Role of ex-situ HfO2 passivation to improve device performance and suppress X-ray-induced degradation characteristics of in-situ Si3N4/AlN/GaN MIS-HEMTs by Dalapati, Pradip, Li, Hanchao, Arulkumaran, Subramaniam, Ng, Geok Ing

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Survey of healthcare-associated sink infrastructure, and sink trap antibiotic residues and biochemistry, in 29 UK hospitals by Rodger, G, Chau, K, Aranega Bou, P, Moore, G, Roohi, A, The SinkBug Consortium, Walker, AS, Stoesser, N

“…Antibiotics and chemicals in sink traps can select for pathogens and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”

Suppressed deep traps and bandgap fluctuations in Cu2CdSnS4 solar cells with ≈8% efficiency by Hadke, Shreyash, Levcenko, Sergiu, Gautam, Gopalakrishnan Sai, Hages, Charles J., Márquez, José A., Izquierdo-Roca, Victor, Carter, Emily A., Unold, Thomas, Wong, Lydia Helena

“…In this paper, the performance-limiting role of deep-trap-level-inducing 2CuZn+SnZn defect clusters is revealed by comparing the defect formation energies and optoelectronic characteristics of Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2CdSnS4. …”
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Modeling and predicting the beam properties from grating structures using deep neural network by Lim, Yu Dian, Zhao, Peng, Guidoni, Luca, Likforman, Jean-Pierre, Tan, Chuan Seng

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Hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based multifunctional optical system for trapping, position sensing, and detection of fluorescent particles by Shinoj, Vengalathunadakal Kuttinarayanan, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham

“…This multifunctional optical system for trapping, position sensing, and fluorescent detection is designed such that a near-IR laser light is used to create an optical trap across a liquid-filled HC-PCF, and a 473 nm laser is employed as a source for fluorescence excitation. …”
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Combining detection dogs and camera traps improves minimally-invasive population monitoring for the cheetah, an elusive and rare large carnivore by Verschueren, S, Hofmann, T, Schmidt-Küntzel, A, Kakove, M, Munyandi, B, Bauer, H, Balkenhol, N, Leirs, H, Neumann, S, Cristescu, B, Marker, L

“…The detection probability (p) of cheetahs with one camera trap station per sampling unit placed at roads was low (p = 0.167), but increased for camera traps placed at marking sites that were identified through the detection dog survey (p = 0.244), and in particular when multiple camera trap stations were placed per sampling unit and detections were pooled across stations (p = 0.348 - 0.750). …”

First cycle voltage hysteresis in Li-rich 3d cathodes associated with molecular O2 trapped in the bulk by House, RA, Rees, G, Perez-Osorio, M, Marie, J-J, Boivin, E, Robertson, A, Nag, A, Garcia-Fernandez, M, Zhou, K-J, Bruce, P

“…The implication is that O2, trapped in the bulk and lost from the surface, can explain O-redox.…”

The function of pitching in Beetle's flight revealed by insect-wearable backpack by Fu, Fang, Li, Yao, Wang, Haitong, Li, Bing, Sato, Hirotaka

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Supporting data - first cycle voltage hysteresis in Li-rich 3d cathodes associated with molecular O2 trapped in the bulk by Bruce, P

Alteration of gate-oxide trap capture/emission time constants by channel hot-carrier effect in the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor by Ju, Xin, Ang, Diing Shenp

“…A reversion of the altered trap time constant to the value before the CHC-stress is also observed, but the period varies significantly for different traps (from several hours to months). …”
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Evolution of an ultracold gas in a non-Abelian gauge field: finite temperature effect by Hasan, Mehedi, Madasu, Chetan Sriram, Rathod, Ketan Damji, Kwong, Chang Chi, Wilkowski David

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Effect of OFF-state stress induced electric field on trapping in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors on Si (111) by Anand, M. J., Ng, G. I., Arulkumaran, S., Manoj Kumar, C. M., Ranjan, K., Vicknesh, S., Foo, S. C., Syamal, B., Zhou, X.

“…The influence of EF on trapping was also verified by Silvaco TCAD simulations.…”
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Dragonfly (Sympetrum flaveolum) flight : kinematic measurement and modelling by Chen, Y. H., Martin, Skote., Zhao, Y., Huang, W. M.

“…The kinematics of the flapping hindwing of the dragonfly Sympetrum flaveolum is investigated. …”
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Aerodynamics of unconventional airfoils by Ng, Bing Feng.

“…Static LEVs are stationary vortices trapped over the top surface of an airfoil. As such, it will be shown here that static LEVs can be created and trapped through the use of cavities. …”
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Soft actuators and their fabrication for bio-inspired mobile robots by Lau, Gih-Keong, Low, Sze-Shien, Chin, Yao-Wei, Heng, Kim-Rui

“…Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA), which are capable of muscle-like actuation, have potential to drive insect-inspired flapping-wing robotfly. They have not been successfully used to drive flapping wings due to various limitations. …”
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Design and fabrication of piezoelectrically driven wing flapper by Xu, WeiQuan.

“…This study focused on reproducing the flapping mechanism observed in insect flight using piezoelectric material as its driving mechanism. …”
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Butterfly-like micro air vehicle by Yang, Xiaobin

“…Butterfly cannot hover, but it has unique aerodynamic characteristics such as undulating body motion and low wing loading. Development of flapping wing micro air vehicle is mainly focus on the hovering birds and inserts. …”
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Investigation of the effects of wing membrane slackness on thrust generation by Chua, Jasper Dong Qiu

“…In this experiment, the author aims to recreate this phenomenon, creating wings of varying slackness in an attempt to study if this phenomenon is a viable form a wing control for flapping wing micro-aerial vehicles (MAV).…”
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Natural avian inspired ornithopter UAV by Kaung, Ko Ko

“…Therefore, in this final year project, the product development will encompass studying and analyzing several bird species, mainly their flight dynamics and followed by engineering flexible flapping wing platforms which produce both thrust and lift by nature inspired movement of the birds’ wings in different flight phases, namely flapping, gliding and maneuvering. …”
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Design and development of composite structure for a micro-UAV by Loke, Jun Jie.

“…This report describes the design process and fabrication of a composite fuselage for a 2kg class micro-UAV which is propelled by flapping wings. It begins with the comparison and selection of fabrication process. …”
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