Localized structural and bulk effects in hybrid organic-inoraginc perovskites by Wong, Walter Pei De

“…Chapter 3 summarizes the various background and theoretical aspects of the experimental techniques used in this thesis, namely X-ray diffraction, solid state nuclear magnetic resonance, steady-state and transient optoelectronic characterization techniques. …”
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Influence of calcination temperature on nickel oxide nanoparticles synthesized by thermal treatment by Manal, Ahmed Hashem

“…Nanostructures nickel and its oxides have potential applications in battery electrodes, catalysts, piezoresistors,thermistors, gas sensors, stain glass, and ceramic additives. …”
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Aqueous cadmium removal by calcium fluoride sludge by Kwan, Kevin Ka Wing.

“…The relatively good capacity of calcium fluoride sludge in the immobilization of aqueous cadmium demonstrated its potential to be a cost effective material and being reused in cadmium contaminated environment remediation.…”
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Fabrication of an evanescent-field fibre optic biosensor in the development of an online bacteria detection system by Quah, Kenneth Jin Hui.

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) was the bacteria of interest as its presence in water supply networks is an indicator of faecal contamination. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and bipolar transporting behavior of a new twisted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon: 1′,4′-Diphenyl-naphtho-(2′.3′:1.2)-pyrene-6′-nitro-7′-methyl carbox... by Zhang, Qichun, Divayana, Yoga, Xiao, Jinchong, Wang, Zhijuan, Tiekink, Edward R. T., Doung, Hieu M., Zhang, Hua, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Sun, Xiaowei, Wudl, Fred

“…An asymmetric twistacene, 1′,4′-diphenyl-naphtho-(2′.3′:1.2)-pyrene-6′-nitro-7′-methyl carboxylate (tetracene 2), was synthesized by using benzyne-trapping chemistry. Its structure, determined by X-ray crystallography, confirmed that this material has a twisted topology with torsion angles as high as 23.8(3)°. …”
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Visible-light photoresponse in a hollow microtube : nanowire structure made of carbon-doped ZnO by Liu, Xianbin, Du, Hejun, Sun, Xiaowei, Liu, Bo, Zhao, Dewei, Sun, Handong

“…The hollow microtube–nanowire architecture was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman, photoluminescence and electrical measurements. …”
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Biophysical studies on the structure and function of Archaerhodopsin-3 by Vinals Camallonga, J

“…<p>Light is indispensable for most life forms, and all organisms have evolved in order to harness or utilise its energy. Microbial rhodopsins are lightactivated proteins that generate an electrochemical gradient across the membrane for vital functions of organisms. …”

Electrocatalytic activity of LiCo1-xFexO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium by Tan, Cherynn Xue Ying

“…Subsequently, choice temperature of 600 °C was used for the synthesis of mixed LiCo1-xFexO2 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1) in the investigation of the OER enhancing effect of Fe substitution. X-ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurements were taken to characterize and investigate the OER performance of the catalyst. …”
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Fragment screening for stabilizers and binders to human DJ-1 by Oh, Xu Xuan

“…To learn about the binding sites for the fragments in DJ1, hanging-drop crystallization is attempted and suitable cultured crystals will undergo X-ray crystallography analysis.…”
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Nano-hardness, wear resistance and pseudoelasticity of hafnium implanted NiTi shape memory alloy by Zhao, Tingting., Li, Yan., Liu, Yong., Zhao, Xinqing.

“…NiTi shape memory alloy was modified by Hf ion implantation to improve its wear resistance and surface integrity against deformation. …”
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Enhancing the photo-electrocatalytic properties of g-C3N4 by boron doping and ZIF-8 hybridization by Atta, Mahmood Riyadh, Maizatul Shima, Shaharun, Khan, Maksudur Rahman Md, Bawadi, Abdullah, Al-Mahmodi, Akram Fadhl, Nur Diyan, Mohd Ridzuan, Munusamy, Thurga Devi, Jun Wei, Lim

“…The physicochemical properties of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV–VIS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy and elemental mapping. …”
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Growth and physical properties of organic semiconducting single crystals by Tan, Ke Jie

“…Numerous high quality mono-component and charge-transfer (CT) binary-component molecular single crystals have been grown using solution phase and gas phase methods. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) and cross-polarized light microscopy (CPLM) were done to characterize the crystallinity and the crystal phase of the single crystals. …”
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ZrO2 as high-K gate dielectric for GaN-based transistors by Ye, Gang

“…The major contributions of this thesis are summarized below: (1) The band alignment between atomic layer deposited (ALD) ZrO2 and GaN was experimentally evaluated by utilizing angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) combined with numerical calculations by taking into account of GaN surface band bending and gradient potential in ZrO2 layer. …”
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Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

“…Results are presented for a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass x-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to allow for spin wandering. …”
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In vitro protein (BSA) delivery studies in mesostructured bioceramics by Aw, Siew Sim

“…The loading and release result shown that MBG has a better protein delivery system than MHA. Its samples before and after BSA loadings were characterized using nitrogen adsorption-desorption, TG analyses, X-ray diffraction, FT-IR spectroscopy and UV spectrometer. …”
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Preparation of Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe nanocomposite by chemical reduction method by Lim, Darryl Yu Zhi.

“…Powders investigated using X-ray diffraction before thermal treatment indicates that they are amorphous. …”
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Computational framework for the simulation of multi material laser powder bed fusion by Tang, Chao, Yao, Liming, Du, Hejun

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A post-treatment method to enhance the property of aerosol jet printed electric circuit on 3D printed substrate by Wang, Bing, Zhang, Haining, Choi, Joon Phil, Moon, Seung Ki, Lee, Byunghoon, Koo, Jamyeong

“…Different surface analysis methods including scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to understand the effectiveness of the proposed method. …”
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Operando electrodeposition of nonprecious metal copper nanocatalysts on low-dimensional support materials for nitrate reduction reactions by Tan, Shu Fen, Roslie, Hany, Salim, Teddy, Han, Zengyu, Wu, Dongshuang, Liang, Caihong, Teo, Lim Fong, Lam, Yeng Ming

“…Nitrogen doping plays an important role in guiding nonprecious metal deposition, but its low electrical conductivity may give rise to lower NO3RR activity compared to its nondoped analogue. …”
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Phosphate-based solid glass ceramic electrolytes for rechargeable lithium-ion/air batteries by Toh, Kang Hui.

“…Lithium nitride (Li3N) is well-known to provide the interfacial stability/interface with respect to lithium foil has also been added to the parent LAGP system to investigate its effects on stabilization of amorphous glass structure and its ionic conductivity.…”
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