Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Analysis of Polylactic Acid/Fumed Silica/Clay (1.28E) Nanocomposites by Josephine Chang Hui Lai, Md. Rezaur Rahman, Sinin Hamdan

“…The resultant nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), tensile test, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and moisture absorption test. …”
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Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Nanostructured TiO2 Electrode by Sule Erten-Ela

“…Metal-free organic sensitizer consisting of donor, electron conducting, and anchoring anhydride groups was engineered at molecular level and synthesized. …”
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Photoionization Impact on the Lightning Impulse Streamer Discharge of Rapeseed Insulating Oil: An Experimental Study by Yihua Qian, Qing Wang

“…The analysis results demonstrated that suppressing photoionization weakened the axial electric field strength in the head region of the streamer branches, thereby inhibiting the electron avalanche behavior at the head of the streamer and thus reducing the rate of axial propagation of the streamer branches.…”
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Mentorship Programs for Faculty Development in Academic General Pediatric Divisions by Jennifer Takagishi, Sharon Dabrow

“…General pediatric division chiefs accessed an electronic survey asking about mentorship relationships, their ability to create a mentorship program, and resources needed. …”
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Preparation and Stability of Inorganic Solidified Foam for Preventing Coal Fires by Botao Qin, Yi Lu, Fanglei Li, Yuwei Jia, Chao Zhu, Quanlin Shi

“…In order to further enhance the stability of ISF, different dosage of calcium fluoroaluminate was added to ISF specimens whose stability coefficient was tested and change of hydration products was detected by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The outcomes indicated that calcium fluoroaluminate could enhance the stability coefficient of ISF and compact hydration products formed in cell wall of ISF; naturally, the stability principle of ISF was proved right. …”
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The Optimization of Matrix Preparation Process and Performance Testing for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell by Jian Cheng, Liejin Guo, Shisen Xu, Ruiyun Zhang

“…The characteristics of the slurries and matrices were examined by laser particle size analyzer, scanning electron microscopy, and BET surface area analyzer. …”
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Influence of dissolved hydrogen and IG Cr carbide on the oxidation behavior of Alloy 600 in hydrogenated primary water by Yun Soo Lim, Dong Jin Kim, Sung Woo Kim, Seong Sik Hwang, Sung Hwan Cho, Hong Pyo Kim

“…The internal oxidation (IO) and preferential intergranular oxidation (PIO) behavior of Alloy 600 depending on the dissolved hydrogen (DH) content and the IG Cr carbide in hydrogenated primary water were characterized in detail using analytical electron microscopy techniques. The oxidation layer was unstable when the DH concentration was such that Ni was in the vicinity of Ni/NiO equilibrium and it could easily be peeled off. …”
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Mean arrival time distributions of extensive air showers at ultrahigh energies by I. F. Hussein, A. A. Al-Rubaiee, A. F. Mkhaiber

“…This paper investigates extensive air showers by estimating the muon and electron mean arrival time distributions at ultrahigh energies for various cosmic-ray particles. …”
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Colorimetric Sensor Based on β-Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles for Zidovudine Sensitive Determination by Farhad Ghanizadeh Gerayeli, Farnaz Hosseini, Zohreh Bagheri, Amir Savardashtaki, Zahra Shabaninejad, Ali Mohammad Amani, Sohrab Najafipour

“…Characterization of nanoparticles was done using different methods including infrared (IR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and also, X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. …”
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Unilateral Laryngeal Pacing System and Its Functional Evaluation by Taiping Zeng, Zhiping Zhang, Weiwei Peng, Fei Zhang, Baker Y. Shi, Fangyi Chen

“…With a micro controller-based electronic system, electromyography (EMG) signals from cricothyroid (CT) muscle on the ipsilateral side were recorded and used to trigger pacing of paralyzed vocalis muscles. …”
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Issues at the Rural-Urban Fringe: Land Use -- Agricultural Districts by Rodney L. Clouser

“…Other fact sheets addressing rural-urban land use issues are available through the UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information System (EDIS) at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. …”
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Efficiency Control in Iridium Complex-Based Phosphorescent Light-Emitting Diodes by Boucar Diouf, Woo Sik Jeon, Ramchandra Pode, Jang Hyuk Kwon

“…Furthermore, triplet excitons must be retained within the EML and should not drift into the nonradiative levels of the electron or hole transport layer (resp., ETL or HTL); this is achieved by carefully choosing the EML’s adjacent layers. …”
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Bioinspired artificial antioxidases for efficient redox homeostasis and maxillofacial bone regeneration by Ting Wang, Mingru Bai, Wei Geng, Mohsen Adeli, Ling Ye, Chong Cheng

“…Our studies demonstrate that Ru-hydroxide consists hydroxyls-synergistic monoatomic Ru centers, which efficiently react with oxygen species and collaborate with hydroxyls for rapid proton and electron transfer, thus exhibiting efficient, broad-spectrum, and robust ROS scavenging performance. …”
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Selection of cam mechanisms for driving the plunger of high-pressure pump of diesel engines using Mathcad program by A. P. Zhigadlo, Yu. P. Makushev, T. A. Polyakova, V. V. Ryndin

“…To create ultra–high pressures (more than 120 MPa), the fuel supply system must be batterytype with a drive of small diameter plungers (4–6 mm) from an eccentric shaft with a special-shaped washer and electronically controlled injectors. …”
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Enhancing transdermal drug delivery: formulation and evaluation of simvastatin-loaded invasomes in carbopol gel for improved permeability and prolonged release by Deepak Kumar Dash, Dibya Sundar Panda, Satyanarayan Pattnaik, Riya Vaiswade, Gayatri Gupta

“…We prepared and assessed different formulationsfor various parameters, including zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy, entrapment efficiency, viscosity, and drug content, and conducted in vitro studies. …”
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Generation of Recombinant Porcine Parvovirus Virus-Like Particles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Development of Virus-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies by Paulius Lukas Tamošiūnas, Rasa Petraitytė-Burneikienė, Rita Lasickienė, Artiomas Akatov, Gabrielis Kundrotas, Vilimas Sereika, Raimundas Lelešius, Aurelija Žvirblienė, Kęstutis Sasnauskas

“…Recombinant PPV VP2 protein was efficiently expressed in yeast and purified using density gradient centrifugation. Electron microscopy analysis of purified PPV VP2 protein revealed the self-assembly of virus-like particles (VLPs). …”
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Crack initiation and propagation paths in small diameter FSW 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under fatigue loading by Roberto Tovo, Luca Susmel, M. Neil James, Danie G. Hattingh, Enrico Maggiolini

“…Crack path analysis was performed using both low magnification stereo microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, in order to identify crack initiation sites and to determine the direction of crack propagation. …”
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Synthesis of silver leaves and their potential application for analysis and degradation of phenolic pollutants by Jianan Sun, Xianhui Gao, Wei Wei

“…Abstract A one‐pot bottom‐up synthesis method was used to synthesise multi‐level leaf‐like nano‐silver (silver leaf) by simply mixing AgNO3, L‐ascorbic acid, Sodium sodium citrate, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the ethanol‐water mixed solvents. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterisations show that the silver leaves have tertiary structures and their sizes are controllable. …”
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Physical properties of nanostructured ZnO thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering method with different volume of O2 in carrier gas by Asgary Somayeh, Ramezani Amir Hoshang, Mahmoodi Azam

“…The increase of O2 concentration resulted in the decrease of preferred orientation intensity and peak shifting to lower 2θ values. Scanning electron microscopic images showed a porous tapered columnar structure similar to the zone 1 of Thornton’s structure zone model at lower O2 content and a smooth microstructure similar to the zone T structure at highest O2 content. …”
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The First Intense Geomagnetic Storm Event Recorded by the China Seismo‐Electromagnetic Satellite by Y.‐Y. Yang, Z.‐R. Zhima, X.‐H. Shen, W. Chu, J.‐P. Huang, Q. Wang, R. Yan, S. Xu, H.‐X. Lu, D.‐P. Liu

“…During this storm event, some significant ELF/VLF waves are also excited and there is enhancement of the energetic electron flux (of energy <1 MeV). These main features are consistent with results from previous works, indicating the excellent performance of the search coil magnetometer and high‐energy particle detector.…”
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