Single-Shot Quantitative Polarization Imaging of Complex Birefringent Structure Dynamics by Ge, Baoliang, Zhang, Qing, Zhang, Rui, Lin, Jing-Tang, Tseng, Po-Hang, Chang, Che-Wei, Dong, Chen-Yuan, Zhou, Renjie, Yaqoob, Zahid, Bischofberger, Irmgard, So, Peter T. C.

“…We demonstrate that PSIM can quantify the dynamics of a flowing lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal in a microfluidic channel at an imaging speed of 506 frames per second (only limited by the camera frame rate), with a field-of-view of up to 350 × 350 μm2 and a diffraction-limit spatial resolution of ~2 μm. …”
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Synthesis of heavy cyanide analogs for the design of novel Prussian blue analogs by Yang, E

“…In order to provide illustrative points of comparison, analogous metal complexes bearing various strong-field ligands are also synthesized and analyzed using the same approach.…”

Measurement of infrared optical constants with visible photons by Paterova, Anna, Yang, Hongzhi, An, Chengwu, Kalashnikov, Dmitry, Krivitsky, Leonid

“…The photons are reflected back to the crystal, resembling a conventional Michelson interferometer. …”
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Optimizing selenization conditions of Cu2CdSn(S,Se)4 by Wong, Jia Mian

“…In this study, the effect of selenization temperature and selenium amount on the crystal structure, morphology, and J-V characteristics of selenized CCTSSe thin film is investigated. …”
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Enhanced ferromagnetism of ZnO@Co/Ni hybrid core@shell nanowires grown by electrochemical deposition method by Tran, Dat Quang, Akabori, Masashi, Pham, Huyen Trang, Nguyen, Tam Duy, Md. Earul Islam

“…In this article, we investigated the morphology, crystal structure and ferromagnetism of the ZnO@Co/Ni hybrid core@shell NWs prepared by a facile electrochemical deposition method. …”
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The development of lead-less perovskite materials for the photovoltaic application by Chen, Yan

“…In these two lead-free perovskite systems, various inorganic or small organic cations were utilized in combination with the lead-free metallic cations and iodic anions to selectively tailor the crystal structure, band edge position, and ambient and thermal stabilities of the resulting perovskites. …”
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Sensing signal conditioning circuit design and analysis for emerging pressure sensing technology by Lim, John Jia Song

“…In the field of healthcare, emerging pressure sensor technologies have become of interest. …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and ultraviolet-visible light spectroscopy (UV-Vis) were done to investigate the crystal structure and band gap of the CNZTS. There are 3 main peaks found among the films, which correspond to the kesterite CZTS and Cu2NiSnS4 (CNTS) phases. …”
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Electroless copper deposition as a seed layer on TiSiN barrier by Chen, Z., Xu, S., Chan, L., See, K. H., Law, S. B., Ee, Elden Yong Chiang

“…In both cases there exists a preferred (111) crystal orientation in Cu film and the intensity ratio of I(111)/I(200) is very close. …”
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Localized structural and bulk effects in hybrid organic-inoraginc perovskites by Wong, Walter Pei De

“…Chapter 1 and 2 outlines the early developments in the field of hybrid perovskite up until recent times. …”
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Localization of chiral edge states by the non-hermitian skin effect by Liu, Gui-Geng, Mandal, Subhaskar, Zhou, Peiheng, Xi, Xiang, Banerjee, Rimi, Hu, Yuan-Hang, Wei, Minggui, Wang, Maoren, Wang, Qiang, Gao, Zhen, Chen, Hongsheng, Yang, Yihao, Chong, Yidong, Zhang, Baile

“…In a gyromagnetic photonic crystal exhibiting the quantum Hall topological phase, an appropriately structured loss configuration imparts the edge states' complex energy spectrum with a feature known as point-gap winding. …”
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A comprehensive study of laser irradiated hydrothermally synthesized 2D layered heterostructure V2O5(1−x)MoS2(x) (X = 1–5%) nanocomposites for photocatalytic application by Jameel, Muhammad Hasnain, Yasin, Aqeela, Samia, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Roslan, Muhammad Sufi, Esa, Fahmiruddin, Agam, Mohd Arif, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Althubeiti, Khaled, Aljohani, Mohammed

“…The surface of the 2D molybdenum nanolayered matrix was efficaciously decorated with V2O5 nanoparticles. The crystal phase and layered structures of the V2O5(1−x)MoS2(x) (X = 1–5% w/w) nanocomposites samples were verified by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy respectively. …”
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Topochemical cation exchange reactions of Ruddlesden-Popper oxides by Conway, R

“…</p> <p>The reaction between Li2CaTa2O7 and anhydrous transition metal chlorides at elevated temperatures yielded single-phase samples of the metastable phases FeCaTa2O7, CoCaTa2O7, and ZnCaTa2O7. …”

Novel optical microscopy techniques to assess grain orientation information in polycrystalline materials by Wang, Xiaogang

“…For this reason, optical microscopy cannot be employed to resolve materials’ atomic structure and its use is typically limited to quantifying the geometry and distribution of the microstructural features that can be resolved, such as crystal grains, phases, and defect. In this project we will use modified optical techniques and develop novel numerical analysis methods to overcome the diffraction barrier of optical microscopy and assess grain orientation information. …”
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Light-matter interactions in high quality manganese-doped two-dimensional molybdenum diselenide by Liu, Sheng, Wu, Yaze, Liu, Xue, Del Águila, Andrés Granados, Xuan, Fengyuan, Chaturvedi, Apoorva, Zhang, Hua, Quek, Su Ying, Xiong, Qihua

“…Herein we realized manganese-doped molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) single crystal via chemical vapor transport (CVT) reaction, containing up to 2.9% (atomic concentration) Mn dopants, and investigated the light-matter interaction in these samples. …”
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Ultra-thin oxide films by Hu, X

“…<p>Oxide ultra-thin film surfaces have properties and structures that are significantly different from the terminations of the corresponding bulk crystals. For example, surface structures of epitaxial ultra-thin oxide films are highly influenced by the crystallinity and electronegativity of the metal substrates they grown on. …”

Three-dimensional photonic topological insulator without spin-orbit coupling by Kim, Minkyung, Wang, Zihao, Yang, Yihao, Teo, Hau Tian, Rho, Junsuk, Zhang, Baile

“…For example, in the recently demonstrated three-dimensional (3D) PTI, the topological surface states emerge, not on the surface of a single crystal as in a 3D topological insulator, but along an internal domain wall between two PTIs. …”
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Investigation of two dimensional floquet topological insulator using microwave network by Hu, Wenchao

“…In 2005, Haldane and Raghu introduced the topological insulator concept into pho- tonics by theoretically proposing a photonic analogue of the quantum Hall effect in photonic crystals. Wang et al. experimentally confirmed this idea by observing a uni-directional transmission line in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal operating in the microwave frequency range. …”
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Preparation and characterization of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites by Lim, Jia Jie.

“…Characteristic peaks of the PP α-phase crystallites were observed in the XRD graph of the PPCNs. …”
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Effects of initial oxide layer on growth of titania nanotubes by Lim, Jonathan Jian Wei.

“…Prolonged annealing duration at 400°C led to further crystallization of the annealed oxide layer from amorphous to anatase phase. …”
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