The effect of UV/Ozone irradiation together with the pretreatments using distilled water, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrogen peroxide/sodium silicate solutions on the dyeing depth of the poly(lactic acid), PLA, and poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, fabrics by the application of disperse dyes were investigated and the results were compared with that of untreated fabrics. The results showed that th...

Aetna considers suit therapy or home use of a suit therapy device (also known as the Adeli Suit, Penguin Suit, Polish Suit, Stabilizing Pressure Input Orthoses, Therapy Suit, Therasuit, and TheraTogs) experimental and investigational for the treatment of members with cerebral palsy or other conditions (e.g., gait rehabilitation following stroke) because there is inadequate evidence of the effec...

An application of scanning Auger microscopy with ion etching technique and effective compensation of thermal drift of the surface analyzed area is proposed for direct local study of composition distribution in the bulk of single nanoislands. For GexSi1 - x-nanoislands obtained by MBE of Ge on Si-substrate gigantic interdiffusion mixing takes place both in the open and capped nanostructures. Lat...

In this paper, the influence of etching depth on dark current and photo-response a mid-wave infrared Ga-free T2SL XBn pixel detector is investigated. Two wet chemical depths have been considered for fabrication non-passivated individual having cut-off wavelength 5 µm at 150 K. This study shows strong lateral diffusion length shallow-etched electro-optical properties device. The lowest density w...

In this study, we mechanically strengthened a borosilicate glass wafer by doubling its bending strength and simultaneously enhancing its transparency using surface nanostructures for different applications including sensors, displays and panels. A fabrication method that combines dry and wet etching is used for surface nanostructure fabrication. Specifically, we improved the bending strength of...

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The optical properties of rare-earth-ion (RE) doped KY(WO4)2 (KYW) form an excellent basis for the realization of optically active devices such as lasers and amplifiers. External-cavity laser experiments on KYW:Yb planar waveguides confirmed these predictions by high slope efficiencies up to 80%. In-house equipment enables the epitaxial growth of KYW:RE layers and their optical characterization...