Ultralow k covalent organic frameworks enabling high fidelity signal transmission and high temperature electromechanical sensing by Donglin Chen, Juncheng Sha, Xudong Mei, An Ye, Zhengping Zhao, Xunlin Qiu, Xiaoyun Liu, Yueping Niu, Peiyuan Zuo, Qixin Zhuang

“…Collectively, this work paves the way for scalable application of ultralow dielectric constant covalent organic framework thin films in signal transmission and electromechanical sensing.…”
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The Effect of Annealing on the Structural and Optical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Films Deposited by Electron Beam Assisted PVD by Yaser M. Abdulraheem, Sahar Ghoraishi, Lidia Arockia-Thai, Suji K. Zachariah, Moustafa Ghannam

“…Titanium dioxide thin films were deposited on crystalline silicon substrates by electron beam physical vapor deposition. …”
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Enhancing visible luminescence in sprayed-ZnO nanostructure through Cu doping by Fatima Zohra Bedia, Asma Bedia, Sidi Mohammed Bedia, Nabila Maloufi, Michel Aillerie, Khadidja Rahmoun

“…XRD and Raman measurements confirmed that the CZO thin films exhibit a polycrystalline wurtzite structure with a preferential 101̄1 orientation. …”
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In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Ultrasmall MoOx Nanoparticles in Suspensions by Yun-Ju Lee, Diego Barrera, Kaiyuan Luo, Julia W. P. Hsu

“…Nanoparticle suspensions represent a promising route toward low cost, large area solution deposition of functional thin films for applications in energy conversion, flexible electronics, and sensors. …”
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Wide-Gap p-μc-Si1-xOx:H Films and Their Application to Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells by Taweewat Krajangsang, Sorapong Inthisang, Aswin Hongsingthong, Amornrat Limmanee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…Optimization of p-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide thin films (p-μc-Si1-xOx:H) by very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition 40 MHz method for use as a p-layer of a-Si:H solar cells was performed. …”
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Enhancing the efficiency of hybrid Schottky diode by decoration of 2D Cs:ZnO nanosheets with CNTs via a facile co-precipitation approach by A Al-Sayed, Miad Ali Siddiq, Elsayed Elgazzar

“…The Cs:ZnO@CNTs nanocomposite was synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method and characterized using XRD, EDX, SEM, and TEM techniques, which revealed small crystalline size, high atomic density, and large surface area. The thin films showed intense optical absorption near the visible region with optical band gaps of 3.12 eV and 3.06 eV for Cs:ZnO and Cs:ZnO@CNTs nanostructures, respectively. …”
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Antierythropoietin Antibody Production Is Not Associated with Malaria and Malaria-Related Anaemia in Humans by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Daniel Gyamfi, Francis Agyei Amponsah, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Lillian Boateng, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Edward Y. Afriyie, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Renate Asare, David Ofosu Ntiamoah, Richard Boateng

“…Venous blood was collected for thick and thin films for malaria microscopy, full blood count by automated haematology analyzer, and antierythropoietin antibody and erythropoietin estimation by sandwich ELISA method. …”
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Electrochromism via reversible electrodeposition of solid iodine by Shanlin Li, Yingyu Chen, Zhen Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Xianglin Guo, Xueqing Tang, Xiaoyu Wang, Wende Lai, Meiyun Tong, Changhong Wang, Shan Cong, Fengxia Geng, Yong Chen, Zhigang Zhao

“…Abstract Electrochromic materials were discovered in the 1960s when scientists observed reversible changes between the light and dark states in WO3 thin films under different voltages. Since then, researchers have identified various electrochromic material systems, including transition metal oxides, polymer materials, and small molecules. …”
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CdSe Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Devices by A. B. Kashyout, Hesham M. A. Soliman, Marwa Fathy, E. A. Gomaa, Ali A. Zidan

“…CdSe quantum dots have been prepared with different sizes and exploited as inorganic dye to sensitize a wide bandgap TiO2 thin films for QDs solar cells. The synthesis is based on the pyrolysis of organometallic reagents by injection into a hot coordinating solvent. …”
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Silver Doped TiO2 Nanostructure Composite Photocatalyst Film Synthesized by Sol-Gel Spin and Dip Coating Technique on Glass by Mojtaba Nasr-Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein Habibi

“…Nanostructure TiO2/Ag composite thin films were prepared by a sol-gel spin and dip coating technique. while, by introducing methyl cellulose (MC) porous, TiO2/Ag films were obtained after calcining at a temperature of 500°C. …”
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Study of Thermal Properties of Mixed (PP/EPR)/ABS with Five Model Compatibilizers by Pierre Marcel Anicet Noah, Louis-Max Ayina Ohandja, Rolant Eba Medjo, Salem Chabira, Fabien Betene Ebanda, Patrick Anyouzoa Ondoua

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Hybrid Models for Forecasting Allocative Localization Error in Wireless Sensor Networks by Guo Li, Hongyu Sheng

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Process-Parameter-Dependent Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties of Reactive Magnetron Sputtered Ag-Cu-O Films by P. Narayana Reddy, A. Sreedhar, M. Hari Prasad Reddy, S. Uthanna, J. F. Pierson

“…Silver-copper-oxide thin films were formed by RF magnetron sputtering technique using Ag80Cu20 target at various oxygen partial pressures in the range 5 × 10−3–8 ×10−2 Pa and substrate temperatures in the range 303–523 K. …”
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Fabrication of Hollow Needle Tips with Nanoholes by Plasma Maskless Processing and Calculation and Detection of Complex Surface Edges by Zuocai Dai, Sha Zhou, Tongguang Yang, Yanpeng Wang

“…This method is based on the probe driving and detection of piezoelectric thin films, which enables all probes in the array to be processed completely independently, greatly improving the overall processing efficiency, and can effectively etch specific nano-scale regions of various materials. …”
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Evaluation of the Tribological and Corrosion Resistance Properties of 24-Bilayer TiN/TiAlN Coatings in Simulated Body Fluid by Willian Arnulfo Aperador Chaparro, Julio Cesar Caicedo Angulo, Jorge Bautista-Ruiz

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A comparative study on spin-to-charge and charge-to-spin conversion using modulated Dirac surface states of Bi2Se3 by Youngmin Lee, Jonghoon Kim, Seungwon Rho, Seok-Bo Hong, Hyeongmun Kim, Jaehan Park, Dajung Kim, Chul Kang, Myung-Ho Bae, Mann-Ho Cho

“…In this study, we investigate the complex charge-to-spin conversion (CSC) and spin-to-charge conversion (SCC) using the modulated Dirac surface state of Bi2Se3 thin films. The role of Bi2Se3, which possesses a spin-momentum locked Dirac surface state (DSS), in the CSC and SCC processes is explored using spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) and terahertz emission methods, respectively. …”
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Performance enhancement of full inorganic Sb2S3 solar cells with MnS hole transport layers by Minghong Rui, Hangyu Li, Yuan Li, Wenqi Li, Sumei Wang

“…Herein, thermal evaporated inorganic manganese sulfide (MnS) thin films were prepared as HTL for full inorganic Sb2S3 solar cell. …”
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The Photocatalytic Activity and Compact Layer Characteristics of TiO2 Films Prepared Using Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering by H. C. Chang, H. H. Huang, C. Y. Wu, R. Q. Hsu, C. Y. Hsu

“…The photoinduced decomposition of methylene blue (MB) and the photoinduced hydrophilicity of the TiO2 thin films are also investigated. The photocatalytic performance characteristics for the deposition of TiO2 films are improved by using the Grey-Taguchi method. …”
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Spectroscopic and Morphological Studies of Metal-Organic and Metal-Free Dyes onto Titania Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Gabriella Di Carlo, Daniela Caschera, Roberta G. Toro, Cristina Riccucci, Gabriel M. Ingo, Giuseppina Padeletti, Luisa De Marco, Giuseppe Gigli, Giovanna Pennesi, Gloria Zanotti, Anna M. Paoletti, Nicola Angelini

“…We have investigated the spectroscopic behavior of three different sensitizers adsorbed onto titania thin films in order to gain information both on the electron transfer process from dye to titania and on the anchorage of the chromophore onto the semiconductor. …”
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Impact of trace elements (total and labile fraction) on the anaerobic digestion activity and microbial community structure by Rahul H.M. Pires, Maria P. Tomasino, Stéphane Simon, Rémy Buzier, Gilles Guibaud, C. Marisa R. Almeida, Ana P. Mucha

“…The labile fraction of TEs (the most bioaccessible species) was determined by diffusive gradients in thin-films technique. Prokaryotic community composition was characterized through high throughput sequencing (HTS) targeting archaea and bacteria and qPCR to evaluate changes in methanogens and metal resistance genes. …”
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