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Supercapattery: Merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms (2020)
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Chen, G. Z. (2020). Supercapattery: Merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 21, 358-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2020.04.002

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Supercapattery is the generic name for hybrids of supercapacitor and rechargeable battery. Batteries store charge via Faradaic processes, involving reversible transfer of localised or zone-delocalised valence electrons. The forme... Read More about Supercapattery: Merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms.

Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems (2020)
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Taqi, A., Farcot, E., Robinson, J. P., & Binner, E. R. (2020). Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems. Chemical Engineering Journal, 124741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124741

A new mechanism is proposed to provide a viable physical explanation for the action of microwaves in solvent extraction processes. The key innovation is Temperature-Induced Diffusion, a recently-demonstrated phenomenon that results from selective hea... Read More about Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems.

Growth‐Factor Free Multicomponent Nanocomposite Hydrogels That Stimulate Bone Formation (2020)
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Okesola, B. O., Ni, S., Derkus, B., Galeano, C. C., Hasan, A., Wu, Y., …Mata, A. (2020). Growth‐Factor Free Multicomponent Nanocomposite Hydrogels That Stimulate Bone Formation. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(14), Article 1906205. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201906205

Synthetic osteo‐promoting materials that are able to stimulate and accelerate bone formation without the addition of exogenous cells or growth factors represent a major opportunity for an aging world population. A co‐assembling system that integrates... Read More about Growth‐Factor Free Multicomponent Nanocomposite Hydrogels That Stimulate Bone Formation.

A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries (2020)
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Xi, Y., Angulakshmi, N., Zhang, B., Tian, X., Tang, Z., Xie, P., …Zhou, Y. (2020). A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 826, 154201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154201

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Lithium-sulfur batteries have emerged as extraordinarily favorable energy storage devices due to their high specific capacity and energy density, safety and low cost. Unfortunately, the wide applications of lithium-sulfur batteri... Read More about A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Microfluidic formation of highly monodispersed multiple cored droplets using needle-based system in parallel mode (2020)
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Lian, Z., Chan, Y., Luo, Y., Yang, X., Koh, K. S., Wang, J., …He, J. (2020). Microfluidic formation of highly monodispersed multiple cored droplets using needle-based system in parallel mode. ELECTROPHORESIS, 41(10-11), 891-901. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201900403

© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Scale-up in droplet microfluidics achieved by increasing the number of devices running in parallel or increasing the droplet makers in the same device can compromise the narrow droplet-size distribu... Read More about Microfluidic formation of highly monodispersed multiple cored droplets using needle-based system in parallel mode.

Natural fluorapatite dissolution kinetics and Mn2+ and Cr3+ metal removal from sulfate fluids at 35 °C (2020)
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Vandeginste, V., Cowan, C., Gomes, R. L., Hassan, T., & Titman, J. (2020). Natural fluorapatite dissolution kinetics and Mn2+ and Cr3+ metal removal from sulfate fluids at 35 °C. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 389, Article 122150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122150

In light of the consequences of global warming and population growth, access to safe drinking water becomes an ever greater challenge, in particular in low to middle income countries in arid regions. Moreover, mining which may cause acid mine drainag... Read More about Natural fluorapatite dissolution kinetics and Mn2+ and Cr3+ metal removal from sulfate fluids at 35 °C.

In Situ Monitoring of Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation via 129Xe NMR Spectroscopy and Proton MRI (2019)
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Burueva, D. B., Pokochueva, E. V., Wang, X., Filkins, M., Svyatova, A., Rigby, S. P., …Koptyug, I. V. (2020). In Situ Monitoring of Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation via 129Xe NMR Spectroscopy and Proton MRI. ACS Catalysis, 10(2), 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b05000

Simultaneous Tracking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa motility in liquid and at the Solid-Liquid Interface Reveals Differential Roles for the Flagellar Stators (2019)
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Hook, A. L., Flewellen, J. L., Dubern, J.-F., Carabelli, A., Zald, I. M., Berry, R. M., …Alexander, M. R. (2019). Simultaneous Tracking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa motility in liquid and at the Solid-Liquid Interface Reveals Differential Roles for the Flagellar Stators. mSystems, 4(5), Article e00390-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00390-19

Bacteria sense chemicals, surfaces, and other cells and move toward some and away from others. Studying how single bacterial cells in a population move requires sophisticated tracking and imaging techniques. We have established quantitative methodolo... Read More about Simultaneous Tracking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa motility in liquid and at the Solid-Liquid Interface Reveals Differential Roles for the Flagellar Stators.

Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation (2019)
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Castro-Díaz, M., Vega, M. F., Musa, U., Díaz-Faes, E., Barriocanal, C., & Snape, C. (2019). Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation. Fuel, 258, Article 116125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116125

Metallurgical coke makers could reduce carbon emissions and material costs by introducing waste lignin in coke oven charges. Two approaches have been studied here to increase the use of lignin in the preparation of metallurgical coke: lignin deminera... Read More about Evaluation of demineralized lignin and lignin-phenolic resin blends to produce biocoke suitable for blast furnace operation.

Dental resin monomer enables unique NbO2 /carbon lithium‐ion battery negative electrode with exceptional performance (2019)
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Ji, Q., Gao, X., Zhang, Q., Jin, L., Wang, D., Xia, Y., …Cheng, Y. (2019). Dental resin monomer enables unique NbO2 /carbon lithium‐ion battery negative electrode with exceptional performance. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(43), Article 1904961. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201904961

Niobium dioxide (NbO2) features a high theoretical capacity and an outstanding electron conductivity, which makes it a promising alternative to the commercial graphite negative electrode. However, studies on NbO2 based lithium‐ion battery negative el... Read More about Dental resin monomer enables unique NbO2 /carbon lithium‐ion battery negative electrode with exceptional performance.