Theoretical and Experimental Study of Copper Electrodeposition in a Modified Hull Cell by Srinivas Palli, Suhash R. Dey

“…Surface morphology of the Cu deposits is examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).…”
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Combined nanoindentation and SEM imaging for phase quantification and creep prediction of cementitious materials by Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili

“…The present article introduces a novel and rapid method for processing nanoindentation data using SEM image analysis, called Auto-NI-SEM (Automatic NanoIndentation-Scanning Electron Microscopy). The originality of the method lies in the exploitation of micromechanical data, coupled with image analysis, by developing a suitable automatic deconvolution method. …”
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High-Performance Grouting Mortar Based on Mineral Admixtures by Cong Ma, Yuehu Tan, Erbing Li, Yinsuo Dai, Meng Yang

“…The microstructure of the modified mortar was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and mercury intrusion porosimetry. …”
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Structure and Properties of Hydrophobic Aggregation Hydrogel with Chemical Sensitive Switch by Jiufang Duan, Jianxin Jiang

“…The properties of the hydrogels were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, contact angle, and scanning electron microscopy. The water absorption of the hydrogel has the maximum value of 475%, when the content of octadecyl methacrylate is 5 wt%. …”
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Graphene Oxide as a Nanocarrier for Controlled Loading and Targeted Delivery of Typhonium giganteum Drugs by Xiaohua Gu, Rui Cao, Fu Li, Yan Li, Hongge Jia, Hui Yu

“…The nanofiber microstructure upon which graphene oxide was evenly distributed was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and showed good silk properties. …”
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EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENT ON THE UPCONVERSION AND NEAR-INFRARED EMISSIONS OF ERBIUM IN TRANSPARENT TELLURITE GLASS-CERAMICS by Vũ Hằng Nga, Đoàn Thị Phúc, Hồ Kim Dân

“…Through the calculated results from the XRD peaks and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the crystal size of BaF2 nanocrystals is identified by about 25nm. …”
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Characterization of Functionalized Polyurethane Foam for Lead Ion Removal from Water by Subhashini Gunashekar, Nidal Abu-Zahra

“…The functionalized polyurethane foam was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). …”
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Fabrication of ZnS-Bi-TiO2 Composites and Investigation of Their Sunlight Photocatalytic Performance by Xuewei Dong, Fan Zhang, Chuan Rong, Hongchao Ma

“…The ZnS-Bi-TiO2 composites were prepared by the sol-gel method and were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS). …”
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Synthesis and Downconversion Emission Property of Yb2O3:Eu3+ Nanosheets and Nanotubes by Chao Qian, Tianmei Zeng, Hongrong Liu

“…The crystal phase, size, and morphology of prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that the as-prepared Yb2O3 nanocrystals with sheet- and tube-like shape have cubic phase structure. …”
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Effect of Drying-Wetting Cycles on Engineering Properties of Expansive Soils Modified by Industrial Wastes by Chengfu Chu, Meihuang Zhan, Qi Feng, Dong Li, Long Xu, Fusheng Zha, Yongfeng Deng

“…Microstructural analysis is performed using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results of microstructural analysis show a tendency of degradation process.…”
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Generation and Characterization of an Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet (APPJ) and Its Application in the Surface Modification of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Hom Bahadur Baniya, Rajendra Shrestha, Rajesh Prakash Guragain, Mohan Bahadur Kshetri, Bishnu Prasad Pandey, Deepak Prasad Subedi

“…The surface roughness of the untreated and plasma-treated PET samples was characterized by contact angle measurement, surface energy analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM).…”
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Experimental Study of Phase Composition of B-Fe-Mn-V Alloys and Thermodynamic Calculations of Phase Equilibria in the B-Mn-V and B-Fe-Mn-V Systems by Viera Homolová, Ján Kepič, Adéla Zemanová, Ondřej Zobač

“…Phase compositions of B-Fe-Mn-V alloys were studied by several experimental methods (DTA measurement, X-ray diffractions, and scanning electron microscopy). Besides the experimental study of the quaternary system, thermodynamic modelling of the ternary B-Mn-V system by the Calphad method and thermodynamic calculations for the quaternary B-Fe-Mn-V system were performed. …”
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Lingguizhugan decoction enhances autophagy of Alzheimer’s disease via regulating the mTOR/ p70s6K pathway in vivo and in vitro by Xiaojing Chen, Qingrong Tian, Min Gao, Xibin Zhou, Chunxiang Zhou

“…Mice’s hippocampus tissue sections were stained immunohistochemically to observe hippocampal Aβ deposition. Transmission electron microscopy monitored autophagosomes and autolysosomes. …”
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Photodegradation of Eosin Y Using Silver-Doped Magnetic Nanoparticles by Eman Alzahrani

“…The fabricated magnetic nanoparticles coated with Ag were characterised using different instruments such as a scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDAX) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. …”
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Minimizing Drying Shrinkage and Enhancing Impermeability of Foam Concrete Modified with Epoxy Resin by Jianqing Gong, Ke Li

“…Internal pore structure and EP distribution were characterized using the scanning electron microscopy and indicated that a microgrid structure of the FC was formed internally, featuring an increase in the number of pores, a reduction in the average pore size, and a uniform pore size distribution. …”
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Effect of Micro- and Nanomagnetite on Printing Toner Properties by Maryam Ataeefard, Ebrahim Ghasemi, Mona Ebadi

“…The Fe3O4 and toner were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), atomic gradient force magnetometry (AGFM), dynamic laser scattering (DLS), particle size analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the optimum amount of surfactant not only reduced particle size but also reduced the magnetite properties of Fe3O4. …”
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TiO2/ZnS/CdS Nanocomposite for Hydrogen Evolution and Orange II Dye Degradation by Václav Štengl, Daniela Králová

“…The morphology was obtained by scanning electron microscopy, the nitrogen adsorption-desorption was used for determination of surface area (BET) and porosity. …”
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The influence of an accompanying substance on the adsorption of herbicides on activated carbon in a multi-component system by Magdalena Blachnio, Malgorzata Zienkiewicz-Strzalka, Anna Derylo-Marczewska

“…Activated carbon materials were fully characterized by nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms, potentiometric titration, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Adsorption processes from aqueous solutions were investigated using the static method. …”
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Investigations on Photodegradation and Antibacterial Activity of Mixed Oxide Nanocrystalline Materials by P. P. Shinde, R. J. Sayyad, S. S. Shukla, S. A. Waghmode and S. R. Gadale

“…The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using a range of techniques, including X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) to determine crystal structure, UV-vis spectroscopy for optical properties, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) for functional group analysis, and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM-EDX) for morphological and elemental composition analysis. …”
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Fabrication of γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles by Solid-State Thermolysis of a Metal-Organic Framework, MIL-100(Fe), for Heavy Metal Ions Removal by Shengtao Hei, Yan Jin, Fumin Zhang

“…The obtained γ-Fe2O3 was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques, and then used as an adsorbent for heavy metal ions removal in water treatment. …”
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