High performance polyurethane dispersion synthesized from plant oil renewable resources : a challenge in the green materials by Gurunathan, Thangavel, Arukula, Ravi

“…Thus, the overall results forward the synthesized HBWPU as a potent sustainable and eco-friendly polymeric material by a simple approach that possesses a higher degree of sustainability over a purely petrochemical route.…”
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Thermal uniformity analysis of a hybrid battery pack using integrated phase change material, metal foam, and counterflow minichannels by Najafi Khaboshan, Hasan, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Ramasamy, Devarajan, Talele, Virendra, Zhao, Peng, Tyagi, Harsh, Miljkovic, Nenad

“…Under both fast discharging and real driving conditions, the first design with pure PCM provides uniform heat distribution within batteries but fails to maintain the maximum battery temperature within the optimal range. …”
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Atomic physics on a 50-nm scale: Realization of a bilayer system of dipolar atoms by Du, Li, Barral, Pierre, Cantara, Michael, de Hond, Julius, Lu, Yu-Kun, Ketterle, Wolfgang

“…For two atoms in optical tweezers, this should enable purely magnetic dipolar gates with kilohertz speed.…”
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Fixed-end slab parametric study and sandwich and steel panels quasi static and impact tests by Del Linz, Paolo, Fung, Tat Ching, Lee, Chi King, Yu, Qingjun

“…Following this, the behavior of the sandwich and purely steel panels was studied further, repeating the quasi static tests performed on them in the past with a higher loading limit. …”
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Topological transitions with an imaginary Aubry-André-Harper potential by Zhu, Bofeng, Lang, Li-Jun, Wang, Qiang, Wang, Qi Jie, Chong, Yidong

“…Such lattices can host edge states with purely imaginary eigenenergies, which differ from the edge states of the Hermitian AAH model and are stabilized by a non-Hermitian particle-hole symmetry. …”
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Low temperature synthesis of sub-micrometer yttria-doped barium zirconate thin films by modified chemical solution deposition technique by Biswas, Mridula, Xie, Hanlin, Su, Pei-Chen

“…Yttria-doped barium zirconate (BZY) electrolyte films with submicrometer thickness were prepared using a modified chemical solution deposition (CSD) technique at very low sintering temperature of 800°C without sintering aid. Pure perovskite BZY phase without barium carbonate associated with low calcination temperature was successfully obtained with no obvious barium (Ba) evaporation to deviate the stoichiometry composition. …”
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Interfacial effects revealed by ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers by Springer, Daniel, Nair, Saritha K., He, Mi, Lu, Cheng Liang, Cheong, Siew Ann, Wu, Tom, Panagopoulos, Christos, Chia, Elbert E. M., Zhu, Jian-Xin

“…The temperature dependence of the relaxation dynamics in the bilayer thin film heterostructure composed of multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) and superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) grown on a (001) SrTiO3 substrate is studied by a time-resolved pump-probe technique, and compared with that of pure YBCO thin film grown under the same growth conditions. …”
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Probabilistic guided exploration for reinforcement learning in self-organizing neural networks by Wang, Peng, Zhou, Weigui Jair, Wang, Di, Tan, Ah-Hwee

“…However, many reinforcement learning mechanisms still adopt simple exploration strategies, which select actions in a pure random manner among all the feasible actions. …”
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Using 3D deformable template trellis to describe the movement of the lip by Foo, Say Wei, Yong, Lian, Liang, Dong

“…It is proven with many experiments that even small effort is made toward the incorporation of visual signal, the performance of a speech recognizer is improved compared with a purely acoustic recognizer. Such enhancement effect is especially prominent under noisy environment such as in bus station, airport, office and stock market. …”
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Interfacial engineering of nickel/vanadium based two-dimensional layered double hydroxide for solid-state hydrogen storage in MgH₂ by Gao, Dongqiang, Zhang, Liuting, Song, Mengchen, Wu, Fuying, Wang, Jiao, Zhao, Hu, Li, Hong

“…The completely dehydrogenated MgH2 + 7 wt% Ni/V2O3 charged 5.25 wt% H2 in 20 min at 125 °C, while the hydrogen absorption capacity of pure MgH2 only amounted to 4.82 wt% H2 at a higher temperature of 200 °C for a longer time of 60 min. …”
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Synthesis of noble metal-based nanocomposites for enhanced catalytic performance by Liu, Ye

“…Owing to the synergistic effect between the photothermal effect of Pd and the light-harvesting ability of the porphyrinic MOF Cu-TCPP, the composite exhibits superior catalytic performance than pure Pd NSs in the photo-oxidation of benzyl alcohol under high light irradiation intensity. …”
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Ideal houses : a visual research case study on factors that define a house. by Loh, Li Ying.

“…Participants were asked to suggest, in words and images, an ideal house. Purely imaginative and autonomous, these immaterial domains suggest emotional values and constructional factors that are both current and personal. …”
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Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Among the constitutional predictors of cabinet proportionality, we find that pure presidentialism is a major outlier, with an exaggerated form of formateur advantage. …”

Three-dimensional structure of human β-defensin 28 via homology modelling and molecular dynamics by Kwak, Sang Kyu, Chen, Wenwen, Tay, Derrick Kok Sing, Leong, Susanna Su Jan

“…With known high-resolution structures of HBD-2 and -3, single- and multiple-template sequence alignments are applied to find highly probable candidates for HBD-28, which are in turn refined through MD simulations in pure water and 50% trifluoroethanol/water mixture. …”
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GPS/odometry/map fusion for vehicle positioning using potential function by Jiang, Rui, Yang, Shuai, Ge, Shuzhi Sam, Liu, Xiaomei, Wang, Han, Lee, Tong Heng

“…Experiments under realistic conditions have been conducted to validate the satisfactory positioning accuracy and robustness compared to pure visual odometry and map matching methods.…”
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Synthesis resolution of 3,4,3'4'-tetramethoxyl-1,1'-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobisisoquinoline and application in asymmetric alkylation reactions by Almeida Hazel Virgilia Ann

“…The resulting racemic compound was resolved using (S)-(+)-α-methylbenzyl isocyanate as the resolving agent. A pure diastreomer was obtained through recrystallization in ethanol the diastereomer was then alcoholised under sodium butoxide to give the desired biiisisoquinoline.…”
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Beyond quantum dot LEDs : optical gain and laser action in red, green, and blue colors by Dang, Cuong, Nurmikko, Arto

“…State-of-the-art colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) exhibit excellent properties as pure color red, green, and blue (RGB) phosphors for light-emitting applications ranging from solid-state lighting to flat panel displays. …”
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Effect of annealing on microstructure evolution and mechanical property of cold forged magnesium pipes by Lu, Liwei, Liu, Tianmo, Tan, Ming-Jen, Chen, Jian, Wang, Zhongchang

“…Microstructure evolution of pure Mg pipes forged at room temperature during annealing is investigated by electron backscatter diffraction with special focus on the textures and static recrystallization (SRX) mechanism. …”
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The Survey Method : The Contribution of Surveys to Sociological Explanation / by Marsh, Catherine, author 192668

“…The Survey Method is neither a pure defence of surveys nor a text-book on how to do them. …”

Attack strategies in birds of prey by Brighton, C

“…Harris’ hawks were found to use this guidance law in its simplest case with an <em>N</em> of approximately 1. This amounts to a pure pursuit course, meaning the bird maintains a heading angle of zero at all times (its velocity vector points at the target). …”