Electrical and barrier properties of modified polyaniline coating films and its effects on the corrosion protection of mild steel / Amirah Amalina Ahmad Tarmizi by Ahmad Tarmizi, Amirah Amalina

“…Potential differences studies were further conducted to determine the barrier properties of PANI, PANI nSi and PANI 3-APS modified nano silica. PANI nSi shows the highest potential differences values which indicates the high possibility of the film to resist ions. …”
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Thermal Parameters Calibration and Energy-Saving Evaluation of Spectral Selective Absorption Film Coated Glazing System Based on Heat Transfer Simulation by Xu Chen, Saihong Zhu, Tianyi Chen

“…Secondly, the thermal parameters of SSAF coated glazing systems calibrated by the calibration coefficients were used for a building energy consumption simulation case. The result showed that the inner surface is the best coating position for single glazing systems (SG), while the outer surface is the best coating position for double glazing systems (DG) in hot summer and cold winter zone, hot summer and warm winter zone and the moderate zone of China.…”
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Effect of montmorillonite and starch nanocrystals based biodegradable films loaded with lemongrass oil nanoemulsion on quality, enzymatic activity and shelf life of strawberry by Prastuty Singh, Gurkirat Kaur, Arashdeep Singh, B.N. Dar

“…The activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide and catalase) was also preserved best with the MMT/LNE based films. Active nanocomposites reduced microbial growth with MMT/LNE films showing the least microbial progression. …”
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Study of fluorine-doped tin oxide thin films deposited by pneumatic spray pyrolysis and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis: a direct comparison by Raquel Ramírez-Amador, José Joaquín Alvarado-Pulido, Haydee Patricia Martínez-Hernández, Raúl Cortes- Maldonado, Salvador Alcántara-Iniesta, Gregorio Flores-Carrasco, Esteban Ojeda-Durán, Oleksandr Malik, Leonardo Morales-de la Garza, Miguel Ángel Méndez-Rojas, Yesmin Panecatl-Bernal, José Alberto Luna-López, Primavera López-Salazar

“…Resonant nuclear reaction (RNR) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were used to confirm the presence of fluorine in the FTO samples. The results show that the sample with F/Sn = 0.50 deposited through pneumatic spray pyrolysis, with a figure of merit of 34.5 × 10 ^−3 Ω ^−1 , exhibits the best characteristics for use as electrodes in optoelectronic devices, particularly in the fabrication of solar cells.…”
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Encapsulation of Tea Polyphenol in Zein through Complex Coacervation Technique to Control the Release of the Phenolic Compound from Gelatin–Zein Composite Film by Shabbir Ahammed, Md Easdani, Fei Liu, Fang Zhong

“…According to physicomechanical findings, the TG2TP1 film exhibited the best characteristics. Tensile strength and water solubility properties were ameliorated by the TG treatment of TP-encapsulated films compared to the control film. …”
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Lignocellulose Nanofibre Obtained from Agricultural Wastes of Tomato, Pepper and Eggplants Improves the Performance of Films of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) for Food Packaging by Isabel Bascón-Villegas, Mónica Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Eduardo Espinosa, Alejandro Rodríguez

“…In general, with the addition of LCNF, an improvement in the studied properties of the films was observed. In terms of mechanical properties, the films reinforced with 7% LCNF TEMPO showed the best results for tensile strength, Young’s modulus and elongation at break. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Polyimides with Naphthalene Ring Structure Introduced in the Main Chain by Jiang-Rong Luo, Yi-Dong Liu, Heng Liu, Wei-Peng Chen, Ting-Ting Cui, Liangang Xiao, Yonggang Min

“…Dielectric property test results show that the dielectric constant (Dk) of the film at 1 MHz is reduced from 3.21 to 2.82 and dielectric loss (Df) reduced from 0.0091 to 0.0065. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Deficit Irrigation on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Drip Irrigation Cotton under Film in Xinjiang Based on Meta-Analysis by Qi Xu, Xiaomei Dong, Weixiong Huang, Zhaoyang Li, Tongtong Huang, Zaijin Song, Yuhui Yang, Jinsai Chen

“…The above results can provide the best strategy for deficit irrigation and efficient water use in drip irrigation cotton under film in arid areas.…”
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Optical and structural studies of graphene-polyvinyl alcohol based thin film for potential sensing of carbaryl using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy by Muhamad Fauzi, Nurul 'Illya

“…Then, the atomic force microscopy (AFM) shows that the roughness of thin films increased for GO-PVA and GQDs-PVA thin films compared to single element, which shows that the surface morphology influenced by the presence of graphene and PVA. …”
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Pyrochlore-structured Y2Ti2O7–2TiO2 composite thin films for photovoltaic applications by Munawar, Khadija, Mansoor, Muhammad Adil, Olmstead, Marilyn M., Yusof, Farazila, Misran, Misni, Basirun, Wan Jefrey, Mazhar, Muhammad

“…A best photocurrent density of ~ 60 μA cm−2 at + 0.8 V vs. …”

Gold (I) pyrazolate complex with optical and liquid crystalline properties and fabrication on thin nanoparticle film composites as catalysts for reduction of 4-nitrophenol by Abd. Khadir Jalani, Mohamad Azani

“…In contrast to calcination methods from 190 to 450 ºC (4cal), thermal hydrogen reduction at 210 ºC produced the best quality of thin mesoporous silica/AuNPs film composites (4red), as observed from the intense d100 diffraction peak at 2θ = 2.41º of XRD diffractogram and hexagonal image from transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”

Multifunctional Zn-Doped ITO Sol–Gel Films Deposited on Different Substrates: Application as CO₂-Sensing Material by Mariuca Gartner, Mihai Anastasescu, Jose Maria Calderon-Moreno, Madalina Nicolescu, Hermine Stroescu, Cristian Hornoiu, Silviu Preda, Luminita Predoana, Daiana Mitrea, Maria Covei, Valentin-Adrian Maraloiu, Valentin Serban Teodorescu, Carmen Moldovan, Peter Petrik, Maria Zaharescu

“…The Raman study showed the formation of ITO films and the incorporation of Zn in the doped film (ITO:Zn), which was confirmed by EDX analysis. …”
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The Effect of Nutrition and Planting Media on the Productivity and Quality of Baby Kai-Lan (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) Cultivated Using Nutrient Film Technique System by Azmi Alvian Gabriel, Muhammad Hadziq Shafri

“…Concerning medium, perlite shows the best average yield in each plant variation. …”
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Mechanical and Optical Properties of Thermochromic Reversible Waterborne Primer Film on <i>Tilia europaea</i> with 1,2-Benzo-6-diethylaminofluorane Based Microcapsules by Lin Wang, Xiaoxing Yan

“…The results showed that for the primer film with microcapsules, the microcapsule concentration had a more significant influence on color difference. …”
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Erosion–Corrosion Behavior of 90/10 and 70/30 Copper–Nickel Tubes in 1 wt% NaCl Solution by Lei Wu, Aili Ma, Lianmin Zhang, Guangming Li, Lingyue Hu, Zhengbin Wang, Yugui Zheng

“…The corrosion product film that formed at 1.5 m/s for the 90/10 tube and at 0.5 m/s for the 70/30 tube showed the best corrosion resistance. …”
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Proposal and Design of Flexible All-Polymer/CIGS Tandem Solar Cell by Tarek I. Alanazi, Mona El Sabbagh

“…Upon treating the band alignment, the PCE became 18.57%, while the optimization of polymer and CIGS thicknesses showed the best performance, reflected by a PCE of 22.73%. …”
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Incorporating ionic carbon dots in polyamide nanofiltration membranes for high perm-selectivity and antifouling performance by Zheng, Han, Mou, Zihao, Lim, Yu Jie, Liu, Bo, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Wang, Zhou, Kun

“…In particular, the creation of negatively charged nanovoids enables the TFN-PS-CDs membrane to achieve one of the best performances among the recently reported nanofiltration membranes, by showing a nearly tripled pure water permeability of 30.9 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 as well as a higher Na2SO4 rejection rate of 99.4% than the membrane with a pristine polyamide selective layer. …”
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Effect of nitrogen in the properties of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating on Ti6Al4V substrate by L S Almeida, A R M Souza, L H Costa, E C Rangel, M D Manfrinato, L S Rossino

“…The Raman spectra of a-C:H(N) films showed changes in D band intensity and displacement in relation to the nitrogen-free film spectrum, evidencing the incorporation of nitrogen in the film. …”
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Investigating Thin-Film Composite Membranes Prepared by Interaction between Trimesoyl Chloride with M-Phenylenediamine and Piperazine on Nylon 66 and Performance in Isopropanol Deh... by Wan Zulaisa Amira, Wan Jusoh, Sunarti, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Latif, Ahmad, Nadzirah, Mohd Mokhtar, Hasrinah, .Hasbullah

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Effect of Deterpenated <i>Origanum majorana</i> L. Essential Oil on the Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Chitosan/β-Chitin Nanofibers Nanocomposite Films by Rut Fernández-Marín, Muhammad Mujtaba, Demet Cansaran-Duman, Ghada Ben Salha, Mª Ángeles Andrés Sánchez, Jalel Labidi, Susana C. M. Fernandes

“…The nanocomposite films prepared with the deterpenated fractions with a high concentration of oxygenated terpene derivatives show the best antifungal activity against <i>Aspergillus niger</i>, with fungal growth inhibition of around 85.90%. …”
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