This study aims to evaluate the behavior of Cardanol/SiO2 nanocomposites in the inhibition of the asphaltene damage based on the coreflooding test at reservoir conditions. The nanocomposite design was performed in Part I (https//doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01114), leading to SiO2 nanoparticles functionalized with different mass fractions of cardanol on the surface of 5 (5CSN), 7 (7CSN), and 9% (9CSN). In this part of the study, the nanocomposite/reservoir fluid interactions were evaluated through interfacial tension measurements and nanocomposite/rock surface interactions using water imbibition and contact angle measurements. Results showed that the designed nanocomposite leads to a reduction of interfacial tension of 82.6, 61.7, and 51.4% for 5CSN, 7CSN, and 9CSN regarding silica support (SN). Whereas, the reduction of the Si-OH functional groups from SiO2 nanoparticles due to the increase of the cardanol content affects the effectiveness of the wettability alteration for 7CSN and 9CSN. Nevertheless, when 5CSN is evaluated, the system is altered from an oil-wet to a mixed-wet state.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/pyrotinib.html  Coreflooding tests at reservoir conditions were performed to evaluate the oil recovery after asphaltene damage, after damage removal and nanofluid injection, and after induction of a second asphaltene damage to check inhibition. Results show that the selected nanocomposites at a dosage of 300 mg·L-1 enhance the oil recovery in comparison with the baseline conditions via the reduction of the interfacial/surface forces at the pore scale and wettability alteration. It is worth to remark that this improvement remains after the second asphaltene damage induction, which proves the high inhibitory capacity of the designed nanocomposite for the asphaltene precipitation/deposition. Also, the use of the nanocomposites favors the oil recovery more than 50% compared to the asphaltene damage scenario.In the present study, SWCNH-COOH and SWCNH-TETA were fabricated using single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWCNHs) via carboxylation and grafting with triethylenetetramine (TETA) for uranium (VI) ion [U(VI)] removal. The morpho-structural characterization of as-prepared adsorbing materials was performed by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Several parameters including the pH value of the aqueous solutions, contact time, temperature, and U(VI) concentration were used to evaluate the sorption efficiency of SWCNH-COOH and SWCNH-TETA. The Langmuir isotherm model could well represent the as-obtained adsorption isotherms, and the kinetics was successfully modeled by pseudo-second-order kinetics in the adsorption process. The maximum adsorption capacity of SWCNH-TETA was calculated as 333.13 mg/g considering the Langmuir isotherm model. Thermodynamic studies showed that adsorption proved to be a spontaneous endothermic process. Moreover, SWCNH-TETA exhibited excellent recycling performance and selective adsorption of uranium. Furthermore, the possible mechanism was investigated by XPS and density functional theory calculations, indicating that the excellent adsorption was attributed to the cooperation capability between uranium ions and nitrogen atoms in SWCNH-TETA. This efficient approach can provide a strategy for developing high-performance adsorbents for U(VI) removal from wastewater.A decacationic water-soluble pillar[5]arene possessing a nonsolvated hydrophobic core has been designed and synthesized. This supramolecular host is capable of binding xenon, as evidenced by hyperCEST depletion experiments. Fluorescence-based studies also demonstrate that xenon binds into the cavity of the pillararene with an association constant of 4.6 × 103 M-1. These data indicate that the water-soluble pillararene is a potential scaffold for building contrast agents that can be detected by xenon-129 magnetic resonance imaging.Our previous investigation on macrophages has allowed us to show that the inhibition of the enzyme proprotein convertase (PC1/3) controls the activation of macrophages. We demonstrated that PC1/3 knockdown (KD) in macrophages exhibits an increased secretion of proinflammatory and antitumoral factors. In this biological context, we assessed the presence of histone modifications and the presence and contribution of a "ghost proteome" in these macrophages. We identified a set of alternative proteins (AltProts) that have a key role in the regulation of various signaling pathways. In this study, to further investigate the underlying mechanisms involved in the resistance of PC1/3-KD macrophages to anti-inflammatory stimuli, we have conducted a proteomic system biology study to assess the epigenome variation, focusing on histone modifications. Results from our study have indicated the presence of significant variations in histone modifications along with the identification of 28 AltProts, which can be correlated with antitumoral resistance under IL-10 stimulation. These findings highlight a key role of altered epigenome histone modifications in driving resistance and indicate that like the reference proteins, AltProts can have a major impact in the field of epigenetics and regulation of gene expression, as shown in our results.Novel fluorocarbon-hydrocarbon hybrid block copolymer electrolytes were synthesized. The block copolymer electrolytes consist of poly(perfluoropropyl sulfonimide) (PC3SI) as a perfluorinated hydrophilic segment and poly(ether ether sulfone) as a hydrocarbon hydrophobic segment. The sulfonimide group of poly(perfluoropropyl sulfonimide) has superacidity, very low equivalent weight (EW = 293 g/equiv), and a proton conductivity of 1.2 × 10-2 S/cm under dry conditions and 25 °C, although soluble in water. The proton conductivity of the block copolymer was 1.7 × 10-3 S/cm at 20% relative humidity and 25 °C, which is three times as high as that of Nafion 112.Four novel TPDCA derivatives were prepared via a supersaturation method combining TPDCA with water, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), Na(PO2H2), and ammonia solution 2(C9H7NO5S)H2O (1), (C9H7NO5S)C5H9NO (2), (C9H7NO5S)Na(PO2H2) (3), and (C9H5NO5S)(NH4)2(H2O) (4). Their crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds (1) and (2) crystallize in the monoclinic space groups P21 and P21/c, respectively, whereas compounds (3) and (4) crystallize in the triclinic space group P1̅. Weak and moderate hydrogen bonds were detected in the four compounds. In the biological tests, (1) and (3) exhibited significant antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus; in addition, (1) was cytotoxic against leukemia HL-60 cells with the IC50 value of 158.5 ± 12.5 μM.