Academic Articles & Research Papers

Impact of solvents on doctor blade coatings and bathocuproine cathode interlayer for large-area organic solar cell modules

Efforts to commercialize organic solar cells (OSCs) by developing roll-to-roll compatible modules have encountered challenges in optimizing printing processes to attain laboratory-level performance in fully printable OSC architectures. In t...

Progress and Prospects of Non-Canonical NF-κB Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Liver Diseases

Non-canonical nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway regulates many physiological and pathological processes, including liver homeostasis and diseases. Recent studies demonstrate that non-canonical NF-κB signaling pathway plays an...

Prodigiosin as an Algicidal Agent: Inhibition of Pigment Accumulation and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Cyanobacteria Involved in Algal Blooms

Eutrophication facilitates the proliferation of cyanobacteria, ultimately leading to the formation of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. Prodigiosin, known for its algicidal properties, presents significant potential for application in water po...

Beyond Lymphocytic Inflammation: Immune Architecture as a Determinant of Renal Outcomes

Molecular Dynamics and In Vitro Studies Elucidating the Tunable Features of Reconfigurable Nanodiscs for Guiding the Optimal Design of Curcumin Formulation

In this study, we advance our exploration of Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) peptide analogs (APAs) for their application in nanodisc (ND) assembly, focusing on the dynamic conformational characteristics and the potential for drug delivery. We ...

Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective Construction of 1,3-Stereocenters Displaying Axial and Central Chirality via Asymmetric Alkylations

The concurrent construction of 1,3-stereocenters remains a challenge. Herein, we report the development of stereoselective union of a point chiral center with allenyl axial chirality in 1,3-position by Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allenylic alky...

Surface-Modified Nanocellulose for Application in Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine: A Review

Silvia Tortorella, Veronica Vetri Buratti, Mirko Maturi, Letizia Sambri, Mauro Comes Franchini, Erica Locatelli Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Bologna 401...

RCS reduction of wide-band, high-gain antenna array based on asymmetric transmission metasurfaces

Abstract In this paper, an ultra-wideband stealth antenna with high gain on the basis of asymmetric transmission metasurface (ATMS) is proposed. ATMS can convert an incident y-polarised sphere wave into an x-polarised plane wave at the fron...

Characterization of low-nitrogen quantum diamond for pulsed magnetometry applications

Ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are versatile quantum sensors with broad applications in the physical and life sciences. The concentration of neutral substitutional nitrogen ([Ns0]) strongly influences NV electronic sp...

Special Issue on Enabling Technology in Optical Fiber Communications: From Device, System to Networking

It is well known that optical fiber communications support the global communication networks nowadays, which originates from Charles K [...]...

Synthesis of ultra‐high molecular weight core cross‐linked star (CCS) polymer using high molecular weight spherical nanoparticles and arm‐first method

Abstract P (N,N‐Dimethylacrylamide) ‐b‐P (2‐methoxyethyl acrylate) (PDMA‐b‐PMEA) and Poly (poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) ‐b‐P (2‐methoxyethyl acrylate) (PPEGMA‐b‐PMEA) di‐block copolymer nanoparticles are prepared by RAF...

Optimizing the Design of Airfoil and Optical Buffer Problems Using Spotted Hyena Optimizer

This paper presents the contemporary metaheuristic optimization algorithm named the Spotted Hyena Optimizer (SHO). The proposed technique is based on the law of gravitation and simulates the social behavior of spotted hyenas. The three basi...

Modulation Instability and Abundant Exact Solitons to the Fractional Mathematical Physics Model Through Two Distinct Methods

The paper consists of various types of wave solutions for the truncated M-fractional Bateman–Burgers equation, a significant mathematical physics equation. This model describes the nonlinear waves and solitons in different physical fields s...

Developing an Interferogram-Based Module with Machine Learning for Maintaining Leveling of Glass Substrates

In this research, we propose a method that utilizes machine learning to maintain the parallelism of the resonant cavity in a Fabry–Perot interferometer designed specifically for glass substrates. Based on the optical principle and theory, w...

Controlled Plasmonic Coupling in Silver Nanoplate Dimers for Enhanced Plasmonic Sensing

Noble metal nanostructures provide versatile platforms for light manipulation through localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs). Among them, triangular silver nanoplates (AgNPTs) exhibit strong field-enhancement and spectral tunability, ...

Impact of prolonged obstructive sleep apnea syndrome disease course on retinal-choroidal microcirculation: a WF-SS-OCTA study

Purpose: This study used wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF-SS-OCTA) to evaluate changes in macular vascular density in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) at different stages of disease d...

Ultra-Bend-Resistant 4-Core Simplex Cable Used for Short-Reach Dense Spatial Division Multiplexing Optical Transmission

We optimized and fabricated an ultra-bend-resistant 4-core simplex cable (SXC) employing 4-core multicore fiber (MCF) suitable for short-reach dense spatial division multiplexing (DSDM) optical transmission in the O-band. The characteristic...

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Biosensing: From Synthetic Recognition to Integrated Biointerfaces

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic receptors with cavities shaped around a template, combining antibody-like selectivity with chemical, thermal, and mechanical robustness; low cost; and reusability. This Review examines rec...

Imaging with Diffractive Axicons Rapidly Milled on Sapphire by Femtosecond Laser Ablation

We show that single-pulse burst fabrication will produce a flatter and smoother profile of axicons milled on sapphire compared to pulse overlapped fabrication which results in a damaged and much rougher surface. The fabrication of large-are...

Mechanism analysis of mechanical extraction of Pleioblastus amarus fibers by saturated steam pretreatment

Abstract Currently, bamboo fibers (BFs) are commonly processed through alkali boiling softening pretreatment, which generates wastewater that poses environmental pollution risks. This process is also complex and requires significant human a...