Magnesium Borate Synthesis by Microwave Energy: A New Method by Azmi Seyhun Kipcak, Emek Moroydor Derun, Sabriye Piskin

“…Magnesium borates are one of the major groups of boron minerals that have important properties such as high heat and corrosion resistances and high coefficients of elasticity. …”
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Understanding and Applying Chelated Fertilizers Effectively Based on Soil pH by Guodong Liu, Edward Hanlon, Yuncong Li

“…Those nutrients in concentrations of  ≤ 100 parts per million (ppm) in plant tissues are described as micronutrients and include iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), boron (B), chlorine (Cl), molybdenum (Mo), and nickel (Ni). …”
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Understanding and Applying Chelated Fertilizers Effectively Based on Soil pH by Guodong Liu, Edward Hanlon, Yuncong Li

“…Those nutrients in concentrations of  ≤ 100 parts per million (ppm) in plant tissues are described as micronutrients and include iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), boron (B), chlorine (Cl), molybdenum (Mo), and nickel (Ni). …”
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STUDY OF SILICON-INSULATOR STRUCTURE DEFECTS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS’ SURFACE POTENTIAL by R. I. Vorobey, O. K. Gusev, A. L. Zharin, A. N. Petlitsky, V. A. Pilipenko, A. S. Turtsevitch, A. K. Tyavlovsky, K. L. Tyavlovsky

“…Experiments were held using a thermally oxidized boron-doped silicon wafer. Visualized defect distribution map is in a good agreement with a preliminary data on defectproducing factors. …”
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Activation of diffusion during the formation of boride layers on the surface of steel parts by S. M. Usherenko, V. G. Dashkevich, Yu. S. Usherenko

“…An increase in the layer thickness by 20–50 % and an increase in the proportion of the high-boron FeB phase relative to the variant of borating without preliminary activation were established.…”
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Investigation on Mechanical Behaviour of LM6 Aluminum Alloy Hybrid Composites Processed Using Stir Casting Process by S. Suresh Pungaiah, Kuldip Kumar Sahu, R. Yuvaraja, G. Jayahari Prabhu, R. Raja Sudharsan, P. Thamizhvalavan, Kiran Ramaswamy

“…The stir casting process produces boron nitride (B4N) and fly ash-based LM6 metal matrix composites. …”
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Fabrication, Characterization, and Impact of Heat Treatment on Sliding Wear Behaviour of Aluminium Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with B4C by Krishna Mohan Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Chauhan

“…The materials selected for the analysis are Al7075 as a matrix, and the reinforcements are boron carbide. By using stir casting, metal matrix composites are manufactured by adding B4C as a reinforcement particulate in Al7075. …”
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3D hydrogen-like screening effect on excitons in hBN-encapsulated monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides by S. Takahashi, S. Kusaba, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Yanagi, K. Tanaka

“…Abstract We observe both s-series and p-series excitons by using sum frequency generation spectroscopy on monolayer (1L-)MX2 (M = Mo, W, X = S, Se) encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Moreover, we perform numerical calculations with the Rytova-Keldysh potential and obtain the relative dielectric constant of hBN among other parameters. …”
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Effect of B2O3 Content on the Sintering Basic Characteristics of Mixed Ore Powder of Vanadium-Titanium Magnetite and Hematite by Hao Liu, Ke Zhang, Qingfeng Ling, Yuelin Qin

“…However, the compressive strength gradually decreases. Boron and calcium-magnesium-aluminium elements are abundant in the bonding phase, which can reduce the formation of calcium silicate and perovskite in H-VTM sintered samples.…”
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Photovoltaic and Physical Characteristics of Screen-Printed Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Laser Doping and Electroplated Copper by Chin-Lung Cheng, Chi-Chung Liu, Chun-Tin Yeh

“…Photovoltaic and physical characteristics of screen-printed monocrystalline silicon solar cells (SPMSCs) were presented with electroplated copper (EPC) as the rear contact. The boron back surface field (B-BSF) formed by spin-on doping and laser doping (LD) was prepared as a seed layer for the EPC. …”
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Roles of doping in enhancing the performance of graphene/graphene-like semiconductors by Yuqi Zhou, Xinbo He, Mengyang Li

“…This paper reviews various doping types and their impacts on graphene, emphasizing the effects of boron (B) doping, nitrogen (N) doping, oxygen-group doping, other non-metallic atom or atomic pair doping, and metallic doping. …”
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Soil Test Based Fertilizer Calibration for Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties of the Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Kassa, Tadesse Kifle

“…Blended Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Boron fertilizer calibration foxr optimum common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties yield was used to assess the effect of different rates of blended fertilizer on growth, yield and yield components, and nutrient use efficiency of common bean varieties and to identify economically feasible rates of blended fertilizer at Meskan District, Southern Ethiopia during 2020 crop season. …”
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Influence of Material Properties on the Ballistic Performance of Ceramics for Personal Body Armour by Christian Kaufmann, Duane Cronin, Michael Worswick, Gilles Pageau, Andre Beth

“…In support of improved personal armour development, depth of penetration tests have been conducted on four different ceramic materials including alumina, modified alumina, silicon carbide and boron carbide. These experiments consisted of impacting ceramic tiles bonded to aluminum cylinders with 0.50 caliber armour piercing projectiles. …”
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Targeting Brain Drug Delivery with Macromolecules Through Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis by Yuanke Li, Ruiying Liu, Zhen Zhao

“…Finally, emerging RMT strategies, including viral vectors, exosomes, and boron neutron capture therapy, are discussed for their precision in brain-targeted treatments. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Other Competing Causes of Death in Older Kidney Cancer Patients by Yinglan Liang, Liangjia Zeng, Ruoyun Zhou, Manting Feng, Linglong Liu, Kexin Chen, Jinqi Huang, Haowen Liang, Baixin He, Binghua Zhang, Yican Ying, Yuerong Chen, Tianwang Guan, Min Yi

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Experimental Study of Phase Composition of B-Fe-Mn-V Alloys and Thermodynamic Calculations of Phase Equilibria in the B-Mn-V and B-Fe-Mn-V Systems by Viera Homolová, Ján Kepič, Adéla Zemanová, Ondřej Zobač

“…Calculations for the quaternary system are based on the ternary subsystems (B-Mn-V, B-Fe-V, B-Fe-Mn, and Fe-Mn-V). Boron is modelled as an interstitial element in all solid solutions of vanadium, manganese, and iron. …”
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Theoretical investigation of carbon monoxide oxidation on two-dimensional aluminum carbide by Fatemeh Mamusi, Zahra Zarifnia, Davood Farmanzadeh

“…Density of States (DOS) analysis highlighted that doping alters the electronic properties, with boron reducing the bandgap and nitrogen inducing localized states near the Fermi level. …”
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Electrical Resistivity, Tribological Behaviour of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoboron Carbide Particles Reinforced Copper Hybrid Composites for Pantograph Application by N. Selvakumar, K. Gangatharan

“…This work focuses on the influence and contribution of multiwalled carbon-nanotube (MWCNT)–boron carbide (B4C) to the mechanical and tribological properties of copper matrix composites. …”
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Analysis of the Indentation Size Effect in the Microhardness Measurements in B6O by Ronald Machaka, Trevor E. Derry, Iakovos Sigalas, Mathias Herrmann

“…The Vickers microhardness measurements of boron suboxide (B6O) ceramics prepared by uniaxial hot-pressing was investigated at indentation test loads in the range from 0.10 to 2.0 kgf. …”
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Magnetic Phase Separation and Magnetic Moment Alignment in Ordered Alloys FE65Al35−xMx (Mx = Ga, B; x = 0; 5 at.%) by E. V. Voronina, A. K. Arzhnikov, A. I. Chumakov, N. I. Chistyakova, A. G. Ivanova, A. V. Pyataev, A. V. Korolev

“…It is shown that the addition of boron to the initial binary alloy Fe65Al35 results in the ferromagnetic behavior of the ternary alloy.…”
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