Influence of Bias Voltage on the Microstructure, Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Ti/CrN/TiN Multilayered Films Deposited by Cathodic Arc Evaporation by Vu Van Huy, Nikolay B. Rodionov, Valery А. Karpov, Ngo Thanh Binh, Nguyen Dang Khoa, Vu Thi Lan Vi

“…The study investigated the effects of bias voltage on the coatings microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion properties using laser and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, nanohardness testing, and electrochemical testing equipment. …”
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Regime switching on the propagation speed of travelling waves of some size-structured myxobacteria population models* by Calvez Vincent, El Abdouni Adil, Estavoyer Maxime, Madrid Ignacio, Olivier Julien, Tournus Magali

“…In particular, recent developments in microscopy have revealed the impact of bacteria heterogeneity on the population motility. …”
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Topography and dimensions of the auditory tube at the end of the fetal period by O.D. Sapunkov, L.O. Bogdanova, A.L. Kosakovskyi, I.A. Kosakivska, V.V. Syniachenko

“…In the course of the study the following methods were used: thin dissection of the middle ear and adjacent areas under the control of a binocular loupe; macro- and microscopy; morphometry; macro photography with digital camera "OLIMPUS μ 1000 All-weather 10.0 MPix". …”
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Synthesis and Study of Chemical, Thermal, Mesomorphic, and Optical Properties of Terphenyls Modified with Nitrile Groups by M. L. Mota González, A. Carrillo Castillo, R. C. Ambrosio Lázaro, J. Flores Méndez, Mario Moreno, Priscy A. Luque, Dámaso Navarro

“…The mesomorphic behavior was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). T12 developed various mesophases, whereas T12-CN and T12-2CN displayed one single mesophase of low order over a wide temperature range. …”
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Manipulation of room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in a van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 by Yanlong Yin, Minghe Liu, Wei Li, Wan Li, Mengting Zou, Si Wu, Weixing Xia, Baomin Wang

“…In this work, we studied the evolution of stripe domains in FGT nanoflake at different temperatures and magnetic fields, confirming the Néel-type skyrmion through Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. We systematically explored the dependence of the size, density and stability of skyrmion on the thickness, temperature and magnetic field of the FGT nanoflake. …”
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α-Synuclein fibrils enhance HIV-1 infection of human T cells, macrophages and microglia by Lia-Raluca Olari, Sichen Liu, Franziska Arnold, Julia Kühlwein, Marta Gil Miró, Ajeet Rijal Updahaya, Christina Stürzel, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Paul Walther, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Karin M. Danzer, Jan Münch, Frank Kirchhoff

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Hydrogenated Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films Prepared by Hot-Wire Method with Varied Process Pressure by V. S. Waman, A. M. Funde, M. M. Kamble, M. R. Pramod, R. R. Hawaldar, D. P. Amalnerkar, V. G. Sathe, S. W. Gosavi, S. R. Jadkar

“…A variety of techniques, including Raman spectroscopy, low angle X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and UV-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, were used to characterize these films for structural and optical properties. …”
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Effect of the Addition of Essential Oils and Functional Extracts of Clove on Physicochemical Properties of Chitosan-Based Films by Paola Reyes-Chaparro, Nestor Gutierrez-Mendez, Erika Salas-Muñoz, Juan Guillermo Ayala-Soto, David Chavez-Flores, León Hernández-Ochoa

“…Thermogravimetric analysis values were determined for the chitosan control film and chitosan film treated with clove essential oil obtaining 112.17°C and 176.73°C, respectively. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to determine their morphology by analyzing their surfaces and phase arrangement; AFM was also used to observe the porosity in chitosan-based antimicrobial films and the chitosan films incorporating functional extracts. …”
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Hyperthermia and cisplatin combination therapy promotes caspase-8 accumulation and activation to enhance apoptosis and pyroptosis in cancer cells by Guanghui Zi, Jin Chen, Yatu Peng, Yue Wang, Baowei Peng

“…Pyroptosis was investigated by western blotting and transmission electron microscopy. E3 ligase Cullin 3 was knockdown by siRNA. …”
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Performance Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell- (DSSC-) Based Natural Dyes by Clathrin Protein by Prihanto Trihutomo, Sudjito Soeparman, Denny Widhiyanuriyawan, Lilis Yuliati

“…Photovoltaic characteristics of DSSC were measured using a data logger to determine the performance of DSSC, layer morphology was analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), the element content in DSSC was analyzed using Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and functional groups in DSSC layers were analyzed using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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Exendin-4 Protects MIN6 Cells from t-BHP-Induced Apoptosis via IRE1-JNK-Caspase-3 Signaling by Wen-Jia Chen, Lin-Xi Wang, Yan-Ping Wang, Zhou Chen, Xiao-Ying Liu, Xiao-Hong Liu, Li-Bin Liu

“…The percentage of apoptotic cells was determined by fluorescence microscopy analysis after Hoechst/PI staining and flow cytometric assay after Annexin V-FITC/PI staining. …”
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Plant Mediated Green Synthesis and Antiviral Activity of Gold and Copper Nanoparticles using Malva parviflora L. Leaf Extract by Seyedeh Raana Charghani, Saadat Rastegarzadeh, Parzhak Zoufan, Seyedeh Elham Rezatofighi

“…The characterizations of the nanoparticles were carried out using UV–Vis spectrophotometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), particle size analysis (PSA), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and zeta potential. …”
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Cortistatin-14 Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against Microglial Activation, Blood-brain Barrier Disruption, and Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy by Qiang Wen, Qian Ding, Jinchao Wang, Yanhua Yin, Shangchen Xu, Yuanrong Ju, Hongsheng Ji, Bin Liu

“…Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the microstructure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). …”
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ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION EVALUATION OF SnSb ELECTRODEPOSITED COATINGS by Ana Aline C. Alcanfor, Natalia G. Sousa, Othon S. Campos, Alan S. de Menezes, Edipo S. de Oliveira, Hamilton F. G. de Abreu, Paulo N. S. Casciano, Pedro de Lima Neto, Adriana N. Correia

“…The characterization was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Enhanced Blastocystis subtyping from stool samples using semi-nested barcode PCR: validation with an NGS-based approach by Carlos Nieto-Clavijo, Liliana Morales, Andrés Delgado-Aldana, Paula C. Hernández, Isabel Torres-Molina, Amanda Gonzalez-Cuiza, Fabián Cortés-Muñoz, Jacqueline Chaparro-Olaya

“…As a result, barcoding-PCR can sometimes yield negative results for stool samples confirmed as Blastocystis-positive by microscopy. To improve subtyping from stool-derived DNA, we developed a Semi-Nested barcode PCR that amplifies the barcoding region in a second reaction. …”
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Trace elements‐based Auroshell gold@hematite nanostructure: Green synthesis and their hyperthermia therapy by Hadil M. Alahdal, Sumya Ayad Abdullrezzaq, Hawraz Ibrahim M. Amin, Sitah F. Alanazi, Abduladheem Turki Jalil, Mehrdad Khatami, Marwan Mahmood Saleh

“…Auroshell gold@hematite nanoparticles were synthesised and characterised with rosemary extract in one step and the green synthesised nanoparticles were characterised by X‐ray powder diffraction, SEM, high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. …”
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Study of the physico-chemical properties of composites obtained by mechanochemical synthesis of nanoscale hydroxyapatite and synthetic zeolites by A.G. Shirokova, S.A. Bibanaeva, E.A. Bogdanova, V.M. Skachkov, O.V. Koryakova

“…The morphology of the original materials and those subjected to heat treatment was studied using scanning electron microscopy; a change in morphology during sintering was shown. …”
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Efficacy of Sodium Fluoride and Fluoridated Calcium Phosphate in Mitigating Dental Erosion on Human Enamel: An In vitro Analysis by Mohammed Raihan Assadi, Darshana Devadiga, Aditya Ingle, Nainy Jain, Dheeraj Devadiga

“…Aims: To assess the protective effectiveness of casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate fluoride (CPP-ACPF) and sodium fluoride (NaF) on human enamel against erosion using surface microhardness (SMH) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses. Materials and Methods: Ten extracted human third molars were sectioned to obtain 40 enamel sections and randomly assigned into four groups (n = 10) and treated as follows: G1 (Sound Enamel), G2 (Erosive Challenge), G3 (CPP-ACPF + Erosive Challenge), and G4 (NaF + Erosive Challenge). …”
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Fabrication of Cu@Ag core-shell/nafion/polyalizarin: Applications to simultaneous electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction of nitrite in water samples by Afshin Maleki, Nader Amini, Reza Rezaee, Mahdi Safari, Nader Marzban, Mehran seifi

“…X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques were employed to characterize the Cu@Ag-Nf/PA/GCE. …”
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Isolation, characterization and control of Botrytis spp. pathogenic on strawberry in Iran by Fatemeh Maghsoodi, Parissa Taheri, Saeed Tarighi

“…Light and electron microscopy observations showed that F. gummosa EO at EC50 concentration caused morphological changes in the fungal structures. …”
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