X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a powerful tool to study surface properties (< 10
nm) and is being widely used in almost all branches of science and engineering. This review …

Since 2000, there has been an explosion of activity in the field of plasmon-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (PERS), including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), tip …

To gauge the efficacy of the various methods to synthesize supported metal catalysts, over
1500 literature articles from the past 3 years have been surveyed. Platinum catalysts over …

The synthesis of multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) is a highly active area of
current research located at the interface between materials science, biotechnology and …

Silicon dioxide (SiO2) is conventionally reduced to silicon by carbothermal reduction, in
which the oxygen is removed by a heterogeneous–homogeneous reaction sequence at …

Reflecting rapid growth in research and development on organic/polymeric electronic and
photonic materials and devices, Introduction to Organic Electronic and Optoelectronic …

Food quality and safety has been a great public concern all over the globe and reliable
sensors or monitoring systems has become a prerequisite to affirm quality of various food …

The current highest power-conversion efficiencies found for different types of solar cell
devices range from 20% to 46%, depending on the nature of the photovoltaic materials used …

Microplastics (MPs) and spilled oil are both major concerns in the marine environment. In
this study, we investigated if and how MPs would interact with crude oil and potentially …

Herein, multiple techniques were employed to gain an accurate and deep understanding for
the interaction between synthetic polymer polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) and surfactant …