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Damage to amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin film transistors under Cl2 and BCl3 plasma
Plasma damage of indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO) thin film transistor (TFT) was investigated. The IGZO TFT was fabricated and the performance was measured before and after BCl3 and/or Cl2 plasma treatment to eva...
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Quick and efficient light control for conventional automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems
This study discusses a method to determine optimal illumination quickly in order to increase the process efficiency of automatic optical inspection (AOI) systems. Optimum searching methods were applied to find...
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Interaction phenomena between ceramic coatings and liquid uranium alloys
Owing to the high chemical reactivity of molten uranium alloys, the use of traditional graphite crucibles for casting fuel slugs for a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is problematic. Moreover, rare earth (RE)...
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Development of a new casting method to fabricate U–Zr alloy containing minor actinides
Metal fuel slugs of U–Zr alloys for a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) have conventionally been fabricated using an injection casting method. However, casting alloys containing volatile radioactive constituent...
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A self-learning method for automatic alignment in wafer processing
We propose a self-learning method for automatic wafer alignment in the semiconductor manufacturing process. A feed forward neural network is trained by and used for wafer alignment. The network determines the ...
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Fine-sized Tb3Al5O12:Ce phosphor powders prepared by spray pyrolysis from spray solution with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Fine Tb2.91Al5O12:Ce0.09 (TAG:Ce) phosphor powders are prepared by spray pyrolysis from a spray solution with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). EDTA is used as an organic additive to form hollow precursor p...
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Isolation and identification of steroidogenic peptides from calf spleen
Since women with climacteric syndrome have significantly lower serum levels of estradiol and other related hormones, hormone replacement therapies (HRT) such as estrogen are needed to lessen symptoms. However,...
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Determination of alendronate in low volumes of plasma by column-switching high-performance liquid chromatography method and its application to pharmacokinetic studies in human plasma
A sensitive and simple column-switching high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with fluorescence detection was developed for the determination of alendronate in human plasma. Alendronate and pam...
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Optical distance control for a multi focus image in camera phone module assembly
This study aims at develo** a focusing method for an image with multiple focal distances. A dynamic focus region (DFR) is defined to find the object of interest to be focused on. The DFR is built from the ed...
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The synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by catalytic CVD using a Fe/Co-supported zeolite template
Well-shaped faujasite-type zeolite (FAU) octahedral crystals 15 ìm in size were synthesized hydrothermally in an autoclave. The synthesis solution had a molar composition of 3.5 Na2O : Al2O3 : 2.1 SiO2 : 1000 H2O...
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Open AccessAutophagy induction and CHOP under-expression promotes survival of fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis patients under endoplasmic reticulum stress
Synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis show resistance to apoptotic stimuli, indicating they may be difficult to treat. To clearly understand these mechanisms of resistance, rheumatoid and osteoarthrit...
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Development of a power control system for AUVs probing for underwater mineral resources
Valuable mineral resources are widely distributed throughout the seabed. autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are preferable to remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) when probing for such mineral resources as the...
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Multi-component ion exchange kinetics with PAN-KCoFC composite ion exchanger
An ion exchange kinetic study was performed using PAN-KCoFC for removal of cesium ion from mixed solution of Cs, Sr, Ni and Ba ions. Uptake curves were obtained for a multi-component ion exchange system as wel...
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Ion exchange of Cs ion in acid solution with potassium cobalt hexacyanoferrate
Potassium cobalt hexacyanoferrate (KCoFC) was synthesized for removal of Cs ions in acid waste solution. The synthesized KCoFC. was stable in nitric acid solution of pH= 1 and showed high selectivity for Cs io...
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Preparation of PAN-zeolite 4A composite ion exchanger and its uptake behavior for Sr and Cs ions in acid solution
A PAN-4A composite ion exchanger containing about 80% 4A powder was prepared to remove strontium and cesium ions from acidic solution. The SEM image of the fracture of composite bead showed that zeolite 4A pow...
