A Sentinel-2-Based System to Detect and Monitor Oil Spills: Demonstration on 2024 Tobago Accident by Emilio D’Ugo, Ashish Kallikkattilkuruvila, Roberto Giuseppetti, Alejandro Carvajal, Abdou Mbacke Diouf, Matteo Tucci, Federico Aulenta, Alessandro Ursi, Patrizia Sacco, Deodato Tapete, Giovanni Laneve, Fabio Magurano

“…The analysis suggests that with sufficient cloud-free conditions, high temporal revisit multispectral optical satellites could support the timely detection and tracking of oil masses during environmental incidents near natural sanctuaries.…”
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Mechanical Strains Induced in Osteoblasts by Use of Point Femtosecond Laser Targeting by Charles Cranfield, Ze'ev Bomzon, Daniel Day, Min Gu, Sarah Cartmell

“…The study employed a custom made optical system that allowed for simultaneous confocal cell imaging and targeted femtosecond pulse laser irradiation. …”
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Observations of Anomalous Microwave Emission from HII Regions by Clive Dickinson

“…The contribution from optically thick free-free emission from UCHII regions may be also be significant in some cases. …”
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Destabilization of Immersed Dense Granular Material Submitted to Localized Fluidization: An Experimental and Numerical Study by Aboubacar Sidiki Dramé, Li Wang, Yanping Zhang

“…A LED lighting system is used in place of a laser lighting system. As a result, the optical access restriction of porous structure is removed. …”
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Diffeomorphic Registration of Images with Variable Contrast Enhancement by Guillaume Janssens, Laurent Jacques, Jonathan Orban de Xivry, Xavier Geets, Benoit Macq

“…Among the existing methods, nonparametric registration algorithms such as optical flow, or Demons, usually have the advantage of being fast and easy to use. …”
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Study on strength and fracture toughness of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Ti(-Sn) alloys by Yan A., Chen L., Liu H.S., Xiao F.F., Li X.Q.

“…Detailed observations with optical, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy were conducted to analyze microstructure and fracture surfaces of the alloys. …”
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Ti MINERALS IN ORES AND SKARNS OF THE AKTASH MAGNETITE-POLYMETALLIC DEPOSIT, WESTERN KARAMAZAR, TAJIKISTAN by U.A. Yatimov, I.A. Blinov, M.A. Rassomakhin, S.M. Lebedeva, N.S. Safaraliev

“…The minerals are identified using optical and electron microscopy. The presence of anatase, pyrophanite, perovskite and titanite is also confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. …”
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Multi-Template Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Electrochemical Biosensors by Meltem Agar, Maisem Laabei, Hannah S. Leese, Pedro Estrela

“…Dual/multi-template molecular imprinting techniques have been applied to identify, extract, and detect many targets, from heavy metal ions to viruses, by different methods, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and piezoelectric, optical, and electrochemical methods. This article focuses on electrochemical sensors based on dual/multi-template molecularly imprinted polymers detecting a wide range of targets by electrochemical methods. …”
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Analytical Modelling of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules Based on Atmospheric Parameters by Eduardo F. Fernández, F. Almonacid, T. K. Mallick, P. Pérez-Higueras

“…The maximum power of a HCPV module is estimated as a function of direct normal irradiance, cell temperature, and two spectral corrections based on air mass and aerosol optical depth. In order to check the quality of the model, a HCPV module was measured during one year at a wide range of operating conditions. …”
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Effect of Electronegativity and Charge Balance on the Visible-Light-Responsive Photocatalytic Activity of Nonmetal Doped Anatase TiO2 by Jibao Lu, Hao Jin, Ying Dai, Kesong Yang, Baibiao Huang

“…Our results indicate that the electronegativity is of great significance in the band structures, which determines the relative positions of impurity states induced by the doping species, and further influences the optical absorption and photocatalytic activities of doped TiO2. …”
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Le paysage fluvial et irrigué de Sarazm dans la moyenne vallée du Zeravchan, Tadjikistan, Asie centrale by Lucie Cez

“…The archaeological data are supplemented by a geomorphological study, Optically Stimulated Thermoluminescence (OSL) dating and micromorphological analysis of the sedimentary backfill of a canal which was in use in the 3rd millennium BE. …”
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Preparation and Properties of SnO2 Film Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering by Dan Leng, Lili Wu, Hongchao Jiang, Yu Zhao, Jingquan Zhang, Wei Li, Lianghuan Feng

“…All SnO2 films fabricated with different oxygen partial pressure percentage have almost the same optical band gap.…”
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Spectrphotometric Determination of Buclizine as Hydrochloride Using Various Chromogenic Reagents by V. Annapurna, G. Jyothi, A. V. Subbayamma, B. B. V. Sailaja

“…Method A involves the precipitation, charge transfer complex formation of BUCZ with tannic acid/ p-N-methyl aminophenol sulphate (PMAP)-Cr(VI), the complex formation with cobalt thiocyanate (CTC) in method B and inner complex formation of BUCZ with sodium nitroprusside hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium carbonate in method C were proposed. The optical characteristics such as Beers law limits, molar absorptivity and Sandell’s sensitivity for the methods (A-C) are given. …”
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The Electrical Characteristics of Aluminium Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Film for Humidity Sensor Applications by N. D. Md Sin, M. Fuad Kamel, Rosalena Irma Alip, Zulfakri Mohamad, M. Rusop

“…The effects of Al doping concentration at 0∼0.6 at % on the Al doped ZnO thin film properties were investigated using current-voltage measurement. The optical and structural properties were characterized using photoluminescence (PL), scanning emission microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Physical Properties of Macroporous Tungsten Oxide Thin Films and Their Impact on the Photocurrent Density by I. Riech, M. Acosta, M. A. Zambrano-Arjona, F. Peñuñuri, M. Rosado-Mendoza, E. Marín, P. Rodríguez-Fragoso, J. G. Mendoza-Álvarez

“…X-ray diffraction data and electron microscopy images show that annealed films exhibit polycrystalline structure with monoclinic phase and pore size of approximately hundred nanometers. The optical band gap energies have been determined by photoacoustic spectroscopy as 3.17 eV, and this value was not affected by sample morphology. …”
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EVIDENCES OF DEFORMATIONS OF MINERALS OF THE BERKUT QUARTZ VEIN (SOUTH URALS) AFFECTED BY DYNAMOMETAMORPHIC PROCESSES by L.Ya. Kabanova

“…Subsequent metasomatosis is responsible for new generations of minerals (quartz, albite, microcline, muscovite, epidote, zoisite, and clinozoisite) with different morphology and crystal optical properties.…”
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Color Dependence on Thickness in Topaz Crystal from Brazil by Waldemar Bonventi Jr, Sadao Isotani, Antonio Roberto Pereira Albuquerque

“…The parameters of these lines were determined through the decomposition of the optical absorption spectra in the ultraviolet and visible regions. …”
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Lump-type kink wave phenomena of the space-time fractional phi-four equation by Khudhayr A. Rashedi, Musawa Yahya Almusawa, Hassan Almusawa, Tariq S. Alshammari, Adel Almarashi

“…This article examines the space-time fractional phi-four (PF) model which is an improvement of the Klein-Fock-Gordon (KFG) model that is relevant in quantum mechanics, transmission of ultra-short pulses in optical fibers, de Broglie wave duality, and compound particles in spinless relativistic systems. …”
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Terahertz nanofuse by a single nanowire-combined nanoantenna by Choi Geunchang, Roh Yeeun, Seo Minah

“…It encompasses a potential application as an optical fuse to protect sensitive terahertz devices under excessive field focus.…”
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Complex Nanostructures by Pulsed Droplet Epitaxy by Noboyuki Koguchi, Sergio Bietti, Claudio Somaschini, Stefano Sanguinetti

“…These parameters set the confinement potential of electrons and holes, thus determining the electronic and optical properties of the nanostructure. An often overlooked parameter, which has an even more relevant effect on the electronic properties of the nanostructure, is shape. …”
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