Transparent glass ceramics (TGCs) with minimized scattering loss offer the combined
characteristics of both glasses and (transparent) ceramics. The functionalities of the …

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to promote health concerns that can manifest over both
short and long terms. Aging, sunburn, skin cancer, and other conditions are related to UV …

Solar UV radiation adversely affects the properties of organic materials used in construction,
such as plastics and wood. The outdoor service lifetimes of these materials are influenced …

The development of easy, translucent, and scalable UV-protection coatings for transparent
containers is of utmost importance to ensure the safety of several food and medical products …

The sol–gel process has become a rapidly growing research area in materials science. A
variety of materials prepared via sol–gel routes have shown unique properties and …

Due to their unique properties, carbon dots have attracted significant interest across diverse
fields. However, obstacles such as uneven size distribution in the course of synthesis and …

On account the urgent demand for UV radiation protection in diverse applications, intensive
efforts have been devoted to UV-shielding materials, ranging from wide-bandgap …

We report a simple method for preparing flexible polymer film containing carbon quantum
dots/N-doped ZnO (CQD/N-ZnO) nanoparticles, as UV shielding material. The polymer film …

Physical characteristics, vibrational modes, optical characteristics of new glasses of 64.9
B2O3–10ZnO–25NaF–0.1 CoO–xY2O3: x= 0.0 (Y0. 0)≤ x≤ 1.0 (Y1. 0) mol% have been …

Synthesizing material candidates having both high ultraviolet (UV) absorbing capacity and
low photoactivity is a paramount challenge. The present study reports the sonosynthesis of …