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Open AccessReview of clinical characteristics and mortality outcomes in patients on maintenance hemodialysis during the Omicron surge: a single center experience
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Polycrystalline Diamond: Recent Advances in CVD Synthesis and Applications
This chapter is focused on the advances in the field of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material, with emphasis on the recent works published in the period of 2017–2023. In comparison to single crystals of diamo...
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Toughness enhancement of single-crystal diamond by the homoepitaxial growth of periodic nitrogen-doped nano-multilayers
Periodic nitrogen-doped homoepitaxial nano-multilayers were grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. The residual time of gases (such as CH4 and N2) in the chamber was determined by optical emission s...
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Small-angle X-ray scattering performances of single crystal and polycrystalline diamond windows in a heated environment
The demand of small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) windows for in-situ characterization of materials nano-structures in a heated vacuum environment has been increased dramatically. High-quality diamond prepared...
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Chemical vapor deposited diamond with versatile grades: from gemstone to quantum electronics
Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) diamond as a burgeoning multifunctional material with tailored quality and characteristics can be artificially synthesized and controlled for various applications. Correspondingl...
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Carbon materials: The burgeoning promise in electronics
Current electronic technology based on silicon is approaching its physical and scientific limits. Carbon-based devices have numerous advantages for next generation electronics (e.g., fast speed, low power cons...
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Fabrication of low stress GaN-on-diamond structure via dual-sided diamond film deposition
The fabrication of GaN-on-diamond structure by the process of diamond growth on GaN technology is becoming more and more attractive for high-power GaN devices. However, due to the high-temperature steps employ...
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Effect of LPHT annealing on interface characteristics between HPHT Ib diamond substrates and homoepitaxial CVD diamond layers
To study the interface characteristics between substrates and homoepitaxially grown single crystalline diamond layers, the high-pressure/high-temperature Ib diamond seeds with homoepitaxial diamond layers were...
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Fast smoothing on diamond surface by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching
The synergetic effects of surface smoothing exhibited during the inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) of free-standing polycrystalline diamonds (PCDs) were investigated. Changing the assis...
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Open AccessClinical significance of CDH13 promoter methylation as a biomarker for bladder cancer: a meta-analysis
Methylation of the tumor suppressor gene H-cadherin (CDH13) has been reported in many cancers. However, the clinical effect of the CDH13 methylation status of patients with bladder cancer remains to be clarified.
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The intersection of subgroups of finite p-groups
For a finite p-group G and a positive integer k let I k (G) denote the intersection of all subgroups of G of order p ...