Optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol-glass waste powder composites by Hani M. Hussien

“…Abstract This study investigates the effect of glass waste powder content on the UV–Vis spectroscopy of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The glass powder was obtained from the waste of fluorescent tubes. …”
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Photoswitch dissociation from a G protein-coupled receptor resolved by time-resolved serial crystallography by Hannah Glover, Torben Saßmannshausen, Quentin Bertrand, Matilde Trabuco, Chavdar Slavov, Arianna Bacchin, Fabio Andres, Yasushi Kondo, Robin Stipp, Maximilian Wranik, Georgii Khusainov, Melissa Carrillo, Demet Kekilli, Jie Nan, Ana Gonzalez, Robert Cheng, Werner Neidhart, Tobias Weinert, Filip Leonarski, Florian Dworkowski, Michal Kepa, Josef Wachtveitl, Michael Hennig, Joerg Standfuss

“…In a rational approach based on UV/Vis spectroscopy, time-resolved absorption spectroscopy, differential scanning fluorimetry and cryo-crystallography, we identified compounds suitable for time-resolved serial crystallography. …”
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New Plastitar Record for the Mediterranean Sea: Characterization of Plastics and Tar from the Salento Peninsula (Ionian Sea) by Silvia Fraissinet, Emanuele Mancini, Chiara Funiati, Caterina Martino, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, Chiara Roberta Girelli, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi, Genuario Belmonte, Stefano Piraino

“…Here, the composition of the 11 plastitar blocks collected on the Ionian side of the Apulia region (Italy) was characterized both in tar and plastics using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, respectively. …”
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Influence of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and aluminum-carbon layered double hydroxides (Al-C LDH) in polypropylene matrix of hybrid composite structures on the microstructure and... by R. Daulath Banu, R. Karunanithi, S. Sivasankaran, B. Subramanian, Abdullah A. Alhomidan

“…The developed hybrid composites were characterized using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) for microstructural analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) for phase identification, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for compositional analysis, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for functional group identification. …”
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Photocatalytic Mineralization of Organic Acids over Visible-Light-Driven Au/BiVO4 Photocatalyst by Kanlaya Pingmuang, Natda Wetchakun, Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon, Kontad Ounnunkad, Burapat Inceesungvorn, Sukon Phanichphant

“…Physical characterization of the obtained materials was carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and Brunauer, and Emmett and Teller (BET) specific surface area measurement. …”
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Preliminary mechanistic insights into the detection of ethanol vapour using MnO2 NRs-CNPs-poly-4-(vinylpyridine) based solid-state sensor operating at room temperature by Lesego Malepe, Derek Tantoh Ndinteh, Patrick Ndungu, Messai Adenew Mamo

“…MnO2, CNPs, P4VP, and MnO2 NRs-CNPs-P4VP composite were characterised using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Five sensors were prepared, namely, sensor 1 (MnO2-NRs), sensor 2 (CNPs), sensor 3 (CNPs-P4VP composite of a mass ratio of 1:3), sensor 4 (MnO2 NRs-CNPs-P4VP composite of a mass ratio 1:1:3), and sensor 5 (MnO2 NRs-CNPs-P4VP composite of a mass ratio 2:1:3). …”
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Nano-chitosan-coated, green-synthesized selenium nanoparticles as a novel antifungal agent against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: in vitro study by Mohamed M. Desouky, Radwa H. Abou-Saleh, Tarek A. A. Moussa, Heba M. Fahmy

“…Transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, UV-VIS spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize all produced nanostructures. …”
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Evaluation of genomic and phenomic prediction for application in apple breeding by Michaela Jung, Marius Hodel, Andrea Knauf, Daniela Kupper, Markus Neuditschko, Simone Bühlmann-Schütz, Bruno Studer, Andrea Patocchi, Giovanni AL Broggini

“…Alternative genotyping methods such as RADseq and complementary data from near-infrared spectroscopy could help improve the cost-effectiveness of genomic prediction. …”
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Enhancing Graphene Oxide Production and Its Efficacy in Adsorbing Crystal Violet: An In-Depth Study of Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and DFT Analysis by Soukaina El Bourachdi, Faiçal El Ouadrhiri, Fatima Moussaoui, Ebraheem Abdu Musad Saleh, Abdelhay El Amri, Raed H. Althomali, Asmaa F. Kassem, Marwa Mostafa Moharam, Ali raza Ayub, Kakul Husain, Ismail Hassan, Amal Lahkimi

“…Graphene oxide underwent thorough analysis using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and specific surface area determination via the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. …”
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Characterization of zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF-8) catalyst for potential biodiesel production from waste cooking oil (WCO) by Chai Xin Hui, Ng Law Yong, Ng Ching Yin, Sim Jia Huey, Lim Ying Pei, Liew Josephine Ying Chyi

“…In this work, a range of analytical methods was utilized to characterize the catalyst, such as Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), highresolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). …”
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Preparation and characterization of graphene oxide-based cation, chelating, and anion exchangers for salt removal by Mahmoud A. Al Azwani, Saleh Al Busafi, El-Said I. El-Shafey

“…Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) showed the presence of nitrogen in GOP, GOQ, and GOT; and sulfur on GOT. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of new hybrid microspheres with amide functionalization by Beata Podkościelna, Karolina Fila, Małgorzata Gil, Janina Nowak

“…Chemical structures of all new materials were confirmed by the spectroscopic method (attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) and elemental analysis. The influence of comonomer structure on the physico-chemical properties of the hybrid microspheres was investigated. …”
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Water-Based Assembly and Purification of Plasmon-Coupled Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers by Sébastien Bidault, Albert Polman

“…The final interparticle spacings allow efficient coupling of the particle plasmon modes as verified in extinction spectroscopy.…”
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Emerging Endoscopic and Photodynamic Techniques for Bladder Cancer Detection and Surveillance by Prashant Patel, Richard T. Bryan, D. Michael A. Wallace

“…This review provides an overview of emerging techniques, namely, photodynamic diagnosis (PDD), narrow band imaging (NBI), Raman spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, virtual cystoscopy, and endoscopic microscopy for its use in the diagnosis and surveillance of bladder cancer. …”
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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and DFT Study of N′-(2,4-Dinitrophenyl)-2-Fluorobenzohydrazide by Aamer Saeed, Ifzan Arshad, Ulrich Flörke

“…A new hydrazide derivative N′-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-2-fluorobenzohydrazide was synthesized and characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy. The molecular structure was also studied by X-ray diffraction, and the results of the optimized molecular structure are presented and compared with density functional methods with 631-G basis set. …”
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Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. by M. Amutha, P. Lalitha, M. Jannathul Firdhouse

“…The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometer, Scherrer’s formula, scanning electron microscopy, and FTIR analysis.…”
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Avrami behavior of magnetite nanoparticles formation in co-precipitation process by Ahmadi R., Hosseini Madaah H.R., Masoudi A.

“…In order to investigate the kinetics of nanoparticle formation, variation in the amount of reactants within the process was measured using pH-meter and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) instruments. Results show that nanoparticle formation behavior can be described by Avrami equations. …”
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Influence of the “wetting–drying” compaction on the adsorptive characteristics of nanosilica A-300 by Tatiana V Krupskaya, Volodymyr V Turov, Valentina M Barvinchenko, Katerina O Filatova, Lyudmila A Suvorova, Gianluca Iraci, Mykola T Kartel

“…The methods of low-temperature 1 H NMR and IR spectroscopy, densitometry, and adsorption from solutions are applied to study the influence of “wetting–drying” compaction on the adsorptive characteristics of the nanosilica A-300 in relation to water and gelatin. …”
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Studying the Formation of Biofilms on Supports with Different Polarity and Their Efficiency to Treat Wastewater by Stavroula Sfaelou, Hrissi K. Karapanagioti, John Vakros

“…The biofilm formation was monitored with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The presence of the support did not alter the nature of the biofilm. …”
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Comparing adsorption of bisphenol A and similar compounds in aqueous solution by syringe filters by Nathaniel Godby, Alfred Conklin

“…The adsorbance of bisphenol A and similar compounds by filter media made from cellulose acetate, nylon, and polytetrafluoroethylene was examined using UV–Vis spectroscopy. Samples of bis(4-hydroxydiphenyl)methane, bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone, 2,2-bis(3-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, 4,4′-(propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol, 4-cumylphenol, and phenol were studied. …”
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