Wiews of the nation's memories: A stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history of the 20th century in Lithuanian documentary films by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…Due to such thinking of creators of documentary films, they are not very ardent in seeking new material for films in foreign archives of view and sound. …”
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Effects of Nopal Mucilage (Opuntia ficus-indica) as Plasticizer in the Fabrication of Laminated and Tubular Films of Extruded Acetylated Starches by Caroline Andreuccetti, Tomás Galicia-García, Fernando Martínez-Bustos, Raimundo Ferreira Grosso, Rubén González-Núñez

“…The elongation values of acetylated waxy maize starch films (33%) were higher than those of rice acetylated films (17%), while the blown films presented a 30% decrease in tensile strength, compared to the laminated films. …”
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Structural and Optical Properties of Amorphous Al2O3 Thin Film Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition by Shuzheng Shi, Shuo Qian, Xiaojuan Hou, Jiliang Mu, Jian He, Xiujian Chou

“…Spectroscopic ellipsometer (SE) measurements were operated to investigate the effect of thickness on the structure and optical properties of films with Tauc-Lorentz model. It is found that the band gap exhibits a steady value ~2.3 eV by the UV-VIS transmittance method, but the T-L model was ~3.0 eV. …”
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Development of cure kinetics models for drying nitrile-butadiene rubber latex film with computational fluid dynamics simulation by Chakrit Suvanjumrat, Kittipos Loksupapaiboon

“…Dipped products undergo vulcanization or a curing process to create rubber film coats on their molds. A significant challenge in the rubber latex curing process is achieving an even degree of curing in dip-molded products. …”
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In Situ Surface Polymerization of PANI/SWCNT Bilayer Film: Effective Composite for Improving Seebeck Coefficient and Power Factor by Dezhuang Ji, Baosong Li, Balamurugan Thirumal Raj, Xuan Li, Dawei Zhang, Moh'd Rezeq, Wesley Cantwell, Lianxi Zheng

“…The Seebeck coefficient is a twofold increase compared to a pure SWCNT film, while the power factor is three times the value from a pure SWCNT film and 500 times that from a solution‐mixed PANI/SWCNT composite. …”
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Recent trends in nanocomposite packaging films utilising waste generated biopolymers: Industrial symbiosis and its implication in sustainability by Zeba Tabassum, Anand Mohan, Narsimha Mamidi, Ajit Khosla, Anil Kumar, Pratima R. Solanki, Tabarak Malik, Madhuri Girdhar

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Electroluminescent Display with Picture Storage by Z. Porada, E. Schabowska-Osiowska

“…A mathematical model suitable for analysing the properties of a PC-El system is proposed and the preparation of PC and EL thin film elements is described. For a single pixel the dependences of output signal on the time for various values of amplitude and frequency of supplying voltage are presented.…”
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The Page and the Screen: Cinematic Images in the Private Diary of a Young Woman in the Fifties by Laura Busetta

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Effect of Different Deposition Power of In2O3 Target on the Characteristics of IGZO Thin Films Using the Cosputtering Method by Shang-Chao Hung, Kin-Tak Lam, Cheng-Fu Yang, Yu-Jhen Liou

“…The value variations in the optical band gap (Eg) values of the IGZO thin film were evaluated from the plots of (αhν)2=c(hν-Eg). …”
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Influence of the Cement Film Thickness on the Push-Out Bond Strength of Glass Fiber Posts Cemented in Human Root Canals by Natália Araújo Silva Prado, Reinaldo de Souza Ferreira, Marcos Henrique de Pinho Maurício, Sidnei Paciornik, Mauro Sayão de Miranda

“…The slight increase in the cement thickness allowed an increase in the values of shear bond strength when compared to very thin or very thick cement films.…”
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Effect of the Change of Deposition Time on the Secondary Direction and Abnormal Shape of Grains Growth of SnO2 Thin Films by Jin Jeong

“…The Hall Rh value increased linearly until 20 min deposition time, whereas for thin film grown for 30 min it decreased rapidly, showing a relatively similar behaviour to the carrier density. …”
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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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Coupling mechanisms of plasmon resonance and Bi3+ emission in YAG: Bi, Ce, Yb epitaxial films at low temperatures by Markiyan Kushlyk, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Volodymyr Tsiumra, Yaroslav Zhydachevskyy, Lev-Ivan Bulyk, Volodymyr Haiduchok, Ihor Syvorotka, Dmytro Sugak, Matej Baláž, Andrzej Suchocki

“…Enhancement of Bi3+ luminescence in YAG epitaxial films with Ag NPs was observed upon cooling the samples below 200 K. …”
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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 Use of Low‐Quality Cotton‐Derived Cellulose Films as Templates for In Situ Conductive Polymer Synthesis as Promising Biomaterials in Biomedical Applications by Sahin Demirci, Mehtap Sahiner, Shaida S. Rumi, Selin S. Suner, Noureddine Abidi, Nurettin Sahiner

“…Abstract Here, the use of cellulose films (CFs) produced from low‐quality cotton is reported as a template for in situ synthesis of well‐known conductive polymers, e.g., polyaniline (PANI) and polypyrrole (PPY) via oxidative polymerization. …”
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