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Spiers Memorial Lecture: Quantum chemistry, classical heuristics, and quantum advantage

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,11-52
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00141A, Paper
Open Access
Garnet Kin-Lic Chan
We describe the problems of quantum chemistry, the intuition behind classical heuristic methods used to solve them, a conjectured form of the classical complexity of quantum chemistry problems, and the subsequent opportunities for quantum advantage.
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DNA TV Show: Terror threat in Delhi after Rohini blast? Police tighten security ahead of Diwali

Many revelations are being made in the investigation of this bomb blast. The connection of the blasts is also being linked to Khalistan.




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'He will play his last game in...': CSK CEO provides massive update on MS Dhoni's IPL future

Dhoni is all set to play his 18th season of the marquee tournament after being retained by his franchise under the 'uncapped player category.'




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Vistara to make last flight today before Air India merger, all you need to know

Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, will fully merge with Air India, also owned by Tata Group.




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Teacher faces backlash for giving extra marks to students for THIS reason

The post has garnered 16 million views, igniting significant debate among social media users.




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Delhi school blast: NIA, NSG join probe; CM Atishi lashes out at centre, says 'situation like Mumbai's underworld era..'

A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA), as well as personnel from the National Disaster Relief Force on Sunday arrived at the site of explosion outside the CRPF school in Prashant Vihar, in Rohini area of national capital, which was rocked by a loud explosion early this morning.




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Erosion of rigid plastics in turbid (sandy) water: quantitative assessment for marine environments and formation of microplastics

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1847-1858
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00122B, Paper
Ali Al-Darraji, Ibukun Oluwoye, Christopher Lagat, Shuhei Tanaka, Ahmed Barifcani
Mechanical degradation (erosion) of plastics in the marine environment has been reported in many literature studies but without quantitative information. Therefore, this study quantified the erosion of some plastics in the marine environment.
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Experimental assessment of low temperature plasma devices for bacterial aerosol inactivation in the air duct of HVAC systems

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1836-1846
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00158C, Paper
Yang Lv, Xiaodong Wang, Beibei Wang, Wenjie Yuan
This study evaluates the effectiveness of low temperature plasma (LTP) devices in the air duct of HVAC systems, achieving 82% bacterial aerosol inactivation under optimal conditions, advocating their use in public buildings to improve air quality.
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Microplastics are effective carriers of bisphenol A and facilitate its escape from wastewater treatment systems

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1811-1820
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00297K, Paper
Wang Li, Bo zu, Lei Li, Jian Li, Jiawen Li, Qiujie Xiang
Microplastics (MPs) pollution is a major issue in aquatic environments.
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Pollution characteristics and risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in surface water of national (freshwater) aquatic germplasm resource reserves in Guangdong Province

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1898-1911
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00425F, Paper
Tao Zhou, Jie Li, Weizhen Zhang, Yanyi Zeng, Yuan Gao, Haiyan Li, Wanling Yang, Yongzhan Mai, Qianfu Liu, Caiqin Hu, Chao Wang
EE2, E1, BPA, NP, and E2 were identified as high-risk substances based on comprehensive ecological risk evaluation and fish are the most sensitive organisms.
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Assessment of the cytotoxicity micro- and nano-plastic on human intestinal Caco-2 cells and the protective effects of catechin

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00408F, Paper
Xiaoxia Wang, Zhongneng Yang, Xiao-Min Ren, Zhenghuan Zhang, Huan He, Xuejun Pan
This study found that PS-M/NPs have a size-dependent cytotoxic effect on the human intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2, mediated by the production of reactive oxygen species. Additionally, catechins were shown to mitigate these adverse effects.
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Polyethylene microplastics affect behavioural, oxidative stress, and molecular responses in the Drosophila model

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00537F, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Himanshu Ranjan, Swetha Senthil Kumar, Sharine Priscilla, Subhashini Swaminathan, Masakazu Umezawa, Sahabudeen Sheik Mohideen
The study highlights the negative effects of PE MPs on motor functions, oxidative stress, and cellular stress responses in Drosophila, emphasizing the broader ecological risks associated with microplastic pollution.
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Quantitative read-across structure–property relationship (q-RASPR): a novel approach to estimate the bioaccumulative potential for diverse classes of industrial chemicals in aquatic organisms

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00374H, Paper
Prodipta Bhattacharyya, Pabitra Samanta, Ankur Kumar, Shubha Das, Probir Kumar Ojha
The Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) is used to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of chemical substances in reference organisms, and it directly correlates with ecotoxicity.
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Emerging investigator series: open dumping and burning: an overlooked source of terrestrial microplastics in underserved communities

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00439F, Paper
Open Access
Kendra Z. Hess, Kyle R. Forsythe, Xuewen Wang, Andrea Arredondo-Navarro, Gwen Tipling, Jesse Jones, Melissa Mata, Victoria Hughes, Christine Martin, John Doyle, Justin Scott, Matteo Minghetti, Andrea Jilling, José M. Cerrato, Eliane El Hayek, Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella
Open dumping and burning of solid waste are widely practiced in underserved communities lacking access to solid waste management facilities. The generation of microplastics from these sites has been overlooked.
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We shall not be moved : how Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher [Electronic book] / Brian Marren.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.




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Van Gogh on art and artists : letters to Emile Bernard [Electronic book] / Vincent van Gogh ; edited and translated by Douglas Lord.

Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, [2013]




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Regional schools in Hellenistic sculpture : proceedings of an international conference held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, March 15-17, 1996 [Electronic book] / edited by Olga Palagia and William Coulson.

Oxford ; Havertown, Pennsylvania : Oxbow Books, 2017.




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Die politische und soziale Bedeutung der Naqsbandiyya in Mittelasien im 15. Jahrhundert [Electronic book] / Jürgen Paul.

Berlin ; Boston : Walter De Gruyter, [2010]




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Political camerawork : documentary and the lasting impact of reenacting historical trauma [Electronic book] / D. Andy Rice.

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]




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Picts : scourge of Rome, rulers of the North [Electronic book] / Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans.

Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2022.




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The marketplace of print : pamphlets and the public sphere in early modern England [Electronic book] / Alexandra Halasz.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.




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The king in the north : the Pictish realms of Fortriu and Ce : collected essays written as part of the University of Aberdeen's Northern Picts project [Electronic book] / Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans [and eight others].

Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2019.




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Johannes Rothes Elisabethleben : Aufgrund des Nachlasses von Helmut Lomnitzer [Electronic book] / hrsg. von Annegret Haase, Martin J. Schubert.

Berlin : Akademie Verlag, [2005]




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Iconoclasm in European Cinema : The Ethics and Aesthetics of Image Destruction [Electronic book] / Chiara Quaranta.

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]




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Gelassene Teilnahme : Formen urbaner Muße im Werk Goethes [Electronic book] / Peter Philipp Riedl.

[s.l.] : Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, 2023.




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The forgotten French [Electronic book] / Nicholas Atkin.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2010]




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Democratization through the looking-glass [Electronic book] / ed. by Peter Burnell.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]




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De la pluma a las letras de molde : Análisis de manuscritos y "editiones principes" de la Edad Moderna [Electronic book] / Jesús Paniagua Pérez, Dario Testi.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]




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Community and identity at the edges of the classical world [Electronic book] / edited by Aaron W. Irvin.

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.




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The Cambridge companion to Gulliver's travels [Electronic book] / edited by Daniel Cook, Nicholas Seager.

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.




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The Cambridge companion to Amy Beach [Electronic book] / edited by E. Douglas Bomberger.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.




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Der Beibringungsgrundsatz : Eine Rechtfertigung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Passivität der nicht beweisbelasteten Partei [Electronic book] / Alexander Morell.

[s.l.] : Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, 2023.




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An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange : Interactions, Transactions and Ethics in Asia and Beyond [Electronic book] / ed. by Jacob Copeman, Lam Minh Chau, Joanna Cook, Nicholas J. Long, Magnus Marsden.

New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2023]




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All in the mix : Race, class and school choice [Electronic book] / Carla De Tona, Bridget Byrne.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2019]




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Test strip coupled Cas12a-assisted signal amplification strategy for sensitive detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1987-1995
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00096J, Paper
Bin Guo, Chong Hu, Zeping Yang, Chu Tang, Chuanxian Zhang, Fu Wang
In this study, we employed Cas12a protein and enzyme-assisted cycle amplification technology with a test strip to establish a precise platform for the detection of UDG enzyme.
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Deciphering fibroblast-induced drug resistance in non-small cell lung carcinoma through patient-derived organoids in agarose microwells

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2025-2038
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01044A, Paper
Qiyue Luan, Ines Pulido, Angelique Isagirre, Julian Carretero, Jian Zhou, Takeshi Shimamura, Ian Papautsky
Agarose microwell platform for modeling lung carcinoma using patient-derived tissues to decipher cancer associated fibroblast-induced drug resistance.
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Direct laser writing-enabled 3D printing strategies for microfluidic applications

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00743J, Tutorial Review
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Olivia M. Young, Xin Xu, Sunandita Sarker, Ryan D. Sochol
This Tutorial Review highlights strategies for leveraging the micron-to-submicron-scale additive manufacturing technique, “direct laser writing”, to enable 3D microfluidic technologies.
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Detection and Identification of Single Ribonucleotide Monophosphates using a Dual In-Plane Nanopore Sensor Made from a Thermoplastic via Replication

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01062G, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Steven A. Soper, Chathurika Rathnayaka, Indu Chandrasoma, Junseo Choi, Katie Childers, Maximillian Chibuike, Khurshed Akabirov, Farhad Shiri, Adam R Hall, Collin J McKinney, Matthew David Verber, Sunggook Park
We report the generation of ~8 nm dual in-plane pores fabricated in a thermoplastic via nanoimprint lithography (NIL). These pores were connected in series with nanochannels, one of which served...
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High-throughput viscoelastic characterization of cells in hyperbolic microchannels

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01061A, Paper
Open Access
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Felix Reichel, Ruchi Goswami, Salvatore Girardo, Jochen Guck
We use hyperbolic microchannels to create a flow field with linearly increasing velocity, leading to a constant tensile stress to probe the viscoelastic properties of cells. We verify our approach on oil droplets and polyacrylamide beads.
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An economical in-class sticker microfluidic activity develops student expertise in microscale physics and device manufacturing

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2176-2192
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00912B, Paper
Open Access
Priscilla Delgado, C. Alessandra Luna, Anjana Dissanayaka, Oluwamayokun Oshinowo, Jesse J. Waggoner, Sara Schley, Todd Fernandez, David R. Myers
This activity enables students to construct geometrically complex microfluidics at their desk with no specialized equipment. It can be easily transported, and helped students significantly improve their understanding of miniaturization science.
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Correction: Direct laser writing-enabled 3D printing strategies for microfluidic applications

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC90040E, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Olivia M. Young, Xin Xu, Sunandita Sarker, Ryan D. Sochol
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Versatile hybrid technique for passive straight micromixer manufacturing by combining pulsed laser ablation, stereolithographic 3D printing and computational fluid dynamics

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00009A, Paper
Open Access
Bastián Carnero, Yago Radziunas-Salinas, Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Sylvana Varela Ballesta, M. Teresa Flores-Arias
The proposed hybrid technique for passive straight micromixer manufacturing by combining pulsed laser ablation and stereolithographic 3D printing.
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ChemPren: a new and economical technology for conversion of waste plastics to light olefins

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00354C, Perspective
Anne Gaffney, Debtanu Maiti, Debasish Kuila, Gennaro Mafia
With the ever-increasing demand for plastics, sustainable recycling methods is a key necessity.
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Development and Simulation of Annular Flow Photoreactors: Integration of Light-Diffusing Fibers as optical diffusers with Laser Diodes

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00400K, Paper
Open Access
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Sergio Carrillo De Hert, Rafael Lopez-Rodriguez, Michael Di Maso, Jonathan McMullen, Steven Ferguson
Continuous flow chemical photoreactors have emerged as a highly attractive platform, garnering considerable attention in both industry and academia. Utilizing thin channels, these reactors offer a promising solution for achieving...
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Ammonia Decomposition over Low-loading Ruthenium Catalyst Achieved through “Adiabatic” Plasma Reactor

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00509K, Paper
Minhazur Rahman Shawon, Chinwendu Umeojiakor, Anthony Griffin, Jeffrey S. Aguinaga, Jiachun Wu, Derek Patton, Zhe Qiang, Hossein Toghiani, Yizhi Xiang
Electrified catalytic processes for ammonia (NH3) decomposition have been considered as essential technologies for distributed COx-free hydrogen production. Here we show that efficient NH3 decomposition can be achieved over low-loading...
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A computational study of nematic core structure and disclination interactions in elastically anisotropic nematics

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2900-2914
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01616A, Paper
Lucas Myers, Carter Swift, Jonas Rønning, Luiza Angheluta, Jorge Viñals
The structure of isolated disclinations and disclination dipoles in anisotropically elastic nematic liquid crystals is explored via a singular potential computational model.
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A bio-inspired co-simulation crawling robot enabled by a carbon dot-doped dielectric elastomer

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00029C, Paper
Yubing Han, Bori Shi, En Xie, Peng Huang, Yaozhong Zhou, Chang Xue, Weijia Wen, Huayan Pu, Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu
The introduction of NCDs@SiO2 cluster particles not only improves the mechanical and dielectric properties of an elastomer but also exhibits fluorescence and actuation response under the co-stimulation of UV and electricity, respectively.
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Avalanche properties at the yielding transition: from externally deformed glasses to active systems

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01354E, Paper
Open Access
Carlos Villarroel, Gustavo Düring
We investigated the yielding phenomenon under different scenarios of deformation in the quasistatic limit using numerical simulations of soft particles.
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Deformation-dependent gel surface topography due to the elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00139G, Paper
Open Access
Luochang Wang, Qihan Liu
Elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects can roughen a stretched surface although the elastic Poisson’s effect always flattens a stretched surface.
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Achieving controllable and reversible snap-through in pre-strained strips of liquid crystalline elastomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3256-3270
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00037D, Paper
Open Access
James T. Waters, Anna C. Balazs
Deformable, elastic materials that buckle in response to external stimuli can display “snap-through”, which involves a transition between different, stable buckled states.
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