Experimental investigation on the effect of masked multiple passes abrasive waterjet machining surface texturing on coefficient of friction by Hafiz, Husin, Mohd Nazir, Mat Nawi, Asmelash, Mebrahitom Asmelash, Kushendarsyah, Saptaji, Azmir, Azhari

“…According to the findings, there is less friction in craters with greater densities because there are more craters in the contact zone, which improves the trapping of debris particles and reduces friction, when the crater density rises from 4% to 18%, there is a greater chance of worn debris becoming trapped, which reduces friction. …”
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Development of a perfusable, hierarchical microvasculature-on-a-chip model by Chen, Sophia W., Blazeski, Adriana, Zhang, Shun, Shelton, Sarah E., Offeddu, Giovanni S., Kamm, Roger D.

“…Circulating cells were found to arrest in areas conducive to physical trapping or areas with the least amount of shear stress, consistent with hemodynamic or mechanical theories of metastasis. …”
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS_2) as a broadband saturable absorber for ultra-fast photonics by Zhang, H, Lu, S B, Zheng, J, Du, J, Wen, S C, Tang, D Y, Loh, K P

“…To explore its potential applications in ultrafast photonics, we fabricated a passive mode locker for ytterbium-doped fibre laser by depositing few-layered MoS2 onto the end facet of optical fiber by means of an optical trapping approach. Our laser experiment shows that few-layer MoS2-based mode locker allows for the generation of stable mode-locked laser pulse, centered at 1054.3 nm, with a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 2.7 nm and a pulse duration of 800 ps. …”
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Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy growth of AlxIn1-xP alloys and its CuPt type atomic ordering by Zhao, Jing Hua

“…The experimental data agreed well with the simulation result using adsorption-trapping model. These results enableus to accurately control the Al solid composition during MOVPE growths. …”
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Probing the toxicity mechanism of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on bacteria by Hartono, Maria Regina, Kushmaro, Ariel, Chen, Xiaodong, Marks, Robert S.

“…Using a field-emission scanning electron microscope, we demonstrated that membrane damage is caused largely by MWCNTs trapping bacteria and piercing the cell walls. As a result of our observations, we propose integrating MWCNTs and bacteria degradation for pollutant removal in nutrient-rich media to minimize the toxicity effect of CNTs.…”
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An analytic approach for optimal geometrical design of GaAs nanowires for maximal light harvesting in photovoltaic cells by Wu, Dan, Tang, Xiaohong, Wang, Kai, Li, Xianqiang

“…Semiconductor nanowires(NWs) with subwavelength scale diameters have demonstrated superior light trapping features, which unravel a new pathway for low cost and high efficiency future generation solar cells. …”
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Developing a novel radical source for cold, controlled reaction studies by Wu, LY

“…The presence of a molecular precursor in a trapping-mediated process at low surface temperatures and incident energies, while suggested in theoretical studies, remains a question to be answered in future experiments.…”

Cathode material investigation towards high-performance aluminum batteries by Gong, Xuefei

“…It is due to the large electrostatic interactions between trivalent Al3+ and the framework of cathode materials, thus resulting in the destruction of the lattices of cathode materials, trapping Al3+ ions into the framework of cathode materials and hindering the subsequent Al3+ intercalation. …”
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Electrochromic smart window for modulation of infrared heat by Loke, Jie Yi

“…The improved electrochromic performance is due the existence of Nd-Mo co-dopants that restrict the trapping of Li+ ions within the α-WO3 framework. This reduces the degree of crystallization of α-WO3 layer and improves the electronic conductivity by transferring excess electrons to the conduction band of the SnO2. …”
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Geometric optimization of double layered microchannel with grooves array for enabling nanoparticle manipulation by Zhang, Boran, Wu, Wenshuai, Zhao, Qianbin, Yan, Sheng

“…Microfluidic manipulation has been widely applied in bio-chemical research and applications, including bacteria/cell/protein mixing, separation, focusing, concentration, and trapping. One of the current severe challenges of this technique is to manipulate particles smaller than micrometer scale. …”
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Neotropical understory birds and mammals show divergent behaviour responses to human pressure by Negret, Pablo Jose, Luskin, Mathew Scott, Gomez-Valencia, Bibiana, Diaz-Pulido, Angelica, Romero, Luis Hernando, Restrepo, Adriana, Zaehringer, Julie G., Jones, Kendall R., Ochoa-Quintero, Jose Manuel, Mendes, Calebe Pereira

“…Here we used information from camera trapping (367 camera stations and 16,939 camera/days) along a gradient of human pressure in the Colombian Llanos to assess diel activity changes in understory birds and mammals. …”
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Ultralow-threshold two-photon pumped amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from seeded CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures by Xing, Guichuan, Liao, Yile, Wu, Xiangyang, Chakrabortty, Sabyasachi, Liu, Xinfeng, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee, Sum, Tze Chien, Chan, Yinthai

“…Ultrafast optical spectroscopy verified that while the Auger processes in these heterostructures are indeed suppressed, ASE in these samples could also be strongly affected by a fast hole trapping process to the NR surface states. Lastly, to exemplify the potential of these seeded CdSe/CdS nanodot/nanorod heterostructures as a viable gain media for achieving two-photon lasing, a highly photostable microsphere laser with an ultralow pump threshold is showcased.…”
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An atomtronic experimental setup for engineering quantised circulations by Gan, Koon Siang

“…It is composed of two independent 532nm traps which provide strong vertical confinement to study 2D physics, and lateral trapping that can create highly tunable arbitrary traps. …”
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Carbene-catalyzed direct O-functionalization of ketone: atroposelective access to non-C₂-symmetric binaphthyls by Mondal, Bivas, Chen, Hang, Maiti, Rakesh, Wang, Hongling, Cai, Hui, Mou, Chengli, Hao, Lin, Chai, Huifang, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…Disclosed here is NHC-catalyzed direct intermolecular trapping of the ketone oxygen atom with the acyl azolium intermediate. …”
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Microfluidic studies on flow manipulation to assist metastasis research by Tran, Duc Quang

“…In this work, we devise a novel hydrodynamic mechanism to sequentially trap and isolate floating cells in biosamples. We develop a microfluidic device for the sequential isolation of floating cancer cells through a series of microsieves to obtain up to 100% trapping yield and >95% sequential isolation efficiency. …”
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Chlorine and NaCl in hydrous basaltic melts by Rusiecka, MK, Wood, BJ

“…Finally, measurements of the compositions of melt inclusions from Etna were used to calculate the activities of NaCl in the inclusions and the salinities of fluids with which the inclusions would be in equilibrium. From the trapping pressures of the inclusions and their compositions we find that decompression from 500 MPa to ∼50 MPa is accompanied, in this case, by a salinity increase from <1 wt% NaCl to ∼50 % NaCl.…”

Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…Firstly, the Singapore authority must curb her inflation rate by capping the WPI to an appropriate level. She can focus her sight on productivity, wage restraint and cut down the cost of production via shifting production capacity to countries of lower unit labour cost. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Sng, Joseph Ding Wen

“…Nowadays Si nanostructures are commonly introduced into Si solar cells to minimize light reflection, enhance light trapping and increase optical absorption. In this work, besides planar Si, we have deposited the TMOs on nanostructured Si to assess the effectiveness of the TMO serving as a passivation layer on the defective nanostructured Si surface. …”
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Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid on (002) facets exposed WO3 nanosheets by Xiao, Yonghao, Wang, Mengran, Liu, Dong, Gao, Jiajian, Ding, Jie, Wang, Huan, Yang, Hong Bin, Li, Fuhua, Chen, Mengxin, Xu, Yangsen, Xu, Danyun, Zhang, Yun-Xiao, Fang, Shaofan, Ao, Xin, Wang, Jingyu, Su, Chenliang, Liu, Bin

“…Compared to (200) facets exposed WO3 , a combination of experiments and theoretical calculations indicates that the superior performance of selective glycerol oxidation mainly originates from the better charge separation and prolonged carrier lifetime resulted from the plenty of surface trapping states, lower energy barrier of the glycerol-to-GLYA reaction pathway, more abundant active sites and stronger oxidative ability of photogenerated holes on the (002) facets exposed WO3 . …”
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Spin-ice physics and phase transitions in cadmium cyanide by Coates, CS

“…At least two phase transitions are identied at low pressure, kinetic trapping is observed and the extreme compressibility shown to be a function of cyanide reorientation and ice-like coordination. …”