Synthesis and characterization of hybrid cured poly(ether-urethane)acrylate/titania microcomposites formed from tetraalkoxytitanate precursor

“…Hybrid poly(ether-urethane)acrylate (PEUA)/titania (TiO2) microcomposites were prepared using a novel method that includes a swelling of different photo-crosslinked PEUA networks in concentrated tetraisopropoxytitanate (Ti(OiC3H7)4 or TIPT) precursor solution in organic media followed by the hydrolysis of covalently bonded polyalkoxytitanate ([–OTi(OC3H7)2–]n) chains and their aggregation to amorphous micro- and nano-scale sized TiO2 particles. …”
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Low-cost replication of self-organized sub-micron structures into polymer films by H. Stenberg, P. Stenberg, L. Takkunen, M. Kuittinen, M. Suvanto, T. T. Pakkanen

“…Self-organized patterns were prepared employing a method in which a stiff cross-linked capping layer on the topmost part of the soft polystyrene layer was created by using reactive ion etching (RIE) device with mild conditions and argon as a process gas, and the wrinkle formation was initiated thermally. …”
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Fracture behavior of quenched poly(lactic acid)

“…The effect of a quenching treatment applied on heated cast sheet extruded films of two poly(lactic acid) (PLA) commercial grades, with different optical purities, was studied. The thermal and mechanical properties of the films, as well as their fracture behavior, were assessed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), tensile tests, and the essential work of fracture (EWF) approach. …”
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Synthesis, Electrical Conductivity, and Dielectric Behavior of Polyaniline/V2O5 Composites by Shama Islam, G. B. V. S. Lakshmi, Azher M. Siddiqui, M. Husain, M. Zulfequar

“…Conducting polymer composites of polyaniline/vanadium pentaoxide PANI/V2O5 (with different initial weight percentage of V2O5) has been synthesized by in situ polymerization method. …”
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Zoning of the reaction of the tissues of the implantation area after prosthetic repair in abdominal hernias in experiment by E. E. Lukoyanychev, S. G. Izmailov, D. A. Evsyukov, V. O. Nikolskij, A. A. Mironov, A. V. Panyushkin

“…Development of criteria for evaluating the reaction of tissues in the implantation area after prosthetic repair of the hernia ring in an experiment using new digital image processing technologies.Materials and methods. The experiment was carried out on 13 Wistar rats of different sexes. …”
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Automatic analysis of nonmetallic inclusions in steel using electron microscope with energy dispersive microprobe with by T. I. Sidorenko, V. I. Voznaya, Yu. S. Belash, E. V. Ermachenok

“…Traditional methods for assessing the contamination of metal with microinclusions are metallographic methods, which are divided into methods for comparing the contamination of the section with inclusions with reference scales and counting methods. …”
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Enhanced antireflection and absorption in thin film GaAs solar cells using dielectric composite nanostructures by Yanyan Wang, Jiali Chen, Ruiying Zhang, Min Qian

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Blind Frequency Offset Estimation Based on Phase Rotation For Coherent Transceiver by Qingzhao Tan, Aiying Yang, Peng Guo, Zhao Zhao

“…The bit error ratio (BER) of a 28 Gbaud 32-QAM signal is lower than the soft-decision forward-error correction (SD-FEC) limit with the optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of 22 dB. The proposed method has better robustness to phase noise. …”
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Fano-Like Resonance in an All-in-Fiber Structure by Biqiang Jiang, Xuetao Gan, Linpeng Gu, Zhen Hao, Shouheng Wang, Zhixuan Bi, Lin Zhang, Kaiming Zhou, Jianlin Zhao

“…Fano-like resonances with an extinction ratio over 20 dB are experimentally observed, which are reliably tuned into Lorentzian and electromagnetically induced transparency-like resonances by versatile methods. The realization of Fano-like resonances with broad tunability in this all-in-fiber structure holds potentials in fiber-based applications of sensing, signal processing and nonlinear optics.…”
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Photometric Metallicity and Distance Estimates for ∼70,000 RR Lyrae Stars from the Zwicky Transient Facility by Shun-Xuan He, Yang Huang, Xin-Yi Li, Hua-Wei Zhang, Gao-Chao Liu, Timothy C. Beers, Hong Wu, Zhou Fan

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Nanoscale 3D spatial analysis of FTO/ZnO/Ag-x films subjected to photocatalytic activity by Leila Chehreghani Anzabi, Azizollah Shafiekhani, Elham Darabi, Mirosław Bramowicz, Sławomir Kulesza, Jamshid Sabbaghzadeh, Shahram Solaymani

“…The optical, structural, and geometrical properties of these films were characterized through various methods, such as Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, UV–visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). …”
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EVALUATION OF THERMOPLASTIC FLEXIBLE RESINS WEAR BEHAVIOR by Roxana Diana Vasiliu, Anamaria Matichescu, Liliana Porojan

“…Materials and methods 24 samples with a thickness of 2 mm were obtained using injected thermoplastic resins. …”
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Quantum limits of parameter estimation in long-baseline imaging by Aqil Sajjad, Michael R. Grace, Saikat Guha

“…We show how quantum-optimal measurements can be realized via beam-combination strategies of two classes: (1) multi-axial, where light from different apertures is directed to a common focal plane, e.g., of a segmented-aperture telescope; and (2) co-axial, where light collected at each aperture, e.g., telescope sites of a long-baseline array, is routed to an optical interferometer. …”
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Photon-pair generation in a lossy waveguide by Shin Woncheol, Park Kyungdeuk, Kim Hyeongpin, Lee Dongjin, Kwon Kiwon, Shin Heedeuk

“…In this study, propagation loss effects were examined using theoretical and experimental methods. In theory, the performance of quantum light sources, such as brightness, heralding efficiency, and coincidence-to-accidental ratio, strongly depend on propagation loss. …”
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Predictive Modeling for Inactivation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Biofilm with Combined Treatment of Thermosonication and Organic Acid on Polystyrene Surface by Emel Unal Turhan, Esabil Emrah Koca

“…A significant positive correlation was observed between test methods based on viable cell count and optical density (OD) measurements. …”
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Assimilating nanographene into the pervious concrete - surface treatment for enhanced paving performance by Ivana Barišić, Ivanka Netinger Grubeša, Milica Vasić, Aleksandar Janaćković

“…This research aims to assess the impact of surface treatment with a nanographene solution on the properties of pervious concrete paving flags (PC paving flags). Four different methods of applying the nanographene solution were examined: spraying, submerging, double submerging, and brushing. …”
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Differentiated Approach in Surgical Treatment of Retroprosthetic Membrane in Patients with Keratoprosthesis by A. V. Golovin, A. I. Kolesnik, A. B. Popov, V. R. Mantsova, A. A. Troshina, А. V. Proshko

“…All patients underwent surgical treatment, including keratoprosthesis implantation and surgical removal of the retroprosthetic membrane during different treatment periods. The stage and extent of surgery were determined individually, according to the initial patient’s clinical and functional data, retroprosthetic membrane thickness and previous optical reconstructive operations.Results. …”
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Research on the Mode Dependent Loss in the Trans-oceanic Coupled Core Multi Core Fiber Links by SUN Lin, MAO Meng, ZHANG Lu, WANG Weiye, LIU Ning, SHEN Gangxiang

“…This paper focuses on the mechanism of MDL in transoceanic transmission using coupled MCF, aiming to investigate the impact of Spatial Mode Dispersion (SMD) in heterogeneous CC-MCF on the estimation and mitigation of MDL.【Methods】Specifically, by establishing a coupled 4-core transoceanic transmission model and conducting self-consistent validation, this study explores the evolution of the accuracy of MDL estimation based on Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO) taps under different SMD conditions. …”
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Facilitating real-time LED-based photoacoustic imaging with DenP2P: An optimized conditional generative adversarial deep learning solution by Avijit Paul, Srivalleesha Mallidi

“…Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) benefits from the optical absorption contrast of the tissue while achieving greater depth information with ultrasound resolution than the other optical imaging platforms. …”
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Small-Sample Authenticity Identification and Variety Classification of <i>Anoectochilus roxburghii</i> (Wall.) Lindl. Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning by Yiqing Xu, Haoyuan Ding, Tingsong Zhang, Zhangting Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Lu Zhou, Yujia Dai, Ziyuan Liu

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