Novel electrochromic materials of PANI-TiO2 hybrid by Phua, Si Lei.

“…In order to improve its electrochromic contrast, we has successfully prepared PANI-TiO2 hybrids in which inorganic metal oxide was covalently bonded to aniline groups on the macromolecular chains. …”
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Integrated 3D inductors by Ong, Shi Qi

“…At present, these characteristics cannot be achieved simultaneously using conventional inductor technologies, whether they are discrete, on-chip, or in-package (e.g. using bonding-wires). This project aims to develop a new methodology for implementing inductors by embedding them within the printed circuit board (PCB). …”
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Ir and Rh complexes of under-explored n-heterocyclic carbenes : synthesis, mechanism, dynamics and catalysis by Song, Guoyong

“…Chapter 3 describes the synthesis of iridium and rhodium complexes stabilized by 2-methyleneimidazoline ligands via highly selective intramolecular activation of 2-methyl C-H vs C4/5-H bonds of the imidazolium moieties with the chelation assistance of phosphine ligands. …”
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Property prediction of bio‐derived block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers using graph kernel methods by Williams, CK, Petersen, SR, Marzagão, DK, Gregory, GL, Huang, Y, Clifton, DA, Siviour, CR

“…The Graphs explicitly encode the entire copolymer of atoms and bonds such that the sequencing of chemical features and polymer chain length are included, alongside relevant stereochemical information. …”

Evaluating the impacts of lease decay on condominiums in Singapore: Bala's table revisited by Aw, Vernice Ming Hui, Yap, Cassandra Pin Xuan, Yap, Jun Hean

“…This paper attempts to analyse the effects of lease decay on freehold and leasehold non-landed private properties, referred to as condominiums in this paper using data covered from the period 1995 Q1 to 2023 Q3, as well as to investigate the relevancy and accuracy of the Bala’s Table in reflecting the lease decay of condominiums in Singapore at present. …”
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Design and development of composite structure for a micro-UAV by Loke, Jun Jie.

“…Following, the expected loads for the 2kg micro-UAV are determined to be 62.44N during flight and 392.4N at the point of landing. These loads form part of the design requirements.The initial design concept (Design 1) involves a simple structure to house the flapping wings and the required payload. …”
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Unpacking the progression of climate uncertainty into precarity in the urban context of drylands: the case of floods in Lodwar, Turkana by Korzenevica, M, Ewoton, P, Dyer, E, Ngikadelio, M, Ong’ao Ng’asike, P

“…This paper discusses an emerging conceptual nexus of uncertainty and precarity, using the example of flood disaster governance in Lodwar, a small yet rapidly growing urban centre in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya. The paper is grounded within feminist political ecology and is based on multiple predominantly qualitative research methods, mainly semi-structured interviews. …”

Water-resonator-based metasurface : an ultrabroadband and near-unity absorption by Song, Qinghua, Zhang, Wu, Wu, Pin Chieh, Zhu, Weiming, Shen, Zhong Xiang, Chong, Peter Han Joo, Liang, Qing Xuan, Yang, Zhen Chuan, Hao, Yi Long, Cai, Hong, Zhou, Hai Feng, Gu, Yuandong, Lo, Guo-Qiang, Tsai, Din Ping, Bourouina, Tarik, Leprince-Wang, Yamin, Liu, Ai-Qun

“…Here, for the first time, this study demonstrates a soft water-resonator-based metasurface, which functions as an active absorbing material across an ultrabroadband range of Ku, K, and Ka bands. Distinct from conventional metallic metasurface, the water-resonator-based metasurface absorbs the microwave by dielectric magnetic resonance and periodic grating effect, which has a perfect absorptivity of ≈99% and an absorption bandwidth (absorptivity higher than 90%) that covers 78.9% of the central frequency. …”
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Tensor-based angle estimation approach for strictly noncircular sources with unknown mutual coupling in bistatic MIMO radar by Guo, Yuehao, Wang, Xianpeng, Wang, Wensi, Huang, Mengxing, Shen, Chong, Cao, Chunjie, Bi, Guoan

“…In the proposed method, making use of the banded symmetric Toeplitz structure of the mutual coupling matrix, the influence of the unknown mutual coupling is removed in the tensor domain. …”
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Nanostructured metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers with ligand tailoring for superior rechargeable energy storage by Xie, Jian, Cheng, Xue-Feng, Cao, Xun, He, Jing-Hui, Guo, Wei, Li, Dong-Sheng, Xu, Zhichuan Jason, Huang, Yizhong, Lu, Jian-Mei, Zhang, Qichun

“…Although recent studies heavily focus on the tailoring of metal centers in the complexes to achieve stable electrochemical performance, the effect on different substitutions of the bridging bonds has rarely been studied. An innovative tailoring strategy is presented toward the enhancement of the capacity storage and the stability of metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers. …”
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Project Management in the Construction Industry : From Concept to Completion / by Mubarak, Saleh A., author 451381, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Written by a longtime professional and author with diversified and international experience in academia and industry, Project Management in the Construction Industry covers sample topics such as: Project life cycle and organization, covering why and how projects are initiated and pure project versus functional management; Scope management, covering the decision making process, scope creep versus progressive elaboration, and cost of change versus time; The planning phase, covering delivery methods and contract types, priorities, feasibility studies, and the “go” decision; Project budgeting, financing, and cost management, covering direct versus indirect cost, classes and purposes of estimates, bonds and insurance, and the CSI MasterFormat. Using a project management approach customized to fit the construction industry specifically, Project Management in the Construction Industry is an essential learning resource on the subject for all students in project management courses and related programs of study.…”
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Bioinspired hierarchical composites by Kathirvel Periasamy

“…Tannic acid, a polyphenol sourced from plants, was chosen as the crosslinker due to its hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonding with gelatin. We crosslinked gelatin with tannic acid to achieve the self-healing property and added calcium phosphate (CaP) microplatelets to the polymer matrix. …”
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Atomic transistors beyond Moore's law by Li, Haifeng

“…Experimental methods include mechanical stripping, PDMS all-dry transfer method, wire bonding, etc. The electrical characteristics of BP-based FETs are characterized by measuring their current-voltage (IV) characteristics with packaged chip carriers and test boxes. …”
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Progressive collapse assessment of prestressed concrete beams by Lin, Haoran, Luo, Da, Li, Bing

“…To delve into the collapse mechanisms of unbonded and bonded prestressed concrete beam-column assemblies, this paper presents a parametric analysis based on a calibrated finite element method. …”
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Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…This spine-like structure of high stiffness curls longitudinally upon bonding with a pre-stretched dielectric elastomeric actuator membrane. …”
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Ratiometric fluorescence detection of ferric ion based on the nanohybrid of graphene quantum dots and semiconducting polymer nanoparticle by Liang, Chenxi

“…The interaction between functional groups attached to the surface such as amine and carboxyl groups happens because of electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding. The ratiometric fluorescence sensor system exhibits double pronounced emission peaks at 540 and 680 nm under the excitation wavelength of 470 nm and can be used for sensitive detection of ferric ions. …”
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Extractive separations of lithium isotopes with benzo-15-crown-5 and ionic liquids: a comparative study between stirred vessels and small channel contactors by Duan, C, Sun, S, Wang, H, Tarique, M, Tipper, E, Whitfield, T, Gilbert, MR, Angeli, P

“…Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations suggested that the fractionation of the Li isotopes is attributed to different vibrational frequencies of the Li-O bonds with the extractant in the organic solution and with water. …”

Unveiling the chirality of the quantum anomalous Hall effect by Chen, Hongyu, Jin, Yuanjun, Mohammad Yahyavi, Belopolski, Ilya, Shao, Sen, Hou, Tao, Wang, Naizhou, Hsu, Chia-Hsiu, Zhao, Yilin, Yang, Bo, Ma, Qiong, Yin, Jia-Xin, Xu, Su-Yang, Gao, Weibo, Chang, Guoqing

“…Here, for the electronic structures of intrinsic QAHE systems, we show that the local Berry curvature is linked with the angular-momentum difference lδz of the inverted bands. In the presence of rotation symmetries, the value of lδz will be quantized and set as the Chern number. …”
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MolScribe: Robust Molecular Structure Recognition with Image-to-Graph Generation by Qian, Yujie, Guo, Jiang, Tu, Zhengkai, Li, Zhening, Coley, Connor W, Barzilay, Regina

“…In this paper, we propose MolScribe, a novel image-to-graph generation model that explicitly predicts atoms and bonds, along with their geometric layouts, to construct the molecular structure. …”
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Dialogism and monologism : a study of modernity and postcolonialism in Jean Marie Gustave Clézio's Oeuvre. by Kwa, Brennan Yiew Khoon.

“…The second chapter will explore the monological aspect of colonialism as it subjugates and colonizes lands and people under the justification of progress and civilization. …”
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