Synthesis and Characterization of Cross-linkable Viologen Derivatives by Şölen Ayaşlıgil, Sermet Koyuncu

“…According to the UV-Vis absorption spectra, it is seen that they only absorb in the UV region below 400 nm in both solution and thin film. Thin films of ALV-Br salt were then spray coated in the presence of a tetrathiol-based crosslinker (pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercapto-propionate).In the final step, the surface morphology of the crosslinked thin film was examined by Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and compared with the results of the non-crosslinked one. …”
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Inhibition of Anti-Reflection Film Cracks on Plastic Substrates Using Nanolaminate Layer Deposition in Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition by Chi-Chieh Wang, Cheng-Fu Wang, Meng-Chi Li, Li-Chen Su, Chien-Cheng Kuo

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Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a 3D Nanostructured Electrode by Guo-Yang Chen, Ming-Way Lee, Gou-Jen Wang

“…RF magnetron sputtering was then used to deposit a 3D nanostructured ITO thin film on the template. The crystallinity and conductivity of the 3D ITO films were further enhanced by annealing. …”
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Long Wavelength Plasmonic Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Using Optical Lithography Compatible Core-Shell-Type Nanowires by Mohammed Shahriar Sabuktagin, Khairus Syifa Hamdan, Khaulah Sulaiman, Rozalina Zakaria, Harith Ahmad

“…Plasmonic properties of rectangular core-shell type nanowires embedded in thin film silicon solar cell structure were characterized using FDTD simulations. …”
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Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Films and Solar Cell Precursors Using the Aluminum-Induced Glass Texturing Method by Nasim Sahraei, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Premachandran Vayalakkara, Armin G. Aberle

“…One of the key issues of thin-film silicon solar cells is their limited optical absorptance due to the thin absorber layer and the low absorption coefficient for near-infrared wavelengths. …”
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Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Glucose at Glucose Oxidase-Cobalt Phthalocyanine-Modified Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode by Takeshi Kondo, Masaru Horitani, Makoto Yuasa

“…A poly(p-phenylenediamine) (PPD) thin film containing GOx was coated on the CoPc-BDD electrode surface via electropolymerization. …”
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Unraveling the laser decal transfer-based printing of ZnO ceramic towards FEP-ZnO-based Piezo-Tribo hybrid nanogenerators by Arpit Kumar Singh, Anshu Sahu, Palani Iyamperumal Anand

“…With advancements in technologies, a thin film-based laser decal transfer setup is yet to be fully explored for printing thin-film materials in pixelated form over substrates, enabling substrate- and material-independent processes.The present work focuses on the development of a laser decal transfer-based printing process using thin film as feed material for the fabrication of MEMS devices for piezo-tribo hybrid applications. …”
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Flaky sputtered silicon MWCNTs core-shell structure as a freestanding binder-free electrode for lithium-ion battery by Seyed Ali Hoseini, Shams Mohajerzadeh, Zeinab Sanaee

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Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline ZnO Solar Cells Based on Ruthenium(II) Phendione Complexes by Hashem Shahroosvand, Parisa Abbasi, Mohsen Ameri, Mohammad Reza Riahi Dehkordi

“…The AFM images clearly show both, the outgrowth of the complexes which are adsorbed on ZnO thin film and the depression of ZnO thin film. We have studied photovoltaic properties of dye-sensitized nanocrystalline semiconductor solar cells based on Ru phendione complexes, which gave power conversion efficiency of (η) of 1.54% under the standard AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm−2) with a short-circuit photocurrent density (𝐽sc) of 3.42 mA cm−2, an open-circuit photovoltage (𝑉oc) of 0.622 V, and a fill factor (ff) of 0.72. …”
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Ring Defects Associated with Boron–Oxygen‐Related Degradation in p‐Type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells by Bruno Vicari Stefani, Moonyong Kim, Matthew Wright, Anastasia Soeriyadi, Ilya Nyapshaev, Konstantin Emtsev, Brett Hallam

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Improved Therapeutic Effect of Puerarin-Encapsulated PEG-PLGA Nanoparticle on an In Vitro Cerebral Infarction Model by Lei Li, Yan Li, Cheng Miao, Rui Liu

“…In this context, PEG-PLGA/PUE nanoparticles were prepared by the thin-film hydration method, and the toxicity of PEG-PLGA/PUE nanoparticles to brain capillary endothelial cell (BCEC) was detected by MTT. …”
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A Review of Sulfate Removal from Water Using Polymeric Membranes by Jamal Al Mehrate, Sadek Shaban, Amr Henni

“…Techniques discussed include phase inversion (PI), thin-film composite (TFC), and thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes. …”
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DEVICE FOR INVESTIGATION OF MAGNETRON AND PULSED-LASER PLASMA by A. P. Burmakov, V. A. Zaikov, F. F. Komarov, O. R. Lyudchik, D. A. Saladukha

“…Various modifications of complex pulsed laser and magnetron deposition thin-film structures unit are presented. They include joint and separate variants of layer deposition. …”
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Recent Developments in Solar Energy Harvesting and Photocatalysis by Junwang Tang, Songyuan Dai, Jawwad A. Darr

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Optical properties of Eu3+ doped calcium sodium bismuth borosilicate glasses via melt quenching method by Nakka Praveenkumar, K.V. Madhuri, Anju Babu, D.V. Krishna Reddy

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Microstructural and Optical Characterization of Heterostructures of ZnS/CdS and CdS/ZnS Synthesized by Chemical Bath Deposition Method by Temesgen Geremew, Tizazu Abza

“…The CdS/ZnS heterojunction thin film is nearly amorphous. The optical analysis results confirmed single band gap values of 2.75 eV and 2.5 eV for ZnS/CdS and CdS/ZnS heterojunction thin films, respectively. …”
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A model for dip-coating of a two liquid mixture by S. B. G. O'Brien, M. Hayes

“…We consider a thin film flow where a flat substrate is coated with a mixture of two miscible liquids, of equal viscosity, and develop a model to predict the evolving coating thicknesses. …”
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Optoelectronic Logical Gates “AND”, “OR” and “NOT” by Zbigniew Porada, Elzbieta Schabowska-Osiowska

“…Optoelectronic AND, OR and NOT logical gates were composed of thin film photoconducting and electroluminescent elements, made of cadmium sulphide and zinc sulphide, respectively, doped with copper, chlorine and manganese. …”
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Field switching of microfabricated metamagnetic FeRh MRI contrast agents by Stephen Dodd, Natalia Gudino, Oleksii Zadorozhnii, Michal Staňo, Jan Hajduček, Jon Ander Arregi, H. Douglas Morris, Vojtěch Uhlíř, Mladen Barbic, Alan P. Koretsky

“…Abstract In a step towards generating switchable MRI cellular labels, we demonstrate in-situ field switching of micron scale metamagnetic Iron-Rhodium (FeRh) thin film particles. A thin-film (200 nm) FeRh sample was fabricated and patterned into an array of progressively smaller squares with sizes ranging from 500 μm down to 1 μm. …”
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Reduced resistance at molecular-crystal electrolyte and LiCoO2 interfaces for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries by Yuki Watanabe, Shigeru Kobayashi, Zheng Ruijie, Deng Jun, Kenjiro Tanaka, Kazunori Nishio, Ryo Nakayama, Ryota Shimizu, Makoto Moriya, Taro Hitosugi

“…Herein, we fabricate a battery using Li{N(SO2F)2}(NCCH2CH2CN)2, referred to as Li(FSA)(SN)2, a molecular-crystal electrolyte, and demonstrate the stable thin-film battery cycling. The novel fabrication method forms electrochemically stable interfaces, allowing the thin-film batteries to cycle at a current density of up to 500 μA cm−2 in the voltage range of 3.00–4.05 V vs Li/Li+. …”
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