Raman fiber lasers (RFLs) are currently promising and versatile light sources for a variety of applications. So far, operations high power brightness-enhanced RFLs have absorbed enormous interests along with rapid progress. Nevertheless, the stable lasing at levels remains challenged by thermal effects. In an effort to realize more effective management in RFLs, here we demonstrate first time, a...

Background and Objectives: Macrobrachium nipponense are wetland crustaceans. The shrimp is rich in protein and unsaturated fatty acids (FAs). Therefore, the aim of this study was to use M. nipponense as a supplement for the preparation of a new soup. Materials and Methods: Nearly 40 kg of M. nipponense were harvested from Anzali Lagoon, Northern Iran. Shrimps were washed and dipped in NaCl sol...

An experiment was designed to test the effects of metalized UV reflective silver plastic mulch on insect populations on a tomato crop as compared to the standard black plastic mulch. Yellow sticky cards, replaced weekly from June 8 to July 12, were used to collect flying insects, which were counted and classified. The total number of insects, and insects in the Thysanoptera, Homoptera, Aphidida...

Ultra-long metal nanowire arrays with large circular area up to 25 mm in diameter were obtained by direct electrodeposition on metalized Si and glass substrates via a template-based method. Nanowires with uniform length up to 30 μm were obtained. Combining this deposition process with lithography technology, micrometre-sized patterned metal nanowire array pads were successfully fabricated on a ...

We report the first investigation into the potential of electroless nickel deposition to form ohmic contacts on single layer graphene. To minimize the contact resistance on graphene, a statistical model was used to improve metal purity, surface roughness, and coverage of the deposited film by controlling the nickel bath parameters (pH and temperature). The metalized graphene layers were pattern...

We demonstrate rapid microfluidic fabrication of hybrid microparticles composed of functionalized viral nanotemplates directly embedded in polymeric hydrogels. Specifically, genetically modified tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) templates were covalently labeled with fluorescent markers or metalized with palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (Pd-TMV) and then suspended in a poly(ethylene glycol)-based solution...

Many chromatographic separations require high pH mobile phases for the elution of basic compounds with symmetrical peaks appropriate for quantitation. Phosphate and carbonate salts are the most common additives used to achieve these conditions. However, they act in different ways on the stability of silica-based stationary phases. To provide a faster evaluation of the effects of these high pH s...