Thermal history-driven void formation in silicon crystals: A discrete model approach by Amir Reza Ansari Dezfoli

“…Experimental validation was carried out using wafers extracted from silicon ingots at different growth stages (50 mm, 250 mm, and 600 mm). Wafer cleaning and etching procedures were employed to increase defect visibility, and defect detection was carried out using a laser-based particle counting system. …”
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MIP-Modified Porous Silicon Optical Sensor for Interleukin-6 Label-Free Quantification by Valeria Nocerino, Giulia Siciliano, Monica Bianco, Ilaria Rea, Principia Dardano, Maria Serena Chiriacò, Francesco Ferrara, Giuseppe Gigli, Elisabetta Primiceri, Luca De Stefano

“…In this study, we present an innovative optical biosensor designed to detect Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pivotal cytokine implicated in many pathological conditions. …”
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Retrospective Assessment of Antinuclear Antibody by Indirect Immunofluorescence Microscopy and Immunoblot in Patients with Polyarthritis by Indranil Basu, Soma Gupta, Abhishek Mukherjee, Mandeep Bedi, Subhalakshmi Sengupta, Bibekananda Panda

“…Introduction: Detection of antinuclear antibody (ANA) by immunofluorescence assay (IFA) is the method of choice for screening autoimmune polyarthritis, where the different patterns are etched in the cellular components as per the group of antibodies present in the patient. …”
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Humidity Sensing in Graphene-Trenched Silicon Junctions via Schottky Barrier Modulation by Akeel Qadir, Munir Ali, Afshan Khaliq, Shahid Karim, Umar Farooq, Hongsheng Xu, Yiting Yu

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Evolution law of pore characteristics in microwave-assisted acidification induced fracturing shale based on low field nuclear magnetic resonance technology by He LI, Jiaxiang LIU, Baiquan LIN, Shiliang SHI, Wei YANG, Yi LU, Jiexin LU, Meng LIU

“…The shale was treated by three methods: microwave, acidification and microwave-enhanced acid etching, and the changes in pore structure between different intensities of the same method and different methods were compared using 1H-NMR detection. …”
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Highly sensitive salinity sensing using annular one-dimensional photonic crystals by Hassan Sayed, Ashour M. Ahmed, Ali Hajjiah, M. A. Abdelkawy, Arafa H. Aly

“…Also, the materials used in our design ( $$Si{O}_{2} and Ti{O}_{2})$$ are highly chemically and mechanically stable which resistant to etching in the saline water. Furthermore, we discuss the feasibility of fabricating the proposed sensor using advanced nanofabrication techniques, ensuring its practical implementation in environmental and biomedical monitoring applications.…”
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Comparative Evaluation between Self-Assembling Peptide P11-4 and ACP CPP in Enamel Remineralization Post Er:YAG Laser Irradiation - A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopic Study by H. Bhargavi, Savitha B. Naik, N. Kiran Kumar, Seema Merwade, Biji Brigit, Shriya Sunil Bhumralkar, Ashwini Suresh Kadam, H. S. Preetham

“…Background: The focus in caries management has shifted to early detection of caries lesions and targeted noninvasive management of incipient lesions using novel remineralizing agents. …”
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Shear Bond Strength and Finite Element Stress Analysis of Composite Repair Using Various Adhesive Strategies With and Without Silane Application by Elif Ercan Devrimci, Hande Kemaloglu, Cem Peskersoy, Tijen Pamir, Murat Turkun

“…A 300 N load was applied and contact detection (0.05 mm) and constraint zones were defined. …”
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Nanostructured Coatings Based on Langmuir–Blodgett Films of Perfluorodecanoic Acid for Flexible Sensors for the Analysis of Lead Ions in Water by G. B. Melnikova, D. V. Sapsaliou, T. N. Tolstaya, I. V. Korolkov, S. A. Chizhik, N. N. Zhumanazar, A. S. Baranova, M. V. Zdorovets

“…The most important task is to find methods to control their content in water. Track-etched membranes (TeMs) can be relatively easily modified by nanometer layers of functional materials with using the Langmuir‒Blodgett technique, which makes it possible to specifically change the structural, selective properties of the membrane surface and obtain new materials with desired properties. …”
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High-Q asymmetrically cladded silicon nitride 1D photonic crystals cavities and hybrid external cavity lasers for sensing in air and liquids by Iadanza Simone, Mendoza-Castro Jesus Hernan, Oliveira Taynara, Butler Sharon M., Tedesco Alessio, Giannino Giuseppe, Lendl Bernhard, Grande Marco, O’Faolain Liam

“…The engineering of the etched 1D PhC cavity sidewalls angle allows for high Q-factors over a wide range of upper cladding compositions, and the achievement of the highest calculated Q-factor for non-suspended asymmetric SiN PhC structures. …”
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High-efficiency nonlinear frequency conversion enabled by optimizing the ferroelectric domain structure in x-cut LNOI ridge waveguide by Su Yawen, Zhang Xinyu, Chen Haiwei, Li Shifeng, Ma Jianan, Li Wei, Niu Yunfei, Qin Qi, Yang Shaoguang, Deng Yu, Zhang Yong, Hu Xiaopeng, Zhu Shining

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Terahertz virus-sized gold nanogap sensor by Ji Gangseon, Kim Hwan Sik, Cha Seong Ho, Lee Hyoung-Taek, Kim Hye Ju, Lee Sang Woon, Ahn Kwang Jun, Kim Kyoung-Ho, Ahn Yeong Hwan, Park Hyeong-Ryeol

“…We demonstrated an ultra-sensitive terahertz virus detection method combined with virus-sized gold nanogaps filled with Al2O3. …”
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Enhanced Percolation Effect in Sub‐100 Nm Nanograting Structure for High‐Performance Bending Insensitive Flexible Pressure Sensor by Jae‐Soon Yang, Min‐Ho Seo, Min‐Seung Jo, Kwang‐Wook Choi, Jae‐Shin Lee, Myung‐Kun Chung, Bon‐Jae Koo, Jae‐Young Yoo, Jun‐Bo Yoon

“…Fabricated using a nanoscale wet‐chemical digital etching process and nanoimprint lithography, the sensor features a sub‐100 nm valley nanograting structure. …”
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Heterogeneous Integrated III-V-on-SOI Photodetector Using Micro-transfer Printing Method by WANG Zhaocong, QUAN Zhiheng, ZHENG ShiGuanqing, ZHU Yan, YE Nan, LU Liangjun, ZHOU Linjie, SONG Yingxiong

“…In the existing preparation process of this technology, the scheme of separating the device from the substrate by etching the sacrificial layer requires extremely high process accumulation. …”
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High-Performance Ammonia QCM Sensor Based on SnO₂ Quantum Dots/Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Composites at Room Temperature by Chong Li, Ran Tao, Jinqiao Hou, Huanming Wang, Chen Fu, Jingting Luo

“…The sensor exhibited a theoretical detection limit of 73 ppb and good repeatability. Furthermore, a stable sensing performance can be maintained after 30 days. …”
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Intelligent Screening of Prostate Cancer Individuals Using an Enzyme‐Assisted Multicolor Visualization Platform by Ruomei Teng, Ming Li, Zikang Chen, Jianli Lin, Yuhan Zhang, Hang Li, Zejun Yan, Dingyuan Zhang, Caiping Ding, Youju Huang

“…With the Fe‐MOFs and peroxidase, the synergetic action of SOX and response gold nanorods (Au NRs) is controlled etched to exhibit a multicolored signal. The sensor exhibits excellent linearity with Sar within 1–60 × 10−6 m, boasting a remarkable detection limit of 0.12 × 10−6 m. …”
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Compact ultra-wide band two element vivaldi non-uniform slot MIMO antenna for body-centric applications by Sahar Saleh, Tale Saeidi, Nick Timmons, Bader Alali, Faroq Razzaz, Ayman A. Althuwayb

“…Furthermore, BW and gain enhancements were obtained by etching exponential tapered and triangular slots at its two edges. …”
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Ultrasensitive bionic photonic-electronic skin with wide red-shift mechanochromic response by Tianqi Wang, Lei Chen, Haogeng Liu, Haoran Zhu, Zijie Zeng, Yixin Lu, Ping Zhang, Yaofei Chen, Yue Huang, Gui-Shi Liu, Yunhan Luo, Zhe Chen

“…These advantages have been confirmed in the detection of full-range human motions, such as speech recognition, using a deep neural network algorithm. …”
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Dual-fiber optical tweezers integrating high-sensitivity structured-light displacement measurement system on fiber end-face by Guofeng Li, Wei Xiong, Haining Feng, Zijian Feng, Tengfang Kuang, Zhechun Lu, Xiang Han, Xin He, Xinlin Chen, Junbo Yang, Guangzong Xiao

“…Ultimately, we discussed the possibilities of using two etched fibers to detect displacements in different directions, or integrating this method into a single optical fiber. …”
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Deposition of Low Stress Silicon Nitride Thin Film and Its Application in Surface Micromachining Device Structures by Beirong Zheng, Chen Zhou, Quan Wang, Yifeng Chen, Wei Xue

“…Dry etching and wet etching are utilized to fabricate the LS SiN thin film for structural layers. …”
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