A review on ceramics, glasses and glass–ceramics as thin film protective coatings for solar
cells is given. The different preparation techniques and the physical and chemical properties …

Particle-coated liquid entities are the basis of many useful products, such as foams,
emulsions, bijels, and liquid marbles (LMs). Particles stabilized at the liquid–air interface …

The luminescence and scintillation properties of Ce 3+ doped alkali phosphate glasses 56P
2 O 5: 8Gd 2 O 3: 5Al 2 O 3: 1CeBr 3: 30XCl (PGAC: X, X= Li/Na/K/Rb/Cs) were studied for …

Committees multiply in firms, whether stakeholder boards or committees, multi-stakeholder
initiatives, ethics committees, or oversight boards. These arrangements aim to organise and …

The current study reports on the impact of a series of functional alkoxysilanes on the
wettability and structure of a well-established silicon/zirconium hybrid anticorrosion sol–gel …

We present a first-principles investigation of Sn paramagnetic centers in Sn-doped vitreous
silica based on calculations of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) parameters. The …

The single-layer silica antireflective film with base catalysis prepared by sol gel method is an
important part of the high-power laser facility for inertial confinement fusion, while the weak …

This comprehensive book chapter delves into cutting-edge advancements in the field of
ceramics for photonic applications, a field poised to revolutionize light manipulation and …