Scattering from a PEC Slightly Rough Surface in Chiral Media by Haroon Akhtar Qureshi, Muhammad Arshad Fiaz, Muhammad Aqueel Ashraf

“…Numerical results are reported for different values of chirality, correlation length, and rms height of the surface. Diffraction efficiency is defined for a sinusoidal grating.…”
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Structure and Electrical Study of New Chemically Modified Poly(vinyl chloride) by F. Ammari, M. Dardouri, M. Kahlaoui, F. Meganem

“…The structural properties of the polymer were systematically investigated by varieties of techniques as differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), thermogravimetry analysis (TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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Graft Copolymerization of Styrene from Poly(vinyl alcohol) via RAFT Process by Gholam Ali Koohmareh, Morteza Hajian, Hazhir Fallahi

“…The graft copolymer was characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Optimizing Laser-Induced Voltage Signal in SnO2 Thin Films by Changing Oxygen Pressure by Xiaohong Zhou, Xiaofang Zhou, Hui Zhang

“…The crystal quality of the films was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and LIV measurements, and a linear relationship between LIV peak voltage and laser energy was also disclosed. …”
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Structure and Physical Properties of Polymer Composite Films Doped with Fullerene Nanoparticles by R. M. Ahmed, S. M. El-Bashir

“…Observations made by transmission electron microscope (TEM) showed the uniform dispersion of C60 nanoparticles in the polymer matrices. Also, X-ray diffraction measurements indicated that C60 has a tendency to form crystallites in the polymer matrices. …”
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An Empirical Model of Angle-of-Arrival Variance for a Gaussian Wave Propagation through Non-Kolmogorov Turbulence by Chao Gao, Libin Jiao, Xiaofeng Li

“…The numerical simulations indicate that, under the geometrical optics approximation, the AOA variance for a Gaussian wave is insensitive to the change of the diffraction parameter and can be closely approximated by a simple linear relationship in the refraction parameter. …”
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Noise amplification and ill-convergence of Richardson-Lucy deconvolution by Yiming Liu, Spozmai Panezai, Yutong Wang, Sjoerd Stallinga

“…An analytical expression for the CRLB diverges for spatial frequency components that approach the diffraction limit from below. The resulting mean noise variance per pixel diverges for large images. …”
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Investigations on Growth, Optical and Thermal Properties of Sulphamic Acid Single Crystals by D. Jaishree, G. Kanchana, R. Kesavasamy

“…The crystal structure of grown crystals was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The presence of functional groups in the crystal lattice has been qualitatively determined by FT-IR and FT-Raman analyses. …”
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A New 3D Coordination Polymer of Bismuth with Nicotinic Acid N-Oxide by Farzin Marandi, Ingo Pantenburg, Gerd Meyer

“…The new three-dimensional coordination polymer {[Bi(NNO)2(NO3)]·1.5H2O}n (1, NNO− = nicotinate N-oxide) was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. …”
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Wave loadings on a vertical cylinder due to heave motion by D. D. Bhatta, M. Rahman

“…These are derived from the total velocity potential which can be decomposed as two velocity potentials; one due to scattering in the presence of an incident wave on fixed structure (diffraction problem), and the other due to radiation by the heave motion on calm water (radiation problem). …”
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Effect of Etching on the Optical, Morphological Properties of Ag Thin Films for SERS Active Substrates by Desapogu Rajesh, M. Mahendar, C. S. Sunandana

“…Structural, optical, and morphological properties of Ag thin films before and after etching were investigated by using X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). …”
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The Properties of Screen Printed (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thick Films Based On Decomposed Oxalate Powders by J. Hagberg

“…The decomposed powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and specific surface area measurements. …”
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Dielectric Spectroscopy Analyses of SrBi4Ti4O15 Films Obtained from Soft Chemical Solution by A. Z. Simões, C. S. Riccardi

“…The obtained films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and dielectric spectroscopy analyses. …”
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The Fabrication and Characterization of Piezoelectric PZT/PVDF Electrospun Nanofiber Composites by Ji Sun Yun, Chun Kil Park, Young Hun Jeong, Jeong Ho Cho, Jong-Hoo Paik, Sun Hong Yoon, Kyung-Ran Hwang

“…The micro‐ structure of the PZT/PVDF electrospun nanofiber compo‐ sites was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Optical and Structural Properties of Thermally Evaporated Zinc Oxide Thin Films on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrates by M. G. Faraj, K. Ibrahim

“…Zinc oxide thin films of different thicknesses ranging from 100 to 300 nm were prepared on polyethylene terephthalate substrates with thermal evaporation in a vacuum of approximately 3×10-5 Torr. X-ray diffraction patterns confirm the proper phase formation of the material. …”
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A novel technique to synthesis of tenorite (CuO) nanoparticles from low concentration CuSO4 solution by Darezereshki E., Bakhtiari F.

“…Samples were characterized by thermogravimetric (TG-DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), infrared spectrum (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Spectral Characterization and Crystal Structure of 1,2-Bis-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-ethane Dihydrochloride by Aydin Tavman, Cigdem Sayil

“…The crystal structure of 1,2-bis-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-ethane dihydrochloride (1) was determined by X-ray diffraction at room temperature. The structure of 1 was also characterized by mass, elemental analysis, FT-IR, and NMR spectroscopy techniques. …”
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Phase composition of cathodic deposits synthesized in flinak-k2taf7-kbf4 melt by Makarova O.V., Polyakova L.P., Polyakov E.G., Shevyryov A.A., Arakcheeva A.V.

“…The phase composition of cathodic deposits synthesized from FLINAK-K2TaF7-KBF4 melt has been studied by the X-ray diffraction method. It is shown that boron content in the electrodeposit grows as the cathodic potential is increased from peak R1 to peak R4 in the voltammogram. …”
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UV Sensitivity of Indium-Zinc Oxide Nanofibers by Nadezhda Markova, Olga Berezina, Nikolay Avdeev, Alexander Pergament

“…The nanofibers’ dimensions, morphology, and crystalline structure are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The results of studying the electrical properties of nanofibers, as well as their sensitivity to UV radiation depending on the In-to-Zn concentration ratio, are presented. …”
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Azimuthally Anisotropic 3D Velocity Continuation by William Burnett, Sergey Fomel

“…We provide synthetic diffraction imaging examples to illustrate the concept and potential applications of azimuthal velocity continuation and to analyze the impulse response of the 3D velocity continuation operator.…”
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