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In this review, we first provided a brief overview of cellulose structures, categorizing various types of nanocellulose based on their production methods, and discussed different photonic structures such as cholesteric phases, photonic…
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Physical properties of black Silicon (b-Si) formed on Si wafers by reactive ion etching in chlorine plasma are reported in an attempt to clarify the formation mechanism and the origin of the observed optical and electrical phenomena which…
Topological insulator surface properties are strongly correlated to structural properties, requiring high-resolution techniques capable of probing both surface and bulk structures at once. In this work, high flux of synchrotron source,…
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