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Case studies and theory development in the social sciences [Electronic book] / Alexander L. George and Andrew Bennett.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2005]




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Bildungs- und Kulturzentren als kommunale Lernwelten : Konzepte, Umsetzungen und Perspektiven [Electronic book] / Richard Stang.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2023]




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Beyond the Lines : Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon [Electronic book] / Sarah E. Parkinson.

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2023]




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Between two millstones. Book 1, Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978 [Electronic book] / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ; translated from the Russian by Peter Constantine.

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]




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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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Barron Field in New South Wales : the poetics of Terra Nullius [Electronic book] / Thomas H. Ford and Justin Clemens.

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2023.




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Annual review of comparative and international education 2021. Part B [Electronic book] / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman.

Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.




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Age is a Feeling [Electronic book] / Haley McGee.

London : Nick Hern Books, 2022.




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Morale [electronic resource] : a modern British history / Daniel Ussishkin.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press , 2017.




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Spinless formulation of linearized adiabatic connection approximation and its comparison with second order N-electron valence state perturbation theory

Faraday Discuss., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00054D, Paper
Yang Guo, Katarzyna Pernal
The adiabatic connection (AC) approximation, along with its linearized variant AC0, was introduced as a method of obtaining dynamic correlation energy. When using a complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF)...
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Equivalent cation-tuning to realize a new Ce(IV) fluoride with excellent comprehensive nonlinear optical performances

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,8130-8138
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02088J, Research Article
Bei-Bei Zhang, Wen-Ye Gao, Wei Xu, Liang Ma, Wenlong Liu, Ru-Ling Tang, Sheng-Ping Guo
The acentric Ce(IV) fluoride NH4Ce3F13 is systematically studied, exhibiting the strong SHG effect (1.2 × KDP) and high LIDTs (39 × AGS). It also possesses the largest band gap among NLO materials containing Ce(IV).
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Naphthalene diimide-based crystalline hybrid photochromic materials: Structural types, photochromic mechanism, and applications

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02653E, Review Article
Li Li, Jian-Ge Zeng, Ning-Ning Zhang, Yu Yang-Tao, Shu-Hao Li, Yang Hua
The multifunctional stimuli-responsive photochromic materials significantly expand their application fields, including molecular switching, information storage and encryption, detection and sensing, etc. 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimides (NDIs) have been widely used for the construction...
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A non-equivalent Ni doped La-MOF for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction through oxygen vacancy regulation and electronic structure optimization

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02143F, Research Article
Tongzheng Zhang, Zhaohui Huang, Guanshun Xie, Le Liao, Changqiang Yu, Xiuqiang Xie, Nan Zhang
La/Ni-MOF with oxygen vacancies and regulated electronic structures is prepared and exhibits enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for CO2-to-CO conversion.
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Simple Aliovalent Cation Substitution to Induce Strong Optical Anisotropy Enhancement in Rare Thioantimonates (V) Family

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02280G, Research Article
Qixian Ren, Wangfei Che, Mengmeng Chen, Chen Cui, Yabo Wu, Zhi Su
Thioantimonates containing high oxidation state Sb5+ have proven to exhibit excellent performance in the design of new materials such as infrared optics crystals and lithium-ion batteries. However, as described by...
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Nanoscale sorting of extracellular vesicles via optically-induced dielectrophoresis on an integrated microfluidic system

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1965-1976
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01007D, Paper
Wei-Jen Soong, Chih-Hung Wang, Chihchen Chen, Gwo-Bin Lee
We devised an innovative method for automated sorting of extracellular vesicles (EVs) employing optically-induced dielectrophoresis on an integrated microfluidic chip. EVs of three distinct size categories could be isolated in 1 h at a purity of 86%.
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Operando scanning electron microscopy platform for in situ imaging of fluid evolution in nanoporous shale

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01066J, Paper
Open Access
Artur Davletshin, Wen Song
Fluid-solid interactions in nanoporous materials underlie processes fundamental to nature and the engineered environment, including the thermochemical transformation of argillaceous materials during high-level nuclear waste disposal. Operando fluid-solid resolution at...
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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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Development of wafer-scale multifunctional nanophotonic neural probes for brain activity mapping

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00931A, Perspective
Open Access
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Fu Der Chen, Ankita Sharma, David A. Roszko, Tianyuan Xue, Xin Mu, Xianshu Luo, Hongyao Chua, Patrick Guo-Qiang Lo, Wesley D. Sacher, Joyce K. S. Poon
We explore the development of multifunctional nanophotonic neural probes, integrating microelectrodes, optical emitters, and microfluidic channels for multimodal brain mapping.
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Development of a microfluidic device to enrich and detect zearalenone in food using quantum dot-embedded molecularly imprinted polymers

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00193A, Paper
Marti Z. Hua, Shenmiao Li, M. S. Roopesh, Xiaonan Lu
A QD-MIP based microfluidic device to detect mycotoxin in food.
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A laboratory scale fast feedback characterization loop for optimizing coated catalysts for emission control

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2868-2881
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00168K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Tim Delrieux, Shweta Sharma, Florian Maurer, Paolo Dolcet, Maximilian Lausch, Anna Zimina, Camilo Cárdenas, Patrick Lott, Maria Casapu, Thomas Lennon Sheppard, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt
This work presents a fast and non-invasive photo-based channel analysis approach, which helps to screen and understand the effects of different coating parameters on the activity of noble metal-based oxidation catalyst coated on a ceramic cordierite.
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Trapping bond exchange phenomenon revealed for off-stoichiometry cross-linking of phase-separated vitrimer-like materials

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2961-2968
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00074A, Paper
Takumi Kito, Mikihiro Hayashi
Unusual relaxation and creep properties by the trapping bond exchange phenomenon is revealed for vitrimer-like materials with bond exchangeable domains of quaternized pyridines, in the special case of off- stoichiometric cross-linking condition.
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Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3021-3021
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90038C, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yang Lin, Junqiang Mao, Qingrui Fan, Jianjun Wang
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The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3082-3096
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01497E, Paper
Open Access
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H. Eduardo Roman, Federico Cesura, Rabia Maryam, Igor Levchenko, Katia Alexander, Claudia Riccardi
Non-treated (NT) and plasma-treated (PT) polymeric surfaces display self-affine fractal scaling. The plasma increases both the surface area and the fractal length scales, helping the design of PT interfaces with larger surface areas at the nm scale.
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Morphology of Impact Polypropylene Copolymer Extruded Cast Film Revealed by Confocal Raman Imaging

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00156G, Paper
Chunbo Zhang, Meng Xu, Minqiao Ren, Hongwei Shi, Guoming Liu, Juan Li, Xuanbo Liu, Longgui Zhang, Dali Gao
An impact polypropylene copolymer (IPC), composed of polypropylene (PP) and ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPC), was synthesized through two-stage in-reactor polymerization. A systematic investigation of the crystalline structure, thermal behavior, morphology, and...
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Braiding, twisting, and weaving microscale fibers with capillary forces

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3337-3348
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01732J, Paper
Ahmed Sherif, Maya Winters Faaborg, Cheng Zeng, Michael P. Brenner, Vinothan N. Manoharan
We present a 3D-printed machine that uses repulsive capillary forces to programmably braid, twist, and weave micrometer-scale fibers.
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Effects of Monovalent and Divalent Cations on the Rheology of Entangled DNA

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM00957B, Paper
Open Access
Jennifer Harnett, Simon Weir, Davide Michieletto
In this paper we investigate the effects of varying cation valency and concentration on the rheology of entangled Lambda DNA solutions. We show that monovalent cations moderately increase the viscoelasticty...
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Discovery of new triterpene glycosides from Dendrobium officinale with their α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activity

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12147-12157
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01483A, Paper
Open Access
Pham Hai Yen, Bui Huu Tai, Dan Thi Thuy Hang, Le Doan Tung Lam, Duong Thi Dung, Do Thi Trang, Duong Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Huy Hoang, Phan Thi Thanh Huong, Nguyen Viet Dung, Ngo Anh Bang, Nguyen Duc Duy, Phan Van Kiem
Seven new oleanane saponins were discovered from Dendrobium officinale. These saponins containing 29-noroleana-12,20(30)-dien-28-oic acid framework, caffeoyl, and coumaroyl moieties potentially inhibited α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities.
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Regioselective C(sp2)–H halogenation of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines facilitated by hypervalent iodine(III) under aqueous and ambient conditions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13095-13099
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02090A, Paper
Open Access
Abhinay S. Chillal, Rajesh T. Bhawale, Umesh A. Kshirsagar
An efficient and mild approach has been developed for the regio-selective direct C3 halogenation of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines employing readily available potassium halide salts and a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent at ambient temperature.
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Grind, shine and detect: mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active polyaromatic amide and its application as molecular receptor of monovalent anions or nucleotides

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13227-13236
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02129K, Paper
Open Access
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Jakub S. Cyniak, Artur Kasprzak
The mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active amide, as well as the application of the title compound as molecular receptor of monovalent anions and nucleotides, are described.
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Self-healable, reprocessable and anti-flammable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets based on dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00684D, Paper
Haoxin Niu, Yu Li, Ping Zhang, Wenwen Guo, Xin Wang, Yuan Hu
Self-healable and reprocessable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets were fabricated via dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry.
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Reducing Agent Triggered Templated Synthesis of Dynamic Covalent Poly(disulfide)s Nanonetwork: Remarkable Tuning in Noncovalent Encapsulation Stabilities and Cargo Release

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01109K, Paper
Arun Mondal, S. K. Sujauddin, Dhiman Mondal, Soumya Kolay, Shuvajyoti Sarkar, Mijanur Rahaman Molla
Here, we demonstrated a new methodology for the templated synthesis of cross-linked poly(disulfide)s based dynamic covalent nanonetwork as highly stable potential delivery vehicle in the field of chemotherapeutic applications. The...
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Single-ion quasi-solid-state electrolytes based on sulfonimide-functionalized covalent organic framework

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4529-4541
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00352G, Paper
Haomin Wu, Wencan Ma, Xin Huang, Yifeng Cai, Junheng Li, Qiaobo Liao, Kai Xi, Qiuhong Zhang, Xudong Jia
The COF based SIQSSEs with a high ionic conductivity of 4.3 × 10−4 S cm−1, a high LTN of 0.90. A high initial capacity (150.3 mA h g−1), high retention (99% after 100 cycles), good cycling stability and rate performance in Li/LFP battery test.
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Phase-separated structures of tunable thermoresponsive and matrix polymers for large-scale temperature monitoring coatings

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10886-10892
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01743A, Paper
Risako Shibata, Satoru Matsuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Hiroaki Imai, Yuya Oaki
Layered polydiacetylene (PDA) exhibits a thermoresponsive color change. The thermoresponsivity and large-scale coatability are controlled for medical applications by the intercalated guests and matrix polymer, respectively.
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Multi-scale in silico analysis of the phase separation behavior of FUS mutants

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01512F, Paper
Kalindu S. Fernando, Ying Chau
The computational model predicts the aggregation propensity of intrinsically disordered proteins and their mutants efficiently.
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Navigating predictions at nanoscale: a comprehensive study of regression models in magnetic nanoparticle synthesis

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB02052A, Paper
Open Access
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Lukas Glänzer, Lennart Göpfert, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Ioana Slabu
The transformative power of support vector regression in optimizing magnetic nanoparticle synthesis intricate relationships between process parameters and particle size, enabling the production of particles with tailored properties.
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Extracellular matrix mimetic supramolecular hydrogels reinforced with covalent crosslinked mesoporous silica nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00499J, Paper
Open Access
Aygül Zengin, Shahzad Hafeez, Pamela Habibovic, Matthew Baker, Sabine van Rijt
Here we present a promising strategy to create hybrid, biomimetic supramolecular injectable hydrogels reinforced covalent crosslinked mesoporous silica nanoparticles for tissue engineering applications.
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Toward a gameic world : new rules of engagement from Japanese video games / Ben Whaley.

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2023.







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Looking through the kaleidoscope

How do we develop the mental agility to find creative solutions?




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Life with my noisy roommates Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa

Comedy of errors are wont to occur when a tech writer’s lockdown friends — IoT devices — come out to play




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Quiz on bureaucrats who had other talents

It’s the birth anniversary of poet, playwright and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the most influential writers in German literature. He was also a civil servant for Karl August, the Grand Duke of Weimar and held many administrative posts. This week, we look at civil servants and bureaucrats who had other talents.




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Game Of Thrones, Handmaid's Tale lead Emmy noms

The Emmy nominations for 2018.




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Golden Globes 2019: Rami Malek, Glenn Close win

Who won at the Globes? We tell you!




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Oscars 2019: Rami Malek wins Best Actor

The complete set of winners on Oscar night!



  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Beale Street Could Talk Eric Roth
  • Spike Lee
  • Bohemian RhapsodyPatrick J Don Vito
  • Regina King
  • FavouriteGreen BookRomaA Star Is BornVice
  • Best Live Action Short Film
  • Mary Poppins ReturnsAlexandra Byrne
  • ManEthan Van der Ryn
  • Ballad
  • SZAI
  • Buster ScruggsRuth E Carter
  • Mary Poppins ReturnsEugenio Caballero
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • BorderMary Queen of ScotsVice

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Participation of transition metal atoms in noncovalent bonds

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27382-27394
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03716B, Paper
Steve Scheiner
All metals of the d-block are capable of forming σ and π-hole bonds to a nucleophile. Some of these bonds are typical of noncovalent bonds, but others are strong enough to be characterized as a covalent coordinate bond.
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Near equivalence of polarizability and bond order flux metrics for describing covalent bond rearrangements

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27459-27465
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03337J, Paper
Lukas Kim, Teresa Head-Gordon
Identification of the breaking point for the chemical bond is essential for our understanding of chemical reactivity.
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Lattice thermal conductivity reduction in Ca3AlSb3 and Ca5Al2Sb6 by manipulating the covalent tetrahedral chain

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03574G, Paper
Chi Zhang, Wenya Zhai, Jingyu Li, Jianbo Zhu, Zengfu Ou, Lanwei Li, Peng-Fei Liu, Xiaobing Liu, Yuli Yan, Yongsheng Zhang
Exploring the origins of low thermal conductivity in Ca–Al–Sb compounds reveals structural interactions that enhance phonon scattering. Strategies involve substituting heavier atoms to disrupt covalent chains, thereby reducing thermal conductivity.
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Multi-scale study on the electrochemical behavior and corrosion mechanism of 5083 aluminum alloy with different microstructures in a NaCl environment

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03380A, Paper
Zhijie Dai, Zhengbing Xiao, Dahong Zhao, Sunhang Xiao, Yuanchun Huang, Qingsong Dai
Multi-scale study on the electrochemical behavior and corrosion mechanism of 5083 aluminum alloy with different microstructures in a NaCl environment.
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