The current study describes a novel and eco-conscious method to synthesize 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives utilizing an aqueous micellar solution containing aluminum dodecyl sulfate, Al(DS)3, using readily available starting material. The final produ...
Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) is a vital component in modern computing systems. Enhancing memory performance requires maximizing capacitor capacitance within DRAM cells, which is achieved using high-k dielectric materials deposited as thin, uni...
ZrO2 powders were modified by atomic layer deposition (ALD) with CeO2 and ZrO2, using Ce(TMHD)4 and Zr(TMHD)4 as the precursors, in order to determine the effect of ALD films on the structure, surface area, and catalytic properties of the ZrO2. Growt...
Background/Objectives: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health issue with rising global occurrence and metabolic consequences. Modeling the addictive behaviors associated with AUD remains inadequate and elusive. Even more so, models that...
Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) and metabolic dysfunction and alcohol-related liver disease (MetALD) are increasingly recognised as biologically heterogeneous conditions, but circulating novel adipokines have not been systematically synthesised i...
A nano-grating standard with accurate linewidth can not only calibrate the magnification of nano-measurement instruments, but can also enable comparison of linewidths. Unfortunately, it is still a challenging task to control the linewidth of nano-gra...
Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a thermoplastic synthetic polymer, which displays superior characteristics such as transparency, good tensile strength, and processability. Its performance can be improved by surface engineering via the use of fun...
In this work, a novel approach is suggested to grow bilayer fibers by combining electrospinning and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers are obtained by electrospinning and subsequently covered with thin Al2O3 deposited at a...
Background: Metabolic and alcohol-associated liver disease (MetALD) has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. However, it remains unclear whether combinations of favorable, intermediate, and adverse lifestyle behaviors differentiate cance...
Silicon has dimensional limitations in following Moore’s law; thus, new 2D materials complementing Silicon are being researched. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a prospective material anticipated to bridge the gap to complement Silicon and enhan...
The continuous development of ALD thin films demands ongoing improvements and changes toward fabricating materials with tailored properties that are suitable for different practical applications. Ozone has been recently established as a precursor, wi...
Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality, progressing from steatosis to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. While liver biopsy remains the gold standard for identifying liver disease, non-invasive met...
There is an increasing interest in atomic layer deposition (ALD) on polymers for the development of membranes, electronics, (3D) nanostructures and specially for the development of hermetic packaging of the new generation of flexible implantable micr...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally, with metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) emerging as major etiologies. This review explores the epidem...
With the advent of the new definition, fatty liver disorders have been reframed into metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), and the mixed phenotype referred to as MetALD (MASLD and incre...
This paper explores the conditions for the electrodeposition of Moad (molybdenum adlayer) on Ag(111) from alkaline aqueous solution. Moreover, the first stages of the growth of MoSe2 are also presented, performing the deposition of Sead on the deposi...
A laboratory-scale atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor system model is derived for alumina deposition using trimethylaluminum and water as precursors. Model components describing the precursor thermophysical properties, reactor-scale gas-phase dyna...
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading health risk worldwide. Hepatic iron overload is frequently observed in ALD patients and it is an important and independent factor for disease progression, survival, and the development of primary liver cance...
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a key thin-film fabrication technique that enables the growth of ultra-thin, conformal, and compositionally controlled layers for applications in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and energy devices. However, the high...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with increased alcohol consumption (MetALD) is a newly defined category within the spectrum of steatotic liver disease. It captures patients who have both cardiometabolic risk factors and alcoh...
Frequency dispersion in the accumulation region seen in multifrequency capacitance–voltage characterization, which is believed to be caused mainly by border traps, is a concerning issue in present-day devices. Because these traps are a fundamen...
The surface of fumed silica nanoparticles was modified by pyridine carbaldehyde and barbituric acid to provide fumed-Si-Pr-Ald-Barb. The structure was identified and investigated through diverse techniques, such as FT-IR, EDX, Mapping, BET, XRD, SEM,...
The state of California (CA) added X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) to newborn screening (NBS) in 2016 via the measurement of C26:0-lysophosphatidylcholine (C26:0-LPC) in a two-tier fashion, followed by sequencing of the ABCD1 gene. This has res...
NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) are widely studied for their potential applications, and atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an effective technique for coating them due to its precise control over coating thickness. This study investigates the impact of...
In this study, a p-Si/ALD-Al2O3/Ti/Pt MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) device has been fabricated and used as a hydrogen sensor. The use of such a stack enables a reliable, industry-compatible CMOS fabrication process. ALD-Al2O3 has been chosen as it...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is now recognized as the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. The updated terminology reflects a conceptual sh...
The thin layers of ZnO and ZnO: Al (Al doped zinc oxide—AZO) were deposited by the atomic deposition layer (ALD) method on silicon and glass substrates. The structures were deposited using diethylzinc (DEZ) and deionized water as zinc and oxygen prec...
This review summarized the developments in the field of volatile silver complexes, which can serve as precursors in gas-transport reactions for the production of thin films and metal nanoparticles via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer...
In Aspergillus nidulans L-rhamnose is catabolised to pyruvate and L-lactaldehyde, and the latter ultimately to L-lactate, via the non-phosphorylated pathway (LRA) encoded by the genes lraA-D, and aldA that encodes a broad substrate range aldehyde deh...
Hydrogen is one of the most important clean energy sources of the future. Because of its flammability, explosiveness, and flammability, it is important to develop a highly sensitive hydrogen sensor. Among many gas sensing materials, zinc oxide has ex...
Chromium nitride (CrN) can be used as a coating material deposited via physical vapour deposition (PVD), thereby improving the corrosion and wear resistance of the substrate. However, this level of corrosion protection may not be sufficient in an agg...
Steatotic liver disease (SLD) is characterised by profound metabolic reprogramming, yet no single biomarker reliably distinguishes disease entities, stages or sex-specific risk profiles. By integrating serum metabolomic signatures as a liquid biopsy...
The Li-S battery is exceptionally appealing as an alternative candidate beyond Li-ion battery technology due to its promising high specific energy capacity. However, several obstacles (e.g., polysulfides’ dissolution, shuttle effect, high volum...
This study investigated the electrochemical protection provided by amorphous hafnium thin films deposited on austenitic stainless steel by atomic layer deposition technology that guarantees control over the physicochemical properties of deposited coa...
This paper aimed to investigate the structure and physicochemical and tribological properties of ZnO coatings deposited by ALD on 316L stainless steel for biomedical applications. To obtain ZnO films, diethylzinc (DEZ) and water were used as ALD prec...
In this study, an integrated approach was used for the preparation of a nanotitanium-based bioactive material. The integrated approach included three methods: severe plastic deformation (SPD), chemical etching and atomic layer deposition (ALD). For t...
ALD is a precise thin-film deposition technique based on self-limiting surface reactions. A crucial stage in each ALD cycle is the purge step, which removes excess precursor molecules and reaction by-products from the reactor chamber, preventing unco...
We developed a water-free atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to homogeneously deposit SbOx using SbCl5 and Sb-Ethoxide as precursors, and report it here for the first time. The coating is applied on Bi2Te3 particles synthesized via the solvotherma...
A low amount of AlOx was successfully deposited on an unordered, mesoporous SiO2 powder using 1–3 ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) cycles of trimethylaluminium and water. The process was realized in a self-built ALD setup featuring a microbalancea...
This paper presents the synergy of the effect of two surface engineering technologies—magnetron sputtering (MS-PVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) on the structure and properties of 316L steel. Recent studies indicate that PVD coatings, despite th...
This paper presents for the first time, the integration of ultra-thin (<10 nm) atomic layer deposition (ALD) aluminum oxide (Al2O3) membranes as electron transparent windows (ETWs) for transmission electron microscope (TEM) nanoreactor applicatio...
Flexible Al/ZnO/Al optoelectronic synaptic devices were fabricated on flexible polyimide (PI) substrates using ZnO thin films deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at growth temperatures ranging from 90 to 145 °C. The effects of growth tempe...
A combined ALD/MLD (where ALD and MLD stand for atomic and molecular layer deposition, respectively) deposition strategy using TiCl4, H2O and HQ (hydroquinone) as precursors has been applied for the preparation of inorganic–organic thin films o...
In this work, highly conductive Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films are deposited on transparent and flexible muscovite mica substrates by using the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. AZO-mica structures possess high optical transmittance at visible and n...
Optical changes associated with the surface coating of different metal oxides and nanolayers by the ALD technique of a nanoporous alumina structure (NPAS) obtained by the two-step anodization method were analyzed. The NPASs were coated with: (i) a si...
HfS2 has recently emerged as a promising 2D semiconductor, but the lack of a reliable method to produce continuous films on a large scale has hindered its spreading. The atomic layer deposition of the material with the precursor tetrakis-dimethylamin...
We reported the analysis and modeling of some conduction mechanisms in ultrathin aluminum oxide (Al2O3) films of 6 nm thickness, which are deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD). This modeling included current-voltage measurements to metal-insula...
This study aimed to investigate the influence of bimodal TiO2/nanoTiO2 coatings obtained in the PVD/ALD hybrid process on an Al-Si-Cu-type aluminium alloy on the physicochemical properties of the investigated materials. The reference materials were u...
Geometrical, chemical, optical and ionic transport changes associated with ALD of TiO2-coating on the porous structure of two nanoporous alumina membranes (NPAMs), which were obtained by the two-step aluminum anodization method but with different por...
Obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and dual-etiology metabolic dysfunction-associated alcohol-related liver disease (MetALD) form...
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