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Any recommendation of a book regarding the fundamentals of functional optoelectronic materials?. Any suggestion or comment is welcome!
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Hi everyone. I have seen in several papers that Scherrer´s equation is widely used for estimating the crystallite size (from XRD peak broadening) without taking care of its...
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Hi everyone. I am interested in co-authoring with other researchers to expand my collaboration horizons. In particular, my expertise is associated with depth-sensing indentation tests (micro and...
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I share with the community an interesting report from Solaronix SA (Switzerland) concerning the fundamental aspects of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and their fabrication process for real...
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I have published in different journals of materials science area from Elsevier, Springer and IOP. In general, the peer-review processes have taken from 6 up to 12 weeks (in the worst of cases). Is...
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