Silver nanoparticles grown in nanochannels of anodic aluminum oxide on a grating form a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate with the double resonance from both localized and delocalized ...

The novel concept employs a long-period fiber grating (LPG) to achieve surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of a single cladding mode at the gold-coated tip of a single-mode fiber. The sensor combines a ...

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And it's based on one of the all-time classic time-killing activities: doodling. Quick, Draw!, which is just one of the features in Google's new A.I. Experiments initiative, gives players a ...

A bruise may appear after a blood draw if small blood vessels are damaged when the needle is inserted or if not enough pressure is applied after the needle is removed. A blood draw (phlebotomy ...

Abstract: A novel technique for continuous chirp control of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based on a double-hole cantilever beam (DHCB) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The specifically ...

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