RECONSTRUCTION OF DIVACANCY IN ZIGZAG-BUCKLED SILICENE NANORIBBONS by Van Chinh Ngo, Nguyen Huu Hanh Pham, Thi Kim Quyen Nguyen, Thi Kim Loan Phan, Thanh Tra Vu

“…The results show that the first- and second-order interaction parameters of two atoms of the same type play an important role in the electronic properties of this material. …”
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Understanding Ozone Formation and Carbonyl Contributions in the Seoul Metropolitan Area by Seung-Ha Lee, Ji-Seon Lee, Hyung-Min Lee, Hyeong-Ahn Kwon, Caroline R. Nowlan, Gonzalo González Abad, Rokjin J. Park, Ji-Hoon Park, Soyoung Kang, Hye-Jung Shin, Dai-Gon Kim, Jung-Min Park

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Trace Elements in Sediments of Selected Gutters and Bar – Beach, Lagos, Nigeria by CL Overah, CMA Iwegbue, EK Ossai, GE Nwajei

“…The metals investigated were chromium, lead, arsenic, selenium, cadmium and barium using the atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results obtained further revealed elevated concentrations metals from both selected gutters and the Lagos bar beach. …”
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Trace Elements Concentrations in Water and Aquatic Biota from Ase Creek in Niger Delta by CL Overah, CMA Iwegbue, EK Ossa, GE Nwajei

“…The aforementioned samples were analysed for heavy metals such as selenium, arsenic, chromium, lead, molybdenum, bismuth and cadmium using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) of model Pye Unicam 2900. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE AND HARMFUL EXHAUST GASES OF BIODIESEL FUEL WITH NANOPARTICLE ADDITIVES by MEHMET CELIK, CIHAN BAYINDIRLI

“…Since the physical and chemical properties of the fuel affect the atomization characteristics, it is important for increasing the combustion efficiency. …”
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Positional embeddings and zero-shot learning using BERT for molecular-property prediction by Medard Edmund Mswahili, JunHa Hwang, Jagath C. Rajapakse, Kyuri Jo, Young-Seob Jeong

“…SMILES data represent complex relationships among atoms or elements, rendering them critical for various learning tasks within the field of cheminformatics. …”
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First-principles investigation of Ra doping effects on structural, electronic, and optical properties of BaTiO3 perovskite for solar cell applications by Sonia Chahar, Krishna Kumar Mishra, Rajnish Sharma

“…The orbital nature of Ba, Ra, Ti, and O atoms was analyzed through density of state and projected density of state analyses for pure BaTiO _3 , RaTiO _3 , and Ra-doped BaTiO _3 (x = 0.25, 0.50, 0.75). …”
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The importance of the general system theory for the modern world by Šijan Aleksandar, Karabašević Darjan, Rajčević Dušan

“…The paper explains how diffusion and fragmentation across scientific disciplines created needs within the science that further motivated action to create metatheory that would resolve this fragmentation and atomization through a unique - umbrella approach. The paper then gives an insight into the context of development of General Systems Theory, after which its basic premise and characteristics are presented. …”
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Thin hafnia layer on silicon – Study of interfacial charging and charge transfer by resistometry and photoelectrochemistry by Aldis Šilėnas, Laurynas Staišiūnas, Putinas Kalinauskas, Konstantinas Leinartas, Asta Grigucevičienė, Andžej Lučun, Skirmantė Tutlienė, Eimutis Juzeliūnas

“…Here, interfacial charging in atmosphere of crystalline p-Si with thin hafnia layers deposited using atomic layer deposition and sol–gel techniques were studied by means of the transverse electric resistometry. …”
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Amorphization dependent recrystallisation of Sb2Te3 by Nur Qalishah Adanan, Simon Wredh, Joel K W Yang, Robert E Simpson

“…We show how the level of amorphousness (disorder) of antimony-telluride (Sb _2 Te _3 ) can be controlled using pulsed laser heating, and that the recrystallisation temperature strongly depends on the local atomic configurations in the amorphous structure. …”
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Coalescence of carbon nanotubes while preserving the chiral angles by Akira Takakura, Taishi Nishihara, Koji Harano, Ovidiu Cretu, Takeshi Tanaka, Hiromichi Kataura, Yuhei Miyauchi

“…Abstract Atomically precise coalescence of graphitic nanocarbon molecules is one of the most challenging reactions in sp 2 carbon chemistry. …”
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Levels of some heavy Metals in Cocoyam (<i>Colocasia esculentum</i>) grown on Soil receiving Effluent from a Paint Industry by ED Udosen, EO Akpan, SM Sam

“…The levels of some heavy metals in soil samples and tubers of cocoyam (Colocasia esculentum) grown on  soil receiving paint wastes (PWS) has been investigated using Atomic Absorption spectrophotometer  (Unicam 939/959 model). …”
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Observation of the non-Hermitian skin effect and Fermi skin on a digital quantum computer by Ruizhe Shen, Tianqi Chen, Bo Yang, Ching Hua Lee

“…Abstract Lately, the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) has been demonstrated in various classical metamaterials and even ultracold atomic arrays. Yet, its interplay with many-body dynamics have never been experimentally investigated. …”
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains by Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Roswitha,Rissner

“…Rings of integer-valued polynomials are known to be atomic, non-factorial rings furnishing examples for both irreducible elements for which all powers factor uniquely (absolutely irreducibles) and irreducible elements where some power has a factorization different from the trivial one. …”
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Incommensurable matter-wave jets in quasi-1D geometry by Tadej Mežnaršič, Rok Žitko, Katja Gosar, Jure Pirman, Katja Arh, Matevž Jug, Erik Zupanič, Peter Jeglič

“…Abstract Bose-Einstein condensates subjected to modulation of the interaction between atoms exhibit the emergence of density waves and matter-wave jets with a velocity proportional to the square root of the modulation frequency. …”
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Prokaryotic cellulase gene clusters derived from 2,305 metagenomes by Bing Song, Fernando D. K. Tria, Josip Skejo

“…However, it is a difficult task for any organism to get carbon atoms from the cellulose as it has a highly complex structure. …”
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Automated identification of bulk structures, two-dimensional materials, and interfaces using symmetry-based clustering by Thea Denell, Lauri Himanen, Markus Scheidgen, Claudia Draxl

“…The software implementation is provided in the open-source Python package, MatID, exploiting synergies with popular atomic-structure manipulation libraries and extending the accessibility of those libraries through the NOMAD platform.…”
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Second harmonic generation from bound-state in the continuum-hosted few-layers van der Waals metasurface by Muhammad Naseer, Begum Azra, Su Zhaoxian, Huang Lingling

“…The metasurface sustains BIC at different thickness of the meta-atoms, which is highly desired for maintaining the accuracy in fabrications. …”
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Physicochemical, Major Anions and Heavy Metals in Surface Water and Groundwater at Pb – Zn Mining areas of Ebonyi State, Nigeria by SU Opoke, AD Osayande

“…Heavy metals in borehole samples were analysed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS). Physico-chemical parameters determined. …”
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Cooperative mechanisms of oxide ion conduction in tellurites with secondary bond interactions and Grotthuss-like processes by Zhenyu Zhu, Guanqun Cai, Yuxiang Feng, Juping Xu, Shengqi Chu, Pengfei An, Jianrong Zeng, Wen Yin, Yu Gu, Xiaojun Kuang, Junliang Sun

“…This detailed investigation of the cooperative mechanism with similar Grotthuss process at the atomic scale provides a direction for optimization and discovering oxide ion conducting materials.…”
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