Biochemical engineering
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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made Open
We present the first ever global account of the production, use, and end-of-life fate of all plastics ever made by humankind.
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Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte Open
To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol, from electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R). There are variety of factors that impact…
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Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations Open
Nanomaterials (NMs) have gained prominence in technological advancements due to their tunable physical, chemical and biological properties with enhanced performance over their bulk counterparts. NMs are categorized depending on their size,…
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Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles Open
Hydrogen fuel is considered as the cleanest renewable resource and the primary alternative to fossil fuels for future energy supply. Sustainable hydrogen generation is the major prerequisite to realize future hydrogen economy. The electroc…
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Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications Open
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an emerging class of mixtures characterized by significant depressions in melting points compared to those of the neat constituent components. These materials are promising for applications as inexpensive …
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Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches Open
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate strong biomarker and therapeutic potential and have ge…
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Modelling and Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms Open
The need to design low-cost adsorbents for the detoxification of industrial effluents has been a growing concern for most environmental researchers. So modelling of experimental data from adsorption processes is a very important means of p…
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Cellular uptake of nanoparticles: journey inside the cell Open
Cellular association and trafficking of nanoscale materials enables us to both understand and exploit context-dependent phenomena in various disease states, their pathogenesis, and potential therapeutic approaches.
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A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts Open
The fundamentals related to the oxygen evolution reaction and catalyst design are summarized and discussed.
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Effects of textile dyes on health and the environment and bioremediation potential of living organisms Open
The water is an essential resource for life on the planet and for human development. The textile industry is one of the anthropogenic activities that most consume water and pollute water bodies. Therefore, the present work aims to undertak…
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Understanding Catalytic Activity Trends in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Open
Despite the dedicated search for novel catalysts for fuel cell applications, the intrinsic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of materials has not improved significantly over the past decade. Here, we review the role of theory in und…
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Ammonia for power Open
A potential enabler of a low carbon economy is the energy vector hydrogen. However, issues associated with hydrogen storage and distribution are currently a barrier for its implementation. Hence, other indirect storage media such as ammoni…
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Bright Side of Lignin Depolymerization: Toward New Platform Chemicals Open
Lignin, a major component of lignocellulose, is the largest source of aromatic building blocks on the planet and harbors great potential to serve as starting material for the production of biobased products. Despite the initial challenges …
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Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis Open
Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most poorly utilised of the lignocellulosic biopolymers. Eff…
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Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater: a comprehensive and critical review Open
Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater is of prime importance for a clean environment and human health. Different reported methods were devoted to heavy metal ions removal from various wastewater sources. These methods could be classi…
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Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions Open
Peptide drug development has made great progress in the last decade thanks to new production, modification, and analytic technologies. Peptides have been produced and modified using both chemical and biological methods, together with novel…
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A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health Open
The distribution and abundance of microplastics into the world are so extensive that many scientists use them as key indicators of the recent and contemporary period defining a new historical epoch: The Plasticene. However, the implication…
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Modeling Physiological Events in 2D vs. 3D Cell Culture Open
Cell culture has become an indispensable tool to help uncover fundamental biophysical and biomolecular mechanisms by which cells assemble into tissues and organs, how these tissues function, and how that function becomes disrupted in disea…
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Nanozyme: new horizons for responsive biomedical applications Open
Nanozymes are nanomaterial-based artificial enzymes.
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Advanced Energy Storage Devices: Basic Principles, Analytical Methods, and Rational Materials Design Open
Tremendous efforts have been dedicated into the development of high‐performance energy storage devices with nanoscale design and hybrid approaches. The boundary between the electrochemical capacitors and batteries becomes less distinctive.…
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Role of Biocatalysis in Sustainable Chemistry Open
Based on the principles and metrics of green chemistry and sustainable development, biocatalysis is both a green and sustainable technology. This is largely a result of the spectacular advances in molecular biology and biotechnology achiev…
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Response of Plant Secondary Metabolites to Environmental Factors Open
Plant secondary metabolites (SMs) are not only a useful array of natural products but also an important part of plant defense system against pathogenic attacks and environmental stresses. With remarkable biological activities, plant SMs ar…
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Biological Activity of Ionic Liquids and Their Application in Pharmaceutics and Medicine Open
Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic liquids have become essential players in the fields of synth…
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Plasma–liquid interactions: a review and roadmap Open
Plasma–liquid interactions represent a growing interdisciplinary area of research involving plasma science, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, photolysis, multiphase chemistry and aerosol science. This review provides an assessment of…
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Improving MOF stability: approaches and applications Open
This review summarizes recent advances in the design and synthesis of stable MOFs and highlights the relationships between the stability and functional applications.
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Challenges in the Greener Production of Formates/Formic Acid, Methanol, and DME by Heterogeneously Catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub>Hydrogenation Processes Open
The recent advances in the development of heterogeneous catalysts and processes for the direct hydrogenation of CO2 to formate/formic acid, methanol, and dimethyl ether are thoroughly reviewed, with special emphasis on thermodynamics and c…
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Applications of Continuous-Flow Photochemistry in Organic Synthesis, Material Science, and Water Treatment Open
Continuous-flow photochemistry in microreactors receives a lot of attention from researchers in academia and industry as this technology provides reduced reaction times, higher selectivities, straightforward scalability, and the possibilit…
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Antimicrobial Activity of Some Essential Oils—Present Status and Future Perspectives Open
Extensive documentation on the antimicrobial properties of essential oils and their constituents has been carried out by several workers. Although the mechanism of action of a few essential oil components has been elucidated in many pionee…
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Electrifying Organic Synthesis Open
The direct synthetic organic use of electricity is currently experiencing a renaissance. More synthetically oriented laboratories working in this area are exploiting both novel and more traditional concepts, paving the way to broader appli…
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Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies Open
The hypothesis that 'microplastic will transfer hazardous hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOC) to marine animals' has been central to the perceived hazard and risk of plastic in the marine environment. The hypothesis is often cited and has …