Design and Simulation of Compound Eye Lens for Visible Light Communication and Illumination by Jiehui Li, Qian Zhang

“…The divergence angle and central light intensity of the receiving plane are, respectively, 26.57° and 80.50% of the total emitted light power for the array structure of the compact compound eye plano-convex lens, while those are 21.80° and 62.50% for the discrete compound eye lens. …”
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Adjustable Optical Slit Based on the Phase Type Spatial Light Modulator by Di Wang, Chao Liu, Qiong-Hua Wang

“…The SLM is used to modulate the phase of light. A phase grayscale with specific structure is produced, where the middle phase is 0 and the phase on both sides is π. …”
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Political Rivalry in the Light of Leigh van Halen’s Red Queen Hypothesis by Jarosław Nocoń

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All-optical switch exploiting Fano resonance and subwavelength light confinement by Saudan Quentin, Bekele Dagmawi A., Xiong Meng, Yvind Kresten, Galili Michael, Mørk Jesper

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Nonmetallic Broadband Visible-Light Absorbers With Polarization and Incident Angle Insensitivity by Yue Yu, Zejie Yu, Xiankai Sun

“…Compared with the conventional absorbers, the proposed SiO₂/InAs structure can achieve excellent absorption within a smaller volume. …”
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The efficiency of the agricultural sector in Poland in the light output-input model1 by Czyżewski Andrzej, Smędzik-Ambroży Katarzyna

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Circularly Polarized Light From a Series of Chiral Fluorene Copolymers by Luiz F. R. B. Toledo, Denis Augusto Turchetti, Cristiano Zanlorenzi, Ana Paula Glislere, Bruno Nowacki, Alexandre Marletta, Edemir L. Kowalski, Leni Campos Akcelrud

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Competition analysis of automobiles and light commercial segment between 1990 and 2014 by Daniel Santana Medeiros

“… This paper reviews the concept of market structure in oligopoly and concentration indicators CR(4) and HH, and verifies the changes in the concentration and competition of the automotive and light commercial market between 1990 and 2014. …”
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Plasmonic Circular Nanostructure for Enhanced Light Absorption in Organic Solar Cells by Nan-Fu Chiu, Cheng-Hung Hou, Chih-Jen Cheng, Feng-Yu Tsai

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Sol-Gel-Hydrothermal Synthesis of the Heterostructured TiO2/N-Bi2WO6 Composite with High-Visible-Light- and Ultraviolet-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Performances by Jiang Zhang, Zheng-Hong Huang, Yong Xu, Feiyu Kang

“…The heterostructured TiO2/N-Bi2WO6 composites were prepared by a facile sol-gel-hydrothermal method. The phase structures, morphologies, and optical properties of the samples were characterized by using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. …”
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High-Efficiency Bridgeless Resonant Converter for Street LED Lighting Application by Navid Molavi, Shirin Askari, Hosein Farzanehfard, Hani Vahedi

“…A novel single-stage LED driver for street lighting application is proposed in this article which combines a totem-pole boost PFC and a non-isolated LCCL resonant network. …”
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Seeing Jung’s Shadow in a New Light: Decolonizing the Undisciplined Depths by Daniel Boscaljon

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Efficient Testing Light Path for Aspherical Surfaces Based on Secondary Imaging by Xinrui Wang, Xin Li, Quan Zhang, Wei Wei, Enchao Liu

“…Aiming at the existing gap, this paper proposes a method of decomposing the compensation optical path into two imaging light paths and derives the initial structure of the compensation optical path. …”
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Global Competition and Small Business in the Light of 4th Industrial Revolution by L. N. Pavlova

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Actinorhodopsin: an efficient and robust light-driven proton pump for bionanotechnological applications by Nooraldeen Ayoub, Nadia Djabeur, Daniel Harder, Jean-Marc Jeckelmann, Zöhre Ucurum, Stephan Hirschi, Dimitrios Fotiadis

“…Cryo-electron microscopy and 2D classification of protein particles provided a projection structure identifying the oligomeric state of RlActR as a pentamer. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of OFDM-Based Underwater Visible Light Communication System by Salah Hessien, Sezer Can Tokgoz, Noha Anous, Ali Boyaci, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid A. Qaraqe

“…Therefore, in this paper, an adapted LTE frame structure is implemented for underwater VLC (UVLC) system. …”
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Effect of physicochemical quality of rice on the production of Xiaoqu light-flavor Baijiu by LIU Maoke, LIU Yao, TIAN Xinhui, QIN Jian, WANG Sisi, MA Chao, TANG Yuming, FENG Jun, LIU Chengyuan

“…Xiaoqu light-flavor (Qingxiangxing) Baijiu was produced and brewed using five rice varieties of two different types (low- and high- amylose), and the effect of physicochemical quality of rice on Baijiu production was analyzed. …”
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Light-propelled photocatalytic evaporator for robotic solar-driven water purification by Dong-Dong Han, Qiang Wang, Zhao-Di Chen, Lei Wang, Zhiyong Chang, Sheng-Yi Xie, Xian-Bin Li, Wei Zhang, Yong-Lai Zhang

“…Owing to its excellent photothermal properties and quantum-confined superfluidic structures, the RGO/Ti3C2Tx-TiO2 foam exhibits superior vapor generation performance (1.72 kg m–2 h–1). …”
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Rhodopsin from Haloquadratum walsbyi is a light-driven magnesium transporter by Ling-Ning Ko, Guo Zhen Lim, Jui-Chien Chen, Ta Ko, Guan-Yi Li, Chii-Shen Yang

“…X-ray crystallography of the wild-type HwMR and its D84N mutant produced two HwMR atomic structure models. Omit maps analysis of the wild-type HwMR model revealed D84 as a Mg2+ binding site. …”
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Eyes as Gateways for Environmental Light to the Substantia Nigra: Relevance in Parkinson’s Disease by Stefania Romeo, Daniela Di Camillo, Alessandra Splendiani, Marta Capannolo, Cristina Rocchi, Gabriella Aloisi, Irene Fasciani, Giovanni U. Corsini, Eugenio Scarnati, Luca Lozzi, Roberto Maggio

“…Here, we measured the spectrum of light reaching the substantia nigra in rats and analysed the pathway that light may take to reach this deep brain structure in humans. …”
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