SRT3025-loaded cell membrane hybrid liposomes (3025@ML) enhanced anti-tumor activity of Oxaliplatin via inhibiting pyruvate kinase M2 and fatty acid synthase by Xiaobin Wang, Shulin Li, Zichen Li, Zhuona Lin, Zhifeng Wang

“…Thus, a combination therapy is required to enhance the OXA’s therapeutic effectiveness and improve patient outcomes. Methods The thin film hydration method was used to prepare the liposomes. …”
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Chalcogenide perovskites: enticing prospects across a wide range of compositions and optoelectronic properties for stable photodetector devices by Shilpa Mariam Samuel, Sadasivan Shaji, David Avellaneda Avellaneda, Bindu Krishnan

“…Photodetectors are indispensable components of many modern light sensing and imaging devices, converting photon energy into processable electrical signal through absorption, carrier generation and extraction using semiconducting thin films with appropriate optoelectronic properties. …”
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Medium-scale flexible integrated circuits based on 2D semiconductors by Yalin Peng, Chenyang Cui, Lu Li, Yuchen Wang, Qinqin Wang, Jinpeng Tian, Zhiheng Huang, Biying Huang, Yangkun Zhang, Xiuzhen Li, Jian Tang, Yanbang Chu, Wei Yang, Dongxia Shi, Luojun Du, Na Li, Guangyu Zhang

“…Despite notable progress, so far the showcased 2D flexible ICs have been constrained to basic logic gates and ring oscillators with a maximum integration scale of a few thin film transistors (TFTs), creating a significant disparity in terms of circuit scale and functionality. …”
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Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases by Yang Chen, Jiao He, Hang Lin, Hai-Feng Wang, Ping Hu, Bi-Qin Wang, Ke-Qing Zhao, Bertrand Donnio

“…The J-aggregation for the inner fluorine-substituted dimers Gnm is energetically and stereoelectronically more favorable and G66 exhibits thin-film fluorescence with a large red-shift of the emission peak.…”
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Photoelectrochemical characterization and photocatalytic properties of mesoporous <mml:math alttext="${{{ext{TiO}}_{ext{2}} } mathord{left/ {vphantom {{{ext{TiO}}_{ext{2}} } {{ext...

“…<p>Optically transparent, crack-free mesoporous titania and zirconia-doped titania thin film photocatalysts were fabricated by sol-gel technique, using nonionic amphiphilic block copolymer Pluronic P123 as template. …”
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Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy and Reduced Toxicity in Colorectal Cancer Using a Novel Multifunctional Rg3- Targeting Nanosystem Encapsulated with Oxaliplatin and Calcium Peroxide by Xie Y, Zhu M, Bao H, Chen K, Wang S, Dai J, Chen H, Li H, Song Q, Wang X, Yu L, Pei J

“…Rg3-Lip-OXA/CaO2 was prepared through a thin-film hydration approach and characterized; additionally, its stability and release behavior were studied. …”
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Partially Isolated Dual Work Function Gate IGZO TFT With Obviously Reduced Leakage Current for 3D DRAMs by Yunjiao Bao, Gangping Yan, Lei Cao, Chuqiao Niu, Qingkun Li, Guanqiao Sang, Lianlian Li, Yanzhao Wei, Xuexiang Zhang, Jie Luo, Yanyu Yang, Gaobo Xu, Huaxiang Yin

“…In this article, a partially isolated dual work function (PIDWF) gate In-Ga-Zn-O (IGZO) thin-film transistor (TFT) is proposed to reduce the off-state current (Ioff) obviously, which also provides a feasible integration method for stacking IGZO TFT on Si-based devices. …”
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Advancements in lamb wave high-frequency devices using diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings by Jatinder Pal Singh, Ajay Kumar Sao, Babita Sharma, Satyam Garg, Anjali Sharma, Reema Gupta, Lokesh Rana, Mallika Verma, Akhilesh Pandey, Archibald Theodore Nimal, Upendra Mittal, Amit Kumar Vishwakarma, Monika Tomar, Arijit Chowdhuri

“…MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) technology was adopted for the development of SiO2/Si membrane-based Lamb wave devices utilising piezoelectric ZnO thin film and high-velocity DLC coating. The DLC films were coated on the SiO2/Si membrane using the Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (HFCVD) method followed by deposition of a piezoelectric layer of ZnO film through RF magnetron sputtering. …”
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Design and validation of a-SiC/SiN hybrid photonic platform for integrated quantum photonics by Naresh Sharma, Zizheng Li, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Joey Vrugt, Stijn van der Waal, Luozhen Li, Roald van der Kolk, Philip J Poole, Dan Dalacu, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…Nevertheless, no single platform satisfies all the requirements of quantum photonics, as each platform has its merits and shortcomings. For example, the thin-film silicon nitride (SiN) platform provides ultra-low loss on the order of 0.1 dB m ^−1 , but is incompatible with dense integration , requiring large bending radii. …”
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Antimicrobial Activity of Thin Solid Films of Silver Doped Hydroxyapatite Prepared by Sol-Gel Method by Simona Liliana Iconaru, Patrick Chapon, Philippe Le Coustumer, Daniela Predoi

“…In this work, the preparation and characterization of silver doped hydroxyapatite thin films were reported and their antimicrobial activity was characterized. …”
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Understanding the Preferred Crystal Orientation of Sputtered Silver in Ar/N2 Atmosphere: A Microstructure Investigation by YuHao Hu, Jiajun Zhu, Chao Zhang, Wulin Yang, Licai Fu, Deyi Li, Lingping Zhou

“…Silver thin films were prepared by direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering technique in Ar/N2 atmosphere with various N2 volumetric ratios on Si substrates. …”
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Structural, Morphological, and Electron Transport Studies of Annealing Dependent In2O3 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by S. Mahalingam, H. Abdullah, S. Shaari, A. Muchtar, I. Asshari

“…Indium oxide (In2O3) thin films annealed at various annealing temperatures were prepared by using spin-coating method for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). …”
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Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Co Doped CdTe Alloy Powders Prepared by Solid-State Reaction Method by M. Rigana Begam, N. Madhusudhana Rao, Girish M. Joshi, S. Kaleemulla, M. Shobana, N. Sai Krishna, M. Kuppan

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Design and Application of Uniaxially Sensitive Stress Sensor by Kaituo Wu, Zixun Xiang, Xinbo Lu, Yichao Yan, Chunyang Wu, Tao Wang, Wanli Zhang

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Ultrafast laser frequency tuning based on equivalent optical phase sampling and accumulation by Weiqiang Lyu, Huan Tian, Zhenwei Fu, Lingjie Zhang, Zhen Zeng, Yaowen Zhang, Heping Li, Zhiyao Zhang, Yong Liu

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Studying the Properties of RF-Sputtered Nanocrystalline Tin-Doped Indium Oxide by Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Marwa Fathy, Moataz B. Soliman

“…The ceramic target of Indium tinoxide (ITO) (90% In2O3-10%SnO2) has been used to prepare transparent semiconductive thin films on glass substrate by RF magnetron sputtering at room temperature. …”
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Ultraflat, Monolithic, Highly Stable Supercontinuum Source Based on Fluorotellurite Fiber by Hao Lei, Yadong Jiao, XinSheng Zhao, Kunlin Xie, Junsheng Chen, Wenbo Zhong, Xiaohui Guo, Hongyu Luo, Jianfeng Li, Zhixu Jia, Guanshi Qin

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Indium-Free PTB7/PC71BM Polymer Solar Cells with Solution-Processed Al:ZnO Electrodes on PET Substrates by P. Fuchs, A. Paracchino, H. Hagendorfer, L. Kranz, T. Geiger, Y. E. Romanyuk, A. N. Tiwari, F. Nüesch

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Spectroscopic investigation of two xanthane dyes and design of a FRET based pesticide sensor by Sangita Majumder, Subrata Deb, Shazidul Hussain, Dibyendu Dey, Debajyoti Bhattacharjee, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Shamima Hussain, Syed Arshad Hussain

“…Abstract Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technique is the simplest and inexpensive method for preparartion of nano-dimensional thin films for tailoring material behavior having wide range of applications including sensors. …”
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Déposition par Pulvé Risation Cathodique Radio Fréquence et Caracté Risation Électronique, Structurale et Optique de Couches Minces du Dioxyde de Titane by K. Hafidi, M. Azizan, Y. Ijdiyaou, E. L. Ameziane

“…Deposited titanium oxide thin films are used as optical protector films for several materials and as energy converters for solar cells. …”
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