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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,497 Views
15 Pages

29 July 2024

This paper is committed to improving surface color prediction accuracy of the single-constant Kubelka–Munk (KM) model for pre-colored fiber blends without increasing the model complexity. The single-constant KM model is only applicable to certa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,835 Views
11 Pages

Monitoring Spin-Crossover Properties by Diffused Reflectivity

  • Gelu-Marius Rotaru,
  • Epiphane Codjovi,
  • Pierre-Richard Dahoo,
  • Isabelle Maurin,
  • Jorge Linares and
  • Aurelian Rotaru

27 June 2021

In this work we present a detailed study showing the importance of the Kubelka-Munk (KM) correction in the analysis of diffuse reflectivity measurements to characterize spin crossover compounds. Combined reflectance and magnetic susceptibility measur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,148 Views
18 Pages

Optical Properties and Fluence Distribution in Rabbit Head Tissues at Selected Laser Wavelengths

  • Alaa Sabeeh Shanshool,
  • Ekaterina Nikolaevna Lazareva,
  • Omnia Hamdy and
  • Valery Victorovich Tuchin

18 August 2022

The accurate estimation of skin and skull optical properties over a wide wavelength range of laser radiation has great importance in optogenetics and other related applications. In the present work, using the Kubelka–Munk model, finite-element...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,428 Views
23 Pages

Development of Analytical Model to Describe Reflectance Spectra in Leaves with Palisade and Spongy Mesophyll

  • Ekaterina Sukhova,
  • Yuriy Zolin,
  • Kseniya Grebneva,
  • Ekaterina Berezina,
  • Oleg Bondarev,
  • Anastasiia Kior,
  • Alyona Popova,
  • Daria Ratnitsyna,
  • Lyubov Yudina and
  • Vladimir Sukhov

20 November 2024

Remote sensing plays an important role in plant cultivation and ecological monitoring. This sensing is often based on measuring spectra of leaf reflectance, which are dependent on morphological, biochemical, and physiological characteristics of plant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
859 Views
17 Pages

27 December 2024

Light reflected from satellite surfaces is polarized light, which plays a crucial role in space target identification and remote sensing. To deepen our understanding of the polarized reflectance property for satellite material surface, we present the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,135 Views
15 Pages

An Optical Algorithm for Relative Thickness of Each Monochrome Component in Multilayer Transparent Mixed Films

  • Meiqin Wu,
  • Zuoxiang Lu,
  • Yongrui Li,
  • Xiaofei Yan,
  • Xuefei Chen,
  • Fangmeng Zeng and
  • Chengyan Zhu

22 August 2022

A modification of the two-flux Kubelka-Munk (K-M) model was proposed to describe the energy conservation of scattered light in colored mixed material with a defined scattered photometric, which is applied for the relative quantity distribution of eac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
603 Views
13 Pages

27 March 2025

There is a need to develop facile methods for the determination of UV light extinction characteristics of photocatalysts. For this task, a novel technique is proposed, applicable to dispersed photocatalyst processes of practical interest. The techniq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,137 Views
17 Pages

Positive and Negative Photoconductivity in Ir Nanofilm-Coated MoO3 Bias-Switching Photodetector

  • Mohamed A. Basyooni-M. Kabatas,
  • Redouane En-nadir,
  • Khalid Rahmani and
  • Yasin Ramazan Eker

28 September 2023

In this study, we delved into the influence of Ir nanofilm coating thickness on the optical and optoelectronic behavior of ultrathin MoO3 wafer-scale devices. Notably, the 4 nm Ir coating showed a negative Hall voltage and high carrier concentration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
6,862 Views
17 Pages

Soil Moisture Retrieval Model for Remote Sensing Using Reflected Hyperspectral Information

  • Jing Yuan,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Chang-xiang Yan,
  • Shu-rong Wang,
  • Xue-ping Ju and
  • Yi Li

12 February 2019

The variation and the spatial–temporal distribution of soil water content have significant effects on heat balance, agricultural moisture, etc. A soil moisture (SM) retrieval model can provide a theoretical basis for realizing a rapid test and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,628 Views
17 Pages

The Influence of the Ratio of Au and Pt Nanoparticles in Ternary Composites with TiO2

  • Boglárka Hampel,
  • Lucian Baia,
  • Klara Hernadi and
  • Zsolt Pap

13 April 2021

In the present work, ternary composites were synthesized from commercial titanias (Evonik Aeroxide P25, Aldrich anatase—AA and Aldrich rutile—AR) and two noble metals (gold and platinum). This research focuses on the composition of the photocatalysts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,180 Views
18 Pages

Analytical Device and Prediction Method for Urine Component Concentrations

  • Zhe Wang,
  • Jianbang Huang,
  • Qimeng Chen,
  • Yuanhua Yu,
  • Xuan Yu,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Chunxiang Shi,
  • Zizhao Zhao and
  • Dachun Tang

To tackle the low-accuracy problem with analyzing urine component concentrations in real time, a fully automated dipstick analysis device of urine dry chemistry was designed, and a prediction method combining an image acquisition system with a whale...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,458 Views
13 Pages

A Method for Medical Diagnosis Based on Optical Fluence Rate Distribution at Tissue Surface

  • Omnia Hamdy,
  • Jala El-Azab,
  • Tarek A. Al-Saeed,
  • Mahmoud F. Hassan and
  • Nahed H. Solouma

20 September 2017

Optical differentiation is a promising tool in biomedical diagnosis mainly because of its safety. The optical parameters’ values of biological tissues differ according to the histopathology of the tissue and hence could be used for differentiation. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,499 Views
14 Pages

17 November 2022

Optical diagnostics methods are significantly appealing in biological applications since they are non-destructive, safe, and minimally invasive. Laser-induced fluorescence is a promising optical spectrochemical analytical technique widely employed fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
932 Views
17 Pages

The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is receiving growing attention for its agro-industrial potential, particularly due to its seeds, which are the source of locust bean gum (LBG), a galactomannan-rich polysaccharide with wide applications in food a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,195 Views
12 Pages

: Lasers are demonstrating high impact in many medical and biological applications. They have different interaction mechanisms within tissues depending on operational parameters, particularly the wavelength. In addition, the optical properties of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,131 Views
19 Pages

Elucidating the Photocatalytic Behavior of TiO2-SnS2 Composites Based on Their Energy Band Structure

  • Marin Kovacic,
  • Jozefina Katic,
  • Hrvoje Kusic,
  • Ana Loncaric Bozic and
  • Mirjana Metikos Hukovic

19 June 2018

TiO2-SnS2 composite semiconducting photocatalysts with different building component ratios were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis (TiO2-SnS2-HT) and by immobilization of commercial TiO2 and SnS2 particles (TiO2-SnS2-COMM). The band gap values, which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
10,752 Views
30 Pages

Soil Color and Mineralogy Mapping Using Proximal and Remote Sensing in Midwest Brazil

  • Raúl Roberto Poppiel,
  • Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda,
  • Rodnei Rizzo,
  • José Lucas Safanelli,
  • Benito Roberto Bonfatti,
  • Nélida Elizabet Quiñonez Silvero and
  • José Alexandre Melo Demattê

8 April 2020

Soil color and mineralogy are used as diagnostic criteria to distinguish different soil types. In the literature, 350–2500 nm spectra were successfully used to predict soil color and mineralogy, but these attributes currently are not mapped for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,972 Views
16 Pages

2 December 2023

Background: Symmetric sigmoidal models with four parameters based on an idealized S/Z-shaped curve are commonly used to analyze the optical parameters of thermochromic materials. However, our experimental findings show that this approach leads to sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
848 Views
19 Pages

Marginal Contribution Spectral Fusion Network for Remote Hyperspectral Soil Organic Matter Estimation

  • Jiaze Tang,
  • Dan Liu,
  • Qisong Wang,
  • Junbao Li,
  • Jingxiao Liao and
  • Jinwei Sun

13 August 2025

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a fundamental indicator of soil health and a major component of the global carbon cycle; its accurate quantification is essential for sustainable agriculture. Conventional chemical assays yield only point-based soil measu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,125 Views
20 Pages

Prediction of Key Quality Parameters in Hot Air-Dried Jujubes Based on Hyperspectral Imaging

  • Quancheng Liu,
  • Chunzhan Yu,
  • Yuxuan Ma,
  • Hongwei Zhang,
  • Lei Yan and
  • Shuxiang Fan

23 May 2025

Traditional biochemical analysis methods are not only resource-intensive and time-consuming, but are increasingly inadequate for meeting the demands of modern production and quality testing. In recent years, hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technology has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,936 Views
14 Pages

Carbaryl Photochemical Degradation on Soil Model Surfaces

  • Marie Siampiringue,
  • Rajae Chahboune,
  • Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung and
  • Mohamed Sarakha

The phototransformation of carbaryl was investigated upon solar light exposure on three surfaces, silica, kaolin and sand, as soil models. By excitation with a Suntest set up at the surface of the three solid supports, the degradation of carbaryl fol...