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ISSN electronic edition: 1336-9075
Registr. No.: MK SR 9/7

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Volume 77, Number 4 / 2023, Pages 1773 – 2327

Under deposit corrosion failure: mitigation strategies and future roadmap	1773	–	1790
Aref Shokri and Mahdi Sanavi Fard
Ca-mediated Nenitzescu synthesis of 5-hydroxyindoles	1791	–	1795
Arezo Teymori, Anna Sedaghat, and Farzad Kobarfard
Two-step strategy for the comprehensive utilization of tobacco stem	1797	–	1808
Xinyu Yang, Zechun Liu, Jiangsheng Liu, Jie Zheng, Xingyong Li, Shuirong Li, Yueyuan Ye, Wei Xie, Jianping Zhang, Hongqiao Lan, Dechao Wang, and Zhifeng Zheng
Fabrication of pectin-based stimuli responsive hydrogel for the controlled release of ceftriaxone	1809	–	1819
Sadaf Hafeez, Atif Islam, Abdullah Khan Durrani, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt, Shabnam Rehmat, Asma Khurshid, and Shahzad Maqsood Khan
Synthesis of poly (methacrylic acid-co-ethylene glycol methacrylate) as a molecularly printed polymer for histamine detection	1821	–	1833
Marília de A. Oliveira, Maria L. da C. Gonzaga, Bruno S. Araújo, Roselayne F. Furtado, Celli R. Muniz, Alejandro P. Ayala, and Carlucio R. Alves
Enhanced healing of skin wounds in ischemic rabbits using chitosan/hyaluronan/edaravone composite membranes: effects of laponite, carbon and silver-plated carbon nanofiber fillers	1835	–	1841
Katarína Valachová, Karol Švík, Rastislav Jurčík, Ľubomír Ondruška, Csaba Biró, and Ladislav Šoltés
Self-assembly for hybrid biomaterial of uridine monophosphate to enhance the optical phenomena	1843	–	1860
Maroof Ahmad Khan, Yanhong Zhu, Shehwas Kalsoom, Mubashar Ilyas, Maria Zernab, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Younis, Pengfei Wang, Umer Younis, Javed Iqbal, and Hui Li
Study the effect of salicylic acid and π -linkage of electrical and optical properties of organic based solar cell	1861	–	1867
Mustafa M. Kadhim, Nasier Sadoon, Hiba Ahmed Gheni, Safa K. Hachim, Ali Majdi, Sallal A. H. Abdullaha, and Ahmed Mahdi Rheima
Lab-scale testing and evaluation of microbes' ability to reduce oil viscosity	1869	–	1878
Muhammad Murtaza, Irfan Khan, Temoor Muther, Fahad Iqbal Syed, Muhammad Farukh Hunain, Muhammad Shakir, Hassan Aziz, Bariya Khan, Muhammad Anas Siddiqui, Muhammad Fasih, and Ajmal Yousif
Effects of pH on the light-induced photoelectrochemical performances of NiO/ZrO₂ nanoparticles	1879	–	1886
Yongjian Liu, Xuebing Liu, Rui Liu, Shuang Chang, and Dongmei Wu
Kinetics development for controlled mono-methyl amine-ethoxylation reaction using laboratory scale autoclave experiments and process plant reactor data simulations	1887	–	1906
Raghu Raja Pandiyan Kuppusamy, Anita Zade, and Swati Neogi
Response surface methodology for removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions by DMSA@SiO₂@Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite	1907	–	1920
Dinesh Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Atul Jain, Vamika Sharma, Neha Bhardwaj, Sanjeev Puri, and Madhu Khatri
Glutathione (GSH) conjugated Bi₂S₃ NPs as a promising radiosensitizer against glioblastoma cancer cells	1921	–	1928
Ke Wang, Abduladheem Turki Jalil, Marwan Mahmood Saleh, Sona Talaei, and Linlin Wang
Sensitive and effective electrochemical determination of butenafine in the presence of itraconazole using titanium nanoparticles-ionic liquid based nanocomposite sensor	1929	–	1939
Mona A. Mohamed, Nahla N. Salama, Maha A. Sultan, Hadeer F. Manie, and Maha M. Abou El-Alamin
New low-cost, flow-through carbon electrodes characterized in brackish water	1941	–	1950
Arman Molaei, Fareed Ahmed, Ujwala Ail, and Xavier Crispin
Application of electrochemistry technology to effectively inhibit dye pollution and unfixed dye transfer in a washing microenvironment	1951	–	1970
Xu Zhao, Chaoyu Zhang, Zehua Ren, Bingxin Wang, Qingbo Yang, Lihui An, and Jianli Liu
Virtual structure-based docking and molecular dynamics of FDA-approved drugs for the identification of potential IKKB inhibitors possessing dopaminergic activity in Alzheimer’s disease	1971	–	1988
Prasada Chowdari Gurram, Sairaj Satarker, Ajmal Nassar, Jayesh Mudgal, and Madhavan Nampoothiri
Structural elucidation of a Mn(III) derivative anchored with a tetradentate Schiff base precursor: in vitro cytotoxicity study	1989	–	1998
Kuheli Das, Manasa G. Shetty, Sindhoora K. Melanthota, Babitha K. Sundara, Sudeshna Kar, Chiara Massera, Eugenio Garribba, Amitabha Datta, and Nirmal Mazumder
Comparative study on the toxicity of biosynthesized and chemically synthesized gold nanoparticles	1999	–	2007
Wenjing Zhou, Rui Yang, Sujuan Yu, Chungang Yuan, and Jingfu Liu
Through-container detection of tea tree oil adulteration using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)	2009	–	2017
Joel B. Johnson, Parbat Raj Thani, and Mani Naiker
Facile one-pot synthesis of silver nanoparticles embedded alginate beads: synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity	2019	–	2030
Sarah Constance Motshekga
Azo-guanidine-based novel molecules for dye-sensitized solar cell applications: a density functional theory study	2031	–	2038
Uzma Hashmat, Nasir Rasool, Samia Kausar, and Ataf A. Altaf
Simple and rapid preparation of homemade SPME PDMS fibers and their application to the analysis of personal care products in water samples	2039	–	2049
Ana C. Heredia, Jerónimo Cabrera-Peralta, Iran Ocaña-Rios, and Araceli Peña-Alvarez
Chemical blowing strategy synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon from coal tar pitch for high-performance lithium-ion batteries	2051	–	2061
Feng Shi, Quanrun Liu, He He, Baolin Xing, Guangxu Huang, Jianbo Jia, and Chuanxiang Zhang
Effect of iron oxide nanoparticles on the thermal characteristics of supramolecular, dendritic and macromolecular capping agents	2063	–	2075
Sherin Philip and Sunny Kuriakose
*Studies of the Croton nepetaefolius* Bail. essential oil and constituents as anticholinesterase agents against Alzheimer’s disease**	2077	–	2088
Camila Caldas Oliveira Passos, Lucas Lima Bezerra, Matheus Nunes da Rocha, Daniela Ribeiro Alves, Márcia Machado Marinho, Emmanuel Silva Marinho, and Selene Maia de Morais
Synthesis and third-order nonlinear properties of D-A-D structure acridone derivatives	2089	–	2101
Jianhong Jia, Ziqiang Zhu, Chengtao Gong, Mingyan Li, Jiuming Zhang, Yinglin Song, and Yuanbin She
Electrochemical behavior of silver during cyanidation in the presence of sulfide minerals	2103	–	2113
M. Mikali, A. Barbouchi, R. Idouhli, A. Abouelfida, A. Yaacoubi, I. Benzakour, H. Faqir, A. Boulaamail, and A. Bacaoui
Green synthesis, characterization and application on the proanthocyanidins-functionalized Fe₃O₄ @ Ag nanoparticles	2115	–	2124
Yamei Lin, Hongxin Zhi, Shengkai Liu, Boyu Chen, Yujie Fu, and Zhiguo Liu
Identification and removal of microplastics from contaminated semi-urban agricultural soil using electrochemical treatment technology	2125	–	2139
Mahesh Shivaswamy, Nisarga K. Gowda, and Sahana Mahesh
Development of a vortex-assisted dispersive micro-solid-phase extraction using reduced graphene oxide/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposites for the determination of chlorfenson pesticide in green tea samples by high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection	2141	–	2149
Nazlıgül Aydin, Zeynep Tekin, Nouha Bakaraki Turan, and Sezgin Bakırdere
Rapid and visual detection of benzoyl peroxide in cosmetics by a colorimetric method	2151	–	2160
Yalei Dong, Yasen Qiao, Yingying Yuan, Haiyan Wang, Lei Sun, and Cuiling Ren
Effect of temperature on water solubility and absorption capacity in BTC-MOFs: a fundamental study for biomedical applications	2161	–	2169
Gaurav Awasthi and Pawan Kumar
Use of smartphone for determination of flutamide in pharmaceuticals: capture on paper approach	2171	–	2182
C. Siddaraju, B. Pallavi, T. L. Pooja, and N. Rajendraprasad
Bovine serum albumin-stabilized gold nanoclusters as fluorescent probe for enzyme-free detection of glyphosate	2183	–	2192
Ziyu Yan, Huiwen Wang, Sihao Wu, Zoujun Peng, Juanhua Lai, and Ping Qiu
ACY1 deficiency: long time monitoring of N-acetylated amino acids concentrations in urine of ACY1 deficient siblings by NMR	2193	–	2199
Iveta Uhliariková, Mária Matulová, Anna Šalingová, and Claudia Šebová
Investigation of open hole area effects on the air dynamic pressure, Froude number, and hydraulics of distillation trays using CFD	2201	–	2217
Sepideh Roshdi, Norollah Kasiri, Javad Ivakpour, and Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi
Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of triterpenoids with N,O-heterocyclic fragments based on 2-formyl-1(2)-ene derivative of methyldihydrobetulonate	2219	–	2227
Mikhail A. Nazarov, Irina A. Tolmacheva, Olga N. Gagarskih, and Victoria V. Grishko
Anti-MUC1 nanobody conjugated by chitosan nanoparticle with enhancement of anti-proliferation activity in breast cancer cell lines	2229	–	2235
Farnaz Khodabakhsh, Shima Shokri, Neda Jalili, Shima Moradi-Kalbolandi, Fariba Dashtestani, and Leila Farahmand
Insight into the structural properties of methyl orange, hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride dyes doped potassium hydrogen phthalate ammonium sulfate crystals and their antibacterial applications	2237	–	2253
R. Nirmalkumar, C. Ranjithdev Inbaseelan, K. Hemalatha, S. Meena, and P. Karuppasamy
3D-QSAR, drug-likeness, ADMET prediction, and molecular docking studies in silico of novel 5-oxo-1-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-thiazolo[3,4-a]quinazoline derivatives as MALT1 protease inhibitors for the treatment of B cell lymphoma	2255	–	2274
Rachid Haloui, Ossama Daoui, Khaoula Mkhayar, Mohamed El Yaqoubi, Souad Elkhattabi, Amal Haoudi, Youssef Kandri Rodi, Fouad Chahdi Ouazzani, and Samir Chtita
Design of a facile, green and efficient graphene oxide-based electrochemical sensor for analysis of acetaminophen drug	2275	–	2294
Muzamil Jalil Ahmed, Shazia Perveen, Syed Ghazanfar Hussain, Arsalan Ahmed Khan, Syed Muhammad Wahaj Ejaz, and Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi
Dye-encapsulated metal–organic framework composites for highly sensitive and selective sensing of oxytetracycline based on ratiometric fluorescence	2295	–	2308
Peng-Chen Su, Long Yu, Mi Yuan, Ling-Xiao Wang, Ming-Tai Sun, Wei-Jie Hu, Hua Tan, and Su-Hua Wang
Enhanced fluorescent probe with high selectivity and sensitivity to hypochlorous acid	2309	–	2315
Fang Fang, Meixia Tan, Yihua Zhang, Lifen Chen, Houzheng Chen, Mei Lin, and Fang Ke
A highly selective fluorescent probe for the detection of exogenous and endogenous hypochlorous acid/hypochlorite	2317	–	2325
Huiqin Wei, Meixia Tan, Yitong Lin, Houzheng Chen, Xinyao Wu, Zhiqiang Zhang, and Fang Ke
Correction to: Efficiency of modified plant guar gum as aid coagulant for removal of diazinon from aqueous solution: optimization by response surface methodology	2327	–	2327
Maryam Dolatabadi, Heidar Meftahizade, Saeid Ahmadzadeh, Fariba Abbasi, Mahdieh Falakian, and Mansour Ghorbanpour