Lipidic folding pathway of α-Synuclein via a toxic oligomer by Vrinda Sant, Dirk Matthes, Hisham Mazal, Leif Antonschmidt, Franz Wieser, Kumar T. Movellan, Kai Xue, Evgeny Nimerovsky, Marianna Stampolaki, Magdeline Nathan, Dietmar Riedel, Stefan Becker, Vahid Sandoghdar, Bert L. de Groot, Christian Griesinger, Loren B. Andreas

“…The structures of filamentous intermediates and mature fibrils are now efficiently determined by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. By contrast, smaller pre-fibrillar α-Synuclein (αS) oligomers, crucial for initiating amyloidogenesis, remain largely uncharacterized. …”
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A Clinical and Confocal Microscopic Comparison of Transepithelial PRK and LASEK for Myopia by Safak Korkmaz, Kamil Bilgihan, Sabahattin Sul, Ahmet Hondur

“…The grade of haze, keratocyte apoptosis, and greyscale value in confocal microscopy were significantly higher in transepithelial PRK-treated eyes at 1 month. …”
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Fungus- (Alternaria sp.) Mediated Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis, Characterization, and Screening of Antifungal Activity against Some Phytopathogens by Theint Theint Win, Sikandar Khan, PengCheng Fu

“…Analysis of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) micrographs evidenced that the size of synthesized silver nanoparticles ranged between 3 and 10 nm. …”
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Phase transformation and microstructure study of the as-cast Cu-rich Cu-Al-Mn ternary alloys by Holjevac-Grgurić T., Manasijević D., Kožuh S., Ivanić I., Balanović Lj., Anžel I., Kosec B., Bizjak M., Knežević M., Gojić M.

“…Microstructural investigations of the prepared samples were performed by using optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy, equipped by energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). …”
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Physicochemical and Morphological Characterization of Potato Starch Modified by Bacterial Amylases for Food Industry Applications by Adel Vafina, Victoria Proskurina, Vyacheslav Vorobiev, Vladimir G. Evtugin, Galina Egkova, Elena Nikitina

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Effect of Nanodiamonds on Friction Reduction Performance in Presence of Organic and Inorganic Friction Modifiers by A. K. Piya, L. Yang, N. Emami, A. Morina

“…Analysis of wear scars using High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy reveals that when NDs are fully entrapped into the formed tribofilm that contains the MoDTC-derived MoS₂ layer, the lowest friction coefficient can be achieved.…”
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A cobalt-aluminium layered double hydroxide with a nickel core-shell structure nanocomposite for supercapacitor applications by Edris Jamshidi, Samad Dalvand, Faranak Manteghi, Seyed Morteza Mousavi-Khoshdel

“…In this work, a Co-Al LDH and its metallic Ni core-shell nanocomposite were prepared and described using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. …”
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Surfactant Assisted Stabilization of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by a Spray Pyrolysis Method by D. Mendoza-Cachú, C. Mercado-Zúñiga, G. Rosas

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies showed that the synthesized products had an aligned structure with low purity degree, high content of catalyst particles, and a smaller amount of amorphous carbon. …”
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Study on the Weight and Patterns of Key Controlling Factors for Corrosion in Gathering and Transportation Pipelines of the Sulige Gas Field by JIANG Chengyin, LI Qiongwei, BAI Zilong, HAN Zizi, HUI Baoping, ZHANG Ruoyin, LIU Wei

“…Since the western part of the Sulige Gas Field is a water-bearing gas reservoir， the pipelines are prone to corrosion， which severely affects the normal production operations of the gas field and results in significant economic losses and safety risks.In this study， the corrosion of gathering and transportation pipelines in the target gas field was analyzed.Based on this analysis， corrosion coupon experiments， scanning electron microscopy (SEM)， confocal Raman microscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques were employed， combined with water and gas quality analyses， to investigate the corrosion patterns of the pipelines.The primary controlling factors of corrosion， including chloride ions，microorganisms， CO2 partial pressure， total pressure and flow rate， were identified.Furthermore， the weight of each controlling factor was determined according to different corrosion characteristics.Results showed that when uniform corrosion of the samples was used as the evaluation criterion， the CO2 partial pressure had the greatest influence on the corrosion rate， accounting for 58.00%of the weight.When pitting corrosion of the samples was used as the evaluation criterion， microorganisms had the greatest influence on the corrosion rate， accounting for 34.00%of the weight.…”
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Analysis on Fracture Toughness of the L360QS/N08825 Bimetallic Composite Pipe Welded Joint by Bin Wang, Hongxia Lan, Bobo Lei

“…The fracture morphology, microstructure, and inclusion near fracture zones were observed by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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Properties of Aluminosilicate Refractories with Synthesized Boron-Modified TiO2 Nanocrystals by Claudia Carlucci, Francesca Conciauro, Barbara Federica Scremin, Antonio Graziano Antico, Marco Muscogiuri, Teresa Sibillano, Cinzia Giannini, Emanuela Filippo, Caterina Lorusso, Paolo Maria Congedo, Giuseppe Ciccarella

“…Bricks’ microstruc‐ ture was analysed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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Monte Carlo simulations of backscattered electron coefficients and average penetration depths for Cu, Au, and Al under electron irradiation by Sami Mohammed Alsharari

“…The improved accuracy in predicting APD and the original BSC results support scanning electron microscopy (SEM) applications, particularly in compositional and topographic imaging.…”
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Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan/Kaolin/FeO Magnetic Microspheres and Their Application for the Removal of Ciprofloxacin by Wei Ma, Jiangdong Dai, Xiaohui Dai, Yongsheng Yan

“…The prepared microspheres were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis, vibrating sample magnetometry, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Accurate Assessment of the Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalytic Activity of Mn/Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Based on Rotating Disk Electrode Measurements, Complemented with Multitechniq... by Patrizia Bocchetta, Carolina Ramírez Sánchez, Antonietta Taurino, Benedetto Bozzini

“…The characterization of Mn/PPy films is addressed to the following: (i) morphology, as assessed by Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM); (ii) local electrical conductivity, as measured by Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM); and (iii) molecular structure, accessed by Raman Spectroscopy; these data provide the background against which the electrocatalytic activity can be rationalised. …”
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Electrochemically grown superparamagnetic Co-Fe3O4 nanoparticles onto functionalized graphene oxide for biomedical aims by Mustafa Aghazadeh, Isa Karimzadeh

“…The fabricated Co2+-doped iron oxide@f-GO composite is characterized via Scanning Electron Microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and X-Ray diffraction analysis. …”
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3D-network polymer supported bimetallic γ-Fe2O3/Cu nanoparticles: As a new magnetic nanocomposite for the synthesis of new series functionalized benzodiazepines by Setareh Moradi, Roya Mozafari, Mohammad Ghadermazi

“…The heterogeneous nanocatalystγ-Fe2O3-Cu@Calix/pyridine-2,6-dicarbonyl-bis(thiourea)was characterized by Transmission electron microscopies (TEM), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Powder X-raydiffraction (XRD), Vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM),Inductively coupled Plasma (ICP) and Nitrogen adsorption desorption isotherm (BET)techniques and was used for the synthesis of 2,4 disubstituted-1, 5-benzodiazepine through the reaction of various substituted α-epoxyketones with o-phenylenediamine under green conditions. …”
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Enhancement of the Wear Resistance and Microhardness of Aluminum Alloy by Nd:YaG Laser Treatment by Haitham T. Hussein, Abdulhadi Kadhim, Ahmed A. Al-Amiery, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum, Abu Bakar Mohamad

“…All specimens were conducted by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray florescence analysis (EDS), optical microscopy, and Vickers hardness. …”
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Nanoporosity of Alumina Surfaces Induces Different Patterns of Activation in Adhering Monocytes/Macrophages by Natalia Ferraz, Jaan Hong, Matteo Santin, Marjam Karlsson Ott

“…After 24 hours, cell adhesion was assessed by means of light microscopy and cell viability by measuring LDH release. …”
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Investigation and evaluation of the efficiency of palm kernel oil extract for corrosion inhibition of brass artifacts by Mohamed M. Megahed, Eman AbdElRhiem, Wesam Atta, Nabil Abdel Ghany, Mohamed Abdelbar

“…The crescent was analyzed using metallographic microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to identify its alloy composition, microstructure and corrosion products. …”
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Development of Alumina-Titania Composite Layers on Stainless Steel through the Detonation Spray Method and Investigation of Salt Spray Corrosion Behavior along with Surface Examina... by A. Surya, R. Prakash, P. Senthil Kumar, G. Bharath Balji

“…The surface of the coated SS is probed by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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