Bloopers and backstage talk on TV cooking shows by Matwick, Keri, Matwick, Kelsi

“…Television instructional cooking shows provide a platform for discussion around the performance of self, with bloopers and backstage scenes revealing the best qualities of the celebrity chef’s personality despite the risk of face loss. …”
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Deposition, characterization and optimization of zinc oxide thin film for piezoelectric cantilevers by Wang, Peihong, Du, Hejun, Shen, Shengnan, Zhang, Mingsheng, Liu, Bo

“…The transverse piezoelectric constant d31 of the ZnO thin film deposited under best conditions is calculated as −3.21 pC/N by the LDV data. …”
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An experimental investigation of single droplet impact cooling on hot enhanced surfaces fabricated by selective laser melting by Wang, X.W., Ho, Jin Yao, Leong, Kai Choong

“…For the Low density and the Globe surfaces (cylindrical + clavate), the droplets could be trapped on the fin surfaces which enhanced cooling. A combination of film boiling and nucleate boiling was observed on the Low density, the Clavate fins and the Globe fin surfaces. …”
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Liposome-integrated seawater reverse osmosis membrane prepared via facile spray-assisted interfacial polymerization by Lai, Gwo Sung, Zhao, Yali, Wang, Rong

“…In this work, we demonstrated the effectiveness of using spray-assisted interfacial polymerization (IP) technique in fabricating liposome-integrated thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO). …”
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Incorporating ionic carbon dots in polyamide nanofiltration membranes for high perm-selectivity and antifouling performance by Zheng, Han, Mou, Zihao, Lim, Yu Jie, Liu, Bo, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Wang, Zhou, Kun

“…In particular, the creation of negatively charged nanovoids enables the TFN-PS-CDs membrane to achieve one of the best performances among the recently reported nanofiltration membranes, by showing a nearly tripled pure water permeability of 30.9 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 as well as a higher Na2SO4 rejection rate of 99.4% than the membrane with a pristine polyamide selective layer. …”
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Stable, high-sensitivity and fast-response photodetectors based on lead-free Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite films by Yang, Jie, Bao, Chunxiong, Ning, Weihua, Wu, Bo, Ji, Fuxiang, Yan, Zhibo, Tao, Youtian, Liu, Jun-Ming, Sum, Tze Chien, Bai, Sai, Wang, Jianpu, Huang, Wei, Zhang, Wenjing, Gao, Feng

“…In this work, the first highly sensitive and fast-response lead-free perovskite photodetectors based on Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite films are demonstrated. A convenient solution method is developed to deposit high-quality Cs2AgBiBr6 film with large grain sizes, low trap densities, and long charge carrier lifetimes. …”
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Silane-catalysed fast growth of large single-crystalline graphene on hexagonal boron nitride by Tang, Shujie, Wang, Haomin, Wang, Hui Shan, Sun, Qiujuan, Zhang, Xiuyun, Cong, Chunxiao, Xie, Hong, Liu, Xiaoyu, Zhou, Xiaohao, Huang, Fuqiang, Chen, Xiaoshuang, Yu, Ting, Ding, Feng, Xie, Xiaoming, Jiang, Mianheng

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Synthesis and mechanism study of temperature- and salt-resistant amphoteric polyacrylamide with MAPTAC and DTAB as monomers by Sui, Yu, Cao, Guangsheng, Guo, Tianyue, Zhang, Zihang, Zhang, Zhiqiu, Xiao, Zhongmin

“…The polymer was characterized by infrared spectroscopy and viscosity-average molecular weight, and the temperature resistance, rheology, salt resistance and shear resistance of the polymer solution were compared, and the mechanism was analyzed. The results show that the viscosity of GTY−2 is 181.52 mPa·s, and the viscosity loss rate is 56.89% at 180 °C and 100 s−1, and its temperature resistance is the best. …”
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Thermal design optimization of evaporator micropillar wicks by Somasundaram, Sivanand, Zhu, Yangying, Lu, Zhengmao, Adera, Solomon, Bin, He, Mengyao, Wei, Tan, Chuan Seng, Wang, Evelyn N.

“…In this work, we developed a comprehensive model that considers both aspects to provide design guidelines for evaporator micropillar wicks. We show that capillary limited heat dissipation is best captured with a recently developed numerical model as compared to previous analytical models. …”
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Rational design of amphiphilic peptides and its effect on antifouling performance by Gaw, Sheng Long, Sakala, Gowripriya, Nir, Sivan, Saha, Abhijit, Xu, Zhichuan J., Lee, Pooi See, Reches, Meital

“…We have judiciously tailored the peptide configurations to achieve the best antifouling performance by (i) positioning the amino acid lysine adjacent to the DOPA moiety in the linear peptide chain for better adhesion, (ii) having a linear fluorinated N-terminal to improve the packing density of the film by straightening the peptide chain, and (iii) placing DOPA at the C-terminal. …”
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Ultrasonic welding of novel carbon/Elium® thermoplastic composites with flat and integrated energy directors : lap shear characterisation and fractographic investigation by Bhudolia, Somen K., Gohel, Goram, Kantipudi, Jayaram, Leong, Kah Fai, Jr., Robert J. Barsotti

“…The ED integrated configuration showed the best welding results with a lap shear strength of 18.68 MPa. …”
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Elastic properties of 2D ultrathin tungsten nitride crystals grown by chemical vapor deposition by Wang, Hong, Sandoz-Rosado, Emil J., Tsang, Siu Hon, Lin, Jinjun, Zhu, Minmin, Mallick, Govind, Liu, Zheng, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong

“…The stiffness of ultrathin WN is investigated by atomic force microscopy–based nanoindentation with the film suspended on circular holes. The 3D Young's modulus of few-layer (4.5 nm thick or more) WN is determined to be 3.9 × 102 ± 1.6 × 102 GPa, which is comparable with the best experimental reported values in the 2D family except graphene and hexagonal boron nitride. …”
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Controllable solution-phase epitaxial growth of Q1D Sb₂(S,Se)₃/CdS heterojunction solar cell with 9.2% efficiency by Jin, Xin, Fang, Yanan, Salim, Teddy, Feng, Minjun, Yuan, Zhengtian, Hadke, Shreyash, Sum, Tze Chien, Wong, Lydia Helena

“…The crystallographic orientation relationship between Sb2 (S,Se)3 light absorber and the CdS substrate has been rigorously investigated. The best performing Sb2 (S,Se)3 solar cell shows a high power conversion efficiency of 9.2% owing to the faster charge transport in the bulk and the efficient charge extraction across the heterojunction. …”
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Direct inkjet-patterning of energy efficient flexible electrochromics by Cai, Guofa, Cheng, Xing, Layani, Michael, Tan, Alvin Wei Ming, Li, Shaohui, Eh, Alice Lee-Sie, Gao, Dace, Magdassi, Shlomo, Lee, Pooi See

“…The printed electrochromics films on PEDOT:PSS/Ag grid/PET showed the best electrochemical stability, in agreement with its superior conductivity and transmittance at 633 nm of 0.6 Ω/sq and 66%, respectively. …”
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Impact of pilot-scale PSF substrate surface and pore structural properties on tailoring seawater reverse osmosis membrane performance by Zhao, Yali, Lai, Gwo Sung, Wang, Yi-Ning, Li, Can, Wang, Rong

“…Recent research pays much attention to the correlations between structural properties of porous substrate and the separation performance of polyamide (PA) thin film composite (TFC) membrane prepared by interfacial polymerization (IP). …”
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Efficient bandgap widening in co-evaporated MAPbI₃ perovskite by Dewi, Herlina Arianita, Li, Jia, Erdenebileg, Enkhtur, Wang, Hao, De Bastiani, Michele, De Wolf, Stefaan, Mathews, Nripan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Bruno, Annalisa

“…In this work, we propose a facile method to increase the bandgap of co-evaporated MAPbI3 (∼1.60 eV) through a MABr-based treatment. The best MABr-treated perovskite composition films show a bandgap of 1.66 eV (MAPb(Br0.18I0.82)3) and exhibit good spectral stability under continuous 1-sun illumination at the ambient conditions of 28 °C and 70% relative humidity. …”
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Index-tunable anti-reflection coatings : maximizing solar modulation ability for vanadium dioxide-based smart thermochromic glazing by Liu, Chang, Wang, Shancheng, Zhou, Yang, Yang, Haibo, Lu, Qi, Magdassi, Shlomo, Tay, Chor Yong, Long, Yi

“…We showed that the best performing coatings could maximize ΔTsol (from 15.7% to 18.9%) and increase Tlum(avg) (from 39% to 44%) simultaneously, which surpasses the current bench-mark specifications ever reported for ARC-coated VO2 smart glazing. …”
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Tuning photovoltaic performance of perovskite nickelates heterostructures by changing the a‑site rare-earth element by Chang, Lei, Wang, Le, You, Lu, Yang, Zhenzhong, Abdelsamie, Amr, Zhang, Qinghua, Zhou, Yang, Gu, Lin, Chambers, Scott A., Wang, Junling

“…By integrating RNiO3 thin films with Nb-doped SrTiO3 (NSTO), p-n heterojunction photovoltaic cells have been prepared and their performance has been investigated. …”
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