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Creation and Characterization of Solution-Based Chalcogenide Thin Films Using As2S3 and As2Se3
Annabella Orsini
Jan 01, 0001
Chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) have a wide range of multidisciplinary applications. In industry, ChGs are used to vastly improve infrared sight abilities. There are, however, improvements that can be made to the films' stability...
Published by: Ursinus College
H2O2 rejuvenation-mediated synthesis of stable mixed-morphology Ag3PO4 photocatalysts.
Ag3PO4 photocatalyst has attracted interest of the scientific community in recent times due to its reported high efficiency for water oxidation and dye degradation. However, Ag3PO4 photo-corrodes if electron accepter such as...
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Oriented Type I Collagen - A Review on Artificial Alignment Strategies
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and serves many functions, from mechanical stability and elasticity in tendons and bone, to optical properties, such as transparency and a fine tuned refractive index in...
Beyond Bones: Applying Bioactive Glasses to Long-Term Drug Delivery
Ever since bioactive glasses were discovered in 1969, they have traditionally been used for bone repair and regeneration. However, they carry other useful purposes as well, and have shown they have potential in long-term drug...
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Games: Glass and Materials Science to Engage Students
Materials science is the study of the properties of matter and its applications in optics, chemistry, physics, and civil, electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering. The broad field of materials science and the complex...
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X-rays glimpse solid hydrogen's structure.
Little was known about the properties of hydrogen under extreme pressure. Experiments now reveal key details about the arrangement of molecules in several of the element’s high-pressure phases.
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Developing Self-Cleaning Photocatalytic TiO2 Nanocomposite Coatings
Photocatalytic coatings with self-cleaning properties are becoming increasingly more popular due to the increased awareness of the importance of cleaning and the associated high cost of cleaning supplies and services. This...
Advancement in Infrared Optics Through the Exploration of Solution Derived Arsenic Selenide (As2Se3) Thin Films
Annabella Orsini
Jan 01, 0001
There are great opportunities for advancement in the realm of infrared (IR) optics through the use of chalcogenide glasses (ChGs). The development of IR optics using ChGs is important for applications in search and rescue...
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Bioactive Glass Bead Characterization: Further Applications in Passive Drug Delivery
Marie O Sykes
Jan 01, 0001
Bioactive glass beads were discovered for their bone repair properties in 1969. This properties, along with their bactericidalness, high ability to be engineered, bioactiveness and their versatile structures, mark them as...
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An electronic textile embedded smart cementitious composite
Abstract: Structural health monitoring (SHM) using self‐sensing cement‐based materials has been reported before, where nano‐fillers have been incorporated in cementitious matrices as functional sensing elements. A percolation...
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