In-depth investigation into the binding capabilities of palladium-based N-heterocyclic carbenes towards five heavy metals: Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, and As

• Qiao Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Chemical Biology and Environmental Engineering, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2964-6966

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• Xianghe Kong,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Software

  Affiliation School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

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• Qian Ru Li ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: lanwb9011@163.com (WL), lqrnanjing@163.com (QRL)

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

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• Wenbo Lan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lanwb9011@163.com (WL), lqrnanjing@163.com (QRL)

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7670-4798

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