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Phase Engineering and Interfacial Polarization Synergistic Modulation: High-Efficiency Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Performance of Ti₃C₂Tₓ-based Dielectric Composites

This study presents a high-efficiency electromagnetic wave absorber based on Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene-derived ZnO/TiO₂ ternary composites, which achieves superior attenuation through a synergistic dual-regulation strategy of crystal phase engineering and interfacial polarization that optimizes impedance matching and dielectric loss.

Hongbo Xiao, Zhenqin Lin, Yangdie Chen, Haopeng Cai2026-07-22
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Energy-Efficient Seawater Carbon Removal using Reversible Phenazine-Mediated pH Swings: Insights from Experiments, Modeling, and Machine Learning

This study presents an energy-efficient, long-duration electrochemical seawater carbon removal process using a reversible phenazine–carbon nanotube electrode that achieves record-low energy consumption and high DIC removal rates while generating benign alkaline effluents, with performance limitations and scalable design rules identified through integrated experimental, modeling, and machine learning analyses.

David Kwabi, Bin Yun, Byron Ross2026-07-22
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High-strength and ductile high-entropy alloy via expert-trajectory-guided processing

By utilizing an expert-trajectory-guided optimization network to engineer a unique heterogeneous microstructure, researchers achieved an AlCoCrFeNi 2.5 high-entropy alloy that simultaneously overcomes the strength-ductility trade-off with exceptional room-temperature and intermediate-temperature mechanical properties.

Jie Xiong, Shuya Dong, Bin Cao, Haoran Jiang, Mengwei He, Shuai Chen, Tao Yang, Tong-Yi Zhang2026-07-21
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Esterified Banana Peel Waste as a Sustainable Low-Cost Biosorbent for Heavy Metal Removal from Paint Manufacturing Wastewater: Process Engineering Assessment of pH, Concentration, Contact Time, Dosage, and Regeneration

This study demonstrates that methanol/hydrochloric acid esterified banana peel waste serves as an effective, low-cost biosorbent for removing chromium, nickel, cobalt, and lead from real paint manufacturing wastewater, achieving high removal efficiencies under optimized conditions and enabling metal recovery through acid regeneration.

Muhammad Bilal¹2026-07-21
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Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of Schiff base Bis ((1-chlorophenyl) methylene) carbonohydrazide

This study reports the synthesis and crystal structure of the Schiff base bis((1-chlorophenyl)methylene)carbohydrazide, revealing a non-planar monoclinic arrangement stabilized by dominant O...H-N hydrogen bonds and specific halogen interactions, which suggests its potential as an effective chelating agent in coordination chemistry and materials science.

Christian Jelsch, Abdoulaye Diatta, Mbaye Diagne Mbaye, Ibrahima Goudiaby, Insa Badiane, Emmanuel Wenger, Magatte Camara2026-07-21
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Computer-Aided Drug-Likeness Assessment and Lipinski's Rule of Five Evaluation of Twenty Medicinal Plant Alkaloids Using the MolSoft Molecular Property Prediction Server: A Comparative Computational Study

This study computationally evaluated the drug-likeness and Lipinski's Rule of Five compliance of twenty medicinal plant alkaloids using the MolSoft server, identifying fifteen compounds as promising oral drug candidates while highlighting significant variability in their physicochemical properties.

SHAILENDRA SANJAY SURYAWANSHI, Tanay Aniket Bhingurde2026-07-21
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Ultrafast Hydride Transfer Pathway in Dinitrogen Fixation

This study reports a distinct photochemical pathway for molybdenum-catalyzed dinitrogen fixation where visible-light excitation of a dihydroacridine derivative enables ultrafast, kinetically efficient hydride transfer to convert metal nitride intermediates directly into amides, bypassing the thermodynamic barriers of conventional hydrogenation routes.

Ke Hu, Zijian Zhao, Yun-Shu Cui, Geng-Mu Li, Dan-Dan Zhai, Limei Tian, Weijian Yang, Tinghao Wu, Jing-Ao Fan, Pengju Li (…)2026-07-21