Design of an efficient, tunable and scalable freestanding flexible membrane for filter application

Severe impacts of water contamination on the environment and human health have compelled us to study and design an efficient and reusable filter with tunable pore size.

New insights into the competition between antioxidant activities and pro-oxidant risks of rosmarinic acid

Direct and indirect antioxidant activities of rosmarinic acid (RA) based on HOO˙/CH3OO˙ radical scavenging and Fe(iii)/Fe(ii) ion chelation were theoretically studied using density functional theory at the M05-2X/6-311++G(2df,2p) level of theory.

Microwave-assisted in situ ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone in the presence of modified halloysite nanotubes loaded with stannous chloride

For the composite catalyst, there existed synergetic catalytic effect between the hydroxyl groups and the metal center. All chain growth simultaneously proceeded between the layers or on the surface of HNTs, conducting the in situ ROP.

Hyperpolarised NMR to aid molecular profiling of electronic cigarette aerosols

SABRE hyperpolarisation enhances NMR signals of low concentration nicotine and acrolein and allows quantitative detection in electronic cigarette aerosol solutions.

A thiadiazolopyridine-functionalized Zr(iv)-based metal–organic framework for enhanced photocatalytic synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines under visible light

A photoactive thiadiazolopyridine moiety functionalized UiO-68 isoreticular MOF exhibited an enhanced photocatalytic activity for the synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines between N,N-dimethylanilines and maleimides under visible light.

Structural, optical, electric and dielectric characterization of a NaCu0.2Fe0.3Mn0.5O2 compound

The compound NaCu0.2Fe0.3Mn0.5O2 was synthesized using a solid-state method and it crystallized in a hexagonal system with a R3̄m space group in an O3-type phase.

Correction: Promotional mechanism of enhanced denitration activity with Cu modification in a Ce/TiO2–ZrO2 catalyst for a low temperature NH3-SCR system

Correction for ‘Promotional mechanism of enhanced denitration activity with Cu modification in a Ce/TiO2–ZrO2 catalyst for a low temperature NH3-SCR system’ by Wei Zhang et al., RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 378–388, DOI: 10.1039/d1ra06325a

A method to estimate the size of single-chain nanoparticles under severe crowding conditions

A method to estimate the size of single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs), ring polymers and nanostructured Janus-shaped SCNPs under crowding.

High strength composites from low-value animal coproducts and industrial waste sulfur

Herein we report high strength composites prepared by reaction of sulfur, plant oils (either canola oil or sunflower oil) and brown grease.

Advanced applications of cerium oxide based nanozymes in cancer

Cerium oxide nanozymes possess enzyme mimetic activities with outstanding free radical scavenging activity, facile synthesis conditions, and excellent biocompatibility. Here, we summarise the latest applications of CeO2-based nanozymes in cancer research and treatment.