Raman, MIR, VNIR, and LIBS Spectra of Szomolnokite, Rozenite, and Melanterite: Martian Implications by Xiai Zhuo, Ruize Zhang, Erbin Shi, Jiahui Liu, Zongcheng Ling

“…These samples were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) to confirm their phase and homogeneity. …”
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Valorization of Gold Mining Tailings Sludge from Vetas, Colombia as Partial Cement Replacement in Concrete Mixes by Thailin Bueno-Gómez, Yariagna López-Bernier, Maya S. Caycedo-García, José Daniel Ardila-Rey, Juliana P. Rodríguez-Caicedo, Diego R. Joya-Cárdenas

“…Characterization methodologies including X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed the pozzolanic behavior of REMI due to its high content of silica- and alumina-rich amorphous phases and verified negligible contamination levels (Hg and cyanide below detectable limits). …”
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Characterization of the tribologically relevant cover layers formed on copper in oxygen and oxygen-free conditions by Selina Raumel, Khemais Barienti, Hoang-Thien Luu, Nina Merkert, Folke Dencker, Florian Nürnberger, Hans Jürgen Maier, Marc Christopher Wurz

“…At temperatures above 300 °C, the formation of γ-Cu5Si were detected. The formation was linked to an increase in hardness from 1.95 to 5.44 GPa, while the Young’s modulus increased by 46% to 178 GPa, with the significant reduction of the wear volume by a factor of 4.5 and the suppression of further oxidation and susceptibility of chemical wear. …”
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Nanoparticle Beads of Chitosan-Ethylene Glycol Diglycidyl Ether/Fe for the Removal of Aldrin by G. García Rosales, P. Ávila-Pérez, J.O. Reza-García, A. Cabral-Prieto, E.O. Pérez-Gómez

“…The FeNPs and Chi-EDGE-Fe beads were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and the Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS) techniques. …”
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Synthesis of aluminum oxide nanoparticles using seeds of Carica papaya and evaluation of it for antimicrobial, antioxidant, and photocatalysis activity by Indrani Laskar, Rajib Saha

“…The aluminum oxide nanoparticles were evaluated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectrophotometer, and zeta potential, respectively. …”
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Intense red emission from highly elastic and thermally stable phosphate glass doped with Ce3+, Nd3+, and Ce3+/Nd3+ ions by Najla Khaled Almulhem

“…Structural changes due to compositional variations were analyzed via X-ray diffraction (XRD), density measurements, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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Investigating the Oxidation Resistance of HfCZrCTiC Composite at 1200 °C: The Role of Nano Carbon Black and Silicon by Shahroukh Malae Hezarvandi, Zohre Balak

“…Microstructural evaluation and phase identification were done using a scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction.Results: The results showed that the weight changes for HfZrTi, HfZrTi-C.Bn, HfZrTi-Si and HfZrTi-C.Bn-Si samples were obtained to be 13.5%, 16.9%, 12.9%, and 7%, respectively. …”
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Silver and Yttrium-Doped Silver Nanoparticles From Pine Needle Leaf Extract: Synthesis, Characterization, Antioxidant, Antiuropathogenic Bacterial, and Docking Activities by Nourhane A. Darwich, Malak Mezher, Alaa M. Abdallah, Zeinab Hachem, Ahmed F. El-Sayed, Rana El Hajj, Taymour A. Hamdalla, Mahmoud I. Khalil

“…The crystalline nature of the NPs was demonstrated by X-ray diffraction. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy showed that AgNPs and Y-AgNPs are dispersed and spherical, with average particle sizes of 18.43 and 26.58 nm, respectively. …”
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The Synthesis and Characterization of A New Composite Material Ca-Mg-NH₄-PO₄ Dolomite-Based for Effective Multinutrient Fertilizer in Plant Growth by Noni Aulia, Vica Brilliany Sanjaya, Ketut Sumada, Lilik Suprianti

“…Impurities affecting crystal purity were detected but could be minimized through washing. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed a monoclinic crystal morphology with particle sizes ranging from 4.32 μm to 579 nm. …”
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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

“…Scanning electron microscopy was used to detect structural deformations in the fungal mycelium. …”
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Innovative hierarchical V4O7/V2O5/Zn2V2O7 Microflowers: High-performance photocatalysts for methylene blue elimination by Ashish Somwanshi, Kriti Kumari, Satyapal S Rathore, Rashi Nathawat

“…XRD confirmed the phase composition of V _4 O _7 , V _2 O _5 , and Zn _2 V _2 O _7 , with no detectable impurity phases. Additionally, electron images showed that all the mixtures formed round clusters that were very porous and looked like tiny flowers with sharp edges. …”
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Green synthesis of high-performance gallium oxide supercapacitor: A path to outstanding energy density by Jamal Alnofiay, Ahmed Al-Shahrie, Elsayed Shalaan

“…However, a lower oxidation state, Ga1+, was also detected. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed a high degree of morphological diversity with a wide variety in shape and size of powder particles. …”
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Pyrolysis products of C2 hydrocarbons using thermal plasma by Yoshiya Matsukawa, Aki Watanabe, Yasuhiro Saito, Yohsuke Matsushita, Koki Era, Takayuki Aoki, Hideyuki Aoki

“…In the pyrolysis GC/MS of ethylene pyrolysis products, various compounds were detected, whereas in the pyrolysis of acetylene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from three to seven rings were not detected. …”
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3D Heisenberg universality in the van der Waals antiferromagnet NiPS3 by Rajan Plumley, Sougata Mardanya, Cheng Peng, Johannes Nokelainen, Tadesse Assefa, Lingjia Shen, Nicholas Burdet, Zach Porter, Alexander Petsch, Aidan Israelski, Hongwei Chen, Jun-Sik Lee, Sophie Morley, Sujoy Roy, Gilberto Fabbris, Elizabeth Blackburn, Adrian Feiguin, Arun Bansil, Wei-Sheng Lee, Aaron M. Lindenberg, Sugata Chowdhury, Mike Dunne, Joshua J. Turner

“…We confirm the magnetic order within a single crystal of NiPS3 and show it can be accessed with resonant elastic X-ray diffraction along the edge of the vdW planes in a carefully grown crystal by detecting structurally forbidden resonant magnetic X-ray scattering. …”
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Stabilizing TiO2/CsPbI2Br Perovskite Buried Interface for All‐Inorganic Perovskite toward Highly Efficient Photodetectors by Shruti Shah, Somnath Ladhane, Pratibha Shinde, Vidya Doiphode, Dhanashri Kale, Swati Rahane, Jyoti Thombare, Manasi Ingole, Yogesh Hase, Ashish Waghmare, Mohit Prasad, Shashikant P. Patole, Sandesh Jadkar

“…This study demonstrates a facile approach to mitigate these challenges by employing in situ polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) passivation during the hydrothermal growth of TiO2 nanorods, improving the interface with CsPbI2Br (CPIB) perovskite. X‐ray diffraction analysis confirms the formation of TiO2 nanorods with a crystallite size of ≈49 nm and low microstrain. …”
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The impact of multi-marine intertidal service on the durability of concrete repair materials by Zhiqiang Cui, Yuanbei Li, Qizheng Bao, Yong Chen, Qiang Xu, Yunqing He, Fangzheng Wu

“…The methods employed to investigate the causes of durability degradation after exposure included Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), and microscopy. …”
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Microstructural characterization and hardness prediction of AlCuCrFeNi high entropy alloys using Transformer-based Physics-Informed Neural Networks (T-PINN) by Mohamed Yasin Abdul Salam, Enoch Nifise Ogunmuyiwa, Victor Kitso Manisa, Abid Yahya, Irfan Anjum Badruddin

“…The HEAs were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). …”
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Factorial-experimental investigation of LPBF regimes for VZh159 nickel superalloy grain structure and structural strength optimization by Rustam R. Kyarimov, Eugene S. Statnik, Eugene S. Statnik, Iuliia A. Sadykova, Alexander A. Frantsuzov, Alexey I. Salimon, Alexey I. Salimon, Alexander M. Korsunsky, Alexander M. Korsunsky, Alexander M. Korsunsky

“…Metallurgically sound samples (based on hydrostatic weighing data and microscopy, with practically no pores detected) were obtained with nine combinations of power and scanning speed, showing significant variation in the tensile strength (in the 1,040–1,220 MPa range) and yield strength (in the 560–1,100 MPa range), which correlated with the cross-sectional area of the single scan line (for example, the depth of the melt pool varied in the range 410–530 µm), while the average grain size (deduced from Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) images) remained statistically unchanged. …”
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Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic activities of two alkynyl Ag20 cage clusters involved ligand exchange between PhCOO− and CF3COO− by Yi-Fan Tan, Li Li, Kun Zhou, Guang-Min Liang, Jing Sun, Jiu-Yu Ji, Yan-Feng Bi

“…The results suggest that 1 and 2 can act as new electrocatalysts and photocatalysts to detect and decompose organic pollutants and hazardous materials in wastewater.…”
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Simulation, development, and optical emission spectroscopy of microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition reactor for synthesis of large-area single crystal diamond by Vivek K. Shukla, Umesh Palnitkar, H.K. Poswal, Brajesh S. Yadav, Sandeep Dalal, Padmnabh Rai

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirms the presence of diamond (sp3) carbon ∼94.5 % and oxygen ∼5.5 % with no other contaminants detected on the surface. The grown diamond samples attain < 100 > orientation as validated by X-ray Diffraction. …”
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