Point-of-care surface plasmon resonance biosensor for stroke biomarkers by Koh, Brescia Rui Wen

“…Stroke biomarkers (NT-proBNP and S100B) were detected on two substrate (Silicon Dioxide and Gold) in a detection range of 0.10 ng/mL to 10.00 ng/mL. …”
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Very low surface recombination velocity in n-type c-Si using extrinsic field effect passivation by Bonilla Osorio, RS, Woodcock, F, Wilshaw, PR

“…The surface recombination velocity of float zone, 1 Ω cm, n-type silicon was reduced to 0.15cm/s, the lowest ever observed for a passivating double layer consisting of thermally grown silicon dioxide and plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposited silicon nitride. …”

Potassium ions in SiO2: electrets for silicon surface passivation by Bonilla Osorio, R, Wilshaw, P

“…<p>This manuscript reports an experimental and theoretical study of the transport of potassium ions in thin silicon dioxide films. While alkali contamination was largely researched in the context of MOSFET instability, recent reports indicate that potassium ions can be embedded into oxide films to produce dielectric materials with permanent electric charge, also known as electrets. …”

Breakdown voltage effect on coupling ratio fusion fiber coupling by Irawan, Dedi, Ali, Jalil, Saktioto, Defrianto

“…This change is due to the breakdown voltage imposed the electric field corresponding to the refractive index of Silicon Dioxide. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B. V. …”

Effects of Silicon on the Physiological Characteristics of Stress Resistance of Cryptocoryne parva Tube Seedlings by Yulu GAN, Feng FENG, Ziyun FAN, Xingxing XIANG, Yining YU, Canqiang CHEN

“…The SOD activity of adventitious buds treated with calcium silicate and silicon dioxide increased by 13.49%-62.87% and 0.86%-75.85%, respectively, compared with CK. …”
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Thermal Sensor Based on Polydimethylsiloxane Polymer Deposited on Low-Index-Contrast Dielectric Photonic Crystal Structure by Yousuf Khan, Muhammad A. Butt, Svetlana N. Khonina, Nikolay L. Kazanskiy

“…An easy-to-fabricate design is chosen with a waveguide layer deposited on a silicon dioxide substrate with air holes drilled across it. …”
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Heterogeneous Nanoplasmonic Amplifiers for Photocatalysis’s Application: A Theoretical Study by Chawki Awada, Thameur Hajlaoui, Noura Al Suliman, Chahinez Dab

“…The higher cost of Ag and Au and their resonance frequency shift limitation opened the way to find an alternative solution by developing new nanohybrid antenna based on silicon and silicon dioxide coated with metallic nanoparticles. The latter has been recently solicited as a promising configuration for more large-scale plasmonic utilisation. …”
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The study of the bending property of the epoxy (Ep / MgO) and (Ep/SiO2) composites in natural conditions and after immersion in chemical solution by Baraa Khalil Ibrahim

“… In this paper, a polymer-based composite material was prepared by hand Lay-up method consisting of epoxy resin as a base material reinforced by magnesium oxide powder once and silicon dioxide powder again and with different weight ratios (3, 6, 9 and 12) wt %. …”
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Impact of mesoporous silica on the chemical degradation of Praziquantel upon grinding by Šagud, Ivana, Zanolla, Debora, Zingone, Guglielmo, Perissutti, Beatrice, Škorić, Irena

“…Praziquantel and Syloid 244 FP (amorphous silicon dioxide) were ground in a vibrational mill in standard conditions ($15^{\prime}$ or $30^{\prime}$ at 25 Hz). …”
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Immobilization Of Dredge Material As Partial Substitute For The Production Of Mortar by Denvert Pangayao, Andrew Premacio, Cynthia Borromeo

“…Moreover, XRF and XRD analyses indicate the presence of quartz, iron, and silicon dioxide. Toxicity Characterization Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test shows that heavy metals from the dredged material can leach out into the environment if not treated or disposed of properly. …”
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Microfluidic Adaptation of Density-Gradient Centrifugation for Isolation of Particles and Cells by Yuxi Sun, Palaniappan Sethu

“…Proof-of-concept studies using binary mixtures of low-density polystyrene beads (1.02 g/cm3) and high-density silicon dioxide beads (2.2 g/cm3) with Ficoll–Paque (1.06 g/cm3) show that separation is indeed feasible with &gt;99% separation efficiency suggesting that this approach can be further adapted for separation of cells.…”
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Adsorptive hydrogen chloride and combined hydrogen chloride–hydrogen sulphide removal from biogas for solid oxide fuel cell application by Christof Weinlaender, Raphael Neubauer, Martin Hauth, Christoph Hochenauer

“…Experimental runs in a laboratory glass downflow fixed-bed reactor were carried out to analyse the adsorption capacity of a potassium carbonate impregnated activated carbon and two sorbents based on a mixture of aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide. Hydrogen chloride removal was accomplished with the impregnated activated carbon and metal oxide-based sorbents. …”
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Current advancements in applications of chitosan based nano-metal oxides as food preservative materials by Yasser Shahbazi, Nassim Shavisi

“…<br /> Results: Nano-metal oxides including zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, titanium dioxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, silicon dioxide, and silica are the most common nano-metal oxides that incorporated into the chitosan film for improving its antimicrobial, physical, mechanical, and thermal properties.…”
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Negatively Charged Composite Nanofibrous Hydrogel Membranes for High-Performance Protein Adsorption by Qiuxia Fu, Dandan Xie, Jianlong Ge, Wei Zhang, Haoru Shan

“…Benefitting from the combined effect of the stable framework of silicon dioxide (SiO₂) nanofiber and the function layer of negatively charged hydrogel, as well as good pore connectivity among nanofibers, NHMs exhibit a high protein adsorption capacity of around 1000 mg g⁻¹, and are superior to the commercial cellulose fibrous adsorbent (Sartobind^®) and the reported nanofibrous membranous adsorbents. …”
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Thermal Analysis of Energy Storage Capacity According to Thickness of Nickel/Chromium Alloy Layer by Yonghyeon Kim, Hyeokjoo Choi, Seokhun Kwon, Seokwon Lee, Hyunil Kang, Wonseok Choi

“…A thin-film of Ni/Cr alloy was co-sputtered on a silicon dioxide wafer patterned with photoresist via a RF magnetron sputtering system. …”
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Bistable Threshold Humidity Sensor Switch with Rectangular Bimorph Bending Plate by Nikolai Gulnizkij, Gerald Gerlach

“…For implementing a switching hysteresis a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition silicon dioxide (SiO₂) layer is used, which was deposited and structured on top of the silicon plate. …”
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Comparison Study of Erosion Wear and Hardness of GF/EP with Nano and Micro SiO2 Hydride Composites by Aseel Basim Abdul-Hussein, Fadhel Abbas Hashim, Tamara Raad Kadhim

“…The objective of this research is to study GF / EP nano and micro silicon dioxide (SiO2)composites were prepared with different volume percentage of nano and micro SiO2 powder (2,4,and 6 wt.% ). …”
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Strip-loaded Mach–Zehnder interferometer for absolute refractive index sensing by Isaac Doughan, Kehinde Oyemakinwa, Olli Ovaskainen, Matthieu Roussey

“…The strip-loaded waveguide was a 200 nm TiO $$_2$$ 2 thin film on a silicon dioxide wafer and a 1.2 $$\upmu $$ μ m wide for 800 nm-thick nLOF resist served as loading strip. …”
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Manufacturing and Testing of Radio Frequency MEMS Switches Using the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Process by Zung-You Tsai, Po-Jen Shih, Yao-Chuan Tsai, Ching-Liang Dai

“…The surface of signal line for the CPW has a silicon dioxide dielectric layer. The fabrication of the MSS contains a CMOS process and a post-process. …”
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Exploring the Absorption Spectra of an Ultra-Wideband Metamaterial Absorber in the Visible and Near-Infrared Regions by Marwa M. Tharwat, Abdulaziz R. Alsulami, Amr M. Mahros

“…The thickness of the top titanium layer, the silicon dioxide spacer thickness, the Ti-SiO₂ cap diameter, and the sliver substrate pitch are selected to be 20 nm, 60 nm, 215 nm, and 235 nm, respectively. …”
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