Yukun Yan, Yuanyuan Chen, Hanqing Dai, Wanlu Zhang, Ruiqian Guo
In this work, we proposed a mechanism for hydrogel-based dressings to respond to endogenous electric fields through exudate absorption and conducted a verification study using polyacrylamide and sodium alginate (PAM–SA) hydrogels.
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Nordihydroguaiaretic acid microparticles are effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11172-11186
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01342E, Paper
Kaamini M. Dhanabalan, Bhagyashree Padhan, Ameya A. Dravid, Smriti Agarwal, Nicholas M. Pancheri, Angela Lin, Nick J. Willet, Ashok Kumar Padmanabhan, Rachit Agarwal
Sustained delivery of NDGA via polymeric microparticles maintains therapeutic levels in joints, reduces cartilage damage, and alleviates post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in mice through ROS modulation and autophagy induction.
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Breakthrough in cancer therapy: lutetium texaphyrin–celecoxib conjugate for immune and photodynamic treatment

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB02019G, Highlight
Open Access
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Qihang Ding, Yue Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Ling Mei
Kim et al. present a small-molecule photosensitizer, LuCXB, which combines a COX-2 inhibitor (celecoxib) with a near-infrared lutetium texaphyrin photocatalyst and was loaded CD133-aptamer functionalized exosome for cancer stem cells targeting.
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An innovative electrohydrodynamics-driven SERS platform for molecular stratification and treatment monitoring of lung cancer

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01434K, Highlight
Tuotuo Zhang, Biao Dong, Huiling Wang, Shuai Zhang
A schematic electrohydrodynamics-driven SERS platform to profile four proteins on sEVs to generate a unique molecular signature for lung cancer stratification.
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Development of enzymatically crosslinked natural deep eutectogels: versatile gels for enhanced drug delivery

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01672F, Paper
Liane Meneses, Dimitra Antonia Bagaki, Ana Roda, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte
We propose a new injectable eutectogel prepared by enzymatic crosslinking, using NADES, betaine : glycerol (2 : 1), as solvent. The potential of using this material with improved rheological properties as drug delivery system, has also been evaluated.
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Eco-Friendly Self-Clean Coatings: Fundamentals, Fabrication, Applications, and Sustainability

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01392A, Review Article
Tanaji K. Chavan, Sushanta Kumar K. Sethi
Eco-friendly self-clean coatings have garnered significant attention due to their potential to address environmental concerns while offering remarkable properties. This review explores the dynamic field of such coatings, focusing on...
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Development of a Xanthene-Based NIR Fluorescent Probe for Accurate and Sensitive Detection of γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01841A, Paper
Chia-Kai Lai, KUPPAN MAGESH, Sivan Velmathi, Shu-Pao Wu
γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) regulates glutathione (GSH), essential for cell functions and linked to cancer. High GGT levels in tumors make it a valuable cancer biomarker. Current GGT detection methods often...
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Micah Parsons insists he wasn't throwing "Mike McCarthy under the bus" with postgame comments

Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons pushed back against the perception he was taking a shot at coach Mike McCarthy in his postgame comments Sunday.




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Toward a gameic world : new rules of engagement from Japanese video games / Ben Whaley.

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Sonakshi: 'Sexual harassment at work is neglected'

'Women are ashamed of the repercussions that will come when they speak about it.''Women also feel they will be blamed for whatever has happened to them.''Unless women support each other and stand by each other, that will not change.' Sonakshi Sinha speaks out.





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Nora's Palat Moment

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 will go retro this week!




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'Bigg Boss Is Difficult For Women'

'If you're a woman and you're in the (Bigg Boss) house, it is a difficult ride for you because there are a lot of challenges.'




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'Women don't understand women'

'In a family, your mother-in-law or sister-in-law are your core team.''If they don't support you, it becomes very difficult.'