Construction, characterization, and visible light-assisted photocatalytic degradation behaviour of Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalyst by hanan hashim

“…In this study, graphite carbon nitride(g-C3N4) synthesized by the thermal calcination process, characterization by various characterization analysis techniques such as Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS), and photoluminescence (PL) spectrum, the DRS analysis shows the boundaries of absorbing light by g-C3N4 to be lies in the visible light region with aband gap of (2.7ev). …”
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Green Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity of Co3O4 Nanoparticles by Omar Mohammed, Ali Naghipour, Saeid Taghavi Fardood

“…The UV-Vis DRS analysis showed a band gap of 2.09 eV, supporting its potential as an effective photocatalyst. …”
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Radiative recombination model for BiSeI microcrystals: unveiling deep defects through photoluminescence by Marc Dolcet Sadurni, Jüri Krustok, Kristi Timmo, Valdek Mikli, Rokas Kondrotas, Maarja Grossberg-Kuusk, Marit Kauk-Kuusik

“…Both indirect and direct band gap energies of BiSeI were determined by ultraviolet–visible–near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, with room temperature values of 1.17 eV and 1.29 eV, respectively. …”
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Structure and Optical Properties of Polycrystalline InxSb30 – xSe70 (0 ≤ x ≤ 25) Chalcogenide Alloys by Shaveta Sharma, Rita Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R. Chander, R. Thangaraj, M. Mian

“…The RAMAN spectra also reveal the formation of chalcogenide based Sb and In structural units. The diffused reflectance spectrum was used to calculate the optical absorption in 800-1500 nm spectral region and used to study the composition dependence of the optical gap in these samples. …”
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A Nanomechanical Investigation of Engineered Bone Tissue Comparing Elastoplastic and Viscoelastoplastic Modeling by Marco Boi, Gregorio Marchiori, Maria Sartori, Francesca Salamanna, Gabriela Graziani, Alessandro Russo, Andrea Visani, Mauro Girolami, Milena Fini, Michele Bianchi

“…The VEP model outlined a wider gap between the mechanical properties of native and regenerated tissue when compared to the OP model. …”
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“Human-Centric” (“Human-Sized”) Turn in the Evolution of the “Smart City” Concept and the Participation of Civil Society Actors in Political Decision-Making by M. M. Grunichev

“…At the same time, the paper highlights the existing gap (and in many respects the declarative nature of the goals of smart cities) between the ideal human-centric and “human-sized” model of smart cities and the existing real decision-making practice, which the researchers pay attention to. …”
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The Impact of Rock Morphology on Gas Dispersion in Underground Hydrogen Storage by Tri Pham, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Quoc P. Nguyen

“…Pore structure parameters, such as pore size, throat geometry, and connectivity, influence the complexity of flow pathways and the interplay between advective and diffusive transport mechanisms. Hence, these factors are critical for predicting and controlling flow behavior in the reservoirs. …”
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Optical response of SrTiO3 thin films grown via a sol-gel-hydrothermal method by Yulia Eka Putri, Tio Putra Wendari, Restu Aulia Arham, Melvi Muharmi, Dedi Satria, Rahmayeni Rahmayeni, Diana Vanda Wellia

“…The crystal structure, bond interactions, and band gap energy of SrTiO3 thin layers were characterized using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy (FTIR), and UV–Vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV-DRS). …”
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Preparation of Porous F-WO3/TiO2 Films with Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity by Microarc Oxidation by Chung-Wei Yeh, Kee-Rong Wu, Chung-Hsuang Hung, Hao-Cheng Chang, Chuan-Jen Hsu

“…The cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy micrograph reveals that the mTiO2 films feature porous networks connected by many micron pores. The diffused reflection spectrum displays broad absorbance across the UV-Vis regions and a significant red shift in the band gap energy (∼2.23 eV) for the mTiO2 film. …”
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Influence of Fe Buffer Layer on Co-Doped BaFe2As2 Superconducting Thin Films by C. Bonavolontà, C. de Lisio, M. Valentino, F. Laviano, G. P. Pepe, F. Kurth, K. Iida, A. Ichinose, I. Tsukada

“…Morphological characterization and Energy Dispersive X-ray analyses on the Fe-buffered sample demonstrate the presence of diffused Fe close to the Co-doped Ba-122 outer surface as well as irregular holes in the overlying superconducting film. …”
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Numerical Simulations of Impact River Morphology Evolution Mechanism Under the Influence of Floodplain Vegetation by Heng Xiang, Zhimeng Zhang, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu, Xincong Chen, Lian Tang, Yuelei Wang

“…This study employs numerical simulations to address this gap, focusing on the Xiaolangdi–Taochengpu river section downstream of the Yellow River. …”
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Time-dependent material properties and composition of the nonhuman primate uterine layers through gestation by Daniella M. Fodera, Echo Z. Xu, Camilo A. Duarte, Michelle H. Wyss, Shuyang Fang, Xiaowei Chen, Michelle L. Oyen, Joy Vink, Ivan Rosado-Mendez, Helen Feltovich, Timothy J. Hall, Kristin M. Myers

“…Distinct material and compositional properties were noted across the different tissue layers, with the nonpregnant endometrium and pregnant decidua being the least stiff, most viscous, least diffusible, and most hydrated layers of the NHP uterus. …”
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Absence of Additional Stretching‐Induced Electron Scattering in Highly Conductive Cross‐linked Nanocomposites with Negligible Tunneling Barrier Height and Width by C. Muhammed Ajmal, Juyeong Jeong, Seongsu Cheon, M. K. Majee, Heejun Yang, Seunghyun Baik

“…The transport becomes diffusive, following Ohm's law, when the barrier width is increased beyond 10.3 nm. …”
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PVDF-based functional composites for efficient degradation of methylene blue by Swayam Aryam Behera, Binita Nanda, P.Ganga Raju Achary

“…SEM images revealed a uniform dispersion of PTO particles (average size 53.04 nm) within the PVDF matrix, supported by EDS and elemental mapping, which confirmed the presence of Pb, Ti, O, F, and C elements. UV–Visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS) showed a reduction in band gap energy from 3.08 (pure PVDF) to 2.68 eV (PVDF/PTO 2.5 wt%), indicating improved visible light absorption. …”
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Hydro-chemical profiling and contaminant source identification in agricultural canals using data driven clustering approaches by Yashaswi Songara, Anupam Singhal, Rahul Dev Garg, Srinivas Rallapalli

“…Abstract Canal networks are vital for irrigated agriculture in semi-arid regions, yet their water quality is increasingly endangered by diffuse agro-chemical runoff and unregulated effluent discharges. …”
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GABAergic regulation of striatal spiny projection neurons depends upon their activity state. by Michelle Day, Marziyeh Belal, William C Surmeier, Alexandria Melendez, David Wokosin, Tatiana Tkatch, Vernon R J Clarke, D James Surmeier

“…Simulations revealed that a diffuse dendritic GABAergic input to SPNs effectively enhanced the response to dendritic iGluR signaling and promoted dendritic spikes. …”
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Evolution of phase composition and luminescent characteristics of the La1-x-ySmxCayVO4-δ nanocrystalline phosphor by S.G. Nedilko, O. Chukova, A. Dorofieieva, S.A. Nedilko, V. Shcherbatskyi, T. Voitenko, M. Etter, H.S. Rahimi Mosafer, W. Paszkowicz, Y. Zhydachevskyy, A. Suchocki

“…Estimated from the diffuse reflection data the band gap values are 3.85, and 3.82, 3.75, 3.78 eV for the samples with x = 0.1, y = 0, and (x, y) = 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, respectively. …”
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Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Mo-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles by Ji-guo Huang, Xue-ting Guo, Bo Wang, Lin-yang Li, Mei-xia Zhao, Li-li Dong, Xing-juan Liu, Yu-ting Huang

“…The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance UV-visible absorption spectra (UV-vis DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Tailoring CuO-Fe₂O₃ nanocomposites via mechanochemical synthesis and calcination for efficient photocatalytic fluorescein removal by Maqsoom Zain, Khawaja Ansar Yasin, Sirajul Haq, Shafia Shujaat, Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon, Jamoliddin Razzokov, Ahsan Ejaz

“…It has been observed that the calcination temperature greatly affected the sample crystallinity, morphological features, band gap energy, chemical composition and surface area of the CuO-Fe2O3 NCs. …”
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Green Synthesis of Co3O4/AC Nanocomposite using Bryophyllum pinnatum Leaf Extract for Enhanced Photodegradation of Malachite Green Dye by Sumaiyya Patel, Dinesh Hase, Kanhaiyalal Bhavsar, Vaishali Murade, Gajanan* Pandhare

“…The optical absorption properties were studied, and band gap values were calculated from UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS). …”
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