Interactions induced by electromagnetic fluctuations, such as van der Waals and Casimir
forces, are of universal nature present at any length scale between any types of systems …

This paper aims at updating the progress on the phosphorus-based flame retardants
specifically designed and developed for fibers and fabrics (particularly referring to cotton …

Sustainable societal and economic development relies on novel nanotechnologies that offer
maximum efficiency at minimal environmental cost. Yet, it is very challenging to apply green …

The field of flame retardancy for polymeric materials (ie plastics, foams and in particular
textiles) is currently facing several changes and challenges because some of the current …

The search for possible alternatives to traditional flame retardants (FRs) is pushing the
academic and industrial communities towards the design of new products that exhibit low …

Thermal evaporation technique was used to grow thin films of tetra pyridel-porphine zinc
(ZnTPyP) onto quartz substrate. Optical constants, namely refractive index n and absorption …

Liquid crystals (LCs), as the remarkable optical materials possessing stimuli-responsive
property and optical modulation property simultaneously, have been utilized to fabricate a …

This paper firstly reports the effect of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules extracted from
chickpea and wheat plants on the injection/recombination of photogenerated electrons and …

Unraveling the knowledge of the complex refractive index and photophysical properties of
the perovskite layer is paramount to uncovering the physical process that occurs in a …

A new organic–inorganic material, dimethylaminium hexabromobismuthate (C2H8N) 3BiBr6
was elaborated by the slow evaporation technique at room temperature. This compound is …