Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from the Aqueous Extract of Leaves of Ocimum sanctum for Enhanced Antibacterial Activity by Charusheela Ramteke, Tapan Chakrabarti, Bijaya Ketan Sarangi, Ram-Avatar Pandey

“…The synthesized AgNPs have been characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffractometry. …”
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Failure Analysis of Outer Ring Fracture of Floating Bearing by Xiaolu Zhu

“…After field investigation，optical microscope and electron microscope observation，bearing material composition and metallographic structure analysis，and bearing outer ring finite element simulation，it can be confirmed that the direct reason for the fracture of floating bearing outer ring is that the stress of floating outer ring is about 33.3% larger than that of fixed outer ring，which results in the excessive stress of the outer ring. …”
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Fabrication of SiO2/PEGDA Inverse Opal Photonic Crystal with Fluorescence Enhancement Effects by Van-Phuc Dinh, Duy-Khoi Nguyen, Quang-Hung Nguyen, Thi-Thuy Luu, Thi Hai Yen Pham, Thi Thu Ha Vu, Han-Sheng Chuang, Hong-Phong Pham

“…Characteristics and fluorescence properties of the fabricated IOPCs were investigated by using the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), reflection spectroscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. …”
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Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet for the Improvement of Wettability of Polypropylene by Hom Bahadur Baniya, Rajesh Prakash Guragain, Binod Baniya, Deepak Prasad Subedi

“…The surface properties of the controls and plasma-treated PP samples were characterized by contact angle measurement, surface free energy measurement, scanning electron microscopy, and the Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy analysis.…”
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Unique ultrastructural organization of human rod photoreceptors by Tylor R. Lewis, Natalia V. Klementieva, Sebastien Phan, Carson M. Castillo, Keun-Young Kim, Lauren Y. Cao, Mark H. Ellisman, Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Oleg Alekseev

“…These structures have two striking features: they are reinforced by a massive microtubular cytoskeleton and contain electron-dense adhesions that mediate their attachment to outer segments. …”
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Voltammetric Determination of Homocysteine Using Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Paste Electrode in the Presence of Chlorpromazine as a Mediator by Fathali Gholami-Orimi, Farshad Taleshi, Pourya Biparva, Hassan Karimi-Maleh, Hadi Beitollahi, Hamid R. Ebrahimi, Mohamad Shamshiri, Hasan Bagheri, Masoud Fouladgar, Ali Taherkhani

“…The kinetic parameters of the system, including electron transfer coefficient, and catalytic rate constant were also determined using the electrochemical approaches. …”
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Evaluation of a Plasmon-Based Optical Integrated Circuit for Error-Tolerant Streaming Applications by Samantha Lubaba Noor, Xuan Wu, Dennis Lin, Pol van Dorpe, Francky Catthoor, Patrick Reynaert, Azad Naeemi

“…Our work includes designing the individual optical components (modulator, logic gate, and photodetector) and high-speed electronic driver circuits and integrating the components considering their interactions. …”
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Insight into plasmonics: resurrection of modern-day science (invited) by M.A. Butt

“…Plasmonics is a field of research and technology that focuses on the interaction between light and free electrons in a metal structure called plasmon. The study of plasmonics has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential for several applications and its ability to manipulate light at nanoscale dimensions. …”
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Investigation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AA6061/MWCNT/B4C Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite by P. Satishkumar, N. Natarajan, Rajasekaran Saminathan, J. Justin Maria Hillary, Biru Birhanu, Arnold C. Alguno, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Vishnu Raj, Stephen Livingston

“…The nanocomposite aluminium matrix was examined for tribological behaviour, density, stiffness, and compressive strength before and after hot isostatic pressing (HIP). Scanning electron microscopy and TEM were used to analyze the carbon nanotubes and their hybrid counterparts (SEM). …”
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On the thickness and layup dependence on failure mechanisms during unfolding of curved woven composites by R.D.R. Sitohang, S. Benou, L.L. Warnet, R. Akkerman

“…The damages were observed by using acoustic emission sensors, a scanning electron microscope, and a camera. The results for the (0,90) ply orientation showed that the mechanism of failure changes from intraply-dominated to interply-dominated as the laminate thickness increases. …”
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Preparation of Conductive PANI/PVA Composites via an Emulsion Route by Xiang-Qin Wang, Bin-Jie Xin, Jian Xu

“…The PANI/PVA composite membranes have been characterized using optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and electrochemical workstation. …”
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Preparation of Polyamide 6/CeO2 Composite Nanofibers through Electrospinning for Biomedical Applications by Xinyu Zhang, Xinggang Chen

“…The morphological, structural, and mechanical properties of the PA6/CeO2 nanofibers were investigated by using SEM, XRD, Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and an electronic universal tensile testing machine. SEM images revealed that the nanofibers were well oriented and had good incorporation with CeO2, the average diameter of composite fibers first decreases and then increases with the loading of CeO2. …”
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Applications of DSP to Explicit Dynamic FEA Simulations of Elastically-Dominated Impact Problems by Ted Diehl, Doug Carroll, Ben Nagaraj

“…Explicit Dynamic Finite Element techniques are increasingly used for simulating impact events of personal electronic devices such as portable phones and laptop computers. …”
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Morphological criterion for distinguishing between abstract and concrete nouns: An experimental approach by Yu.A. Volskaya

“…The experimental data were obtained as part of the work on compiling an electronic semantic dictionary of Russian abstract nouns with the help of the methodology used to create a similar dictionary for the English language. …”
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Microstructure and texture evolution in laser Shock Peened martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy by J.F. Xiao, Y.D. Jing, R. Esmaeilzadeh, C. Cayron, R.E. Logé

“…In this study, we explore how martensitic microstructures evolve in a half cylinder of NiTi under LSP impact using the Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) technique. …”
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AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER PROGRAMME IN TEACHER EDUCATION by E. N. PEREVOSHCHIKOVA

“…Basing on the modular approach there are designed educational modules: conceptual module, design module, technological module, the diagnostic module, electronic educational module, management. These modules determine not only the structure of the educational process, but also the components of the basic professional educational programs. …”
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Communication between DNA polymerases and Replication Protein A within the archaeal replisome by Markel Martínez-Carranza, Léa Vialle, Clément Madru, Florence Cordier, Ayten Dizkirici Tekpinar, Ahmed Haouz, Pierre Legrand, Rémy A. Le Meur, Patrick England, Rémi Dulermo, J. Iñaki Guijarro, Ghislaine Henneke, Ludovic Sauguet

“…Using an integrative structural biology approach, combining nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, we unveil how RPA interacts with PriSL and PolD through two distinct surfaces of the WH domain: an evolutionarily conserved interface and a novel binding site. …”
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Research on the Disintegration Characteristics of Carbonaceous Mudstone and Properties of Modified Materials by Xinxi Liu, Yu Li, Shengnan Li, Yanming Zhou

“…The microscopic characteristics of carbonaceous mudstone disintegration were determined with scanning electron microscopy. The surface modification effect of carbonaceous mudstone was researched by comparative tests on coatings’ hydrophobic property, fastness, and waterproof before and after modification, and the modification mechanism of polymer-cement composite modified carbonaceous mudstone was analyzed. …”
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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. …”
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Free Radical Shadow Cure Initiated Using Two-Component and Three-Component Initiator Systems by Hajime Kitano, Karthik Ramachandran, Alec B. Scranton

“…This result was attributed to the fact that DPI will increase both the number of active centers and the mobility of the active centers as a result of the electron transfer reactions in which it participates.…”
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