Hydrothermal Preparation of Ag/Ag1.69Sb2.27O6.25 Sesame-Hollow-Ball-Type Nanocomposites: The Formation Mechanism of Metallic Ag in the Ag-H2O System at 400 K by Haomei Liu, Xihai Hao, Yuejun Liu, Aiguo Yan

“…Power X-ray diffraction analysis shows that all diffraction peaks were well consistent with JCPDS card no: 89-6552 of Ag1.69Sb2.27O6.25. Scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of the composites indicate that some smaller metallic Ag particles with size∼18.3 nm uniformly dense on the surface of Ag1.69Sb2.27O6.25 hollow nanospheres with a mean size of about 170 nm, producing Ag/Ag1.69Sb2.27O6.25 hollow-sesame-ball nanocomposites. …”
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A Facile Electrode Modification Approach Based on Metal-Free Carbonaceous Carbon Black/Carbon Nanofibers for Electrochemical Sensing of Bisphenol A in Food by Jin Wang, Zhen Yang, Shuanghuan Gu, Mingfei Pan, Longhua Xu

“…Herein, the hybrid CB/f-CNF was prepared using a simple one-step ultrasonication method, and exhibited good electron transfer capability and excellent catalytic properties, which can be attributed to the large surface area of carbon black and the strong enhancement of the conductivity and porosity of carbon nanofibers, which promote a faster electron transfer process on the electrode surface. …”
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Time-resolved momentum microscopy with fs-XUV photons at high repetition rates with flexible energy and time resolution by Karl Jakob Schiller, Lasse Sternemann, Matija Stupar, Alan Omar, Martin Hoffmann, Jonah Elias Nitschke, Valentin Mischke, David Maximilian Janas, Stefano Ponzoni, Giovanni Zamborlini, Clara Jody Saraceno, Mirko Cinchetti

“…Abstract Time-resolved momentum microscopy is an emerging technique based on photoelectron spectroscopy for characterizing ultrafast electron dynamics and the out-of-equilibrium electronic structure of materials in the entire Brillouin zone with high efficiency. …”
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High throughput microwell spectrophotometric assay for olmesartan medoxomil in tablets based on its charge-transfer reaction with DDQ by Darwish Ibrahim A., Wani Tanveer A., Khalil Nasr Y., Abdel-Rahman Hamdy M.

“…The formation of a colored charge-transfer (CT) complex between OLM as an n-electron donor and 2,3-dichloro- -5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) as a p-electron acceptor was investigated, and employed as the basis for the development of the new assay. …”
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Corroborating the magnetic easy axis of epitaxial (100) α-iron and (0001) BaFe12O19 thin films by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy by Y. E. Li, J. Shine, C. Guguschev, M. Brützam, D. G. Schlom, N. Ravi

“…60 and 120 nm thick epitaxial films of isotopically enriched bcc iron (α-57Fe) grown on (100) MgO substrates are studied using x-ray diffraction, reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), and conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS). …”
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Study of the Effect of TiO2 Layer on the Adsorption and Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2-MoS2 Heterostructures under Visible-Infrared Light by N. Cruz-González, O. Calzadilla, J. Roque, F. Chalé-Lara, J. K. Olarte, M. Meléndez-Lira, M. Zapta-Torres

“…The properties of the samples were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis-DRS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Effect of Trace Rare Earth Elements (Ce) on the Corrosion Resistance of High-Strength Weathering Bridge Steels by Jiquan Chen, Ruifeng Dong, Yuansu Lei, Peiying Zhou, Xiong Yang, Lifeng Fan

“…The corrosion behavior of Q370qENH high-strength weathering bridge steel in a marine atmosphere was studied using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and other surface testing techniques. …”
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Effect of solid solution temperature and aging time on microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 617 superalloy by WANG Qingpeng, LIU Sheng, SUN Mingyue, JIA Zhen, XU Bin, WU Shengqing, CHEN Yijie

“…The effects of solid solution temperature and aging time on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 617 superalloy are studied by using optical microscope， scanning electron microscope， and transmission electron microscope. …”
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MeHg Causes Ultrastructural Changes in Mitochondria and Autophagy in the Spinal Cord Cells of Chicken Embryo by Fabiana F. Ferreira, Evelise M. Nazari, Yara M. R. Müller

“…Then, we used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to identify possible damage caused by MeHg to the structures and organelles of the spinal cord cells. …”
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Neutrinoless double beta decay from scalar leptoquarks: interplay with neutrino mass and flavor physics by P. S. Bhupal Dev, Srubabati Goswami, Chayan Majumdar, Debashis Pachhar

“…We also point out a tension between the muon and electron (g – 2) anomalies in this context. Taking benchmark values from the combined allowed regions, we study the implications for 0νββ decay including both the canonical light neutrino and the leptoquark contributions. …”
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Modification of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles for antibiotic detection by Min Sun, Xue Bai, Xianshu Fu, Xiaoping Yu, Zihong Ye, Mingzhou Zhang, YuLou Qiu

“…Abstract The manufacture, modification, and application of surface-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles in the extraction and isolation of antibiotics are reviewed in this paper. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can be used to characterize the morphological features of Fe3O4 nanoparticles, while Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD) can be used to determine the crystalline shapes and distinctive functional groups of these particles. …”
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Spin-bearing molecules as optically addressable platforms for quantum technologies by Kuppusamy Senthil Kumar, Hunger David, Ruben Mario, Goldner Philippe, Serrano Diana

“…Molecular systems that can feature electron and/or nuclear spin states together with optical transitions are one of the material platforms that can serve as optically addressable qubits. …”
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Simultaneous implementation for landfill leachate treatment and desulfurization and decarbonization of landfill gas purification by NIE Wenbo, CHEN Yi*

“…This significant upgrade in landfill gas can be attributed to highly active denitrifying anaerobic methanogenic archaea species within the electron transfer system which enhance CO2 -reducing CH4 production through direct electron transfer between species. …”
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Within the matter. Determining the performance of innovative bioplastic materials with SEM analysis by Antonella Violano, Salvatore Del Prete

“…The use of the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) allowed evaluating the biological evolutionary dynamics at micro-level that are at the base of the experimentation, fully in line with the approach of the regenerative Design and the Ecotechnological Design.…”
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Atmospheric Neutrinos by Takaaki Kajita

“…Atmospheric neutrinos are produced as decay products in hadronic showers resulting from collisions of cosmic rays with nuclei in the atmosphere. Electron-neutrinos and muon-neutrinos are produced mainly by the decay chain of charged pions to muons to electrons. …”
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Neutrino Spin and Dispersion in Magnetized Medium by P. A. Eminov

“…The full energy shift of a massive Dirac neutrino in magnetized electron-positron plasma was investigated using the Matsubara imaginary time and real time formalisms. …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES IN AN ANATOMICAL PATTERN OF THE CRYSTALS by V.A. Popov

“…The study of minerals with modern electron microscopes requires the solution of anatomical problems of the crystals. …”
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Giant energy storage density with ultrahigh efficiency in multilayer ceramic capacitors via interlaminar strain engineering by Ying Yang, Ke Xu, Bin Yang, Xu Hou, Zhanming Dou, Yuhong Li, Zihao Zheng, Gengguang Luo, Nengneng Luo, Guanglong Ge, Jiwei Zhai, Yuanyuan Fan, Jing Wang, Haoming Yang, Yao Zhang, Jing Wang, Changyuan Wang, Shenglin Jiang, Kanghua Li, Jinming Guo, Houbing Huang, Guangzu Zhang

“…Abstract Dielectric capacitors with high energy storage performance are highly desired for advanced power electronic devices and systems. Even though strenuous efforts have been dedicated to closing the gap of energy storage density between the dielectric capacitors and the electrochemical capacitors/batteries, a single-minded pursuit of high energy density without a near-zero energy loss for ultrahigh energy efficiency as the grantee is in vain. …”
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Preservation of cellular structure via immersion fixation in brain banking by Macy Garrood, Emma L. Thorn, Adam Goldstein, Allison Sowa, William Janssen, Alyssa Wilson, Claudia S. López, Raakhee Shankar, Erin S. Stempinski, Kurt Farrell, John F. Crary, Andrew T. McKenzie

“…Using serial section transmission electron microscopy, we found that identified synapses could be traced from one section to the next. …”
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The Effects of 910-MHz Electromagnetic Field on Rat Cranial Arachnoid and Dura Mater Collagen. The Axial Periodicity of Collagen Fibrils by Margaret Tzaphlidou, Evangelos Fotiou

“…The axial periodicity of rat arachnoid and dura mater collagen fibrils exposed to 910 MHz for 2 h/day for 30 consecutive days was measured by means of image analysis of electron-optical data. Such measurements were compared with those from sham-exposed animals. …”
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