Multifuntional fabrics with special wettability have attracted a lot of interest in both fundamental research and industry applications over the last two decades. In this review, recent progress of various kinds of approaches and strategies to construct super-antiwetting coating on cellulose-based substrates (fabrics and paper) has been discussed in detail. We focus on the significant applicati...

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have made game-changing progress in the last decade and reached a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 25%. Furthermore, development material chemistry, structure design, active layer composition, process engineering, etc. has contributed improving PSCs’ stability. The significant PCE losses experienced by PSCs are related spectral mismatch between incident s...

Homogenous cesium tungsten tri-oxide (CsAW1O3) and powder was prepared by solvothermal reaction using (NH4)10H2(W2O7)6 and Cs2CO3 aqueous solution followed by annealing. The cesium doped tungsten tri-oxide (CsAW1O3) nanocomposite films was deposited by the sol-gel bar-coating method onto PET-film (polyethylene terephthalate film, thickness 186 μm) substrate. The structure and sizes of ceramic p...

PURPOSE The integration of a low field biplanar magnetic resonance (MR) imager and linear accelerator (linac) causes magnetic interference at the linac due to the MR fringe fields. In order to eliminate this interference, passive and active magnetic shielding designs are investigated. METHODS The optimized design of passive magnetic shielding was performed using the finite element method. The...

F or a shielded cable, an approximate relationship valid from few kHz up to the first cable resonance can be derived from its Transfer Impedance (Zt ) allowing to predict the cable shielding factor. This Cable Shielding factor, as a figure of merit, is often preferred by engineers dealing with product specifications and early design. Being not necessarily EMC specialists, they can relate it dir...

An extensive study of 13C and “B shielding values of icosahedral heteroatom boranes is described. Shielding effects on polyhedral atoms due to variations (a) in directly bonded exopolyhedral groups, (b) in ortho cage groups, (c) in meta cage groups, and (d) in para cage groups are outlined. A linear relationship between ‘“C and llB shielding values of isoelectronic and isostructural icosahedral...

Introduction: In radiation therapy centers across Iran, protection of normal tissues is usually accomplished by either Cerrobend or lead block shielding. In this study, the influence of these two shielding methods on central axis dose distribution of photon beam a Cobalt unit was investigated in clinical conditions. Materials and Methods: All measurements were performed for 60Co γ-ray beams an...

Background: Monte Carlo simulations play a vital role in the calculation of the necessary shielding both for neutrons and photons. Advanced and simple shielding materials against neutron and gamma rays were compared by simulation using the MCNB4B Monte Carlo code. The simulations were carried out for the three common neutron sources, namely the 252Cf, the 241Am/Be and the DD neutron generator w...