Single and Binary Adsorption Systems of Rhodamine B and Methylene Blue onto Alkali-Activated Vietnamese Diatomite by Pham Dinh Du, Huynh Thanh Danh

“…The resulting material was characterized by using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. …”
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Effect of Sugar Palm Fiber Surface on Interfacial Bonding with Natural Sago Matrix by H. Mardin, I. N. G. Wardana, Pratikto, Wahyono Suprapto, Kusno Kamil

“…The immersion treatments had significantly affected fibers surface morphology and interfacial bonds of fiber and the matrix as observed through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The quality of interfacial bonds became higher by additional duration of the sea water immersion. …”
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Direct Evidence of π–π Interactions in Transparent Organic–Inorganic Polymer Hybrids of Polystyrene and Silica Gel by Takeru Iwamura, Saki Okuzumi, Kaoru Adachi, Masashi Takahashi, Masashi Shiotsuki

“…The obtained polymer hybrids were optically transparent, and no phase separation was observed by scanning electron microscopy measurements. In the FT-IR spectrum of the resulting polymer hybrids, the absorption peaks corresponding to C–H wagging vibration shifted to a lower wavenumber range as the content of silica in the hybrids increased. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Biodegradable Water Absorbent Polyacrylonitrile/Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposite by Prafulla K. Sahoo, Trinath Biswal, Ramakanta Samal

“…Furthermore, as evidenced by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the composite so obtained was found to have nano-order. …”
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Effects of Immersion Time and 5-Phenyl-1H-tetrazole on the Corrosion and Corrosion Mitigation of Cobalt Free Maraging Steel in 0.5 M Sulfuric Acid Pickling Solutions by El-Sayed M. Sherif, Asiful H. Seikh

“…Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements agreed with the obtained polarization data. Scanning electron spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray investigations confirmed that the inhibition of the steel corrosion is achieved via the adsorption of the PHTA molecules onto the steel precluding its surface from being dissolved.…”
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Synthesis of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on Silica-Gel Surfaces for the Selective Adsorption of Indole from Fuel Oil by Yang Cao, Wanzhen Xu, Xiangyang Wu, Yuan Li, Hui Li, Weihong Huang

“…Nitrogen adsorption, Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the morphology of indole–MIP. …”
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified by polyaniline for the removal of alizarin yellow R from aqueous solutions by Kaiyue Wu, Jingang Yu, Xinyu Jiang

“…Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) encapsulated by polyaniline (PANI) were synthesized by in situ polymerization. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to characterize the synthesized composites (O-MWCNTs/PANI), and the surface area was calculated by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. …”
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Collagen Fibril Diameter in Relation to Bone Site and to Calcium/Phosphorus Ratio by Panagiotis Berillis, Dimitris Emfietzoglou, Margaret Tzaphlidou

“…The collagen fibril diameter was measured in cortical bone samples from the femoral neck, rear and front tibia of female and male rats and rabbits using electron microscopy analysis. In most cases, statistically significant differences in mean fibril diameter values between different bone sites were detected. …”
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Pressure tuning of intrinsic and extrinsic sources to the anomalous Hall effect in CrGeTe_{3} by Gili Scharf, Daniel Guterding, Bar Hen, Paul M. Sarte, Brenden R. Ortiz, Gregory Kh. Rozenberg, Tobias Holder, Stephen D. Wilson, Harald O. Jeschke, Alon Ron

“…The dome's edges are characterized by Fermi surface deformations, manifested as mixed electron and hole transport. We corroborate the presence of bipolar transport using ab initio calculations, which also predict a nonmonotonic behavior of the Berry curvature as a function of pressure. …”
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Studying Same-Sign Top Pair Production through Top-Higgs FCNC Interactions at the HL-LHC by O. M. Ozsimsek, V. Ari, O. Cakir

“…We focus on the semileptonic (electron and muon) decay of the top quarks and study the reach for a simplified model approach where top quark flavor changing could occur through a neutral scalar exchange. …”
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The Electrochemical Variation of a Kind of Protein Staining and Food Dye as a New Corrosion Inhibitor on Mild Steel in Acidic Medium by Demet Özkır

“…With surface characteristic analyses, such as field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM), it was further determined that the metal surface in HCl of FG-FCF was protected. …”
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Degradation of low-density polyethylene by a novel strain of bacteria isolated from the plastisphere of marine ecosystems by F.A. Febria, A. Syafrita, A. Putra, H. Hidayat, C. Febrion

“…Meanwhile, qualitative analysis based on Scanning Electron Microscope observations revealed changes in the physical structure of the film surface in the form of a rough surface, formation of holes, and breakdown into clumps across the film surface. …”
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Bone Defect Repair Using a Bone Substitute Supported by Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from the Umbilical Cord by Michal Kosinski, Anna Figiel-Dabrowska, Wioletta Lech, Lukasz Wieprzowski, Ryszard Strzalkowski, Damian Strzemecki, Lukasz Cheda, Jacek Lenart, Krystyna Domanska-Janik, Anna Sarnowska

“…During the culture on the 1st, 7th, 14th, and 21st day (day in vitro (DIV)), we analyzed viability (confocal microscopy) and adhesion capability (electron microscopy) of WJ-MSC on Bio-Oss scaffolds, gene expression (qPCR), and secretion of proteins (Luminex). …”
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Fluorescence, Decay Time, and Structural Change of Laser Dye Cresyl Violet in Solution due to Microwave Irradiation at GSM 900/1800 Mobile Phone Frequencies by Fuat Bayrakceken, Korkut Yegin

“…The irradiation effects on the electronic structure of cresyl violet and its fluorescence data were all obtained experimentally at room temperature. …”
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Adsorption isotherms and kinetics of vanadium by shale and coal waste by George William Kajjumba, Serdar Aydın, Sinan Güneysu

“…The adsorption characteristics of shale and coal waste were studied using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscope and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The effect of pH, the amount of adsorbent, vanadium concentration, temperature, and contact time between adsorbate and adsorbents were also studied to obtain optimum conditions for maximum adsorption of vanadium. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Molecular Imprinting Polymer Microspheres of Piperine: Extraction of Piperine from Spiked Urine by Rachel Marcella Roland, Showkat Ahmad Bhawani

“…The imprinted and nonimprinted polymer particles were characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The synthesized polymer particles were further evaluated for their rebinding efficiency by batch binding assay. …”
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Research on Pore Structure of Foam Gypsum Modified by Portland–Sulphoaluminate Composite Cement (PSACC) by Jiansen Yang, Hanxi Zhu, Xiangyang Cao

“…The pore structure of the modified foam gypsum and its thermal insulation performance were revealed through the integrated study of microscopic, macroscopic, and simulation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to observe the process of coexistence of crystal and colloid embedded in the modified foam gypsum, and the relationship between the pore structure and macroscopic properties of the foam gypsum was investigated by combining with the principle of somatology, and finally, under the consideration of hierarchical aperture, the thermal conductivity of the porous material was effectively predicted by using the random distribution model of MATLAB and the finite element software of COMSOL in the joint simulation. …”
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Effect of Filler Content on the Performance of Epoxy/PTW Composites by Mudradi Sudheer, Ravikantha Prabhu, Kandavalli Raju, Thirumaleshwara Bhat

“…PTW additions showed beneficiary effect on density, hardness, and stiffness properties of composites; however, strength properties and ductility were found to decrease with the increasing content of PTW. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of tensile fractured surfaces and worn-out surfaces of selected samples revealed different fracture mechanisms.…”
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Adsorption of Cr(VI) onto Hybrid Membrane of Carboxymethyl Chitosan and Silicon Dioxide by Yanling Deng, Naoki Kano, Hiroshi Imaizumi

“…The surface property of the hybrid membrane was characterized by SEM (scanning electron microscope) and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). …”
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Optical and Morphological Studies of Thermally Evaporated PTCDI-C8 Thin Films for Organic Solar Cell Applications by Ronak Rahimi, V. Narang, D. Korakakis

“…PTCDI-C8 due to its relatively high photosensitivity and high electron mobility has attracted much attention in organic semiconductor devices. …”
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