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Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in materials. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of material…
Abdulkareem Mohammed Ali Al-Sammarraie, Khulood Abid Al-Saade, Mohammed H. A. Al-Amery
2(Benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylamino)-2-(2-hydroxy-phenyl) acetonitrile derivative was prepared and characterized using thin liquid chromatography, FTIR, 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR. The corrosion protectiveness, kinetics, and thermodynamics of the prepared derivative as inh…
Kenta Miura, Yuki Arai, Osamu Hanaizumi
In this paper, we report on the first observation of blue-light emission bands from europium-doped tantalum pentoxide (Ta 2 O 5 :Eu) thin films prepared using a simple co-sputtering method. We prepared four specimens from one as-deposited sample, and we subse…
Mabrouk Zemzemi, Sahbi Alaya
Many materials have been used in nanostructured devices; the goal of attaining high-efficiency thin-film solar cells in such a way has yet to be achieved. Heterojunctions based on ZnO/Cu 2 O oxides have recently emerged as promising materials for high-efficie…
Kenta Miura, Tetsuhito Suzuki, Osamu Hanaizumi
We prepared thulium-doped tantalum (V) oxide (Ta 2 O 5 :Tm) thin films using co-sputtering of two Tm 2 O 3 pellets and a Ta 2 O 5 disc, and we observed photoluminescence (PL) peaks not only around a wavelength of 800 nm due to the 3 H 4 → 3 H 6 transition of…
Temitope Abodunrin, Adenike Boyo, Olugbenga Obafemi, Timothy Adebayo
Fresh leaves of oil bean ( P. macrophylla ) were used as sensitizers for fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) at four dye pH values of 2.58 ° C at 23.7 ° C, 2.62 ° C at 22.2 ° C, 2.65 ° C at 22.3 ° C and 3.61 ° C at 22.1 ° C. The methanol extract…
Mitra Radmanesh, Amirkianoosh Kiani
Laser processing and laser surface texturing in multiple fields have become a popular topic of study in recent decades. Understanding the principles behind the laser irradiation mechanism is an essential step in choosing the most effective process parameters.…
Khalid E. Al Ani, Afrah Essa Ramadhan
The effects of UV-irradiation on stability of pure and blended polystyrene films with phthalate and terephthalate plasticizers were studied in presence of air. UV-visible, fluorescence and FT-IR techniques were used to study the photodegradation of irradiated…
Mingyuan Tan, Hua Zheng, Xueqiong Zhang, Zhiyan Yu, Zhao Ye, Liyan Shi, Kaikai Ding
An inclusion-interaction assembly strategy was used to construct novel pH/redox responsive core-shell micelles with hydrophobic drug as the core and hydrophilic polymer as the shell. At first, a dimer of hydrophobic drug 6-mercaptopurine and a hydrophilic β-C…
Zhiyan Yu, Xin Sun, Haixia Song, Wenqian Wang, Zhao Ye, Liyan Shi, Kaikai Ding
Glutathione-responsive carboxymethyl chitosan nanoparticles cross-linked with disulfide bonds were developed for controlled release of herbicides. The nanoparticles were synthesized by selfassembly of amphiphilic carboxymethyl chitosan derivative (CMCS-MUA) i…
Hiroaki Murase, Masayuki Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Kazushi Yamada
Reduction of dichlorosilanes with Mg metal in the presence of LiCl and Lewis acid such as FeCl2 or ZnCl2 was found to be the highly practical method for the synthesis of polysilanes (PS). This method is so useful and practical that PS can be prepared by stirr…
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