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18 June 2024

This article proposes an autonomous greenhouse system which has a sunlight Reflector Board (RB). In general, a greenhouse, which grows leafy vegetables, utilizes artificial light, such as LED light, as a supplementary source of light. However, artifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7,697 Views
17 Pages

1 October 2024

One important aspect to consider when buying a house or apartment is adequate solar exposure. The same applies to the evaluation of the shadowing effects of existing buildings on prospective construction sites and vice versa. In different climates an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,190 Views
13 Pages

3 September 2019

With technological advancement, energy consumption and lack of energy supply are inevitable. Approximately 20% of total energy consumption is used for artificial light in standard office buildings. To reduce energy consumption for illumination purpos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,925 Views
13 Pages

The Effect of Ultrasound, Oxygen and Sunlight on the Stability of (−)-Epigallocatechin Gallate

  • Jiajun Zeng,
  • Huanhua Xu,
  • Yu Cai,
  • Yan Xuan,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Yue Gao and
  • Qingxian Luan

18 September 2018

(−)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), is the main catechin found in green tea, and has several beneficial effects. This study investigated the stability of EGCG aqueous solution under different stored and ultrasonic conditions to determine wheth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,317 Views
17 Pages

Sunlight Degradation of the Aminophosphonate Diethylenetriamine Penta-(Methylenephosphonic Acid)

  • Ramona Kuhn,
  • Robert Jensch,
  • Thomas Fischer,
  • Klaus Keuler,
  • Isaac Mbir Bryant and
  • Marion Martienssen

1 April 2022

Aminophosphonate diethylenetriamine penta(methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP) is a scale inhibitor commonly used in several industries. DTPMP is suspected to cause anthropogenic pollution through discharge into the aquatic environment. DTPMP is assumed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,215 Views
8 Pages

2 September 2021

The impact of urbanization on cataract incidence is still inconclusive. This study aimed to examine the association of urbanization and sunlight exposure with cataract incidence using a nationwide population-based database in Taiwan. The researchers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,420 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2024

This study analyzed the survey data of the ophthalmic examination of the 5th National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to investigate the relationship between the prevalence of cataracts in Koreans and exposure to sunlight in daily life. From...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,757 Views
7 Pages

Vitamin D and Sunlight Exposure in Newly-Diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease

  • Juan Wang,
  • Deyu Yang,
  • Yu Yu,
  • Gaohai Shao and
  • Qunbo Wang

4 March 2016

Circulating vitamin D has previously been found to be lower in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), while the effects of sunlight exposure have not yet been fully investigated. Therefore, we evaluated the associations between serum vitamin D, vita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,558 Views
10 Pages

18 April 2019

To investigate the relationship between sunlight and artificial light sources on the weathering of wood, three woods, namely, Tectona grandis L.F. (teak), Stereospermum colais (mabberley), and Dicorynia guianensis (basralocus), were tested under natu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
4,891 Views
13 Pages

Differential Regulation of Anthocyanin Synthesis in Apple Peel under Different Sunlight Intensities

  • Weifeng Chen,
  • Mengxia Zhang,
  • Guojing Zhang,
  • Pengmin Li and
  • Fengwang Ma

1 December 2019

Sunlight radiation is a main environmental factor which affects anthocyanin synthesis. To clarify the regulatory mechanism of sunlight on the synthesis of anthocyanin in apple peel, bagged apples were exposed to diverse intensities of sunlight throug...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,865 Views
16 Pages

Sunlight Exposure and Phototherapy: Perspectives for Healthy Aging in an Era of COVID-19

  • Toshiaki Nakano,
  • Kuei-Chen Chiang,
  • Chien-Chih Chen,
  • Po-Jung Chen,
  • Chia-Yun Lai,
  • Li-Wen Hsu,
  • Naoya Ohmori,
  • Takeshi Goto,
  • Chao-Long Chen and
  • Shigeru Goto

Most humans depend on sunlight exposure to satisfy their requirements for vitamin D3. However, the destruction of the ozone layer in the past few decades has increased the risk of skin aging and wrinkling caused by excessive exposure to ultraviolet (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,596 Views
13 Pages

Enhancing a Display’s Sunlight Readability with Tone Mapping

  • Yizhou Qian,
  • Sung-Chun Chen,
  • En-Lin Hsiang,
  • Hajime Akimoto,
  • Chih-Lung Lin and
  • Shin-Tson Wu

The sunlight readability of display devices, such as notebook computers, transparent displays, vehicle displays, and augmented reality, is a significant technical challenge due to degraded image quality. To mitigate this problem, by fitting the human...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,385 Views
18 Pages

10 October 2025

In South Korea, sunlight rights and daylight rights are legally distinguished, yet no standardized methodology exists for their quantitative assessment. Current evaluations of sunlight rights are narrowly defined, relying on the duration of direct so...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
13,299 Views
21 Pages

Can Skin Exposure to Sunlight Prevent Liver Inflammation?

  • Shelley Gorman,
  • Lucinda J. Black,
  • Martin Feelisch,
  • Prue H. Hart and
  • Richard Weller

5 May 2015

Liver inflammation contributes towards the pathology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here we discuss how skin exposure to sunlight may suppress liver inflammation and the severity of NAFLD. Following exposure to sunlight-derived ultravi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,529 Views
21 Pages

Influence of Scattered Sunlight for Wind Measurements with the O2(a1Δg) Dayglow

  • Weiwei He,
  • Xiangrui Hu,
  • Houmao Wang,
  • Daoqi Wang,
  • Juan Li,
  • Faquan Li and
  • Kuijun Wu

31 December 2022

Observing the O2(a1Δg) dayglow with the limb-viewing DASH instrument enables remote sensing of neutral wind in near space. Many advantages are gained by using this new approach, but the influence factors on measurement accuracy have not been th...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,132 Views
7 Pages

Geothermal Plus Sunlight-Based Incubator for Sustainable Pig Production

  • Shad Mahfuz,
  • Hong-Seok Mun,
  • Muhammad Ammar Dilawar,
  • Keiven Mark B. Ampode,
  • Veasna Chem,
  • Young-Hwa Kim,
  • Jong-Pil Moon and
  • Chul-Ju Yang

17 November 2022

This experiment was conducted to assess the effects of a geothermal plus sunlight-based incubator on the growth performance, electricity uses and housing environment of piglets. A total of 20 piglets, average 7.7 ± 0.015 kg (mean ± std....

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,265 Views
19 Pages

24 October 2019

Cloud detection for ground-based sky images has attracted much attention in cloud-related fields. In this paper, we proposed a cloud detection algorithm that reduced the sunlight interference in the image. The solar location method was introduced to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,264 Views
16 Pages

Direct sunlight in complex environmental conditions severely interferes with the light intensity response for imaging Polarization Sensor (PS), leading to a reduction in polarization orientation accuracy. Addressing this issue, this article analyzes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,068 Views
12 Pages

Association Between Temperature, Sunlight Hours, and Daily Steps in School-Aged Children over a 35-Week Period

  • Eva Rodríguez-Gutiérrez,
  • Ana Torres-Costoso,
  • Estela Jiménez-López,
  • Arthur Eumann Mesas,
  • Valentina Díaz-Goñi,
  • María José Guzmán-Pavón,
  • Nuria Beneit and
  • Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno

17 December 2024

Objective: To examine the associations between gradients of average daily temperature and sunlight hours with daily steps over a 35-week period in school-aged children and to evaluate whether there were differences by sex. Methods: We conducted a fol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,210 Views
31 Pages

With the growth in China’s economic GDP, energy consumption has increased year by year. The energy demand of rural residential buildings is 223 million tons of standard coal equivalent, accounting for 24% of the national energy demand. Therefore, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,728 Views
19 Pages

18 November 2022

Using a semiconductor catalyst with sunlight can make the photodegradation of pollutants an economically viable process since solar energy is an abundant natural energy source. Solar photocatalysis can provide clean and green eco-friendly technology...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,019 Views
10 Pages

Synthesis of N-Doped ZnO Nanocomposites for Sunlight Photocatalytic Degradation of Textile Dye Pollutants

  • Rowshon Kabir,
  • Md. Abu Khalid Saifullah,
  • Abrar Zadeed Ahmed,
  • Shah Md. Masum and
  • Md. Ashraful Islam Molla

Undoped and N-doped ZnO nanocomposites are produced by a simple and low-cost mechanochemical method. The characterizations of all nanocomposites are examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,168 Views
19 Pages

10 June 2022

Water pollution and deficient energy are the main challenges for the scientific society across the world. In this trend, new approaches include designing zinc oxide nanohybrids to be very active in sunlight. In this line, organic and magnetic species...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,450 Views
22 Pages

Formulas for computing the line shape of a thin-walled hollow pier body based on structural characteristics and measured sunlight temperature difference are derived using an analytical algorithm. In a case study of the No. 5 pier of a newly construct...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,470 Views
15 Pages

Retinol Binding Protein, Sunlight Hours, and the Influenza Virus-Specific Immune Response

  • Nehali Patel,
  • Rhiannon R. Penkert,
  • Robert E. Sealy,
  • Sherri L. Surman,
  • Bart G. Jones,
  • Karen Ringwald-Smith,
  • A. Catharine Ross and
  • Julia L. Hurwitz

19 September 2022

Healthy pediatric immune responses depend on adequate vitamin A and D levels. Relationships between solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation and vitamin D are well understood, while relationships between sunlight, vitamin A, and its serum escort, retinol...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
346 Views
22 Pages

Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin Under Natural Sunlight Using a Waste-Derived Carbon Dots–TiO2 Nanocomposite

  • Ricardo M. S. Sendão,
  • Ana T. S. C. Brandão,
  • Carlos M. Pereira,
  • Joaquim C. G. Esteves da Silva and
  • Luís Pinto da Silva

2 February 2026

The presence of emerging organic contaminants in water and effluents, including antibiotics, poses significant environmental and health risks. Moreover, while photocatalysis is a promising approach for their removal, the inefficient utilization of na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,956 Views
18 Pages

Photocatalytic Oxidation of Pesticides with TiO2-CeO2 Thin Films Using Sunlight

  • Tania Arelly Tinoco Pérez,
  • Evaristo Salaya Gerónimo,
  • José Gilberto Torres Torres,
  • Gloria Alicia del Angel Montes,
  • Israel Rangel Vázquez,
  • Adrian Cordero García,
  • Adrian Cervantes Uribe,
  • Adib Abiu Silahua Pavon and
  • Juan Carlos Arevalo Pérez

6 January 2025

TiO2 thin film coatings significantly improve catalyst separation in photocatalytic processes. They can be applied in heterogeneous photocatalysis under sunlight by mixing TiO2 with other oxides, such as CeO2, for the removal of pollutants in water....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,392 Views
12 Pages

Self-Sustained Three-Dimensional Macroporous TiO2-Graphene Photocatalyst for Sunlight Decolorization of Methyl Orange

  • Elena Madalina Mihai,
  • Iuliana Mihalache,
  • Anca-Ionela Istrate,
  • Cristina Antonela Banciu,
  • Cosmin Romanitan,
  • Oana Brincoveanu,
  • Eugenia Tanasa,
  • Alexandra Banu and
  • Lucia Monica Veca

9 December 2022

The development of highly efficient sunlight-driven photocatalysts has triggered increased attention due to their merit in effluent treatment through a chemically green approach. To this end, we present herein the synthesis and characterization of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,012 Views
14 Pages

Sunlight-Driven Synthesis of TiO2/(MA)2SnCl4 Nanocomposite Films for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants

  • Abdellah Kaiba,
  • Amani M. Alansi,
  • Ali Oubelkacem,
  • Ilyas Chabri,
  • Salah T. Hameed,
  • Naveed Afzal,
  • Mohsin Rafique and
  • Talal F. Qahtan

24 February 2025

In this study, a TiO2/(MA)2SnCl4 nanocomposite film was synthesized using a sustainable, sunlight-driven approach, demonstrating enhanced photocatalytic performance for environmental remediation. TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) were dispersed in ethano...

  • Article
  • Open Access
206 Views
16 Pages

To develop a low-energy nitrogen removal system, a coupled system consisting of a sunlight-enhanced bacteria-algae biological rotor (SBABR) and an anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) reactor was constructed. This study investigated partial nitrific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,529 Views
10 Pages

31 January 2018

In order to explore the validity of the single and dual crop coefficient approaches in sunlight greenhouses, eggplant with drip irrigation was taken as the study object, and the crop water requirement was calculated via field experiments in a sunligh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,078 Views
26 Pages

22 March 2025

Block layout is the main urban pattern in many city centers in the East and West, and this layout has a long history and will continue to develop in the future. However, there are relatively few studies on the quantitative analysis of this layout, es...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,185 Views
13 Pages

Sunlight exposure has been reported to have various beneficial effects on human health. This study investigated the relationship between self-rated health status, psychosocial stress, eating behaviors, and food intake according to sunlight exposure i...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,036 Views
7 Pages

Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance of g-C3N4/ZnO Nanocomposites for the Efficient Degradation of Dyes Under Sunlight

  • Suneel,
  • Mohd Arsh Khan,
  • Neda Tabassum,
  • Abdul Rahman Khan,
  • Zainab Feroz and
  • Qazi Inamur Rahman

In recent years, carbon-derived nanomaterials have been efficiently utilized for wastewater treatment. Herein, we report a facile route to synthesize g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) by utilizing thermal condensation methods and demonstrateits photoca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,253 Views
15 Pages

The Influence of Sunlight Exposure and Sun Protecting Behaviours on Allergic Outcomes in Early Childhood

  • Kristina Rueter,
  • Anderson P. Jones,
  • Aris Siafarikas,
  • Paola Chivers,
  • Susan L. Prescott and
  • Debra J. Palmer

The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy risk factor has been reduced sunlight exposure. However, vitamin D su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,375 Views
16 Pages

In recent years, UK public health messages about the risks of sunlight exposure (skin cancer) have been increasingly balanced by messages about its benefits (vitamin D production). Currently, data about the effects of this shift on public knowledge,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,758 Views
12 Pages

6 July 2024

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sunlight on the degradation of DNA samples taken from blood stains from different types of surfaces. A blood sample obtained from a single male donor was placed on seven different surfaces (galva...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,548 Views
10 Pages

17 October 2019

Eggshell membrane (ESM), which consists of unique interwoven shell membrane fibers, provides a unique supporting platform for functional nanoparticles in catalysis and sensing. This work reports a novel strategy for fabricating sunlight-driven photot...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
8,586 Views
56 Pages

Photosensitive Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: The Big Challenges for Sunlight Capture

  • Giuseppina Luciani,
  • Claudio Imparato and
  • Giuseppe Vitiello

10 January 2020

Solar radiation is becoming increasingly appreciated because of its influence on living matter and the feasibility of its application for a variety of purposes. It is an available and everlasting natural source of energy, rapidly gaining ground as a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,782 Views
16 Pages

11 October 2023

The present study demonstrates the synthesis and application of Ag/ZnO powder films (thickness of 4 μm) as photocatalysts for natural sunlight and ultraviolet (UV, 315–400 nm) irradiation. The synthesis procedure is simple and eco-friendly,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,676 Views
9 Pages

28 November 2023

Stain resistance is one of the important characteristics of exterior wall latex coatings in cities. Adding silica sol to the coating can increase its stain resistance. However, there is currently limited research on the long-term natural exposure tes...

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

Photocatalytic Removal of Harmful Algae in Natural Waters by Ag/AgCl@ZIF-8 Coating under Sunlight

  • Gongduan Fan,
  • Zhong Chen,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Shimin Wu,
  • Jing Luo,
  • Xiaomei Zheng,
  • Jiajun Zhan,
  • Yifan You and
  • Zhi Zhang

20 August 2019

In order to control the cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic water, an Ag/AgCl@ZIF-8 floating coating was prepared by a dip-coating method with a sponge, innovatively employed as a carrier for the removal of algae in natural water samples. The as-prepa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,394 Views
23 Pages

Influence of Sunlight Incidence and Fruit Chemical Features on Oviposition Site Selection in Mango by Anastrepha obliqua: Implications for Management

  • Larissa Guillén,
  • Juan L. Monribot-Villanueva,
  • José A. Guerrero-Analco,
  • Rafael Ortega,
  • Alma Altúzar-Molina,
  • Victoria Mena,
  • Eliel Ruiz-May and
  • Martín Aluja

28 January 2022

With the aim of identifying key factors that determine oviposition decisions by Anastrepha obliqua for management purposes, we conducted a behavioral study under natural/semi-natural field conditions to identify where exactly in the fruit (upper, mid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
6,006 Views
17 Pages

High UV and Sunlight Photocatalytic Performance of Porous ZnO Nanostructures Synthesized by a Facile and Fast Microwave Hydrothermal Method

  • Sofia Henriques Ferreira,
  • Maria Morais,
  • Daniela Nunes,
  • Maria João Oliveira,
  • Ana Rovisco,
  • Ana Pimentel,
  • Hugo Águas,
  • Elvira Fortunato and
  • Rodrigo Martins

4 May 2021

The degradation of organic pollutants in wastewaters assisted by oxide semiconductor nanostructures has been the focus of many research groups over the last decades, along with the synthesis of these nanomaterials by simple, eco-friendly, fast, and c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,629 Views
12 Pages

Sunlight-Driven AO7 Degradation with Perovskites (La,Ba)(Fe,Ti)O3 as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

  • Ana Sofia Rodrigues,
  • Lurdes Ciríaco,
  • Maria José Pacheco,
  • Annabel Fernandes,
  • Sandra Mogo and
  • Ana Lopes

21 November 2021

Perovskites of the (La,Ba)(Fe,Ti)O3 family were prepared, characterized, and utilized as heterogeneous photocatalysts, activated by natural sunlight, for environmental remediation of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) aqueous solutions. Catalysts were prepared by t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
997 Views
14 Pages

Bandgap-Tunable ZnxCd1−xS Solid Solutions for Effective Photocatalytic Degradation of Norfloxacin Under Visible Light and Natural Sunlight

  • Xiang Wang,
  • Xidan Zhang,
  • Yifei Qu,
  • Tian Liu,
  • Juejing Luo,
  • Ting Long,
  • Liang Wu,
  • Chong Tian and
  • Yu Hu

28 August 2025

Due to its broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, norfloxacin (NOR) has been widely used over the past few decades. However, the residual NOR in aquatic ecosystems could pose risks to human health from bacteria with resistance genes that potentially...

  • Article
  • Open Access
696 Views
35 Pages

Sunlight-Driven Photocatalysis in Hydrothermally Coupled ZnO/Fe3O4 Heterostructures from Bioengineered Nanoparticles

  • Nayane O. Chaves,
  • Michael D. S. Monteiro,
  • Thayna M. Lira,
  • Daniela B. Santos,
  • Victor M. Del Aguila,
  • Ștefan Țălu,
  • Nilson S. Ferreira,
  • Henrique Duarte da Fonseca Filho,
  • Eliana M. Sussuchi and
  • Robert S. Matos
  • + 1 author

11 December 2025

We report a fully biogenic route to ZnO, Fe3O4, and their hydrothermally coupled ZnO/Fe3O4 heterostructure and establish a synthesis–structure–function link. Phase-pure, quasi-spherical wurtzite ZnO and finer inverse-spinel Fe3O4 nanopart...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
11,719 Views
18 Pages

The ongoing research and development of sunlight-driven water splitting in the “Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem)” is overviewed. Water splitting photocatalysts, photoelectroc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,991 Views
20 Pages

10 November 2024

With rapid urbanization, the urban heat island (UHI) effect has intensified, posing challenges to human health and ecosystems. This study explores the impact of sunlight exposure areas of artificial structures and human activities on land surface tem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,964 Views
21 Pages

Energy and water related problems have attracted strong attention from scientists across the world because of deficient energy and water pollution. Following this line, new strategy depended on preparing nanolayers of Al/Zn and magnetic nanoparticles...

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