Since the development of electron microscopy, it opened new horizons for medical and physical research. In forensic medicine, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersing microanalyser (EDX) provides valuable information about the morphology of injuries, and injury implements. In the paper, we aim to confirm the potencialities of the use of scanning electron microscopy together with the ...

The present study investigated the role of alloy microstructure and surface roughness on wear and friction behavior of leaded and unleaded tin bronzes. Ball-on-disk experiments were carried out under dry conditions with steel balls sliding against bronze disks. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive electron microscopy (EDX), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger elect...

The Urushibara Ni (U-Ni) hydrogenation catalyst and some modified forms, and for comparison Raney-Ni, were subjected to conventional (oil bath) and MW heating, and subsequently characterized by electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), by BET surface area, and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM); yields of the catalyzed hydrogenation of acetophenone to 1-phenylethanol in 2-propanol by one of ...

This manuscript presents the characterization of individual ice nucleating and ice residual particles using SEM/EDX analysis. The ice nucleating particle and ice particle residuals were collected by three different instruments. This study provides very useful information/insights on the comparison of sampling instruments/techniques for ice nuclei. The subject of the manuscript is suitable for p...

We have studied by optical microscopy and SEM-EDX lapis lazuli particles adhering to a sample of the Turin Shroud. A total number seventy (and sub-particles) were found on surface this sample, characterized in details: they are little (of between 0.1 15 μm maximal length), blue colour, with spectrum chemical elements identical that Lazuli mineral. hypothetise these residues painting layers cove...

The development of appropriate processes for the synthesis of nanoparticles is an important aspect of nanotechnology. In this study, fungus mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Microporus Xanthopus has been done. The dried macro fungi were powdered and boiled for 20 minutes to get the extracts. The extracts were treated with silver nitrate and kept in the dark conditions for 48 hrs,...

Here we present the first successful attempt to programme the surface properties of nanostructured soft biological tissues by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The nanopatterned surface of lotus leaf was tuned by 3-125 nm TiO2 thin films. The lotus/TiO2 composites were studied by SEM-EDX, XPS, Raman, TG-DTA, XRR, water contact angle and photocatalysis measurements. While we could preserve the supe...