Reticular chemistry for improving the activity of biocatalysts: Synthesis strategies and advanced characterization techniques

J Liang, Q Chen, J Xue, K Liang - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
Biocatalysis has become an indispensable tool for modern organic synthesis, both in
academia and across pharmaceutical and chemical industries. In the past decade, new …

Silica mitigated calcium mineral scaling in brackish water reverse osmosis

KG Lu, S Ma, D Hua, H Liu, C Li, J Song, H Huang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the autopsies of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes from full-scale, brackish water
desalination plants identify the co-presence of silica and Ca-based minerals in scaling …

Electron transparent nanotubes reveal crystallization pathways in confinement

JM Galloway, ZP Aslam, SR Yeandel, A Kulak… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The cylindrical pores of track-etched membranes offer excellent environments for studying
the effects of confinement on crystallization as the pore diameter is readily varied and the …

Bio‐Inspired Fluorescent Calcium Sulfate for the Conservation of Gypsum Plasterwork

M Burgos‐Ruiz, M Ilett, T Roncal‐Herrero, K Elert… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the potential of bio‐inspired strategies for the synthesis of calcium sulfate
(CaSO4· nH2O) materials for heritage conservation is explored. For this, a nonclassical multi …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of morphology and compositional changes of magnesium alloy using liquid cell TEM

CM Yang, YH Chen, MH Tsai, BBY Hsu, WT Tsai… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (LCTEM) was developed for analyzing the
liquid-phase samples and shows not only the in-situ morphological images of the sample …

Insitu electron microscopy techniques for nanoparticle dispersion analysis of commercial sunscreen

M Ilett, E Naveed, T Roncal-Herrero, Z Aslam… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2023 - Springer
Nanoparticles are common active ingredients within many commercial products including
sunscreen. Consequently, accurate characterisation of nanoparticles in these products is …

Studying crystallisation processes using electron microscopy: The importance of sample preparation

M Ilett, M Afzali, B Abdulkarim, Z Aslam… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comparison of common electron microscopy sample preparation methods for
studying crystallisation processes from solution using both scanning and transmission …

In operando study of gypsum crystal growth through in-cell environmental SEM

A Fantou, A Malchère, A Wozniak, L Roiban… - Journal of Crystal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thanks to their setting ability, hydraulic binder materials (eg, cements, plasters) are used for
a wide variety of applications (eg, construction, medical). The setting reaction occurs through …

Multiscale study of the calcium sulfate hemihydrate-gypsum transformation with diffraction and tomography techniques

M La Bella - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Calcium sulfate hemihydrate–bassanite and calcium sulfate dehydrate–gypsum are two
mineral phases of geological and industrial significance. They are widely present in the …

A Cryo-/Liquid Phase Correlative Light Electron Microscopy Workflow to Visualize Crystallization Processes in Graphene Liquid Cells

L Rutten, M de Beer, R Roverts, EM Sánchez… - 2023 - academic.oup.com
Material formation and development in liquid is an important phenomenon in both synthetic
and biological environments. To better understand the mechanisms of material formation …