Surface plasmon waveguides have attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to their ability conduct light the subwavelength scale. A large number metallic structures been used as and applied integrated photonic circuits. Among these structures, metal-insulator-metal surface waveguide is considered unique advantages. Compared other forms, it more compact thus easier integrate into optical ...

Thermochemical studies of the ionic liquids 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide [C(2)MIM][C(CN)(3)] and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide [C(4)MIM][C(CN)(3)] have been performed in this work. Vaporization enthalpies have been obtained using a recently developed quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique. The molar enthalpies of formation of these ionic liquids in the liqu...

During development, dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton allows the precise placement and morphology of tissues. Morphogens such as Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and local cues such as receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) mediate this process, but how they regulate the cytoskeleton is poorly understood. We previously identified Basal cell carcinoma-enriched gene 4 (BEG4)/Missing in Met...

Received Jan 24, 2017 Revised Mar 30, 2017 Accepted Apr 15, 2017 A Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitor with high capacitance, high breakdown voltage, and low leakage current is aspired so that the device can be applied in many electronic applications. The most significant factors that affect the MIM capacitor’s performance is the design and the dielectric materials used. In this study, MIM ca...

BACKGROUND To understand the responses of the dental pulp to hypoxia is of high relevance for regenerative endodontics and dental traumatology. Here, we aimed to reveal the effects of hypoxia and the hypoxia mimetic agent L-mimosine (L-MIM) on the production of sclerostin (SOST) and dickkopf-1 (DKK-1) in human dental pulp-derived cells (DPC). METHODS DPC in monolayer, spheroid and tooth slice...

Abstract— This work investigates the improvement of the active reflection coefficient of waveguide-fed phased-array antenna using liquid crystal layers. The anisotropy properties of liquid crystal layer can be employed to eliminate blind scan angle and improve the wide angle impedance matching of the waveguide-fed phased array antennas. The authors have expressed the modal analysis of the waveg...

I diopathic epilepsies have a genetic basis and are characterised by the absence of an overt underlying neurological abnormality. Most idiopathic epilepsies are complex diseases with considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity and an unclear inheritance pattern because of genetic and environmental factors. Families in which the disease segregates as an autosomal dominant trait with reduced ...

In this paper, the propagation properties of Surface Plasmon Polariton mode in Metal-Insulator-Metal waveguide are presented. An additional thin metallic film is inserted inside the insulator for higher confinement. Silver (Ag) has been taken as the metal and air, gallium lanthanum sulphide (GLS) and aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAS) as the insulators for the construction of the waveguide. Fin...

The present work investigates the results of different characterization methods for the dielectric charging phenomenon applicable to metal–insulator–metal (MIM) capacitors and electrostatically actuated microelectro-mechanical-systems (MEMS). The discharge current transients (DCT), thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) assessment methods hav...