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Hydrophobic Porous Polymer Films for the Degradation of Poorly Water-Soluble Dyes by Immobilization of Visible-Light- Responsive Photocatalysts

Hydrophobic porous polymer films immobilized with ZnSe/ZnTe hybrid photocatalysts were fabricated via a modified breath figure method to create a reusable, highly efficient platform for the visible-light degradation of poorly water-soluble dyes by leveraging pore-induced molecular concentration and superior interfacial reaction kinetics.

Prajapati, Sreejith Sreenivasan, Bokyoung Shin, Do Sung Huh2026-08-20
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Computationally-Guided Hapten Design a Highly Specific Paper-Based Immunosensor for On-Site Citalopram Detection in Water and Dietary Supplements

This study presents a computationally guided strategy for designing optimal haptens to generate a highly specific monoclonal antibody, which was subsequently utilized to develop a paper-based immunosensor capable of rapid, on-site detection of citalopram in environmental water and dietary supplements with high sensitivity and negligible cross-reactivity.

Yibo Xia, Hongtao Lei, Zhuzeyang Yuan, Junjun Huang, Hongyi Tan, Yun Kuang, Kun Liu, Chengxian Guo2026-08-20
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Mixed-ligand Cu(II) complexes based on hydrazone and imidazole derivatives: Synthesis, crystal structure and BSA binding interactions

Two novel mixed-ligand Cu(II) complexes featuring hydrazone and methylimidazole derivatives were synthesized and structurally characterized, revealing that they bind to bovine serum albumin via a spontaneous, static quenching mechanism involving hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces, which induces conformational changes and reduces the protein's α-helix content.

Qijun Chen, Fengying Chen2026-08-20
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Carbonation-assisted liberation and integrated recovery of refractory Au/Ag associated with PbSO₄ and BaSO₄ in copper anode slime processing

This study presents a carbonation-assisted hydrometallurgical process that converts PbSO₄ and BaSO₄ in copper anode slime into soluble carbonates to liberate and recover trapped Au and Ag while enabling reagent recycling and minimizing waste.

Zhizhong Liu, Xinhuang Yu, Shizhe Chen, Shuchen Qin, Yuanhao Ren, Rui Ning, Bao Guo, Kaixi Jiang2026-08-20
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Self-Sensitized Upconversion Luminescence of Cs2NaErF6 Nanocrystals Toward Highly Responsive Photodetection under 1532 nm Illumination

This study reports the development of highly responsive 1532-nm photodetectors with a record-breaking responsivity of 4.97 A/W by utilizing Tm³⁺-doped, CaF₂-shell-coated Cs₂NaErF₆ nanocrystals that achieve efficient self-sensitized upconversion luminescence through alleviated concentration quenching.

Xueyuan Chen, Fei Wen, Datao Tu, Liwei Tang, Meng Cui, Shiqi Yu, Meiqi Zhang, Wei Lian, Xiaoying Shang2026-08-20
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Synthesis, Structural Features, and Molecular Docking of Zn(II), Cu(II), Co(II), and Ag(I) Coordination Compounds with 3-(Thien-2-ylidene)-1-pyrroline

This study reports the synthesis, structural characterization, and HER2 molecular docking analysis of a series of Zn(II), Cu(II), Co(II), and Ag(I) coordination compounds with 3-(thien-2-ylidene)-1-pyrroline, demonstrating how metal identity and anion type dictate the resulting composition, nuclearity, and geometry of the complexes.

Julia K. Voronina, Galina A. Razgonyaeva, Aleksandr S. Chistyakov, Maxim A. Shmelev, Igor L. Eremenko2026-08-20
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Surface Tension of Molten Al–Si Alloys Measured by Electromagnetic Levitation and Evaluated Using the Butler Equation

This study utilizes electromagnetic levitation to demonstrate that the surface tension of molten Al–Si alloys decreases linearly with both temperature and silicon concentration, a behavior that contradicts previous reports of nonlinearity and is accurately modeled by the Butler equation under an ideal-solution approximation, suggesting minimal thermodynamic nonideality.

Yusaku SEIMIYA, Haruto YONEYAMA, Shumpei OZAWA2026-08-20
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Conformationally restricted JHA enables picomolar mosquito control through affinity–efficacy decoupling

By introducing a conformational-restriction design to create S-methobutene, researchers achieved a significant enhancement in mosquito control efficacy and stability through the decoupling of binding affinity from functional efficacy, offering a new paradigm for developing next-generation biorational pesticides.

Guan-Heng Zhu, Ze-Yuan Zhang, Zhaowei Wang, Yuan Zou, Xia Wang, Hua-Hong Li, Shu-Ting Fan, Heng Su, Subba Reddy Palli2026-08-19