Temperature controlled evolution of monoclinic to super-tetragonal phase of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films on La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 buffered SrTiO3 substrate

Epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films of 130nm were deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique on La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 buffered SrTiO3 (001) substrate at various temperatures under different ambient oxygen pressures.Reciprocal space mapping reveals that, with decreasing temperature and oxygen pressure, the broadly reported monoclinic phase (MA) of BiFe

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Experimental Comparison of Two Modifications of Activated Sludge for Treatment of Furfural-Containing Wastewater

A case study is presented in which two modifications of activated sludge treatment of complex chemical wastewater are experimentally compared: a combination of common activated sludge with powdered activated carbon treatment (PACT), and bioaugmentation of activated sludge treatment (BAST).Industrial wastewater of Pars Oil Refinery that was passed t

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A case study of male tawny owl (Strix aluco) vocalizations in South Korea: call feature, individuality, and the potential use for census

Vocal individuality has been used as a monitoring tool, and two criteria are a prerequisite: high variation among individuals and low variation within individuals, and vocal consistency within and across seasons.We examined individual variation in the territorial hoot calls of the tawny owl (Strix aluco) to discriminate between males and to assess

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