RECYCLING SILVER NANOPARTICLE DEBRIS FROM LASER ABLATION OF SILVER NANOWIRE IN LIQUID MEDIA TOWARD MINIMUM MATERIAL WASTE

Recycling silver nanoparticle debris from laser ablation of silver nanowire in liquid media toward minimum material waste

Abstract As silver nanowires (Ag NWs) are usually manufactured by chemical synthesis, a patterning process is needed to use them as functional devices.Pulsed laser ablation is a promising Ag NW patterning process because it is a simple and inexpensive procedure.However, this process has a disadvantage in that target materials are wasted owing to th

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On the (Im)possibility and Bliss of Telling My Dad, "I Love You"

While fathers seldom Knitwear say "I love you" to their son(s), there is also acknowledgment that sons rarely say it to their father.Confessions of love are like notes in a melody of previous affirmations, so what is it like for a son to say it, especially if large parts of his life are spent in "connective avoidance" with his dad? Writing on the (

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No One Is Prophet in His Own Land? Hezbollah and the Transnational Constitution of Non-State Armed Organizations

This paper deals with the transnational relations of non-state armed organizations.The question is why the organizationally more successful armed groups tend to revolve around transnational networks.The hypothesis is that it has to do with the way in which they generate cohesion within their combat units.Armed groups, especially clandestine ones, t

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