Optical and Structural Investigation of CdSe Quantum Dots Dispersed in PVA Matrix and Photovoltaic Applications by Pallabi Phukan, Dulen Saikia

“…The XRD analysis reveals that CdSe/PVA nanocomposite thin film has a hexagonal (wurtzite) structure. A prototype thin film solar cell of CdSe/CdTe has been synthesized and its photovoltaic parameters were measured.…”
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Reduction of absorption of Ta2O5 monolayers through the suppression of structural defects by employing an appropriate ionic oxygen concentration by Lin Wang, Weili Zhang, Ruijin Hong, Kun Wang, Menglei Wang, Qinmin Wang, Kui Yi, Jianda Shao

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Decomposition and Oriented Growth of YBa2Cu3O7-x Films Prepared with Low Fluorine TFA-MOD Approach by Xiaohui Zhao, Pan Zhang, Yabing Wang, Jie Xiong, Bowan Tao

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Enhanced Conductivity of Multilayer Copper–Carbon Nanofilms via Plasma Immersion Deposition by Haotian Weng, Xiwu Zhang, Xuan Liu, Yunhui Tang, Hewei Yuan, Yang Xu, Kun Li, Xiaolu Huang

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To Enhance Light Extraction for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Body Modification of Substrate by Jun Wang, Chong Wang, Yadong Jiang

“…The two methods of improving light output are simulated and optimized to form body modification. The metal thin film was evaporated on the side of reversal trapezoid shape substrate to form LMRF layer and the MLA with semicircle shape was fabricated on the substrate using normal photolithography process. …”
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Studying the Properties of RF-Sputtered Nanocrystalline Tin-Doped Indium Oxide by Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Marwa Fathy, Moataz B. Soliman

“…The ceramic target of Indium tinoxide (ITO) (90% In2O3-10%SnO2) has been used to prepare transparent semiconductive thin films on glass substrate by RF magnetron sputtering at room temperature. …”
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Dielectric Spectroscopy Analyses of SrBi4Ti4O15 Films Obtained from Soft Chemical Solution by A. Z. Simões, C. S. Riccardi

“…SrBi4Ti4O15 (SBTi) thin films were deposited by the polymeric precursor method on Pt bottom electrodes. …”
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Tunable Filters Using Defected Ground Structures at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies by Kaushik Annam, Birhanu Alemayehu, Eunsung Shin, Guru Subramanyam

“…The DGSs are designed using co-planar waveguide (CPW) line structure on top of a barium strontium titanate (Ba_0.6Sr_0.4TiO₃) (BST) thin film. BST film is used as the high-dielectric material for the planar DGS. …”
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Flexible, Front-Facing Luminescent Solar Concentrators Fabricated from Lumogen F Red 305 and Polydimethylsiloxane by Ian A. Carbone, Katelynn R. Frawley, Melissa K. McCann

“…Bulk-doped devices, fabricated with dye evenly distributed throughout the waveguide, were optimized for light gain with LR305 concentrations between 0.075 and 0.175 g/l. Thin-film devices, fabricated with a thin layer of luminescent material applied to the bottom side of the waveguide, were optimized between 0.5 and 0.75 g/l. …”
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Indium-Free PTB7/PC71BM Polymer Solar Cells with Solution-Processed Al:ZnO Electrodes on PET Substrates by P. Fuchs, A. Paracchino, H. Hagendorfer, L. Kranz, T. Geiger, Y. E. Romanyuk, A. N. Tiwari, F. Nüesch

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Morphological features of rye grain with low pentosan content by V. D. Kobylyansky, O. V. Solodukhina, I. M. Nikonorova

“…The grain coat plays a major role in the development of rye cultivars with low levels of water-soluble pentosans (WSP). Grain coat thinness is a diagnostic trait for low WSP (arabinoxylans) content. …”
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Mathematical modeling of the self vibration frequencies of mechanical frames of controls rigs by Algimantas Bartaševičius, Petras Ilgakojis, Stanislovas Merkevičius

“… Cross vibrations in cylindrical thin – border tubes and in rectangular frames which are made from these tubes and calculating method of their frequency are analyzed in the article. …”
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Nonlinear Modeling and Identification of an Aluminum Honeycomb Panel with Multiple Bolts by Yongpeng Chu, Hao Wen, Ti Chen

“…Finite element method using eight-node solid elements is exploited to model the panel and the bolted connection interface as a homogeneous, isotropic plate and as a thin layer of nonlinear elastic-plastic material, respectively. …”
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TAG (Tube and Graft) Sandwich Technique: A Novel Single-Stage Scleral Reinforcement and Aqueous Drainage Tube Implantation by Faisal Ahmed, Nada G. Mohamed

“…Those patients that require a GDD but have thin sclera or scleromalacia present a challenge. …”
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Tadpole-Shaped POSS-Based Copolymers and the Aggregation Behavior at Air/Water Interface by Lin Zhu, Fang Chen, Xiaoyan Ma, Xiu Qiang, Zhiguang Li, Chen Dong, Duyang Zang

“…Based on surface pressure isotherm analysis, a thin film with low elasticity was achieved for the POSS-PTFEMA161-b-PMMA236. …”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…To assess the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and thinness among children in an Italian school. Methods. …”
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A Domain Decomposition Method for Hybrid Shell Vector Element with Boundary Integral Method by Lin Lei, Jun Hu, Hao-Quan Hu

“…For the conducting body coated with thin-layer material, plenty of fine meshes are required in general. …”
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Spectroscopic investigation of two xanthane dyes and design of a FRET based pesticide sensor by Sangita Majumder, Subrata Deb, Shazidul Hussain, Dibyendu Dey, Debajyoti Bhattacharjee, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Shamima Hussain, Syed Arshad Hussain

“…Abstract Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique is the simplest and inexpensive method for preparartion of nano-dimensional thin films for tailoring material behavior having wide range of applications including sensors. …”
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Location Optimization for Square Array Antennas Using Differential Evolution Algorithm by Erkan Afacan

“…In recent works thinned arrays giving minimum peak sidelobe levels for planar square antenna arrays are obtained using Hadamard difference sets. …”
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Plasma-polymerized fluorocarbon Ag–Cu nanocomposites: Nanostructure optimization for superior SERS sensitivity by Joonhyuk Lee, Sung Hyun Kim, Seok-Kyun Son, Sang-Jin Lee

“…We applied the prepared CAP thin films to contaminated surfaces and assessed their ability to enhance Raman signals for point-of-care detection. …”
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