Sources and light absorption of water-soluble organic carbon aerosols in the outflow from northern China by E. N. Kirillova, A. Andersson, J. Han, M. Lee, Ö. Gustafsson

“…Here, we combine source estimates constrained by dual carbon isotopes with light-absorption measurements of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) for a March 2011 campaign at the Korea Climate Observatory at Gosan (KCOG), a receptor station in SE Yellow Sea for the outflow from northern China. The mass absorption cross section at 365 nm (MAC₃₆₅) of WSOC for air masses from N. …”
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Modulation Technique of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Palladium Nanospheres by Coating with Titanium Dioxide Shell for Application to Photothermal Therapy Agent by Yutaro Hayakawa, Masato Furuya, Hironobu Tahara, Yasuhiro Kosuge, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Kosuke Sugawa, Joe Otsuki

“…Our calculations indicated that the absorption cross section at 808 nm (corresponding to the wavelength used for photothermal treatment) was increased by 4.5 times by redshifting the LSPR and increasing the extinction intensity associated with the coating with TiO2 shell. …”
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Phytoplankton photophysiology across tropical eddies: Deconvolving nutrient, light, and community signals by Haoran Liu, Haoran Liu, Yuyuan Xie, Yuyuan Xie, Thomas J. Browning, Feipeng Xu, Bangqin Huang

“…Pronounced diurnal variability of FRRf-derived parameters were observed, characterized by a large midday depression and slight nocturnal depression of the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) and a slight increase in the functional absorption cross-section of photosystem II photochemistry (σPSII) at noon. …”
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Sensing Performance Investigations on Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes for Detecting <i>β</i>-Amyloid in Alzheimer’s Disease by Yujin Zhang, Ni Luan, Kan Li, Jiancai Leng, Wei Hu

“…Especially, the two-photon absorption cross-section of the probes increase drastically in the <i>&#946;</i>-amyloid compared to that in vacuum, which results from the larger electron delocalization and dipole moment in the fibrillary-like environment. …”
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Microstructures evolution and mechanical properties of rolled B4C aluminum matrix neutron absorber plate by GONG Pengfei, CHEN Hongsheng, WANG Wenxian, CHAI Fei, LIU Ruifeng, WANG Zhuoran, YANG Tao

“…BackgroundBoron carbide (B4C) aluminum matrix composite has a wide application prospect in the field of nuclear power plant spent fuel storage shielding neutron due to the large neutron absorption cross section of B isotope 10B in B4C.PurposeThis study aims to investigate the response mechanism of current effect on the internal microstructure and mechanical properties of neutron absorbing materials.MethodsThe 30wt.% B4C/6061Al neutron absorbing material was prepared by multi-pass rolling after vacuum hot pressing. …”
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Enabling Broadband Solar‐Blind UV Photodetection by a Rare‐Earth Doped Oxyfluoride Transparent Glass‐Ceramic by Hong Jia, Rui Zhang, Xuying Niu, Xian Zhang, Hui Zhou, Xiaofeng Liu, Zaijin Fang, Fei Chang, Bai‐Ou Guan, Jianrong Qiu

“…Tb3+ doped oxyfluoride glasses exhibit a large absorption cross section for ultraviolet (UV) excitation, high stability, high photoluminescence quantum efficiency, and sensitive spectral conversion characteristics, making them promising candidate materials for use as the spectral converter in UV photodetectors. …”
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Analysis of Resonant Soft X-ray Reflectivity of Anisotropic Layered Materials by Luca Pasquali, Nicola Mahne, Angelo Giglia, Adriano Verna, Lorenzo Sponza, Raffaella Capelli, Matteo Bonfatti, Francesco Mezzadri, Emanuele Galligani, Stefano Nannarone

“…The method is based on a 4 × 4 matrix formalism and on the simulation from the first principles (through density functional theory—DFT) of the anisotropic absorption cross-section. The approach was used to simulate the reflectivity at the oxygen K-edge of a 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) thin film on Au(111). …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of 1,3-Butadiene Monitoring Based on Space-Based Detection in the Infrared Band by Jingyu Bai, Lu Bai, Jinlu Li, Yankun Wang, Jinyu Xie, Danmeng Zhang, Lixin Guo

“…Specifically, infrared spectral radiance of 1,3-butadiene was simulated from absorption cross-section data. Further, combined with the radiative transfer model and atmospheric profiles of satellite sensor data, such as temperature, pressure, and H₂O and O₃ mixing ratio, the atmospheric transmittance and atmospheric background radiance are simulated. …”
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Neutronic evaluation of GCFR core diluents and reflectors by Yu, Kun, 1974-

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Slow down of charge transfer owing to auger recombination and two-photon action cross-section of CdS–CdSe–CdS segmented nanorods by Subha, Radhu, Nalla, Venkatram, Lim, Eugene J. Q., Vijayan, Cherianath, Huang, Barry. B. S., Chin, Wee Shong, Ji, Wei

“…Charge transfer also results in a large two-photon absorption cross-section, on the order of 104 GM (1 GM = 10–50 cm4 s photon–1), at 1.55 eV in these heteronanostructures. …”
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Temperature dependent reflectance and ellipsometry studies on a CsPbBr3 single crystal by Chen, Xiaoxuan, Wang, Yue, Song, Jizhong, Li, Xiaoming, Xu, Jiayue, Zeng, Haibo, Sun, Handong

“…Furthermore, the essential and elemental optical properties such as absorption coefficient, absorption cross-section, optical conductivity, and dispersion relation of CsPbBr3 are obtained. …”
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Gold nano-urchins for plasmonic enhancement of random lasing in a dye-doped polymer by Gummaluri, Venkata Siva, Gayathri, R., Vijayan, C., Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham

“…The simulation results indicate a two-fold local field enhancement, a higher scattering cross-section, and a low absorption cross-section in the 400 nm-570 nm spectral region of interest for nano-urchins. …”
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All-order correlation of single excitons in nanocrystals using a k . p envelope-function approach: application to lead-halide perovskites by Blundell, S. A., Guet, Claude

“…Correlated excited states of the single exciton are used to calculate the one-photon absorption cross section; the shape of the resulting cross-section curve (versus laser wavelength) at threshold and up to an excitation energy of about 1 eV is in good agreement with experimental cross sections. …”
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Nonlinear absorption and low-threshold two-photon pumped amplified stimulated emission from FAPbBr3 nanocrystals by Wang, Yajuan, Tay, Eugene Yong Kang, Wang, Fang, Yu, Sheng, Sum, Tze Chien, Liu, Wei

“…With large two-photon absorption coefficient （0.27 cm/GW） and high non-linear absorption cross-section （7.52×105 GM）， ASE with threshold as low as 9.8 μJ/cm2 and 487 μJ/cm2 have been obtained from colloidal FAPbBr3 NCs using one- and two-photon excitations. …”
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Entangled two-photon absorption spectroscopy by Schlawin, F, Dorfman, K, Mukamel, S

“…We will discuss how the two-photon absorption cross section becomes a function of the photonic quantum state, which can be manipulated by properties of the entangled photon pairs. …”

An ultraviolet sulfur dioxide detection using an open-path optical fiber based sensor for enclosed building monitoring application by Zul Rasyied, Ab. Rasat

“…It is found that the highest peak of absorption cross section is 1.81248E-18 cm2/molecules centered at a wavelength of 215.65 nm. …”
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Parabola-Like Gold Nanobowtie on Sapphire Substrate as Nano-Cavity by Wenbing Li, Zhuo Yang, Jiali Zhang, Xin Tong, Yuheng Zhang, Bo Liu, Chao Ping Chen

“…The values that related to the scattering and absorption properties of the PGNB, such as the scattering cross section, absorption cross section, extinction cross section, scattering ratio, and also the absorption ratio, were strongly dependent on the geometrical parameters which affected the surface area of the nanobowtie. …”
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11BF3 Isotope Separation Process Simulation Based on Aspen Plus by REN Qianqian;LI Yuzhe;WU Gaosheng;AI Bo;ZONG Rui;WANG Chuanchang;BAO Chunfeng;XU Baoyun

“…Due to the small thermal neutron absorption cross section of 11B isotope, high abundance 11BF3 is regarded as an important ion implanted gas and P-type doping source, and is mainly used in semiconductor material manufacturing process to significantly improve the anti-radiation interference ability of semiconductor devices. …”
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Modulated Luminescence of Lanthanide Materials by Local Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect by Jinhua Liu, Qingru Wang, Xu Sang, Huimin Hu, Shuhong Li, Dong Zhang, Cailong Liu, Qinglin Wang, Bingyuan Zhang, Wenjun Wang, Feng Song

“…However, the photon absorption cross-section of lanthanide ions is generally small, and the luminescence efficiency is relatively low. …”
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Interstitial diffuse radiance spectroscopy of gold nanocages and nanorods in bulk muscle tissues by Grabtchak S, Montgomery LG, Pang B, Wang Y, Zhang C, Li Z, Xia Y, Whelan WM

“…Due to a larger absorption cross section, Au nanocages produced greater perturbations than Au nanorods of equal particle concentration, indicating a better suitability of Au nanocages as contrast agents for optical measurements in turbid media. …”
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