The formation of self-assembled monolayers with the possibility of selective activation is an important goal of surface chemistry. In this work, a new surface modifier which creates amino surfaces based on aminopropylsilatrane (APS) with a protected...
The Kummer surface was constructed in 1864. It corresponds to the desingularization of the quotient of a 4-torus by 16 complex double points. Kummer surface is known to play a role in some models of quantum gravity. Following our recent model of the...
Glycans on the surface of bacteria have diverse and essential biological functions and have widely been employed for treating various bacterial infectious diseases. Furthermore, these glycans comprise various functional groups, such as O-, N-, and ca...
Carbon dots (CDs) are zero-dimensional nanomaterials composed of carbon and surface groups attached to their surface. CDs have a size smaller than 10 nm and have potential applications in different fields such as metal ion detection, photodegradation...
Silica nanoparticles (G-SiNPs) blocked with 3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxysilane (GPTS) were newly applied to hydrogel films for improving film coating properties and to distribute the epoxy groups on the film surface. The effects of the content of epo...
The study assessed the influence of pyrolysis temperature on the properties of hickory sawdust and peanut shells based biochar, particularly its pore structure, surface functional groups, and adsorption capacity. Results from SEM analysis demonstrate...
The purpose of this work is the structural analysis of graphene oxide (GO) and by means of a new structural model to answer the questions arising from the Lerf–Klinowski and the Lee structural models. Surface functional groups of GO layers and...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were considered a promising activator for persulfates due to their high electrical conductivity, large specific surface area and low toxicity. The functional groups and surface defects of CNTs could significantly affect their...
This review examines the adsorption of trihalomethanes (THMs) by activated carbon by treating surface hydration and internal pore structure as a continuous and interconnected sequence of phenomena. At pore entrances, an initial hydration layer is fir...
This study investigated the changes in graphitization, surface functional groups, and oxidation behavior of soot particulates along an exhaust pipe of a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy...
During the mining of highly gassy and low-permeability coalbed groups, massive pressure-relieved desorbed coal bed methane (CBM) is stored in the fracture zone and in the gob under the impact of mining activities. Surface wells can cross the fracture...
The influence of the surface chemical properties of the carbon support on the Pd dispersion, activity and stability of Pd(OH)2/C catalyst for the hydrogenolytic debenzylation of tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TADB) was studied in detail. Th...
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have attracted significant attention in photoelectric applications due to their highly tunable electronic and optical properties influenced by a flexible compositional or surface functional group regula...
In total, geodesic surfaces and their generalizations, namely totally umbilical and parallel surfaces, are well-known topics in Submanifold Theory and have been intensively studied in three-dimensional ambient spaces, both Riemannian and Lorentzian....
Activated carbon is a commonly used catalyst and catalyst support. Its abundant surface groups play a key role in catalytic activity and selectivity, and therefore an in-depth investigation of the surface groups of activated carbon is of great signif...
We classify Weingarten conoids in the real special linear group
Pore development and the formation of oxygen functional groups were studied for activated carbon prepared from bamboo (Bambusa bambos) using a two-step activation with CO2, as functions of carbonization temperature and activation conditions (time and...
This paper investigated the rotation minimizing frames that are related to the space curves and the sweeping surfaces that are traced by these frames in the three-dimensional Lie group. Then, the sufficient and necessary conditions for the sweeping s...
Taking a DNA sequence, a word with letters/bases A, T, G and C, as the relation between the generators of an infinite group
Small additions of nanofiber materials make it possible to change the properties of polymers. However, the uniformity of the additive distribution and the strength of its bond with the polymer matrix are determined by the surface of the nanofibers. S...
In the actual industrial production environment, the surface defects of products are subtle, and the number of different types of defect data samples is also quite small. Most deep learning models rely on a large number of training samples and parame...
Negative group delay may be observed in dispersive media with anomalous dispersion in a certain frequency range. The fact that an outgoing wave packet precedes an incoming one does not violate the causality principle but is only a consequence of a wa...
The Lie symmetry group transformation method was used to investigate the partial differential equations that model the motion of a natural convective unsteady flow past to a non-isothermal vertical flat surface. The one-parameter Lie group transforma...
This paper addresses the distributed swarm control problem of multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in Euclidean space with virtual leader. Firstly, to investigate the topology of the neighborhood relations between vehicles, a new time-variant to...
Rapid, sensitive, and reliable detection of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is essential for medical and diagnostic applications due to its important role as a biomarker of chronic inflammation. Here, we report a facile method for the detection of...
The review is devoted to the methods of introducing aryl functional groups to the CNT surface. Arylated nanotubes are characterized by extended solubility, and are widely used in photoelectronics, semiconductor technology, and bioelectrocatalysis. Th...
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a life-threatening opportunistic pathogen, particularly in pregnant women, infants, and the elderly. Currently, maternal vaccination is considered the most viable long-term option for preventing GBS mother-to-infant inf...
The calculation of the surface tension of ordinary organic and ionic liquids, based on a computer algorithm applying a refined group-additivity method, is presented. The refinement consists of the complete breakdown of the molecules into their consti...
We present here a novel resist formulation with active thiol groups at the surface. The material is UV curable, and can be patterned at the micro- and nanoscale by UV nanoimprint lithography. The resist formulation development, its processing, patter...
A growing number of researchers are interested in deploying unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in support of ocean environmental monitoring. To accomplish these missions efficiently, multiple-waypoint path planning strategies for survey USVs are still...
The results of the comparative quantitative study of oxygen-containing groups adsorbed on the surface of carbonized sponge scaffold (CSS), highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), fullerite C60 and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) introduced...
Marine biofouling is a worldwide problem in marine systems. Nowadays, innovative non-toxic antifouling and fouling-release materials are highly desirable. In this study, a strategy for preparing antifouling and fouling-release materials via one-step...
Norway spruce cladding panels were surface charred with a prototype device utilizing a hot plate method. The panels were used to construct a test wall that was exposed to natural weathering for a period of two years. The changes in functional groups...
The benefits of increasing the number of surface hydroxyls on TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) are known for environmental and energy applications; however, the roles of the hydroxyl groups have not been characterized and distinguished. Herein, TiO2 NPs with...
Immobilization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the surface of zeolite has received a great interest due to Au@zeolite’s unique characteristics and high performance for catalysis. In this work we studied the grafting of two different functional...
Two-dimensional transition metal carbides/carbonitrides (MXenes) have broad application prospects in the field of energy storage due to their abundant surface functional groups, tunable interlayer spacing, and excellent electrical conductivity. Howev...
In this work, we identified the characteristics of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of ferrofluid past a radiated stretching surface. Cobalt–kerosene ferrofluid is considered and the impacts of Navier slip and convective heating are addi...
In this paper, the physical adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as methyl chloride (CH3Cl), carbon disulfide (CS2), dimethyl sulfide (C2H6S), and benzene (C6H6) by three models of activated carbon (without a functional group, with a...
Dental composite reconstructive materials (DCRMs) used in caries treatment possess satisfactory functional properties but lack antimicrobial activity, which may lead to secondary caries. This research aimed to modify the DCRM matrix with urethane-dim...
Helical milling can produce Ti-6Al-4V holes, but the combined effects of cutting conditions on wall surface roughness (
Novel spherically shaped organosilica materials with (propyl)ethylenediamine groups were obtained via a modified one-pot Stöber co-condensation method. The porosity of these materials was tuned with the controlled addition of three silica monome...
Lead (Pb) pollution, especially from the incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW), poses a significant threat to the environment. Among all the effective methods, activated carbon (AC) injection serves as an effective approach for lead removal fro...
Vaccine-induced protection against pathogens, especially subunit-based vaccines, are related to antigen properties but mainly in their ability to stimulate the immune system by the use of an adjuvant. Modern vaccines are formulated with a high level...
Potentiometric titration in a fast and simultaneously high-resolution modality was proposed for the identification and quantification of protolytic groups of variable strength at the surface of primary soil particles. The method is implemented by tit...
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the primary etiological agent of sepsis and meningitis in newborns and is associated with premature birth and stillbirth. The development of a licensed vaccine is one of the pending challenges for the World Health Organ...
Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) are widely used in optoelectronic devices such as flat-panel displays and solar cells. A significant optical property of TCOs is their band gap, which determines the spectral range of the transparency of the mater...
The titania pulp—a semi product received from the industrial production of titania white—was submitted for the thermal heating at 400–600 °C under Ar and H2 to obtain TiO2 with different structure and oxygen surface defects. Hea...
In recent years, research has aimed to enhance the environmental friendliness of activated carbon by modifying its surface properties to effectively capture specific harmful gases. This study’s primary goal is to swiftly introduce oxygen functi...
Enhancing the performance of nanofibrous carbons requires the specific chemical functionalization of the surface, while limiting material degradation or causing other detrimental changes in the surface area and pore structures. We compare traditional...
The rapid development of electronic technology has brought convenience and efficiency to the lives of modern people, while emphasizing the need for novel materials with designability and excellent dielectric properties at the same time. In this work,...
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