The interaction and photostability of some xanthenes and selected azo sensitizing dyes with TiO2 nanoparticles by D. EL Mekkawi, M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb

“…We have tested simple Graetzel-type solar cells using semiconductor thin films consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles and some electron injecting dyes. …”
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High-Tc Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-δ Films and YBa2Cu3O7-δ/PrBa2Cu3O7-δ Superlattices Deposited by Laser Ablation by J. Levoska, S. Leppävuori

“…High Tc superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films and YBa2Cu37-δ/PrBa2Cu3O7-δ superlattices with various periods and layer thicknesses were deposited by laser ablation on SrTiO3 (100) single crystal substrates using an XeCl excimer laser (λ = 308 nm). …”
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Effect of Ar/CH4 Mixture Ratio on Properties of Ag/C:H Nanocomposite Prepared by DC Sputtering by E. Mohsen Soltani, Z. Ghorannevis, M. Shirazi

“…From SEM and AFM micrographs, size of the grains also became smaller on the surface of the films, which will lead to decreasing the roughness of the deposited thin films.…”
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Reconfigurable inverse-designed phase-change photonics by Changming Wu, Ziyu Jiao, Haoqin Deng, Yi-Siou Huang, Heshan Yu, Ichiro Takeuchi, Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo, Mo Li

“…However, conventional designs are limited by global phase control over entire PCM thin films between fully amorphous and fully crystalline states, which restricts device functionality and confines design flexibility and programmability. …”
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Organic Photovoltaic Cells Based on PbPc Nanocolumns Prepared by Glancing Angle Deposition by Yang Liu, Fujun Zhang, Jian Wang

“…Organic electron acceptor materials fullerene (C60) was evaporated onto the nanocolumn PbPc thin films to prepare heterojunction structure ITO/PbPc/C60/Bphen/Al organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). …”
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Picosecond Photovoltaic Response in Tilted Lanthanum Doped Manganite Films by Zhiqing Lu, Hao Ni, Jianfeng Xi, Xiaoming Li, Kun Zhao

“…Anisotropic picosecond photovoltaic responses were observed in lanthanum doped manganite LaxCa1-xMnO3 (x=0.67 and 0.4) thin films, which were deposited on miscut LaSrAlO4 substrates under ultraviolet pulsed laser irradiation without external bias. …”
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Tailoring Bimetallic Pt/Pd Cryogels for Efficient Ethanol Electro‐Oxidation by Hadir Borg, Dániel Zámbó, Patrick Bessel, Daniel Kranz, Marina Rosebrock, Franziska Lübkemann‐Warwas, Nadja C. Bigall, Dirk Dorfs

“…Fine‐tuning the concentration of the building blocks, the structure, thickness, and composition of the porous coatings enables high electrocatalytic activity to be achieved. Cryogel thin films with an atomic ratio of 1 : 4 Pt : Pd have the highest electrocatalytic activity for EOR.…”
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MEMS Acoustic Sensors: Charting the Path from Research to Real-World Applications by Qingyi Wang, Yang Zhang, Sizhe Cheng, Xianyang Wang, Shengjun Wu, Xufeng Liu

“…They utilize various sensitive structures such as thin films, cantilever beams, or cilia to collect acoustic energy, and use certain transduction principles to read out the generated strain, thereby obtaining the targeted acoustic signal’s information, such as its intensity, direction, and distribution. …”
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Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Behavior of Novel Polythiophene Derivatives Functionalized with Disperse Red 19 Chromophore by Marilú Chávez-Castillo, Arelis Ledesma-Juárez, Marisol Güizado-Rodríguez, Jesús Castrellón-Uribe, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Mario Rodríguez, José-Luis Maldonado, Jorge-Antonio Guerrero-Álvarez, Victor Barba

“…For instance, the third-order nonlinear electric susceptibility (χ3) of solid thin films made of these copolymers exhibited an increment of nearly 60% when TDR19 incorporation increased from 3% to 5%. …”
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Tuning electronic structure and carrier transport properties through crystal orientation control in two-dimensional Dion-Jacobson phase perovskites by Byunggeol Kim, Jeehong Park, Donghee Kang, Na Eun Jung, Kitae Kim, Hongsun Ryu, Joon Ik Jang, Soohyung Park, Yeonjin Yi

“…This work presents a rational strategy to control parallel and perpendicular crystal growth in C6N2H16PbI4 (4AMPPbI4)-based DJ phase perovskite thin films. We demonstrate that crystal orientation depends on crystal growth rates, which can be controlled by varying the solvent composition, antisolvent, and annealing temperature. …”
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Ultrafast Charge and Triplet State Formation in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Low Band Gap Polymer/Fullerene Blends: Influence of Nanoscale Morphology of Organic Photovoltaic Materials on C... by René M. Williams, Hung-Cheng Chen, Daniele Di Nuzzo, Stephan C. J. Meskers, René A. J. Janssen

“…Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of thin films of two types of morphologies of diketopyrrolopyrrole low band gap polymer/fullerene-adduct blends is presented and indicates triplet state formation by charge recombination, an important loss channel in organic photovoltaic materials. …”
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The Effect of Annealing on the Structural and Optical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Films Deposited by Electron Beam Assisted PVD by Yaser M. Abdulraheem, Sahar Ghoraishi, Lidia Arockia-Thai, Suji K. Zachariah, Moustafa Ghannam

“…Titanium dioxide thin films were deposited on crystalline silicon substrates by electron beam physical vapor deposition. …”
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Enhancing visible luminescence in sprayed-ZnO nanostructure through Cu doping by Fatima Zohra Bedia, Asma Bedia, Sidi Mohammed Bedia, Nabila Maloufi, Michel Aillerie, Khadidja Rahmoun

“…XRD and Raman measurements confirmed that the CZO thin films exhibit a polycrystalline wurtzite structure with a preferential 101̄1 orientation. …”
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In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Ultrasmall MoOx Nanoparticles in Suspensions by Yun-Ju Lee, Diego Barrera, Kaiyuan Luo, Julia W. P. Hsu

“…Nanoparticle suspensions represent a promising route toward low cost, large area solution deposition of functional thin films for applications in energy conversion, flexible electronics, and sensors. …”
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Wide-Gap p-μc-Si1-xOx:H Films and Their Application to Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells by Taweewat Krajangsang, Sorapong Inthisang, Aswin Hongsingthong, Amornrat Limmanee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…Optimization of p-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide thin films (p-μc-Si1-xOx:H) by very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition 40 MHz method for use as a p-layer of a-Si:H solar cells was performed. …”
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Antierythropoietin Antibody Production Is Not Associated with Malaria and Malaria-Related Anaemia in Humans by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Daniel Gyamfi, Francis Agyei Amponsah, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Lillian Boateng, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Edward Y. Afriyie, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Renate Asare, David Ofosu Ntiamoah, Richard Boateng

“…Venous blood was collected for thick and thin films for malaria microscopy, full blood count by automated haematology analyzer, and antierythropoietin antibody and erythropoietin estimation by sandwich ELISA method. …”
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Electrochromism via reversible electrodeposition of solid iodine by Shanlin Li, Yingyu Chen, Zhen Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Xianglin Guo, Xueqing Tang, Xiaoyu Wang, Wende Lai, Meiyun Tong, Changhong Wang, Shan Cong, Fengxia Geng, Yong Chen, Zhigang Zhao

“…Abstract Electrochromic materials were discovered in the 1960s when scientists observed reversible changes between the light and dark states in WO3 thin films under different voltages. Since then, researchers have identified various electrochromic material systems, including transition metal oxides, polymer materials, and small molecules. …”
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CdSe Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Devices by A. B. Kashyout, Hesham M. A. Soliman, Marwa Fathy, E. A. Gomaa, Ali A. Zidan

“…CdSe quantum dots have been prepared with different sizes and exploited as inorganic dye to sensitize a wide bandgap TiO2 thin films for QDs solar cells. The synthesis is based on the pyrolysis of organometallic reagents by injection into a hot coordinating solvent. …”
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Silver Doped TiO2 Nanostructure Composite Photocatalyst Film Synthesized by Sol-Gel Spin and Dip Coating Technique on Glass by Mojtaba Nasr-Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein Habibi

“…Nanostructure TiO2/Ag composite thin films were prepared by a sol-gel spin and dip coating technique. while, by introducing methyl cellulose (MC) porous, TiO2/Ag films were obtained after calcining at a temperature of 500°C. …”
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Study of Thermal Properties of Mixed (PP/EPR)/ABS with Five Model Compatibilizers by Pierre Marcel Anicet Noah, Louis-Max Ayina Ohandja, Rolant Eba Medjo, Salem Chabira, Fabien Betene Ebanda, Patrick Anyouzoa Ondoua

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