Study of degradation mechanisms in SiON gate dielectric film subjected to negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) stress by Kang, Chun Wei.

“…And, we have shown that stress-induced leakage current shares the same defect origin with the switching hole trap related to NBTI. Gate leakage current remains the same before and after nominal NBTI condition when no transformation of E’ center occurs although interface traps has been significantly generated. …”
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Evolution of artificial beach profiles with and without coastal drain system by Liu, Bao Long.

“…A wave flume of 45 m long, 1.6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, equipped with a flap-type wave maker was used to conduct the experiments. …”
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One-pot encapsulation of luminescent quantum dots synthesized in aqueous solution by amphiphilic polymers by Yuwen, Lihui, Bao, Biqing, Liu, Ge, Tian, Jing, Lu, Haoting, Luo, Zhimin, Zhu, Xingrong, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Lianhui

“…Furthermore, the photostability of the amphiphilic polymer-coated QDs is much better than that of the synthesized QDs capped with MPA.…”
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Characterization of negative bias temperature instability in ultra-thin oxynitride gate P-MOSFETs by Wang, Shuang

“…Interface traps were believed to be the only interfacial imperfections that cause NBTI-induced degradation. …”
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Numerical investigations on vortex-ring collisions with heated sphere by Hoong, Jun Fong

“…Due to the opposite vorticity between secondary/tertiary ring with primary vortex ring, the secondary/tertiary hairpin vortices wrap around the primary vortex ring, initiating azimuthal stability and leads to the breakdown to turbulence. …”
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Positive bias-induced Vth instability in graphene field effect transistors by Liu, W. J., Fang, Z., Wang, Z. R., Wang, F., Wu, L., Zhang, J. F., Wei, J., Zhu, H. L., Sun, Xiaowei, Tran, Xuan Anh, Ng, Geok Ing, Yu, Hongyu

“…The degradation is believed to be caused by the trapped electrons in bulk SiO2 or SiO2/graphene interface and trap generation in bulk SiO2.…”
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Anatomy of gloom. by Lim, Gwen Yuan Wen.

“…The puppet is trapped in the everlasting cycle of awakening and dissolution.…”
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Evaluation of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act Singapore : a legal and social perspective. by Chiong, Suet Chee., Koh, Yilan., Ng, Edwin Weng Wee.

“…The development of the Act is traced and a detailed evaluation of specific areas of the Act such as the three day cooling-off period and the $20,000 cap on claims, among others is also done.…”
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Correlated barrier hopping and ionic conduction mechanism in glycolic acid-doped alginate-PVA biopolymer electrolytes by N. M., Ghazali, Ahmad Salihin, Samsudin

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Bioinspired hierarchical composites by Kathirvel Periasamy

“…We crosslinked gelatin with tannic acid to achieve the self-healing property and added calcium phosphate (CaP) microplatelets to the polymer matrix. Alignment of the CaP platelets in the gel matrix is needed for anisotropic mechanical properties in the composite. …”
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Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase by Keown, JR, Carrique, L, Nilsson-Payant, BE, Fodor, E, Grimes, JM

“…The full-length polymerase structure depicts the location of the cap binding and C-terminal domains which are arranged in a conformation that is incompatible with transcription and in a novel conformation not observed in previous conformations of cap-snatching viral polymerases. …”

A 9.87 nW 1 kS/s 8.7 ENOB SAR ADC for implantable epileptic seizure detection microsystems by Do, Anh Tuan, Lam, Chun Kit, Tan, Yung Sern, Yeo, Kiat Seng, Cheong, Jia Hao, Yao, Lei, Tan, Meng Tong, Je, Minkyu

“…A latched comparator is used to quickly generate the comparison results while consuming no DC current. Split-cap architecture with an attenuation cap is used to minimize area and to further reduce the power consumption. …”
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No One Wants To Be A Parasitologist: The Shrinking Field of America's Least Favorite Animals by Richter, Hannah

“…Parasites have a bad rap. Most people think of them as scary, gross, or both, but they are also diverse creatures that have evolved in and on every animal and ecosystem on the planet. …”
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Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by Liu, Zhihe, Tan, Hua, Li, Bo, Hu, Zehua, Jiang, De-en, Yao, Qiaofeng, Wang, Lei, Xie, Jianping

“…Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different ligands (i.e., para-mercaptobenzoic acid, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid, and homocysteine) as paradigm electrocatalysts to demonstrate oxygen evolution reaction rate-determining step switching through ligand engineering. Au25 nanoclusters capped by para-mercaptobenzoic acid exhibit a better performance with nearly 4 times higher than that of Au25 NCs capped by other two ligands. …”
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Pressure independent index for arterial pulse waveform by Ho, Clement Wei En.

“…However, the best parametric representation with regards to age was still CAP. The ∆A* (ABS) shows good potential and can be further explored by addressing the limitations and building on the recommendations mentioned in this report.…”
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The formation of a carbon nanotube–graphene oxide core–shell structure and its possible applications by Dong, Xiaochen, Xing, Guichuan, Chan-Park, Mary B., Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Wang, Jing, Yan, Qingyu, Sum, Tze Chien, Huang, Wei, Chen, Peng

“…Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electrical characterization suggest that SWCNTs are completely wrapped by GO nano-sheets. The spontaneous formation of such a core–shell structure is due to the strong pi–pi stacking interaction between the two materials. …”
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Computational Electronic Circuits : Simulation and Analysis with MATLAB® / by Hamedi-Hagh, Sotoudeh, author 643057

“…The DC, Transient, AC, Noise and behavioral analyses are implemented in MATLAB to study the complete characteristics of a variety of electronic circuits, such as amplifiers, rectifiers, hysteresis circuits, harmonic traps and passes, polyphaser filters, directional couplers, electro-static discharge and piezoelectric crystals. …”

Design and development of a flight demonstrator by Sim, Yinxiang.

“…It also features movable control surfaces such as ailerons, flaps, elevators and rudders and retractable landing gears. …”
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Developing ultrasound-responsive and drug delivery nanoparticles for acoustic implantation by Chen, Jia Yi

“…In order to nucleate cavitation, Gold nanocones must trap a nanobubble. Thus, Gold nanocones were first pegylated before freeze drying. …”
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3D printed magnetic digital microfluidics for biomedical applications by Kanitthamniyom, Pojchanun

“…The second part of the thesis reports a novel rapid surface modification method of creating surface energy traps for magnetic digital microfluidics. The protocol of fabrication polydopamine surface energy trap on the Teflon-coated glass substrate was characterized and optimized . …”
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