Mints emit diverse scents that exert specific biological functions and are relevance for applications. The current work strives to develop electronic noses can electronically discriminate the emitted by different species of Mint as alternative conventional profiling gas chromatography. Here, 12 sensing materials including 4 metal oxide nanoparticle dispersions (AZO, ZnO, SnO2, ITO), one Metal O...

Layered metal-organic frameworks and nanosheets have been regarded as an important series of low-dimensional materials. Their flexible designability intrinsic porosity allow layered to be differentiated from inorganic counterparts. The present review article is devoted collecting pieces research aiming at exploiting innovative nanomaterials. Spearheaded by introductory part Section 1, the inclu...

the potential risk of metal accumulation in periurban agricultural areas is a matter for concern.the climate characteristics and carbonate content of calcareous agricultural mediterranean soils typical inthese areas favour metal accumulation at the surface level; however there is also a risk of potential metalmobility. our study focuses on the soil properties affecting metal mobility in these s...

The role of molecular dipole moment, charge transfer, and Pauli repulsion in determining the work-function change (Deltaphi) at organic-metal interfaces has been elucidated by a combined experimental and theoretical study of (CH(3)S)(2)/Au(111) and CH(3)S/Au(111). Comparison between experiment and theory allows us to determine the origin of the interface dipole layer for both phases. For CH(3)S...

The charge injection from metallic electrodes into hole transporting layers of organic devices often suffers from deviations from vacuum-level alignment at the interface. Even for weakly interacting cases, Pauli repulsion causes an interface dipole between the metal and conjugated organic molecules (COMs) (so called "push-back" or "cushion" effect), which leads notoriously to an increase of the...

Y(btc) (btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) is a metal-organic framework that exhibits significant adsorption of industrially-relevant gases such as H2, CH4, and O2. Previous studies have noted a surprising lack of close interactions between the adsorbed guest molecules and Y, despite the apparent availability of a “bare-metal” binding site. We have extended our previous work in a detailed inves...

Information on metal binding with fluorescent substances has been widely studied. By contrast, information on metal binding with non-fluorescent substances remains lacking despite the dominance of these substances in aquatic systems. In this study, the metal binding properties of both fluorescent and non-fluorescent substances were investigated by using metal titration combined with two-dimensi...

BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE In this work, an environmental risk assessment of reusing organic waste of differing origins and raw materials as agricultural fertilizers was carried out. An inventory of the heavy metal content in different organic wastes (i.e., compost, sludge, or manure) from more than 80 studies at different locations worldwide is presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS The risk analy...

Abstract Direct Bonded Copper (DBC) is the most popular solution for conventional high-power modules because of superior thermal/electrical/mechanical performance and mature manufacturing. To meet rising demand power density rating, a Double-Sided Cooled (DSC) sandwich structure using dual insulated metal-clad substrates was proposed DBC still dominated substrate selection DSC modules. However,...