Nonlocal Nonlinear Optical Response of Ionic Liquids under Violet Excitation by Cássio E. A. Santos, Márcio A. R. C. Alencar, Pedro Migowski, Jairton Dupont, Jandir M. Hickmann

“…The thermooptical coefficients, nonlinear refractive indexes of thermal origin, and degree of nonlocality were obtained for laser excitation tuned at 410 nm. Our results indicate that ionic liquids can be exploited as very efficient nonlinear media with large nonlocal character under violet excitation.…”
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Annexin V Imaging Detects Diabetes-Accelerated Apoptosis and Monitors the Efficacy of Benfotiamine Treatment in Ischemic Limbs of Mice by Kyung-Ho Jung, Jin Hee Lee, Jin Won Park, Jin Young Paik, Cung Hoa Thien Quach, Eun Jeong Lee, Kyung-Han Lee

“…Benfotiamine (BFT) treatment of diabetic mice led to better perfusion recovery on laser Doppler imaging and reduced AnxV binding on optical imaging. …”
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Scale Dependence of Waviness and Unevenness of Natural Rock Joints through Fractal Analysis by Yingchun Li, Shengyue Sun, Hongwei Yang

“…The surfaces of three natural joints of granite with the same dimension of 1000 mm×1000 mm are digitised using a 3D laser scanner at three different measurement resolutions. …”
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Large Multinodular Toxic Goiter: Is Surgery Always Necessary? by Roberto Negro, Gabriele Greco

“…Then, before administering another 131I dose, the patient underwent a laser ablation treatment (LAT) in both nodules. After a significant shrinkage due to LAT, the patient received 400 MBq 131I. …”
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Influence of forging conditions on the fatigue mechanisms of low alloy steels: a 3D study by Pablo Lorenzino, Jean-Yves Buffiere, Catherine Verdu

“…Fatigue cracks were initiated from an artificial defect (100 μm wide x 50 μm deep) introduced in the forging skin by laser machining. 3D images of the initiation and growth of those physically small fatigue cracks have been obtained. …”
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Insight in Hypoxia-Mimetic Agents as Potential Tools for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Priming in Regenerative Medicine by Agata Nowak-Stępniowska, Paulina Natalia Osuchowska, Henryk Fiedorowicz, Elżbieta Anna Trafny

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Intrahepatic Stones: The Percutaneous Approach by Horst Neuhaus

“…These techniques can be combined with electrohydraulic lithotripsy or laser lithotripsy for disintegration of impacted calculi. …”
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Periodontal Management of Sturge-Weber Syndrome by Butchibabu Kalakonda, Koppolu Pradeep, Ashank Mishra, Krishnanjaneya Reddy, Tupili Muralikrishna, Vijaya Lakshmi, Radhika Challa

“…The present paper reports three cases of SWS with oral manifestations and periodontal management, which included thorough scaling and root planing followed by gingivectomy with scalpel and laser in cases 1 and 3 consecutively to treat the gingival enlargement. …”
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Simultaneous Viewing of Individual Cells and Ambient Microvasculature Using Optical Absorption and Fluorescence Contrasts by Zhixing Xie, Sung-Liang Chen, Mario L. Fabiilli, J. Brian Fowlkes, K. Kirk Shung, Qifa Zhou, Paul L. Carson, Xueding Wang

“…After staining tissues with fluorescent dye at an appropriate concentration, each laser pulse can generate not only sufficient fluorescent signals from cells for CFM but also sufficient photoacoustic signals from microvessels for PAM. …”
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Progress in mid-infrared optoelectronics for high-speed free-space data throughput by Frédéric Grillot, Thomas Poletti, Salvatore Pes

“…Free-space laser communications offer a promising alternative for broadband data transmission in places where fiber optics are impractical. …”
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Reliability Evaluation of Water-Rich Loess Tunnel with Lining Crack Based on Extension Theory by Xiaohui Xue, Jun Zhang, Xinxing Zhou

“…Crack width, crack depth, crack length, crack geometry, and water seepage of the Qiaoyuan tunnel were measured by intelligent crack measuring instrument, 10 m tape, laser scanner, and dosing cup. According to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the judgment matrix could be used to describe the relative importance of each index. …”
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Optical Channel Capacity Upgrade Based on Multiwavelength Conversion XGM Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Access Networks by Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-rahman, Abdul Hameed Almabrok Swedan

“…The method is capable of converting a signal data of specific wavelength 1541 nm to certain wavelengths of CW’s laser 1554 nm and 1558 nm with 4 nm spacing. The pump power level was classified due to channel response. …”
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EDITORIAL PAPER - ENGINEERING by JT ADMIN

“…The topics considered include, but are not restricted to, electrical and electronic engineering, communications engineering, computer engineering, control and automation engineering, laser and optics engineering, medical engineering, biomedical engineering, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, material engineering, nanotechnology, thermal engineering, energy and renewable energy, chemical engineering , petroleum engineering, civil and structural engineering, surveying and geomatics engineering, water-resources engineering, environmental engineering, safety, risk management and quality, architecture, and technical education. …”
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Study of Band Gap of Silver Nanoparticles—Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites by P. Barone, F. Stranges, M. Barberio, D. Renzelli, A. Bonanno, F. Xu

“…The nanocomposites were obtained doping TiO2, in both allotropic species anatase and rutile, with silver nanoparticles (grown by laser ablation process). X-ray photoelectron data indicate the absence of Ag-Ti chemical bonds, while measurements of photoluminescence and optical absorbance in UV-visible range show a quench in photoluminescence emission of about 50% and an increase in visible absorbance of about 20%. …”
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Micron-scale imaging using bulk ultrasonics by Loheshwaran Chandran, Mohamed Subair Syed Akbar Ali, Bradley Bobbs, Chandan Dutta, Joseph JD, Enakshi Bhattacharya, Prabhu Rajagopal

“…Challenges in wave reception are addressed by a custom-developed micro-focal laser with a sub-micron spot size and an innovative experimental set-up together with physics based signal processing. …”
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Engineering dual-driven pro-angiogenic nanozyme based on porous silicon for synergistic acceleration of burn infected wound healing by Wei Duan, Yue Gao, Ruru Xu, Sheng Huang, Xueqian Xia, Jingwen Zhao, Longhuan Zeng, Qiaolin Wei, Jia-Wei Shen, Jianmin Wu, Yongke Zheng

“…After exposure to 808 nm NIR laser, Pt@PSi-based photothermal and nano-catalytic combined therapy can achieve more than 95 % bacterial inhibition in vitro. …”
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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

“…Compared with the glass samples before heat treatment, UC and NIR emission intensities of Er3+-doped in TAB tellurite transparent glass-ceramics under excitation of 980nm laser diode was significantly increased.…”
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The Effect of Metal-Semiconductor Contact on the Transient Photovoltaic Characteristic of HgCdTe PV Detector by Haoyang Cui, Yongpeng Xu, Junjie Yang, Naiyun Tang, Zhong Tang

“…The transient photovoltaic (PV) characteristic of HgCdTe PV array is studied using an ultrafast laser. The photoresponse shows an apparent negative valley first, then it evolves into a positive peak. …”
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InGaN multiquantum wells—problem of carrier injection by Agata Bojarska-Cieślińska, Łucja Marona, Szymon Grzanka, Ewa Grzanka, Piotr Perlin

“…Abstract This study addresses the issue of effective carrier injection to quantum wells in laser diode structures. The nitride light emitting structures used in this study were fabricated by Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE). …”
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Hardware and Deep Learning-Based Authentication Through Enhanced RF Fingerprints of 3D-Printed Chaotic Antenna Arrays by Justin O. McMillen, Fawaz Abdul Razak, Gokhan Mumcu, Yasin Yilmaz

“…We provide a mathematical model for CAA, explain how it can be cost-effectively manufactured by utilizing mask-free laser-enhanced direct print additive manufacturing (LE-DPAM), and comprehensively analyze the authentication performance of several deep learning classifiers for CAA. …”
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