High power impulse magnetron sputtering deposited virucide and antibacterial CrN-Cu films and the durability of the antimicrobial activity by Santiago Domínguez-Meister, Janire Mediavilla, Anastasia Dianova, Noelia Álvarez, Sara Insausti, Edurne Rujas, Jose L. Nieva, Marta Brizuela, Iñigo Braceras

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Effect of Process Pressure on the Properties of Cu₂O Thin Films Deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering by Junghwan Park, Chang-Sik Son, Young-Guk Son, Donghyun Hwang

“…Cu₂O films deposited at 5 mTorr and 10 mTorr exhibited an optimal balance between high transparency and band gap values. …”
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Development of Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition for Expedited Device Optimization in CdTe/CdS Thin-Film Solar Cells by Ali Kadhim, Paul Harrison, Jake Meeth, Alaa Al-Mebir, Guanggen Zeng, Judy Wu

“…The results of this work shows the importance that CdTe grain size/morphology relative to CdTe thickness has on device performance and quantitatively exhibits what those values should be to obtain efficient thin-film CdTe/CdS solar cells fabricated with pulsed laser deposition. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Water Film Evaporation with the Countercurrent Air in the Asymmetric Heating Rectangular Channel for Passive Containment Cooling System by Kashuai Du, Po Hu, Zhen Hu

“…Using the physical laws, such as gravity and buoyancy, the water film/air countercurrent flow is formed in the external annular channel to keep inside temperature and pressure below the maximum design values. …”
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20 kHz X-ray diffraction on Cu thin films explores thermomechanical fatigue at high strain-rates by T. Ziegelwanger, M. Reisinger, B. Vedad, K. Hlushko, S. Van Petegem, J. Todt, M. Meindlhumer, J. Keckes

“…Heating the Cu film for 500°C at the rapid heating rate of 106 K/s induced a compressive stress of up to –276 MPa, which is almost five times higher than the values measured using the wafer curvature method at the heating rate of 10−1 K/s. …”
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The Photocatalytic Activity and Compact Layer Characteristics of TiO2 Films Prepared Using Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering by H. C. Chang, H. H. Huang, C. Y. Wu, R. Q. Hsu, C. Y. Hsu

“…In contrast, without the TiO2 compact layer (only porous TiO2), the peak intensity of the anatase (101) plane in the XRD patterns for the TiO2 film has a lower value, which demonstrates inferior crystalline quality. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity under Simulated Sunlight of Bi-Modified TiO2 Thin Films Obtained by Sol Gel by D. A. Solís-Casados, L. Escobar-Alarcón, V. Alvarado-Pérez, E. Haro-Poniatowski

“…The synthesis of Bi-modified TiO2 thin films, with different Bi contents, is reported. The obtained materials were characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy (RS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), in order to obtain information on their chemical composition, vibrational features, and optical properties, respectively. …”
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The Low Friction Coefficient and High Wear Resistance UHMWPE: The Effect of Pores on Properties of Artificial Joint Materials by Chunmin Yang, Junhua Zhang, Honglin Yue, Xueqin Kang

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Enhancement of Photon Absorption on BaxSr1-xTiO3 Thin-Film Semiconductor Using Photonic Crystal by Abd. Wahidin Nuayi, Husin Alatas, Irzaman S. Husein, Mamat Rahmat

“…From optical characterization in visible spectrum it was found that the average absorption percentages are 92.04%, 83.55%, 91.16%, and 80.12%, respectively. The BST thin film with embedded photonic crystal exhibited a relatively significant enhancement on photon absorption, with increasing value of 3.96%, 7.07%, 3.04%, and 13.33% for the respective mole fraction and demonstrating absorbance characteristic with flat feature. …”
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Improvement of Mechanical Characteristics on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Surface through Zinc Oxide Atomic Layer Deposition Film by Minpyo Hong, Kyungmin Kim, Yongnam Song

“…The hardness to elastic modulus ratios, indicating the wear resistance, increased over 50% for all films compared to the values of native UHMWPE. These results suggested that ALD ceramic coatings with organic layers may become a potential solution for realizing a wear-resistant protection coating for the polymer compartment of joint prostheses.…”
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Performance Analysis of Thermal and Surface Roughness Effect of Slider Bearings with Unsteady Fluid Film Lubricant Using Finite Element Method by Girma Desu Tessema, Getachew Adamu Derese, Awoke Andargie Tiruneh

“…The streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) finite element method was used in this study to investigate the thermal and surface roughness effects on an inclined slider bearing with an unsteady fluid film. One-dimensional transverse and longitudinal surface roughness models were considered with the supposition that roughness is stochastic and has a Gaussian random distribution. …”
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Mosaic Structure of GaN Film Grown on Sapphire Substrate by AP-MOCVD: Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Tilt and Twist Angles by J. Laifi, M. F. Hasaneen, H. Bouazizi, Fatimah Hafiz Alsahli, T. A. Lafford, A. Bchetnia

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Inhibition of Anti-Reflection Film Cracks on Plastic Substrates Using Nanolaminate Layer Deposition in Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition by Chi-Chieh Wang, Cheng-Fu Wang, Meng-Chi Li, Li-Chen Su, Chien-Cheng Kuo

“…In this research, we mainly increase the adhesion of PMMA substrate and film, which is reflected in the environmental test. …”
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Incorporation of kiwifruit peel improved the property of carboxymethyl cellulose-gum Arabic active film and its effects on the quality of beef sausages by Evans Frimpong Boateng, Ziyi Yang, Jian Zhang, Lei Zhou, Lujuan Xing, Wangang Zhang

“…Abstract In the present study, different doses of lyophilized kiwifruit peel powder extract (KPE) were incorporated into carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and gum Arabic (GA) based polymer matrices to fabricate films CG-CT (control film), CG-KPE1 (1% KPE), CG-KPE2 (2% KPE), and CG-KPE3 (3% KPE) to investigate their effects on active packaging functionality and sliced-beef sausage quality. …”
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Blinking characteristics analyzed by a deep learning model and the relationship with tear film stability in children with long-term use of orthokeratology by Yue Wu, Siyuan Wu, Yinghai Yu, Yinghai Yu, Xiaojun Hu, Ting Zhao, Yan Jiang, Bilian Ke

“…The increased frequency of incomplete blinks was associated with decreased tear film stability, indicating the importance of monitoring children’s blinking patterns as well as tear film status in clinical follow-up.…”
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Investigating the effects of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)c mucilage and cellulose nanofiber-based edible films with post-probiotics on fish fillet shelf life by Leila Mokhtaran, Sahar Sabahi, Mohammad Noshad, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Noori

“…In contrast, fish fillets coated with the basil seed mucilage film, cellulose nanofiber, and 1.5 % postbiotic showed the lowest values for pH and thiobarbituric acid, while the sample with 1 % postbiotic exhibited the least moisture and volatile nitrogen compounds. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by P.G. Mikhaylov, A.P. Mikhaylov, I.N. Paskhin, A.R. Akhmetov, E.D. Fadeev

“…Mathematical models of multilayer film structures are considered and analyzed, the nominal values of strain gages are determined, and methodformation are determined. …”

Investigation of local corrosion behavior and mechanism for TA2/HAl77-2/316L SS coupling systems under seawater liquid film by Hong Ju, Hanzhi Li, Lu Fang, Haitong Lu, Yifan Wei

“…Under a seawater liquid film with a thickness of 200 μm, the anodic galvanic current, ΔEmax, Ia,max, and LCII all reached their maximum values at 60 °C. …”
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Heart of the Country by Len Kamerling

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Effects of pH Value of the Electrolyte and Glycine Additive on Formation and Properties of Electrodeposited Zn-Fe Coatings by İsmail Hakki Karahan

“…It was also observed that uniformity and corrosion resistivity of the coating films were decreased towards and then improved with increasing pH value of the electrolyte. …”
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