📄 chemistry

Sustainable Separation of Actinides and Rare Earth Elements Using Sorbitol-Oleic Acid Derived Bio-Based Solvents: Synthesis and Extraction Performance

This study demonstrates that bio-based solvents synthesized from sorbitol and oleic acid (SOA2 and SOA3) offer a sustainable alternative for separating thorium from rare earth elements with high selectivity, despite exhibiting lower overall extraction capacity compared to conventional organophosphorus extractants like Cyanex and D2EHPA.

Bekir Özkan, Süleyman İnan, Barış Oğuz Gürses2026-10-21
📄 chemistry

Co-evaporated compositionally modulated interfaces in perovskite/Si tandems

This study demonstrates that solvent-free co-evaporation enables the creation of a vertically compositional 2D/3D interface in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, achieving a record 30.93% efficiency and exceptional long-term stability by eliminating bulky organic cations while ensuring coherent crystal connectivity and suppressing defect formation.

Wei Li, Long-Hui Yang, Qi-Bo Yuan, Du qiang, Junke Jiang, Min Zhang, Jungan Wang, Menglei Xu, Guijie Liang, Keith P. McK (…)2026-10-21
📄 medicine

Benzoxazolone and Hydrazone Hybrids: Synthesis, Characterization, Biological Evaluation in Breast Cancer and In Silico Studies

This study reports the synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of a novel series of benzoxazolone-hydrazone hybrids, identifying specific derivatives (notably compound 14) as potent dual inhibitors of aromatase and monoamine oxidase enzymes with promising antiproliferative activity against breast cancer cells and favorable drug-likeness profiles.

Hayrünnisa Taşci, Begüm Nurpelin Sağlık Özkan, Abdullah Burak Karaduman, Birsen Tozkoparan, Nesrin Gökhan Kelekçi2026-10-21
📄 chemistry

An Effective Polyamine-Based Coagulation–Flocculation Approach for Cyanide and Color Removal from Steelmaking Wastewater

This study demonstrates that a sequential chemical oxidation followed by polyamine-based coagulation–flocculation, specifically using a linear polyamine coagulant, effectively removes 98.5% of cyanide and 98.8% of color from steelmaking wastewater, offering a scalable and economically viable treatment solution.

Kiran Kumar Kommanapalli, Apparao Thota, Jhansi Rani Sunkara, Satya V. Ravikumar Bandaru2026-10-21
📄 chemistry

Hybrid Electrochemical-Photochemical System for Metformin Hydrochloride Degradation: Operational Optimization, Kinetics and Toxicity Assessment

This study demonstrates that a hybrid electrochemical-photochemical system utilizing a magnetite-impregnated graphite anode effectively degrades metformin hydrochloride by 95.22% within 75 minutes, following pseudo-first-order kinetics and resulting in a treatment effluent that is non-toxic to yellow onions but remains toxic to broccoli cabbage.

Gabriel Paiva Ourem, Vanessa de Oliveira Marques Cavalcanti, Fernanda Sobreira Silva, Ana Maria Mendonça Albuquerque Mel (…)2026-10-21
📄 chemistry

Characterization and archived CO₂ hydrogenation data for bimetallic catalysts on octahedral ceria

This paper evaluates archived characterization and catalytic data for octahedral ceria-supported CuNi, FeCu, and AuRu catalysts in CO₂ hydrogenation, identifying specific elemental discrepancies and unresolved methodological issues regarding sample identity and carbon balance that prevent definitive conclusions despite partial data corrections.

Muhammad Usman Aslam, Qi Liu, Shengkun Wu, Chunkai Wang, Farzand Ali, Muhammad Azam Khan2026-10-21
📄 chemistry

Inside an Arnoldi Mushroom: Minimally Invasive Multi-Analytical Characterisation of a Nineteenth-Century Papier-Mâché Object

This study demonstrates a minimally invasive, multi-analytical approach combining XRF, Raman, LIBS, UVF photography, and X-ray CT to characterize the materials, pigments, and internal structure of a fragile 19th-century papier-mâché *Amanita muscaria* model from the Arnoldi collection while optimizing laser parameters to prevent damage.

Luana R. Pereira, Diana Capela, Rafael Cavaco, Eva Zikmundová, Jozef Kaiser, Tomáš Zikmund, Ana Freitas, Cristiana Vieir (…)2026-10-21