Cost-effective chemical solution synthesis of bismuth telluride nanostructure for thermoelectric applications

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Hayati Mamur¹  Omer Faruk Dilmac²  Haluk Korucu²  Mohammad Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan³ 

[1] Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University;Department of Chemical Engineering, Cankiri Karatekin University;Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University

关键词: X-ray diffraction;    X-ray chemical analysis;    aggregation;    atomic force microscopy;    stoichiometry;    transmission electron microscopy;    bismuth compounds;    nanofabrication;    powders;    scanning electron microscopy;    semiconductor growth;    nanostructured materials;    crystal growth from solution;    crystal structure;    semiconductor materials;    bismuth telluride nanostructure;    thermoelectric applications;    cost-effective chemical solution process;    metal solutions;    tellurium dioxide;    room temperature;    hydrodynamic atmosphere;    sodium hydroxide;    X-ray diffraction;    atomic force microscopy;    transverse electron microscopy;    average crystalline size;    AFM studies;    stoichiometric atomic ratio;    chemical solution synthesis;    energy dispersive X-ray;    primary crystalline size;    size 23.0 nm;    Bi2Te3;   

DOI  :  10.1049/mnl.2018.0116

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory autoimmune disease of unidentified etiology, associated with articular, extra-articular and systemic manifestation that require long-standing treatment. Taking patient’s beliefs about the prescribed medication in consideration had been shown to be an essential factor that affects adherence of the patient in whom having positive beliefs is an essential for better adherence. The purpose of the current study was to measure beliefs about medicines among a sample of Iraqi patients with Rheumatoid arthritis and to determine possible association between this belief and some patient-certain factors. This study is a cross-sectional study carried out on 250 already diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients who attended to Baghdad Teaching Hospital/Medical City/Rheumatology department. The mean age of the patients was (50.8 ± 13.1 years). Belief about medicines was measured via the Arabic version of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire. The majority of the patients (88%) had strong beliefs in the necessity of treatment (specific-necessity score greater than specific-concern). There was a significant direct correlation between age, male gender, number of other chronic disease, disease activity score 28 and clinical disease activity index with specific necessity, and direct correlation between clinical disease activity index with specific concern. Future studies should investigate how interventional approaches addressing these predictors may lead to improve beliefs about medicines among rheumatoid arthritis patients and their impression on disease control.

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