This review focuses on a set of studies about functional bakery products. The literature search was performed on scientific databases ScienceDirect, PubMed, MDPI, BOn, and SciELO, based on some eligibility criteria, and a total of 102 original resear...
Antioxidants of plant extract play an important role in the phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (phyto-AgNPs), providing the reduction of silver ions and capping and stabilization of nanoparticles. Despite the current progress in the studies of ph...
Equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are performed to examine the hydration behavior of Ca2+ and Cl− across a wide range of salt concentrations (from 1 wt.% to 60 wt.% CaCl2) in an aqueous solution. The predicted radial distribution funct...
Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, as a member of the emerging technology of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, are transforming high-power and high-temperature applications due to their superior electrical and thermal properties. Their potential to outp...
One of the most important challenges in polymer science is a rigorous understanding of the molecular mechanisms of rubber elasticity by relating macroscopic deformation to molecular changes and deriving the constitutive stress–strain equation f...
Photo-microbes are well known to demolish rice and fruits, as farmers use chemical pesticides to overcome agricultural problems and economic damage. The use of pesticides in agriculture fails to protect crops in lower concentrations and increases the...
The urgent need for efficient energy storage devices (supercapacitors and batteries) has attracted ample interest from scientists and researchers in developing materials with excellent electrochemical properties. Electrode material based on carbon, t...
In this study, a steady-state thermodynamic equilibrium evaluation of CO2 methanation was conducted. Calculations were performed by solving the material balance equations using the equilibrium constants of CO2 methanation and reverse water–gas...
The flexible models of Novichok agents (A230, A232, and A234) from previous molecular dynamics simulations (MDSs) have been employed to create a parameter set for the Antoine equation of each of the three liquids. Furthermore, for the needs of this p...
This work successfully synthesized green zinc oxide nanoparticles using extracts from strawberry guava leaves (Psidium cattleianum Sabine). Additionally, the reducing effect of the antioxidant extracts obtained through traditional techniques, such as...
Pectin is a renewable polysaccharide valued for its gelling, stabilising, and encapsulating properties, with broad applications in food, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors. However, extraction conditions critically affect its yield, structural in...
A simultaneous steady-state and transient photothermal-lens modality was used for both the thermal and optical parameters of aqueous dispersed systems (carbon and silica nanoparticles, metal iodides, surfactants, heme proteins, albumin, and their com...
Using equivalent electrical circuits (EEC) is not common practice in several areas of physical chemistry. The phonon concept is used in solid-state works but much less frequently in branches of chemistry. Lattice vibration phenomena present a high co...
Plastic waste and water pollution demand circular economy-driven innovations. This review examines metal–organic framework (MOF) synthesis from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste for wastewater treatment. Depolymerized PET yields terephthal...
This review focuses on the rheological behavior of polystyrene (PS) composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), providing an in-depth analysis of how CNT incorporation affects the viscosity, elasticity, and flow properties of these materials....
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) represent a pivotal technology in renewable energy due to their clean and efficient power generation capabilities. Their role in potential carbon mitigation enhances their viability. SOFCs can operate via a variety of a...
Biogels (hydrogels, oleogels, and bigels) are structured systems used as delivery vehicles for bioactive substances. The objective of this study was to provide an updated view of green materials used as biogels, discussing the different aspects relat...
In this research, the use of machine learning techniques for predicting the state of health (SoH) of 5 Ah—21,700 lithium-ion cells were explored; data from an experimental aging test were used to build the prediction model. The main objective o...
Crustacean shells, waste from the seafood industry, have been identified as a potential sustainable material for the adsorption of lead, a potent heavy metal found in the discharge of industrial processes. The dynamics and kinetics of its performance...
The tautomerism in the title compound as a potential long-range proton transfer (PT) switch has been studied by using the DFT and TD-DFT approaches. The data show that in aprotic solvents, the enol tautomer dominates, while the increase in the conten...
Aluminium is an attractive material for proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell bipolar plates as it has a much lower density than steel and is easier to form than both steel and graphite. This work focused on the development of amorphous carbon films dep...
The in situ characterization of catalysts provides important information on the catalyst and the understanding of its catalytic performance and selectivity for a specific reaction. Temperature programmed analyses (TPX) techniques for catalyst charact...
Formation of the excited doublet (D) and quartet (Q) states of free radicals under their photoexcitation is discussed. The relative positions of the D and Q states are compared to the positions of the photoexcited states of organic molecules (Jablons...
In this paper, the benefits of using monodisperse polymeric particles as matrices to immobilize biosystems are presented and discussed. The nature of the polymer (natural, synthetic, or semisynthetic) and immobilization techniques were directly relat...
Multiple intermolecular H-bonding interactions play a pivotal role in determining the macroscopic state of ionic liquids (ILs). Hence, the relationship between the microscopic and the macroscopic properties is key for a rational design of new imidazo...
We have measured the Raman spectra of some oligothiophenes (bithiophene, terthiophene, quarterthiophene, sexithiophene and octithiophene) and polythiophene with wavelengths from 325–1064 nm (3.815–1.165 eV). All of the materials give good...
Troponin C (TnC) is the Ca2+-sensing subunit of troponin that is responsible for activating thin filaments in striated muscle, and, in turn, for regulating the systolic and diastolic contractile function of cardiac muscle. The secondary structure of...
Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) have the potential to revolutionize disease diagnostics and treatment. However, NP interactions with proteins in biological fluids complicate their in vivo control. These interactions often lead to the formation of prot...
In recent years, perovskites have quickly gained popularity in applications related to photonic devices and in photovoltaic applications. Over the last several years, the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) cells based on perovskites has matched the effi...
The surface configurations of the low-index facets of a set of spinel oxides are investigated using DFT+U calculations to derive surface energies and predict equilibrium nanoparticle shapes via the Wulff construction. Two very different conditions ar...
Feed-forward neural networks (NNs) are widely used for the machine learning of properties of materials and molecules from descriptors of their composition and structure (materials informatics) as well as in other physics and chemistry applications. O...
We obtained thorough insight into the capabilities of various computational methods to account for the ligand field (LF) regime in lanthanide compounds, namely, a weakly perturbed ionic body and quasidegenerate orbital multiplets. The LF version of t...
In today’s tech world of digitalization, engineers are leveraging tools such as artificial intelligence for analyzing data in order to enhance their capability in evaluating product quality effectively. This research study adds value by applyin...
The main objective was to evaluate the use of common bean flour (CBF), corn flour, and semolina to obtain instant noodles by means of a hot dry and frying process. The hot drying process was conducted at 60 °C for 4 h, and frying was conducted at...
An organometallic complex of coronene (Cor) and chromium (Cr) was designed and used as a catalyst in a simulated process in which a CO2 molecule is captured, activated, and then reacts with a hydrogen molecule (H2) to yield formic acid (HCOOH). The s...
In this study, the mechanism of the reaction between 4-methyl aniline and hydroxyl free radicals was computed using the M06-2X and CCSD(T) methods, along with the 6-311++G(3df,2p) basis set. The kinetics of the reaction were calculated utilizing the...
Biocidal compositions based on interpolyelectrolyte complexes and a low molecular weight antibiotic can become a promising material for creating biocidal coatings, as they combine wash-off resistance and dual biocidal action due to the biocide and th...
A special type of Streptococcus mutans expressing collagen-binding proteins (CBPs), Cnm, and Cbm, on the cell surface has been shown to be highly pathogenic. It is believed that S. mutans with CBPs that has entered the blood vessel attaches to collag...
Acid mine drainage (AMD), wherein acidic water is generated from pyrite-containing waste rock, can be mitigated by encapsulating pyritic waste rock with cover materials to restrict the inflow of oxygen and water. However, acidic water inevitably form...
Geopolymers are cementitious materials with exceptional mechanical and physical properties, making them suitable for aerospace applications. Considering their excellent performance, the present investigation aims to develop geopolymers with designed...
The geometrical re parameters of trans-azobenzene (E-AB) free molecule were refined by gas electron diffraction (GED) method using available experimental data obtained previously by S. Konaka and coworkers. Structural analysis was carried out by vari...
Bio-inspired superhydrophobic coatings have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their potential in creating self-cleaning and anti-icing surfaces. Drawing inspiration from natural systems such as lotus leaves and insect wings, these...
Electrochemical properties of transition metal complexes are important parameters that should be considered for the successful application of these compounds in catalytic reactions. The proper choice of ligands and the type of its coordination allow...
This study aimed to synthesize magnesium oxide (MgO) using a colloidal starch method for two primary purposes: the removal of chromium (III) ions from synthetic wastewater and the subsequent use of the chromium-containing material as synthetic inorga...
Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP), a NASICON-type material, has gained attention as a promising battery cathode owing to its high sodium mobility and excellent structural stability. Using computational simulation techniques based on classical potentials and density...
This review explores CO2 methanation and steam methane reforming (SMR) as two key thermochemical processes governed by reversible reactions, each offering distinct contributions to carbon-neutral energy systems. The objective is to provide a comparat...
Tutton salts form an isomorphic crystallographic family that has been intensively investigated in recent decades due to their attractive thermal and optical properties. In this work, we report four mixed Tutton crystals (obtained by the slow solvent...
In recent years, ionic liquids (ILs) have served as potential solvents to dissolve organic, inorganic, and polymer materials. A copolymer (for example, Pluronic) can undergo self-organization by forming a micelle-like structure in pure IL medium, and...
Nanomaterials have attracted significant attention in recent decades for their diverse applications, including energy storage devices like supercapacitors. Among these, cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanostructures stand out due to their high theoretical capac...
The design of an antimicrobial coating material has become important in the prevention of infections caused by the transmission of pathogens coming from human contact with contaminated surfaces. With that aim, layered single hydroxides (LSHs) and lay...
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