Promoted Formation of Photoactive α-Formamidinium Cesium Lead Triiodide Perovskite Crystals by Germanium Addition by Ayu Enomoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Takeo Oku, Haruto Shimada

“…The Ge addition stabilized the α-phase of the perovskites and suppressed formation of the δ-phase. X-ray diffraction peaks of the α-phase increased by increasing the Ge contents. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ti—MCM-41-Type Mesoporous Molecular Sieves with High Titanium Contents by A.S. Kovalenko, A.S. Korchev, J.V. Chernenko, V.G. Il'in, A.P. Filippov

“…The structure/sorption properties of the materials were investigated by X-ray diffraction methods and by the adsorption of n-hexane and water vapour. …”
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Design and Simulated Characteristics of Nanosized InSb Based Heterostructure Devices by T. D. Subash, T. Gnanasekaran, C. Divya, J. Jagannathan

“…Indium antimonide nanoparticles were synthesized at room temperature. X-ray diffraction measurements are utilized to characterize the nanocomposites. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of tenorite (CuO) nanoparticles from smelting furnace dust(SFD) by Darezereshki E., Bakhtiari F.

“…The Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Microstructure characterization of porous microalloyed aluminium-silicate ceramics by Purenović Jelena, Mitić V.V., Paunović V., Purenović M.

“…The ceramics samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and IR spectroscopy analysis, prior and after treatment in “synthetic water”, i.e. in aqueous solution of arsenic-salt. …”
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Physiochemical Characterization of Ethiopian Mined Kaolin Clay through Beneficiation Process by Adane Adugna Ayalew

“…In this study, the property of kaolin is investigated by using advanced instruments such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTA). …”
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Insight into plasmonics: resurrection of modern-day science (invited) by M.A. Butt

“…Plasmonics enables the control of light at the nanoscale, far beyond the diffraction limit of conventional optics. This allows for the development of new devices and technologies with enhanced performance and functionality. …”
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Occurrence and speciation of copper in slags obtained during the pyrometallurgical processing of chalcopyrite concentrates at the Huelva smelter (Spain) by Fernández-Caliani J.C., Ríos G., Martínez J., Jiménez F.

“…Slags involved in smelting-converting-refining operations to produce blister copper at the Atlantic Copper smelter, in Huelva (Spain), have been investigated by quantitative electron microprobe analysis, X-ray diffraction and digital imaging techniques. The results showed that mechanically entrapped matte particles are the dominant copper losses in the slags. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Isothermal Section of the B-Cr-Fe Phase Diagram at 1353 K by Viera Homolová, Lucia Čiripová

“…The isothermal section of the B-Cr-Fe ternary system was studied experimentally at 1353 K. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy equipped with EDX analyzer were used for determination of phase equilibria and composition of the coexisting phases in the B-Cr-Fe model alloys after long-term annealing (1500–2205 h). …”
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Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, and Antibacterial and Antifungal Studies of PANI/V2O5 Nanocomposites by Chakradhar Sridhar, Nagesh Gunvanthrao Yernale, M. V. N. Ambika Prasad

“…The newly prepared composites were characterized by FTIR and powder X-ray diffraction (P-XRD) techniques and are found to be formed of PANI/V2O5 nanocomposites, and also the compounds showed moderate antibacterial and antifungal activity.…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Sulfides Nanoparticles/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites by Peter A. Ajibade, Johannes Z. Mbese

“…Metal sulfides nanoparticles in poly(methyl methacrylate) matrices were prepared and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). …”
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Electrophoretic Deposition of Aluminum Nitride from Its Suspension in Acetylacetone Using Iodine as an Additive by Bizuneh Workie, Brian E. McCandless, Zewdu Gebeyehu

“…AlN powder with particle size <10 μm is dispersed to produce a positive charge and deposited on the cathode by applying fields greater than 10 V/cm between the electrodes. X-ray diffraction and FTIR studies indicate that the AlN before and after deposition has the same composition and structure. …”
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Surface Plasmon-Induced Band Gap in the Photocurrent Response of Organic Solar Cells by Ribal Georges Sabat, Marcos Jose Leite Santos, Paul Rochon

“…A 260 nm layer of organic bulk heterojunction blend of the polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and the fullerene [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric (PCBM) was spin-coated in between aluminum and gold electrodes, respectively, on top of a laser inscribed azo polymer surface-relief diffraction grating. Angle-dependent surface plasmons (SPs) with a large band gap were observed in the normalized photocurrent by the P3HT-PCBM layer as a function of wavelength. …”
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ZnO:Al Grown by Sputtering from Two Different Target Sources: A Comparison Study by Abdalla A. Alnajjar

“…The microstructure, such as the grain size and the texture, of the two differently grown ZnO:Al transparent conductive oxide films of different thickness, was studied using X-ray diffraction θ/2θ scans. The optical properties, such as the transmittance and reflectance, were measured using a UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer. …”
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CO Adsorption on Modified Mg–Al-Layered Double Hydroxides by T.C.M. Dantas, V.J. Fernandes Junior, A.P.B. dos Santos, F.A. Bezerra, A.S. Araujo, A.P.M. Alves

“…The samples were then characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis/derivative thermogravimetry, adsorption/desorption of nitrogen, scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Morphology and Properties of Nylon 6 Blown Films Reinforced with Different Weight Percentage of Nanoclay Additives by Raghavendra R. Hegde, Gajanan S. Bhat, Bhushan Deshpande

“…Combination of X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and microscopy were used to determine nanocomposite film morphology. …”
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Tests Research on Grouting Materials of Waste-Concrete-Powder Cement for Goaf Ground Improvement by Zhilin Dun, Mengqi Wang, Lianwei Ren, Zhiyuan Dun

“…The optimal mixing proportion was selected based on the performance indexes of the water-separation ratio, stone rate, viscosity, setting time, and compressive strength. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tests were also conducted to analyze mineralogical phases and investigate the microscopic mechanism. …”
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Structure-dynamics relation in metallic glass revealed by 5-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy by Katsuaki Nakazawa, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, Konstantin Iakoubovskii, Shinji Kohara, Koichi Tsuchiya

“…In this study, we simultaneously observed these heterogeneities near the glass transition temperature in Zr50Cu40Al10 using five-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy, which can record the spatiotemporal distribution of diffraction patterns. The heterogeneities were visualized with sub-nanometer resolution, and a correlation between them was measured up to the glass transition temperature. …”
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Evolution of Mesopores in Monolithic Macroporous Ethylene-Bridged Polysilsesquioxane Gels Incorporated with Nonionic Surfactant by Atsushi Mushiake, Kazuyoshi Kanamori, Kazuki Nakanishi

“…The difference of mesopore structures depending on the method of the solvent removal has been observed by the X-ray diffraction and the nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements. …”
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Direct Synthesis of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Powders by Mechanochemical Method by Nguyen Duc Van

“…The synthesis and structural properties of lead-free piezoelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 powders prepared by mechanochemical method using Nb2O5, K2CO3, and Na2CO3 as starting materials were reported. X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the prepared samples. …”
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