Waste floral foam to nanoporous activated carbon for efficient CO2 capture: An investigation on the property-performance correlation of KOH impregnation by Akshata Pattanshetti, Vidhya Jadhav, Amruta Koli, Miroslaw Kwiatkowski, Radha Kishan Motkuri, Deok-kee Kim, Sandip Sabale

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Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline ZnO Solar Cells Based on Ruthenium(II) Phendione Complexes by Hashem Shahroosvand, Parisa Abbasi, Mohsen Ameri, Mohammad Reza Riahi Dehkordi

“…The metal complexes (RuII (phen)2(phendione))(PF6)2(1), [RuII (phen)(bpy)(phendione))(PF6)2 (2), and (RuII (bpy)2(phendione))(PF6)2 (3) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine and phendione = 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione) have been synthesized as photo sensitizers for ZnO semiconductor in solar cells. FT-IR and absorption spectra showed the favorable interfacial binding between the dye-molecules and ZnO surface. …”
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Excited states of mono- and biruthenium(II) complexes adsorbed on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide studied by electroabsorption spectroscopy by Daniel Pelczarski, Błażej Gierczyk, Maciej Zalas, Malgorzata Makowska-Janusik, Waldemar Stampor

“…The EA spectra of Ru complexes sensitizing a TiO2 semiconductor were compared with the spectra of these complexes in the form of solid neat films, both of which parametrized within the Liptay theory. …”
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Epitaxial growth of transition metal nitrides by reactive sputtering by Florian Hörich, Christopher Lüttich, Jona Grümbel, Jürgen Bläsing, Martin Feneberg, Armin Dadgar, Rüdiger Goldhahn, André Strittmatter

“…Implementing transition metal nitride (TM-nitride) layers by epitaxy into group-III nitride semiconductor layer structures may solve substantial persisting problems for electronic and optoelectronic device configurations and subsequently enable new device classes in the favorable nitride semiconductor family. …”
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Memristor-based feature learning for pattern classification by Tuo Shi, Lili Gao, Yang Tian, Shuangzhu Tang, Jinchang Liu, Yiqi Li, Ruixi Zhou, Shiyu Cui, Hui Zhang, Yu Li, Zuheng Wu, Xumeng Zhang, Taihao Li, Xiaobing Yan, Qi Liu

“…However, since biological organs may operate differently from semiconductor devices, deep models usually require dedicated hardware and are computation-complex. …”
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Improving photovoltaic performance through doped graphene heterostructure modules by Mansi Rana, Preetika Sharma

“…N-type materials enhance the conductivity of a semiconductor by increasing the number of available electrons while p-type materials increase conductivity by increasing the number of holes present in the semiconductor. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Technique of Synthesis and Characterizations for Measurement of Optical Particles in Medical Devices by Walid Theib Mohammad, Sherin Hassan Mabrouk, Rania Mohammed Abd Elgawad Mostafa, Mohammad Bani Younis, Ahmad Maher Al Sayeh, Mona Abdelmoneim Abdelmabood Ebrahim, Samar Zuhair Alshawwa, Heba Abdelazezm Hassan Ismail, Manal Mahrous Abdalhamed Mohamed, Sara Wans Alshmmry, Malik Bader Alazzam, Md Kawser Ahmed

“…The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effect of particle size on semiconductor properties; artificial intelligence is being used for the research methods. …”
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Features of pressure control in pipelines of spacecraft propulsion systems by I. V. Platov, Е. V. Leun, A. I. Сheredov, Yu. N. Mishin

“…The method of calculating minimum and maximum values of the internal pressure in a stainless steel pipeline by using semiconductor sensing elements based on samarium monosulfide (SmS) is presented. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of N-Doped ZnO/ZnS Composites by Hongchao Ma, Xiaohong Cheng, Chun Ma, Xiaoli Dong, Xinxin Zhang, Mang Xue, Xiufang Zhang, Yinghuan Fu

“…The aim of the present study is to enhance photocatalytic performance of ZnO semiconductor by comodification with doping of nonmetal ions and coupling with another semiconductor. …”
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Passivation of substrates with hydrogen to reduce the number of electron traps in the buffer layer at the contact of silicon with Ba1-xSrxTiO3 by Dmitry A. Belorusov, Evgeniy I. Goldman, Galina V. Chucheva, Mikhail S. Afanasyev, Vladimir A. Pilipenko, Alina V. Semchenko

“…High-frequency C–V curves of the metal–dielectric–semiconductor structures with Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 insulating layers deposited on both wafers have been measured. …”
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Photocatalytic Enhancement for Solar Disinfection of Water: A Review by J. Anthony Byrne, Pilar A. Fernandez-Ibañez, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Dheaya M. A. Alrousan, Jeremy W. J. Hamilton

“…This paper presents a critical review concerning semiconductor photocatalysis as a potential enhancement technology for solar disinfection of water.…”
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A Run-Time Reconfigurable Ge Field-Effect Transistor With Symmetric On-States by Andreas Fuchsberger, Lukas Wind, Daniele Nazzari, Larissa Kuhberger, Daniel Popp, Johannes Aberl, Enrique Prado Navarrete, Moritz Brehm, Lilian Vogl, Peter Schweizer, Sebastian Lellig, Xavier Maeder, Masiar Sistani, Walter M. Weber

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All-dielectric metalens based on a single colloidal particle for photoconductive optical-to-terahertz switches by I. A. Glinskiy, N. V. Zenchenko, D. S. Ponomarev

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Hydrogen evolution from water using CdS as photosensitizer by Tatiana Oncescu, M. Contineanu, Lucia Meahcov

“…Colloidal chemical approaches are increasingly utilised for the preparation and stabilization of semiconductor nanoparticles.…”
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THE FORMATION OF BIMETALLIC CONNECTION IN WELDER DEPOSITION UNDER LASER WELDING WITH THE FILLER WIRE FEED by A. P. Yelistratov

“…The metallurgical and technological features of welding deposition in a robotic unit with a semiconductor laser are analyzed. The prospects of using beam with low energy density in the spot heating for applying metallic layers using filler wire are shown.…”
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Thermodynamic properties of iron, aluminum, boron and phosphorus in dilute silicon solutions by molecular interaction volume model by Li S.-Y., Liu K., Yang F., Xi F.-S., Wu J.-J., Ma W.-H., Lei Y., Wang Y.-J., Zhang X.-N.

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Photoreflectance Spectroscopy Characterization of Ge/Si0.16Ge0.84 Multiple Quantum Wells on Ge Virtual Substrate by Hung-Pin Hsu, Pong-Hong Yang, Jeng-Kuang Huang, Po-Hung Wu, Ying-Sheng Huang, Cheng Li, Shi-Hao Huang, Kwong-Kau Tiong

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Features of the receiving of piezoelectric thin films by plasma spraying of powdery AlN by V. S. Feshchenko, K. N. Zyablyuk, E. A. Senokosov, V. I. Chukita, D. A. Kiselev

“…Оne of the promising materials in solid state electronics is the AlN compound. A wide range of semiconductor devices are produced from it, such as photodetectors, LEDs, piezoelectric converters, etc. …”
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Features of modern circuitry of strain-resistive pressure sensors: fiber-optic pyrometric thermal compensation, optical radiation supply by E. V. Leun, V. К. Sysoev, A. E. Shakhanov, Yu. N. Mishin

“…Noise properties of semiconductor and resistive strainresistor are also considered.…”
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THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE MAGNETIC, ELECTRICAL, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LEAD-FREE FERROELECTRIC Ba(Zr\(_{0.2}\)Ti\(_{0.8}\)O\(_3\))  MATERIALS WITH MANGANESE DOPING by Tien Lam Vu, Hoang Thoan Nguyen, Huu Lam Nguyen, Ngoc Trung Nguyen, Quoc Van Duong, Duc Dung Dang

“…The electronic structure calculations revealed that pristine BZT material behaves as a p-type semiconductor with direct and indirect bandgaps of 3.18 eV and 2.08 eV, respectively. …”
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