3C-BASED METHODS FOR 3D GENOME ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS by N. R. Battulin, V. S. Fishman, Yu. L. Orlov, A. G. Menzorov, D. A. Afonnikov, O. L. Serov

“…Until recently, studies of this organization were limited by light microscopy and electron microscopy methods. The development of chromosome conformation capture (3С) methods allowed studying genome-wide chromosomal contacts by using only molecular methods. …”
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Microstructure and Texture Evolution of Aluminum in the Al-Nb/Ti/Ni Composite Fabricated by the ARB Process by Nan Ye, Xueping Ren

“…The microstructure evolution was observed by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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A Simple Method for Patterning Nanoparticles on Planar Surfaces by Getachew Tizazu

“…Patterns with different sizes have been generated by shaving the monolayers with different repetitions. Friction force microscopy was used to image the patterns. The smallest patterns are 50 nm and the largest patterns are 500 nm at full width half maximum. …”
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Vibrational Investigations of Silver-Doped Hydroxyapatite with Antibacterial Properties by Carmen Steluta Ciobanu, Simona Liliana Iconaru, Phillippe Le Coustumer, Daniela Predoi

“…Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared, and Raman analysis confirmed the development of Ag:HAp with good crystal structure. …”
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Fabrication of Au-doped mesoporous TiO2 supported on g-C3N4 as an efficient light-assisted catalyst for oxidative desulfurization of model fuels with different sulfur content by Behzad Moeinifard, Alireza Najafi Chermahini

“…The Au-m-TiO2/g-C3N4 photocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV–Vis diffusive reflectance spectra (UV–Vis DRS), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), and nitrogen adsorption measurements. …”
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Nanomodified cement composition by D. A. Lyashenko, V. A. Perfilov

“…Electron microscopy studies show the presence of fine-grained concrete areas modified with carbon nanotubes. …”
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Fibrillary Glomerulopathy with a High Level of Myeloperoxidase-ANCA: A Case Report by Tomohiko Asakawa, Mea Asou, Shigeo Hara, Takashi Ehara, Makoto Araki

“…Furthermore, the deposition of fibrils in the glomerulus was noted on electron microscopy, and immunohistochemical staining showed strong positivity for DNA-J heat shock protein family member B9 (DNAJB9). …”
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A Precipitation Phenomenon of Titanium Compounds in Aluminum Melts and the Refinement Fading Mechanism of the Al-5Ti-0.62C Master Alloy by Wanwu Ding, Wenjun Zhao, Tiandong Xia

“…The process of remelting and refining of commercially pure aluminum was conducted, and precipitation samples with different heat-treatment times were obtained. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy (OM), and other techniques were used to analyze the microstructure of the precipitates at the bottom of the samples so as to explore the fading mechanism of Al-Ti-C alloy refinement. …”
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Removal of Pb(II) from Aqueous Solutions with Manganese Oxide-Modified Diatomite by Huynh Thanh Danh, Nguyen Thi Truc Ly, Vanthan Nguyen, Dinh Quang Khieu, Pham Dinh Du

“…The product was characterized by using X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. …”
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Low Velocity Impact and Creep-Strain Behaviour of Vinyl Ester Matrix Nanocomposites Based on Layered Silicate by A. I. Alateyah, H. N. Dhakal, Z. Y. Zhang, B. Aldousiri

“…The improvement of these properties can be assigned to the stiff fillers and the configurational linkage between the polymer and the layered silicate which are supported by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterisations by showing a distinct change in surface morphology associated with improved impact toughness and creep response.…”
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Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modeling of the Zr-Y system by Bu M.J., Wang P.S., Xu H.H., Liu S.H., Sha C.S., Du Y., Pan F.S., Tang A.T.

“…Based on the critical review of all the available experimental data in the literature, 8 key alloys were prepared by arc melting to investigate the phase equilibria in the Zr-Y system, These alloys, which were annealed at 5 different temperatures (800°C, 1000°C, 1100°C, 1120°C, 1160°C), were analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. …”
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Empirical Correlation of the Morphology of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes with Their Response to Axial Compression by Jabulani R. Barber, Jeffrey S. Boyles, Aldo A. Ferri, Lawrence A. Bottomley

“…Each nanocoil was attached to the apex of a cantilever probe tip; its dimensions and orientation relative to the tip apex were determined with scanning electron microscopy. The atomic force microscope was employed to apply a cyclic axial load on the nanocoil. …”
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Multi-frame blind deconvolution using X-ray microscope images of an in-plane rotating sample by Shinnosuke Kurimoto, Takato Inoue, Hitoshi Aoto, Toshiki Ito, Satsuki Ito, Yoshiki Kohmura, Makina Yabashi, Satoshi Matsuyama

“…Abstract We propose a multi-frame blind deconvolution method using an in-plane rotating sample optimized for X-ray microscopy, where the application of existing deconvolution methods is technically difficult. …”
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Highly ordered polyaniline as an efficient dye remover by Pinki Chakraborty, Aman Kothari, Rajamani Nagarajan

“…The obtained polymers were characterized by high resolution powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman, UV–Visible, photoluminescence spectroscopy, thermogravimetric Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) techniques. …”
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A Novel and Robust Method for Investigating Fungal Biofilm by Biswambhar Biswas, Shumaiza Asif, Rekha Puria, Anil Thakur

“…We detail a step-by-step procedure for creating a substratum for biofilm growth and measuring biofilm thickness using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and ultrastructure by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A 12-Year Experience Covering a Wide Spectrum of Presentations, Diagnoses, and Outcomes by Michael A. Page, William D. Mathers

“…To review characteristics of confocal microscopy, clinical presentation, and clinical outcome in 372 cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) from 1999 to 2011. …”
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Mechanistic Features of Nanodiamonds in the Lapping of Magnetic Heads by Xionghua Jiang, Zhenxing Chen, Joy Wolfram, Zhizhou Yang

“…Calculation results reveal that the largest embedded pressure is 731.48 GPa and the critical indentation depth δ is 7 nm. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) were used to carry out surface quality detection and analysis of the disk head. …”
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Catalytic Performance of Fe-Mn/SiO2 Nanocatalysts for CO Hydrogenation by Mostafa Feyzi, Shirin Nadri, Mohammad Joshaghani

“…Characterization of catalysts was carried out using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and surface area measurements.…”
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Fabrication of p-NiO/n-TiO2 Solar Device for Photovoltaic Application by R. T. Mouchou, K. O. Ukoba, O. T. Laseinde, T. C. Jen

“…The characterisation was carried out using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), EDX, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and a four-point probe. …”
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Effect of Isopropyl Alcohol Concentration and Etching Time on Wet Chemical Anisotropic Etching of Low-Resistivity Crystalline Silicon Wafer by Eyad Abdur-Rahman, Ibrahim Alghoraibi, Hassan Alkurdi

“…The surface morphology of the wafer was analyzed by optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The AFM images confirmed a well-uniform pyramidal structure with various average pyramid sizes ranging from 1 to 1.6 μm. …”
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