The Improved Photocatalytic Properties of Methylene Blue for V2O3/CNT/TiO2 Composite under Visible Light by Ming-Liang Chen, Won-Chun Oh

“…The obtained composite was characterized by BET surface area measurement, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. …”
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Magnetic Properties of Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized by a Template-Assisted Hydrothermal Method by H. Y. He

“…The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and a vibrating sample magnetometer. …”
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Application of Some Starch Hydrogels for the Removal of Mercury(II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by A. Hashem, F. Ahmad, R. Fahad

“…The prepared hydrogel samples were characterized by estimating their nitrogen and carboxy group contents, and by the application of FT-IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM); in addition, their water retention values, WRVs, were also determined. …”
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Synthesis of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer on Silica-Gel Surfaces for the Selective Adsorption of Indole from Fuel Oil by Yang Cao, Wanzhen Xu, Xiangyang Wu, Yuan Li, Hui Li, Weihong Huang

“…Nitrogen adsorption, Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the morphology of indole–MIP. …”
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified by polyaniline for the removal of alizarin yellow R from aqueous solutions by Kaiyue Wu, Jingang Yu, Xinyu Jiang

“…Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) encapsulated by polyaniline (PANI) were synthesized by in situ polymerization. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to characterize the synthesized composites (O-MWCNTs/PANI), and the surface area was calculated by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. …”
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Adsorption performance of basic fuchsin on alkali-activated diatomite by Yong-Hua Zhao, Jin-Tao Geng, Jie-Chuan Cai, Yu-Fu Cai, Chun-Yan Cao

“…The materials were systematically characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic, scanning electron microscopy, and N 2 adsorption–desorption. Meanwhile, the potential use of alkali-activated diatomite as adsorbent for the removal of basic fuchsin from aqueous solution was assessed by batch experiment. …”
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Impact of radiofrequency sputtering power on the stoichiometry of a Cu2ZnSnS4 layer film prepared from a single quaternary target by Saleh N. Alamri

“…The impact of the radiofrequency (RF) power on the stoichiometry, structure and optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 layers, which were fabricated by the magnetron RF sputtering of a single quaternary target, are examined using different techniques, such as energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and spectrophotometry. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Residual Stress in the Diffusion Zone of Mg/Al Alloys by Yunlong Ding, Dongying Ju

“…Moreover, experiments such as diffusion bonding and annealing, analysis of residual stress by X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis using an electron probe microanalyzer, and microstructure investigation via scanning electron microscopy were performed for further investigation of the diffusion layers. …”
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Collagen Fibril Diameter in Relation to Bone Site and to Calcium/Phosphorus Ratio by Panagiotis Berillis, Dimitris Emfietzoglou, Margaret Tzaphlidou

“…The collagen fibril diameter was measured in cortical bone samples from the femoral neck, rear and front tibia of female and male rats and rabbits using electron microscopy analysis. In most cases, statistically significant differences in mean fibril diameter values between different bone sites were detected. …”
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Fabrication of Large-Grain Thick Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films via Aluminum-Induced Crystallization for Application in Solar Cells by Hsiao-Yeh Chu, Min-Hang Weng, Chen Lin

“…The effect of annealing time (15, 30, 60, and 120 minutes) in the second stage on the crystallization of a-Si film is investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. XRD and Raman results confirm that the induced poly-Si films are induced by the proposed process.…”
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Electron Beam Synthesis and Characterization of Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Hydrogels Using Trimethylolpropane Trimethacrylate as Cross-Linker by Gabriela Craciun, Elena Manaila, Maria Daniela Stelescu

“…The structure and morphology of hydrogels were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy.…”
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Enhancement of densification and mechanical property of (Hf0.2Zr0.2Ti0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)N high-entropy bulk ceramic via silicon carbide addition by Wuyang Song, Youjun Lu, Lutong Yang, Maohui Li, Xiao Zhang, Bo Ma, Chuyun Wang, Yanmin Wang, Jinfeng Li, Xiang Liu

“…The crystal structure, phase composition, and grain size/morphology of the composite were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. …”
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Circular RNA circ-Olfm1 induces progression of Alzheimer’s disease by regulating FOXO3a by YANG Hongyan, LIAO Qirong, HOU Mingliang

“…ELISA revealed that knockout of FOXO3a significantly increased the levels of inflammatory factors IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α (P<0.01). Transmission electron microscopy displayed that knocking FOXO3a out significantly aggravated mitochondrial damage (P<0.01). …”
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Hydrogel loaded with cerium-manganese nanoparticles and nerve growth factor enhances spinal cord injury repair by modulating immune microenvironment and promoting neuronal regenera... by Zhaoyang Gong, Zhenhao Chen, Dachuan Li, Xiao Lu, Jianwei Wu, Hanqiu Sun, Ximeng Wang, Siyang Liu, Xinlei Xia, Feizhou Lu, Jianyuan Jiang, Chi Sun, Hongli Wang, Feng Zeng, Xiaosheng Ma

“…The Lightgel/NGF/CeMn NP-PEG composite was synthesized and characterized via electron microscopy, compression testing, rheological analysis, NGF release kinetics, and 30-day degradation studies. …”
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Innovative CO2-NBs-assisted ultrasonication for the phytochemical extraction of peanut (Arachis hypoga) shells: Synthesis and characterization of CO2-nanobubbles by Nayyar Iqbal, Miral Javed, Ramy M. Khoder, Areej Areej, Renyu Zheng, Shanbai Xiong, Ibrahim Khalifa, Hassan Barakat, Youming Liu

“…CO2-NBs were generated in distilled water with a self-developed high-pressure nano-jet homogenization method and characterized by size, zeta potential and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The obtained nanobubble’s mean size and zeta potential were 229.96 ± 17.44 nm and −15.9 ± 1.27 mV, respectively. …”
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Loading of CAR‐T cells with magnetic nanoparticles for controlled targeting suppresses inflammatory cytokine release and switches tumor cell death mechanism by Felix Pfister, Lucas R. Carnell, Lisa Löffler, Philipp Boosz, Niels Schaft, Jan Dörrie, René Stein, Malte Lenz, Erdmann Spiecker, Christian M. Huber, Sami Haddadin, Carola Berking, Christoph Alexiou, Christina Janko

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Bone Defect Repair Using a Bone Substitute Supported by Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from the Umbilical Cord by Michal Kosinski, Anna Figiel-Dabrowska, Wioletta Lech, Lukasz Wieprzowski, Ryszard Strzalkowski, Damian Strzemecki, Lukasz Cheda, Jacek Lenart, Krystyna Domanska-Janik, Anna Sarnowska

“…During the culture on the 1st, 7th, 14th, and 21st day (day in vitro (DIV)), we analyzed viability (confocal microscopy) and adhesion capability (electron microscopy) of WJ-MSC on Bio-Oss scaffolds, gene expression (qPCR), and secretion of proteins (Luminex). …”
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Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide for high efficient adsorption of methylene blue by Maoping Kang, Yongli Pei, Ying Zhang, Lihong Su, Yuxiang Li, Hongyu Wang

“…Meanwhile, some characterizations including Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Disperse X-ray Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, etc. were used to explore potential adsorption mechanism, which indicated the physisorption caused by π-π bonds was the main adsorption mechanism. …”
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Green Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Hibiscus rosa sinensis Flowers and Their Antibacterial Activity by F. Buarki, H. AbuHassan, F. Al Hannan, F. Z. Henari

“…The synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles were characterized using the ultraviolet-visible spectrometer (UV-Vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Research on the stress concentration effects and fracture mechanisms of DC04 sheet steel with holes by Xu Lin, Limei Zhang, Yi Xie

“…Finally, the microscopic crack development was observed by electron microscopy, and the crack evolution law and the fracture mechanism caused by stress concentration around the hole were analyzed. …”
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