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A perspective on next-generation hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17739-17759
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05489J, Perspective
Open Access
Upasana Deori, Gyana Prakash Nanda, Caroline Murawski, Pachaiyappan Rajamalli
The evolution of next-generation HF-OLED technology and current challenges.
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Diverse quantum interference regimes in intramolecular singlet fission chromophores with thiophene-based linkers

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17823-17830
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03546A, Edge Article
Open Access
Jonghwan Lee, Sungsik Eom, Hyungjun Kim
This work explores intramolecular singlet fission chromophores having diverse thiophene-based linkers and highlights the relation between quantum interference and nonadiabatic coupling in the multiexciton formation step of singlet fission.
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Double coordination shell modulation of nitrogen-free atomic manganese sites for enhancing oxygen reduction performance

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05998K, Edge Article
Open Access
Xue Bai, Yin Wang, Jingyi Han, Siyu Chen, Xiaodi Niu, Jingqi Guan
Utilizing double coordination shell modulation, we construct a novel nitrogen-free single-atom manganese coordination configuration catalyst on graphene oxide (Mn–S1O4G), which exhibits excellent ORR and zinc–air battery performances.
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A polymer deposition-mediated surface-charge reformation strategy: reversing the MOF biomineralization behavior

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05935B, Edge Article
Open Access
Yanbin Xu, Huangsheng Yang, Anlian Huang, Linjing Tong, Wei Huang, Guosheng Chen, Wei Yi, Siming Huang, Gangfeng Ouyang
A biocompatible polymer deposition-mediated surface-charge reformation strategy is reported that enables the in-place MOF biomineralization onto different enzyme templates.
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CuBr-mediated surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization in air

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06012A, Edge Article
Open Access
Menglu Chen, Shuai You, Tingting Guo, Haohao Ren, Longzu Zhu, Peize Wang, Wenbo Sheng, Chenliang Gong, Wei Li
CuBr-mediated surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization for polymer brushes with patterned and block architectures over large areas in air is reported.
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Surfing the Limits of Cyanine Photocages One Step at a Time

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC07165D, Edge Article
Open Access
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Hana Janeková, Sergey Fisher, Tomas Solomek, Peter Stacko
Near-infrared light-activated photocages enable controlling molecules with tissue penetrating light. Understanding the structural aspects that govern the photouncaging process is essential to enhancing their efficacy, crucial for practical applications. Here...
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Understanding the Formation of Nitrate from Nitrogen at the Interface of Gas-Water Microbubbles

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06989G, Edge Article
Open Access
Sandeep Bose, Yu Xia, Richard N. Zare
Understanding the Formation of Nitrate from Nitrogen at the Interface of Gas-Water MicrobubblesWater microbubbles containing Fe2+ ion has been found to efficiently transform nitrogen (N2) to nitrate (NO3-) by initiating...
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An interactive dual energy storage mechanism boosts high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05710D, Edge Article
Open Access
Shengen Gong, Meihua Zhu, Yan Zhou, Runan Li, Jianhua Zhang, Xiaoteng Jia, Danming Chao, Caiyun Wang
A conductive polymer cathode with high redox potential is realized by pre-doping Mn2+ into PANI, which demonstrates an interactive dual energy storage mechanism of reversible doping of multiple cations and dissolution–deposition of Mn2+.
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Direct synthesis of N-perfluoro-tert-butyl secondary amines from N-trifluoromethyl secondary amines

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06335J, Edge Article
Open Access
Leibing Wang, Zhongyu Feng, Zhen Luo, Zihao Guo, Jieping Wang, Wenbin Yi
The one-step direct synthesis of N-perfluoro-tert-butyl secondary amines utilizes TMSCF3 as the sole CF3 source and the starting material N-CF3 secondary amine itself as the hydrogen source. PFtB amines can be effectively employed in 19F MRI.
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Bipolar electrochemiluminescence at the water/organic interface

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06103A, Edge Article
Open Access
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Yuheng Fu, Bingbing Xie, Miaoxia Liu, Shaojuan Hou, Qunyan Zhu, Alexander Kuhn, Lin Zhang, Wensheng Yang, Neso Sojic
A novel bipolar electrochemistry approach for wireless dual-color ECL emission at the water/organic interface is developed. This system overcomes spatial limitations of conventional methods, enabling imaging of complex multiphase environments.
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A long and colourful grapevine




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Past performance not a guarantee for future returns

Sectoral funds usually are cyclical, which means their performance can swing significantly




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Markets correlate with economic performance, not political dispensation: Ashish Somaiyaa, CEO, WhiteOak Capital AMC

Ashish Somaiyaa, CEO, WhiteOak Capital AMC, on the impact of elections on the market and more




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SBI Contra fund: Why this long-term outperformer is a worthy investment

A multi-cap and contrarian approach helps the fund figure among the best across equity categories




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ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund: A steady outperformer for the long term

ICICI Prudential Flexicap’s performance over the past three years places it in the top-quartile of its category




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Mutual Funds: Does past performance indicate how they’ll perform in the future?

An analysis on if and how historical outperformance of mutual funds foretell their future returns




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Artificial intelligence performance in testing microfluidics for point-of-care

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,4998-5008
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00671B, Paper
Open Access
Mert Tunca Doganay, Purbali Chakraborty, Sri Moukthika Bommakanti, Soujanya Jammalamadaka, Dheerendranath Battalapalli, Anant Madabhushi, Mohamed S. Draz
AI is revolutionizing medicine by enhancing diagnostics and patient care. Our study showed ML and DL AI models excel in microchip testing, underscoring AI's potential to improve precision medicine and POC diagnostics.
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Surface modification of paper-based microfluidic devices via initiated chemical vapor deposition

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,4940-4947
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00414K, Tutorial Review
Stacey Bacheller, Malancha Gupta
Paper-based microfluidic devices offer a low-cost platform for biological and environmental detection. This tutorial review shows that initiated chemical vapor deposition can be used to modify these devices with functional polymers.
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Zonal patterning of extracellular matrix and stromal cell populations along a perfusable cellular microchannel

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00579A, Paper
Open Access
Brea Chernokal, Bryan J. Ferrick, Jason P. Gleghorn
Developed a system to regionally pattern stromal cell populations and hydrogel properties along the length of a perfused epithelial tube. This enables the dissection of specific microenvironmental factors that govern developmental tissue patterning.
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Govt hikes NDRF risk and hardship allowance by 40%: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah made the announcement at the Flag-in ceremony of the NDRF’s Mountaineering Expedition Vijay, emphasising the crucial role NDRF plays in national and international disaster response




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Renault Kiger 2024 Review: Compact SUV’s pricing, performance and features explained

Renault’s sub-four-metre Kiger is refreshed with added vigour for 2024




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Gauff's perfect start to WTA Finals

World No. 3 Coco Gauff and No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland won their respective opening matches of the Orange Group at the WTA Finals Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.




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What’s an ‘academic kerfuffle’ to you and me?




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Data | In Andhra Pradesh, rich districts such as West Godavari and Visakhapatnam, performed poorly on social indicators

Rich districts featured at the bottom half when categorised on health and education related parameters




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Surface charge-induced electrospray for high-throughput analysis of complex samples and electrochemical reaction intermediates using mass spectrometry

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2002-2008
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00276H, Communication
Yajie Huang, Yajun Zheng, Qianqian Zuo, Zhiming Zhang, Lixuan Zhu, Yun Li, Zhiping Zhang
A novel surface charge induced electrospray ionization is proposed due to its features of no contact between sample solution and metal electrode, fast analytical process (less than 40 s), and high analytical sensitivity.
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High performance and recyclable Ag/ZnO/PM substrate for the detection of organic pollutants

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2051-2062
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00103F, Paper
Yixin Shao, Hongxin Cai, Lingling Yan, Hang Yu, Qiang Hu, Liang Chen, Haitao Zong, Xiufang Hou
A sensitive and recyclable substrate was fabricated through in situ reduction of silver nanoparticles on zinc oxide nanorods.
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Capillary action-driven surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for the identification of phthalocyanine blue in modern paintings based on the BPG spot test

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2147-2151
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01378B, Technical Note
Shao-Chun Hsueh, Ling-Hsuan Wang, Yung-Chen Liao, Hui-Yu Chiang, Cheng-Huang Lin
A method for the extraction and accumulation of Ag nanoparticles utilizing capillary action through a piece of triangular-shaped cotton paper is reported.
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Rapid and green quantification of phloridzin and trilobatin in Lithocarpus litseifolius (Hance) Chun (sweet tea) using an online pressurized liquid extraction high-performance liquid chromatography at equal absorption wavelength method

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00170B, Paper
Zhengming Qian, Qinggui Lei, Dan Tang, Guoying Tan, Qi Huang, Fucai Zhou, Wenhao Wang
Sweet tea is a functional herbal tea with anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and other effects, in which phloridzin and trilobatin are two functional compounds.
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Aptamer aided plasmonic nano-urchin for reporter free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of cortisol

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00401A, Paper
Chengyu Li, Jing Hu, Nan Hu, Jianjun Zhao, Qianwen Li, Yanhui Han, Yanxiong Liu, Xufang Hu, Liyan Zheng, Qiu-E Cao
Cortisol is a vital glucocorticoid hormone reflecting stress levels and related disease processes. We present an aptamer functionalized plasmonic nano-urchin (α-FeOOH@Au-aptamer) aided cortisol capturing and Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) analysis...
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Analysis of brominide disinfection by-products in aquaculture water using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–quadrupole–time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00396A, Paper
Weimin Yang, Yi Zhang, Jilong Huang, Xing Yang, Ning Jiang
Background: Halogenic disinfectants have been shown to produce toxic and carcinogenic disinfection by-products (DBPs) during water disinfection. Dibromohydantoin (DBDMH) is a commonly used water disinfectant in aquaculture. Aquaculture water has...
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The preparation of a boronate affinity-based controlled oriented imprinting coating on a silica nanoparticle surface for the separation and purification of shikimic acid in herbal medicine

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00219A, Paper
Yumin Yang, Daojin Li, Bingqian Liu
Shikimic acid (SA) is one of the most effective drugs against the A (H1N1) virus and has high medicinal value.
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Three-dimensional hotspot structures constructed from nanoporous gold with a V-cavity and gold nanoparticles for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00348A, Paper
Yang Xu, Yan Wu, Jianjun Wei, Yuanyu Zhao, Peili Xue
A nanoporous gold V-shaped resonant cavity (NPGVRC) structure constructed with plasmonic resonance coupling effect. The NPGVRC has excellent SERS performance and 3D hotspot properties.
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Filestack: A File Uploader and Powerful APIs to Deliver and Transform App Content

[Sponsored] If you’re building an app that requires a lot of user-generated content and media that needs to be processed, tagged, filtered, or otherwise manipulated in real-time, you definitely want a solution that’s fast and seamless and doesn’t get in the way of your app’s primary functionality. Filestack is a service you’ll want to consider. Here’s what Filestack offers:

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A fair share: On the concerns of high performing States

The Sixteenth Finance Commission must address the concerns of high-performing States




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Design and Synthesis of coumarin-based amphoteric antimicrobials with the biofilm interference and immunoregulation effects

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00721B, Research Article
Qun Tang, Haiyang Zhang, Kasemsiri Chandarajoti, Zirui Jiao, Lianhua Nie, Sai Lv, Jiakun Zuo, Wen Zhou, Xiangan Han
Bacterial infections pose a threat to the health of animals and human being, and the biofilm formation exacerbates the microbial threat. New antimicrobial agents to address this challenge are much...
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561: Web Perf News, Web Sommelier, Data Analytics, and Passkeys

Topics for this one include how do you learn about web performance news? Do you need a web components sommelier? Our thoughts on Syntax going to Sentry, and being able to focus on the things you want to focus on. Passkeys, Arc split screen, and vibe driven development.




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573: Google Reader, Sticky and Overflow, and Figma Thoughts

Chris breaks out his banjo, some thoughts on making music vs recording music, what happened to Google Reader and social reading, what black box properties can't Dave or Chris remember, follow up for dev teams communicating with designers, and what's Adobe going to do about Figma?




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IPL 2024: Most Valuable Performances

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable performances of IPL 2024




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India will outperform global equity markets: Morgan Stanley




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Organic/inorganic heterostructures templated by interfacial instability-driven BCP colloids in deformable emulsion droplets

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8174-8180
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00921E, Communication
Yuqing Song, Nan Yan, Lingli Wan, Jingjing Li, Ye Gao
Core–shell colloids are self-assembled in emulsion droplets driven by interfacial instability, which serve as excellent scaffolds for designing organic/inorganic heterostructures.
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Stochastic migrations of Marangoni surfers between two lobes of a dumbbell-shaped confinement

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00914B, Paper
Alakesh Upadhyaya, V. S. Akella
We report an experimental investigation on the stochastic migration dynamics of Marangoni surfers (camphor-infused paper disks) between the two lobes of a dumbbell-shaped chamber.
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Drop deformation in a planar elongational flow: impact of surfactant dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00642A, Paper
Julian Wailliez, Paul Regazzi, Anniina Salonen, Paul G. Chen, Marc Jaeger, Marc Leonetti, Emmanuelle Rio
We measure the deformation of a drop under an extensional flow. The drop is less deformed than for a pure liquid because of the depletion of surfactants at the tips, which we attribute to the adsorption/desorption dynamics of the surfactants.
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Microrheology of gemini surfactants at interfaces and in solutions in the dilute and semidilute regimes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00860J, Paper
Mayssa Medfai, Antonio Stocco, Christophe Blanc, Maurizio Nobili, Martin In
The interface of semidilute Gemini surfactant solutions remains fluid and is less viscous than the bulk. Depletion of the viscosity near the interface plays a key role in microrheology.
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Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
Open Access
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Larissa J. Lubitz, Harden Rieger, Gero Leneweit
An optimized PFC/W emulsion contains 1 mM lipid per 1% (v/v) dispersed phase for an emulsifying monolayer; higher ratios result in triple layers. Low viscosity ratios ηD/ηC ≤ 5 and low PFC volume fractions lead to smaller monodisperse droplets.
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The surface diffusivity of nanoparticles physically adsorbed at a solid–liquid interface

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8446-8454
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00992D, Paper
Troy Singletary, Nima Iranmanesh, Carlos E. Colosqui
This work proposes an analytical model considering the effects of hydrodynamic drag and energy barriers induced by liquid solvation forces to predict the in-plane translational diffusivity of a nanoparticle physically adsorbed on a wetted surface.
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Self-assembly of amphiphilic homopolymers grafted onto spherical nanoparticles: complete embedded minimal surfaces and a machine learning algorithm for their recognition

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8385-8394
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00616J, Paper
D. A. Mitkovskiy, A. A. Lazutin, A. L. Talis, V. V. Vasilevskaya
Amphiphilic macromolecules grafted onto spherical nanoparticles can self-assemble into morphological structures corresponding to the family of complete embedded minimal surfaces. They arise situationally, can coexist and transform into each other.
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Optimality and cooperativity in superselective surface binding by multivalent DNA nanostars

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8515-8523
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00704B, Paper
Open Access
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Christine Linne, Eva Heemskerk, Jos W. Zwanikken, Daniela J. Kraft, Liedewij Laan
Our study shows that DNA nanostars with three binding sites (ligands) can (1) bind superselectively to surfaces based on receptor density, and (2) that interactions between ligands affect the optimum number of ligands required for superselectivity.
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Towards a universal model for the foaming behavior of surfactants: a case study on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00931B, Paper
Muchu Zhou, Reza Foudazi
Foam fractionation offers a promising solution for the separation of surface-active contaminants from water.
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Pickering emulsions for stimuli-responsive transdermal drug delivery: effect of rheology and microstructure on performance

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8621-8637
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00993B, Paper
Open Access
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Simona Migliozzi, Yiting He, Maryam Parhizkar, Yang Lan, Panagiota Angeli
Elucidating the impact of microgels attributes on the microstructure, rheology and functionality of Pickering emulsions.
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Confined bicontinuous microemulsions: nanoscale dynamics of the surfactant film

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8692-8701
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00925H, Paper
Open Access
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Margarethe Dahl, Olaf Holderer, René Haverkamp, Ingo Hoffmann, Kathleen Wood, Jessica Hübner, Thomas Hellweg, Stefan Wellert
A confined bicontinuous C10E4–D2O–n-octane microemulsion is studied using neutron spin echo spectroscopy (NSE). The pore size of the confining matrices determines the dynamics of the confined bicontinuous microemulsion.
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