Modelling the evolution of an ice sheet’s weathering crust by Woods, T, Hewitt, IJ

“…It grows and decays in response changing weather and climate conditions, affecting the albedo, the melt rate, and the transport of meltwater across the surface. …”

Novel shape memory materials by Wei, Jun.

“…This material is an extension of silicone based thermo-responsive shape memory hybrid (SMH) that was investigated by Ding Zhen in his PhD study and this author in the URECA project. Melt glue is added into silicone as filler to form this new SMH, named silicone-melt glue (SMG) SMH. …”
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Analysis of the role played by ligand-induced folding of the cocaine-binding aptamer in the photochrome aptamer switch assay by Shoara, Aron A., Churcher, Zachary R., Steele, Terry W. J., Johnson, Philip E.

“…Fluorescence anisotropy measurements were used to quantify the affinity of the conjugated aptamer to cocaine. We also used thermal melt analysis and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to show that the addition of the stilbene to the aptamer increases the melt temperature of the cocaine-bound structure-switching aptamer by (6.4 ± 0.3) °C compared to the unconjugated aptamer while the free form of the structure-switching aptamer-stilbene conjugate remains unfolded.…”
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Profiling the growth conditions and persistent organic pollutants (POPS) tolerance of Phenoliferia glacialis USM-PSY62 by Ain Nur Afifah Azman, Shazilah Kamaruddin, Quay, Doris Huai Xia, Farah Diba Abu Bakar, Noor Haza Fazlin Hashim, Abdul Munir Abdul Murad, Izwan Bharudin

“…This study aims to characterize the P. glacialis USM-PSY62 through the identification of the optimum growth parameters in different media (Yeast Peptone Dextrose, YPD & Yeast Malt, YM), temperature (4°C, 15°C, 20°C) and pH (6, 7, 8, 9) as well as their ability in carbon assimilation and extracellular enzyme production. …”
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Studies of seed-borne fungi of tropical pasture legume species by Nik, WZ, Parbery, DG

“…In order to isolate storage fungi, seeds were incubated on salt-malt agar. This medium was also effective in isolating pathogens which survived for long periods in seed, which suggests that such pathogens may share with storage fungi physiological characteristics which aid survival in seed. …”

Data-driven adaptive control for laser-based additive manufacturing with automatic controller tuning by Chen, Lequn, Yao, Xiling, Chew, Youxiang, Weng, Fei, Moon, Seung Ki, Bi, Guijun

“…This paper proposes a novel data-driven adaptive control strategy to adjust laser voltage with the melt pool size feedback. A multitasking controller architecture is developed to incorporate an autotuning unit that optimizes controller parameters based on the DED process data automatically. …”
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Influence of nanoclay on the morphology of polypropylene foam by Chan, Weng Wan

“…However, due to polypropylene having weak melt strength it is difficult to process due to the collapse and rupturing of cell walls. …”
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Numerical simulation of thermal processes in laser cladding of Al-50Si alloy on Al7075 surface by Kong, Meng

“…However, it is very difficult to accurately measure and control the temperature of the laser melt pool and its surroundings in real time using the existing equipment. …”
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Current status and recent advances in magnesium-matrix syntactic foams: preparation, mechanical properties, and corrosion behavior by Motaharinia, A., Drelich, J. W., Goldman, J., Bakhsheshi Rad, H. R., Sharif, Safian, Ismail, A. F., Razzaghi, M.

“…These techniques include stir casting, disintegrated melt deposition, powder metallurgy, and melt infiltration. …”
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A facile alternative strategy of upcycling mixed plastic waste into vitrimers by Ng, Joseph Kok Wei, Lim, Jacob Song Kiat, Gupta, Nupur, Dong, Bing Xue, Hu, Chun Po, Hu, Jingdan, Hu, Xiao

“…Tensile mechanical studies showed no noticeable decrease in mechanical strength over multiple repeated melt processing cycles. Consequently, we have clearly demonstrated the applicability of the above method to upcycle mixed plastic wastes into vitrimers and reprocessable composites. …”
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Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration by Salganik, Matthew J., Lundberg, Ian, Kindel, Alexander T., Ahearn, Caitlin E., Al-Ghoneim, Khaled, Almaatouq, Abdullah, Altschul, Drew M., Brand, Jennie E., Carnegie, Nicole Bohme, Compton, Ryan James, Datta, Debanjan, Davidson, Thomas, Filippova, Anna, Gilroy, Connor, Goode, Brian J., Jahani, Eaman, Kashyap, Ridhi, Kirchner, Antje, McKay, Stephen, Morgan, Allison C., Pentland, Alex, Polimis, Kivan, Raes, Louis, Rigobon, Daniel E., Roberts, Claudia V., Stanescu, Diana M., Suhara, Yoshihiko, Usmani, Adaner, Wang, Erik H., Adem, Muna, Alhajri, Abdulla, AlShebli, Bedoor, Amin, Redwane, Amos, Ryan B., Argyle, Lisa P., Baer-Bositis, Livia, Buchi, Moritz, Chung, Bo-Ryehn, Eggert, William, Faletto, Gregory, Fan, Zhilin, Freese, Jeremy, Gadgil, Tejomay, Gagne ́, Josh, Gao, Yue, Halpern-Manners, Andrew, Hashim, Sonia P., Hausen, Sonia, He, Guanhua, Higuera, Kimberly, Hogan, Bernie, Horwitz, Ilana M., Hummel, Lisa M., Jain, Naman, Jin, Kun, Jurgens, David, Kaminski, Patrick, Karapetyan, Areg, Kim, E. H., Leizman, Ben, Liu, Naijia, Moser, Malte, Mack, Andrew E., Mahajan, Mayank, Mandell, Noah, Marahrens, Helge, Mercado-Garcia, Diana, Mocz, Viola, Mueller-Gastell, Katariina, Musse, Ahmed, Niu, Qiankun, Nowak, William, Omidvar, Hamidreza, Or, Andrew, Ouyang, Karen, Pinto, Katy M., Porter, Ethan, Porter, Kristin E., Qian, Crystal, Rauf, Tamkinat, Sargsyan, Anahit, Schaffner, Thomas, Schnabel, Landon, Schonfeld, Bryan, Sender, Ben, Tang, Jonathan D., Tsurkov, Emma, van Loon, Austin, Varol, Onur, Wang, Xiafei, Wang, Zhi, Wang, Julia, Wang, Flora, Weissman, Samantha, Whitaker, Kirstie, Wolters, Maria K., Woon, Wei Lee, Wu, James, Wu, Catherine, Yang, Kengran, Yin, Jingwen, Zhao, Bingyu, Zhu, Chenyun, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Engelhardt, Barbara E., Hardt, Moritz, Knox, Dean, Levy, Karen, Narayanan, Arvind, Stewart, Brandon M., Watts, Duncan J., McLanahan, Sara

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Laun's rule for predicting the first normal stress coefficient in complex fluids: A comprehensive investigation using fractional calculus

“…Laun, “Prediction of elastic strains of polymer melts in shear and elongation,” J. Rheol. 30, 459–501 (1986).] is commonly used for evaluating the rate-dependent first normal stress coefficient from the frequency dependence of the complex modulus. …”
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Influence of sintering temperature on structure, physical, and optical properties of wollastonite based glass-ceramic derived from waste eggshells and waste soda-lime-silica gl... by Chen, Hongxu, Azis, Raba'ah Syahidah, Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz, Amin Matori, Khamirul, Ismail, Ismayadi

“…The calcium oxide and silica were made using the melt-quenching process and sintered for 2 hours at 700 to 1000 °C. …”
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Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya by Searle, M, Metcalfe, RP, Rex, AJ, Norry, MJ

“…During extension, sub-orthogonal dilatational forces exceeded sub-horizontal shear stresses thus facilitating the repeated emplacement of sheeted granite melt, a process analogous to low-angle tension gash development. …”

Fluid fluxing and accumulation drive decadal and short-lived explosive basaltic andesite eruptions preceded by limited volcanic unrest by Utami, Sri Budhi, Costa, Fidel, Lesage, Ph., Allard, P., Humaida, H.

“…Here we interrogate the rock record and obtain insights into the processes and pre-eruptive conditions that led to the 1990 Kelud eruption, which we integrate with monitoring data (seismicity, lake temperature and hydro-Acoustics, sulfur emissions) towards a conceptual model for this type of events. Mineral-melt geothermobarometers indicate that the basaltic andesite magma carried a crystal cargo from as deep as 1519 km, and reached volatile saturation at 49 km with 24 wt.% water in the melt. …”
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Pulsed laser induced silicidation on TiN-capped Co/Si bilayers by Chow, F. L., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Tang, L. J., Tung, Chih Hang, Wang, X. C., Lim, G. C.

“…Competitive growth mechanisms between crystallization of homogenous intermixed layer and the nucleation from the melt boundary are discussed.…”
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“Wax-sealed” theranostic nanoplatform for enhanced afterglow imaging-guided photothermally triggered photodynamic therapy by Liu, Gongyuan, Zhang, Shichao, Shi, Yunhao, Huang, Xiaoyu, Tang, Yunyun, Chen, Peng, Si, Weili, Huang, Wei, Dong, Xiaochen

“…The seal prevents luminescence quenching and premature initiation of photodynamic therapy (PDT), until it is melted down by heat stimulus. After photothermal activation, the near‐infrared afterglow offered by PLNPs provides imaging with high signal‐to‐background ratio because of the absence of tissue autofluorescence, as well as continuously excited photosensitizer for reactive oxygen species generation. …”
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Synthesis of bioactive glass-ceramics: Effect of the incubation duration on mechanical properties using PBS solution by Loh, Zhi Wei, Zaid, Mohd Hafiz Mohd, Kechik, Mohd Mustafa Awang, Fen, Yap Wing, Cheong, Wei Mun, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi

“…Hence, this work prepared fluoride-free and fluoride glass-ceramics via the melt-quenching technique. The samples were assessed after soaking PBS solution for 14 days. …”
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Properties and characteristics of thermoplastic PBT-LCP blend system and the influence of nanosilica-380 by Ng, Vincent Zhijie.

“…Blends of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and glass fibre reinforced liquid crystalline polymer (LCP A130) have been prepared by the melt mixing technique by the twin screw extruder device. …”
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Microstructure evolution and mechanical property response via 3D printing parameter development of Al–Sc alloy by Kuo, C. N., Chua, Chee Kai, Peng, P. C., Chen, Y. W., Sing, Swee Leong, Huang, Sheng, Su, Y. L.

“…This study explores the parameter–microstructure–performance relationship of 3D printed Sc-modified Al alloys from the perspective of melt pool interactions. According to the stress concentration effect and Hall–Petch effect, the mechanical properties of the 3D printed materials vary greatly depending on the difference in defect size, shape and grain size.…”
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