Measurement report: Analysis of aerosol optical depth variation at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica by L. Chen, L. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. She, Z. Zeng, Y. Zheng, B. Tian, W. Zhang, Z. Liu, H. Che, M. Ding

“…</p> <p>This study enhances the understanding of the optical properties and seasonal behaviors of aerosols in the coastal Antarctic. …”
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DFT study of co-doping effects on the electronic, optical, transport, and thermodynamic properties of (5,5) SWCNTs for photovoltaic and photonic applications by I.A. Tabet Djeudi, G.W. Ejuh, P.F. Bissi Nyandou, Oumaima Douass, A. Teyou Ngoupo, C.C. Fonkem, Y. Tadjouteu Assatse, R.A. Yossa Kamsi, J.M.B. Ndjaka, Bilel Mehnen

“…Our analysis of non-linear optical properties reveals that these materials are promising candidates for non-linear optics (NLO) and electronic applications, boasting first-order hyperpolarizability values surpassing those of urea. …”
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Physical and Chemical Approaches of Photovoltaic Parameters in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to ZnO/ZnS:rGO-Based Photoelectrodes by Thiago Kurz Pedra, Ramon Dadalto Carvalho, Cristian Dias Fernandes, Luciano Timm Gularte, Carolina Ferreira de Matos Jauris, Eduardo Ceretta Moreira, Mateus Meneghetti Ferrer, Cristiane Wienke Raubach, Sérgio da Silva Cava, Pedro Lovato Gomes Jardim, Elson Longo, Mario Lucio Moreira

“…Additionally, the optical properties were analyzed through photoluminescence and UV-Vis measurements. …”
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Seaweed (Porphyra) cultivation enhances production of autochthonous refractory dissolved organic matter in coastal ecosystems by Ting Wang, Ting Wang, Jiajun Xu, Jiajun Xu, Randy A. Dahlgren, Qiang Liu, Yang Jia, Yang Jia, Binbin Chen, Binbin Chen, Hanqin Xu, Hanqin Xu, Zengling Ma, Zengling Ma, Liyin Qu, Liyin Qu

“…To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted investigations examining the quantity and optical properties of DOM and POM, microbial community structures and relevant environmental factors along a continuum from a subtropical river through its adjacent coastal Porphyra cultivation zone during the cultivation and non-cultivation periods. …”
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Last-millennium volcanic forcing and climate response using SO₂ emissions by L. R. Marshall, L. R. Marshall, L. R. Marshall, A. Schmidt, A. Schmidt, A. Schmidt, A. P. Schurer, N. L. Abraham, N. L. Abraham, L. J. Lücke, R. Wilson, K. J. Anchukaitis, G. C. Hegerl, B. Johnson, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E. C. Brady, M. Khodri, K. Yoshida

“…The representation of volcanic forcing in the latest generation of climate models has improved significantly, but most models prescribe the aerosol optical properties rather than using <span class="inline-formula">SO₂</span> emissions directly and including interactions between the aerosol, chemistry, and dynamics. …”
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Mixture density networks for re-constructing historical ocean-color products over inland and coastal waters: demonstration and validation by Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian, Ryan E. O’Shea, Ryan E. O’Shea, Arun M. Saranathan, Arun M. Saranathan, Christopher C. Begeman, Christopher C. Begeman, Daniela Gurlin, Caren Binding, Claudia Giardino, Michelle C. Tomlinson, Krista Alikas, Kersti Kangro, Moritz K. Lehmann, Moritz K. Lehmann, Lisa Reed

“…Traditional models have difficulty capturing detailed relationships between remote sensing reflectance (Rrs), biogeochemical properties (BPs), and inherent optical properties (IOPs) in these complex water bodies. …”
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Experimental analysis of micro-cavity influence on the effective solar absorptance of white sand curtain on porous obstructions of particle heating receivers by Rageh Saeed, Shaker Alaqel, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Nader S. Saleh, Abdulelah Alswaiyd, Hany Al-Ansary, Syed Noman Danish, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter, Redhwan Almuzaiqer, Zeyad Almutairi

“…Achieving high solar absorptance offers substantial economic benefits by enabling the storage of thermal energy in low-cost, naturally abundant solid particles, such as silica sand, despite their inherently poor optical properties. This research studies the main aspects that influence the effective solar absorptance (ESA) of the direct porous OF-PHR. …”
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Biomass burning emission analysis based on MODIS aerosol optical depth and AeroCom multi-model simulations: implications for model constraints and emission inventories by M. Petrenko, M. Petrenko, R. Kahn, R. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Bauer, T. Bergman, H. Bian, G. Curci, B. Johnson, J. W. Kaiser, Z. Kipling, H. Kokkola, H. Kokkola, X. Liu, K. Mezuman, K. Mezuman, T. Mielonen, G. Myhre, X. Pan, X. Pan, A. Protonotariou, S. Remy, R. B. Skeie, P. Stier, T. Takemura, K. Tsigaridis, K. Tsigaridis, H. Wang, D. Watson-Parris, D. Watson-Parris, K. Zhang

“…The results point to a need for increased numbers of available BB cases for study in some regions and especially to a need for more extensive regional-to-global-scale measurements of aerosol loss rates and of detailed particle microphysical and optical properties; this would both better constrain models and help distinguish BB from other aerosol types in satellite retrievals. …”
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Detecting the Black Hole Candidate Population in M51’s Young Massive Star Clusters: Constraints on Accreting Intermediate-mass Black Holes by Kristen C. Dage, Evangelia Tremou, Bolivia Cuevas Otahola, Eric W. Koch, Kwangmin Oh, Richard M. Plotkin, Vivian L. Tang, Muhammad Ridha Aldhalemi, Zainab Bustani, Mariam Ismail Fawaz, Hans J. Harff, Amna Khalyleh, Timothy McBride, Jesse Mason, Anthony Preston, Cortney Rinehart, Ethan Vinson, Gemma Anderson, Edward M. Cackett, Shih Ching Fu, Sebastian Kamann, Teresa Panurach, Renuka Pechetti, Payaswini Saikia, Susmita Sett, Ryan Urquhart, Christopher Usher

“…We explore the optical properties of the remaining 17 sources, including cluster age and mass estimates, and search for radio counterparts in the 8–12 GHz band. …”
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Conversion therapy strategy: A novel GPC3-targeted multimodal organic phototheranostics platform for mid-late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma by Fan Wu, Xin Kuang, Sanlin Deng, Shuo Qi, Jian Xiong, Bibo Zhao, Chuanfu Li, Senyou Tan, Qiang Kang, Hao Xiao, Xiaofeng Tan, Gui-long Wu, Qinglai Yang, Guodong Chen

“…Near-infrared phototheranostics technology provides a new way for HCC diagnosis and treatment by its excellent optical properties. However, complex preparation and poor biocompatibility of phototheranostics probes limit clinical application. …”
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Controlled Growth of ZnSe Nanocrystals by Tuning Reactivity and Amount of Zinc Precursor by Lai-Jun Zhang, Fa-Yun Chen, Ji-Zao Tong, Guang-Da Chen, Hai-Jin Huang, Xing-Can Shen

“…Result indicates that the growth and optical property of the resulting ZnSe nanocrystals are strongly dependent on the alkyl chain length and the amount of the zinc carboxylates and both shorter alkyl chain length, and more amount of zinc carboxylate will lead to faster growth of ZnSe nanocrystals. …”
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Subwavelength Plasmonic Waveguides and Plasmonic Materials by Ruoxi Yang, Zhaolin Lu

“…Plasmonics, or surface plasmon based photonics, focus on how to exploit the optical property of metals with abundant free electrons and hence negative permittivity. …”
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Physicochemical and Antioxidant Properties of Chitosan Films Incorporated with Cinnamon Oil by Marco A. López-Mata, Saul Ruiz-Cruz, Norma Patricia Silva-Beltrán, José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz, Víctor Manuel Ocaño-Higuera, Francisco Rodríguez-Félix, Luis A. Cira-Chávez, C. L. Del-Toro-Sánchez, Keiko Shirai

“…The films were characterized based on their physical properties (solubility, water vapor permeability, optical property, and microstructure) and antioxidant properties (DPPH, ABTS, and its protective effects on human erythrocytes). …”
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One-step hydrothermal fabrication of AgInS2/SnIn4S8 nanocomposite with enhanced visible-light-activated photocatalytic activity by Zhong Fei, Zhu Zong Qiang

“…The structure, content and optical property of the as-synthesized AgInS2/SnIn4S8 nanocomposite were investigated by powder Xray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Artificial neural networks and remote sensing in the analysis of the highly variable Pampean shallow lakes by Graciela Canziani, Rosana Ferrati, Claudia Marinelli, Federico Dukatz

“…The analysis oftheir optic properties through the spectral signatures obtained fromsatellite images allows us to infer the trophic state of the shallow lakesand generate a real time tool for studying the dynamics of shallow lakes.Field data (chlorophyll-a, total solids, and Secchi disk depth) allow us todefine levels of turbidity and to characterize the shallow lakes understudy. …”
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Reconfigurable scattering by liquid crystal–polymer composite by Duan-Yi Guo, Yan-Ting Liu, Chen-Wei Tu, Iam Choon Khoo, Tsung-Hsien Lin

“…By leveraging the electro-optic properties of LCPCs, the morphology and types of the reconfigured speckles can be dynamically adjusted between Rayleigh and non-Rayleigh with good stability. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Soy Protein Isolate/Cotton-Nanocrystalline Cellulose Films by Guoyu Zhao, Chongyin Zhou, Fangyu Fan

“…The results indicated that the C-NCC content had no effect on the thickness of the composite films (0.06±0.01 mm), and the optical property of the composite films decreased as the C-NCC contents increased. …”
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Image Semantic Recognition Algorithm of Colorimetric Sensor Array Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network by Xihua Chen, Xing Yang

“…In the process of chemical detection, the color change after a chemical reaction is an extremely identifying optical property feature. In today’s increasingly mature Internet technology and related computer technology, the combination of this important identification chemical reaction and the former makes the chemical detection method visualized. …”
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Crystal structure modulating performances for 213-nm GeO2 solar-blind photodetectors via DC reactive magnetron sputtering method by Chengming Wei, Jiabao Liu, Xinru Lan, Cheng Yang, Shuiping Huang, Dongdong Meng, Zhengwei Chen, Hongguang Duan, Xu Wang

“…However, the precise control of the crystal structure and optical property is a huge challenge due to close free formation energies of multiple phases, inhibiting the GeO2 based practical device applications. …”
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Athermal Tantalum Pentoxide Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Based on Structural Compensation Method by Mingjian You, Zhenyu Liu, Weiren Cheng, Xingyu Tang, Ning Ding, Zhengqi Li, Min Wang, Li Shen, Qiancheng Zhao

“…This allows us to achieve ultra-athermalized filters by combining the structural compensation method and the material&#x0027;s own thermo-optic properties. Two types of devices are proposed: the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer (AMZI) and the ring-coupled Mach-Zehnder interferometer (RMZI). …”
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