Intragranular ferrite morphologies in medium carbon vanadium-microalloyed steel by Fadel A., Glišić D., Radović N., Drobnjak D.

“…Metallographic evaluation was done using optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that at high temperatures (≥ 500°C) polygonal intragranulary nucleated ferrite idiomorphs, combined with grain boundary ferrite and pearlite were produced and followed by an incomplete transformation phenomenon. …”
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The Investigation of Stefan Luchian Heritage Paintings—A Multi-Analytical Approach by Andrei Victor Oancea, Bogdana Simionescu, Laura Elena Ursu, Mioara Murariu, Marius Dobromir, Maria Geba, Lacramioara Stratulat, Mihaela Olaru

“…Based on a multi-analytical approach involving mobile techniques and lab-based devices (XPS, portable and micro-Raman spectroscopies, and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, combined with SEM/EDS and optical microscopy), this study presents the first in-depth investigation of two cultural heritage artworks painted by the famous Romanian artist Ștefan Luchian. …”
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Preaugmentation Soft Tissue Expansion: A Report of Four Pilot Cases by Farah Asa’ad, Gionata Bellucci, Luca Ferrantino, Davide Trisciuoglio, Silvio Taschieri, Massimo Del Fabbro

“…Horizontal and vertical bone gains were analyzed through CBCT. Optical scanning and superimposition of cast models were used for volumetric analysis. …”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…The final fabricated structure optically resembles a TFSC. The results predicted by numerical simulations were reproduced experimentally on a fabricated sample. …”
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In Situ Measurement of Local Hydrogen Production Rate by Bubble-Evolved Recording by Xiaowei Hu, Liejin Guo, Yechun Wang

“…Hydrogen visibly bubbles during photocatalytic water splitting under illumination with above-bandgap radiation, which provides a direct measurement of local gas-evolving reaction rate. In this paper, optical microscopy of superfield depth was used for recording the hydrogen bubble growth on Cd0.5Zn0.5S photocatalyst in reaction liquid and illuminated with purple light. …”
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Simulation and analysis of ZnO/SWCNT solar cell using the SCAPS-1D program by Najim Abdelhafid, Laassouli Abdelmounaim, Moulaoui Lhouceine, Bajjou Omar, Rahmani Khalid

“…The exceptional optical and electrical properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) material present significant potential for solar cells, especially when used with zinc oxide (ZnO) as a buffer layer. …”
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Effect of weld parameter on mechanical and metallurgical properties of dissimilar joints AA6082–AA6061 in T6 condition produced by FSW by H. S. Patil, S. N. Soman

“…In order to analyse the microstructural evolution of the material, the weld’s cross-sections were observed optically and SEM observations were made of the fracture surfaces. …”
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Iron nanoparticle/carbon nanotube composite as oxidase-like nanozyme for visual analysis of total antioxidant capacity by Junlin Liu, Sophia Xie, Nan Wang, Zhongyue Sun, Lina Tang, Guo-jun Zhang, John Tressel, Yulin Zhang, Yujie Sun, Shaowei Chen

“…., quercetin) impedes the formation of DAP, diminishing the color change, which can be analyzed via the RGB values obtained with a smartphone color-recognition APP, “Color Picker”. The change of the optical signal can also be analyzed in the fluorescence mode. …”
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Sensitive Analysis for the Efficiency of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Based on Orthogonal Experiment by Xiaoyan Liu, Jing Huang, Qianjun Mao

“…A multitude of the researches focus on the factors of the thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough solar collector, that is, the optical-thermal efficiency. However, it is limited to a single or double factors for available system. …”
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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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Antimicrobial Activity of Thin Solid Films of Silver Doped Hydroxyapatite Prepared by Sol-Gel Method by Simona Liliana Iconaru, Patrick Chapon, Philippe Le Coustumer, Daniela Predoi

“…The silver doped hydroxyapatite thin films were characterized by various techniques such as Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy Dispersive X-ray attachment (X-EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES). These techniques have permitted the structural and chemical characterisation of the silver doped hydroxyapatite thin films. …”
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Molecular Imaging in Tumor Angiogenesis and Relevant Drug Research by Xibo Ma, Jie Tian, Xin Yang, Chenghu Qin

“…BLI and FMI can provide optical information for an ROI. …”
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Multilayer Super-Translucent Zirconia for Chairside Fabrication of a Monolithic Posterior Crown by Sven Rinke, Anna Metzger, Holger Ziebolz

“…According to the manufacturer’s information, the newly introduced multilayer zirconia (4-YTZP) offers a unique combination of fracture strength (>850 MPa with speed-sintering) and improved optical properties, thus allowing a reduced minimum material thickness and optional temporary luting. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Using Ni-Containing TiO2 by Yao-Hsuan Tseng, Bo-Kai Huang

“…The nickel content in this photodeposition process plays an important role in affinity to molecules, recombination rate of electron-hole pair, and content of active site on the surface and therefore affects the optical and photocatalytic properties.…”
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Silver nanoparticles sintering at low temperature on a copper substrate: In situ characterization under inert atmosphere and air by Sopousek J., Bursik J., Zalesak J., Pesina Z.

“…The prepared Cu/Ag/Cu sandwich samples were characterised by means of both optical and electron microscopy. The process of the low temperature sintering inside calorimeter of the Ag-NPs was monitored using both thermogravimetry (TG) and DSC technique under inert gas and under synthetic air. …”
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Observation of anti-PT-symmetry and higher-order exceptional point PT-symmetry in ternary systems for single-mode operation by Milad Jahangiri, Gholam-Mohammad Parsanasab, Leila Hajshahvaladi

“…Our proposed microlasers and their distinct properties based on photonic exceptional points may find use in a wide variety of applications such as ultrahigh precision sensing, spectroscopy, and optical on-chip filters and lasers.…”
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Magnetic Properties of Fe and Ni Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles by Ravi Kumar, K.D.Verma, Shalendra Kumar, Mayora Varshney, Aditya Sharma

“…X‐Ray Diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive x‐ray analysis (EDAX), UV‐ visible absorption spectroscopy and room temperature magnetization measurements were performed to study the crystal structure, morphology, elemental analysis, optical band gap and magnetic properties of Fe and Ni doped SnO2. …”
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Formation on quartz substrate and study of properties of nanostructured layers from polyvinylen obtained by dehydrochlorination of polyvinyl chloride with modifying additive — iron... by O. V. Krivozubov, Yu. G. Kryazhev, I. V. Anikeeva, N. A. Davletkildeev, D. V. Sokolov, O. N. Semenova

“…The study of ultraviolet spectrums shows that iron dopation causes a multiple increase in optical density in the entire range of wavelengths studied. …”
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Type II Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy Secondary to Malaria by Alastair David Bezzina, Jeremy Spiteri Bailey, Isaac Bertuello

“…Subsequent examination revealed bilateral retinal haemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, and foveal pigmentary changes in keeping malarial retinopathy. Macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed patchy hyperreflective changes at the level of the outer plexiform and outer nuclear layers (ONL) in keeping with the areas of deep capillary plexus flow void noted on OCT-angiography (OCT-A). …”
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Quantification of the Transparency of the Transparent Soil in Geotechnical Modeling by Li-Da Yi, Hua-Bin Lv, Tian Ye, Yi-Ping Zhang

“…An indispensable process of geotechnical modeling with transparent soils involves capturing and analyzing images, in which favorable transparency is required for optical measurements. This paper proposes an objective framework for quantification of transparency in transparent soil based on its transmittance. …”
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