Diatoms are unicellular microalga found in soil and almost every aquatic environment
(marine and fresh water). Biogenic silica and diatoms are attractive for biotechnological and …

Heavy metals pose a significant threat to ecosystems and human health because of their
toxic properties and their ability to bioaccumulate in living organisms. Traditional removal …

Challenges in quantifying how force affects bond formation have hindered the widespread
adoption of mechanochemistry. We used parallel tip-based methods to determine reaction …

The present study investigated the removal of malachite green dye from aquifers by means
of microalgae-derived mesoporous diatom biosilica. The various process variables (dye …

Formaldehyde (HCHO), as a common volatile organic compound, has a serious impact on
human health in the daily lives and industrial production scenarios. Given the security issue …

Viruses/bacteria outbreaks have motivated us to develop a fabric that will inhibit their
transmission with high potency and long-term stability. By creating a metal-ion-rich surface …

Despite that the currently discovered CRISPR-Cas12a system is beneficial for improving the
detection accuracy and design flexibility of luminescent biosensors, there are still challenges …

Magnesium–aluminum (Mg-Al) and magnesium–aluminum–nickel (Mg-Al-Ni) layered
double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized by the co-precipitation method. The adsorption …

Diatoms have unique silica cellular and metabolic characteristics and can grow in various
environments, including wastewater, facilitating pollutant removal. Diatoms provide a …

Reactive molecular dynamics simulations are used to model the covalent functionalization of
amorphous silica with aromatic hydrocarbons. Simulations show that the surface density of …