Synthesis and characterization of photocatalytic zinc oxide thin films by Liu, Yiwei.

“…The colloid was spin coated and spray coated onto glass substrates, then heated at 450oC for 1hr to obtain ZnO thin films. XRD analysis was conducted and confirmed correct ZnO crystals were obtained. …”
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Morphology, crystal structure and adsorption performance of hydrothermally synthesized titania and titanate nanostructures by Lim, Linda Ying Wen, Tang, Yuxin, Cheng, Yu Hua, Chen, Zhong

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Low-energy channel for mass transfer in Pt crystal initiated by molecule impact by Babicheva, Rita I., Evazzade, Iman, Korznikova, Elena A., Shepelev, Igor A., Zhou, Kun, Dmitriev, Sergey V.

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Inclusions in calcite phantom crystals suggest role of clay minerals in dolomite formation by Farsang, Stefan, Pekker, Péter, Lampronti, Giulio I., Molnár, Zsombor, Milovský, Rastislav, Pósfai, Mihály, Ozdín, Daniel, Raub, Timothy D., Redfern, Simon Anthony Turner

“…The nanostructures comprise hematite and goethite particles sandwiched between either two phyllosilicate crystals or a phyllosilicate and a carbonate (calcite or dolomite) crystal. …”
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Fiber optic technique for determination of moisture content in honey by Mohamad Ibrahim, Nursakinah

“…This thesis presents a critical study on the application of fiber optic technique as a fast and accurate method to determine moisture content in honey based on reflection, transmission and absorption properties in the wavelength between 300nm and 800nm. …”
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Physical, mechanical and thermal properties of novel bamboo/kenaf fiber-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) hybrid composites by Khan, Abir, Salit @ Sinon, Mohd Sapuan, Zainudin, E.S., Zuhri, M.Y.M.

“…DSC analysis indicated a reduction in the glass transition temperature (Tg) across all fiber-reinforced samples and revealed significant adjustments in melting and crystallization temperatures. …”
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Cage Molecules Stabilize Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Films by Sun, Shijing, Liu, Ming, Thapa, Janak, Hartono, Noor Titan Putri, Zhao, Yicheng, He, Donglin, Wieghold, Sarah, Chua, Matthew, Wu, Yue, Bulović, Vladimir, Ling, Sanliang, Brabec, Christoph J., Cooper, Andrew I., Buonassisi, Tonio

“…The environmental stability of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite (HOIP) materials needs to increase to enable their widespread adoption in thin-film solar and optoelectronic devices. Molecular additives have recently emerged as an effective strategy for regulating HOIP crystal growth and passivating defects. …”
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Perspectives on ultra-high vacuum transmission electron microscopy of dynamic crystal growth phenomena by Reidy, Kate, Thomsen, Joachim Dahl, Ross, Frances M.

“…Crystal nucleation and growth is a fundamental pillar of materials design. …”
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Optimizing geometry of extruded PMMA microstructured optical fiber preforms by Sia, Johnathan Seng Hong

“…Photonic crystal fibers are now widely research on its applications due to the special properties. …”
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Molecular cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of BcsG for structural analysis in escherichia coli by Lee, Jin

“…Methods to enhance BcsG crystallization via usage of a truncated BcsG(A) domain were also examined. …”
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Controlled Growth and Reliable Thickness-Dependent Properties of Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Platelet Crystal by Niu, Lin, Zeng, Qingsheng, Shi, Jia, Cong, Chunxiao, Wu, Chunyang, Liu, Fucai, Zhou, Jiadong, Fu, Wei, Fu, Qundong, Jin, Chuanhong, Yu, Ting, Liu, Xinfeng, Liu, Zheng

“…Organolead halide perovskites (e.g., CH3NH3PbI3) have caught tremendous attention for their excellent optoelectronic properties and applications, especially as the active material for solar cells. …”
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Tantalum based amorphous thin films as copper diffusion barrier by Yan, Hua

“…Ta-Ni, Ta-Cr and Ta-Ti films show different GFA. The experimental studies show that Ta-Ni and Ta-Cr form stable amorphous phase on Si substrate up to 800 °C, while Ta-Ti forms crystalline phase at as-deposited state first, transforms to amorphous phase at 600 °C and finally crystallizes at 800 °C. …”
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Rapid crystallization of all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite for high-brightness light-emitting diodes by Ng, Yan Fong, Nur Fadilah Jamaludin, Yantara, Natalia, Li, Mingjie, Irukuvarjula, Venkata Kameshwar Rao, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Sum, Tze Chien, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Mathews, Nripan

“…Solvent engineering, a technique typically employed to modulate film crystallization, offers little opportunity for scale-up due to the tendency for inhomogeneous film growth and low degree of reproducibility. …”
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A wearable thin-film hydrogel laser for functional sensing on skin by Nie, Ningyuan, Gong, Xuerui, Gong, Chaoyang, Qiao, Zhen, Wang, Ziyihui, Fang, Guocheng, Chen, Yu-Cheng

“…To tackle the current challenges, here, we developed a functional thin film laser formed by encapsulating liquid crystal droplet lasers in a flexible hydrogel for monitoring metabolites in human sweat (lactate, glucose, and urea). …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…Therefore, in this study, investigation on the crystal structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of Cu2NixZn1-xSnS4 (CNZTS) thin film layers were conducted to study their viability as absorber for thin film solar cell. …”
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Morphological study of (100) textured and epitaxially textured diamond thin films by Yang, Baoxiong

“…These films possess better crystal quality than other CVD diamond film, such as (110) textured, (111) textured and randomly oriented polycrystalline diamond films. …”
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Effects of scaling and cleaning on the performance of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth, Wicaksana, Filicia, Chou, Shuren, Al-Rabiah, Abdulrahman A., Al-Zahrani, Saeed M., Wang, Rong

“…Since mineral salt scaling is one of the major limitations for seawater desalination, the current study focused on the behaviors of thin film composite (TFC) FO hollow fibers, which were fabricated in our laboratory, under the circumstance of calcium sulfate (CaSO4) scaling with sodium chloride as draw solution. …”
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Effective antibodies immobilization and functionalized nanoparticles in a quartz-crystal microbalance-based immunosensor for the detection of parathion by Della Ventura, Bartolomeo, Iannaccone, Marco, Funari, Riccardo, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo, Altucci, Carlo, Capparelli, Rosanna, Roperto, Sante, Velotta, Raffaele

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Understanding the methylammonium chloride-assisted crystallization for improved performance of lead-free tin perovskite solar cells by Cuzzupè, Daniele T., Öz, Senol Dilara, Ling, Jinkiong, Illing, Elias, Seewald, Tobias, Jose, Rajan, Olthof, Selina, Azhar, Fakharuddin, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas

“…However, they suffer from material instability and rapid crystallization, leading to high defect densities in the films. …”
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Monitoring the Wobbe Index of Natural Gas Using Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Sandfort, Vincenz, Trabold, Barbara M., Abdolvand, Amir, Bolwien, Carsten, Russell, Philip St. J., Wöllenstein, Jürgen, Palzer, Stefan

“…This paper compares the performance of two types of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF), namely photonic bandgap PCF and kagomé-style PCF, and assesses their potential for online determination of the Wobbe index. …”
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