Fast-rising population and economic growth are inducing a rapid increase in the energy
demand. To date, fossil fuels constitute the primary energy source, but their combustion emits …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are widely used for biomedical applications due to unique optical
properties, established synthesis methods, and biological compatibility. Despite important …

A modified two-flux approximation is suggested for calculating the hemispherical
transmittance and reflectance of a refracting, absorbing, and scattering medium in the case of …

Plasmonic gold nanostructures are a prevalent tool in modern hypersensitive analytical
techniques such as photoablation, bioimaging, and biosensing. Recent studies have shown that …

An improved method used to determine the absorption and scattering characteristics of a
weakly absorbing substance containing bubbles is suggested. The identification procedure is …

This contribution presents a new Ray-tracing method for calculating effective radiative
properties of densely packed spheres in non-absorbing or semitransparent host medium. The …

A new approach to calculate the solar radiation transfer in absorbing and scattering snow
and the resulting heating and possible partial melting of snow is suggested. The propagation …

Heat conduction in submicron crystalline materials can be well modeled by the Boltzmann
transport equation (BTE). The Monte Carlo method is effective in computing the solution of the …

A two-step approximate analytical solution for the normal emittance of a plane layer of an
absorbing, scattering and refracting medium is derived analytically. The analysis is based on …

The effects of microstructure on the thermal conductivity of open-cell structures are investigated
using a numerical approach. They include sample size, cell arrangement, and non-…