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Open AccessLow-temperature-processed metal oxide electron transport layers for efficient planar perovskite solar cells
As a promising photovoltaic technology, perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) have developed rapidly over the past few years and the highest power conversion efficiency is beyond 25%. Nowadays, the planar structur...
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It has been suggested that dysregulation of hormones is associated with schizophrenia (SCZ). This study aimed to measure the serum levels of progesterone and testosterone in 125 SCZ patients at different stage...
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Open AccessSelective do** of Ni2+ in highly transparent glass-ceramics containing nano-spinels ZnGa2O4 and Zn1+x Ga2−2x Ge x O4 for broadband near-infrared fiber amplifiers
Selective do** of Ni2+ in octahedral sites provided by nanocrystals embedded in glass-ceramics (GCs) is crucial to the enhancement of broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission. In this work, a NIR emission with a ...
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Open AccessGlass-ceramic optical fiber containing Ba2TiSi2O8 nanocrystals for frequency conversion of lasers
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Open AccessMesoscale engineering of photonic glass for tunable luminescence
Control of the optical behavior of active materials through manipulation of their microstructure has led to the development of high-performance photonic devices with enhanced integration density, improved quan...
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Synthesis and properties of novel polymers based on PD electron-withdrawing unit
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Image enhancement technology plays a very important role to improve image quality in image processing. By enhancing some information and restraining other information selectively, it can improve image visual e...
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For the typical color defects of polysilicon wafers, i.e., edge discoloration, color inaccuracy and color non-uniformity, a new integrated machine vision detection method is proposed based on an HSV color mode...
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Gate leakage current of NMOSFET with ultra-thin gate oxide
As dimensions of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) are scaling down and the thickness of gate oxide is decreased, the gate leakage becomes more and more prominent and has been one ...
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