Experimental study of in-plane poled piezoelectric diaphragm-based MEMS devices by Shen, Zhiyuan.

“…The piezoelectric material is a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic. Au/Cr electrodes were deposited on bulk PZT wafers by sputtering and patterned by the lift-off process. …”
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Validation of mean upper cervical cord area (MUCCA) measurement techniques in multiple sclerosis (MS): High reproducibility and robustness to lesions, but large software and scanne... by M.M. Weeda, S.M. Middelkoop, M.D. Steenwijk, M. Daams, H. Amiri, I. Brouwer, J. Killestein, B.M.J. Uitdehaag, I. Dekker, C. Lukas, B. Bellenberg, F. Barkhof, P.J.W. Pouwels, H. Vrenken

“…First, within-scanner reproducibility and between-scanner robustness were assessed using intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and Dice's similarity index (SI) in scan-rescan 3DT1-weighted images (brain, including cervical spine using a head coil) performed on three 3 T MR machines (GE MR750, Philips Ingenuity, Toshiba Vantage Titan) in 21 subjects with MS and 6 healthy controls (dataset A). …”
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Eco-friendly synthesized manganese dioxide nanoparticles using Tridax procumbens as potent antimicrobial and dye degrading agent by M.A. Veena, C.M. Hemanth Kumar, Sanjay S. Majani, N.N. Munirajappa, Bhavana Harendra, Chandan Shivamallu, H.L. Raghavendra, Ali A. Shati, Mohammad Y. Alfaifi, Serag Eldin I. Elbehairi, Namratha, Shiva Prasad Kollur

“…Also, the degradation of the Titan Yellow dye solution was conducted employing UV irradiation, and it was found that the maximum degradation percentage was attained after 120 min of irradiation. …”
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CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS OF CAROTID ARTERIES AND AORTIC WALL by A. S. Maksimova, I. L. Bukhovets, A. M. Gusakova, E. E. Bobrikova, M. P. Plotnikov, E. A. Vusik, V. Yu. Usov

“…MRI study of aorta and carotid arteries has been carried out in everybody using MRI scanner with Toshiba Titan Vantage with field induction 1.5 T. Pearson’s parametric coefficient of correlation was employed for analysis of group relationships, with calculation of correlation coefficient r . …”
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Successful Growth of TiO₂ Nanocrystals with {001} Facets for Solar Cells by Saif M. H. Qaid, Hamid M. Ghaithan, Huda S. Bawazir, Abrar F. Bin Ajaj, Khulod K. AlHarbi, Abdullah S. Aldwayyan

“…In these ideas, a simple non-aqueous one-pot solvothermal method was employed to prepare TiO₂-NSs using tetrabutyl titanate Ti(OBu)₄ as a precursor and hydrofluoric acid (HF) as a morphology control agent. …”
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Evaluation of Efficient and Noble-Metal-Free NiTiO₃ Nanofibers Sensitized with Porous gC₃N₄ Sheets for Photocatalytic Applications by Haritham Khan, Suhee Kang, Caroline Sunyong Lee

“…One-dimensional nickel titanate nanofibers (NiTiO₃ NFs) were synthesized and loaded with acetic acid-treated exfoliated and sintered sheets of graphitic carbon nitride (AAs-gC₃N₄) to fabricate a unique heterogeneous structure. …”
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Feasibility of Application for the SHG Technology of Longitudinal Wave in Quantitatively Evaluating Carbonated Concrete by Jinzhong Zhao, Jin Wu, Kaixin Chen

“…The principal of this method is to use the piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) patch to detect the second-harmonic of longitudinal waves during the concrete carbonation process and extract non-linear parameters from observed signals. …”
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Electric Field Sensor Based on High Q Fano Resonance of Nano-Patterned Electro-Optic Materials by Xiaowei Yin, Fengli Liu, Wentao Qiu, Can Liu, Heyuan Guan, Huihui Lu

“…E-field sensor based on two electro-optical (EO) materials i.e., barium titanate (BaTiO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, BTO) nanoparticles and relaxor ferroelectric material Pb(Mg<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>Nb<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>)O<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>-PbTiO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> (PMN-PT) combined with nanostructure are studied. …”
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RoBétArmé Project: Human-robot collaborative construction system for shotcrete digitization and automation through advanced perception, cognition, mobility and additive manufacturi... by Rahul Tomar, Lazaros Nalpantidis, Ioannis Kostavelis, Herman Bruyninckx, Renaud Detry, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Schlette Christian, Aude Billard, Konstantinos Andronikidis, Marc Bosch, Pedram Yosefipor, Henrik Lund-Nielsen, Fernando LLano Martínez, Usman Wajid, Despoina Papargyriou, Federica Fugaroli, Gash Bhullar, Nikolay Mehandjiev, Jonas Bentzen, Estefânia Gonçalves, Christian Cremona, Mads Essenbæk, Marcos Sanchez, Mary Wong, Dimitrios Giakoumis

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Fabricating Dispersed Fine Silver Nanoparticles on Liquid Substrate for Improved Photocatalytic Water Splitting Efficiency by Chuhang Zhang

“…The NPs are transferred to a strontium titanate (STO) crystal as co-catalyst for water splitting efficiency test. …”
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Hydrological, mineralogical and geotechnical characterisation of soils from Douala (coastal, cameroon): potential used in road construction by Jules Bertrand Penka, Ursula Joyce Merveilles Pettang Nana, Marcelline Blanche Manjia, Isaac Yannick Bomeni, Chrispin Pettang

“…The mineralogical content of these soils was similar to silico-aluminous-ferruginuos-titanous soils characterized by high silica content (43.52–66.4%), moderate alumina (13.5–31%), low content of Fe2O3 (2.5–3.2%) and TiO2 (1.2–2.02%). …”
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PENGGUNAAN SEPPAKS ALUMINA SEBAGAI ALAT UJI KUALITAS SISTEM GEL GENERATOR TUNGSTEN-188/RENIUM-188 (The Use of Alumina SepPaks As A Quality Control Tool for The Tungsten-188/Rhenium... by Duyeh Setiawan, Azmairit Azis, Marlina Marlina, M. Basit

“…This technique was showed by experiment result gel generators 188W/188Re titan tungstate, the eluate was  subsequently passed through alumina SepPaks followed by thorough washing with 0.9 % pH 5.  …”
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Study of nanostructured semiconductor metal oxide as visible-light photocatalyst by Tan, Pei Yun

“…Next, this project explored a new, potential candidate for visible-light active semiconductor photocatalyst with tailorable bandgap; in the form of strontium titanate ferrite (Sr(Ti1-xFex)O3-δ). Based on previous successful work by our research group on high energy ball-milled Sr(Ti1-xFex)O3-δ nanopowder, the project aim was to develop a fabrication process for Sr(Ti1-xFex)O3-δ thin films using sol-gel approach. …”
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Photocatalytic hydrogen generation using two-phase anatase/brookite titanium dioxide nanostructures by Tay, Qiuling

“…Results have shown that anatase and brookite are formed from the transformation of sodium titanate. From the Mott-Schottky analysis, brookite phase is found to have a more cathodic conduction band potential than anatase phase which leads to higher hydrogen production. …”
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Vortex generation and bubble dynamics in a microfluidic chamber with actuations by Shang, Xiaopeng

“…This dissertation presents a comprehensive study on vortex generation, vortex control and bubble dynamics in a microfluidic chamber with PZT (lead-zirconate-titanate) actuations, which can be applied to mixing enhancement and manipulations of microparticles and nanoparticles in microfluidics. …”
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Characterization of Filled Epoxy Thin Film Composites for Dielectric Application by Poh , Chen Ling

“…In the second stage, the properties of various types of fillers (precipitated CaCO3, Barium titanate (BaTiO3) and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)) were investigated. …”
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Oxygen–Ion Conductivity, Dielectric Properties and Spectroscopic Characterization of “Stuffed” Tm₂(Ti_2−<i>x</i>Tm<i>_x</i>)O_{7−<i>x</i>/2}... by Nikolay Gorshkov, Egor Baldin, Dmitry Stolbov, Viktor Rassulov, Olga Karyagina, Anna Shlyakhtina

“…Until now, compositions with proton conductivity were not known for the intermediate and heavy rare earth titanates Ln₂(Ti_2−<i>x</i><i>Ln_x</i>)O_{7−<i>x</i>/2} (<i>Ln</i> = Ho − Lu) systems. …”
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PÚRPURA TROMBOCITOPÊNICA TROMBÓTICA ADQUIRIDA (PTTA) RECIDIVADA EM PEDIATRIA: RELATO DE DOIS CASOS TRATADOS COM RITUXIMABE by AO Silva, AAC Castro, APKP Bom, EK Carbone, GCFL Canali, CC Vicentini, HH Hassmann, SDA Lopes, MVD Santos, FM Watanabe

“…Desde 2002 Rituximabe tem sido usado em PTT refratária ou recidivada, demonstrando eficácia para remissão e prevenção de recidivas. Os trials HERCULES e TITAN demonstraram que utilização de Caplacizumabe durante a plasmaférese e 30 dias após está associada a redução da mortalidade e refratariedade em adultos com PTTa, além de menor tempo até normalização plaquetária. …”
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Development of Anti-fouling Piezoelectric Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane by Su, Yu Ping

“…In the second part of this study, different quantities of piezoelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanoparticles (NPs) were added during the fabrication of PVDF membranes to enhance piezoelectricity of the membranes. …”
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Biomimetic self-powered micro-sensors for underwater disturbance sensing by Mohsen Asadniaye Fard Jahromi

“…The first one is a microdiaphragm lead zirconate titanate (PZT) pressure sensor. Flexible arrays of proposed sensors are developed on LCP substrate for underwater sensing and deployment on underwater vehicles. …”
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