Exploring corrosion protection of mild steel by ionic liquid functionalized graphene oxide: Gravimetric, electrochemical, and surface studies by M.Alharbi, Ruby Aslam, Ajahar Khan, Khalid A. Alamry, Mahmoud A. Hussein, Yas Al-Hadeethi, Elena Bekyarova, S. Alqahtani

“…The performance of this nanohybrid was evaluated using a range of analytical methods, including weight loss measurement, electrochemical method, contact angle measurement, XPS, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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Combined MSC and GLP-1 Therapy Modulates Collagen Remodeling and Apoptosis following Myocardial Infarction by Elizabeth J. Wright, Nigel W. Hodson, Michael J. Sherratt, Moustapha Kassem, Andrew L. Lewis, Christine Wallrapp, Nadim Malik, Cathy M. Holt

“…After four weeks, infarcted areas were imaged using atomic force microscopy, demonstrating significant alterations between groups in the structure of collagen fibrils and resulting scar. …”
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Ion‐Permeable Electrospun Scaffolds Enable Controlled In‐Vitro Electrostimulation Assay of Myoblasts by Serafina Pacilio, Francesco Decataldo, Roberta Costa, Tobias Cramer, Beatrice Fraboni, Giovanna Cenacchi, Maria Letizia Focarete

“…Electrically induced cell contractility is determined with atomic force microscopy (AFM) enabling real‐time monitoring of scaffold vibrations in liquid environment. …”
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Light Scattering and Current Enhancement for Microcrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells on Aluminium-Induced Texture Glass Superstrates with Double Texture by Yunfeng Yin, Nasim Sahraei, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Sonya Calnan, Sven Ring, Bernd Stannowski, Rutger Schlatmann, Armin G. Aberle, Rolf Stangl

“…The influence of the resulting “double texture” on the optical scattering is investigated by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM) (studying the surface topology), haze measurements (studying scattering into air), and short-circuit current enhancement measurements (studying scattering into silicon). …”
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Metallized Sol–Gel coatings on ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity by Guillermo Monrós, Carolina Delgado, José Antonio Badenes, Guillem Monrós-Andreu, Mario Llusar

“…The microstructure of the layers, studied by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), shows that the heterogeneous nucleation of oxides from the inks supposes the formation of many nanocrystals that form clusters, also of nanometric size, growing parallel to each other and normal to the surface, following a film–glaze interaction model of nucleation, growth, and dissolution. …”
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Self-Assembly Investigations of Sulfonated Poly(methyl methacrylate-block-styrene) Diblock Copolymer Thin Films by Claudia Piñón-Balderrama, César Leyva-Porras, Roberto Olayo-Valles, Javier Revilla-Vázquez, Ulrich S. Schubert, Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, José Bonilla-Cruz

“…Thin films of the sulfonated block copolymers were prepared by spin-coating and exposed to solvent vapor (SVA) or thermal annealing (TA) to reach equilibrium morphologies. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed for characterizing the films, which exhibited a variety of nanometric equilibrium and nonequilibrium morphologies. …”
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Studies of the Antiproliferative Activity of Ruthenium (II) Cyclopentadienyl-Derived Complexes with Nitrogen Coordinated Ligands by Virtudes Moreno, Julia Lorenzo, Francesc X. Aviles, M. Helena Garcia, João P. Ribeiro, Tânia S. Morais, Pedro Florindo, M. Paula Robalo

“…Changes in the tertiary structure of pBR322 plasmid DNA were also observed in gel electrophoresis experiment and the images obtained by atomic force microscopy (AFM) suggest strong interaction with pBR322 plasmid DNA; the observed decreasing of the viscosity with time indicates that the complexes do not intercalate between DNA base pairs. …”
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Effect of p-InGaN Cap Layer on Low-Resistance Contact to p-GaN: Carrier Transport Mechanism and Barrier Height Characteristics by Mohit Kumar, Laurent Xu, Timothée Labau, Jérôme Biscarrat, Simona Torrengo, Matthew Charles, Christophe Lecouvey, Aurélien Olivier, Joelle Zgheib, René Escoffier, Julien Buckley

“…A comparative analysis with highly doped p-InGaN revealed the key mechanisms contributing to low-resistance contacts. Atomic force microscopy inspections showed that the surface roughness depends on the doping levels and cap layer thickness, with higher doping improving the surface quality. …”
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Syzygium malaccense leaf extract-mediated silver nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and biomedical evaluation in Caenorhabditis elegans and lung cancer cell line by Santosh Mallikarjun Bhavi, Bothe Thokchom, Sapam Riches Singh, Sukesh Kumar Bajire, Rajesh P. Shastry, B. S. Srinath, Shivanand S. Bhat, Kotresha Dupadahalli, Chandramohan Govindasamy, Swati Ravi Chalekar, B. P. Harini, Ramesh Babu Yarajarla

“…Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) provided detailed insights into particle morphology. …”
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Optical Observations of Sputtered Au-nanostructures and Characterizations by Sabah Jameel Mezher, Mohammed O. Dawood, Bahjat B. Kadhim

“…Au nanofilms were investigated by XRD (X-ray diffraction), UV-Vis (ultraviolet-visible light) diffractometer, and AFM (atomic force microscopy) techniques. The thicknesses of the three films prepared at different sputtering times (10, 15, and 20 seconds) were calculated using the theoretical deposition formula method. …”
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Electrocatalytic detection of Acetaminophen by sodium ferrite by Saima Perveen, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Mohsin Kazi, Shahabuddin Memon, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Khalil Akhtar, Sajjad Hussain

“…The Na2Fe4O7-NPs were characterized by advanced analytical techniques such as x-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared (FTIR), UV–visible, atomic force microscopy (AFM), zeta potential, zeta sizer, energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) which displayed that the Na2Fe4O7-NPs possess hexagonal structure, a narrow band gap (1.475 eV), corresponding to their excellent electronic capability, nanosize of particles, rough surface and highly stable nature for electrochemical analysis. …”
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Experimental study of polishing systems on surface roughness and color stability of novel bulk-fill composite resins by Seda Nur Karakaş, Sevde Gül Batmaz, Volkan Çiftçi, Cihan Küden

“…Surface roughness was measured using a profilometer following the polishing procedures, while surface morphology was assessed through atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Micro/Nanostructures and Mechanical Properties of Trabecular Bone in Ovariectomized Rats by Shidi Hu, Jin Li, Lu Liu, Ruchun Dai, Zhifeng Sheng, Xianping Wu, Xiqiao Feng, Xuefeng Yao, Eryuan Liao, Evan Keller, Yebin Jiang

“…We performed a series of combined methodological experiments, including nanoindentation assessment of intrinsic material properties, atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization of trabecular (Tb) nanostructure, and Tb microarchitecture and 2D BMD. …”
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Highly Strained AlGaAs‐GaAsP Nanomembranes‐Based High‐Performance Diode by Haris Naeem Abbasi, Moheb Sheikhi, Donghyeok Kim, Ranveer Singh, Jiarui Gong, Jie Zhou, Qiming Zhang, Shuoyang Qiu, Carolina Adamo, Patrick Marshall, Clincy Cheung, Vincent Gambin, Zhenqiang Ma

“…In addition, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy images confirm the smooth surface and uniformity of the NMs over the whole substrate without any formation of cracks, respectively. …”
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Microstructural modifications in bitumens rejuvenated by oil from pyrolysis of waste tires by Michela Alfe, Valentina Gargiulo, Giovanna Ruoppolo, Francesco Cammarota, Pietro Calandra, Cesare Oliviero Rossi, Valeria Loise, Michele Porto, Roberto Di Capua, Paolino Caputo

“…The blends were also investigated using atomic force microscopy, and the asphaltenic fraction was assessed via optical microscopy.Results and discussionAll the data consistently indicate that oil addition not only reduces the viscosity of bitumen and restores it to values close to the original unaged bitumen but also changes the intermolecular structure to recover the self-assembly pattern typical of the unaged sample. …”
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Study on microscopic pore structures and mechanical properties by Shihu ZHAO, Yong LI, Yali LIU, Yanbin WANG, Zengqin LIU, Gang CHEN, Xinjun CHEN

“…The study investigated four coal samples from the Qinshui and Datong basins in Shanxi Province, including Jurassic coal from Datong (Ro=0.91%), No. 2 coal from the Shanxi Formation in Gujiao (Ro=1.34%), No. 8 coal of the Taiyuan Formation in Gujiao (Ro=1.70%), and No. 2 coal of the Shanxi Formation in Yicheng (Ro=1.77%). Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), a combined characterization technique was established for microscopic pore structure and mechanical properties based on image segmentation and Derjaguin-Muller-Toporov (DMT) mechanical model. …”
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Study of the corrosion behavior of cast Ti2AlNb alloy in HF–HNO3 solution by Yunyun Liu, Xianfei Ding, Lihong Wu, Xin Feng, Jiabin Zuo, Yunan Zhang, Lei Wen

“…Scanning Kelvin probe atomic force microscopy (SKPFM) combined with microstructural analysis revealed that the electrochemical system consisting of matrix B2 phase and secondary phase governs the high localized dissolution rate of Ti2AlNb alloy. …”
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Effect of carbon quantum dots on the anticorrosive action of the tin coatings by Taiane Fíngolo Duarte, Victor Magno Paiva, Braulio Soares Archanjo, Clara Muniz da Silva de Almeida, Natasha Midori Suguihiro, Rodrigo José Corrêa, Emerson Schwingel Ribeiro, Eliane D'Elia

“…In addition, characterizations of the CDs and composite films were carried out by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Zeta Potential (ζ), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), UV-VIS Spectroscopy, Fluorimetry, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Excited Photoelectron Spectroscopy X-Ray (XPS). …”
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Metal Powder Production by Atomization of Free-Falling Melt Streams Using Pulsed Gaseous Shock and Detonation Waves by Sergey M. Frolov, Vladislav S. Ivanov, Viktor S. Aksenov, Igor O. Shamshin, Fedor S. Frolov, Alan E. Zangiev, Tatiana I. Eyvazova, Vera Ya. Popkova, Maksim V. Grishin, Andrey K. Gatin, Tatiana V. Dudareva

“…The analysis of solidified particles and particle size distribution in the powder is studied by sifting on sieves, optical microscopy, laser diffraction wet dispersion method (WDM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The operation process is visualized by a video camera. …”
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Effect of Modulating Spin-Coating Rate of TiO2 Precursor for Mesoporous Layer on J-V Hysteresis of Solar Cells with Polar CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Film by Qi Li, Xiaoping Zou, Yuanyuan Li, Yaxian Pei, Shuangxiong Zeng, Dongdong Guo

“…To explore those performances of the mesoporous TiO2 layer based perovskite solar cells, we focus on the effect of modulating the spin-coating rate of the TiO2 precursor for mesoporous layer on J-V hysteresis of solar cells with the polar film by J-V curves, atomic force microscopy topographic images, and piezoresponse force microscopy phase images. …”
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