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Solvent-Free Confinement of Ordered Microparticle Monolayers: Effect of Host Substrate and Pattern Symmetry

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01196A, Paper
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Ignaas Jimidar, Mitch de Waard, Gijs Roozendaal, Kai Sotthewes
The self-organisation of individual suspended colloids into ordered structures that can be mediated by confinement has garnered interest recently. Despite the push for solvent reduction for sustainability reasons, the comprehension...
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Obstacle-enhanced spontaneous oscillation of confined active granules

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01027B, Paper
Xue Zhang, Yuxin Tian, Ran Ni, Yong Zhu, Luhui Ning, Peng Liu, Mingcheng Yang, Ning Zheng
Obstacle-enhanced spontaneous oscillation of confined active granules. (a) Without obstacles. (b) With obstacles.
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Biomimetic mineralization of positively charged silica nanoparticles templated by thermoresponsive protein micelles: applications to electrostatic assembly of hierarchical and composite superstructures

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00907J, Paper
Nada Y. Naser, William C. Wixson, Helen Larson, Brandi M. Cossairt, Lilo D. Pozzo, François Baneyx
Exploiting the ability of a solid-binding elastin-like peptide to micellize, we mineralize monodisperse silica nanoparticles whose positive surface charge enables one-step electrostatic assembly of various mono- and bi-material superstructures.
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Percolation transitions in a binary mixture of active Brownian particles with different softness

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00981A, Paper
Monika Sanoria, Raghunath Chelakkot, Amitabha Nandi
Homogeneous active Brownian particle (ABP) systems with purely repulsive interactions are considered to exhibit a simple phase behavior, but various physical attributes of active entities can lead to variation in the collective dynamics.
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Magnetic colloidal single particles and dumbbells on a tilted washboard moir'e pattern in a precessing external field

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01183J, Paper
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Farzaneh Farrokhzad, Nico C. X. Stuhlmüller, Piotr Kuswik, Maciej Urbaniak, Feliks Stobiecki, Sapida Akhundzada, Arno Ehresmann, Daniel de las Heras, Thomas M. Fischer
We measure the dynamical behavior of colloidal singlets and dumbbells on an inclined magnetic moir'e pattern, subject to a precessing external homogeneous magnetic field. At low external field strength single...
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Chronicles of a triathelete

Anu Vaidyanathan talks about her journey as a triathelete in her memoir Anywhere but Home




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Sculpting muscles and dreams

Mr.Madurai contest has been shaping the ideals and aspirations of city body builders. A.SHRIKUMAR takes a peek into what goes on behind the stage




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Editorial. Small-scale commercial nuclear reactors, the way forward

It is increasingly being realised that achieving net-zero is not possible without nuclear energy




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Editorial. Incentives for vehicle scrappage need to be better

The 2021 scheme spoke of a 5 per cent discount by OEMs which has now been cut sharply, with caveats that it would be applicable only on select models, and for one or two years




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Editorial. SEBI’s take on household financial savings clears the air

SEBI has calculated net primary and secondary market investment in equity and debt based on actual data at its disposal




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SBI appoints Debasish Mishra as Chief General Manager of its New Delhi Circle

Debasish Mishra has experience across Credit, Operations, Forex, IT, HR, and MSME sectors, both in India and overseas



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Delhi Insurance Ombudsman Office clears all complaints of 2023-24

All 3,443 complaints received in 2023-24 have been disposed, says Sunita Sharma, Insurance Ombudsman 



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The Circle / directed by: Mort Ransen ; produced by: John Kemeny ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2020




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Monkey on the Back / directed by: Julian Biggs ; produced by: Grant McLean ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2016




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Man arrested and 20 stolen motorcycles worth ₹15 lakh recovered in Nandyal




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Konaseema to have wider roads, bridges for movement of ONGC vehicles




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Anantapur enforcement dirve: police register over 3,000 cases against violators of Motor Vehicle Act

In the drive conducted over one week, police register 12 cases against gambling dens, arrest 59 persons and seize more than ₹1.91 lakh cash, says SP P. Jagadeesh




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Kerala’s nuclear power dilemma

Experts suggest exploring alternative energy sources, such as solar power




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Processes, terms and cycles [electronic resource] : steps on the road to infinity : essays dedicated to Jan Willem Klop on the occasion of his 60th birthday / Aart Middeldorp [and others] (eds.)

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2005]




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An introduction to the circle method [electronic resource] / M. Ram Murty, Kaneenika Sinha.

Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2023]




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2021 batch MBBS students of Karnataka also seek mercy attempt to clear first professional examination

This year, more than 50 MBBS students of the 2021 batch of RGUHS failed to clear their backlogs, and have sought a mercy attempt like in the case of students of 2019 and 2020 batches




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Norton Motorcycles announces top level changes




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Kotigobba 2 review: A self-indulgent star vehicle




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Shaping cycles with light: a regiodivergent approach to tetracyclic aza-aromatic compounds

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01606H, Research Article
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Clara Mañas, Belén Ibarra, Estíbaliz Merino
We present a novel visible light-promoted regiodivergent cyclization, enabling the selective synthesis of distinct azapolyaromatic regioisomers from 2-alkynlazobenzenes.
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Stereoselective access to furan-fused [5.5.0] bicyclic heterocycles enabled by gold-catalyzed asymmetric [8 + 4] cycloaddition

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01841A, Research Article
Xunhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Xiaoxun Li
A gold-catalyzed asymmetric [8 + 4] cycloaddition was developed to afford highly functionalized furan/pyrrole-fused [5.5.0] polycyclic heterocycles with good diastereo- and enantioselectivity.
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Structure determination of difficult-to-crystallize organic molecules by co-crystallization of a phosphorylated macrocycle

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6358-6366
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01498G, Research Article
Heng Li, Zhijin Li, Juli Jiang, Chen Lin, Leyong Wang
This work reported that 37 different difficult-to-crystallize guest molecules were co-crystallized with the host macrocycle F[3]A1-[P(O)Ph]3 at room temperature, and the molecular structures of the guests could be determined by SCXRD.
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Visible light-induced aerobic photooxidative cleavage of C(sp3)–C(sp2) σ-bonds of allylarenes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6385-6392
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01243G, Research Article
Jinyu Tang, Xi Zhao, Jinxuan Ni, Yanping Huo, Yang Gao, Xianwei Li, Yan Liu, Keiji Maruoka, Qian Chen
A cleavage of C(sp3)–C(sp2) σ-bonds of allylarenes to aromatic aldehydes and ketones has been achieved via a visible light-induced photocatalysis.
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Well-defined chiral dinuclear copper-catalyzed tandem asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence toward chiral 2-oxazolidinone derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6319-6326
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01368A, Research Article
Yu Lan, Peng Liu, Zekai Fang, Lili Shao, Qilong Cai, Xiaoming Wang
A variety of chiral 2-oxazolidinones was obtained via a dinuclear copper-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence of propargylic esters with alkyl amine hydrochlorides and CO2.
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Activation of donor–acceptor cyclopropanes under basic conditions: ring opening of 2-(p-siloxyaryl)cyclopropane 1,1-dicarboxylates with nitro compounds and other C-nucleophiles

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6483-6494
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01472C, Research Article
Yulia A. Antonova, Andrey A. Tabolin
A new activation mode for donor–acceptor cyclopropanes was proposed and implemented in their reaction with nitro compounds and other common C-nucleophiles.
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Recent advances in asymmetric synthesis of chiral benzoheterocycles via Earth-abundant metal catalysis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6534-6557
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01686F, Review Article
Jinhui Cai, Wenting Zhang, Usman Muhammad, Weishuang Li, Yanjun Xie
This review mainly focus on the assembly of chiral benzoheterocycles, such as dihydrobenzofurans, chromans, indolines, tetrahydroquinolines, etc., via Earth-abundant metal-catalyzed (Cu, Fe, Ni, and Ti) asymmetric synthesis in the last few decades.
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Stereocontrolled synthesis of heterocycles from unactivated alkynes by photoredox/nickel dual-catalyzed cyclization

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01627K, Research Article
Bo-Rong Leng, Feng Yang, Jin-Lian Bai, Yu-Wen Huang, Qing-Quan Liu, Ping Wei, De-Cai Wang, Yi-Long Zhu
We report a nickel/photoredox dual catalysis method for synthesizing heterocyclics from unactivated alkynes and aryl iodides, offering a direct, selective, and green alternative to traditional synthesis with potential in medicinal chemistry.
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Synthesis of oxa-bridged carbocycles via rhodium/Lewis acid catalyzed [3 + 3] and [4 + 3] cycloadditions of carbonyl ylides with donor–acceptor strained carbocycles

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01831A, Research Article
Jiale Li, Lingfei Wang, Pei-Nian Liu, Xingguang Li
A method for cooperative rhodium/Lewis acid-catalyzed cycloadditions of carbonyl ylides with donor–acceptor (D–A) strained carbocycles is described. It affords structurally diverse oxa-bridged carbocycles with high efficiency and stereoselectivity.
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Modular dehydrogenative cross-nucleophile coupling for direct construction of tetrasubstituted carbons

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01641F, Research Article
Peng Wang, Qiang Wang, Meng Wang, Liang Wang, Lubin Xu, Xiong-Li Liu, Fangzhi Hu, Shuai-Shuai Li
An FeCl3-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction for the construction of various types of C–Y (Y = C, N, O, S) bonds with air as a green oxidant.
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Home guard injured after engineering student attempts to flee vehicle checking in Panjagutta




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32 STPs taken up by BRS govt. to cleanse Musi: MLAs

₹3.8k crore STP project was to protect Nalgonda ryots’ farm fields from sewage water




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The building and breaching of Fortress India: chronicling a cycle of cricket dominance

India was invincible at home for 12 years, winning 18 consecutive Test series before New Zealand snapped the record streak in a historic clean sweep. What went into the making of the unbeaten run, what are the consequences of defeat and what does the future look like?




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Dissolution of simulated nuclear waste glass at high surface area to solution volume, high pH and 70 °C: comparison of international simple glass and SON68 glass

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35114-35127
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04936E, Paper
Open Access
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Felix Brandt, Sébastien Caes, Martina Klinkenberg, Juri Barthel, Sanheng Liu, Karel Lemmens, Dirk Bosbach, Karine Ferrand
Long-term dissolution experiments on two nuclear waste glasses indicate a diffusion-controlled dissolution mechanism including the formation of a porous surface altered layer and secondary phases without a resumption to higher rates.
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Morphological analysis of Pd/C nanoparticles using SEM imaging and advanced deep learning

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35172-35183
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06113F, Paper
Open Access
Nguyen Duc Thuan, Hoang Manh Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Nam, Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Hoang Si Hong
In this study, we present a comprehensive approach for the morphological analysis of palladium on carbon (Pd/C) nanoparticles utilizing scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging and advanced deep learning techniques.
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N-doped carbon quantum dots for the selective detection of OCl− ions, bioimaging, and the production of Fe3O4 nanoparticles utilized in the synthesis of substituted imidazole

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35448-35459
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06474G, Paper
Open Access
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Namrata Priyadarshini Hota, Sathiyanarayanan Kulathu Iyer
Nitrogen-doped quantum dots (NCQD) were synthesized by solvothermal means using o-phenylenediamine and L-tartaric acid.
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Self-immolative polydisulfides and their use as nanoparticles for drug delivery systems

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35568-35577
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07228F, Paper
Open Access
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Katharina Völlmecke, Maurice Kramer, Corinna Horky, Oliver Dückmann, Dennis Mulac, Klaus Langer, Dirk Kuckling
Polydisulfide based nanoparticles can be degraded by glutathione (GSH) to deliver hydrophobic drugs.
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Review of iodine behavior from nuclear fuel dissolution to environmental release

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35255-35274
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06494A, Review Article
Open Access
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Chelsie L. Beck, Juan Cervantes, Steven Chiswell, Allison T. Greaney, Katherine R. Johnson, Tatiana G. Levitskaia, Leigh R. Martin, Gavin McDaniel, Stephen Noble, Jason M. Rakos, Brian J. Riley, Andrew Ritzmann, Joel M. Tingey
During nuclear fuel reprocessing, radioiodine, can be released.
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Synthesis and in vitro assessment of gold nanoparticles conjugated with extracts, sterols and pure compounds derived from marine sponges from the Indian and Pacific Oceans

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36115-36131
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04068F, Paper
Open Access
Avin Ramanjooloo, Devesh Bekah, Samson A. Adeyemi, Philemon Ubanako, Lindokuhle Ngema, Yahya E. Choonara, David E. Williams, Elena A. Polishchuk, Raymond J. Andersen, Archana Bhaw-Luximon
The synthesis of gold nanoparticles using extracts, sterols and pure compounds from marine sponges.
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A facile synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles as a nano-sensor to detect levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in human blood and evaluation of their biological activities

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36093-36100
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05024J, Paper
Open Access
Erum Hasan, Ziana Manzar, Nabeel Haroon, Ali Raza, Syed Nawazish Ali, Mehreen Lateef, Sabira Begum
New bioactive magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized and stabilized by 3-aminobenzoic acid (3-ABA) utilized in detection of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
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Upconversion nanoparticles incorporated with three-dimensional graphene composites for electrochemical sensing of baicalin from natural plants

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36084-36092
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06540A, Paper
Open Access
Na Zhang, Yilin Wu, Tian Liang, Yongxiang Su, Xusheng Xie, Tianren Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Keying Zhang, Rongli Jiang
The fabrication of UCNP-3DG and its application in electrochemical detection of Bn in natural plant samples.
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In silico molecular docking and ADMET prediction of biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles: characterization, and in vitro antimicrobial and photocatalytic activity

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36209-36225
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06890D, Paper
Open Access
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Hajara Akhter, Susmita Sarker Ritu, Shahariar Siddique, Fariha Chowdhury, Rehnuma Tasmiyah Chowdhury, Samina Akhter, Mahmuda Hakim
A facile green route to synthesize zinc oxide nanoparticles using watermelon rind extract with antimicrobial and photocatalytic potential.
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Developing Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite with controlled particle size and morphology through optimized processing conditions of low energy solid state reaction

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36264-36272
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07076C, Paper
Open Access
Sarah Baayyad, Fatima-Zahra Semlali, El Kébir Hlil, Tarik Mahfoud, Hassan El Moussaoui, Mounir El Achaby
Soft magnetic materials, like Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4, require high temperatures and regulated environments for their manufacture and processing, which can be highly energy intensive.
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Global carbon market gets green signal at COP29 under Paris Agreement's Article 6

It offers two pathways for countries and companies to trade carbon offsets, supporting the achievement of emission reduction targets set in their climate action plans, or nationally determined contributions




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European banks to extend dealing with Indian clearing firms

Europe’s authorities set the deadline last year after their request for co-supervision of European trades settled through Indian clearing houses was denied by the Reserve Bank of India



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Thousands join effort to clean up catastrophic Spanish floods

Volunteers went to Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences for the first coordinated clean-up organised by regional authorities




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Robot collects melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the robot collected a fragment measuring approximately 5 millimetres in size