Complex Tumor Spheroid Formation and One-Step Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Purification from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tissue Promoted by Inorganic Surface Topography by Francesco Dituri, Matteo Centonze, Erwin J. W. Berenschot, Niels R. Tas, Arturo Susarrey-Arce, Silke Krol

“…In this work, topographical features of amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO₂) are fabricated and tested for cell culture of primary HCC cells and cell lines. …”
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A novel dual-parameter proximity and touch sensor using SiO2 nanoparticles and NaCl with commercial acrylic-based encapsulation by Michelle Cedeño Mata, Ana Coloma Velez, Ramon Bragos, Manuel Dominguez-Pumar, Sandra Bermejo

“…This study shows the development and analysis of a novel capacity proximity sensor (CPS) based on a sensing layer made up of a mixture of silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2) and sodium chloride (NaCl), and an encapsulation layer based on a commercial acrylic-based varnish. …”
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Hot Carrier Stress Sensing Bulk Current for 28 nm Stacked High-k nMOSFETs by Chii-Wen Chen, Mu-Chun Wang, Cheng-Hsun-Tony Chang, Wei-Lun Chu, Shun-Ping Sung, Wen-How Lan

“…This possibly means that the critical energy of the generated interface state becomes smaller, as is the barrier height of the HK dielectric to the conventional silicon dioxide as the gate oxide.…”
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Effects of Titanium–Silica Oxide on Degradation Behavior and Antimicrobial Activity of Poly (Lactic Acid) Composites by Arpaporn Teamsinsungvon, Chaiwat Ruksakulpiwat, Yupaporn Ruksakulpiwat

“…In addition, the effect of using Ti_xSi_y oxides as a filler in PLA composites on these properties was compared with the use of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), silicon dioxide (SiO₂), and TiO₂SiO₂. …”
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Research on Trimming Frequency-Increasing Technology for Quartz Crystal Resonator Using Laser Etching by Jun-Lin Zhang, Shuang Liao, Cheng Chen, Xiu-Tao Yang, Sheng-Ao Lin, Feng Tan, Bing Li, Wen-Wu Wang, Zheng-Xiang Zhong, Guang-Gen Zeng

“…At the same time, the effect of laser etching on silicon dioxide and resonator performance was analyzed. …”
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Foliar Applications of ZnO and SiO₂ Nanoparticles Mitigate Water Deficit and Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits by Mahmoud F. Seleiman, Wadei A. Al-Selwey, Abdullah A. Ibrahim, Mohamed Shady, Abdullah A. Alsadon

“…Therefore, the current study was conducted to examine the influences of 0, 50, and 100 mg L⁻¹ zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and 0, 25, and 50 mg L⁻¹ silicon dioxide (SiO₂) nanoparticles on the yield and quality traits of potato plants grown under water deficit conditions (100%, 75%, and 50% ETc). …”
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CLINICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF SORPTION HYDROPHILIC/HYDROPHOBIC COMPOSITION BASED ON NANOSILICA IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BURNS by R.M. Chornopyshchuk, V.I. Nagaichuk, I.I. Gerashchenko, O.A. Nazarchuk, S.A. Sidorenkov, O.M. Chepliaka, L.A. Sidorenko

“…The suggested sorption nanocomposition included highly dispersed silicon dioxide, polymethylsiloxane, decamethoxine, metronidazole. …”
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High Strength Construction Material Based on Sulfur Binder Obtained by Physical Modification by Sergey Sergeevich Dobrosmyslov, Vladimir Efimovich Zadov, Rashit Anvarovich Nazirov, Gennady Efimovich Nagibin, Anton Sergeevich Voronin, Mikhail Maksimovich Simunin, Yuri Vladimirovich Fadeev, Stanislav Viktorovich Khartov

“…The samples were obtained for a model composition of sulfur/marshalite (finely ground 98% silicon dioxide). The microstructure of the synthesized material was studied by electron microscopy, the results of which showed that shrinkage cavities are characteristic of a material with a low density, and no shrinkage cavities were found for a high-strength material. …”
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Voltammetric Determination of 3-Methylmorphine Using Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified with rGO and Bismuth Film by Ademar Wong, Anderson M. Santos, Camila A. Proença, Thaísa A. Baldo, Maria H. A. Feitosa, Fernando C. Moraes, Maria D. P. T. Sotomayor

“…The results obtained also showed that the application of the sensor for 3-methylmorphine detection did not experience any significant interference in the presence of silicon dioxide, povidone, cellulose, magnesium stearate, urea, ascorbic acid, humic acid and croscarmellose. …”
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Effect of Silicon Nanoparticles on Tomato Plants Exposed to Two Forms of Inorganic Arsenic by Magín González-Moscoso, Nadia Martínez-Villegas, Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego, Antonio Juárez-Maldonado

“…Currently, there is great attention on the effects of silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO₂ NPs) on plant development, and their ability to restrict As uptake. …”
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Smartphone-Enabled Aerosol Particle Analysis Device by Yanna Li, Wei Pang, Chen Sun, Qiang Zhou, Zuzeng Lin, Ye Chang, Quanning Li, Menglun Zhang, Xuexin Duan

“…The system contains a micromachined virtual impactor (VI), a thermophoretic deposition chip, and a smartphone-based portable imaging device. The silicon dioxide (SiO₂) particles and polystyrene sphere (PLS) particles are used to verify the micro-sized VI with an accurate cut-off diameter of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (PM2). …”
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Spatial distribution and morphometric and mineralogical features of air dust pollution in the impact zone of Trypilska Thermal Power Station by V. Dolin, O. Shcherbak, A. Samchuk, G. Pampukha

“…The shape of dust particles is predominantly conglomerate-like with the adherence of fine particles of different shapes from perfectly spherical to fragile with sharp edges. The content of silicon dioxide in the chemical composition of dust reaches 70–20 %. …”
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Ultrasonic-Assisted Surface Finishing of STAVAX Mold Steel Using Lab-Made Polishing Balls on a 5-Axis CNC Machining Center by Fang-Jung Shiou, Jian-Nan Pan, Zhao-Li Ding, Sun-Peng Lin

“…In total, five types (type A to type E) of new rubber-matrixed polishing balls with a composite of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), an abrasive of aluminum oxide, and an additive of silicon dioxide have been developed. The performance of the composites with different grain sizes (0.05 μm to 3 μm) and concentrations of the abrasive of aluminum oxide have been investigated. …”
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Ballistic impact assessment of Aluminium Alloy 7075 T6, Kevlar and basalt fiber reinforced composite laminate with different nano fillers by C Rakeshkumar, K S Jayakumar

“…Aluminum oxide (Al _2 O _3 ), silicon dioxide (SiO _2 ), magnesium hydroxide (Mg (OH) _2 ), and tapioca flour were employed as micro- and nano-fillers in this investigation. …”
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Influence of the rapid thermal treatment of the gate dielectric on the parameters of integrated circuits of time devices by V. A. Saladukha, V. A. Pilipenko, V. A. Gorushko

“…This means that the most efficient influence on the improvement of quality and reliability of the gate dielectric is ensured by its rapid thermal treatment when missing the silicon dioxide on the non-working side of the wafer. …”
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Temperature-Dependent HfO2/Si Interface Structural Evolution and its Mechanism by Xiao-Ying Zhang, Chia-Hsun Hsu, Shui-Yang Lien, Wan-Yu Wu, Sin-Liang Ou, Song-Yan Chen, Wei Huang, Wen-Zhang Zhu, Fei-Bing Xiong, Sam Zhang

“…For annealing temperature below 400 °C, the HfO2 film and interfacial layer are amorphous, and the latter consists of HfO2 and silicon dioxide (SiO2). At annealing temperature of 450-550 °C, the HfO2 film become multiphase polycrystalline, and a crystalline SiO2 is found at the interface. …”
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Gold nanohole arrays with ring-shaped silver nanoparticles for highly efficient plasmon-enhanced fluorescence by Sy-Hann Chen, Wu-Jui Hsieh, Yi-Wen Hong, Hung Ji Huang, Li-Ming Chiang, Tsung Sheng Kao, Min-Hsiung Shih, Hai-Pang Chiang

“…To enhance the interaction between electromagnetic fields and reduce photoluminescence (PL) lifetime in plasmon-enhanced fluorescence, this study presents a novel approach involving the fabrication of gold (Au) nanohole arrays (ANA) decorated with ring-shaped silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on a silicon-dioxide (SiO2)/silver (Ag) substrate. The surface plasmon resonance coupling in terms of the PL reactions of ANA substrates with and without ring-shaped AgNPs is investigated via experiments and numerical simulations. …”
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Modification of a Ceramic Brick Additives of Inorganic Technogenic Products of Water Treatment of Combined Heat and Power Plant by A. S. Kauchur, V. K. Sheleh, V. I. Zhornik, S. A. Kovaliova

“…Changes in the structure of silicon dioxide during mechanical activation are established according to IR studies. …”
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Electric Double Layer Field-Effect Transistors Using Two-Dimensional (2D) Layers of Copper Indium Selenide (CuIn₇Se₁₁) by Prasanna D. Patil, Sujoy Ghosh, Milinda Wasala, Sidong Lei, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra

“…We found one order of magnitude improvement in the on-off ratio, a five- to six-times increase in the field-effect mobility, and two orders of magnitude in the improvement in the subthreshold swing for ionic liquid gated devices as compared to silicon dioxide (SiO₂) back gates. We also show that the performance of EDL-FETs can be enhanced by operating them under dual (top and back) gate conditions. …”
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Effects of Structure and Composition of Adsorbents on Competitive Adsorption of Gaseous Emissions: Experiment and Modeling by Adam Verner, Jonáš Tokarský, Tomáš Najser, Lenka Matějová, Kateřina Mamulová Kutláková, Jan Kielar, Václav Peer

“…Emission gas, containing CO, NO, SO₂, and CO₂, was adsorbed on activated carbon, clay mineral, silicon dioxide, cellulose, or polypropylene at two different temperatures. …”
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