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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Combination Treatment of C16 Peptide and Angiopoietin-1 Alleviates Neuromyelitis Optica in an Experimental Model by Yuanyuan Zhang, Kewei Tian, Hong Jiang, Beibei Wang, Shu Han

“…Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disease that mainly affects the spinal cord and optic nerve, causing blindness and paralysis in some individuals. …”
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Bio-orthogonal crosslinking and hyaluronan facilitate transparent healing after treatment of deep corneal injuries with in situ-forming hydrogels by Fang Chen, Uiyoung Han, Thitima Wungcharoen, Youngyoon Amy Seo, Peter Le, Li Jiang, Nae-Won Kang, Euisun Song, Kyeongwoo Jang, David Mundy, Gabriella Maria Fernandes-Cunha, Sarah Heilshorn, David Myung

“…Testing in rodent and rabbit models suggests that composite HA-Col gels crosslinked by bio-orthogonal chemistry results in more rapid and optically favorable wound healing compared to the same composition crosslinked by photochemistry as well as bio-orthogonally crosslinked collagen alone. …”
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Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet for the Improvement of Wettability of Polypropylene by Hom Bahadur Baniya, Rajesh Prakash Guragain, Binod Baniya, Deepak Prasad Subedi

“…The discharge has been characterized by electrical and optical methods. The electrical property of the discharge has been studied by taking current-voltage wave forms using voltage and current probes. …”
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Preparation of Conductive PANI/PVA Composites via an Emulsion Route by Xiang-Qin Wang, Bin-Jie Xin, Jian Xu

“…The PANI/PVA composite membranes have been characterized using optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and electrochemical workstation. …”
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Research Progress in Environmental Response of Fiber Concrete and Its Functional Mechanisms by Yanxuan Ma, Xia Yu, Fei Zhao, Jin Liu, Pengfei Zhu, Peng Zhang, Jian Zhang, Lei Wu

“…Furthermore, the intelligent response mechanism of smart carbon fiber reinforced concrete (CFRC), optical fiber reinforced concrete (OFRC), glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), and nanofiber reinforced concrete (NFRC) would be summarized. …”
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Comparative study of synthesis methods and electrochemical performance of nickel molybdate (NiMoO4) nanostructures for supercapacitor applications by S. Sakthivel, S. Shobika, A. Dinesh, K. Yogalakshmi, R. Suriyaprakash, B. Kabilan, P. Sathyajith, Sampath Elumalai, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Manikandan Ayyar, M. Santhamoorthy

“…Comprehensive characterization techniques, including UV-DRS, XRD, FT-IR, PL, SEM, and TGA, were employed to analyse the structural, optical, morphology and thermal properties of the samples. …”
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Studying the Properties of RF-Sputtered Nanocrystalline Tin-Doped Indium Oxide by Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Marwa Fathy, Moataz B. Soliman

“…The structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of the thin films are investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), atomic force microscope (AFM), UV-Vis spectrophotometer, and four-point probe measurement. …”
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Talbot interference of whispering gallery modes by Matias Eriksson, Benjamin A. Stickler, Robert Fickler

“…We theoretically and experimentally study the Talbot effect for optical waves in the transverse angular domain using whispering-gallery modes of step-index multimode fibers, which carry a high orbital angular momentum and fulfill the required quadratic dispersion relation. …”
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One-Dimensional SnO2 Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications by Jun Pan, Hao Shen, Sanjay Mathur

“…This article provides a comprehensive review of the recent research activities that focus on the rational synthesis and unique applications of 1D SnO2 nanostructures and their optical and electrical properties. We begin with the rational design and synthesis of 1D SnO2 nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanobelts, and some heterogeneous nanostructures, and then highlight a range of applications (e.g., gas sensor, lithium-ion batteries, and nanophotonics) associated with them. …”
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The influence of Si and V on the kinetics of phase transformation and microstructure of rapidly solidified Al-Fe-Zr alloys by Karpe B., Kosec B., Nagode A., Bizjak M.

“…Precipitation kinetics and microstructural development of RS Al-Fe-Zr alloys with Si or V addition have been investigated by the combination of four point electrical resistance measurement, optical microscopy, transmition electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Enhanced Hydrogen Production over C-Doped CdO Photocatalyst in Na2S/Na2SO3 Solution under Visible Light Irradiation by Quan Gu, Huaqiang Zhuang, Jinlin Long, Xiaohan An, Huan Lin, Huaxiang Lin, Xuxu Wang

“…The results demonstrated that the carbon was doped into CdO, resulting in the red-shift of the optical absorption of CdO. The photocatalytic behavior of CdO and C-doped CdO was evaluated under the visible light irradiation by using the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution as a model reaction. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic enrofloxacin under solar light using ZnO and Bi2MoO6 materials by Wei Qinzheng, Lam Sze-Mun, Li Haixiang, Sin Jin-Chung

“…The resulting materials underwent comprehensive characterization using techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS), and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) to investigate their physical, chemical, and optical properties. Subsequently, the devised catalysts were scrutinized for degradation of ENR under simulated solar light irradiation. …”
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Scattering, absorption and emission of highly excited strings by M. Firrotta, E. Kiritsis, V. Niarchos

“…We obtain new exact compact formulae for heavy-heavy-light-light scattering amplitudes in open or closed bosonic string theories, and derive explicit exact expressions for the absorption cross-sections, and corresponding emission rates, of highly excited string states using the optical theorem and time reversal symmetry. We show that these expressions are independent of the microscopic structure of the excited string states without averaging. …”
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Periodic splay Fréedericksz transitions in a ferroelectric nematic by Bijaya Basnet, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleksandr Kurochkin, Oleksandr Buluy, Natalie Aryasova, Vassili G. Nazarenko, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

“…Abstract Electric field-induced splay of molecular orientation, called the Fréedericksz transition, is a fundamental electro-optic phenomenon in nonpolar nematic liquid crystals. …”
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Optimizing Cutting Conditions and Prediction of Surface Roughness in Face Milling of AZ61 Using Regression Analysis and Artificial Neural Network by Nabeel H. Alharthi, Sedat Bingol, Adel T. Abbas, Adham E. Ragab, Ehab A. El-Danaf, Hamad F. Alharbi

“…The coefficient of determination was found to be 94.93% and 93.63%, for the best neural network model and regression analysis, respectively, from the comparison of the models with thirteen validation experimental tests. Optical microscopy was conducted on two machined surfaces with two different values of feed rates while maintaining the spindle speed and depth of cut at the same values. …”
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ZnO:Al Grown by Sputtering from Two Different Target Sources: A Comparison Study by Abdalla A. Alnajjar

“…The microstructure, such as the grain size and the texture, of the two differently grown ZnO:Al transparent conductive oxide films of different thickness, was studied using X-ray diffraction θ/2θ scans. The optical properties, such as the transmittance and reflectance, were measured using a UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer. …”
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Enhancement of the Wear Resistance and Microhardness of Aluminum Alloy by Nd:YaG Laser Treatment by Haitham T. Hussein, Abdulhadi Kadhim, Ahmed A. Al-Amiery, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum, Abu Bakar Mohamad

“…All specimens were conducted by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray florescence analysis (EDS), optical microscopy, and Vickers hardness. The results showed that the dry wear rate was decreased after laser hardening and increased Vickers hardness values by ratio of 2.4 : 1. …”
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Evaporation of Water from Airborne Droplets Containing Sodium Chloride, Mucin, and Surfactant by Keita Kurai, Hikaru Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Takegawa

“…Size-segregated particle number concentrations were measured using an optical particle counter placed at the end of the flow tube vented to the atmosphere. …”
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Fusing multispectral information for retinal layer segmentation by Xiang He, Fuwang Wu, Kaixuan Hu, Lizhen Cui, Weiye Song, Yi Wan

“…Our experimental results show that incorporating MSI significantly improves segmentation accuracy for retinal layer optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. Furthermore, we investigate the primary factors influencing MSI, including the number of multi-spectral images, spectral bandwidth, and the different spectral combinations, to assess their impacts on the accuracy of RLS. …”
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