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Need clear laws, standard operating procedures to protect workers, manufacturers' interests: GTRI

Amid the ongoing Samsung workers’ strike in Tamil Nadu, economic think tank GTRI suggests seven-step strategy to foster a more stable industrial environment in the country




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Govt may bring flex fuel vehicles on a par with EVs

Mulls reducing GST, offering support to crops to boost ethanol output




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Vehicle scrappage policy receives lukewarm response: Auto dealers

State incentives boost scrappage uptake, but space limitations hinder progress




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200-member CISF team to guard Nuclear Fuel Complex at Rawatbhata

Located around 50 km from Kota, the facility is key for meeting fuel needs of upcoming nuclear reactors




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HYDRAA clears encroachments on Bam Rukn Ud-Dowlah lake

High tension prevailed in Kings Colony and Shastripuram areas as the houses of some VIPs were allegedly demolished




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ISSF Junior World Championship 2024: Pistol shooter Divanshi’s second gold leads India’s clean sweep 

India’s young shooters won five more medals, including two gold on October 4, taking the tally to 21 medals to remain at the top with 13 gold, two silver and six bronze




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Construction of a three-mode sensor based on gold nanoparticles and carbon quantum dots as probes for the detection of thiosemicarbazone

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2127-2134
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00256C, Paper
Zhili Liu, Xiaojun Wang, Jing Li, Wenfeng Zhou, Haixiang Gao, Runhua Lu
A three-mode sensor for thiocarbazone (TSC) was constructed based on gold nanoparticles and carbon quantum dots (CQDs). (A) Synthesis process of CQDs using ginkgo leaves. (B) Colorimetric and chrominance TSC detection. (C) Fluorescence detection of TSC.
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Nanocubic cobalt-containing Prussian blue analogue-derived carbon-coated CoFe alloy nanoparticles for noninvasive uric acid sensing

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00121D, Paper
Yunting Qin, Dan Xiao, Xilan Gao, Xicui Zhang, Yanxue Xu
This work describes an electrochemical sensor for the fast noninvasive detection of uric acid (UA) in saliva.
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An on-line SPE-LC-MS/MS method for quantification of nucleobases and nucleosides present in biological fluids

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00100A, Paper
Yi-Ming Liu, Shuguan Wang, Amani Dickenson, Jinghe Mao, Xiaolin Bai, Xun Liao
A facile on-line SPE-LC-MS/MS method for quantification of nucleobases and nucleosides in urine and saliva.
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Correction: An impedimetric sensor based on molecularly imprinted nanoparticles for the determination of trypsin in artificial matrices – towards point-of-care diagnostics

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY90029D, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Sabrina Di Masi, Marco Costa, Francesco Canfarotta, Antonio Guerreiro, Alicia Hartley, Sergey A. Piletsky, Cosimino Malitesta
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Study on the affinity sites of cadmium's binding to ligands by thermodynamics and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02253F, Paper
Jinsong Yu, Xu Huang, Xiuxiu Wu, Hui Cao, Min Yuan, Tai Ye, Fei Xu
According to the experimental parameters for the interaction of Cd(II) with ligands, the binding sites of Cys and GSH were –SH, –NH2 and –COOH, and the thermodynamic behaviour of Cd(II) with Cys/GSH in boric acid and HEPES buffers was different, exothermic in HEPES but endothermic in boric acid.
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A Multimode Biosensor Based on Prussian Blue Nanoparticle Loaded with Gold Nanoclusters for the Detection of Aflatoxin B1

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02330C, Paper
zhaodi Fu, juan Huang, Wei Wei, zhihui Wu, Xingbo Shi
Herein, a novel fluorescent/colorimetric/photothermal biosensor is proposed for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) detection in food based on Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) (~50 nm), gold nanocluster (AuNCs) and aptamer (Apt) within three...
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Antibody-labeled Gold Nanoparticles Based Resonance Rayleigh Scattering Detection of S100B

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00335G, Paper
tiantian Wang, yonghui Wang, junbo Li
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a sudden brain injury due to an external force that causes a large number of deaths and permanent disabilities every year. S100B has been recognized...
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Rapid detection of monkeypox virus and differentiation of West African and Congo Basin strains using endonuclease restriction-mediated real-time PCR-based testing

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00492B, Paper
Juan Zhou, Fei Xiao, Xiaolan Huang, Jin Fu, Nan Jia, Chunrong Sun, Min Chen, Zheng Xu, Hui Huang, Yi Wang
A novel multiplex ET-PCR assay that integrates PCR amplification, restriction endonuclease cleavage and real-time fluorescence detection was devised to diagnose MPXV infection and distinguish the Congo Basin and West Africa MPXV strains.
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Development of a label-free, sensitive gold nanoparticles-poly (adenine)aptasensing platform for colorimetric determination of aflatoxin B1 in corn

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00605D, Paper
Omid Heydari Shayesteh, Katayoun Derakhshandeh, Akram Ranjbar, Reza Mahjub, Abbas Farmany
In this work, a sensitive colorimetric bioassay method based on poly (adenine) aptamer (polyA apt) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed to the determination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). The polyA...
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Heparin-stabilized gold nanoparticles embedded in graphene for the electrochemical determination of esculetin

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2256-2266
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00229F, Paper
Vinicius José da Silva, Luan Gabriel Baumgarten, Juliana Priscila Dreyer, Edson Roberto Santana, Almir Spinelli, João Paulo Winiarski, Iolanda Cruz Vieira
A conductive nanocomposite consisting of heparin-stabilized gold nanoparticles embedded in graphene was prepared for esculetin determination in tea and jam samples.
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Anti-aggregation colorimetric sensing of cysteine using silver nanoparticles in the presence of Pb2+

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2378-2385
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00351A, Paper
Lihui Mao, Yi Zhang, Huan Zhang, Huili Liu, Yong-ping Gao
In this study, an unmodified AgNPs was synthesized to prepare AgNPs-Pb2+ as a probe for colorimetric sensing of cysteine. We developed a AgNPs colorimetric method for the determination of cysteine in urine, utilizing the anti-aggregation principle.
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On-chip light sheet illumination for nanoparticle tracking in microfluidic channels

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2229-2240
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02290K, Communication
Théo Travers, Gaétan Delhaye, Martinus H. V. Werts, Denis Gindre, Matthieu Loumaigne
A simple and inexpensive method is presented to efficiently integrate light sheet illumination in a microfluidic chip for dark-field microscopic tracking and sizing of nanoparticles.
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A new colorimetric aptasensor for paraquat detection based on the designed aptamer with multiple paraquat binding sites in combination with gold nanoparticles

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2340-2348
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00053F, Paper
Pakawat Kongpreecha, Sineenat Siri
Given paraquat's environmental health risks, there is a need for a fast and simple detection method. This study presents a novel colorimetric aptasensor with a tailored aptamer, boosting sensitivity by targeting multiple paraquat binding sites.
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A simple and rapid colorimetric detection of Staphylococcus Aureus relied on the distance-dependent optical properties of silver nanoparticles

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02189K, Paper
Ngoc Anh Thu Phan, Hoang Men Nguyen, Cam Duyen Thi Vo, Toi Vo Van, Phuoc Long Truong
The quick and accurate diagnosis of pathogens has appeared as a pressing issue in clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food safety. The current assays are suffering from limited capacities in...
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Quantifying platinum binding on protein-functionalized magnetic microparticles using single particle-ICP-TOF-MS

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00268G, Paper
Open Access
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Veronica C. Bradley, Benjamin T. Manard, Lyndsey Hendriks, Daniel R. Dunlap, Amber N. Bible, Ada Sedova, Patricia Saint-Vincent, Brian C. Sanders, Hunter B. Andrews
This work describes an analytical procedure, single particle-inductively coupled plasma-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-TOF-MS), that was developed to determine the platinum binding efficiency of protein-coated magnetic microparticles.
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Proximity hybridization based “turn-on” DNA tweezer for accurate and enzyme-free small extracellular vesicles analysis

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00487F, Paper
Jinlin Wu, Xi Mei, Xiaoqin Zhan, Fang Liu, Dongfang Liu
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are a type of extracellular vesicles that carry many types of molecular information. The identification of sEVs is essential for the non-invasive detection and treatment of...
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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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QR codes for security in vehicles




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​Mad doctrine: On Russia’s revision of its nuclear doctrine

Any threat of use of nuclear weapons must be viewed seriously 




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A decade of pyridine-containing heterocycles in US FDA approved drugs: a medicinal chemistry-based analysis

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00632A, Review Article
Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Shivani Jaiswal, Deepak Kukkar, Roshan Kumar, Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Abhay M. Gaidhane, Sorabh Lakhanpal, K. Nagendra Prasad, Bhupinder Kumar
The present review is a concerted effort to cover drugs bearing pyridine rings approved in the last decade, and it provides thorough discussion and commentary on their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics together with in-depth structural analysis.
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High-level committee formed to facilitate clearances for companies that signed MoU, says Minister

Constant monitoring was being done now from the time of signing of MoUs to providing employment in new industrial units, says Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa




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A premium for cleanliness

If you’re looking at buying a home, take a pick from one of India’s cleanest cities.




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Ferrari's Leclerc fined for swearing

Stewards at the Brazilian race summoned Leclerc on Friday, acting on a report from the governing FIA's media delegate and after reviewing a written transcript.




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Cleaning the Augean stables

Urjit Patel’s book is a tongue-in-cheek comment on the futility of bad-loan recovery in Indian banking




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Paddy MSP up 5.35% to ₹2,300 per quintal as Cabinet clears MSP hikes for 14 kharif crops

MSPs for bajra, arhar dal, maize offer highest margins above production costs; Cabinet nod for Varanasi airport expansion, new Maharashtra port, wind energy projects in Gujarat and T.N., forensic infrastructure development




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‘Outstanding work’: IIT-M team makes mineral nanoparticles with water

Infusing soil with silica nanoparticles made using the technique could transform agriculture




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Cabinet clears new scheme to supply virus-free planting material

It will cover all farmers, regardless of their landholding size or socioeconomic status: Ministry




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Cabinet clears 7 schemes with ₹ 14,235.30 crore for agriculture sector

Digital Agriculture Mission, which has an outlay of ₹2.817 crore and aims to create a consolidated database on crop data, among initiatives to get nod; schemes to boost nutritional security and livestock production also approved




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Decks cleared for Adani’s coal project in Australia: Envoy




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Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8303-8311
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00866A, Paper
Kseniia Grafskaia, Qian Qin, Jie Li, Delphine Magnin, David Dellemme, Mathieu Surin, Karine Glinel, Alain M. Jonas
Flexible oligomers having precise sequences of nucleobases do not specifically recognize surface-grafted target chains at low grafting density. Moderately higher grafting densities promote sequence-specific recognition thanks to chain stretching.
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Geometrical impacts of platonic particles on nematic liquid crystal dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00870G, Paper
Stiven Villada-Gil, Monirosadat Sadati, Juan D. Ospina-Correa, Daniel A. Olaya-Muñoz, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz, José A. Martínez-González
In this work, we studied the defect dynamics of platonic-like colloidal particles immersed in a nematic liquid crystal under flow conditions, analyzing the behavior of disclinations for each of these polyhedra.
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Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles for injectable hydrogel-based bone tissue engineering

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00670D, Paper
Piyaporn Srisura, Yuwaporn Pinyakit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Pongsakorn Yuntasiri, Khoiria Nur Atika Putri, Theerapat Chanamuangkon, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Varol Intasanta, Voravee P. Hoven
Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles well-dispersed in aqueous solution can be integrated into an injectable hydrogel made of methacrylated hyaluronic acid which is a promising material for bone regeneration applications.
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Controlling wall–particle interactions with activity

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8395-8406
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00634H, Paper
Open Access
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Luke Neville, Jens Eggers, Tanniemola B. Liverpool
The interaction between a disk and wall in an active nematic depends on a combination of activity and anchoring, with contractile nematics repelling disks with planar anchoring.
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Nanoconfinement effects on the dynamics of an ionic liquid-based electrolyte probed by multinuclear NMR

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8436-8445
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01058B, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Andrei Filippov, Maiia Rudakova, Victor P. Archipov, Faiz Ullah Shah
Diffusivity is controlled by exchange of ions between “narrow” and “large” pores that results in an abnormal temperature variation. Li+ ions are solvated inside the porous glasses and their diffusivity remains slower as compared to the organic ions.
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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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Enhanced gravitational trapping of bottom-heavy Janus particles over parallel microgrooves

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00989D, Paper
Yan Wen, Jiayu Liu, Wei Wang, Pik-Yin Lai, Penger Tong
We report a systematic study of barrier-crossing dynamics of bottom-heavy self-propelled particles (SPPs) over a one-dimensional periodic potential landscape $U_0(x)$, which is fabricated on a microgroove-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. From...
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Long-lived unidirectional flow of active particles within long narrow channels

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00879K, Paper
Man Xu, Ying Lan, Yuehua Yang, Hongyuan Jiang
We present the dynamics of particles in a device divided into two chambers by V-shaped barriers and connected by a narrow channel. Here three distinct movement modes occur, including stochastic movement, oscillation and unidirectional flows.
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Dynamical crossovers and correlations in a harmonic chain of active particles

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8638-8653
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00350K, Paper
Subhajit Paul, Abhishek Dhar, Debasish Chaudhuri
We explore the dynamics of a tracer in a harmonic chain of active particles, investigating the influence of interactions. Depending upon the time-scales governed by the interaction and the persistence of activity, we explore crossovers between different scaling behaviors of its dynamics.
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Model predictive control of non-interacting active Brownian particles

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8581-8588
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00902A, Paper
Titus Quah, Kevin J. Modica, James B. Rawlings, Sho C. Takatori
Model predictive control is used to guide the spatiotemporal distribution of active Brownian particles by forecasting future states and optimizing control inputs to achieve tasks like dividing a population into two groups.
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The role of macrocycles in supramolecular assembly with polymers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8549-8560
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01053A, Review Article
Ruslan Kashapov, Yuliya Razuvayeva, Elena Fedorova, Lucia Zakharova
Supramolecular self-assembly of polymers with macrocycles has attracted the attention because it enables the spontaneous creation of nanostructures with unique properties.
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Ring-shaped nanoparticle assembly and cross-linking on lipid vesicle scaffolds

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01010H, Communication
Open Access
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Gizem Karabiyik, Aldo Jesorka, Irep Gözen
We show the assembly and cross-linking of carboxylate-modified polystyrene nanoparticles into flexible circular, ring-shaped structures with micrometer sized diameters around the base of surface-adhered giant lipid vesicles.
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