Restoring Teeth with an Advanced Lithium Disilicate Ceramic: A Case Report and 1-Year Follow-Up by Felicitas Hölken, Helmut Dietrich

“…According to the manufacturer, the material provides a biaxial strength measured at >700 MPa and improved optical properties. The remarkable speed sintering time of approx. 4.5 minutes makes processing very fast. …”
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Raman scattering owing to magneto-polaron states in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides by C. Trallero-Giner, D. G. Santiago-Pérez, D. V. Tkachenko, G. E. Marques, V. M. Fomin

“…The results obtained are a guideline for controlling MP effects on the magneto-optical properties of TMD semiconductors, which open pathways to novel optoelectronic devices based on 2D TMDs.…”
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Theoretical Study on the Photoelectric Properties of a Class of Copolymers Based on Benzodithiophene for Solar Cells by Xiao-Hua Xie, Xin-Wei Zhao, Ming Li

“…The structural, electronic, and optical properties of PBDTTBT are comprehensively studied by density functional theory to rationalize the experimentally observed properties. …”
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Recent Advances in Graphene-Assisted Nonlinear Optical Signal Processing by Jian Wang, Xiao Hu

“…Possessing a variety of remarkable optical, electronic, and mechanical properties, graphene has emerged as an attractive material for a myriad of optoelectronic applications. The wonderful optical properties of graphene afford multiple functions of graphene based polarizers, modulators, transistors, and photodetectors. …”
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Curcumin Is an Iconic Ligand for Detecting Environmental Pollutants by T. Devasena, N. Balasubramanian, Natarajan Muninathan, Kuppusamy Baskaran, Shani T. John

“…Organic ligands are capable of increasing the adsorption efficacy, optical properties, and electrochemical properties of nanomaterials by reducing or splitting of band gap. …”
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Building up Graphene-Based Conductive Polymer Composite Thin Films Using Reduced Graphene Oxide Prepared by γ-Ray Irradiation by Siyuan Xie, Bowu Zhang, Chunlei Wang, Ziqiang Wang, Linfan Li, Jingye Li

“…The electrical and optical properties of the obtained composite films were tested, showing good electrical conductivity with visible transmittance but strong ultraviolet absorbance.…”
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Experimental Characterization, Computational Investigation, and Structure-propertyeactivity Relationship Studies of Nickel Ferrite Nanostructures by Ali Ben Ahmed

“…UV-visible spectroscopy measures the absorbance of ultraviolet or visible light by a material, which can give insight into its electronic structure, band gap, and optical properties. These analyses confirmed the formation of single-phase nickel ferrite nanoparticles in the range 8e14 nm. …”
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Crystal growth, structural phase transitions and optical gap evolution of FAPb(Br1-x Cl x )3 hybrid perovskites (FA: formamidinium ion, CH(NH2)2 +) by Carlos A. López, Oscar Fabelo, Carmen Abia, María T. Fernández-Diaz, José A. Alonso

“…This study provides an improved understanding of the structural and optical properties of these appealing hybrid perovskites.…”
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Influence of Regional Transport Mechanisms on the Fingerprint of Biomass-Burning Aerosols in Buenos Aires by Ana G. Ulke

“…CJ1 events registered within the five-year period of 2001–2005 are examined along with changes in the optical properties of aerosols over the city from measurements from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) site. …”
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Substrate Temperature-Dependent Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Thermochromic VO2(M) Nanostructured Films Grown by a One-Step Pulsed Laser Deposition Process on S... by Ali Hendaoui

“…., transition temperature (TIMT), resistivity variation (ΔR), hysteresis width (ΔH), and transition sharpness (ΔT)) are strongly dependent on the processing temperature. In terms of optical properties, it was found that the open (i.e., porous) structure of the films achieved at high temperature induced an improvement of their luminous transmittance. …”
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Photocatalytical Properties and Theoretical Analysis of N, Cd-Codoped TiO2 Synthesized by Thermal Decomposition Method by Hongtao Gao, Bing Lu, Fangfang Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Xian Zhao

“…The effect of the incorporation of N and Cd on electronic structure and optical properties of TiO2 was studied by first-principle calculations on the basis of density functional theory (DFT). …”
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Unconventional nonlinear Hall effects in twisted multilayer 2D materials by Mahmut Sait Okyay, Min Choi, Qiang Xu, Adrián Perez Diéguez, Mauro Del Ben, Khaled Z. Ibrahim, Bryan M. Wong

“…Our investigation challenges the prevailing understanding of nonlinear optical responses in layered materials and opens new avenues for the design and development of advanced materials with tailored optical properties.…”
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Unlocking the potential of gold nanoparticles as a game-changer in the fight against hepatocellular carcinoma by Sarmistha Saha, Manas Taneja, Sneha Dubey, Alok Bhardwaj

“…Due to their exceptional optical qualities, chemically modified surface through the attachment of various ligands, biocompatibility (bio-inertness and low cytotoxicity), and superior optical properties, gold NPs (AuNPs) have garnered significant interest. …”
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A Review on Synthesis and Characterization of Ag2O Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Applications by Workneh M. Shume, H. C. Ananda Murthy, Enyew Amare Zereffa

“…The structure, morphology, crystallinity, size, purity, elemental composition, and optical properties of obtained Ag2O NPs were characterized by different techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and UV-visible spectrophotometer accordingly as revealed by our literature review. …”
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Halodule uninervis extract facilitates the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles with anticancer activity by Nadine Wehbe, Joelle Edward Mesmar, Riham El Kurdi, Ali Al-Sawalmih, Adnan Badran, Digambara Patra, Elias Baydoun

“…Abstract Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been utilized in a plethora of applications due to their unique optical properties, high stability, and great biocompatibility. …”
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Amorphization dependent recrystallisation of Sb2Te3 by Nur Qalishah Adanan, Simon Wredh, Joel K W Yang, Robert E Simpson

“…This effect is important because it provides a means to switch PCM devices at higher rates through a catalyst-like effect. The optical properties of Sb _2 Te _3 can be gradually tuned by the level of crystallographic disorder. …”
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Electrochemical sensor based on polyaniline supported CdS/CeO2/Ag3PO4 nanocomposite for Malathion detection by Tigabu Bekele Mekonnen

“…Elemental analysis, crystal structure, surface area, morphology and optical properties of the as-synthesized nanoparticles were characterized. …”
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Subwavelength Imaging in Sub-THz Range Using Dielectric Waveguide by Paweł Komorowski, Przemysław Zagrajek, Mateusz Kaluza, Andrzej Kołodziejczyk, Sławomir Ertman, Adrianna Nieradka, Mateusz Surma, Agnieszka Siemion

“…Our method relies on using a dielectric waveguide to achieve better sampling resolution. The optical properties of many materials were analyzed using time-domain spectroscopy. …”
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Solar Divergence Collimators for Optical Characterisation of Solar Components by D. Fontani, P. Sansoni, E. Sani, S. Coraggia, D. Jafrancesco, L. Mercatelli

“…Precise solar divergence reproduction is essential to correctly assess the optical properties and to simulate the operative conditions of a solar collecting device. …”
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Novel Nanocomposite Optical Plastics: Dispersion of Titanium in Polyacrylates by Gunjan Suri, Mukti Tyagi, Geetha Seshadri, Gurcharan Lal Verma, Rakesh Kumar Khandal

“…One of the interesting dimension of this study pertains to the possibility of tailor-making of the two key optical properties of materials by way of varying the amount of TiO2 being formed in-situ. …”
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