Miniaturized solid-state sensor for inline monitoring of the microbial biodegradation of a biohazardous textile azo dye (Direct Red-81) by Manar Omar Heragy, Azza Aziz M. Moustafa, Eman Saad Elzanfaly, Walaa A. Al-Shareef, Ahmed Sayed Saad

“…Recent work reports the biodegradation of DR81 using Candida albicans, where the researchers withdrew samples frequently to monitor the change in the UV–visible spectrum of DR81. This study optimizes and validates a portable and selective solid-state potentiometric sensor to monitor the microbial biodegradation of DR81 in the dilute mineral salt medium. …”
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Energizing the Thermal Conductivity and Optical Performance of Salt Hydrate Phase Change Material Using Copper (II) Oxide Nano Additives for Sustainable Thermal Energy Storage by Kumar Rajamony Reji, Samykano Mahendran, Kousik Suraparaju Subbarama, Sofiah A.G.N., Namasivayam Satesh, Rajkumar K., Kadirgama Kumaran, Ramasamy Devarajan

“…The optical behavior, and thermal conductivity were analyzed by using Ultraviolet visible spectrum, and thermal property analyzer. The developed copper oxide dispersed PCM composite displayed the thermal conductivity was energized up to 71.5 % without affecting the other properties. …”
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Nanobionics in Crop Production: An Emerging Approach to Modulate Plant Functionalities by Anuj Ranjan, Vishnu D. Rajput, Arpna Kumari, Saglara S. Mandzhieva, Svetlana Sushkova, Evgenya V. Prazdnova, Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ali Raza, Tatiana Minkina, Gyuhwa Chung

“…It is documented that nanobionics could assist plants by acting as an artificial photosynthetic system to improve photosynthetic capacity, electron transfer in the photosystems, and pigment content, and enhance the absorption of light across the UV-visible spectrum. Smart nanocarriers, such as nanobionics, are capable of delivering the active ingredient nanocarrier upon receiving external stimuli. …”
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UV-Visible Photodetector Based on I-type Heterostructure of ZnO-QDs/Monolayer MoS2 by Yong Heng Zhou, Zhi Bin Zhang, Ping Xu, Han Zhang, Bing Wang

“…Compared with monolayer MoS2 photodetectors, the monolayer ZnO-QDs/MoS2 hybrid device exhibits faster response speed (1.5 s and 1.1 s, respectively), extended broadband photoresponse range (deep UV-visible), and enhanced photoresponse in visible spectrum, such as higher responsivity over 0.084 A/W and larger detectivity of 1.05 × 1011 Jones, which results from considerable injection of carries from ZnO-QDs to MoS2 due to the formation of I-type heterostructure existing in the contact interface of them.…”
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Fluorescence Phenomena in Amyloid and Amyloidogenic Bionanostructures by B. Apter, N. Lapshina, H. Barhom, B. Fainberg, A. Handelman, A. Accardo, C. Diaferia, P. Ginzburg, G. Morelli, G. Rosenman

“…This approach allowed us to develop a new generation of FL peptide/protein bionanodots radiating multicolor, tunable, visible FL, covering the entire visible spectrum in the range of 400–700 nm. Newly developed biocompatible nanoscale biomarkers are considered as a promising tool for emerging precise biomedicine and advanced medical nanotechnologies (high-resolution bioimaging, light diagnostics, therapy, optogenetics, and health monitoring).…”
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Boron-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide with Tunable Bandgap and Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance by Muhammad Junaid, M. H. Md Khir, Gunawan Witjaksono, Nelson Tansu, Mohamed Shuaib Mohamed Saheed, Pradeep Kumar, Zaka Ullah, Asfand Yar, Fahad Usman

“…The B-rGO showed a tunable optical bandgap from 2.91 to 3.05 eV in the visible spectrum with an electrical conductivity of 0.816 S/cm. …”
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The impact of film thickness on the properties of ZnO/PVA nanocomposite film by Shaheer Ahmed Khan, Ataur Rahman, Fatima Babiker Dafa-Alla Ibrahim

“…The UV–vis spectra reveal that the increase in concentration of ZnO nanoparticles in the polymer matrix results in the movement of the absorption edge in the direction of higher wavelength or lower energy associated with the blue/green portion of the visible spectrum. A decrease in the optical energy bandgap is observed with the increase in nano ZnO concentration in the matrix. …”
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Light-Induced Activation of a Specific Type-5 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Antagonist in the Ventrobasal Thalamus Causes Analgesia in a Mouse Model of Breakthrough Cancer Pain by Serena Notartomaso, Nico Antenucci, Francesca Liberatore, Giada Mascio, Stefano Vito Boccadamo Pompili, Joan Font, Mariarosaria Scioli, Livio Luongo, Antonietta Arcella, Roberto Gradini, Amadeu Llebaria, Ferdinando Nicoletti

“…Mice were implanted with optic fibers delivering light in the visible spectrum (405 nm) in the thalamus or prelimbic cortex to locally activate systemically injected JF-NP-26. …”
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Direct Colorimetry of Imipenem Decomposition as a Novel Cost-Effective Method for Detecting Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteria by Stathis D. Kotsakis, Anastasia Lambropoulou, Georgios Miliotis, Eva Tzelepi, Vivi Miriagou, Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis

“…The reactions were studied by spectrophotometry in the visible spectrum using preparations of β-lactamases from the four molecular classes. …”
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Novel Blue-Wavelength-Blocking Contact Lens with Er³⁺/TiO₂ NPs: Manufacture and Characterization by Lina Mohammed Shaker, Ahmed Alamiery, Mohd Takriff, Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak

“…The synthesized Er³⁺/TiO₂ samples were characterized by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), metal mapping, UV–Visible spectrum, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). …”
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Promising impact of push–pull configuration into designed octacyclic naphthalene-based organic scaffolds for nonlinear optical amplitudes: a quantum chemical approach by Muhammad Khalid, Iqra Shafiq, Muhammad Adnan Asghar, Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga, Saad M. Alshehri, Muhammad Haroon, Muhammed Lamin Sanyang

“…The energy gap trend for all the entitled compounds was observed as; PCMD8 < PCMD5 = PCMD9 < PCMD6 < PCMD7 < PCMD4 < PCMD3 < PCMD2 < PCMD1 with the least band gap of 2.048 eV in PCMD8 among all the compounds. The UV–Visible spectrum of the entitled chromophores manifested high values of λ max in derivatives contrary to PCMR. …”
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Cylindrical vector beams reveal radiationless anapole condition in a resonant state by Yudong Lu, Yi Xu, Xu Ouyang, Mingcong Xian, Yaoyu Cao, Kai Chen, Xiangping Li

“…As a result, high contrast inter-transition between radiationless anapole condition and ideal magnetic resonant scattering can be achieved experimentally in visible spectrum. The proposed mechanism is general which can be realized in different types of nanostructures. …”
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Structure and thermal stability of phosphochlorinated polybutadiene/carbon black composite synthesized via oxidative chlorophosphorylation reaction by Edres Nada M., Buniyat-Zadeh Irada A., Aliyeva Solmaz B., Turp Sinan M., Alosmanov Rasim M.

“…Analysis of the composite by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy indicates a uniform distribution of carbon black in the network structure of the matrix and the physical interaction of the phases of the composite. Ultraviolet-visible spectrum data confirmed the improvement in light absorption in a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum and the decrease in the optical band gap energy of the phosphochlorinated PB (PhPB) matrix with the addition of CB (Eg of PhPB = 3.25 eV; Eg of PhPB/CB composite = 2.28 eV). …”
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Biogenic zinc selenide nanoparticles fabricated using Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract with potential biological activity by Shahram Ahmadi Somaghian, Seyedeh Zahra Mirzaei, Mohammad Ebrahim Khosravi Shakib, Abdolrazagh Marzban, Sarah Alsallameh, Hamed Esmaeil Lashgarian

“…There was an apparent peak in the UV-visible spectrum at 398 nm to confirm the presence of ZnSe NPs. …”
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Strain tuned structural, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties of lead-free oxy-nitride SrTaO2N perovskite using first-principles study by Golam Md. Khatamunnaby, Md. Sakib Hasan Khan, Md. Tanvir Hasan, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Muhammed Zubair Rahman

“…Optical absorption reveals an increased absorption coefficient in the visible spectrum. These strain-tuned optoelectronic properties through the DFT approach thus suggest an evident route to a wide range of optoelectronics applications of the SrTaO2N perovskite material.…”
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Evaluation of antibacterial activity, in-vitro cytotoxicity and catalytic activity of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles using leaf extracts of Leea macrophylla by Shamsad Sharmin, Md Badrul Islam, Barun Kanti Saha, Firoz Ahmed, Bijoy Maitra, M. Zia Uddin Rasel, Nazeeb Quaisaar, M. Ahasanur Rabbi

“…As soon as the AgNPs were biosynthesized, they immediately changed color, and the distinctive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) occurred at 420 nm in the Ultraviolet–Visible spectrum, proving that the biosynthesis had been successful. …”
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Tunable plasmon resonances of Ag nanoparticles obtained by photoelectric modification under room temperature by Hongyan Wang, Xiaoyan Dong, Caiqiong Li, Kangning Xiang, Hongbo Wang, Pengcheng Zhu, Haina Zhang, Han Dai, Junfeng Zhao

“…Due to the stretching of AgNPs, tunable plasmon resonances in visible spectrum have been obtained. This work could provide a new technology for the metallic nanostructure modification under low temperature.…”
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A Study on the Mineralogy and Volatile Fraction of Scapolite from Mogok, Myanmar by Pengyu Yuan, Yi Zhao, Bo Xu, Jiaqi Shen

“…In this study, basic gemological tests (density, UV fluorescence, refractive index, etc.), spectroscopic tests (infrared spectrum, Raman spectrum, and ultra-violet visible spectrum) and chemical composition analysis (electron microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer) were carried out on scapolites from Myanmar. …”
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Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Cloud Detection on VEN<i>μ</i>S Images over Multiple Land-Cover Types by Ondřej Pešek, Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer, Arnon Karnieli

“…Its results on a simple RGB-based dataset indicate its potential value for any satellite system screening, at least in the visible spectrum. It is concluded that all of the tested architectures outperform the current VEN<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>S cloud-masking algorithm by lowering the false positive detection ratio by tens of percents, and should be considered an alternative by any user dealing with cloud-corrupted scenes.…”
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An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting ‘Poacher’ Detection with Drones and the Efficacy of Machine-Learning for Detection by Katie E. Doull, Carl Chalmers, Paul Fergus, Steve Longmore, Alex K. Piel, Serge A. Wich

“…In an experimental setting with voluntary test subjects, various factors were tested for their effect on detection probability: camera type (visible spectrum, RGB, and thermal infrared, TIR), time of day, camera angle, canopy density, and walking/stationary test subjects. …”
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