Biomass offers a renewable carbon source that could be utilized as a raw material in the chemicals industry. A potential route for the conversion of biomass feedstock’s into industrial chemicals is through the catalytic conversion of biomass sugars (glucose) to furan based compounds through an aqueous reforming process. However, to accommodate the transport of these bulky sugars within the cata...

β-CuGaO2 is a wurtzite-derived phase that promising for ferroelectric and photovoltaic applications. Its bandgap measured in the form of powders about 1.5 eV direct according to density functional theory calculations, making it an appropriate solar light absorber. In this work, we describe our attempts grow complex by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) resulted growing mostly CuGa2O4 on various crys...

Erbium/ytterbium-dopped Y0.9Er0.1−xYbxVO4 samples with x = 0, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.09 were synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis at basic pH urea addition. For comparison purposes, another sample 0 was also prepared the solgel method. X-ray diffraction patterns indexed on basis to a tetragonal symmetry of space group I41/amd Z 4 compatible zircon-type, in good agreement FTIR spectra. Additionally, ...

Introduction. In addition to good biological properties, biomaterials should also possess appropriate physical properties in order provide stability and longevity at the place of application. The aim this work was evaluate an experimental nanostructured material based on calcium aluminate (CAL) silicate (CS). Material method. research used synthesized by hydrothermal solgel method from individu...

The phenomenon of evanescent-wave scattering (EWS) is used to design an optical-fiber humidity sensor. Porous solgel silica (PSGS) coated on the surface of a silica optical-fiber core scatters evanescent waves that penetrate the coating layer. Water molecules in the gas phase surrounding the optical fiber can be absorbed into the inner surface of the pores of the porous silica. The absorbed wat...

background and aim: spatial hearing is one of the most important functions of binaural hearing processing that is based on detection of fine interaural time and interaural intensity difference. spatial hearing is beyond auditory localization and lateralization. it helps auditory scene analysis and target stream segregation from other simultaneous sound sources. this function is important in spe...

In this study, calcium phosphate nanoparticles with two phases, fluorapatite (FA; Ca(10)(PO(4))(6)F(2)) and hydroxyapatite (HA; Ca(10)(PO(4))(6)(OH)(2)), were prepared using the solgel method. Ethyl phosphate, hydrated calcium nitrate, and ammonium fluoride were used, respectively, as P, Ca, and F precursors with a Ca:P ratio of 1:72. Powders obtained from the sol-gel process were studied after...