We successfully demonstrate a porous silicon (PS) double Bragg mirror by electrochemical etching at room temperature as a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) label-free biosensor for detecting ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). Compared to various other one-dimension photonic crystal configurations of PS, the double Bragg mirror structure is quite easy to prepare and exhibits interesting optical propert...

Almost all types of solar cells suffer from a decreased power output when the incident light is tilted away from normal since the incident intensity generally follows a cosine law of the incident angle. Making use of the blue shift nature of the Bragg position of a TiO2 nanotube photonic crystal (NT PC) under oblique incidence, we demonstrate experimentally that the use of the NT PC can partial...

A longitudinal sound wave modulates the regular arrangement of the atomic planes of a crystal in two ways: first, the spacing between the atomic planes is modified in the regions of compression and expansion introducing a macroscopic strain and, second, the lattice planes acquire a velocity in the oscillating strain field. Bragg reflection in a strained crystal maintains the energy of the radia...

The use of a complex short-period (Bragg) grating which combines matched periodic modulations of refractive index and loss/gain allows asymmetrical mode coupling within a contra-directional waveguide coupler. Such a complex Bragg grating exhibits a different behavior (e.g. in terms of the reflection and transmission spectra) when probed from opposite ends. More specifically, the grating has a s...

The biological damages are mainly produced by direct ionization and excitation of bio-molecular DNA electrons or by indirect chemical reaction of water radiolysis products with DNA. In this work, we restricted our study on the interaction of energetic ion proton beams with liquid water; since the water represents over 80% of the most-soft tissues. The proton collisions with water molecules are ...

X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra for trace amount of Eu (<1 mg/kg) in natural samples were determined fluorescence mode using a Bragg-type crystal analyzer system. Effective separation Lα and Mn Kα emissions by the system allowed us to measure XANES with high sensitivity. Sharpening peak suppression inner-shell lifetime-broadening effect energy resolution detection (HERFD) a...

in this study, we have theoretically investigated designing possibility of a seismometer using fiber bragg grating (fbg) and metal bellows pairs attached on a mechanical system. this new seismometer can record earthquakes according to sensitivity of fiber optic to changes in physical parameters such as stress and strain. firstly, in order to understand the quantity and quality of sensor perform...

Alpha-particle emitter labeled monoclonal antibodies are being actively developed for treatment of metastatic cancer due to the high linear energy transfer (LET) and the resulting greater biological efficacy of alpha-emitters. Our knowledge of high LET particle radiobiology derives primarily from accelerated heavy ion beam studies. In heavy ion beam therapy of loco-regional tumors, the modulati...

Displacement of the specimen surface from the instrument rotation axis in reflection optics diffractometry introduces bias into the measured Bragg peak positions thereby causing systematic shifts in the 2θ-dependent Rietveld parameters. Specimen transparency also results in 2θ-bias, which tends to mimic that from specimen displacement. The authors have investigated the influence of specimen dis...