Low-temperature specific heat capacity of water-ammonia mixtures down to the eutectic by Chua, Bing Hong, Gloesener, Elodie, Choukroun, Mathieu, Vu, Tuan H., Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Journaux, Baptiste, Styczinski, Marshall J., Vance, Steven D.

“…Cp measurements of the liquid were also obtained in the partial melting domain between the eutectic and liquidus. …”
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Multilevel mechanisms driving intraplate volcanism in Central Mongolia revealed by adjoint waveform tomography of receiver function and ambient noise data by Xu, Mijian, Wang, Kai, Chen, Jing, He, Jing, Liu, Qinya, Liu, Yiduo, Huang, Zhouchuan, Tong, Ping

“…The small-scale low-velocity zones in the crust and uppermost mantle reveal a crustal magma reservoir and partially molten subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Melt fraction estimation indicates low-degree partially molten crust and SCLM. …”
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Phosphate-based solid glass ceramic electrolytes for rechargeable lithium-ion/air batteries by Toh, Kang Hui.

“…Water-stable superionic lithium glass-ceramic electrolyte (GCE) system Li2O-Al2O3-GeO2-P2O5 (LAGP) was successfully prepared by melting and quenching method. A novel vitreous phase has been prepared by introducing boron oxide (B2O3), a renowned glass former in the parent LAGP system, which tends to increase the stabilization of the amorphous glass structure. …”
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Heat transfer of 3D-printed porous structure used in cold plate by Tew, Hong Boon

“…The first part of the project involved the design and fabrication of porous structures using Selective Laser Melting. Several porous designs were developed using Computer Aided Design software. …”
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Incorporating a guanidine-modified cytosine base into triplex-forming PNAs for the recognition of a C-G pyrimidine–purine inversion site of an RNA duplex by Toh, Desiree-Faye Kaixin, Devi, Gitali, Patil, Kiran M., Qu, Qiuyu, Maraswami, Manikantha, Xiao, Yunyun, Loh, Teck Peng, Zhao, Yanli, Chen, Gang

“…We demonstrated by gel electrophoresis, fluorescence and thermal melting experiments that short PNAs incorporating the modified residue show high binding affinity and sequence specificity in the recognition of an RNA duplex containing an internal inverted Watson-Crick C-G base pair. …”
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Ball with hair: modular functionalization of highly stable G-quadruplex DNA nano-scaffolds through N2-guanine modification by Lech, Christopher Jacques, Phan, Anh Tuân

“…Furthermore, these modifications stabilize the G-quadruplex scaffold by 2.0–13.3 °C per modification in the melting temperature, with concurrent modifications producing extremely stable nano-scaffolds. …”
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Parametric optimisation of heat treated recycling aluminium (AA6061) by response surface methodology by Yusuf, N. K., Ahmad, A., Lajis, M. A., Shamsudin, S., Zhong, Zhao Wei

“…At present, hot extrusion is preferred as the effective solid-state recycling process compared to the typical method of melting the swarf at high temperature. However, the ideal properties of extruded product can only be achieved through a controlled process used to alter the microstructure to impart properties which benefit the working life of a component, which also known as heat treatment process. …”
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Development and validation of multiplex real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of six bacterial pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial resistance... by Dung, TTN, Phat, VV, Vinh, C, Lan, NPH, Phuong, NLN, Ngan, LTQ, Thwaites, G, Thwaites, L, Rabaa, M, Nguyen, ATK, Duy, PT

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Here, we developed multiplex quantitative real-time PCR using EvaGreen dye and melting curve analysis to rapidly identify six major pathogens and fourteen AMR genes directly from respiratory samples. …”

Design and analysis of an Integrated Electric Mobility Flight Vehicle of the future by Wee, Marco Johann

“…This has led to the acceleration of ice melting at the poles, leading to a global sea level rise of 3.3mm per year. …”
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Investigation of remelting effects on controlling microstructure morphology in powder bed fusion by Wong, Wendell Shun Yin

“…Above 30 J/mm 3 shows grains growing beyond the melt pool and a steeper thermal gradient.…”
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Investigation on frosting and defrosting performance of superhydrophobic metal additively manufactured materials by Yew, Yun Chian

“…Building on the better anti-frosting capability of AM metal and the unique surface morphology because of the selective laser melting process, the duration of chemical etching was varied for AM metal. …”
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Coating deposition in cold spray process by Koh, Pak Keng

“…Cold spray technology is an emerging spray coating process that uses high velocity (kinetic energy) impact instead of high temperature melting (as in thermal spray) for its coating mechanism. …”
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Composite material production of nonmetallic printed circuit board waste with recycled high density polyethylene by Muniyandi, Shantha Kumari

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Experimental investigation on the performance of binary carbon-based nano-enhanced inorganic phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications by Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Johnny Koh, Siaw Paw, Pasupuleti, Jagadeesh, Pandey, A. K., Chong, Tak Yaw, Sieh, Kiong Tiong, Yusaf, Talal, Mahendran, Samykano, Sofiah, A. G. N., Laghari, Imtiaz Ali, Ahmed, Oday A., K., Kadirgama

“…The formulated binary nanocomposite's thermo-physical properties like morphological behaviour, thermal stability, chemical stability, melting enthalpy, optical performance, rate of heat transfer and thermal reliability were characterized. …”
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Enhancement of air-side heat transfer performance of additively manufactured condensers by Chan, Yi Qing

“…To experimentally investigate these structures, samples of 90 mm long, 40 mm wide, and 15 mm high with a 3.5 mm thickness base were fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) technology which is a selective laser melting (SLM) technique. Experiments were conducted on all ten samples using the mini wind tunnel setup with a centralised air compressor in Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP). …”
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Heat transfer of 3-D printed enhanced tube and fin condenser surfaces by Choke, Chong Wai

“…This project presents the heat transfer and hydraulic performances of tube and fin air-cooled condenser coils fabricated by Selective Laser Melting. Seven condenser coils with three different fin designs (plate fin, louvre fin and slit fin) and three different fin pitches (2.4 mm, 3.3 mm and 4.2 mm) were fabricated and a miniature wind tunnel was designed and constructed to perform experimental investigation on these condenser coils. …”
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Preparation and characterization of mixed matrix membranes based on PVDF and three inorganic fillers (fumed nonporous silica, zeolite 4A and mesoporous MCM-41) for gas separation by Shen, Yi., Lua, Aik Chong.

“…With the incorporation of the inorganic fillers, the thermal stability of the composite membranes was reduced with lower degradation temperature while the melting temperature and crystallizing temperature seemed to be unaffected. …”
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Nanoscale Origins of Thermal Transport Phenomena for Hybrid Layered Perovskites by Dahod, Nabeel S.

“…This analysis reveals near-room temperature melting transitions isolated to the organic component of the nanomaterials. …”
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Muscle-inspired formable wood-based phase change materials by Liu, Yifan, Lv, Zhisheng, Zhou, Jiazuo, Cui, Zequn, Li, Wenlong, Yu, Jing, Chen, Lixun, Wang, Xin, Wang, Meng, Liu, Kunyang, Wang, Hui, Ji, Xinyao, Hu, Senwei, Li, Jian, Loh, Xian Jun, Yang, Haiyue, Chen, Xiaodong, Wang, Chengyu

“…Through treatment of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) into the PVA/wood PEG gel (PEG/PVA/W) with strengthened hydrogen bonds, the resulting wood-based PCMs in the hard and melting states elevate the tensile stress from 10.14 to 80.86 MPa and the stiffness from 420 MPa to 4.8 GPa, making it 530 times stiffer than the PEG/PVA counterpart. …”
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Noble metal alloy thin films by atomic layer deposition and rapid Joule heating by Guo, Yuanyuan, Zou, Yiming, Cheng, Chunyu, Wang, Leyan, Made, Riko I., Goei, Ronn, Tan, Kwan Wee, Li, Shuzhou, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…Metal alloys are usually fabricated by melting constituent metals together or sintering metal alloy particles made by high energy ball milling (mechanical alloying). …”
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