Portable astronomical observation system based on large-aperture concentric-ring metalens by Jianli Wang, Yongting Deng, Chengmiao Wang, Yu Lin, Yeming Han, Junchi Liu, Xiufeng Liu, Hongwen Li, Jan G. Korvink, Yongbo Deng

“…Abstract The core advantage of metalenses over traditional bulky lenses lies in their thin volume and lightweight. Nevertheless, as the application scenarios of metalenses extend to the macro-scale optical imaging field, a contradiction arises between the increasing demand for large-aperture metalenses and the synchronous rise in design and processing costs. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis and protective effects of thymol and its chromatographic fractions from a novel wild mushroom in combating oxidative stress by M. Subbulakshmi, Sugapriya Dhanasekaran, S. Abirami, M. Kannan, R. Palaniappan, Divya Venugopal

“…This study identified a unique isoform of 18S rRNA gene (864 bp) from a novel wild mushroom (SMK-1) (GenBank accession number: SUB3267363). Thin layer chromatographic (TLC) profiling of the methanolic extract of the dried mushroom fruiting bodies of SMK-1 revealed the presence of phenolic and flavonoid fractions with retention factor (Rf) values of 0.955 and 0.927 respectively. …”
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Characterization of the Neurospora crassa GH72 family of Laminarin/Lichenin transferases and their roles in cell wall biogenesis by Apurva Chatrath, Pavan Patel, Protyusha Dey, Stephen J. Free

“…Purified GEL-1 and GEL-2 were used to characterize their enzymatic activities. We employed thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and polyacrylamide carbohydrate gel electrophoresis (PACE) assays to visualize GEL-1 and GEL-2 hydrolase and transferase activities on lichenin and laminarin substrates. …”
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Prestack Inversion Identification of Dolomite Reservoirs in the Fourth Member of the Sinian Dengying Formation in Moxi Area, Sichuan Basin, SW China by Yong Wu, Xuxu Wang, Lu Zhou, Chongyang Han, Lianjin Zhang, Xuemei Lan, Peng Lu

“…The dolomite reservoir of the fourth member of Dengying Formation in Moxi area of Sichuan Basin is thin, is fast in lateral variation, and has P-impedance difference from the surrounding rock; it is difficult to identify and predict the dolomite reservoir and fluid properties by conventional poststack seismic inversion. …”
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Understanding Hydrogen Passivation Mechanism in poly-Si Passivating Contacts via SixNy Composition: Insights From Effusion Studies by Suchismita Mitra, Dirk Steyn, William Nemeth, Sumit Agarwal, Paul Stradins

“…Next, we investigate the mechanism of hydrogen passivation on symmetrical i-poly-Si/SiO2/i-poly-Si structures with different hydrogenating layers namely Si-rich SixNy , Al2O3 and a stack of Al2O3/SixNy, and conclude that a thin 15nm Al2O3 enables the best passivation. We also discuss the possibility of H diffusion in molecular H2 form, most suitable for SiO2 interface passivation, while the atomic hydrogen enables both passivation and de-passivation of interface dangling bonds. …”
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Advancements in photovoltaic efficiency: The role of fluorine-doped CZTS in homojunction solar cells by Milad Yousefizad, Zohreh Golshan Bafghi, Amirmohammad Shahriyari, Andia Javanmardi, Naser Hakimi Raad, Ashraf Ahmadi Shadmehri, Siavosh Samoodi, Negin Manavizadeh, Ali Moafi

“…This research introduces a groundbreaking approach to thin-film solar cells using a novel Fluorine-doped CZTS composition with a new device configuration. …”
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Calculation of the Optimal Magnetic Duty Cycle for a Graded Coaxial Magnet of a Rotary Type Magnetic Refrigerator by Chih-Hao Lee, Pai-Hsiang Cheng, Keh-Chyang Leou, Chih-Ming Hsieh, Yu-Chuan Su

“…The magnet structures are based on neodymium–iron–boron permanent magnets with thin gadolinium (Gd) and gadolinium-terbium alloy (Gd-Tb) plates as AMR materials. …”
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First fluctuation measurements using an Imaging Neutral Particle Analyzer on DIII-D by K.R. Gage, X.D. Du, W.W. Heidbrink, J. Gonzalez-Martin, D. Liu, A.C. Brown

“…The prompt nature of the orbits and thin radial layer found to contribute to synthetic signals suggest INPA passive data may be used to measure the perturbations of confined orbits on a single pass through a plasma instability.…”
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Spectroscopic and Morphological Studies of Metal-Organic and Metal-Free Dyes onto Titania Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Gabriella Di Carlo, Daniela Caschera, Roberta G. Toro, Cristina Riccucci, Gabriel M. Ingo, Giuseppina Padeletti, Luisa De Marco, Giuseppe Gigli, Giovanna Pennesi, Gloria Zanotti, Anna M. Paoletti, Nicola Angelini

“…We have investigated the spectroscopic behavior of three different sensitizers adsorbed onto titania thin films in order to gain information both on the electron transfer process from dye to titania and on the anchorage of the chromophore onto the semiconductor. …”
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Enhancing the Interfacial Property Between UHMWPE Fibers and Epoxy Through Polydopamine and SiO2 Surface Modification by Nengjun Ben, Sulun Jiang, Liping Zhao, Jiale Gong, Lu Shen, Kui Wang, Chenyang Tang

“…Inspired by mussel adhesion, polydopamine (PDA) was deposited onto the surface of UHMWPE fiber to form a thin layer with amino and hydroxyl groups. M‐SiO2 nanoparticles were then adhered to fiber surface via chemical reactions by a “two‐step” or “one‐step” technology. …”
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A wide-spectrum mid-infrared electro-optic intensity modulator employing a two-point coupled lithium niobate racetrack resonator by Hyeon Hwang, Kiyoung Ko, Mohamad Reza Nurrahman, Kiwon Moon, Jung Jin Ju, Sang-Wook Han, Hojoong Jung, Min-Kyo Seo, Hansuek Lee

“…In this study, we introduce an on-chip OIM that operates over a wide wavelength range in the mid-IR, implemented using a racetrack resonator structure in thin film lithium niobate (TFLN). The modulator employs a two-point coupling scheme, allowing active control of the coupling strength to maintain critical coupling and thereby ensuring high modulation extinction across a wide spectral region. …”
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Analytical criterion to prevent thermal overshoot during dynamic curing of thick composite laminates by Jordi Farjas, José Antonio González, Daniel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Norbert Blanco, Marc Gascons, Josep Costa

“…However, these cure cycles can be improved to shorten cure times in thin laminates and may not be good enough to avoid overheating in thick laminates. …”
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Production of Hydrophobic Microparticles at Safe-To-Inject Sizes for Intravascular Administration by Francisca L. Gomes, Francisco Conceição, Liliana Moreira Teixeira, Jeroen Leijten, Pascal Jonkheijm

“…<b>Results:</b> We achieve a PCL MP size distribution of 99.8% below this size limit, and prove that these particles can flow without obstruction through a microfluidic model emulating a thin human blood capillary (4.1 µm × 3.0 µm width × heigh). …”
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Fabrication of Hybrid Materials Based on Waste Polyethylene/Porous Activated Metakaolinite Nanocomposite as an Efficient Membrane for Heavy Metal Desalination Processes by Mahmoud F. Mubarak, Mohamed A. Zayed, Ayman Nafady, Abeer E. L. Shahawy

“…Herein, we report procedures to design and fabricate membranes based on waste polyethylene/porous activated-metakaolinite thin film nanocomposites (WPE/PAMK-TFN). It has been devoted to improving water desalination processes, where efficient removal of trace level (~250 ppm) of toxic heavy metals such as Cd(II), Pb(II), and Cu(II) ions from synthetic wastewater solutions was highly accomplished. …”
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Ischemic Postconditioning Mitigates Retinopathy in Tree Shrews with Diabetic Cerebral Ischemia by Ling Zhao, Qiwei Liao, Yueting Zhang, Shufen Tan, Shuqing Li, Tingyu Ke

“…Tree shrews with diabetes had thinned retina with disordered structures, and these pathological changes were aggravated after cerebral ischemia. …”
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Spherical Accretion in the Schwarzschild Spacetime in the Newtonian Analogous Construct by Shubhrangshu Ghosh, Souvik Ghose, Kalyanbrata Pal, Arunabha Bhadra, Tapas K. Das

“…The NAP formulated by Tejeda & Rosswog (TR13) for Schwarzschild spacetime has been applied to the standard thin accretion disk around a black hole (BH) as well as in the context of streamlines of noninteracting particles accreting onto a Schwarzschild BH, showing good agreement with the exact relativistic solutions. …”
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Preparation of WO3/rGO/BiOBr and its photocatalytic degradation performance for ciprofloxacin wastewater by ZHOU Chaoyun, LING Yulin, JIANG Wenxue, ZHOU Jianhong

“…In addition, CIP degradation rate remained 88.5% after four cycles experiment, indicating WRB had high catalytic efficiency and great stability. Embedding a thin layer of rGO between WO3 and BiOBr was more conducive to the transmission of photo-generated carriers, which effectively improved the performance of heterojunction.…”
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Clinical case of a pelvic fracture with massive retroperitoneal hematoma by D.A. Krishtafor, A.A. Krishtafor, A.V. Tsarev, D.V. Balyk, A.Y. Halushchak, V.A. Pelekh

“…At the emergency laparotomy, a hematoma was found, which spread through the retroperitoneal space to the level of the diaphragmatic crura and the root of the small-bowel mesentery in a relatively thin layer, which explained the impossibility of its visualization by ultrasound or CT. …”
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A Metallo-Dielectric Groove Gap Waveguide Slotted Array Antenna With Hybrid Glide-Symmetric Holes &#x0026; &#x201C;Mushroom&#x201D;-Type Metasurfaces by Panagiotis Petroutsos, Stavros Koulouridis

“…The antenna also involves a printed periodic surface comprising &#x2018;Mushrooms&#x2019; type cells on a thin dielectric substrate. As an effect, this design reduces mutual coupling between parallel slotted array antennas and provides a more compact structure compared to alternative decoupling methods such as vertical corrugation slots, or horn types. …”
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Flow Unit Model of Channel Sand Body and Its Effect on Remnant Oil Distribution: A Case Study of PI Formation in the Eastern Transition Zone of Daqing Oilfield by Yue Zhang, You-liang Ji, Hui-jian Wen, Shi-zhong Ma, Dong-lai Bai, Bin-chi Zhang, Ben-kang Xing

“…Samples were obtained from well B2-60-FB271 and analyzed by the freeze-fluorescence thin section technique. According to the displacement degree, the microscopic remnant oil was divided into three types: (1) free-state remnant oil, (2) semi-free-state remnant oil, and (3) bound-state remnant oil. …”
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