Issues occult hepatitis B virus infection by I. A. Morozov, L. Yu. Ilchenko, N. I. Gromova, I. G. Fyedorov, I. V. Gordeychuk, A. K. Knyazhentseva, E. V. Zverkova, M. I. Mikhaylov

“…Molecular biologic enzymelinked immunoassay (ELISA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and morphological (immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy) methods were utilized for diagnostics.Results. …”
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Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped ZnS with Camellia Brushfield Yellow Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light Irradiation by Gang-Juan Lee, Chi-Lun Hong, Valentina Batalova, Gennady Mokrousov, Jerry Wu

“…Nitrogen modified zinc sulfide photocatalysts were successfully prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and surface area analysis. …”
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Valorization of Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel via Bacillus stratosphericus Lipase Amine-Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Nanobiocatalyst by Abdallah R. Ismail, Hamdy Kashtoh, Mohamed A. Betiha, Salem A. Abu Amr, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Nour Sh. El-Gendy

“…High-resolution X-ray diffractometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, N2 adsorption-desorption, field-emission scanning electron, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopic analyses proved the successful SBA-15 functionalization and enzyme immobilization. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of CuInSe2 Thin Film Applicable for a Solar Energy Light Absorption Material via a Low Temperature Solid State Reaction by Kuo-Chin Hsu, Yaw-Shyan Fu, Pei-Ying Lin, I-Tseng Tang, Jiunn-Der Liao

“…The chalcopyrite CuInSe2 thin film synthesized via a low temperature solid state reaction from CuSe and InSe powders was investigated using X-ray diffractomy (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. …”
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Quantum Chemical Topological Analysis of [2Fe2S] Core in Novel [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Mimics by Piotr Matczak

“…The quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) and the electron localization function (ELF) provided detailed characteristics of Fe–Fe and Fe–S bonds in the [2Fe2S] core of the complexes. …”
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Preparation and Antibacterial Activity of Mixed Ligand Complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) Derived from 1-Phenylazo-2-naphthol and Salicylaldehyde by S. A. I. Sharif, A. N. El-Tajoury, A. A. Elamari

“…All the prepared complexes were identified and confirmed by elemental analyses (C, H and N), molar conductance measurements, infrared, electronic absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance. …”
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Post-Heat Treatment and Mechanical Assessment of Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofiber Sheet Fabricated by Electrospinning Technique by Mahir Es-saheb, Ahmed Elzatahry

“…The morphology, microstructures, and thermal degradation of the nanofibers sheets produced were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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COG 11.3 New Features by Heinrichs David, Lent Edward, Lee Chuck

“…This paper describes the major new features available in COG 11.3 including: (a) updated nuclear data libraries; (b) updated activation data; (c) advanced LLNL Fission Reaction Event Yield Algorithm; (d) new time-tagged list-mode detector feature; (e) new spontaneous fission source feature; (f) new alpha and deuteron particle transport; (g) updated electron transport (implementing EGS5 with internal electron library generation using PEGS5); (h) three new estimators for the effective delayed neutron fraction; (i) new input pre-processor options for user-friendly generation of three-dimensional rectangular and triangular lattice geometries; (j) new parallel-processing capabilities for the inverse reactor period and CritDetVR features using MPI; (k) a new imaging detector feature; and (l) details of the modernized COG website at https://cog.llnl.gov. …”
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ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES OF CARDIOMYOCYTE CONTRACTILE APPARATUS IN RAT OFFSPRING HEARTS FOLLOWING MATERNAL CHRONIC ALCOHOL INTOXICATION by I.V. Tverdokhlib, D.G. Marchenko

“…The study focused on the hearts of rat offspring from birth to adulthood. Transmission electron microscopy was utilized to examine the ultrastructure of cardiomyocytes in various zones of the ventricular myocardium. …”
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Augmented electrical conductivity of hybrid graphene nanoplatelets carbon nanotubes polymer nanocomposites by the electro-magnetic field induced subbands by Mojtaba Haghgoo, Reza Ansari, Mohammad Kazem Hassanzadeh-Aghdam

“…The performance of polymer-based micro-electronic systems can be evolved by introducing hybrid graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) carbon nanotube (CNT) into the polymer matrix. …”
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Tailoring Multiferroic Characteristics in LaFeO3 Nanocrystals via Rare-Earth Pr3+ Doping by Ramesh Kumar Raji, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, Fathalla Hamed, Srinivasa S

“…The morphological studies using scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope indicate that the synthesized samples exhibit excellent homogeneity with uniformly distributed grains. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Low Temperature Sintering of Nanostructured BaWO4 for Optical and LTCC Applications by S. Vidya, Sam Solomon, J. K. Thomas

“…Surface morphology of the sample is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The dielectric constant and loss factor measured at 5 MHz are 9 and 1.56×10-3. …”
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Blue photoluminescence from active carboxyl adatoms on nanoporous anodic alumina films by Sam Yeon Cho, Kangmo Yeo, Jin Woo Kim, Jin Ho Kwak, Deok-Yong Cho, Jae Hyuck Jang, Sukmin Jeong, Yong Chan Choi, Sang Don Bu

“…This study investigates the blue PL and its correlation with the atomic and electronic structures of the active aluminum surface using multiple theoretical and experimental methods. …”
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Experimental Research on Key Factors Influencing the Expansion Performance of New Type Sealing Materials by Yaobin Li, Xin Guo, Sheng Xue, Chun-Shan Zheng, Maoliang Shen, Yang Xu

“…Besides, a scanning electron microscope is used to observe the microscopic morphology of the material. …”
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Preparation, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity of Some Metal ion Complexes by M. M. El-Ajaily, F. A. Abdlseed, S. Ben-Gweirif

“…The Schiff base complexes derived from Salicylaldehyde and o- pheneylenediamine have been prepared and characterized using several physical techniques, in terms; elemental analysis, molar conductance measurements, thermogravimetric analysis, magnetic moment measurements, infrared, electronic and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra. …”
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Optimization of Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Their Antifungal Activity against Oral Candida albicans Infection by Mohsen Safaei, Hamid Reza Mozaffari, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Mohammad Moslem Imani, Roohollah Sharifi, Amin Golshah

“…Then, optimizing the synthesis of the studied nanoparticles, their properties were evaluated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), electron transmission microscopy (TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to confirm the synthesis of nanoparticles with suitable conditions. …”
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Spatiotemporal observation of surface plasmon polariton mediated ultrafast demagnetization by Yuzhu Fan, Gaolong Cao, Sheng Jiang, Johan Åkerman, Jonas Weissenrieder

“…Here, we demonstrate the spatiotemporal observation of patterned ultrafast demagnetization dynamics in permalloy mediated by propagating surface plasmon polaritons with sub-picosecond time- and sub-μm spatial- scales by employing Lorentz ultrafast electron microscopy combined with excitation through transient optical gratings. …”
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Self-Assembly of TiO2/CdS Mesoporous Microspheres with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity via Hydrothermal Method by Sujing Yu, Juncheng Hu, Jinlin Li

“…The samples were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis (EDS), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and photoluminescence spectra (PL). …”
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Polyaniline/Polystyrene Blends: In-Depth Analysis of the Effect of Sulfonic Acid Dopant Concentration on AC Conductivity Using Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy by Noora Al-Thani, Mohammad K. Hassan, Jolly Bhadra

“…This behaviour was explained in terms of the availability of a lone pair of electrons of the NH groups in the polyaniline, which are typically attacked by the electron-withdrawing sulfonic acid groups of CSA. …”
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N3LL + O α s 2 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^2\right) $$ predictions of lepton-jet azimuthal angular distribution in deep-inelastic scattering by Shen Fang, Mei-Sen Gao, Hai Tao Li, Ding Yu Shao

“…The azimuthal decorrelation between the jet and electron serves as a critical probe of the three-dimensional structure of the nucleon. …”
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