Soil organisms are recognized as ecosystem engineers and key for aggregation in soil due
to bioturbation, organic matter (OM) decomposition, and excretion of biogenic OM. The …

Membrane fouling remains a tremendous obstacle in the implementation of membrane
technology, which has motivated the use of a wide range of experimental techniques to …

Microbial biomass is increasingly considered to be the main source of organic carbon (C)
sequestration in soils. Quantitative information on the contribution of microbial necromass to …

Hospital-acquired infections arising from implanted polymeric medical devices continue to
pose a significant challenge for medical professionals and patients. Often times, these …

Proteins have been adopted by natural living organisms to create robust bioadhesive
materials, such as biofilms and amyloid plaques formed in microbes and barnacles. In these …

All primary chemical interactions weaken under mechanical stress, which imposes
fundamental mechanical limits on the materials constructed from them. Biological materials …

Membrane technology has been prevalently employed to treat high-saline organic
wastewater, yet the ongoing hurdle of membrane fouling impedes the advancement and …

Proteins are of ubiquitous interest in the Life Sciences but are of interest in the Geosciences
as well because of the significant role these compounds play in the biogeochemical cycling …

The impacts of a model globular protein (bovine serum albumin, BSA) on aggregation
kinetics of graphene oxide (GO) in aquatic environment were investigated through time …

Methotrexate (MTX), a frequently used chemotherapeutic agent, has limited water solubility,
leading to rapid clearance even in local injections. In the present study, we developed folic …